Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 09-11-2007 workshop agenda — reading text

Rules. They tend to get bog down in the detail and need to occasionally be reminded of the bigger picture. East Miracle Strip Neighborhood This Neighborhood is without clear mission or leadership. The fonnation of the Historic Downtown Merchants group within the Chamber has eliminated a significant portion of the people who had attended the neighborhood meeting. Other than streetscaping the Downtown area, they have not stated any desires. Some residential participation has occurred but it hasn' t been significant. Until the residential interest increases, this neighborhood may be best served by the Historic Downtown Merchants Association. Elliott' s Point / Ferry Park Neighborhood These Neighborhoods initially met separately but started joint meetings after the first few times because attendance was very low. These Neighborhoods could be joined since they have some similar issues. For example, a Hollywood bridge would affect both Neighborhoods. These Neighborhoods were meeting while this issue was still alive but after the first meeting where the bridge issue was raised, participation dropped off. The group seems to have two distinct personality types present and balancing those is tricky. One type wants infonnation that may impact their Neighborhood even though the issue may be more national than local. This portion is responsible for the meetings where guest speakers have given presentations. These presentations have included: The Police Chief speaking on Illegal Immigration, Officer Martin addressing Gangs, Sergeant Findley speaking about vagrants, and Aaron Thrush and Lenore Wilson speaking about homeless and The second group wants to affect changes which have a direct impact on vagrants.. their quality of life. These changes include: sidewalks, traffic calming (Ferry Road, Hollywood as well as through streets like Magnolia), lighting, and crime prevention. No leaders have emerged and there was some effort by the second group to pursue a Neighborhood Association but attendance is so sporadic that progress was not made. This group is reliant on the City. Garniers Beach This Neighborhood has many involved participants. They were active without any external influences but the recent proposal for re- development on the parcels between South and Patton on Eglin Parkway has helped spur participation. If the sellers of that property follow through with the $ 100K grant, more will happen in this Neighborhood than any other. This group has 8 CERT members and has regular meetings. They are interested in starting a Neighborhood Watch program and especially due to the proposed  2 grant are interested in some type of Neighborhood Association. They recognize the benefits that an organized approach will give them. Their primary areas of concern are Garniers Beach Park, the entryways to the Neighborhood, and decorative vegetation along the right- of-ways. This group is one of the more self-motivated Neighborhoods. Kenwood The Kenwood Neighborhood has some unique perspectives. More than Garniers Beach, it is isolated nom the rest of the City. Turnout for the meetings at Kenwood School has been relatively strong. Participation at Pryor has been minimal. This group has a history of attending the Neighborhood meetings but has just recently gotten active. Their concerns are enhanced by the prospect of the new Judicial Center at the Fairgrounds. More than the Judicial Center itself is the combination of it joined with the new businesses it will spawn and the concern that these new developments will create massive traffic increases within their neighborhood. The main concern has been, and continues to be speeding and cut through traffic on Country Club. Seabreeze The Seabreeze Neighborhood is very active, and are pursuing the development of a Neighborhood Association. This neighborhood bas a committee who runs the meetings, sends out notices and is very involved in neighborhood issues. They have a pot luck at each meeting. The Neighborhood has been strong since the inception of this and cut through traffic program. The major issues of the neighborhood include speeding on Temple, the need to improve the Senior Center and grounds around