A Quintessential Florida Experience
Where the River Meets the Sea
First of 3 “Waterfront Partnership Communities” in FL
Mayport Village Overview
Courtesy: Florida Historical ArchivesMayport 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