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11-ZZ-99
November 17, 1999
MEMORANDUM
TO: The Honorable Mayor
and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Jim
SUBJECT: Follow-up
The following are responses to questions and requests for additional information that
were made at the last meeting of the City Commission on November 8, 1999;
Can Atlantic Beach use State Revolving Loan Funds to refinance existing debt
The State Revolving Loan Fund offered in conjunction with the DEP is not available for
refinancing existing debt. However, the use of these funds may be an attractive option to
spending City reserves (non-bonded funds) as are currently pledged to the completion of
the Core City Project. The reserves are presently earning more in interest than the
interest amount on the loan that would be paid to the State Revolving Loan Fund. One
concern is in the debt coverage ratio which is required in the bond covenants. When
adding additional debt with the same pledged revenues, the City has to meet the same
coverage ratio. It has been several years since the last water/sewer rate increase and the
expenses of operating the water and sewer operations have inflated to a point where the
debt coverage ratio is close to the minimum amount required.
Does the initial response area for the Atlantic Beach Fire Station include any areas
on the west side of the Intra-Coastal Bride?
The Jacksonville Fire Department has advised that the Atlantic Beach Station provides
first response to alarms up to San Pablo Road. A different station handles alarms to
Queens Harbor and West of San Pablo Road. The contract with Atlantic Beach does not
outline a specific response area for the Fire Station. It assures that Jacksonville provides
a comparable response time, but does not prevent Station 55 from providing the first
response to San Pablo Road. Typically when the Atlantic Beach Station is busy,
Jacksonville assigns the calls to Station 41 near Mayport. The response time, especially
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in the Mayport Road area, is comparable, and sometimes better than units responding
from Atlantic Beach.
Request for historical information about the junkyard adjacent to the Tide Views
Preserve;
Attached is a chronology of events involving the Dagley Junkyard along with a map
showing the location.
Speeding complaints; Sherry Drive and Seminole Road
Speeding complaints were received at the last Commission meeting for locations on
Sherry Drive and Seminole Road. A traffic counter/analyzer was placed in the 500 block
of Sherry Drive on November 11 and remained for 129 hours. In that period 19,984
vehicles were tracked in both directions and the analysis of traffic speeds shows a median
speed of 23 miles per hour. Slightly under one percent, or 179 of the vehicles were
traveling in excess of 10 miles per hour over the posted speed limit of 25 Holes per hour.
A similar traffic/speed analysis will be conducted in the 2,000 block of Seminole Road
beginning during the week of November 15th.
The Police Department is conducting special traffic enforcement activities throughout the
City and will continue to monitor both areas. Special enforcement will be allocated to
the areas found to be most problematic as time, personnel, and need dictates.
Trucks breaking curbs in Town Center area;
Once solution proposed was to limit the size of trucks on streets in the Town Center area.
It appears that limiting the size of vehicles using specific streets maybe legal and
authorized under Florida Statutes. Before pursuing this option, it is recommended that
staff be given additional time to look into the causes of the damage in more detail and
consider other options for resolving the problems. The suggested method for this would
be for Police Department representatives to meet with business owners in the Town
Center area to discuss the problem and solicit their ideas.
Traffic accidents at the intersection of Plaza Road and Royal Palms Drive;
Staff recommends that the Commission approve the installation of speed strips on Royal
Palm Drive in the vicinity of the Plaza Road intersection. See the attached staff report for
additional information.
CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS IN THE DAGLEY CASE
1. In March 1985 a complaint was received regarding junk cars at three locations in
Section H, including property south of Sixth Street, and at the westerly end of
Sixth .Street.
2. November 14, 1985, Mr. Dagley was brought before the Code Enforcement Board
because of junk cars on lots 5 and 6, Block 162, Section H -the matter was
continued to the Code Enforcement Board meeting of January 9, 1996.
3. On January 9, 1986, the Code Enforcement Board determined that Mr. Dagley's
property was used in conjunction with his business prior to the zoning ordinance
of 1959, of which he was beuig charged with violating. It was deternined that he
was not in violation of the ordinance and that his business was "grandfathered in."
4. March 24, 1986, the Mayor was authorized to appoint a committee to discuss the
Dagley case with Mr. Dagley's attorney.
5. April 14, 198b, the Mayor reported to the City Commission that the committee
recommendations had been forwarded to the Advisory Planning Board. (The
committee recommended a "pulling-in" of Mr. Dagley's operations, and that he be
given aUse-by-Exception to operate in a specific area near the marsh where most
of his property was located. They recommended a swap of some of his lots for
some of the city's right-of--way on Begona Street to fiutlier consolidate his
operation).
6. April 15, 1986, the Advisory Planning board voted to create a Special use District
for a junk yard, consisting of blocks 111, 117, 118, 119, 139, 140, 141, 142, and
143. Tlie board reconunended that Mr. Dagley deed block 110 to the City in
exchange for closing Begonia Street from West 6`~ Street to the marsh; that Mr.
Dagley remove all cars from lots 5 and 6, block 162, and restrict all future activity
to property then owned by Mr. Dagley. (There is no evidence to indicate that
block 110 was ever deeded to the city, or that the city ever abandoned or closed
the portion of West 6~' Street referred to above.)
7. May 20, 1986, a public hearing was held at the meeting of the Advisory Planning
Board. The board identified the blocks to be included in the Special Use District
and approved a motion indicating that if any lot or parcel withui the Special Use
District ceased to be used for Mr. Dagley's business, that parcel would not again
be a part of the Special Use District.
8. November 10, 1986, the City Commission adopted Ordinance No. 90-86-103,
establishing a Special Use District for salvage/junk yards consisting of Lots 111,
112, 113, 117, 118, 119, 140, 141, and 142, Section H.
9. November 18, 1.986, Mr. Dagley's attorney (Alan Jensen) -sent a letter to the city
setting forth the actions which would be taken by Mr. Dagley:
(a) Remove all junk vehicles from Lots 5 and 6, Block 162, and cease using
those lots for his business
(b} Remove all junk items from blocks 110, 139 and 143, and cease using those
blocks for his business
(c) Construct approximately 200 feet of privacy fence on the south side of
West 6'~ Street with approximately 100 feet going east from Begonia Street
and approximately 100 feet going west of Begotua Sheet
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