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News & Notes – March 1, 2013
Mar 2nd
Lighthouse 5K & Fun Run will necessitate minor interruptions in traffic
Event set for Saturday, March 2 @ 4:30pm
Event set for Saturday, March 2 @ 4:30pm
The Junior Service League of St. Augustine’s Lighthouse 5K & Fun Run, held in conjunction with the annual St. Augustine Lighthouse Festival
will affect traffic in the Lighthouse and Davis Shores Neighborhoods. The event is set for Saturday, March 2 starting at 4:30pm.
The race starts at the St. Augustine Lighthouse & Museum on Red Cox Dr. and then follows a route along Carver St. E., Lighthouse Ave., White St., Magnolia Dr., Ocean Way, Anastasia Blvd., Comares Ave./Inlet Dr., St. Augustine Blvd., Zoryada Ave., Flagler Blvd., Comares Ave., and returning to the starting point by the same route. A map is available online at the event’s web site at www.lighthouse5k.com.
Traffic will be detoured or momentarily interrupted during the race, so drivers in the affected areas are asked to use caution and expect brief inconveniences.
Bike plan open house scheduled for Wednesday, March 6
Residents in Clay, Duval, Nassau and St. Johns Counties will have one final opportunity to provide input for the North Florida Regional Bicycle Pedestrian Master Plan Study being conducted by the North Florida Transportation Planning Organization (North Florida TPO). A series of five open-house walk-through public meetings with multiple stations will allow attendees to review and comment on the plan’s draft elements.
The meeting for St. Johns County is on Wednesday, March 6, 4:00pm – 8:00pm in St. Augustine City Hall’s Alcazar Room, 75 King St. To view and print a handy flyer with all the meeting dates click here.
This week on The Break Room: CRA 101
With the recent series of public meetings and presentation before city boards egarding the proposed creation of a Lincolville CRA, or Community Redevelopment Area, Mark Knight, Director of Planning and Building stops by The Break Room this week to discuss and explain the process for creating a CRA.
Each week the friendly and informative style of The Break Room offers the community an opportunity to
know a little more about how their city works by getting to know those who do the work every day. The Break Room airs Wednesdays at 5:30pm and Saturdays at 8:00am, and each program is archived at www.breakroom.info as podcasts available for download anytime. To listen to this week’s program immediately, click here.
Super Community Collection Day set for Saturday, March 9
The St. Johns County Solid Waste Management Department will host a free Super Community Collection Day from 8:00am until noon on Saturday, March 9 at Murray Middle School, 150 N. Holmes Blvd, St. Augustine.
County residents are encouraged to bring household hazardous waste, electronics, and tires for disposal. Household hazardous waste items acceptable for collection include paint, motor oil, gasoline, pesticides and insecticides, aerosol cans, and solvents and thinners. Acceptable E-waste items include monitors, keyboards, computers, desktop and laptop computers, mobile phones, radios, and video cassette recorders. In addition, up to ten tires per household can be disposed of free of charge. Yard debris, garbage, construction waste and other items generated by commercial activity will not be accepted.
To view and print a flyer that includes the time, date and location of the collection as well as a list of acceptable items, click here. For more information or an inclement weather update contact St. Johns County Solid Waste Management at 904.827.6980.
Share your artistic impression as part of Ancient City Mosaic
Artists of all ages and ability levels are invited to share their artist impression of St. Augustine by participating in Ancient City Mosaic presented by Michaels Stores®, a project that will showcase the creative talent of the local and regional community.
The 450-piece exhibit, the number of pieces is representative of St. Augustine’s upcoming anniversary, will first be displayed throughout the St. Johns County community at all six St. Johns County Public Library System locations and the St. Augustine Art Association. The exhibit will then be brought together and featured as a grand 450-piece mosaic. The exhibit will first be on display at all six St. Johns County Public Library System locations and the St. Augustine Art Association from May 3 to June 1. The exhibit will then be displayed as a grand 450-piece mosaic from June 15 to Aug. 10.
Registration is available online at www.ancientcitymosaic.com and must be submitted betweeen February 25 and April 15.
