Beaches Watch

Beaches Watch is a non-profit, non-partisan citizen advocacy organization whose focus is on growth management and quality of life issues for our northeast Florida beaches communities. Beaches Watch was formed in 2004 by residents of Atlantic Beach, Jacksonville Beach, Neptune Beach and Ponte Vedra Beach. Our members have joined together to seek positive improvements in our beaches communities, to promote smart growth management practices and to guard our hometowns against issues that would diminish our quality of life. By monitoring local issues, encouraging citizen participation in local government and promoting community awareness, Beaches Watch is helping residents maintain the quality of life for themselves and future generations.

Membership in Beaches Watch is open to residents of Atlantic Beach, Jacksonville Beach, Neptune Beach and Ponte Vedra Beach.

CURRENT EVENTS & ISSUES

BEACHES WATCH MEETING

Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at 7:00 pm

Location:
Fletcher High School Administration Conference Room
700 Seagate Ave., Neptune Beach

We will be discussing the current issues for Atlantic Beach, Neptune Beach and Jacksonville Beach.

Directions:
Enter the double glass doors on Seagate Ave., turn right at the reception desk and the conference room is down the hall on the right.

Meeting is open to the public.

2008 NEPTUNE BEACH ELECTION RESULTS

The winners for the 2008 Neptune Beach Mayor and City Council races are as follows:

Mayor: Harriet Pruette

Council Seat 2: Eric Pardee

Council Seat 3: Kara Tucker

Congratulations to the new Neptune Beach Mayor and Council members! Neptune Beach citizens should be proud because all the Neptune Beach candidates worked hard to have a chance to serve you. Beaches Watch encourages those candidates that didn’t win to continue to stay involved in Neptune Beach issues! All of our beaches cities are better served when we have more citizens involved in the issues that come before our local governments!

2008 NEPTUNE BEACH CANDIDATE INFORMATION

Click on the Mayor or Council Seat links below to get more information about the Neptune Beach candidates.

Mayor:
Harriet Pruette
Scott Wiley

COUNCIL SEAT 2:
Terri Hunnewell
Eric Pardee

COUNCIL SEAT 3:
Sybil Ansbacher
Kara Tucker

9/30/08 JAX BEACH MAYOR ELECTION

Congratulations to Fland Sharp on his re-election as Mayor of Jacksonville Beach.

Beaches Watch Solicits Nominations for 2008 Friend of the Beaches Award

Beaches Watch is soliciting nominations for the Beaches Watch 2008 Friend of the Beaches Award that recognizes individuals, businesses or organizations for their extraordinary contributions to the quality of life in our northeast Florida beach communities.

Last year's recipient was Bennie Furlong. Bennie was recognized for her life-long contributions to our beaches. As a beaches resident for 52 years, some of Bennie's contributions to the beaches include: Duval County School teacher for 41 years with 21 years teaching at San Pablo Elementary in Jacksonville Beach; contributed to the formation of the Beaches Historical Society; involved with the University Women’s efforts to build the Beaches Branch Library; 16 years of service on the Jacksonville Beach City Council; responsible for Jacksonville Beach being designated the first Tree City USA in Duval County and for subsequent re-designations for the last 18 years; instrumental in getting the Community Center in Jacksonville Beach; instrumental in getting funding for the new Dial-A-Ride bus; involved in getting CAPE established at the Carver Center for the South Pablo Beach community; and so many more wonderful contributions.

If you know someone, business or organization who has made extraordinary contributions to our quality of life at the beaches, please submit your nomination by Friday, Oct. 17, 2008 and the nomination should include:

Your name and contact information
Name of nominee and their contact information
Detailed reasons for nomination: please list things the nominee has done that has had a positive impact on our quality of life here at the beaches.

Send nominations to info@beacheswatch.com or mail to:

Beaches Watch
P.O. Box 50311
Jacksonville Beach, FL 32240

In a time when there is a lot of negative news (economy, gas prices, etc.), please help us recognize some of the positive things that are happening in our community by nominating someone who is deserving of this recognition.

TIMELINES FOR BEACHES EVALUATION & APPRAISAL REPORTS

Atlantic Beach

Public Issues Workshop: May 20, 2008 (completed)
Draft EAR Complete: Late Summer 2008
Public Hearing: Late Summer 2008
Transmit Draft EAR to DCA: Late Summer 2008
Public Hearing to adopt EAR: October 2008

Jacksonville Beach

Public Issues Workshop: March 12, 2008 (completed)
Scoping Meeting: March 2008
Draft EAR Complete: July 2008
Public Hearing: August 2008
Transmit Draft EAR to DCA: September 2008
Public Hearing to adopt EAR: November 2008

Neptune Beach

Public Issues Workshop: May 20, 2008 (completed)
Letter of Understanding to DCA: May 2008
Draft EAR complete: September 2008
Public Hearing on EAR: October 2008
Transmit Draft EAR to DCA: October 2008
DCA Review & Comment: December 2008
Public Hearing to adopt EAR: January 2009

When we get firm dates for the public meetings in the above timelines, we will post them here.

Created on 2006-05-26 14:40:40 by skgolding
Updated on 2008-11-10 15:52:42 by skgolding