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Home My Public Portal About2010-01 Authorizing to implement the improvements within the Golf Cart Fernwood Road and Commercial Property Safety and Access PRESOLUTION NO. 2010-1 A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO TAKE ALL STEPS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE GOLF CART /PEDESTRIAN/BICYCLE FERNWOOD ROAD AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTY SAFETY AND ACCESS PLAN, DATED AUGUST 24, 2009, ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT "A;" AUTHORIZING THE VILLAGE MANAGER OR DESIGNEE TO DRAFT THE NECESSARY LEGISLATION TO IMPLEMENT THE REGULATIONS FOR THIS PLAN; AND PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the Village Council adopted Ordinance 2009-4 that created the Golf Cart Safety Board (the "Board") for the purpose of providing recommendations to the Village Council and Village Manager regarding golf cart safety practices; and WHEREAS, during the last year, the Board met several times to analyze and evaluate the current golf cart regulations within the Village as well as to identify capital improvements and regulations that can be made in order to provide for the efficient and safe circulation, use and operation of golf carts within the Village; and WHEREAS, on September 1, 2009, the Village Council adopted the Golf Cart/Pedestrian /Bicycle Fernwood Road and Commercial Property Safety and Access Plan, dated August 24, 2009, attached as Exhibit "A" (the "Plan"); and WHEREAS, this Plan included improvements to public as well as private property in order to provide additional access points for golf carts (the "Improvements"); and WHEREAS, this Plan also included proposed regulations relating to the usage of golf carts within the Village (the "Regulations"); and WHEREAS, the Village Council desires to authorize the Village Manager to take any and all steps necessary to implement the various provisions of the Plan; and WHEREAS, the Village Council finds that this Resolution is in the best interest and welfare of the residents of the Village. NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Recitals Adopted. That each of the recitals stated above is hereby adopted and confirmed. Section 2. Implementation of the Improvements within the Plan. That the Village Manager is hereby authorized to take any and all steps necessary to implement the Improvements within the Golf Cart/Pedestrian/Bicycle Fernwood Road and Commercial Property Safety and Access Plan, dated August 24, 2009, attached as Exhibit "A," including, but not limited to, negotiating contracts, agreements, and other documents necessary to effectuate the Plan, and to the extent required present such documents to the Village Council for approval. Section 3. Implementation of the Regulations within the Plan. That the Village Manager or designee is hereby authorized to work with the Village Attorney's Office to draft the necessary legislation to implement the Regulations within the Golf Cart/Pedestrian/Bicycle Fernwood Road and Commercial Property Safety and Access Plan, dated August 24, 2009, attached as Exhibit "A." Section 4. Effective Date. That this Resolution shall be effective immediately upon adoption hereof. 