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Final supporters
The purpose of this petition is to allow the neighbors of the Friends of Monroe Community Association (FMCA- Burton, Power, Riverview, Narcissus, Oak, Palm, W. 1st) to be represented at the October 25th Sanford City planning and development meeting at 7:00 pm. The signatures on this petition represent those neighbors who could not be present at the meeting due to family or work obligations who still wish to be heard regarding development surrounding this community and its streets specifically the development at 2485 W. Seminole BLVD. (Item 7E). These neighbors respectfully request not only the city of Sanford but also Seminole County to utilize smart and accountable development planning and not continue to increase storm drainage through our community (by raising elevation on new construction) without providing necessary improvements:
Flooding:
Smart and accountable development includes looking at the complete picture of an area, not just the site of development itself- continuing to elevate land surrounding our community will flood most of the 97 houses that are directly impacted by these ongoing developments. The intersections of the L-S and Sanford drainage canals through our neighborhood, the lack of typical rainfall for the last 3 years, and elevation of ALL the land surrounding our streets will cause detrimental flooding with the first decent hurricane that comes through. We are interested in protecting our properties and improving the storm drainage throughout our streets to ensure that doesn't happen.
Street and land drainage:
Seminole County and the City of Sanford are not replacing existing and already inadequate storm drainage in this community yet adding multiple complexes with elevations greater than the surrounding houses- this is a causing our yards to be flooded from April through December (rainy season) and will bring this water through our doorsteps with the first good hurricane that hits.
Road Safety for motorists and pedestrians:
As you are well aware the addition of developments north and south of the Riverview ave corridor increase the cut through traffic exponentially. Without making provisions for crosswalks, sidewalks, school zone markings or widening the road, the city of Sanford and Seminole county has effectively turned our quiet hometown neighborhood into a dangerously busy thoroughfare. We are passionately rallying to make our streets safe again and part of that is lobbying for speed humps, sidewalks, and signage.
Access to Sunrail- The proximity of our community to the Sunrail station on SR 46 is indeed a convenience, it would be a great benefit to all county and city citizens to be able to commute to work and recreation. The problem of access, however, is a pressing issue. Currently the only ways to get to the station are crossing the Sydney O. Chase overpass on SR 46 (which is extremely dangerous with cars passing at 55+ MPH) and through the access restricted Riverview Townhomes.
Waterfront development plan- Adding housing communities along the beautiful waterfront and riverwalk without giving thought to the overall plan of the city waterfront development plan to attract business and commerce to the downtown is wrong and evidence of a complete disregard of the future path of our city. Please consider utilizing this limited space to preserve wildlife (black bears, bald eagles, panther, tortoises, etc.), green and wetlands, and create parks and commerce that would attract local and tourist activity to the downtown hub.
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An easy fix to alleviate some of the traffic that is destined for Riverview is to make the intersection of Riverview and SR15 one direction only. The traffic from SR 15 could enter Riverview or exit Riverview onto SR15 but NOT both. This would halve the amount of cut through traffic as Riverview would only be used once a day for commuters. This is an easy fix and would solve half of the problem immediately.
The item we are contesting is 7E-and I'm part of The Friends of Monroe and we are worried about flooding among other items
Yes, please contact me if you have any questions. My property backs-up to the property in question.
Sorry unable to attend.
Thank you for taking the time to do this! Sorry I will be missing it!
Please help the community by having Developers, City, and County help with improvements such fire hydrants on Riverview Ave, speed bumps, signage, no trucks, No construction traffic on Riverview Ave. Emergency exit is to county 20 foot right a way that needs to be paved like Riverview Townhouses at Burton Lane, the City Fire Department required that and room for fire trucks room for radius turns with codes for locking divices. Gates should be metal and non see through so culdesack car lights don’t shine on Church property and Buildings, Please have staff work these out before this is Project is Approved. I have lived in this Community for 60 years and know all the problems and improvements that are here and I would glad to help as I told CPH representative and help staff or any Commissioners. Thank You for your consideration Danny Lee.
Fr. Joshua Jacobs will speak for me for our priestly community of 10 members and for our parishioners. He will speak for all of us: around 600 people. This meeting is a slap in our face. The former administration was conscious of the protection of the citizens. It loos like the city is now playing between the county and the city authorities on the area to leave our place as a playground for developers. CPH looks like owning our commissioners and mayor. We do not se any vision for our area and the splendid Riverwalk to enshrine it. The purpose of elected official is first to protect the citizens and secondly to give a vision. It seems we have none of this. The lawsuits that will inevitably come after the disaster will cost the city a very minimum of 60 millions $. I guarantee that we will sue all the persons responsible for this, not only institutions. They have been clearly warned and we have evidence. I never have seen in my all life after living on 4 continents such a recklessness. I asked several times a meeting with our mayor, I invited him to visit us, but he seems deaf to our requests.
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Status: Closed — this petition is no longer accepting signatures.