Ancient City Mosaic is supported by the St. Augustine 450th Commemoration, Sertoma Club of St. Augustine, St. Johns County Education Foundation, St. Augustine Art Association, St. Johns County Public Library System and St. Johns Cultural Council.
For more information, call the St. Augustine 450th Commemoration at 904.825.1053.
Anderson Circle closed
For the next month Anderson Cir., between Charlotte St. and Cathedral Pl. will be closed to vehicle and pedestrian traffic. The closure is necessary for AT&T to install conduit via a directional bore under the Matanzas River. In order to accommodate traffic along Charlotte St. the loading zone and parking spaces will be used as the traffic travel lane and parking on Anderson St. will be inaccessible.
For more information, call the Public Works Department t 904.825.1040.
Opportunities to serve
The City Commission of the City of St. Augustine is accepting applications for two volunteer boards:
First is to fill a one (1) term vacancy on the St. Augustine Firefighters Retirement Pension Board of Trustees. Interested individuals who reside within the city limits should submit applications by Friday, March 1, 2013. Appointment is tentatively scheduled to be made by the Commission at its March 11 meeting.
The second is to fill two three (3) year term expirations on the Historic Architectural Review Board. Interested individuals who reside within the city limits should submit applications by March 15, 2013. Appointment is scheduled to be made by the Commission at its March 25, 2013 meeting.
For information about the boards themselves, click on the names of the boards above and for the application form, click here.
For information concerning qualifications and applications please contact the City Clerk’s office at 904.825.1007.
Meeting schedule and agendas
The Planing and Zoning Board meets on Tuesday, March 5. The agenda is here.
The City Commission meets on Monday, March 11. When available the agenda will be here.
The Code Enforcement, Adjustments and Appeals Board meets on Tuesday March 12. The agenda is available here.
The Historic Architectural Review Board meets on Thursday, March 21. When available the agenda will be here.
All agenda, minutes and GTV info
Agendas and minutes for all city meetings can be found at www.staugustinegovernment.com with a schedule of upcoming meetings listed under City Calendar. City Commission meetings are broadcast live via GTV (Comcast Channel 3 in St. Augustine) each second and fourth Monday at 5:00pm. Commission meetings are also recorded and rebroadcast as are Planning and Zoning Board and Historic Architectural Review Board meetings. For a current schedule of all programming on GTV, click here.
Source: City of St. Augustine
News & Notes for St. Augustine
Nov 27th
The Break Room this week: Cooking oil collection has many benefits
This week’s edition of The Break Room welcomes Glabra Skipp, the city’s Environmental Compliance Inspector, who shares with host Paul Williamson the many benefits in proper disposal of cooking oil, whether in the home or business.
Each week the friendly and informative style of The Break Room offers the community an opportunity to know a little more about how their city works by getting to know those who do the work every day. The Break Room airs Wednesdays at 5:30pm and Saturdays at 8:00am, and each program is archived at www.breakroom.info as podcasts available for download anytime. To listen to this week’s program immediately, click here.
This week’s edition of The Break Room welcomes Glabra Skipp, the city’s Environmental Compliance Inspector, who shares with host Paul Williamson the many benefits in proper disposal of cooking oil, whether in the home or business.
Each week the friendly and informative style of The Break Room offers the community an opportunity to know a little more about how their city works by getting to know those who do the work every day. The Break Room airs Wednesdays at 5:30pm and Saturdays at 8:00am, and each program is archived at www.breakroom.info as podcasts available for download anytime. To listen to this week’s program immediately, click here.
Saturday, December 1, busy day for traffic in downtown
Saturday, December 1 will be a busy day in downtown St. Augustine with two events that will necessitate the closing of some streets and detours of traffic: The St. Augustine Christmas Parade in the morning, and the British Nightwatch in the evening. For complete route information on each event, street closures and planned detours, click here.
How to participate in the St. Augustine Christmas Parade
As it has every year for over half a century, the St. Augustine Christmas Parade is a sure sign that the holiday season has arrived. Scheduled for Saturday, December 1 starting at 10:00am, businesses, community organizations and school groups may and secure their entry by calling 904.824.4997.
