Public invited to learn about & discuss ADUs

There will be two townhall-style community meetings to hear citizen input regarding Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU) Monday, Aug. 2, and Tuesday, Aug. 3. Both meetings begin at 6 p.m. at the following locations:

Monday, August 2
Peninsula Club
415 S. Peninsula Drive

Tuesday, August 3
Dickerson Community Center
308 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

An ADU is a bonus residential dwelling unit – like a mother-in-law suite or a garage apartment – in addition to an existing single-family home. An ADU can be a separate apartment located inside a home, attached to the outside of a home, or a freestanding unit on the same lot. Learn more in a recent staff report.

invitation to public meeting about Accessory Dwelling Units

City Commission meets next week

Commissioners will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 4 for their regularly scheduled meeting at City Hall, 301 S. Ridgewood Ave. The agenda can be found here.

Item 10A is an emergency ordinance to establish a special municipal election for Zone 2 following Commissioner Aaron Delgado's resignation earlier this week.

Seats in the commission chambers will be spaced to allow for social distancing and masks are encouraged for in-person attendees. Meetings can also be viewed live online or on DBTV, Spectrum Channel 490. Archived commission meeting can be viewed on-demand.

More COVID-19 vaccine clinics announced

Coronavirus cases are rapidly increasing in Florida and local hospitals are seeing a record number of people being admitted with symptoms. Eligible people who have not been vaccinated are encouraged to get their vaccine as soon as possible to protect themselves and others. Vaccines are widely available in our community.

The Black Clergy Alliance has partnered with the Volusia County Health Department to offer two clinics in Daytona Beach next week:

Wednesday, Aug. 4
Noon to 6 p.m.
Salon 101 Barbershop
955 Orange Avenue

Sunday, Aug. 8
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Allen Chapel AME Church
580 George W. Engram Blvd.

At the clinics, Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines will be available. Appointments are not needed; walk-ins are welcome. People who receive the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine will have to return 28 days later for their second dose. For more information, call the health department at (386) 274-0500, press #.

A chance to resolve arrest warrants simply and safely

The Daytona Beach Police Department is partnering with local clergy, Daytona Beach NAACP, the State Attorney’s Office and Public Defender’s Office to offer Operation Safe Surrender, a program which gives people with outstanding, non-violent warrants a chance to clear up past troubles.

This one-day event will be Wednesday, Aug. 4, from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Master's Domain Church of God in Christ, 511 Fremont Avenue in Daytona Beach.

Members of the clergy and representatives from the judicial system will welcome and process individuals with outstanding warrants issued in Volusia County. People who turn themselves in will have a chance to get legal assistance from a public defender, attend first appearance before a judge at the church and go home if they are a non-violent offender. There are 5,204 active warrants in Volusia County.

Operation Safe Surrender is proactive initiative modeled after a successful program pioneered by the U.S. Marshals Service. The concept is to create a safe and inviting atmosphere, where family members are welcome, and issues are resolved onsite. While the program is not an amnesty program, those who voluntarily turn themselves in will receive favorable consideration from the court, often in the form of reduced fines, probation requirements or a new court date as an alternative to incarceration. DBPD was the first law enforcement agency in Florida to offer Operation Safe Surrender in 2010.