Four Pillars of Redevelopment: A Mayport Village Story

A M ayport V illage S tory

Four Pillars of Redevelopment

Alyce Decker, AICP

Chris Flagg, FASLA

Fred Jones, AICP,

Bill Gulliford

Matt Stewart

A Quintessential Florida Experience

Where the River Meets the Sea

First of 3 “Waterfront Partnership Communities” in FL

Mayport Village Overview

Courtesy: Florida Historical Archives

Mayport Waterfront Partnership

• Created by Atlantic Beach and Jacksonville in 1997

• Enhanced Public Access

• Economic Revitalization

• Environmental and Cultural Resource Protection

• Infrastructure investments

• Wrote and sponsored the establishment of the Mayport Village Overlay Zone Regulations

Mayport Village Potential

Construct Boardwalks/Docks

Support the Fishing Industry

Survival of The Ferry

• Increase foot traffic

• Provide public access

• Create launch points for ecotourism

• Provide fleet with dockage

• Ancillary marine facilities

• Welcome recreational activities

• Critical travel linkage

• Tourism asset

Mayport Village Potential

Thepossibilitiesareendless

limitedonlybytheimagination

Mayport Village Challenges & Dynamics

Local Political Dynamics

Cruise ship Terminal

Ownership (JPA/COJ Transfer)

CRA

St. Johns River Ferry

Strategic Development Direction

Strategic Development Direction

Strategic Development Direction

Strategic Development Direction

Implementation Action Plan

Resilient Development Plan

Implementation Action Plan

1. Site Control

2. FDOT/COJ Coordination on Ocean Street (including low cost demonstration/tactical urbanism project)

3. Grants/Funding

4. Integrate ‘living shoreline’ into dock construction

5. Capitalize on the unprecedented laws and $116.5 billion budget approved by the Florida Legislature, including the following specific items:

1. § HB 102 making changes to try to expand affordable housing, including boosting funding for housing and rental programs, providing incentives for investment and encouraging mixed-use developments in struggling commercial areas

1. § SB 106, designating $200 million to prioritize the development of “regionally significant trails” which are defined as trails crossing multiple counties; serving economic and ecotourism development; showcasing the state’s wildlife areas, ecology, and natural resources; and serving as main corridors for trail connectedness across the state

1. § SB 240, offering tax breaks for businesses that employ apprentices or pre-apprentices (considering need to expand maritime-based vocational training)

Mayport Village Moving Forward

The Building Blocks

• Land

• Interagency Cooperation

• Legislation

• Grants / Funding

• Advocacy / Follow-Through

Mayport Village Moving Forward

Focus: Preserving "working waterfront" and implications of risk of loss - -

• Space to unload catch

• Create industry-food security

• Infrastructure to operate: processing, markets, repair services

• Public access & water-dependent facilities

Mayport Village Moving Forward

Capitalize on Recent Successes

• OCEARCH

• COJ dock construction

• City of Jax: Grant for MWP

• Haskell Company

• Resilience Workshop - City / Regional Council / Navy / Corps of Engineers

• EcoTourism Steering Committee/ NE Florida Regional Planning Council

• A1A Ocean Islands Trail Scenic Byway designationvia St Johns Ferry

• Designated Opportunity Zone

Mayport Village Moving Forward

Four Pillars Ahead!

Education/ Research

Commercial Fishing

EcoTourism

Historic/ Cultural

Partnerships & Interagency Cooperation

Questions?