North Davis Shores sewer lines to be tested
The Public Works Department will begin testing sanitary sewer lines in the North Davis Shores area the week of December 3. The tests will utilize smoke to identify areas of leaks or unwanted water intrusions from storm or ground water. Residents and businesses in the area to be tested will be notified with door-hangers explaining the process and offering sources of additional information. For details on the testing process read Sanitary sewer inspections underway in North Davis Shores area on the city’s web site.
City Commission to hold Organizational Meeting December 3
The St. Augustine City Commission will hold its organizational meeting on Monday, December 3 at 7:30pm in The Alcazar Room, City Hall, 75 King Street. The meeting is open to the public.
The meeting will include the oath of office ceremony for Mayor Joe Boles and Commissioner-elect Roxanne Horvath. The oath will be administered by Judge Wendy W. Berger, Fifth District Court of Appeal.
Commissioner Leanna Freeman, who currently also serves as vice mayor, will take the oath on December 10 having a scheduling conflict that necessitates her being out of the city on December 3.
Mayor Boles and Commissioner Freeman were re-elected to their offices. Commissioner Horvath was newly elected to fill the seat of departing Commissioner Errol Jones. The meeting will also include recognitions for Commissioner Jones who is completing a decade of service as a Commissioner, including two years as Vice Mayor in 2008-2010.
The City’s Charter specifies that “at 7:30 p.m. on the first Monday in December following each regular municipal election, the city commission shall meet at the usual place for holding the meetings of the legislative body of the city, at which time the newly elected commissioners shall assume the duties of office.”
The newly seated Commission’s first regular meeting will be on Monday, December 10 at 5:00pm.
Understanding the impacts of coastal change
UF & GTMNERR hosting three year project
Researchers at the University of Florida (UF) from multiple disciplines, including urban and regional planning, engineering, and landscape architecture, are working with staff at the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve (GTMNERR) to understand the potential impacts of coastal change and sea level rise in the Matanzas Basin. The goal of the project is to collect, generate, and share information about the potential impacts of coastal change and strategies for adaptation with community leaders and the public to facilitate more resilient communities and natural systems.
Two workshops on the project will be held for St. Augustine residents on Thursday, December 6. The first will be at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm (999 Anastasia Blvd.) starting at 9:00am, and the other at Flagler College (74 King St.) starting at 5:30pm. Those wishing to attend should RSVP to Emily Montgomery by calling 904.823.2291 or by email at emily.montgomery@dep.state.fl.us.
For more information about the project, visit www.PlanningMatanzas.org.
Commission sets two workshops in December
December’s busy holiday season will result in the Commission having only one regular meeting, scheduled for December 10, but the Commission has also scheduled two workshops that month.
The first workshop, set to start at 4:00pm on December 10, concerns the future of the carpet golf facility located near the City Marina. The second workshop on Thursday, December 13 at 9:00am, will be a discussion of modifications to the city zoning code, starting with the use of Planned Unit Developments (PUD).
All of the meetings will be held in The Alcazar Room in City Hall, 75 King St. When available, agendas for the meetings will be posted on the city’s web site here.
Opportunities to serve
The City Commission is accepting applications to fill vacancies on:
— the Code Enforcement, Adjustments & Appeals Board, and
— the Board of Trustees St. Augustine Police Officers’ Retirement System.
Interested individuals who reside within the city limits of the City of St. Augustine are invited to submit applications for this volunteer board. Applications are requested by Friday, November 30 with appointments tentatively scheduled for the City Commission meeting of Monday, December 10. For information concerning qualifications and applications please contact the City Clerk’s office at 825-1007. The application form is available on the city’s web site by clicking here.
Meeting schedule and agendas
General Employees Retirement Board. Wednesday, November 28. For more information, click here.
Police Department Retirement Board. November 28. For more information, click here.
City Commission organizational meeting. Monday, December 3. When available, the agenda will be here.
Planning and Zoning Board. Tuesday, December 4. Agenda is here.
City Commission regular meeting. Monday, December 10. When available, the agenda will be here.
All agenda, minutes and GTV info
Agendas and minutes for all city meetings can be found at www.staugustinegovernment.com with a schedule of upcoming meetings listed under City Calendar. City Commission meetings are broadcast live via GTV (Comcast Channel 3 in St. Augustine) each second and fourth Monday at 5:00pm. Commission meetings are also recorded and rebroadcast as are Planning and Zoning Board and Historic Architectural Review Board meetings. For a current schedule of all programming on GTV, click here.
