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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08051996 RIVERCity of Sebastian 1225 MAIN STREET o SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA 32958 TELEPHONE (407) 589-5330 0 FAX (407) 589-5570 RIVERFRONT COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING MONDAY AUGUST 5, 1996 ACTING CHAIRWOMAN CORUM CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:30 P.M. ROLL CALL: PRESENT: MR. WILD MR. MOORE MR. CHAPIN MR. BENNETT MS. CORUM MR. THOMPSON (ALTERNATE) ABSENT: MR COLLINS (CHAIRMAN) — EXCUSED MR. SMITH (VICE CHAIRMAN) — EXCUSED MR. KRULIKOWSKI (ALTERNATE) — UNEXCUSED ALSO PRESENT: MR. BOB MASSARELLI, CITY PLANNER DAWN CORAPI, SECRETARY THE SECRETARY ADVISED THE COMMITTEE THAT MR. THOMPSON WOULD VOTE IN PLACE OF THE ABSENT MEMBERS. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: MEETING OF JULY 15, 1996. MR. MOORE MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN. MR. WILD SECONDED THE MOTION. A VOICE VOTE WAS TAKEN. THE MOTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. ANNOUNCEMENTS: NONE. RIVERFRONT COMMITTEE PAGE TWO REGULAR MEETING OF AUGUST 5, 1996 NEW BUSINESS: DISCUSS PROPOSED SIDEWALK ALONG INDIAN RIVER DRIVE. MS. CORUM EXPLAINED THAT MR. MASSARELLI CREATED SLIDES TO ILLUSTRATE ON THE OVERHEAD THE AREAS THAT HAVE "ISSUES". SHE SAID THAT THEY WOULD TAKE EACH ITEM ONE BY ONE FOR THE COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS AND THEN THEY WOULD ALLOW THE PUBLIC AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS BEFORE THEY WENT ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. MR. MASSARELLI BEGAN BY MAKING A PRESENTATION STARTING WITH THE FOLLOWING ISSUE: WAS THE PROPOSED BOARDWALK EXTENSION ADEQUATE TO CONNECT THE SIDEWALK/BOARDWALK TO RIVERVIEW PARK? OR SHOULD THE SIDEWALK BE INCLUDED? THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS WERE MADE: COMMITTEE: MR. WILD SUGGESTED THAT THE SIDE WALK EXTENSION FOLLOW THE SAME PATH AS THE BOARDWALK BUT THAT IT BE DONE IN CONCRETE ETCHED TO LOOK LIKE WOOD IF FDOT WOULD DO THAT. HE EXPRESSED HIS FELLING THAT THEY SHOULDN'T EXTEND IT WITH MORE BOARDWALK BECAUSE THE EXISTING BOARDWALK WOULD PROBABLY BE TORN UP IN A COUPLE YEARS ANYWAY. /! MR. MOORE ASKED WHO WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPLACING THE BOARDWALK IF IT FAILED IN TWO YEARS? MR. MASSARELLI STATED THAT BECAUSE IT WOULD BE ON CITY PROPERTY THE CITY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPLACING IT. MR. CHAPIN SAID THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE FDOT WOULD CONSIDER THE AREAS WHERE THERE WOULD BE CONCRETE THAT IT ALL BE THE STAMPED CONCRETE. HE ADDED NOT STAMPED TO WHERE IT WOULD BE LIKE COBBLESTONE AND WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR BABY CARRIAGES, HANDICAPPED PEOPLE OR BICYCLES, BUT LIKE THE WAY DISNEY HAD