Argyle Area Civic Council

Minutes of the Mon, Aug. 18, 2008 AACC Meeting Dennys Restaurant

Minutes Posted October 19, 2008

MINUTES OF THE ARGYLE AREA CIVIC COUNCIL
Held on Monday, August 18, 2008, at 7:30 p.m.
Denny’'s Restaurant, 8409 Blanding Boulevard
Jacksonville, Florida 32244


PRESENT: Bill Lewis, President; Allan Durant, Treasurer; Marie Splane, Recording Secretary; David Hodges, Ronnie Coleman, John Draper, Bill Ellis, Don Christen, Thomas R. Martin, Bobbie Cockayne, Kay Sibert, Carlos and Naomi Betancourt, Normi Santiago, Steve Hinkle, Susan Farmer, Gail Buttner, Stephanie Buttner Shiver.


While President Bill Lewis is en route to the meeting, David Hodges called the meeting to order.

LOCAL ELECTIONS: Ronnie Coleman, candidate for Clay County Commissioner, told us about his personal background and why he would be a good choice for County Commissioner.
Next, Stephanie Buttner Shiver spoke on behalf of her brother, Rick Buttner, who is running for Duval County Circuit Court Judge.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (David Hodges): A Cracker Barrel will open near the Home Depot on Branan Field.
Other restaurants opening at Oakleaf Town Center: Up The Creek, Chick Fil-A, Sakura Japanese Steak House, Five Guys, Orange Julius, and more.
A Tax Collector branch office will open beside Beall's.
Kay Sibert said that there is a small Post Office at the Customer Service Counter in Beall's.
Site prep work has begun for a gas station in front of Publix.
H.H. Gregg appliance company will open beside Beall's.

TRANSPORTATION: Repaving the potholes on the new section of Argyle Forest Boulevard has been completed.
Traffic Cameras, Blanding & Youngerman: The status is that this has been put off.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Bill Ellis made a motion to approve the July minutes; motion seconded by Kay Sibert and passed.

LANDSCAPING:
Argyle entrance sign at Argyle Forest Boulevard and Blanding Boulevard: Allan Durant introduced Carlos and Naomi Betancourt, of Engrave Creations. Mr. and Mrs.Betancourt gave an informal estimate of $452 for the pressure washing and repair of the brick work. Formal approval for the repair work will be tabled pending an increase in our treasury balance.
TREASURER'S REPORT: Allan Durant reported a treasury balance of $347.12.

REZONING OF HIPPS PROPERTY: (Property rezoning from RR to PUD, proposal for Navy housing, single and multifamily. The property is owned by Kenneth Hipps, located off of Shindler Road.) A community meeting was held on August 4th, 6:30 p.m., at the Shindler Road Baptist Church. Susan Farmer has been in touch with Councilman Davis's office and was informed no action would be taken until there were more meetings held with the public. Ms. Farmer and several others expressed concern over increased traffic in the area of Old Middleburg, Marlee and Sandler Roads.

ARGYLE FOREST BOULEVARD BRIDGE LIGHTS: The new lights have not been installed; Bill Lewis will contact Councilman Corrigan's office.

NEW BUSINESS: No items to address.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: David Hodges represented the AACC on the Cecil Advisory Committee for the Jacksonville Airport Authority at a recent meeting. The FCCJ site at Cecil Field will be a designated training site for air traffic controllers. It is anticipated that there will be 17,000 job openings for this field in the next five years. These are high-paying jobs with an average salary of $165,000.

There being no further business to come before the council, David Hodges made a motion to adjourn, seconded by Allan Durant. The meeting adjourned at 8:35 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,
Marie Splane, Recording Secretary

