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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07291996 RIVER City of Sebastian TELEPHONE (407) 589-5380 r"l FAX {407) 589-5570 RIVERFRONT COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING MONDAY JULY 29, 1996 CHAIRMAN COLLINS OPENED THE MEETING AT 3.'~ n~l THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS gOaL CALL: ALSO PRESENT: ABSENT: MR. COLLINS MP.. CHAPIN MIl. WILD MR. MOORE MS. CORUM MP.. THOI~SON (ALTERNATE) SEBASTIAN CITIZEN ADViSORY TASK FORCE ROBERT MAS$SAR.ELLL CITY PLANNER DAWN CORAPL SECRETARY MR. BENNET - EXCUSED MP,. SMITH - EXCUSED MR. KR~OWSKt (ALTERNATE) - UNEXCUSED colv~nT~ MATTEaS: MR. COLLIN SUGGESTED A MEETING SCHEDULE THAT WENT AS FOLLOWS: · NO MEETINGS AUGUST 5TM AND 12TM · MEET AUGUST 19TM · NO MEETINGS AUGUST 26TM AND SEPTEMBER 2~ MEET SEPTEMBER 9TM HE SUGGESTED MORE OR LESS HAVING A MEETING EVERY THIRD WEEK. HE THEN ASKED FOR ANY SUGGESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MR. COLLINS ENTERTAINED A MOTION TO FOREGO THE MEETINGS OF AUGUST 5TM AND AUGUST 12 , MEET AUGUST 19TM, FOREGO AUGUST 26TM AND SEPTEMBER 2~ AND THEN MEET SEPTEMBER 9? RIVERFRONT COk MI'VrEE REGULAR MEETING OF JULY ~9, 199~ MS. CORUM SC) MQVED MR. COLLINS MOTION. THE MOTION WAS SECONDED. A VOICE VOTE WA THE MOTION M]~ COLLINS WE COMMITTEE, OOUNClI-~ DISCRE BACK. ~ MADE A SUOO[ MS. CORUM MADE FOR ASSOCiATED A VOICE VOTE WA THE MOTION WAS PUBLIC COMI~ MI~ MA~SARELLI THE MEMBERS OF' BRIEF SYNOPSIS DRIVE. 1T WAS AGREED B! THEY WOULD CON THEY WOULDN'T MI'.:~iING ~A8 ADJ AT TI'I~ ~ ~ THE PROPOSED THE ISSUES DISCU,~ ISSUF, S - INDIAN R THE ORIGINAL D~ ISSUE: IS THE PRO] PAP~? OR SHOULD IS~L~: SHOULD ~ TAKEN. rNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. T OVER A PROPOSED BUDGET TOTALING $14,000, RECOMMENDED BY STAFF, FOR ~ RIVERFRO~ ~.T iF THeY WANTED TO GET ANY MONEY FOR THE KIVERFRONT COMMtl t,'~E TO SPEND AT THE CITY CION THEY WOULD NEED TO LET THEM KNOW ABOUT IT NOW BECAUSE IT WOULD BE HARD TO GET STION NOT TO ACT ON IT NOW ~ARiL¥, BUT AT LEAST MAKE ~ CITY COUNCIL AWARE OF IT. A MOTION TO TAKE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS TO ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO APPROPRIATE $14,000 ~3STS FOR THE ~ONT CO--ri ED ~ MOTION. TAKEN. JNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. ~NT: ~o~. tHE PUBLIC THAT THEY WOULD ONLY BE D~ING THE PROPOSED SIDEWALK. HE ALSO GAVE A ~ THE SPECIFIC AREA~ THEY WOULD BE FOC'US1NG ON WHEN THEY WALKED ALONG INDIAN RIVER ' THE MEMBEI~ THAT IF THEY COULD NOT COMI~ TO A CONSENSUS ON THE MAJO~ OFTHE I~UES SIDER MEETING BEFORE THE PROPOSED AUGUST 19m MEETING. · D IF THEY WOULD BE VOTING WHILE THEY AKE DOWN ONTHE RIVERFRONT. IAID IF THEY NEEDED TO THEY WOULD, BUT HE ENCOURAGE THAT THEY WORK BY OONSENSU8 SO [AVE TO GET INTO THAT TYPE OF SITUATION. T: DUKNF.