Source: City of St. Augustine
News and Notes for November 16, 2012
Nov 18th
Tomorrow night is Light-Up! Night at 6:30pm
Two former Mayors will turn the switches to start the 19th season
The most exciting moment on Light-Up! Night is light-up itself with the honor of “flipping-the-switch” to light the city’s tree and the city itself being shared each year by members of the community.
For the 2012 Light-Up! Night, Mayor Joe Boles has invited two former mayors to launch this year’s holiday lighting, one who led the city during its 400th anniversary in 1965, and another who flipped-the-switch the very first year of the Nights of Lights in 1994.
For the tree lighting, Mayor Boles asked former Mayor John Bailey, Sr. to do the honor. Bailey served as St. Augustine’s Mayor from 1965-1967 which coincided with St. Augustine’s 400th anniversary. Boles indicated that as our community draws closer to the commemoration of the 450th anniversary of the city’s founding, it is fitting to honor one who was so instrumental in the city’s quadricentennial commemoration.
Then, to light the city, Mayor Boles asked former Mayor Greg Baker to repeat the role he played 19 years ago as the first person to turn the switch that launches the Nights of Lights. Baker, who served as mayor from 1992-1995, was at the city’s helm when the decision was made to develop the Nights of Lights and appropriately was the one to presided over the inaugural season.
“It would be near impossible to find two members of our community who have contributed anymore in their professional and personal lives or have better served the city during their terms of office,” said Boles in making the announcement. “Both of these public servants have never hesitated to give of their time for our city, and I am delighted they accepted the invitation to give us a little more of their time for Light-Up! Night.”
Light-Up! Night takes place in the Plaza de la Constitución on Saturday, November 17 with entertainment starting at 4:00pm and the lighting ceremony starting at 6:30pm with light-up set for 6:45pm.
For complete details regarding Light-Up! Night, visit www.lightupnight.info, and for loads of information including a calendar of upcoming events during the 10-week long Nights of Lights visit www.nightsoflights.com.
Two former Mayors will turn the switches to start the 19th season
The most exciting moment on Light-Up! Night is light-up itself with the honor of “flipping-the-switch” to light the city’s tree and the city itself being shared each year by members of the community.
For the 2012 Light-Up! Night, Mayor Joe Boles has invited two former mayors to launch this year’s holiday lighting, one who led the city during its 400th anniversary in 1965, and another who flipped-the-switch the very first year of the Nights of Lights in 1994.
For the tree lighting, Mayor Boles asked former Mayor John Bailey, Sr. to do the honor. Bailey served as St. Augustine’s Mayor from 1965-1967 which coincided with St. Augustine’s 400th anniversary. Boles indicated that as our community draws closer to the commemoration of the 450th anniversary of the city’s founding, it is fitting to honor one who was so instrumental in the city’s quadricentennial commemoration.
Then, to light the city, Mayor Boles asked former Mayor Greg Baker to repeat the role he played 19 years ago as the first person to turn the switch that launches the Nights of Lights. Baker, who served as mayor from 1992-1995, was at the city’s helm when the decision was made to develop the Nights of Lights and appropriately was the one to presided over the inaugural season.
“It would be near impossible to find two members of our community who have contributed anymore in their professional and personal lives or have better served the city during their terms of office,” said Boles in making the announcement. “Both of these public servants have never hesitated to give of their time for our city, and I am delighted they accepted the invitation to give us a little more of their time for Light-Up! Night.”
Light-Up! Night takes place in the Plaza de la Constitución on Saturday, November 17 with entertainment starting at 4:00pm and the lighting ceremony starting at 6:30pm with light-up set for 6:45pm.
For complete details regarding Light-Up! Night, visit www.lightupnight.info, and for loads of information including a calendar of upcoming events during the 10-week long Nights of Lights visit www.nightsoflights.com.
Traffic details for Light-Up! Night and St. Augustine Half Marathon
Activities related to Light-Up! Night, the opening ceremony for the 19th season of the Nights of Lights and the St. Augustine Half Marathon will necessitate a number of disruptions of traffic in downtown St. Augustine on Saturday and Sunday, November 17 and 18. Details of road closures and detours are available here.
