Attention – Feb. 11, 2010, 6 p.m. Joint Commission & P&Z Board Meeting

This Thurs. Feb. 11, 2010 at 6 p.m. (not 7 p.m.) the City Commission and the P&Z Board will have a joint work session meeting entitled Review of Chapter 90 – Internal Traffic Circulation and Access. The agenda items will be:
a. Recommendations from Safety Committee Regarding Minimizing Safety Hazards with Vehicles Backing Out Across Sidewalks in ROR District.
b. Review of Chapter 90.

In a nutshell – what do ‘we’ people of Anna Maria want our City to look and feel like? How do we want it to function? When you drive down the narrow main streets of our city, along Pine Ave. and Gulf Dr., do you want to see the tail ends of parked cars backing out towards the street across the entire frontage of commercial properties along the length of the business district?
OR do you want to see limited driveway openings leading to small parking areas on the business properties (like the Sun Plaza at Magnolia and Gulf) where there is a proper driveway leading to on-site parking with a pretty hedge safely separating cars from a safer and more ‘walkable’ pedestrian sidewalk. (I think that is what Chapter 90 basically says already; it should be applied.)

Work session meetings are always important. Consensus is often taken for code revision ‘language’. The public will be allowed to comment. This is a big deal. This code will define the main streets of our beach town! See you there on Thurs. at 6 p.m.!