Town of Melbourne Beach  TOWN COMMISSION WORKSHOP APRIL 5, 2023 MEETING AT 6:00 p.m. COMMUNITY CENTER = 509 OCEAN AVENUE  MINUTES  Commission Members: Mayor Wyatt Hoover Vice MayorJoyce Barton Commissioner Sherri Quarrie Commissioner Corey Runte Commissioner Marivi Walker StaffMembers: Town Manager Elizabeth Mascaro Town Clerk. Amber Brown  1. Call to Order  Mayor Wyatt Hoover called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.  2. RollC Call  Town Clerk Amber Brown conducted roll call Commission Members Present Mayor Wyatt Hoover Vice Mayor Joyce Barton Commissioner Sherri Quarrie Commissioner Corey Runte Commissioner Marivi Walker Commission Members Absent  StaffMembers Present Town Manager Elizabeth Mascaro Building Official Robert Bitgood Police ChiefN Melanie Griswold Fire Chief Gavin Brown Public Works Director Tom Davis Town Clerk Amber Brown    3. Pledge of Allegiance and Moment ofs Silence Mayor Wyatt Hoover led the Pledge of Allegiance  4. Public Comments  After being acknowledged by the Mayor, members oft thej public should state their name and address for the record. The Commission encourages citizens to prepare their comments in advance. Each individual will have three (3) minutes to address the Commission on any topic(s) related to' Town business, not on the Agenda.  Frank Thomas 606Atlantic St  Frank Thomas spoke about being a local historian that has written a lot about the place since. 1962. He interviewed. Don Beaujean and Ruth. Ryckman. Ryckman Park used to be referred to as River Park because it did not have a name. It was then named after Ruth Ryckman. Ocean Park is very generic. He mentioned naming it after someone  historic.  Kate Wilborn 502 Second. Ave  Kate Wilborn asked for an update regarding flooding and what should she do in the meantime. She spoke about getting a disproportionate. amount of the Town's water. When there is an unexpected downpour who do the residents call? In the past, she has hadwater: in her house up to her knees. She has been waiting forsixyears andu waiting Commissioner Corey Runte spoke about the improvements on Second and Pine are at least 24 months out. As far as an emergency goes call the police department and they will dispatch the proper resources. The Town is actively working on the solution. Police ChiefMelanie Griswoldspokeabout. lifes safetywould bet the most important thing.  another two years is too long.  5. New Business  A. Discussion on the Sixth. Ave boat ramp  Town Manager Elizabeth Mascaro spoke about receiving the agreement from Commissioner Sherri Quarrie asked about the enforcement of the storage of Town Manager Elizabeth Mascaro spoke about thel kayak racks would be for temporary placement not for storage. Itv would allow people to drop offt their kayaks and then park their vehicles. Another option is to not allow trailers to park at the boat ramp which would allow more vehicles to park. People would unload then  Bowman to look at the site. The plans would cost $850.00.  kayaks.    bring their vehicle and trailer home then bike or walk back to the boat ramp. There Commissioner Corey Runte spoke about it being important to get a design on paper because most grants require the design already be done. The current statei is unacceptable and needs to be fixed and beautified. This meeting would be to get a consensus on what the Commission wants there and get the neighboring residents' Vice Mayor. Joyce Barton spoke about wanting to see different options for a seawall. As straight vertical seawall has the highest maintenance and is the least effective. Mayor Wyatt Hoover spoke about the design including repairing the seawall and structural elements with something that has lowi impact, temporary use for kayak/paddleboard racks, bike racks, some amount ofl landscaping, parking for only small vehicles and no trailers, and a pavilion. With the potential toj put ai three Commissioner Corey Runte spoke about including a short launch ift thei neighboring homes are okay with it. Plan and include everything, but if we do: not get grant funds then scale back. Ifweg got grant funds then we could also include drilling a Mayor Wyatt Hoover spoke about approving the funds fori the site plan at the next  is noi irrigation there which limits the options for landscaping.  input.  ori four-foot launch for kayaks and paddleboards.  well for water for landscaping.  meeting.  