Discover First America! Program Adventure returns next Tuesday
The Discover First America! Program Adventure returns starting on Tuesday, November 20 at 7:00pm. The free, five-part entertainment series, held at Lewis Auditorium at Flagler College, 14 Granada Street, explores facets of St. Augustine’s rich history and culture. Each program will begin at 7:00pm with the doors opening at 6:00pm for seating, lobby displays, information and book signings.
The program schedule is:
– November 20, 2012: Mythbusters! Fact & Fiction in St. Augustine’s History
– December 5, 2012: Ancient City Musicale: 450 Years of Song & Dance
– January 9, 2013: Palace in Paradise: The Hotel Ponce de Leon Turns 125
– January 23, 2013: Juan Ponce de León Finds La Florida
– March 14, 2013: Revolt! Revolutionary War Trials & Tribulations in St. Augustine
St. Augustine 450th Commemoration passports will be given to all participants. Souvenir stampings in the passport will be provided at each program. The Discover First America! Program Adventure is sponsored by the St. Augustine 450th Commemoration, Flagler College, Florida Power & Light Company, St. Johns County Tourist Development Council, St. Augustine/Ponte Vedra on Florida’s Historic Coast, The St. Augustine Record, Augustine.com, SGS Art & Design, and City Gate Productions.
Additional details about the entire The Discover First America! Program Adventure at www.staugustine-450.com.
On The Break Room this week: Discover First America
This week’s edition of The Break Room welcomes 450th Commemoration Director, Dana Ste. Claire for a preview of the return of the very popular Discover First America! Program Adventure.
Each week the friendly and informative style of The Break Room offers the community an opportunity to know a little more about how their city works by getting to know those who do the work every day. The Break Room airs Wednesdays at 5:30pm and Saturdays at 8:00am, and each program is archived at www.breakroom.info as podcasts available for download anytime. To listen to this week’s program immediately, click here.
Let Advanced Disposal do your shreading for free tomorrow
Advanced Disposal is sponsoring its second annual St. Johns County Shredding Event. St. Johns County residents and businesses are invited to safely destroy old personal documents that should not be carelessly thrown out with the trash. Note that there is a three-box limit per household or business.
Planned for Saturday, November 17, the shreading service runs from 9:00am until 1:00pm at the Anastasia Square Shopping Center, corner of SR 312 and Hwy A1A. To see and print a flyer for your information or to share, click here. For more information on the shredding event, call Advanced Disposal at 904.827.1005.
Thanksgiving holiday closings for the City of St. Augustine
Offices for the City of St. Augustine will be closed on Thursday and Friday, November 22 and 23 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday, but the solid waste collection schedule will remain unchanged.
Post-Thanksgiving FOG collection returns
Used fats, oils and grease to be collected on Monday, November 26
The City of St. Augustine and St. Johns County Utilities have joined together for the second year to collect used cooking oil and grease (FOG) following the Thanksgiving holiday.
The recycling collection is set for Monday, November 26, 7:30am–3:30pm at two recycling drop points:
— 25 W. Castillo Drive (Francis Field); and
— 840 West 16th Street on Anastasia Island.
This opportunity allows residents to properly dispose of large amounts of used cooking oil to be recycled into usable products such as biodiesel fuel. Participants are asked to allow used cooking grease to cool prior to delivering it in a safe container that will not melt or shatter. Also, to help in collecting oil in the future, each participant will receive a free funnel for future recycling efforts.
When cooking oil is improperly disposed of down the drain, it can clog sewer pipes and create environmental and public health hazards. Problems with sewer lines typically increase around the holidays when people are washing a lot of greasy and fatty foods down the drain. The fats, oils and greases build up inside sewer pipes and can cause raw sewage to back up and overflow into homes, businesses and the environment.
But it is not necessary to wait until Thanksgiving to recycle cooking oil. There are six locations throughout the county that accepts used cooking oil year round. For a list of the locations and directions, click here.
For more information on the collection and other cooking oil recycling efforts, contact Glabra Skipp, City of St. Augustine at 904.209.4284 or Stacy Kowlsen, St. Johns County at 904.209.2662.