THEIR CONCRETE STAMPED. MR. MASSARELLI ADVISED THE PUBLIC THAT THE CROSSWALKS ACROSS INDIAN RIVER DRIVE WERE PROPOSED BY FDOT TO BE STAMPED CONCRETE. MS. CORUM ADVISED THE COMMITTEE THAT THE CONSULTANT ENGINEER TOLD HER THAT ETCHED CONCRETE WAS MORE MONEY BUT BECAUSE THEY HAD OPTED NOT TO PUT IN THE EXTRA BIKE BATH ON EITHER SIDE OF THE ROAD THAT THEY HAD A LOT MORE MONEY TO SPEND. RIVERFRONT COMMITTEE PAGE THREE REGULAR MEETING OF AUGUST 5, 1996 PUBLIC: Ifou146, EDRA P#AK, RESIDENT OF SEBASTIAN, ASKED THE COMMITTEE THAT WHATEVER THEY DID THEY DIDN'T MAKE IT AS ROUGH AS THE EXISTING BOARDWALK BECAUSE IT WAS ALMOST UNBEARABLE FOR HANDICAPPED PEOPLE. THE CONSENSUS OF THE COMMITTEE ON THAT ISSUE WAS THAT THE NEW BOARDWALK BE DESIGNED TO INCLUDE CURVES RATHER THAN A STRAIGHT LINE TO THE EXISTING BOARDWALK. MR. THOMPSON MADE A MOTION TO MAKE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN INDIAN RIVER DRIVE AND THE EXISTING BOARDWALK IN A CURVE. MR. CHAPIN SECONDED THE MOTION. A VOICE VOTE WAS TAKEN. THE MOTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. AFTER A BRIEF DISCUSSION, MR. BENNETT MADE A MOTION THAT THE PATHWAY BE MADE OF ETCHED CONCRETE. MR. WILD SECONDED THE MOTION. MR. CHAPIN ASKED TO INCLUDE IN THE MOTION THAT THE SURFACE OF THE CONCRETE RESEMBLE SOMETHING OTHER THAN PLAIN CONCRETE EITHER THE BOARD LOOK OR THE COQUINA LOOK. MRS. CORUM ASKED IF THE WORD ETCHED COULD SATISFY THAT BECAUSE THAT COULD MEAN A VARIETY OF THINGS. AFTER A BRIEF DISCUSSION A VOICE VOTE WAS TAKEN ON MR. BENNETT'S ORIGINAL MOTION. THE MOTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED MR. MASSARELLI BEGAN HIS PRESENTATION ON THE FOLLOWING ISSUE: IF CURVES ARE USED IN THE DESIGN, HOW SHOULD THEY LOOK - A LONG GENTLE CURVE OR A SERIES OF SHORT CURVES? THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS WERE MADE: RUTH SULLIVAN, RESIDENT OF INDIAN RIVER DRIVE, STATED THAT SHE PREFERRED TO MAKE HER COMMENTS AFTER THE TOTAL PRESENTATION, BUT SINCE THEY WERE VOTING ITEM BY ITEM SHE WAS FORCED TO MAKE HER COMMENTS NOW FOR THE ENTIRE PROJECT. MS. CORUM ASKED THAT SHE JUST SPEAR ON THE ITEM AT RIVERFRONT COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING OF AUGUST 5, 1996 PAGE FOUR ^ RUTH SULLIVAN EXPRESSED HER BITTER OBJECTION TO THE COMMITTEE VOTING ON ITEMS PIECE BY PIECE. SHE SAID SHE FELT THAT PLACED THE PEOPLE OF THE TOWN AT A DISADVANTAGE IN NOT BEING ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THE WHOLE PROJECT. SHE SAID THAT SHE HAD NO PROBLEM WITH THE COMMITTEE TAKING A CONSENSUS ON EACH ITEM, BUT THE LAST ITEM THEY DIDN'T TAKE A CONSENSUS THEY TOOK A VOTE AND SHE EXPLAINED THAT SHE DIDN'T WANT TO SEE A VOTE TAKEN UNTIL THE PIIBLIC HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD. MS. CORUM SAID THAT THEY WOULD TAKE A CONSENSUS FROM NOW ON. MS. CORUM ASKED IF THERE WERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO LISTENING TO A PRESENTATION FROM RUTH SULLIVAN. NO OBJECTIONS WERE VOICED FROM THE COMMITTEE. RUTH SULLIVAN IN HER PRESENTATION VOICED THE FOLLOWING CONCERNS OF THE INDIAN RIVER DRIVE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION: THEY WANT A STANDARD SIZE BIKE PATH WITH A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 6 FEET, THAT WOULD RUN ALONG THE EDGE OF INDIAN RIVER DRIVE TO BE CONSTRUCTED EAST OF INDIAN RIVER DRIVE TO AVOID ESTABLISHING LEGAL LIABILITY FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS. SHE STATED THE REASON FOR THAT POSITION WAS TO /ft ELIMINATE THE 10 FOOT WIDE SETBACK FROM THE ROAD EDGE THAT WAS REQUIRED FOR THE PROPOSED EIGHT FOOT WIDE WALKWAY. THE PROPOSED EIGHT FOOT WIDE WALKWAY WOULD RESULT IN AN EIGHTEEN FOOT WIDE DEVELOPMENT OF INDIAN RIVER LAND THAT WOULD DEPRIVE BUSINESS OWNERS OF THE NEEDED PARKING DELIVERY SERVICES (A GRANDFATHERED USE). IT WOULD ALSO BRING THE PROPOSED WALKWAY WITHIN INCHES OF THE FRONT DOORS OF HISTORICAL HOMES AND BUSINESS BUILDINGS WHILE DESTROYING LANDSCAPING, MATURE TREES AND AN UNUSUAL NATURAL STAND OF BAMBOO. PARK BENCHES AND OTHER PIIBLIC USE EQUIPMENT SHOULD BE BUILT AND INSTALLED ON PIIBLIC PARK PROPERTY ONLY TO AVOID CREATING POTENTIAL LEGALLY LIABILITY FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS. THE NEW STREET LIGHTING SHOULD BE ORNAMENTAL POLES ALONG THE EAST BORDER OF THE BIKE PATH PLACED SO THEY DO NOT INTERFERE WITH THE HOMES AND THE BUSINESSES. BOAT RAMPS AND FISHING PEERS SHOULD BE IMPROVED AND IF POSSIBLE THE CITY SHOULD LOOK INTO DEVELOPMENT OF A THIRD BOAT RAMP. n RIVERFRONT COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING OF AUGUST 5, 1996 PAGE FIVE THEY WANT THE CAV -CORP. PROPERTY LEFT IN ITS NATURAL STATE FOR CONTINUED USE FOR BOAT TRAILER PARKING AND FOR USE BY LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THEIR YEARLY FUND RAISING CARNIVAL. SHE CLOSED BY SAYING THAT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED AND HAD BUSINESSES ON INDIAN RIVER DRIVE WANTED A BIKEPATH NOT A SIDE WALK. A BIKE PATH WOULD CAUSE THE LEAST INFRACTION UPON THE PEOPLE IN THAT AREA AND IT WOULD KEEP IT MOST NATURAL LOOKING VS. HEAVY DEVELOPMENT. MR. MASSARELLI EXPLAINED THAT IN ORDER FOR FDOT TO DO A BIKEPATH THEY HAD TO PUT 5 FEET OF ASPHALT ON EITHER SIDE SO THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE CONFLICTING TRAFFIC WITH THE BIKES. MR. MASSARELLI CLARIFIED THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO WIDEN THE ROAD TEN FEET TO ACCOMMODATE THE BIKEPATH. THE ALTERNATIVE TO THAT WOULD BE MOVE THE BIKE PATH TO WHERE THEY PROPOSED THE SIDEWALK, BUT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE TEN FEET OPPOSED TO THE EIGHT FEET IF IT WAS A SIDEWALK. MR. MASSARELLI RESUMED HIS PRESENTATION ON THE CURVE ISSUE. THE CONSENSUS OF THE COMMITTEE ON THAT ISSUE WAS