Hello Everyone: the forwarded message
(below) has the potential to affect the quality and safety of your rides on CR
329 in Marion County and Wacahoota Road in Alachua County. This may or
may not be of interest to you, but if Marion County approves this land use
change, it would mean the birth of a high-density residential development on
this land—which could spur an urban-sprawl bridge on the other side of
Paynes Prairie by creating a “bedroom community” for Gainesville in
what is now a gorgeous set of agricultural tracts. Personally, I have
spent many hours on my bike in this area, and I would hate to see it torn up
into 1-acre lots for sprawl housing. The loss of this ephemeral pond would also
negatively affect water flow to Ledwith
Lake and Kanapaha Sink.
If you think this is a bad idea too, please consider writing or calling the
county commissioners listed in the email below.
Best regards,
DeLene Beeland
From: Busy
Kislig-Shires Byerly [mailto:busyshires@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006
10:19 AM
To: Busy Kislig-Shires Byerly
Subject: Rural Shiloh Country may
give way to development
As a concerned resident of the Micanopy
community, I am forwarding you this message from some of our neighbors in the Shiloh area for your information. If you have additional
questions, please send an e-mail to the Marion County Citizens Coalition
(MCCC) at ISTERN2922@xxxxxxx or
call : 352-671-7973
Busy
Originally in Ocala Star Banner,
reprinted in Gainesville
Sun:
“Rural Shiloh Country may give way
to development” http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060801/LOCAL/208010337/1078/news
Proposed Land Use Change and how to contact your
County Commissioners
County Commission meeting concerning this proposal: Thursday, August 3rd at the Marion
County Commission
Auditorium (601 SE 25th Ave
in Ocala)
at 9 a.m.
A developer that owns 1,200 acres north
of County Road 320 and west of County Road 329 (this is located between Shiloh
and Wacahoota) is petitioning the Marion County Commission to change the land
use zoning from "rural" to "low density residential." This
amendment 06L-36A
would allow the owner to divide this parcel into lots as small as 1 acre.
Amendment 06L-36 is
another proposed text amendment which is loosely worded and would essentially
give developers free rein if they designate a development a "conservation
community." This proposal also needs to be defeated in its current form.
This part of
northwest Marion County has been designated a
"Farmland Preservation Area" by the commission which prevents any new
development having from having lots of less than ten acres. The
06L-36A amendment
will be the first test of the commission's comprehensive land use
plan which is designed to keep this pristine area of Marion County
free of a major development.
If you are against these amendments:
1. Most Important-- Please show up at
the Marion County Commission meeting on Thursday, August 3rd at the
Marion County Commission Auditorium (601
SE 25th Ave in Ocala) at 9 a.m.
2. Please contact all five county
commissioners at (352)438-2323 or email them.
To send an e-mail to the Marion County
Commission, you have to go to their website at http://www.marioncountyfl.org/CO211/CO_home.htm
On the right side of the page it lists
each commisioner.Click one and scroll to bottom of page and click on Email
Commissioner. This will take you to a page to enter your email.
or write to them at:
601
SE 24th Avenue
Ocala,
FL 34471
The Marion County Commissioners are:
District 1 - Andy Kesselring
District 2 - Jim Payton - Chairman
District 3 - Stan McClain
District 4 - Randy Harris - Vice Chairman
District 5 - Charlie Stone (this is the
district that we live in)
3. Please email questions or comments to saveourruralarea@xxxxxxxxx