End of Daylight Saving Time marks watering schedule change
With the return of Eastern Standard Time last Sunday, watering schedules also changed from twice a week to once a week whether the water source is private wells and pumps, ground or surface water, or water from public and private utilities.
The day specified for watering at residential properties depends on the address: odd numbered addresses water on Saturday only and even numbered ones only on Sunday. Non residential properties are allowed to water only on Tuesdays. Watering should be done only when needed, never between 10:00am and 4:00pm, and never for more than one hour per zone.
For more information, including details regarding some exceptions to the restrictions, visit the frequent asked questions offered on the St. Johns River Water Management District’s website here.
Make plans now to participate in the St. Augustine Christmas Parade
As it has every year for over half a century, the St. Augustine Christmas Parade is a sure sign that the holiday season has arrived. Scheduled for Saturday, December 1 starting at 10:00am, now is the time for businesses, community organizations and school groups to plan their entry and secure their spot by calling 904.824.4997.
No trucks on Lemon St.
Effective immediately and continuing through the construction work on the US-1/Ponce de Leon Blvd. San Sebastian Bridge, trucks are prohibited on Lemon St. Earlier this week the city placed signs noting the prohibition on the western end of Lemon St. at its intersection with US-1/Ponce de Leon Blvd.
Understanding the impacts of coastal change
UF & GTMNERR hosting three year project
Researchers at the University of Florida (UF) from multiple disciplines, including urban and regional planning, engineering, and landscape architecture, are working with staff at the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve (GTMNERR) to understand the potential impacts of coastal change and sea level rise in the Matanzas Basin. The goal of the project is to collect, generate, and share information about the potential impacts of coastal change and strategies for adaptation with community leaders and the public to facilitate more resilient communities and natural systems.
Two workshops on the project will be held for St. Augustine residents on Thursday, December 6. The first will be at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm (999 Anastasia Blvd.) starting at 9:00am, and the other at Flagler College (74 King St.) starting at 5:30pm. Those wishing to attend should RSVP to Emily Montgomery by calling 904.823.2291 or by email at emily.montgomery@dep.state.fl.us.
For more information about the project, visit www.PlanningMatanzas.org.
Commission sets two workshops in December
December’s busy holiday season will result in the Commission having only one regular meeting, scheduled for December 10, but the Commission has also scheduled two workshops that month.
The first workshop, set to start at 4:00pm on December 10, concerns the future of the carpet golf facility located near the City Marina. The second workshop on Thursday, December 13 at 9:00am, will be a discussion of modifications to the city zoning code, starting with the use of Planned Unit Developments (PUD).
All of the meetings will be held in The Alcazar Room in City Hall, 75 King St. When available, agendas for the meetings will be posted on the city’s web site here.
Opportunities to serve
The City Commission is accepting applications to fill vacancies on:
— the Code Enforcement, Adjustments & Appeals Board, and
— the Board of Trustees St. Augustine Police Officers’ Retirement System.
Interested individuals who reside within the city limits of the City of St. Augustine are invited to submit applications for this volunteer board. Applications are requested by Friday, November 30 with appointments tentatively scheduled for the City Commission meeting of Monday, December 10. For information concerning qualifications and applications please contact the City Clerk’s office at 825-1007. The application form is available on the city’s web site by clicking here.
Meeting schedule and agendas
General Employees Retirement Board. Wednesday, November 28. For more information, click here.
Police Department Retirement Board. November 28. For more information, click here.
City Commission Reorganizational meeting. Monday, December 3. When available, the agenda will be here.
Planning and Zoning Board. Tuesday, December 4. Agenda is here.
City Commission regular meeting. Monday, December 10. When available, the agenda will be here.
All agenda, minutes and GTV info
Agendas and minutes for all city meetings can be found at www.staugustinegovernment.com with a schedule of upcoming meetings listed under City Calendar. City Commission meetings are broadcast live via GTV (Comcast Channel 3 in St. Augustine) each second and fourth Monday at 5:00pm. Commission meetings are also recorded and rebroadcast as are Planning and Zoning Board and Historic Architectural Review Board meetings. For a current schedule of all programming on GTV, click here.
Source: City of St. Augustine
