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Jacksonville Beach council OKs conceptual design for low-speed-vehicle parking lot downtown
Summary
The city council approved phase 1 conceptual design and authorized execution of a scope-and-fee agreement to study a low-speed vehicle parking lot on CRE-owned property across from Cape Parking Lot; council members noted ADA access and tree preservation.
The City of Jacksonville Beach City Council on Feb. 18 approved phase 1 of a conceptual design and authorized the mayor and city manager to execute a scope-and-fee agreement to study a low-speed vehicle parking lot on Community Redevelopment (CRE) property across from the Cape Parking Lot.
Taylor Mobs, CRE coordinator, presented the proposal and described the lot as intended to accommodate bicycles, golf carts, scooters and a small number of ADA-accessible spaces downtown. “This came from a briefing with council a while back, kinda talking about a way to accommodate more local traffic in the downtown,” Mobs said.
Council members asked questions before voting. One councilor encouraged the design team to “preserve as many of those beautiful palm trees as we can,” and another urged the city to consider adding extra ADA spaces to account for large events that temporarily reduce available parking.
The council voted unanimously on both motions. The first motion, to approve the scope and fee for phase 1 conceptual design of the low-speed vehicle parking lot, passed on a roll call vote of 6–0. The second motion, authorizing the mayor and city manager to execute the scope-and-fee agreement, also passed 6–0.
The redevelopment agency previously reviewed and approved the conceptual scope at its Jan. 15 meeting, Mobs said. No contract award or construction authorization was made at the Feb. 18 meeting; the votes authorized design work and execution of the scope and fee for phase 1 only.