LONG GENTLE CURVES IN THE SIDEWALK DESIGN OPPOSED TO A SERIES OF SHORT CURVES. MR MASSARELLI MADE A PRESENTATION ON THE FOLLOWING: SHOULD PAVER BRICKS BE USED IN AREAS WHERE PIPE FAILURE WAS PROJECTED TO ALLOW FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE BRICKS WHEN THE PIPE WAS REPLACED AND THE BRICKS RE -USED TO RE-ESTABLISH THE PARKING LOT? IN ADDITION HE TALKED ABOUT POSSIBLY REMOVING THE CROSS WALK AT MARTIN AVENUE BECAUSE THERE WAS NO PLACE FOR THE SIDEWALK TO TIE INTO. HE SUGGESTED THAT THEY TIE INTO THE EXISTING SIDEWALK AT WASHINGTON. THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS WERE MADE: COMMITTEE: MR. CHAPIN ASKED IF FDOT REQUIRED THEM TO HAVE A HAND RAIL ANYWHERE THEY WOULD GO ACROSS A CULVERT. MR. MASSARELLI SAID THAT THERE WAS NO DITCH IN THAT AREA SO NO THEY WOULD NOT NEED A HAND RAILS. MR. MOORE INQUIRED IF THE BAMBOO STANDS IN THAT AREA COULD BE SAVED. MR. MASSARELLI SAID THAT HE SPOKE TO THE FDOT ENGINEER ON THAT AND HE SAID THAT THEY COULD INCLUDE IN THE PROJECT SPADING OF TREES, PALM TREES AND BAMBOO TO RELOCATE THEM IN OTHER SUITABLE LOCATIONS. RIVERFRONT COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING OF AUGUST 5. 1996 PAGE SIX ,N HE SAID UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE THE WAY THE BAMBOO WAS GROWING THERE WOULD BE NO WAY TO WORK AROUND IT, SO WHAT THEY WOULD DO WAS RELOCATE IT TO ANOTHER LOCATION. THE CONSENSUS OF THE COMMITTEE ON THAT ISSUE WAS TO USE PAVER BRICKS IN THE AREAS WHERE PIPE FAILURE WAS PROJECTED. THE COMMITTEE TOOK A FIVE MINUTE BREAK AT 8:30. THE COMMITTEE RESUMED THE MEETING AT 8:35 WITH ALL THE MEMBERS AND STAFF PRESENT. MR. MASSARELLI MADE A PRESENTATION ON THE FOLLOWING ISSUES: WITH THE TRAFFIC AT THE BOAT RAMP WAS IT DESIRABLE TO HAVE THE SIDEWALK ALONG THE STREET? - SHOULD A BOARDWALK OR SIDEWALK BE CONSTRUCTED ALONG THE RIVERFRONT? SHOULD THE CITY REQUEST FDOT TO INCLUDE AREAS ADJACENT TO THE BOARDWALK USING PAVER BRICKS WHERE BENCHES COULD BE LOCATED IN THE FUTURE? - SHOULD THE EXISTING SIDEWALK, WHICH WAS COLLAPSING, BE REMOVED AND PAVER BRICKS USED IN ANTICIPATION OF THE PIPE REPLACEMENT? THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS WERE MADE BY THE PUBLIC AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS: BETINA BOUDROT, 1302 INDIAN RIVER DRIVE, EXPRESSED HER CONCERN OF THE SIDEWALK GOING ACROSS HER FRONT YARD. SHE SATED THAT SHE NEEDED ACCESS TO HER FRONT DOOR AND PARKING FOR WHEN SHE HAD COMPANY. SHE SAID THAT SHE WISHED TO BE TREATED FAIRLY. MS. CORUM EXPLAINED TO MS. BOUDROT THAT THE CITY HAS COME IIP A PROPOSAL TO MAKE A CURB IN ORDER MOVE THE SIDEWALK AS FAR AWAY FROM HER HOUSE AS POSSIBLE. SHE ASKED HER IF THAT WAS A GOOD PROPOSAL OR WAS THERE ANOTHER WAY THAT IT COULD BE DONE IN HER VIEW KNOWING THAT FDOT COULD NOT STOP AND START THE SIDEWALK OR MAKE IT GO ACROSS THE STREET. MS. BOUDROT EXPRESSED