Duval County Maritime Management Plan Florida Inland Navigation

Duval County Maritime Management Plan Florida Inland Navigation District Board of Commissioners Meeting March 16, 2018

Duval County Maritime Management Plan � Planning ◦ NEFRC Team (NEFRC, JU, UNF) �Margo Moehring, AICP, Policy Director ◦ Jacksonville University �Dr. Quinton White, Executive Director, Marine Science Research Institute �Dr. Ashley Johnson, Faculty, Geography and the Environment �Dr. Ray Oldakowski, Director, Social Science Research Center ◦ University of North Florida �Dr. David Lambert, Associate Professor and Director, UNF Environmental Center �Dr. Raphael Crowley, Assistant Professor, Construction Management

Duval County Maritime Management Plan Oversight �Cities Team (Jacksonville, Beaches Communities, Baldwin) �Jacksonville Parks, Recreation and Community Services �Waterways Commission

Project Phase 1 � Research ◦ ◦ ◦ (Late 2015, Early 2016) Approach Survey # 1 opened December 2015 Public Kickoff Discussion Strategy for Facilities/Resources Assessment Jaxboatplan. com

Project Phase 2 � Assessment ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ (Through 2016) Facilities Assessments Natural Resources Economic Factors Risk/Sea Level Rise Needs Three Public Input Meetings Survey # 1 closed October 2016

Project Phase 3 � Action ◦ ◦ Plan (2017, Early 2018) Survey # 2 (focus on Waterways Activation) Opened November 2016 and closed February 2017 Need/Opportunity/Cost/Benefit Recommendations Draft Action Plan and Public Comment

Specific Recommendations � City Sites: Existing Facilities, Parks and City owned Property ◦ Sources: Team, Assessments, Public Input, Parks � Private Opportunity Sites ◦ Sources: GIS Site Review, Plans, Team, Public Input, Parks � Partner Sites ◦ Sources: Team, Assessments, Plans, Public Input, Cities Team, State, NPS � Draft lists are posted on Jaxboatplan. com

Project Phase 4 � Final Plan (Spring 2018) ◦ Final Plan ◦ Expression of Approval by Waterways Commission & all Local Governments ◦ Approval by FIND

Plan Outline � Intro and County Context � Waterway Districts � Environment and Risk � Existing Facilities and Assessments � Public Input � Mooring and Docking � Waterways and Navigation Channels � Waterfront Park and Facilities Expansion � Waterways Transportation � Waterfront Land Use and Working Waterfronts � Economics � Overall Recommendations

Overall Recommendations � Maintenance � Focus on Waterway-Waterfront Activation � Education on How to Preserve Waterways � Importance of Resiliency in Planning and Design � Preservation of Working Waterfront � Consider Public Access on Private Sites Proposed for Development

Questions? Margo Moehring Northeast Florida Regional Council mmoehring@nefrc. org 904 279 0880 X 161