Kate Wilborn 502, Second. Ave  Kate Wilborn spoke about grantfunding being great, but crowds are coming and Mayor Wyatt Hoover spoke about not allowing trailers to park at the boat ramp which would mean people would havei tol bring their trailers elsewhere and walk or Commissioner Corey Runte spoke about the parking requirements should be discussed late on, and depending on where the grant money comes from the Town  that is one area that can be made residents only.  bike back toi the ramp.  could still do resident parking only. Allison Stephens 1508. Pine  Allison Stephens spoke about owning the property to the north of the ramp. She is for making it easier to launch, but when you launch your boat and have to leave toj park elsewhere what do you do with your boat? Why not have the parking require a parking sticker? She is notj for having a long dock and dredging, but she isfor having a short dock as long as it is not too long to see into her backyard or  allow multiple boats to be tied up and left sitting there.    Commissioner Corey Runte spoke about everyone wanting a dock, but letting the Mayor Wyatt Hoover asked if Allison would be able to provide a length from the  neighboring homes direct the conversation on howi it looks. seawall that they would be okay with for a short dock.  Dave. Micka 3231 Fourth. Ave  Dave. Micka. spoke about Town history when there were ramps at Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth and you could not leave your trailer at them. When the roads were paved the height ofthe road made the ramps too. steep to use. Over time Third and Fourth. Avei ramps disappeared and FifthAve became a park. Fifth. Ave used to be a launchy for kayaks and paddleboards because ofhow shallow it was. Commissioner Sherri Quarrie spoke about looking into other locations for a kayak Commissioner Corey Runte spoke about the boat ramp: functioning, just fine the way it is. Iti is just unsafe to launch a kayak due to the lack of maintenance. Splitting resources would cost more and take more time. This area is thel biggest area the Town has, and it already operates in this capacity, there haven'th been any incidents of a kayaker getting hit. Itis the best that the Town has, it's just not ideal Mayor Wyatt Hoover spoke about there being noi reason to exclude paddleboards or kayaks from the Sixth Ave boat ramp. Hesuggested getting that area functional and in place then ift the demand fori the kayak and paddleboard storage exceeds whati is at Sixth Ave then consider going through this process again for a different street. Create an action item to have stafflook at other areas for an additional Commissioner Sherri Quarrie spoke about looking at thel long term and it might be Commissioner Corey Runte spoke about agreeing to look at other streets in  and paddleboard launch.  because there is nothing tol hold onto.  kayak or paddleboard launch.  that the Sixth Ave boat ramp cannot keep up with everything.  addition to Sixth. Ave, but not in lieu of.  New Action Item - Have Town Staffl look at and evaluate the remaining street end accesses  for suitability to add resources for kayaks and paddleboards.  Betsy Baird 1111 River Rd  Betsy Baird asked why the Town needs to have storagej for kayaks and paddleboards. Ifyou live in Melbourne Beach can't you keep them at your house? Mayor Wyatt Hoover spoke about it not being for long-term storage.    Commissioner Corey Runte spoke about it being likel bike racks to temporarily put Kyle Shasteen with Bowman Consulting introduced himself and spoke about the site plan they will be putting together. He agreed with everything that was  kayaks and paddleboards.  discussed and that this is going in the right direction. Vance Bindley with Bowman Consulting introduced himself.  B. Discussion on the Ocean Ave concept drawings  Mayor Wyatt Hoover spoke about the history and background of this agenda item. Commissioner Corey Runte spoke about needing to have a design in place to seek Kyle Shasteen with Bowman Consulting spoke about some goals the Town wanted to accomplish with this project being traffic calming, pedestrian safety, and low- impact development. Right now there is a one-hundred-foot right of way and the lanes are 15 feet wide which is very large. At a minimum, for traffic calming, make the lane width smaller. The plans have 11-foot wide lanes. Drawing 1A has a median that changes in width to keep drivers attentiveand the ends are wider to allow for U-turns. The parking changed to angled because oft the one-way traffic. The pros to drawing 1A are the median for traffic calming, mid-blocks for pedestrian safety in the median, and you can add landscaping or retention in the median. A con of this layout is you lose some access because you will have to make al U-turn to access driveways or