SW 24th Avenueand NATL

Three summaries

• The road

• UF procedures

• The impact

Details at http://natl.ifas.ufl.edu

TheRoad

SW 24th AvenueDec. 2000 to Dec. 2002

• MTPO’s 20-year road plan• Alachua County’s implementation

SW 24th AvenueDec. 2002 to date

• 12 Dec. 02 MPTO meeting• 31 Jan. 03 Co. Comm. meeting

SW 24th AvenueDec. 2002 to date

• 12 Dec. 02 MPTO meeting• 31 Jan. 03 Co. Comm. meeting• 20 Feb. 03 MPTO meeting

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

UFProcedures

UF Committees that normally advise on changes in land use

• Lakes, Vegetation & Landscaping• Transportation & Parking• Preservation of Historic Building &

Sites

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

UF participation in SW 24th Avenue changes

• 31 Jan. 03 Co. Comm. meeting

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.“

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.

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.”

Does UF Administration plan any open discussion of the costs and benefits of its proposed ROW donation??

No

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

Perhaps inSpring Semester

2004?

TheImpact

More than loss of area is involved• The richest portion of UF's finest

upland preservation area will be destroyed.

29-inch DBH

hickory

24-inch DBH

longleaf pine

23- and 25-inch DBH

live oaks

Four of the forty-nine trees in the right-of-way that are 18 inches or more in diameter

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

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.

“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/