Share Your Big Idea (or Comment)

Idea:

With cars parked so close to the intersections, it is nearly impossible to see crossing traffic until you pull out onto the main streets. This is particularly onerous from Baltimore, Maryland Olive and Virginia Avenues. If the loss of revenue from 16 parking spaces is financially burdensome, lower the speed limit on 1st and 2nd Streets to 15mph.

Staff feedback:

Thank you for your suggestion. It has been shared with the parking department, acting city manager, and traffic study consultant. We'll also share your idea with commissioners via a regular monthly report.

Idea:

Use better signage to identify 30 min parking spots. Stop people pulling in and then having to back out, because the sign is too low to see.

Staff feedback:

Thank you for the suggestion. Our understanding is that this is one of the recommendations that will be made by Rossi Group to commissioners.

Idea:

In these days of social media, things like the water tower are prime advertising opportunities for the City of Rehoboth tourism board. Today's water towers use a rather plain font that fail to excite the eye. The focus of this initiative would be to update the water towers with artfully design Rehoboth Beach text that would bring a sense of liveliness and fun to the area. One idea may be to update the lettering to look like postcard font with pictures from old downtown Rehoboth. Working with local artists would be an ideal fit that could turn the old stale water towers standing over the city into a photo opportunity every visitor hopes to capture during their stay(s). https://blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/tutorials/create-vintage-style-large-letter-postcard-design

Staff Feedback:

What a creative idea! Your suggestion will be shared with the Board of Commissioners via a monthly report as part of the December 15 meeting.

Idea/Comment:

I appreciate the updated landscaping at the Veteran’s Memorials near the restrooms. Now you can see and read the plaques.

City Feedback:

Thank you for your comment. I'll pass it along to our streets department, who did the work.

Idea:

An ordinance is needed in the residential district to disallow lights that shine into neighbors' bedroom windows from being left on all night.

Staff feedback:

Your idea will be shared with commissioners via a monthly report of all ideas and comments posted to this site. If you'd like to encourage commissioners to consider an amendment to the current code, you may also want to bring this to their attention via a letter, email to the city secretary, or a presentation at a public meeting.

Idea:

As the city retires vehicles it will be ideal to replace them with electric vehicles that are quieter and have no exhaust fumes.

City Feedback:

Thank you for your suggestion. I've shared your idea with our assistant city manager and public works director. We'll also share all ideas received with commissioners via a monthly report.

Idea:

No electric or gas motorized vehicles on boardwalk

Staff Feedback:

Thank you for your suggestion. It will be shared with commissioners via a monthly report.

Idea:

Plant a natural wall or a fence to separate the parking lot/garbage area of Crushers from the sidewalk along Lake. This will discourage cars from turning around in that lot (which is mostly what the lot is used for when the restaurant is closed), make the street more attractive for driving into town and walking past and most importantly be safer for pedestrians walking along the sidewalk/parking, especially little ones who can now easily dart between parked cars. Isn’t it code to separate parking from sidewalk anyway? The other restaurants (ex. Stingray pic attached) and the hotels (ex. Hotel Rehoboth pic attached) around Rehoboth have fencing or shrub buffers between sidewalk and parking lot. Why not Crushers??

Staff feedback:

Such a planting certainly could be attractive, however, it would need to be planted on the Crushers' property as the width of the sidewalk in that area cannot be reduced. Also, I shared your suggestion and comments with our code enforcement office, and they indicate that there currently is not a code that requires any type of boundary between a parking lot and sidewalk.

Our inspector added: "We do currently have a code in place regarding storage or refuse in commercial areas. § 270-27 states that in C-1, C-2 and C-3 Districts all refuse storage areas and refuse containers shall be screened from public view with an acceptable screen material, including wood, lattice, fine-mesh fencing, plantings, or other suitable material erected in conformance to all building and zoning codes... Unfortunately, the area between the sidewalk and dumpster on that property is directly behind the lot’s street access, so even if they were to build a barrier of some kind, we would still have sight of the dumpster area."

Your idea will be shared with commissioners via a monthly report. If you'd like to encourage commissioners to consider an amendment to the current code, you may want to bring this to their attention via a letter, email to the city secretary, or a presentation at a public meeting.

Idea:

Pave a walkway along south side of upper portion of Lake Gerar (the grassy knoll between the water and Olive Ave). New path highlighted in yellow in picture would connect to sidewalk along the Lake along Virginia Ave…it could even connect to the little park (Cranberry Park) where Olive, Maryland, Lake and 3rd meet.

Staff feedback:

I have shared your suggestion with our public works and parks department. Your idea also will be shared with commissioners via a monthly report about ideas offered via Reach Out Rehoboth.

Idea:

Keep our library in town providing full service on all 3 lots.

Staff Feedback:

The decision about what kinds of services to be provided by the library moving forward is ultimately the decision of the library board. The library is not managed by the city, though the city does provide limited annual funding and, of course, has significant interest in maintaining library services in the city. At its workshop meeting November 6, the Board of Commissioners will discuss a request from the library to modify deed restrictions related to the parcel donated by the city for use as a library. Your suggestion also will be shared with commissioners via a monthly report.