Joshua Gideon

The City of Atlantic Beach's first Sustainability & Resilience Community Action Plan (SRCAP), constructed in October 2022, serves as a comprehensive roadmap to prepare for resilience challenges and maintain a healthy, prosperous, sustainable, and equitable future for generations. The plan outlines strategic directions across eight key focus areas: Natural Systems & Ecology, Energy & Climate, Quality of Life & Livability, Water, Green Building & Infrastructure, Solid Waste, Transportation & Land Use, and Governance, Community Outreach & Education. It emphasizes a living document approach, aiming for adaptable strategies and measurable outcomes to enhance the community's quality of life, natural environment, and economic prosperity.

This document presents an update to the City's Coastal Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Plan, addressing FDEP Resilient Florida Program guidelines and State Statutes. Key objectives include updating tidal, storm-surge, and rainfall-driven flood mapping, identifying vulnerable critical community infrastructure, and conducting a baseline survey of the coastal marsh. The plan focuses on minimizing risks and establishing strategies for resilience against future coastal flooding and sea level rise, with planning horizons extending to 2050 and 2080.

This document outlines the City of Atlantic Beach's strategic direction for its parks and recreation system, aiming to guide decision-making for oversight, facilities, and programming into the next decade. The plan includes a comprehensive community profile, inventory, and site assessment of existing parks, facilities, and programs. It provides recommendations for current and future improvements, land acquisition, and capital project development, with the overall purpose of establishing a high-quality parks system and maximizing resource effectiveness.

The City Commission authorized the expenditure of a $65,000 Department of Environmental Protection grant, an $86,950 Department of Economic Opportunity grant, and $10,000 in city funds to engage Jones Edmunds to perform a review and update of the City's Coastal Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Plan. The City Manager is authorized to execute contracts and purchase orders to effectuate the provisions of this resolution.

This document outlines proposed 2018 amendments to the City of Atlantic Beach's Comprehensive Plan, which has a planning horizon extending to 2030. The primary objective is to update existing goals, objectives, and policies, and introduce new ones, particularly to comply with changes in Growth Management law, including the mandated "Peril of Flood" component. Key focus areas include managing growth and redevelopment, protecting natural and coastal resources, maintaining community character, ensuring adequate public services and infrastructure, promoting energy efficiency, and coordinating with other agencies. The amendments also incorporate updated demographics and map series.