2 PASSED AND ADOPTED this 12th day of January 2010. MAYOR ROBERT L. VERNON CONCHITA H. ALVAREZ, MMC, VILLAGE C APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGAL SUFF VILLAGE ATTORNEY 3 EXHIBIT "A" GOLF C FERN WOOD PROPER S RT IPEA€S T AUGUST 24, 2009 IC ( (i; LE E;CIAL L VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE VILLAGE COUNCIL Robert L Vernon, Mayor Michael W Davey, Vice Mayor Enrique Garcia Robert Gusman Michael E. Kelly Jorge E. Mendia Thomas Thornton VILLAGE ATTORNEY Weiss, Serota, Helfman, Pastonza, Cole & Boniske, P A OFFICE OF THE VILLAGE CLERK Conchita H Alvarez, MMC ADMINISTRATION Genaro "Chip" Iglesias, Village Manager Jud Kurlancheek, AICP, Building, Zoning, and Planning Director Charles R Press, Police Chief ENGINEERING AND GRAPHICS C3TS GOLF CART SAFETY BOARD Romain Bignon Michele Estevez Jane Morns Allene Nicholson Rafael Perez Blanco Edward Stone Michael E Kelly, Village Council Liaison VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE FERNWOOD RD/COMMERCIAL ACCESS POINTS Golf Cart Safety Board Recommendations The Village Council adopted Ordinance No. 2009-4 which sets forth the jurisdiction of the Board which requested recommendations related to the following areas: 1. The use and operation of golf carts 2. Capital improvements on public and private property 3. Access, parking, zoning, design bonuses for golf cart amenities VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE FERNWOOD RD/COMMERCIAL ACCESS POINTS o a aey:oar • Recommended Policies The Board held six (6) meetings from April to August 2009. During these meetings, the Board recommended the following policies: 1. Golf carts should be prohibited on Crandon Boulevard with the exception of the area from W. Mashta Drive to the entrance of the Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Recreation Area and to cross the Boulevard. 2. The Zoning and Land Development Code should be amended to require 3 golf cart spaces per 50 vehicular parking spaces. 3. Encourage golf cart access to the shopping centers and offices from Fernwood Road. 4. Encourage golf cart access from shopping center to shopping center. 5. Access referred to above should only be encouraged when it is financially and physically possible. 2 VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE FERNWOOD RD/COMMERCIAL ACCESS POINTS Golf Cart Safety Board Recommended Policies 6. Access includes golf carts, pedestrians and bicycles. 7. When public funds are spent on private property to construct improvements, the use of such improvements by the public shall be maintained for an extended amount of time per an agreement with the property owner and the Village Manager. 8. A "stop sign" shall be placed when a pathway crosses a sidewalk. VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE FERNWOOD RD/COMMERCIAL ACCESS POINTS Golf Cart Safety Board Recommended Policies Ordinances No. 97-2 and 97-23 regulate golf carts in the Village. The Board recommends that these ordinances be amended to include the following: 1. Golf carts should be prohibited on Crandon Boulevard with the exception of the area from W. Mashta Drive to the entrance of the Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Recreation Area and at intersections for purposes of crossing the Boulevard. 2. Children under the age of three (3) shall be prohibited from riding in a golf cart. 3. A large decal/plate viewable from a distance of 25 ft. shall be required to be placed on the golf cart. The decal/plate shall have the registration number that is assigned by the Police Department. 