NOTICE OF PUBLIC WORKSHOP MEETING

South Beach Parkway Traffic Safety/ Congestion Reduction Project

The Jacksonville Beach City Council and Community Redevelopment Agency will hold a public workshop meeting to hear and comment on staff and traffic engineering consultant updates on the status of the proposed project to improve traffic safety and relieve traffic congestion on South Beach Parkway between Jacksonville Drive and J. Turner Butler Boulevard. The workshop meeting will be convened in the City Council Chambers, 11 North 3rd Street, on August 4, 2014, immediately following the adjournment of the regularly scheduled City Council meeting. The Council meeting will begin at 7:00 p.m. and conclude at the completion of the agenda. Questions may be directed to Steven Lindorff, CRA Administrator at (904) 247-6231 or planning@jaxbchfl.net.

/s/ William C. Latham, MAYOR, City of Jacksonville Beach /s/ Grady Kearsey, Chair, Jacksonville Beach CRA

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JACKSONVILLE BEACH

JacksonVJlle Beach

City Hall

11 North Third Street

Jacksonville Beach

FL 32250

Phone. 904 247 6231

Fax 904 247 6107

Planning@jaxbchfl.net

www.jacksonvillebeach.org

COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY

MEMORANDUM TO:

FROM: DATE: SUBJECT:

Mayor Charlie Latham and Members of the City Council Chairman Grady Kearsey and Members of the CRA City Manager George Forbes

Steven G. Lindorff, Director of Planning & Development July 18, 2014

Acquisition of Lots 11 and 12 (except part in street), and one­half of the closed alleyway, Block 2, Ocean Terrace Oimmy and Linda Kelly, 910 Jacksonville Drive rKelly Property)

On April 18, 2011, the City Council approved an amendment to the South Beach Community Redevelopment Plan to adopt an updated and revised capital improvement program and planning budget The revised capital improvement plan and budget was based on a comprehensive study of the water, sanitary sewer, stormwater management, and roadway conditions in the South Beach District. The plan amendment included numerous infrastructure improvement projects, including a proposal for a major traffic safety improvement project in the segment of South Beach Parkway and the J. Turner Butler Boulevard overpass.

The traffic safety project was originally scheduled for a later phase of implementation. It was intended to be undertaken when there was a definite development proposal for the ±10-acre parcel at the southwest comer of South Beach Parkway and Jacksonville Drive ("Perry Property"). In the fall of 2012, the city was informed that the Perry Property was under contract to be sold to KB Homes, a national homebuilding company. Subsequently, KB Homes withdrew and was replaced by Richmond American Homes.

Based on this information, City staff decided to expedite work on the proposed project for several reasons. First, an additional 12 feet of right of way was needed along the west side of South Beach Parkway to construct a dedicated right turn lane to carry southbound traffic to Sanctuary Parkway and Butler Boulevard. This component of the project also involved the possible acquisition of the Kelly residence to allow constructing the dedicated turn lane to or through the Jacksonville Drive intersection.

Conceptually, it was also thought that there could be some benefit to

relocating the traffic signal on the north side of the Butler overpass north to align with a new roadway from South Beach Parkway into the new Richmond American Homes residential development This is one alternative that was carefully analyzed by the Kimley-Horne traffic engineers, who were retained by the project civil engineer (Waitz & Moye), to conduct a complete evaluation of the proposed project. Kimley-Horn's investigation showed that the peak hour traffic moves fairly well through the existing Marsh Landing

Parkway /South Beach Parkway /Sanctuary Parkway network. As a result, they are recommending that the traffic signal remain at its present location. The traffic engineer does believe, however, that there would be considerable benefit in managing congestion and traffic safety if the dedicated southbound to westbound turn lane is constructed to the appropriate point north of Jacksonville Drive. The City has already secured the additional 12 feet of property for the new lane from Richmond American Homes through the rezoning process.

As a result of the traffic engineer's finding, plus the fact that the Kelly's listed their home for sale, staff has renewed the negotiations with the seller's Realtor to purchase the property. This will enable the CRA to provide the City with the 12-foot strip of land to complete the right of way needed to add the dedicated turn lane, and redesign the South Beach Parkway /Jacksonville Drive intersection to function better and more safely.

The table below summarizes the negotiation process that has occurred since the Perry property originally went under contract for a single family residential development in the fall of 2012:

DATE DESCRIPTION 11 5 2012 Kell raised at $290,000. 11/19/2012

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a Letter of intent to purchase from the CRA tendered in the amount of $265,000. Kelly declines City offer, but does not

rovide a counter~offer.

CRA u s offer to the a raised amount of $290,000. Kelly counter-offers to sell for $550,000, thus ending the ne otiations. After it was noted that the Kelly's were represented by a Realtor, the property was re-appraised at $326,000.

Letter of intent to purchase from the CRA is tendered in the amount of $326,000. Kelly's representative verbally indicates that the property can be purchased for $420,000, or $94,000 above the appraised value of $326,000.

City and CRA retain Waitz & Moye, with Kimley-Horne as the traffic engineering sub-consultant, to provide a design of the projects, excluding the 12 feet of right of way that would have been rovided via ac uisition o the Kell ro e . Based on the traffic engineer's recommendation regarding the widening of South Beach Parkway, a new letter of intent to purchase the Kelly property has been tendered for their askin rice of $420,000, sub'ect to the a roval of the CRA. Kelly's signed and returned the CRA's offer to purchase their

. This acce tance tri ers an ins ection eriod

DATE DESCRIPTION allowing the CRA to secure an updated sutvey of the property, conduct a Phase I environment audit, secure quotes to demolish the structure, and gain the approval of purchase by the CRA board before proceeding to close on the purchase.

Throughout this negotiation, staff has been in contact with Richmond American Homes about the possibility of them purchasing the residual part of the Kelly property from the CRA and adding it to their Ocean Terrace development site. Richmond American also sought unsuccessfully to acquire the second residential property to the west of the Kelly property. While acquiring both properties and incorporating them into the larger development site would have been ideal, Richmond American has decided to move ahead with their project •as is· . At some point in the future, the CRA can sell the balance of the Kelly property for redevelopment for single-family residential use and recoup the $96,000 paid above the appraisal for the property.

My purpose in presenting this information at this stage of the project design work is to ascertain if the Council has any concerns and if the CRA agrees that purchasing the Kelly property for $96,000 more than the appraisal is appropriate and justified in light of the overall public benefit gained by reconstructing this segment of South Beach Parkway as recommended by the traffic engineer for the project. As the City's Director of Planning & Development and Administrator of the CRA, I think this is an opportunity with significant long-term benefits that should be approved.

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