THAT HER MAIN CONCERN WAS HAVING SUFFICIENT ROOM FOR PARKING. i"'+. MR. MASSARELLI SAID THAT PARKING IN THE RIGHT OF WAY WAS NOT ALLOWED UNDER THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. HE SAID HE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO COME UP WITH A WAY FOR HER TO KEEP PARKING IMMEDIATELY IN FRONT OF HER HOUSE. THIS PROPOSAL WOULD ALLOW YOU TO CONTINUE TO /"ft� PARK IN THE BACK PART. PAGE SEVEN REGULAR MEETING OF AUGUST 5, 1996 MS. BOUDROT SAID THAT WOULD ONLY GIVE HER TWO PARKING SPACES. MR. MASSARELLI SAID THAT ALL RESIDENTS IN SEBASTIAN ONLY HAVE TWO PARKING SPACES. MS. CORUM ASKED IF THERE WERE ANY OTHER PROBLEMS THAT SHE WANTED TO BRING UP. MS. BOUDROT SAID THAT SHE WAS NOT HAPPY THAT THE TREES WERE BEING TAKEN DOWN AND SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT SHE WAS GOING TO DO WITH HER MAILBOX. SHE SAID PERHAPS IF SHE COULD BE GRANTED PARKING ACROSS THE STREET IN THE PUBLIC PARKING. SHE ENDED BY SAYING THAT SHE APPRECIATED THE FACT THAT THEY PUT CONCERN INTO HER PROBLEM AREA, BUT SHE WAS NOT REALLY HAPPY WITH THE COMPROMISE AT THAT POINT. KEITH MILLER, RESIDENT OF SEBASTIAN, SAID THAT IF THEY WERE GOING TO JAM THAT DOW HER THROAT AND THEY WERE GOING TO PUT THE CURB THERE WHERE WAS THE WATER GOING TO GO? IF THEY WERE GOING TO CONSIDER DOING THAT WOULD THEY CONSIDER PUTTING PAVING BRICKS IN FRONT OF HER HOUSE TO GIVE IT SOME AESTHETICS. HE ADDED THAT THEY ALL PARK IN THE R.O.W. AND THERE WAS A TWELVE HOUR LIMIT ON THAT. SAL NAGLIA, RESIDENT OF SEBASTIAN, REITERATED WHAT KEITH MILLER SAID. MR. CHAPIN ASKED WHAT WAS BEING RECOMMENDED AS THEY CROSS THE BOAT RAMP. MR. MASSARELLI SAID NOTHING BECAUSE OF THE FREQUENCY OF THE BOAT USE IN THAT AREA. MR. CHAPIN ASKED IF THEY COULD RECOMMEND THAT IN FRONT OF MS. BOUDROT'S HOUSE BRICK PAVERS BE PLACED THERE TO MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE AESTHETICALLY PLEASING. MS. CORUM RAISED A POINT THAT IF THEY HAVE BRICK PAVERS ALONG THE PARK AREAS TO DESIGNATE PUBLIC AREA AND THEN THEY PUT IT IN FRONT OF HER HOUSE PEOPLE MIGHT THINK THAT IT WAS A PUBLIC SPOT TOO. CINDY DIERKES, 1401 INDIAN RIVER DRIVE (TASTE OF PHILLY), EXPRESSED HER CONCERN THAT THEY WERE TAKING SO LIGHTLY A WOMENS HOME. SHE SAID FROM THE CONSENSUS SHE HAS GOTTEN FROM EVERYONE SHE TALKED TO THE SIDEWALK WAS COMING IN AND RUINING HOMES AND BUSINESSES BECAUSE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WANTED THIS SIDEWALK. SHE SAID THAT MAYBE THEY SHOULD LOOK INTO HOW MANY PEOPLE WANTED THE SIDEWALK IN AT ALL BECAUSE SHE THINKS THAT WAS A MUCH LARGER ISSUE RIGHT NOW. RIVERFRONT COMMITTEE PAGE EIGHT REGULAR MEETING OF AUGUST 5, 1996 AFTER A BRIEF DISCUSSION THE CONSENSUS OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE LAST FOUR ISSUES WERE AS FOLLOWS: THE SIDEWALK SHOULD NOT BE INCLUDED ALONG THE STREET. A SIDEWALK SHOULD BE CONSTRUCTED ALONG