it for a more active park,the master plan for Liza Jackson Park, and entryway signs. This neighborhood is self motivated and can function will little assistance nom the City. Northwest/Oakland/South Bayou These neighborhoods have been content with the City organizing the meetings. They have had no initiative to fonn their own associations or groups. Northwest is the strongest of the three neighborhoods. Because their issues seem to be similar, it makes sense to combine the three neighborhoods. The major concerns are about safety and graffitiin Vesta Heights park; the number of people living in a single family home; the master plan for Liza Jackson Park; bike lanes, signs and lane markings along Jet Drive; and the parking ofRV' s, boats and trailers on a single lot. W.E. Combs W.E. Combs was the first neighborhood to fonn a Neighborhood Association, 501c3. They were very strong for several years, however, the leader within the community has not been active for the past I +years due to personal problems and the Association has become inactive. Many of the meetings have had no one in attendance. This neighborhood needs to have assistance nom the City to get re- established.  A, iV-c:. N Dr\- I&;; E- 6b / 07 3 Neighborhood Date Attendance Population % Seal 10/ 12/ 2006 12 711 1. 68776 Seal 11/ 9/ 2006 14 711 1. 96906 Beal 2/ 8/ 2007 10 710 1.40845 Seal 3/ 6/ 2007 13 708 1. 83616 Seal 4/ 3/ 2007 13 711 1. 82841 Seal 5/ 1/ 2007 10 711 1.40647 Beal 6/ 5/ 2007 19 711 2. 67229 Average 1. 68939 East Miracle Strip 10/ 5/ 2006 14 364 3. 84615 East Miracle Strip 11 fl/2006 8 364 2. 1978 East Miracle Strip 12/ 5/ 2006 10 364 2. 74725 East Miracle Strip 1/ 11/ 2007 3 365 0. 82192 East Miracle Strip 2/ 13/ 2007 4 365 1. 09589 ast Miracle Strip 3/ 27/ 2007 7 390 1. 79487 East Miracle Strip 4/ 24/ 2007 6 390 1. 53846 East Miracle Strip 5/ 22/ 2007 4 390 1. 02564 East Miracle Strip 6/ 26/2007 4 390 1. 02564 Average 1. 78818 Elliott' s Point/Ferry Park 10/ 16/ 2006 12 2025 0. 59259 Elliott's Point/Ferry Park 11/ 13/ 2006 13 2024 0. 64229 Elliott' s Point/Ferry Park 12/ 11/ 2006 37 2024 1. 82806 Elliott' s Point/Ferry Park 1/ 8/ 2007 28 2024 1. 3834 Elliott's Point/Ferry Park 2/13/2007 38 2024 1. 87747 Elliott's Point/Ferry Park 3/ 12/ 2007 41 2024 2. 02569 Elliott's Point/Ferry Park 4/ 9/ 2007 12 2024 0. 59289 Elliott's Point/Ferry Park 5/ 14/ 2007 16 2024 0. 79051 Elliott's Point/Ferry Park 6/ 11/ 2007 10 2024 0.49407 Average 1. 13633 Garniers Beach 1/ 18/ 2007 28 241 11. 6183 Garniers Beach 2/ 22/ 2007 17 241 7. 05394 Garniers Beach 3/ 22/ 2007 6 241 2.48963 Garniers Beach 4/24/ 2007 14 241 5. 80913 Garniers Beach 5/ 24/ 2007 25 241 10. 3734 Garniers Beach 6/ 28/ 2007 43 241 17. 8423 Average 9. 19779 Kenwood 10/25/ 2006 15 1047 1.4326 Kenwood 11/ 16/ 2006 12 1047 1. 14613 Kenwood 1/ 11/ 2007 33 1048 3. 14885 Kenwood 2/ 20/ 2007 22 1048 2. 09924 Kenwood 3/ 20/ 2007 17 1056 1. 60985 II Kenwood 4/ 17/ 2007 14 1057 1. 3245 Kenwood 5/ 15/ 2007 16 1057 1. 51372 Kenwood 6/ 19/ 2007 6 1057 0. 56764 Average 1. 60533 Northwest 10/ 23/ 2006 10 1379 0. 72516 Northwest 11/ 27/2006 12 1379 0. 8702 Northwest 1/ 15/ 2007 18 1379 1. 30529 Northwest 2/ 19/ 2007 12 1379 0. 8702 Northwest 3/ 19/ 2007 8 1379 0. 58013 Northwest 4/ 16/2007 6 1379 0.4351 Northwest 5/ 21/ 2007 6 1379 0.4351 Northwest 6/ 18/2007 5 1379 0. 36258 Average 0. 69797 Oakland 10/ 17/ 2006 12 1507 0. 79628 Oakland 11/ 14/ 2006 14 1507 0. 929 Oakland 1/ 16/ 2007 4 1507 0. 26543 Oakland 2/27/2007 7 1507 0.4645 Oakland 3/26/ 2007 4 1507 0. 26543 Oakland 4/ 23/ 2007 7 1507 0.4645 Oakland 5/ 29/ 2007 6 1507 0. 39814 Oakland 6/ 25/ 2007 5 1507 0. 33179 Average 0.48938 Seabreeze 10/ 26/ 2006 18 692 2.60116 Seabreeze 11/ 21/ 2006 12 692 1. 7341 Seabreeze 12/ 19/ 2006 12 692 1. 7341 Sea breeze 1/ 23/2007 17 692 2. 45665 Seabreeze 2/ 15/ 2007 15 692 2. 16763 Seabreeze 3/ 15/ 2007 13 692 1. 87861 Seabreeze 4/ 19/ 2007 15 692 2. 16763 Seabreeze 5/ 17/2007 20 692 2. 89017 Sea breeze 6/ 21/ 2007 19 692 2. 74566 Average 2. 26397 South Bayou 3/ 5/ 2007 13 274 4. 74453 South Bayou 4/212007 12 274 4. 37956 South Bayou 517/ 2007 6 274 2. 18978 South Bayou 6/ 4/ 2007 7 274 2. 55474 Average 3.46715 W. E. Combs 10/ 19/2006 2 282 0.7092 W. E. Combs 11/ 30/2006 8 282 2. 83688 W. E. Combs 1/ 25/ 2007 7