Argyle Area Civic Council

AACC Meeting,Thurs, Oct 24, 2002, Cleveland Road Connector Art

Dec 14, 2002

The AACC Meeting for October was scheduled for Thursday, October 24, 2002 at 7:30 pm to accommodate 2 special speakers:
Chief George Bennett - Zone Four Chief of the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office and
the Developer who is redeveloping the Orange Park theatre.

This is also the One Year Anniversary of the AACC. Please Plan to Attend.

Included in this email:

1. Agenda for the Thursday, October 24, 2002 AACC at 7:30pm at Kirkwood Presbyterian Church meeting Posted on the AACC Web Site. http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/public/genpage.html?nid=602805200&nneighid=351562714&nsupercity=623542159

2. Cleveland Road Connector Article 10-5-2002 http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/100502/met_10621930.shtml

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1. Agenda for the Thursday, October 24, 2002 AACC at 7:30pm at Kirkwood Presbyterian Church meeting Posted on the AACC Web Site. http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/public/genpage.html?nid=926111045&nneighid=351562714&nsupercity=623542159

The Next meeting of the Argyle Area Civic Council will be on Thursday, October 24, 2002 at 7:30 pm at Kirkwood Presbyterian Church at the corner of Argyle Forest Boulevard and Shindler Road. All Chairs are encouraged to be prepared and ready with good report of status and needs. Here is the Agenda for that meeting: Minutes will be posted on the web site approximately two weeks after the meeting. Would you like to have a Candidate Forum in February, possibly replacing the February meeting with it? Your input is needed at this meeting if we are going to plan this event!

1. Approval of the the Minutes from the Thursday, September 19, 2002 AACC Meeting. Full minutes posted at:
http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/public/genpage.html?nid=926111045&nneighid=351562714&nsupercity=623542159

2. Henry Mooneyhan < HMooneyhan@aol.com report continues on literacy campaign.

3. Dan Hoard < danscapes@yahoo.com / Tracie Murphy < TDmurphy2@aol.com report on Business Development. A position on the developer's request to build a Walgreens at corner of Rampart and AFB will be voted upon at this meeting. Oak Leaf Plantation commercial development has not yet started. We'd like to get that kick-started so those home buyers will have a place to shop when they move in w/o going to Blanding. The gist of this committee's actions is to reduce our need to go to Blanding Blvd so as reduce the traffic strains there.

4. Transportation Committee: AACC will be presented a Transportation Report by Com. Pat McGovern for Clay County road projects. He has hinted of exciting news and we need large contingent from Clay Co at this meeting.
* Councilwoman Hipps to set up meeting on Transportation Needs. Wide public input needed on this.
* Noise abatement for AFB widening.
* Entrance to Publix Shopping Center from AFB

5. Commissioner McGovern has some exciting news to deliver on other issues from Clay Co.. You'll hear it first at AACC.

6. Landscape Committee-Ashley Davis, veteran landscaper-retired agrees to head committee and he will present some ideas and photos at this meeting.

7. Plans for a charter school, an answer to the middle school need, are being developed now with the site being located across from Enterprise
Learning Academy. It can be attended with public school dollars from any student from any county. Current plans call for it to address grades 6
through 8. Do you want in on the ground floor?

8. By Jim Doughfman, Rec Chair < Respman1@bellsouth.net , a report on skateboard park and others.

9. Request for Chair Person of:
a. Bumper Sticker campaign.
b. Candidate Forum for February
c. Meetings Speaker committee
d. Community Center project
e. Senior Center project
f. Nominations/Future Leaders Committee

10.Suggestions of neighborhoods for selection of a Florida Front Porch grant to improve a neighborhood.

11. Stormwater Management Report on LTA. Follow up on who's doing what and who's not doing anything.

If you want to be involved in one of the above committees, email that Chairperson or come to the meeting on Thursday, October 24, 2002.

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2. Cleveland Road Connector Article
Saturday, October 5, 2002
See the Full Article http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/100502/met_10621930.shtml
Cleveland Connector plan brings angst along the way
By Binyamin Appelbaum and David Bauerlein Times-Union staff writers

The Cleveland Connector is a proposal to pull traffic off Blanding Boulevard by extending the College Drive corridor northwest to Branan Field-Chaffee Road. The four-lane road also would tie the Cheswick Oaks Avenue cul-de-sac to the rest of Clay County.

County officials consider the road their highest transportation priority.

"It gives Orange Park a back door," said Thad Crowe, the county's planning director.

If developers agree to front the necessary money, construction could begin on some portions of the road as early as 2004.

The idea of a northern connector has kicked around for years, stymied by an environmental quandary each time it was proposed.

Any connector between Blanding Boulevard and Branan Field necessarily would cut through the Little Black Creek basin, a pristine wetlands corridor that parallels Blanding to the west. The St. Johns River Water Management District and various environmental groups have opposed any such incursion.

The case for the connector gained added urgency, however, with the opening of Branan Field-Chaffee Road last fall. The area is expected to develop rapidly but is difficult to reach from the northeastern part of the county.

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If you have any questions, please contact one of these Argyle Area Civic Council officers below:

President: David Hodges ftc@fdn.com (904)381-9913(H) Chimney Lakes
Vice President: Dan Hoard danscapes@yahoo.com (904)213-0774(B) Chimney Lakes
2nd Vice President: Bill Lewis bill-lewis@netzero.net (904)813-9455(C) Chimney Lakes
Secretary: Kenneth Bible kennethbible@cs.com (904)777-8930(H) Argyle Forest, Arrowroot
Treasurer: Al Durant ADurant782@aol.com (904)772-0323(H) Highland Lakes

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If you know anyone who would like to become involved in the Argyle Area Civic Council, please let someone on this list know or come to the next meeting. We normally meet the 3rd Thursday of each month at Kirkwood Presbyterian Church at the corner of Argyle Forest Boulevard and Shindler Road. The next meeting will be held Thursday, October 24, 2002 at 7:30 pm.

Let me know what you think. Feel free to forward this to other neighbors and friends.
I appreciate your support, thoughts and prayers on these efforts.

Sincerely,

Bill Lewis
2nd Vice President, Communications Director - Argyle Area Civic Council
AACC Web Site: http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/jacksonville/aacc
Chimney Lakes Resident in Argyle Forest
ArgyleACC@netzero.net
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