4 VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE FERNWOOD RD/COMMERCIAL ACCESS POINTS Golf Cart Safety Board Proposed Access Points 1. St. Agnes Catholic Church/Harbor Plaza Shopping Center Easement to Calusa Park 93-100 Harbor Dr. 2. Harbor Plaza Shopping Center (7-11) to La Carreta 93 Harbor Dr. and Parking Lot 12 Crandon Blvd. 3. Fernwood Rd. at Key Executive Building 104 Crandon Blvd. 4. Fernwood Rd. at Key Colony Place 200 Crandon Blvd. 5. Fernwood Rd. at 240 Crandon Blvd. Office Building 240 Crandon Blvd. 6. 240 Crandon Blvd. Office Building to the The Square 240-260 Crandon Blvd. 7. The Square to The Galleria Shopping Centers 260-328 Crandon Blvd. 8. Fernwood Rd. to The Galeria Shopping Center 328 Crandon Blvd. 9. Fernwood Rd. to Winn -Dixie Shopping Center Parking Lot 600 Crandon Blvd 10. Key Biscayne Public Library/Sonesta Drive Golf Cart Parking Lot 299 Crandon Blvd. VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE FERNWOOD RD/COMMERCIAL ACCESS POINTS 1. ST. AGNES CATHOLIC CHURCH/HARBOR PLAZA EASEMENT TO CALUSA PARK 93-100 Harbor Drive PROPOSED 4' BLACK CHAIN LINK FENCE _� EXISTING HEDGE TO BE LOWERED OR REVVED Section Detail I Scale: 1 /4"=1'-0" cr ACCESS PEW \ \ 'ST AGNES PROPOSEDPROPOSED4-a RISC, OWN.. MICE \ CATHOLIC CHURCH' DeCOMPTIVe =JOY wrN r- GOY CAW P.O. PROPOSED wce-1 uv cur PAN ---� r1 — PROPOSED i'-O' WIDE GOLF CART PATH PROPOSED G' CHAIN LINK FENCE --EXISTING HEDGE TO REMAIN X-y—E11—EfY -K 'HARBOR PLAZA' Match Line - See Above ri PROs04W .'e wO'r OWN St FOILS II II II Ii I II II II -�mrvc nuke um N3! cur PAW VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE FERNWOOD RD/COMMERCIAL ACCESS POINTS 6 Match Line - See Below 2. HARBOR PLAZA (7-11) SHOPPING CENTER TO LA CARRETA RESTEURANT PARKING LOT 93 Harbor Dr./12 Crandon Blvd. 1555TING 5.114.054. "RESTAURANT (PARIC1446 LOT) Section Detail H Scale 1.20 IXISTING OWN UIK FENCE I /HRH 4 .F CART ACCESS. PROVIDE GOLF CART SIGN +o'vv $ INISNED FLOOR "PLAZA BUILDING" (EXISTING BUILDING) "RESTAURANT" (PARKING LOT) e(ISTING CHAIN LIKE FENCE NE N GOLF CART ArertS PROVIDE GOLF CART SIGN EXISTING CHAIN LINCE FENCE s a VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE FERNWOOD RD/COMMERCIAL ACCESS POINTS PROVIDE GOLF CART SIGN "HARBOR PLAZA" (PARK LOT) 7 3. FERNWOOD ROAD AT KEY EXECUTIVE BUILDING 104 Crandon Blvd. EXISTING — 1 BUILDING PROVIDE GOLF CART SIGN — CO RESTING Law wALL i OD EXISTING LOW WALL "KEY EXECUTIVE BUILDING" 25'-2 1/4' B'-0° „ CS O FERNWOOD ROAD —GOLF CART SPEED BUMP AHEAD I i I50'-0' GOLF CART SIGN EXISTING LOW WALL GOLF CART SIGN 1 9 -9° 15'-0" 5'-O° Section Detail A Scale, 1 20 PROVIDE GOLF CART SIGN ON EXISTING LOW WALL VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE FERNWOOD RD/COMMERCIAL ACCESS POINTS 8 4. FERNWOOD ROAD AT KEY COLONY PLACE 200 Crandon Boulevard - E%IS MG BUILDING PROVIDE GOLF CART SIGN - ON EXIS'ING LOW WALL - PROVIDE GOLF CART SIGN ON EXISTING CaL WALL 9'-9" 5'-0" Section Detail B Scale. 1 20 FERNWOOD ROAD VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE FERNWOOD RD/COMMERCIAL ACCESS POINTS 9 5. FERNWOOD ROAD TO 240 CRANDON BOULEVARD OFFICE BUILDING 240 Crandon Boulevard PROVIDE GGLE CART SAN - DN EXIStING LON HALL EXISTING LOW WALL AHEAD EXISTING BALDING - - it GOLF CART SIGN "240 CRANDON BUILDING" - EXISTING LIGHTING POST -PROVIDE GOLF CART SIGN GOLF CART SPEED BUMP FERNWOOD ROAD , 150'-0 PROVIDE GOLF CART SIGN ON EXISTING LOW WALL Section Detail C Scale 1 20 EXISTING- - hOOD FENCE EXISTING - LOW WALL GOLF CART SIGN VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE FERNWOOD RD/COMMERCIAL ACCESS POINTS AHEAD 10 6. 