businesses on the other side oft the road. Onei issue that was brought up is fire trucks being ablei to get around al broken-down vehicle, and an option is to use a mountable curb which would allow fire trucks to driveon them so the fire truck can pass. 1B also has 11-foot lane width and removed the median to allow access to driveways and businesses on the other side ofthe road. One pro is you gain more: space on the north side: for swales or water retention. To address parking, currently, there are. 43 parking spots. In drawing 1A there would be; 31 spaces and in drawing 1B there are. 40 spaces. Angled parking spots require more overall space. Both drawings have a 5-foot wide bike lane on both sides oft the Commissioner Corey Runte asked if drawing 1A has room to add parking on the Commissioner Marivi Walker asked about having just golf cart parking on the north The Commission agreed to liking the 1A drawing with the center median. Mayor Wyatt Hoover spoke about heavy traffic going to Town Hall from A1Aand the median sticks out blocking the driveway. Pull the median back to allow traffic  alternative funding.  road.  north side oft the road. side ofthe road.  toi turn into the driveway from both directions.    Commissioner Sherri Quarrie asked howi thei transition will work from Riverside Dr Kyle Shasteen spoke about following FDOT requirements fort tapering roads. Commissioner Marivi Walker asked about the end of Avenue A, Avenue B, and Sunset when you approach Riverside the road flares out sO vehicles go faster. Mayor Wyatt Hoover spoke about mirroring the west side of the Pine and Ocean Commissioner Corey Runte asked why stop at Ocean and Pine rather than Ocean Mayor Wyatt Hoover spoke about planning all the way to Ocean and Oak, but for Fire Chief Gavin Brown spoke about ladder trucks needing 25 feet for a turning radius, and Florida Fire Prevention Code says fire department access roads must have an unobstructed road width of 20 feet. He is not sure. how it is applied ift there  being a wider road to Ocean Ave.  intersection on the east side.  and Oak.  construction do itin phases starting at Riverside and Ocean.  isar median. Neil Tompkins 2004 Neptune  Neil Tompkins asked what the implied traffic pattern is. Forcing everyone to come from the west toj park is aj pretty radical change SO keep that in mind. Loves the idea oft the traffic calming thoughts, but the unintended consequence ofthat is you will be changing how people park. Doas study tof figure out traffic patterns. Be sure that thej front overhang is not impeding pedestrian traffic. Also, make sure any landscaping that you want to keep is accounted, for in the designs. Kyle from Bowman spoke about the only way to find out how much traffic comes Commissioner Corey Runte spoke about it being possible that some traffic might divert through the side streets for ease of access rather than doing a U-turn, but on the flip side, he thinks it will reduce thet traffic on side streets because it will make it Commissioner Sherri Quarrie spoke about the real trafficcalming feature being the ends. Golfc carts coming from the east will cut through the' Town Hall driveway and Public Works Director Tom Davis spoke about doing a meandering sidewalk to go Commissioner Sherri Quarrie spoke about using thei retention area by the tennis  from each direction would be to get a traffic study done.  less desirable to go through the area unless you're using the area.  the circle to get tot the golf cart parking.  around the oak trees. court for golf cart parking.    Commissioner Corey Runte spoke about having traffic-rated stormwater tanks  there sO you can park golfcarts.  C. Open discussion  Police Chief Melanie Griswold spoke about a special event application for a bike race at Rock Harbour Church. This will not take any resources from the' Town as the Sherriff's Office will be handling traffic control. Normally this event is held at Gleason Park in Indian Harbour Beach, but there was a scheduling conflict this Town Manager Elizabeth Mascaro spoke about this event application coming to this workshop because the event is only two days after the next regular meeting and that wouldn't provide any time if the Commission decided not to approve the event. No Commissioners had an issue with the special event application.  year SO they had to find a different location.  6. Adjournment  Commissioner Corey Runte moved to adjourn; Commissioner Marivi Walker  seconded; Motion carried 5-0. Meeting adjourned at 8:06 p.m.  ATTEST:  Ayai Hown  ( Dbr Amber Brown, Town Clerk  Wyatt Hoover, Mayor  ELHOUENE  DED 1883