Cocoa Beach, Florida "Cocoa Beach"
Cocoa Beach is a town/city in Brevard County, Florida.
The populace was 11,231 at the 2010 United States Census. It is part of the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Cocoa Beach, Florida City of Cocoa Beach Cocoa Beach Skyline Cocoa Beach Skyline Location in Brevard County and the state of Florida Location in Brevard County and the state of Florida 3.2 City Manager In 1888, a group of men from Cocoa bought the entire tract of land, which went undeveloped until it was bought out in 1923 by a member of the group Gus Edwards, Cocoa's town/city attorney.
Prior to incorporation, the region was known as Oceanus. The Town of Cocoa Beach was established on June 5, 1925.
Cocoa Beach's first official meeting was held at the Cocoa Beach Casino on July 27, 1925, and adopted the City Seal. Gus C.
On May 1, 1942, the German submarine U-109 torpedoed the La Paz off the shore of Cocoa Beach.
On May 3, the same U-boat sank the SS Laertes near the same spot. Local boys were recruited for salvaging accomplishments and to rid the beach of subsequent debris. Shortly after that, the federal government realized the danger of back-lighting from the coast making easy targets of passing ships and ordered a blackout for the remainder of the war.
During World War II, Cocoa Beach experienced cash shortages for employees, and cash to fix roads. In 1944, the town successfully fought a bill introduced in the Florida council which would have dissolved the town/city government. In 1947 a single police officer was hired for $1/hour.
The same year, the town/city constructed works for the distribution of potable water. In 1950, a volunteer fire department was created which used a second-hand vehicle. In 1950, a proposal to prevent citizens from driving on the beach was defeated. In 1951, the town/city sought to place a stoplight, the city's first, at the intersection of what is now A1 - A and Minutemen Causeway. In 1953, the town/city decided to mark the names of all streets. In 1953, the town/city planned to pave A1 - A south from 520 down Orlando Avenue.
The town/city intended to bear 1/3 of the costs, the adjoining property owners, 2/3. In 1954, the Women's Club opened a library in the building used by the Fire Department. In 1955, the speed limit in most of the town was raised to 35 miles per hour (56 km/h). In 1955, the town/city prepared to home the citizens who were going to be launching missiles from what is now Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. In 1956, the town/city attorney warned the council that blacks might attempt to use the beach.
The town/city proposed selling the town dump to the school board for a junior high school, in order to keep students from being bused to Merritt Island. On June 29, 1957, the town of Cocoa Beach incorporated into a city.
In September 1959, the town/city voted to add more sidewalks, advancement the streets in residentiary areas as well as the chief streets, and to pave more roads. In 1965, Cocoa Beach High School requested that Cocoa Avenue, the street that the school was positioned on, be retitled Minutemen Boulevard, with respect to the school's mascot, the Minuteman.
Cocoa Beach started its primary growth amid the 1960s.1000% populace increase from 1950 to 1960) as a result of America's space program.
Many citizens moved to Cocoa Beach due to jobs connected to the space program and in search of new opportunities.
Cocoa Beach was the setting for the 1960s sitcom I Dream of Jeannie, although no episodes were actually filmed there, and star Barbara Eden only made two visits amid the show's manufacturing both in 1969, for publicity. Cocoa Beach High School was used as the school in the 2002 movie Race to Space. Cocoa Beach Pier, assembled in 1962, extends into the Atlantic Ocean According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 15.0 square miles (39 km2).
Bordering the town/city on the north is Cape Canaveral; on the south is Crescent Beach; on the east is the Atlantic Ocean (5.6 mi or 9.0 km of oceanfront); on the west is the Banana River.
There are a number of boating channels dredged in the area: the 0-99 Channel, the 100 Channel, the 200 Channel for homeboats, the 300 Channel, the 400 Channel near housing for private boats, the 500 Channel and the 600 Channel.
Many of the homes in Cocoa Beach are assembled on dredged mud and sand from the Banana River.
Cocoa Beach's has a humid Subtropical Climate Koppen climate classification of Cfa.
The average high temperature in the warmest month (July) in Cocoa Beach is 91 F (33 C) and the average high in the coolest month (January) is 72 F (22 C). Cocoa Beach is run by a Commission-Manager government, agreed to by its people in 1958.
The City Commission acts as the legislative branch of the town/city government, guided by the provisions of the Charter of the City of Cocoa Beach.
The City Commission enacts ordinances and resolutions that the City Manager administers as the appointed executive officer of the town/city government. The City Commission is made up of five members, one of whom is the Mayor.
The Mayor presides over all meetings and performs duties as delegated by the City Commission. Seats affected by the 2010 popular vote encompassed Seat #1, Seat #4 and Seat #5.
The City Manager is appointed by the City Commission and is responsible for the city's day-to-day operations.
The city's charter has established a separation of powers and responsibility between the Commission and the Manager; the propel commission establishes policy that the manager and staff carry out.
The City Manager conducts day-to-day operations through four town/city departments: Administrative, Public Safety, Utilities, and Recreation. Charles Billias was the City Manager from 1998 until October 2012.
Bob Majka was the City Manager from 2012 until 2015.
Ronald Mc - Lemore is the current City Manager As of the census of 2010, there were 11,231 citizens , 6,529 homeholds, and 3,532 families residing in the city.
The city's populace was divided into the following age groups: 12.2% under the age of 18; 3.8% between 18 and 24; 22.0% between 25 and 44,; 27.6% between 45 and 64, and 34.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
Cocoa Beach is a retirement area, an average age of 56. Surfing manufacture and tourism add to Cocoa Beach's economy.
Ron Jon's, a surf shop, receives 2 million visitors a year. Cocoa Beach is home to the East Coast Surfing Hall of Fame.
The Cocoa Beach Pier, formerly known as the Cape Canaveral Pier, was assembled in 1962.
The biggest charity surfing festival, National Kidney Foundation Pro-Am Surfing Festival, has been held every Labor Day Weekend in Cocoa Beach since 1985. In 2015 businesses in the town/city collected $5.6 million in tourist tax, over half the tourist tax collected in the county and more than any other municipality, $$1.4 million. In 2007, Cocoa Beach's median workforce force was 6,344.
The town/city has three enhance schools: Cocoa Beach High School Freedom 7 Elementary school and Cocoa Beach Jr./Sr High School both are certified International Baccalaureate schools.
Freedom 7 Elementary has a major years program, and Cocoa Beach Jr./Sr High has both a middle years program and a diploma program.
Cocoa Beach Pier Cocoa Beach Pier Cocoa Beach Aquatic Center and Pool Complex Florida A1 - A.svg SR A1 - A Proceeding northbound from the southern border of the town/city limits, the road forks into two double-laned roads north of the Oceanus Circle intersection.
Public transit in Cocoa Beach, Cape Canaveral, and encircling Brevard County is provided by Space Coast Area Transit.
The town/city contracted directly with Florida Power & Light for electricity, paying 10.689 cents per kilowatt hour in 2010. The town/city has 37 canals, totaling 9 miles (14 km), serving residentiary homes, plus 17 miles (27 km) of channels.
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