Final supporters
The purpose of this petition is to allow the neighbors of the Friends of Monroe Community Association (FMCA- Burton, Power, Riverview, Narcissus, Oak, Palm, W. 1st) to be represented at the October 25th Sanford City planning and development meeting at 7:00 pm. The signatures on this petition represent those neighbors who could not be present at the meeting due to family or work obligations who still wish to be heard regarding development surrounding this community and its streets specifically the development at 2485 W. Seminole BLVD. (Item 7E). These neighbors respectfully request not only the city of Sanford but also Seminole County to utilize smart and accountable development planning and not continue to increase storm drainage through our community (by raising elevation on new construction) without providing necessary improvements:
Flooding:
Smart and accountable development includes looking at the complete picture of an area, not just the site of development itself- continuing to elevate land surrounding our community will flood most of the 97 houses that are directly impacted by these ongoing developments. The intersections of the L-S and Sanford drainage canals through our neighborhood, the lack of typical rainfall for the last 3 years, and elevation of ALL the land surrounding our streets will cause detrimental flooding with the first decent hurricane that comes through. We are interested in protecting our properties and improving the storm drainage throughout our streets to ensure that doesn't happen.
Street and land drainage:
Seminole County and the City of Sanford are not replacing existing and already inadequate storm drainage in this community yet adding multiple complexes with elevations greater than the surrounding houses- this is a causing our yards to be flooded from April through December (rainy season) and will bring this water through our doorsteps with the first good hurricane that hits.
Road Safety for motorists and pedestrians:
As you are well aware the addition of developments north and south of the Riverview ave corridor increase the cut through traffic exponentially. Without making provisions for crosswalks, sidewalks, school zone markings or widening the road, the city of Sanford and Seminole county has effectively turned our quiet hometown neighborhood into a dangerously busy thoroughfare. We are passionately rallying to make our streets safe again and part of that is lobbying for speed humps, sidewalks, and signage.
Access to Sunrail- The proximity of our community to the Sunrail station on SR 46 is indeed a convenience, it would be a great benefit to all county and city citizens to be able to commute to work and recreation. The problem of access, however, is a pressing issue. Currently the only ways to get to the station are crossing the Sydney O. Chase overpass on SR 46 (which is extremely dangerous with cars passing at 55+ MPH) and through the access restricted Riverview Townhomes.
Waterfront development plan- Adding housing communities along the beautiful waterfront and riverwalk without giving thought to the overall plan of the city waterfront development plan to attract business and commerce to the downtown is wrong and evidence of a complete disregard of the future path of our city. Please consider utilizing this limited space to preserve wildlife (black bears, bald eagles, panther, tortoises, etc.), green and wetlands, and create parks and commerce that would attract local and tourist activity to the downtown hub.
10 Comments
Wanted to attend but was unable to. I am highly concerned about flooding issues that will only worsen with further development that does not address this already existing problem on Riverview Avenue. In further development, let's not overlook the care and maintenance of our established community. Thank you.
An easy fix to alleviate some of the traffic that is destined for Riverview is to make the intersection of Riverview and SR15 one direction only. The traffic from SR 15 could enter Riverview or exit Riverview onto SR15 but NOT both. This would halve the amount of cut through traffic as Riverview would only be used once a day for commuters. This is an easy fix and would solve half of the problem immediately.
The item we are contesting is 7E-and I'm part of The Friends of Monroe and we are worried about flooding among other items
Yes, please contact me if you have any questions. My property backs-up to the property in question.
Sorry unable to attend.
Thank you for taking the time to do this! Sorry I will be missing it!
Please help the community by having Developers, City, and County help with improvements such fire hydrants on Riverview Ave, speed bumps, signage, no trucks, No construction traffic on Riverview Ave. Emergency exit is to county 20 foot right a way that needs to be paved like Riverview Townhouses at Burton Lane, the City Fire Department required that and room for fire trucks room for radius turns with codes for locking divices. Gates should be metal and non see through so culdesack car lights don’t shine on Church property and Buildings, Please have staff work these out before this is Project is Approved. I have lived in this Community for 60 years and know all the problems and improvements that are here and I would glad to help as I told CPH representative and help staff or any Commissioners. Thank You for your consideration Danny Lee.
Fr. Joshua Jacobs will speak for me for our priestly community of 10 members and for our parishioners. He will speak for all of us: around 600 people. This meeting is a slap in our face. The former administration was conscious of the protection of the citizens. It loos like the city is now playing between the county and the city authorities on the area to leave our place as a playground for developers. CPH looks like owning our commissioners and mayor. We do not se any vision for our area and the splendid Riverwalk to enshrine it. The purpose of elected official is first to protect the citizens and secondly to give a vision. It seems we have none of this. The lawsuits that will inevitably come after the disaster will cost the city a very minimum of 60 millions $. I guarantee that we will sue all the persons responsible for this, not only institutions. They have been clearly warned and we have evidence. I never have seen in my all life after living on 4 continents such a recklessness. I asked several times a meeting with our mayor, I invited him to visit us, but he seems deaf to our requests.
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Wanted to attend but was unable to. I am highly concerned about flooding issues that will only worsen with further development that does not address this already existing problem on Riverview Avenue. In further development, let's not overlook the care and maintenance of our established community. Thank you.