~ AT 3:00 ~OMMITI~F~ MEMBER8 OF TItE PUBLIC AND STAFF PROCEEDED DOWN TO THE RIVERFRONT TO DISCUSS EWALK. :$ED AND THE CONSEN~J$ OF EACH WERE AS FOLLOWS: ~VgR DlUVE SlDgWALK :~' PARK $OU~H IGN PLACED THE SIDEWALK IN AN EXISTING SWALE. OSED BOARDWALK EXTENSION ADEQUATE TO CONNECT THE SIDEWALK/BOARDWALK TO RIVERV~W TItE SIDEWALK BE INCLUDED? ~W BOARDWALK BE DESIGNED TO [NCLUDIg ~JRVES RATHER THAN A STRAIGHT LINE TO THE RIVERFRONT COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING OF JULY 29, 1996 2) RIFF_.RP'IEP/ PARK PIORTH THE RIGHT-OF-WAY 1N THIS AREA IS 80 FEET WIDE. TItE SIDEWALK COULD BE CURVED IN THIS AREA TO ELIMINATE THE STRAIOHT LINE LOOK. ISSUe: IF CURVES ARE USED IN THE DE$ION OF THE SIDEWALK, HOW SHOULD THEY LOOK - A LONO OENTLE CURVE OR A SERIES OF gHORT CURVES? LONG, GE~IT.,E CURVES 3) SOUTH OF IFASHING~'ON LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 250 FEET SOUTH OF W~HINGTON ~TREET THERE IS AN KXI$TINO C~OLVERT THAT IS FAHANG. ON ~ EAST SIDE OF INDIAN RIVER DRIVE, THEKE ~ TWO $AIqD ARF.,A~, WHICH INDICATE THE POINT~ WHERE THE PIPE IS FAILING. THE PIPE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT SOME TIME IN THE ISSUE: SHOULD PAVER BRICKS BE USED IN AREAS WHERE PIPE FAILURE I$ PROJECTED TO ALLOW FOR Title REMOVAL OF THE BRICKS WHEN THE PIPE IS REPLACED AND THE BRICKS RF,-U~ED TO RE-ESTABLISH THE PARKING LOT? 4) MAIN STREET BOAT RAMP THE ORIOINAL DESIGN INCLUDES A CONCRETE SIDEWALK ALONG THE STREET AND A BOARDWALK ALONG THE RIVERFRONT. iSSUE: WITH THE TRAFFIC AT THE BOAT RAMP, I$ IT DESIRABLE TO HAVE THE SIDEWALK ALONG THE STREET? SHOULD A BOARDWALK OR SIDEWALK BE CONSTRUCI~D ALONO THE RIVERFRONT? THE SIDEWALK SHOULD NOT BE INCLUDED ALONG THE,TI'REET. A BOARD WALKSHOULD BE CONSTRUCTED ALONG THERIFF_.RFRONT. THE 31rE HAS A LOT OF CABBAGE PALMS. IT IS A NiCE PLACE TO SIT AND VIEW THE RIVER. iSSUE: gHOULD THE CiTY REQUEST FDOT TO INCLUDE AREAS AIXIACENT TO THE BOARDWALK U$ING PAVER BRICK$ WHERE BENCHES COULD BE LOCATED IN TIlE FUTURE? YES THE DKAINAGE PIPE RUNNINO FROM TH~ WEST OF THE RAII.~OAD DOWN MAIN gl'KEET TO THE I~WER IS FAILING. THE PIPE i3 NOT EXPEC'rED TO BE REPLACED BEFORE THE CON$TRUCTION OF THE SIDEWALK. ISSUE: SHOULD THE EXISTING SIDEWALK, WHICH IS COLLAPSING, BE REMOVED AND PAVER BRICK~ USED IN ANTICIPATION OF THE PIPE REPLACEMENT? 5) HURRICANE HARBOR RF..$TA URANT THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN HAS A LONO HISTORY. MANY HISTORICAL STRUCTURES WERE BUILT BEFORE TH~ ADOPTION OF ANY LAND DEVELOPMENT REGUI,~,TIONS. HURRICANE HARBOR IS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS. THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING IS LOCATED ON THE PROPERTY LINE. THE LANDSCAPINO I~ ACTUALLY LOCATED ON THE RIOHT-OF WAY. ISSUE: HOW SHOULD THE SIDEWALK BE CONSTRUCTED WHILE PRESERVINO WHAT EXISTS IN THE RIVERFRONT? LOOK ,INTO THE USE OF A CURB iN FRONT OF THE RESTAURANT TO ALLOW MO F1NG THE SIDEWALK CLO,~_.R TO THE PA Ft~dENT. IF NECESSARY, REDUCE THE W1DTH TO 6 FEET. 6) O i~TER BA Y RF_~ O RT ~T'FEE ~ ~G OF JULY 29, 1996 4 A MA~ORrrY OF THE DRAINAOE ALONO THE RIVERFRO~ INVOLVES PIPES AND CULVERTS, OCC~IONALLY DITCHE~ MUST BE CROSSED BY THE SIDEWALK. ISSUE: SHOULD TH~ CITY RECOMMEND A PEDESTRIAN BRIDOE iN Th~ LOCATION RATItF.