240 CRANDON BLVD. OFFICE BUILDING TO THE SQUARE SHOPPING CENTER 240-260 Crandon Boulevard DOSING �OIILDNG —, THE SQUARE' neovme ea.? uzr $GN COI OWN, Law 01.41, Section Detail G Scale. 1 20 "240 CRANDON BUILDING" 541E• FLOOR "240 CRANDON BUILDING" POTENTIAL GOLF CART GOLF CART 8PEEDpp-FAA BUMP — LANDSCAPED AREA VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE FERNWOOD RD/COMMERCIAL ACCESS POINTS 11 7. THE SQUARE TO THE GALLERIA SHOPPING CENTERS 260-328 Crandon Boulevard 'THE GALLERIA' Section Detail F Scale 1 20 - ICOST* c WILDING, °THE SQUARE' 0 THE SOUARE fl'"" SHED FLOOR /n\ PROVIDE GC15 CART SIGN "THE GALLERIA" EXISTING CCNC CURB FUTN RIETAL RALLWG LANDSCAPED AREA -\ MIII LANDSCAPED AREA-- \ \ EXISTING CANC. CURB WITH METAL RAIUNG GOY CART RP! BUMP "THE SQUARE" VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE FERNWOOD RD/COMMERCIAL ACCESS POINTS 12 PROVIDE GOLF CART SIGN - ON IXISTING LOW WALL 8. FERNWOOD ROAD TO THE GALLERIA SHOPPING CENTER 328 Crandon Boulevard � ll "GALLERIA" FS' -0" II I S C 7 ' t I I o I N , i I 7,11,---- PROVIDE GOLF IJIj \' i v CART SIGN --IXISTING LOW WALL I - - GOLF CART SPEED 0 BUMP I - _I Q 1 1 . GOLF CART SIGN G..X6Ii FERNWOOD ROAD 414, 'AHEAD 1^H�1 ---- ,------ I I50'-O' 11(' 150'-O, -\-- I GOLF CART SIGN -L L_ E_ PROVIDE GOLF CART SIGN CA COSTING LOW WALL Section Detail D Scale 120 VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE FERNWOOD RD/COMMERCIAL ACCESS POINTS 13 Jr 9. FERNWOOD ROAD TO THE WINN DIXIE SHOPPING CENTER PARKING LOT 600 Crandon Boulevard - -- EXISTING EXISTING BUILDING BUILDING PROVIDE GOLF CART SIGN- DN EXISTING LOW WALL PROVIDE GOLF CART SIGN ON EXISTING LOW WALL FERNWOOD ROAD 10 -4' Section Detail E Scale, 1 20 VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE FERNWOOD RD/COMMERCIAL ACCESS POINTS 14 10. KEY BISCAYNE PUBLIC LIBRARY/SONESTA DRIVE GOLF CART PARKING LOT 299 Crandon Boulevard z 'KEY BISCAYNE PUBLIC LIBRARY' 15 VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE FERNWOOD RD/COMMERCIAL ACCESS POINTS 1rtiE, pF IC£.pd�tC fioftfD, GOLF CART, PEDESTRIAN, AND BICYCLE PATH ENTRYWAY OPTIONS TYPICAL GOLF CART SIGN ENTRYWAY EXISTING CONCRETE WALL 0- GOLF CART SIGN Z101_ ENTRYWAY PRECAST KEYSTONE CAP GOLF CART SIGN DECORATIVE COLUMN WITH I I/2" CORAL CLADDING FINISH AND PRECAST KEYSTONE CAP ENTRYWAY GOLF CART SIGN ON COLUMN FOR HARBOR DRIVE TO CALUSA PARK ACCESS VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE FERNWOOD RD/COMMERCIAL ACCESS POINTS 16 COST ESTIMATES PROJECT LOCATION 1. St. Agnes Catholic Church/Harbor Plaza Easement to Calusa Park OPTION 1 OPTION 2 PAVERS ASPHALT Part of Village Street Paving or Calusa Park Project 2. Harbor Plaza (7-11) to La Carreta Lot $ 250 3. Fernwood Rd. at Key Executive Building $ 6,000 4. Fernwood Rd. at Key Colony Place $ 500 5. Fernwood Rd. at 240 Crandon Blvd. $ 500 6. 240 Crandon Blvd. to The Square $ 1,500 7. The Square to the Galleria $ 3,000 8. Fernwood Rd, to the Galleria $ 15,000 9. Fernwood Rd. to the Winn Dixie Lot $ 9,000 10. Public Library/Sonesta Drive $ 10,000 TOTAL ESTIMATED COST $ 250 $ 3,000 $ 500 $ 500 $ 1,000 $ 1,000 $ 7,000 $ 5,000 $ 5,000 $ 45,750 $ 23,250 VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE FERNWOOD RD/COMMERCIAL ACCESS POINTS