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Commissioners ask staff for itemized memo on Beachside cleanup, Main Street streetscape
Summary
Commissioners discussed a detailed Beachside cleanup presentation — citing broken fencing, graffiti, missing signs, lighting, parking signage and trash — and directed staff to return an itemized memo with costs and options at the next commission meeting; no formal ordinance or funding commitment was made.
Commissioners at the Feb. 19 Daytona Beach CRA meeting spent substantial time discussing maintenance and improvement priorities for the city’s Beachside and Main Street areas, and asked staff to return with an itemized memo of actions, costs and responsible contacts.
Commissioner Perez presented a slideshow of problem sites on Ocean Avenue and other Beachside locations, identifying broken fencing, damaged light fixtures, missing or graffiti-covered street signs, utility lines, inconsistent paid-parking signage, overflowing trash containers and graffiti on poles. "When I say clean up the city for Beachside, meaning can we remove these broken light fixtures and replace them with the new updated light fixtures that we do have?" Commissioner Perez asked during her presentation.
Discussion ranged from quick, low-cost fixes to longer-term projects. Chair Derek L. Henry and other commissioners urged staff to prioritize "low-hanging fruit" such as sign replacement, graffiti removal and targeted cleanups while acknowledging larger projects — notably undergrounding utilities and a Main Street streetscape estimated at "2 to $4,000,000" — would require long-term planning and funding. Commissioner Strickland asked whether lights strung across Main Street could be added, and commissioners also requested replacement of Surfside Village banners.
City Manager (name not specified in the transcript) told the board staff would prepare a line-item memo for the next commission meeting outlining what has been done, what remains to be done, estimated costs for each item, and the contacts or agencies involved. The manager said some items already have active projects, that code-enforcement processes can be lengthy, and that staff will provide specifics on responsibilities and partner agencies such as FPL for utility pole work.
Commissioners suggested several implementation ideas during the discussion: reinstating a street team or community cleanup workforce for weekends and after events; using work-release or similar programs for graffiti removal (noting potential costs); targeting enforcement of existing ordinances such as requirements to fence garbage containers; and exploring year-round events and public-art installations to boost Beachside’s appeal.
No formal vote or new budget appropriation occurred; the board’s instruction to staff functioned as a direction to prepare options and cost estimates for future consideration. Commissioners asked staff to identify which items could be achieved quickly and which would require longer-term funding or county collaboration (for example, parking partnerships with Volusia County).