THE RIVERFRONT. THE CITY SHOULD REQUEST FDOT TO INCLUDE AREAS ADJACENT TO THE BOARDWALK USING PAVER BRICKS WHERE BENCHES COULD BE LOCATED IN THE FUTURE. THE EXISTING SIDEWALK, WHICH WAS COLLAPSING, SHOULD BE REMOVED AND PAVER BRICKS USED IN ANTICIPATION OF THE PIPE REPLACEMENT. MR. MASSARELLI MADE A PRESENTATION ON THE FOLLOWING ISSUE: HOW SHOULD THE SIDEWALK BE CONSTRUCTED WHILE PRESERVING WHAT EXISTS IN THE RIVERFRONT? THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS WERE MADE: CINDY DIERKES, PROPERTY OWNER ON INDIAN RIVER DRIVE, EXPRESSED HER CONCERN OF THE THEM TAKING AWAY THE PARKING AT HER RESTAURANT "TASTE OF PHILLY". SHE WAS TOLD WHEN THEY OPENED THE RESTAURANT THAT THEY COULD USE THAT PROPERTY FOR PARKING BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN DONE THAT WAY FOR YEARS AND NOW THEY ARE SAYING PARKING IS "NOT AN ISSUE". SHE SAID THAT THEY WERE MAKING EXCEPTIONS FOR SOME AND NOT FOR OTHERS AND THEY WERE NOT REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE OF THE RIVERFRONT AS SHE THOUGHT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO. SHE SAID IF THEY TAKE AWAY HER PARKING HER BUSINESS IS DONE BECAUSE THEY ARE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS. RUTH SULLIVAN SAID THAT THE PEOPLE IN THE AREA FELT THAT THE BEST SOLUTION FOR THE PROBLEM WAS TO FORGET THE WALKWAY AND DO THE BIKEPATH. MS. BOUDROT ASKED IF IT WAS POSSIBLE THAT THEY COULD HAVE A SIMPLE INEXPENSIVE SIDEWALK FINANCED BY THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN INSTEAD OF HAVING SUCH AN ELABORATE FDOT PLAN. MR. FRAME SPOKE BRIEFLY OF THE POSSIBLE LIABILITY TO THE CITY IF THEY CONSTRUCTED THE SIDEWALK. RIVERFRONT COMMITTEE PAGE NINE REGULAR MEETING OF AUGUST 5, 1996 CINDY DIERKES, PROPERTY OWNER ON INDIAN RIVER DRIVE SAID THAT SHE WAS NOT TRYING TO MAKE A SPECIAL ISSUE OF THIS THEY WOULD NST LIEGE THE SAME CONSIDERATION THAT WAS BEING GIVEN TO OTHER BUSINESS OWNERS. SHE SUGGESTED THEY BRING THE SIDEWALK OUT STRAIGHT ACROSS THEIR PROPERTY INSTEAD OF RIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF IT SO PEOPLE COULD PULL ACROSS IT AND STILL PARR. SHE SAID SHE WOULD BE THRILLED WITH THAT, EXCEPT FOR THE FACT SHE WAS LISTENING TO THEM SAY THAT THERE WOULD BE NO PARKING WITHIN THAT R.O.W., SOMETHING THAT HAS NEVER BEEN ENFORCED BEFORE AND NOW BECAUSE THE SIDEWALK WAS GOING IN IT WOULD MAKE THEM ENFORCE THAT. MR. MASSARELLI EXPLAINED THAT ONE OF THE CONSTRAINTS ON THAT PROPERTY WAS THAT THEY NEEDED TO SWING AROUND THE FIRE HYDRANT. SHE OFFERED TO GIVE THE CITY HER PROPERTY TO TAKE THE SIDEWALK AROUND THE BACK OF HER PROPERTY TO CONTINUE TO ALLOW ROOM FOR PARKING. MR. FRAME SUGGESTED THAT HE MEET WITH HER BECAUSE THERE MAY BE SOME THINGS THAT THEY COULD DO ON A TEMPORARY BASIS WHERE THEY COULD STILL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF FDOT. SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE WHERE THE CITY COULD TAKE ON THE RESPONSIBILITY AT A LATER DATE IN A MANNER THAT WOULD NOT IMPACT HER BUSINESS. HE SAID THAT THERE WERE SOME OPTIONS THERE THAT THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO WORK IT OUT. MR. MASSARELLI MADE PRESENTATION ON THE FOLLOWING ISSUE: SHOULD THE CITY RECOMMEND A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE IN TBE LOCATION OF OYSTER BAY RESORT RATHER THAN THE PIPING AND FILLING IN THE DITCH? AFTER A BRIEF DISCUSSION THE CONSENSUS OF THE COMMITTEE WAS TO PIPE AND FILL IN THE DITCH TO CONTINUE THE SIDEWALK. MR. MASSARELLI MADE A PRESENTATION ON THE FOLLOWING ISSUE: SHOULD THE CITY REQUEST THE SIDEWALK BE WIDENED USING PAVER BRICKS TO LOCATE BENCHES AND A SCENIC OVERLOOK IN THIS AREA? AFTER A BRIEF DISCUSSION THE CONSENSUS OF THE COMMITTEE WAS TO REQUEST THE SIDEWALK BE WIDENED USING PAVER BRICKS TO LOCATE BENCHES TO THE NORTH OF SEMBLERS MARINA. MR. MASSARELLI MADE A PRESENTATION ON THE FOLLOWING ISSUE: SHOULD THE CITY REQUEST THE SIDEWALK TO BE TERMINATED AT THE SOUTHERN END OF FLOODTIDE MARINA'S PARKING AREA, OR SHOULD THEY CONTINUE TO THE END OF THE CITY LIMITS? AFTER A LENGTHY DISCUSSION THE CONSENSUS OF THE COMMITTEE WAS TO CONTINUE THE SIDEWALK TO THE END OF THE CITY LIMITS. RIVERFRONT COMMITTEE PAGE TEN r\ REGULAR MEETING OF AUGUST 5, 1996 THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS WERE MADE BY THE PUBLIC: SAL NAGLIA, RESIDENT OF SEBASTIAN, SAID THAT HE FELT THAT THE SIDEWALK SHOULD END AT MAY'S MARINA FOR THE REASON THAT IT SHOULD STAY AS THE OLD FISHING AREA AND THERE COULD BE A LIABILITY THERE WITH PEOPLE WALKING BY WITH THE TRUCKS. HE ALSO SUGGESTED BUILDING A BENCH THAT GOES AROUND THE TREES IN THE AREA WHERE THE TREES ARE IN CONFLICT WITH PROPOSED BENCHES. DAVE DEBROWSKI, 1532 INDIAN RIVER DRIVE (OFFSHORE MARINE), EXPRESSED HIS FELLING THAT THEY WERE PUTTING A VERY SERIOUS BURDEN ON THE THEIR BUSINESS'S AND EXISTENCE. HE SAID THAT THERE WASN'T ANYTHING MORE ACCOMMODATING THEN PAVING THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AS DONE IN SO MANY COMMUNITIES. HE SAID THAT WHEN THEY OPEN UP THAT MUCH ACCESS TO PERSONAL PROPERTY THEY OPEN THEM UP TO LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND LIABILITIES. ARLENE WESTFALL, RESIDENT OF SEBASTIAN, SAID THAT THEY WERE ALL TO BE COMMENDED BECAUSE THEY WERE A VOLUNTEER GROUP, THEY HAVE WORKED VERY HARD AND THEY HAVE LISTENED TO EVERY ONE. SHE SAID IT WAS NOT AN EASY JOB AND SHE THOUGHT EVERYBODY HAD A REAL NEED TO TREAT THEM WITH RESPECT. SHE SAID BY HER COMING TO ALL THEIR MEETINGS SHE HAS LEARNED TO RESPECT THEM. PUBLIC COMMENT: NONE ACTING CHAIRMAN MATTERS: MS. CORUM ASKED MR. MASSARELLI ABOUT HE SAID ABOUT FILLING IN STORMWATER AT CAPT. HIRAM'S. HE EXPLAINED THAT RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE PARKING THERE WAS A LITTLE SHALLOW DEPRESSION AND IN RESEARCHING IT BY PUTTING THE SIDEWALK OVER THAT IT DID NOT APPEAR THAT IT WOULD CREATE ANY PROBLEMS AND IT WAS NOT AN ACTUAL STORMWATER SWALE. MEMBER MATTERS: MR. THOMPSON ASKED IF THE COMMITTEE COULD RE-EXAMINE THE CONSENSUS OF THE LAND USE FOR VEHICULAR SALES AND RELATED SERVICES. MR. WILD SAID, IN SUMMARY, AS A CLOSING STATEMENT FOR THE WHOLE PROJECT THAT THEY WERE IIP THERE TO REPRESENT MORE THAN JUST THE PEOPLE WHO OWN PROPERTY ON THE RIVER. HE SAID IF THEY GAVE PEOPLE A PLACE TO WALK IT WOULD CREATE MORE FOOT TRAFFIC AND HOPEFULLY CREATE PEDESTRIAN BUSINESS ALONG THERE. /O \ A"N RIVERFRONT COMMITTEE PAGE ELEVEN REGULAR MEETING OF AUGUST 5, 1996 MR. MOORE SATED THAT IF THE CITY WAS GOING TO TAKE PARKING AWAY FROM SMALL BUSINESS'S WHETHER IT BE ACCIDENTAL OR INCIDENTAL SOMEHOW THEY NEED TO GIVE THEM PARKING SOMEWHERE ELSE. HE ALSO SAID THAT HE SAW SEVEN PEOPLE, ON HIS WAY TO THE MEETING, TRYING TO WALK DOWN INDIAN RIVER DRIVE WITHOUT GETTING HIT BY CARS. HE SAID FOR PEOPLE WHO SAY THAT OTHER PEOPLE DON'T WALK ALONG THERE HE THINKS THEY WILL WALK THE RIVER IF SAFE ACCESS WAS PROVIDED. STAFF MATTERS: NONE. ADJOURNMENT: MS. CORUM ADJOURNED THE MEETING AT 10:15. * VERBIAGE WAS ADDED TO SOME OF THE MOTIONS TO MAKE THEM MORE CLEAR n /1 City of Sebastian 1225 MAIN STREET o SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA 32958 TELEPHONE (561) 589-5330 C3 FAX (561) 589-5570 SEBASTIAN RIVERFRONT COMMITTEE DAWN M. CURAPIt SECRETARY RCMAS.WP l'1 City of Sebastian 1225 MAIN STREET 0 SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA 32958 TELEPHONE (561) 589-5330 0 FAX (561) 589-5570 PUBLIC MEETING CITY OF SEBASTIAN 1225 MAIN STREET INDIAN RIVER COUNTY THE RIVERFRONT COMMITTEE OF THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN, INDIAN RIVER Avolk, COUNTY, FLORIDA, WILL HOLD THEIR REGULAR MEETING ON MONDAY, JULY 15, 1996 AT 7:00 P.M. IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS. s7^ % DAWN M. C RAPI, SECRETARY RIVERFRONT COMMITTEE 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 TO ENSURE THAT 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. ^1 RCPUBMTI.WP City of Sebastian 1225 MAIN STREET c SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA 32958 TELEPHONE (561) 589-5330 0 FAX (561) 589-5570 AGENDA RIVERFRONT COMMITTEE MONDAY AUGUST 5, 1996 7:30 P.M. 1. CALL TO ORDER. 2. ROLL CALL. 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: MEETING OF JULY 15, 1996 4. ANNOUNCEMENTS. 5. OLD BUSINESS: DISCUSS PROPOSED SIDEWALK ALONG INDIAN RIVER DRIVE. 6. PUBLIC COMMENT. 7. CHAIRMAN MATTERS. 8. MEMBERS MATTERS. 9. STAFF MATTERS. 10. ADJOURNMENT. IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA), ANYONE WHO NEEDS SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THIS MEETING SHOULD CONTACT THE CITY'S ADA COORDINATOR AT (407)-589-5330 AT LEAST 48 HOURS PRIOR TO THIS MEETING.