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SW 24 th Avenue and NATL

SW 24 th Avenue and NATL. Three summaries. The road UF procedures The impact. Details at http://natl.ifas.ufl.edu. The Road. SW 24 th Avenue Dec. 2000 to Dec. 2002. MTPO’s 20-year road plan Alachua County’s implementation. SW 24 th Avenue Dec. 2002 to date. 12 Dec. 02 MPTO meeting

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SW 24 th Avenue and NATL

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  1. SW 24th Avenueand NATL

  2. Three summaries • The road • UF procedures • The impact Details at http://natl.ifas.ufl.edu

  3. TheRoad

  4. SW 24th AvenueDec. 2000 to Dec. 2002 • MTPO’s 20-year road plan • Alachua County’s implementation

  5. SW 24th AvenueDec. 2002 to date • 12 Dec. 02 MPTO meeting • 31 Jan. 03 Co. Comm. meeting

  6. SW 24th AvenueDec. 2002 to date • 12 Dec. 02 MPTO meeting • 31 Jan. 03 Co. Comm. meeting • 20 Feb. 03 MPTO meeting

  7. SW 24th AvenueDec. 2002 to date • 12 Dec. 02 MPTO meeting • 31 Jan. 03 Co. Comm. meeting • 20 Feb. 03 MPTO meeting • 25 Mar. 03 Co. Comm. meeting

  8. UFProcedures

  9. UF Committees thatnormally advise on changes in land use • Lakes, Vegetation & Landscaping • Transportation & Parking • Preservation of Historic Building & Sites

  10. UF Committees thatnormally advise on changes in land use • Lakes, Vegetation & Landscaping • Transportation & Parking • Preservation of Historic Building & Sites • Land Use & Facilities Planning

  11. UF participation in SW 24th Avenue changes • 31 Jan. 03 Co. Comm. meeting

  12. From the official minutes of the 31 Jan 2003 County Commission meeting: "Mr. Ed Poppell, University of Florida, discussed why the University of Florida is involved with S.W. 24 Avenue; the University's new vision and presented a proposal for ac-celerating the construction of S.W. 24 Avenue as a 4-lane road.“

  13. UF participation in SW 24th Avenue changes • 31 Jan. 03 Co. Comm. meeting • 20 Feb. 03 MPTO meeting V-P Ed Poppell assures MTPO that UF will donate the right-of-way for a four-lane extension of SW 24th Avenue.

  14. UF participation in SW 24th Avenue changes • 31 Jan. 03 Co. Comm. meeting • 20 Feb. 03 MPTO meeting • 25 Mar. 03 Co. Comm. meeting President Young writes that the University “will recommend through its Master Plan amendment process that sufficientright-of-way be given … to provide the necessary land toconnect SW 24th Avenue to Archer Road.”

  15. Does UF Administration plan any open discussion of the costs and benefits of its proposed ROW donation?? No

  16. When will UF consult its advisory committees?(as it must do to make the required changes in the Campus Master Plan) Perhaps inSpring Semester2004?

  17. TheImpact

  18. More than loss of area is involved • The richest portion of UF's finest upland preservation area will be destroyed.

  19. Four of the forty-nine trees in the right-of-way that are 18 inches or more in diameter 23- and 25-inch DBHlive oaks 24-inch DBHlongleaf pine 29-inch DBHhickory

  20. More than loss of area is involved • The richest portion of UF's finest upland preservation area will be destroyed. • 48 acres of wildlife habitat will be fragmented • Wildlife will need to cross 24th Ave. to reach permanent water

  21. More than loss of area is involved • NATL, a valuable, irreplaceable academic resource, will be irreversibly degraded by being made less diverse, less secure, and much noisier. --And all for a road that is in the traffic plan only because it will help double the retail space in the Butler Plaza area.

  22. “In the end, our society will be defined not onlyby what we create, but what we refuse to destroy.” John Sawhill More at: http://natl.ifas.ufl.edu/

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