~R THAN PIPING AND FILLrNO IN THE DITCH? NO, THE BRIDCyE ~ NOT BE PO~SiBLE AND WOULD REQUIRE THE E.W~N~ON OF THE GUARDRA~ A~ONG THE STREET. IF POSSIBLE, SHOULD BRIDOES BE USED lN OTHER LOCATIONS? A~IYBE SOOTH O~ ~ $~'$ MARINA THE SIDEWALK W~ POINTS ARE MORE VIEW8 OF THE DM ISSUE: SHOULD'IH SCENIC OVERLOOE FROM SEMBLER'S } USES FUNCTION AS FISHERMEN. A SID] ~L PROVIDE TH~ PUBLIC A ~ OPI~R~ FOR VISUAL ACCF.~ TO TI~ RIVF. IL ~OlV~ {PECTACULAR THAN OTHF_.R~. IT IS MY OPINION THAT ~ LOCATION PROViDF~ ON'~ OF TH~ B~ST ;RSiTY OF ~ RIV~RFRONT. ~ Crl'Y REQUEST THE SIDEWALK TO BE WIDENED USING PAVER BRICKS TO LOCATE BENCHES AND A IN THIS AREA? fARINA NORTIt, THE R1VERP~ONT BEOINS TO TAKE ON A DIFFERENT CHARACTER. THE KXISTINO LAND A"WORKING" WATERFRONT. THERE ARE ACTIVE FISH HOUSES IN THE ARF_~ LARGE TRUCKS, AND :.WALK THROUGH THAT AREA AT THIS ~ MAY NOT BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE CURRENT LAND USE. AT THE NORTH ]~]D OF THE PROPOSED SIDEWALl( THERE ARE TWO LAROE OAK TREES WHICH. IF NOT REMOVED CREATE A BARRIER TO EXT~INO THE SIDEWALK NORTH TO THE UNIN~~ AREAS, , IS$~: SHOI_E.,D THE CITY REQUEST THE SIDEWALK TO BE TERMINATED AT THE SOUTHERN END OF FLOODTiDE MARINA'S PARK]NO AREA? ??? City of Sebastian 1225 MAIN STREET r~ SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA 32958 TELEPHONE (561) 589-5330 cl FAX (561) 589-5570 ~EBASTIAN RIVERFRONT COMMITTEE ~WN ~. com~m~ Z SEC~T~¥ RCMAS. WP City of Sebastian 1225 MAIN STREET [] SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA 32958 TELEPHONE (561)589-5330 [] FAX (561) 589-5570 PUBLIC MEETING CITY OF SEBASTIAN 1225MA IN STREET INDIAN RIVER COUNTY FLORIDA THE RIVERFRONT CONNITTEE AND THE CITIZENS ADVISORY TA~K FORCE, OF THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN, INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, WILL BE' MEETING MONDAY, J~L~ 29, 1996 AT 3:00 TO WALK ALONG INDIAN RIVER DRIVE TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED SIDE WALK. TREE ADVISORY BOARD GERRY{wP. KUBES, SECRETARY CITIZENS ADVISORY TASK FORCE NOTE: IF ANY PERSON DECIDES TO APPEAL ANY DECISION MADE ON THE ABOVE MATTERS, HE/SHE WILL NEED A RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS, AND FOR SUCH PURPOSES, HE/SHE MAY NEED TOENSURETHAT A VERBATIM RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS IS MADE, WHICH RECORD INCLUDES THE TESTIMONY IN EVIDENCE ON WHICH THE APPEAL iS BASED. NOTE: IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA), ANYONE WHO NEEDS A SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION FOR THIS MEETING SHOULD CONTACT THE CITY'S ADA COORDINATOR AT 589-5330 AT LEAST 48 HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING.