May 2, 2020
To: City Residents and Visitors
From: Dale L. Martin, City Manager
Re: City Beaches, Recreation, and Public Health
After consultation with the City Commissioners and in line with the Executive Orders of Governor Ron DeSantis
The City of Fernandina Beach will restore unlimited public access to the beaches within its corporate limits, effective 6:00 AM, Monday, May 4, 2020. Activities on those beaches are unrestricted, with the exception of complying with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines related to social distancing. Beach visitors and all residents are encouraged to take additional personal preventative measures in response to Covid-19.
The City of Fernandina Beach Golf Course will re-open at 7:00 AM, but other recreational facilities at Central Park (tennis, pickleball, and petanque courts- as well as the waterfront petanque courts), the Atlantic Recreation Center, and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Recreation Center will remain closed. Access to the docks at the Marina remain will remain restricted to boat owners/occupants. City restroom facilities remain closed.
The challenges of overcoming the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic remain, and the local State of Emergency remains in effect to provide tools necessary to ensure the public health, safety, and welfare of the City of Fernandina Beach.
The community has taken great measures to mitigate the impact, which provides for this opportunity to restore access to a wonderful community asset- the Atlantic Ocean beaches. Please again enjoy those beaches but continue to stay safe and healthy.
This scares me bad,i dont believe in anyway shape or form its safe enough. To each their own just because its open doesn’t mean i have to be there. Im sure ppl are gonna say well it wont effect you blah blah blah but sadly it does,not only in my career but all those people that are attending the beaches and like places also go to the grocery stores and gas stations i stop at on my way home from work to see my family. Thats just my little vent all in all i hope everyone that does choose to go out stays safe and healthy I love my nassua county and hate to see bad things happen in it