Agenda Last Updated 8-17-2008 7:00 am

ARGYLE AREA CIVIC COUNCIL
AACC Meeting Monday, August 18, 2008 7:30 pm
Location: Denny's Restaurant 8409 Blanding Blvd. Jacksonville, FL 32244 Phone: 904-778-4624
Corner of Blanding Blvd and Youngerman Circle.
Map: http://web.sa.mapquest.com/dennys/advantage.adp?transaction=locmap&recordId=509&pwidth=400&pheight=250to
1. Call to Order 7:30 pm
2. Approval of Old Minutes
Monday, July 21, 2008 http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/jacksonville/aacc/genpage/850159728.html
3. Committee Reports
a. Jacksonville City Council, Clay County Commission Report and other elected officials or representatives
1. Duval County School Board District 7 - Tommy Hazouri
2. Jax District 14 Council Member Michael Corrigan - Past Council President 2006 - 2007
3. Jax District 12 Council Member Dan Davis - City Council President 2007 - 2008
4. Jax District 11 Council Member Ray Holt
5. Jax At Large, Group 1 Council Member Ronnie Fussell
6. Clay District 2 Commissioner - Doug Conkey
7. State Representative Jennifer Carroll (R), District 13 - Rebecca Coleman, District Secretary
8. U.S. Representative Cliff Stearns (R), Florida's Sixth District - Sherrie Porter, District Aide
b. Public Safety Report. Jacksonville Sheriff's Office and Clay County Sheriff's Office
c. Transportation. David Hodges - Click on the links for the Latest Info on these Projects
1. Argyle Forest Blvd 4 Lanes - http://www.jtaonthemove.com/projects/bjp/bjargyle2.aspx
2. I-295 @ Collins Rd / Blanding Blvd Interchange C/D Project - http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/public/genpage.html?nid=972432200&nneighid=351562714&nsupercity=623542159
3. Collins Road Widening -
. I) Collins Rd/Rampart to Blanding http://www.coj.net/Departments/Better+Jacksonville+Plan/Road+Projects.htm
. II) Collins Rd/Westport to Rampart http://www.coj.net/Departments/Better+Jacksonville+Plan/Road+Projects.htm
. III) Collins Rd/Shindler to Westport http://www.coj.net/Departments/Better+Jacksonville+Plan/Road+Projects.htm
. IV) Collins Rd/Shindler to Old Middleburg http://www.coj.net/Departments/Better+Jacksonville+Plan/Road+Projects.htm
. V) Extension of Collins Rd from Old Middleburg to Cecil Commerce Center. Proposed. May or May Not Happen.
4. Old Middleburg Rd./103rd to Branan Field http://www.coj.net/Departments/Better+Jacksonville+Plan/Road+Projects.htm
5. Branan Field Chaffee Road Phase 1 (103rd St. to I-10) - http://www.jtafla.com/projects/bjp/bjbranan10.aspx
6. Shindler Rd realigned with Cheswick Oaks along the JEA easements for power lines. Proposed. May or May Not Happen.
7. College Drive Extension North Project Development and Environment (PD&E) Study - New connection between Blanding Boulevard (SR 21) and Branan Field/Chaffee Road (SR 23). - Clay county http://www.collegedrivenorth.com/faq.htm
BETTER JACKSONVILLE PLAN IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS http://www.coj.net/Departments/Better+Jacksonville+Plan/Road+Projects.htm
Jacksonville Transportation Authority Projects Map - http://www.jtafla.com/projects/projects_map.html
Florida Department of Transportation Information http://www.dot.state.fl.us/publicinformationoffice/construc/district2pio/counties/duval.htm http://www.dot.state.fl.us/publicinformationoffice/construc/district2pio/counties/clay.htm - http://www.dot.state.fl.us/publicinformationoffice/publicinv/PI-D2.htm
d. Business Development - David Hodges
. . Oakleaf Town Center - Jacksonville, FL - Description http://www.sembler.com/current_projects.php?id=12
. . Oakleaf Town Center - Jacksonville, FL - PDF Map http://www.sembler.com/pdfs/Oakleaf%20Town%20Ctr.pdf
e. Communications and Web Site - Bill Lewis
f. Home Owners Association President Meeting - Bill Lewis
g. Grant Writing Committee
h. Landscaping Committee - Argyle Sign at Argyle Forest Blvd and Blanding Blvd
i. Treasurer's Report - Allen Durant
4. Old Business
a. Argyle Forest Sign Island at Argyle Forest Blvd and Blanding - We still need the assistance of a brick mason who can advise the best way to replace the broken bricks.
b. New Argyle Forest Blvd Bridge Lights
c. Collins Road Extension between Shindler Drive and Old Middleburg Road
d. Harmony Farms and Olsen Farms PUDs - Tom Dumas
e. Rezoning on Hipps Property - PROPERTY RE-ZONING FROM RR TO PUD PROPOSAL FOR NAVY HOUSING, UNITS OF SINGLE AND MULTI FAMILY HOUSING
Subject: Rezoning on Hipps Property
Email Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 23:26:42 +0000
This is information you will want to share with your association.
Someone put the following notice in our mail boxes:
As a result I emailed Daniel Davis' office, our city councilman and I got the following response; after the mail box notice.
There is to be a town hall meeting at Shindler Rd Baptist Church on August 4, 6:30pm.
PROPERTY RE-ZONING FROM RR TO PUD
OLD MIDDLEBURG AT SANDLER = HIPPS PROPERTY
CALL CITY, 630-1902, FOR INFORMATION ON #2008517
PROPOSAL FOR NAVY HOUSING, UNITS OF SINGLE AND MULTI FAMILY HOUSING
HEARINGS PROPOSED AT CITY COUNCIL, 1ST FLOOR CITY HALL
AUGUST 12, 6PM
AUGUST 14, 1PM
AUGUST 19, 6PM
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July 11, 2008
You were on my list of people to personally call regarding this issue, as I remember you called our office several months ago inquiring about this.
We are holding a community meeting on August 4th at 6:30 pm at the Shindler Road Baptist Church. I JUST placed an order for the mailout post cards about 5 minutes ago as well as requested an ad be placed in the Times Union on Saturday, July 26th as well as the Westside Sun on July 26th and Saturday, August 2nd. Any persons living within 350 feet of the properties in question will receive the post card mail out. I will be mailing those out hopefully by the end of next week.
As of now, these are the following scheduled Public Hearings:
August 12th - City Council in the Council Chambers at 5:00
August 14th - Planning Commission in the Council Chambers at 1:00 (I believe)
August 19th - Land Use and Zoning Committee meeting in the Council Chambers at 5:00
We will have representatives from our Planning Department and the Office of General Counsel to answer any questions and the applicants from Pappas, Metcalf, Jenks and Miller will also be doing a presentation on the rezoning.

Thank you,
Sarah Lane
Aide, Council Member Daniel Davis
District 12: Daniel Davis - City Council President 2007 - 2008
Sarah Balme, Assistant; Email: DDavis@coj.net Phone: 904-630-1380 -- Fax: 904-630-2906
Web Site: http://www.coj.net/City+Council/District+12/default.htm
f. Shopping Center Sign at Argyle Forest Blvd and Rampart Road - Colliers Dickenson ( Gary Mantour or John Saoud (904)358-1206 )

5. New Business

6. Additional Comments From the Public

7. Motion to Adjourn

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