 | A Ribbon Cutting Ceremony is scheduled for Monday, January 26, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. to celebrate the opening of Commerce Boulevard and the new light at Commerce Boulevard & SR200/A1A. This new road is one segment of the County's highly anticipated Loop Road which once completed will allow citizens to access various businesses on the north and south sides of SR200/A1A without having to actually travel on A1A, thus reducing traffic congestion and providing safer access points for motorists. Light refreshments will be provided by Sleiman Enterprises, the owner of the Villages of Amelia. The public is invited to attend. -Sabrina Robertson County Manager's Office |
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 A Groundbreaking Ceremony was held on Monday, December 22, 2014, at the future site of the new Sheriff's Administration Building.
The new facility will be built within the Judicial Complex near the Emergency Operation Center, Nassau County Jail, and Robert M. Foster Judicial Center. The current Sheriff's Administration Office is located on SR200 next to the former jail and consists of an aging facility and a collection of dilapidated trailers that were placed on the property to accommodate the department's growth. County Officials are excited to have finally broken ground on a modern facility that will meet the needs of future growth. The project is anticipated to be completed in the Spring of 2016. -Sabrina Robertson County Manager's Office  The County has received notification from Florida Power & Light that they will be conducting preventative maintenance line-clearing over the next few weeks in the area outlined in the picture to the left. This work consists of trimming tree branches and limbs from electrical lines and equipment to help improve the overall quality of electric services. FPL will only prune or trim the branches and limbs that can potentially cause safety hazards or power outages by brushing up against or falling upon power lines during windy weather.
Anyone with questions should contact Troy Townsend, North Florida Arborist for FPL. He can be reached at phone at (904) 824-7619 or via e-mail at [email protected]. -Sabrina Robertson County Manager's Office We are pleased to announce that the Fernandina Branch Library is now officially open for business. The City of Fernandina issued the Certificate of Occupancy yesterday for the 5,000 square foot addition, allowing the library to open the doors to library patrons. Many of the library's items are still in storage while the remaining 9,000 square feet of the facility undergoes renovation. However library patrons can check-out non-fiction books, new releases/best sellers, DVDs, movies, and CDs. And though internet access is reduced, there are 6 computers and 4 laptops available for public use. Additionally, the children's room is open, and the library has returned to their regular schedule of processing passport applications.
For questions, or to make your appointment for a passport, you can call the library at (904) 277-7365. -Sabrina Robertson County Manager's Office Mitigation is an effective way to reduce the adverse impacts of a hazard and improve the community’s disaster resilience. To kick off 2015, Nassau County Emergency Management (NCEM) is leading a Local Mitigation Strategy (LMS) Task Force to draft a five-year plan endorsing cost-effective projects that will reduce overall risk in the community, as well as the need for emergency public assistance in the event of a disaster. The LMS Task Force is made up of subject-matter experts from county and municipal government, public works agencies, public safety and first response agencies, transportation, roads and bridges departments, environmental specialists and corporate stakeholders. These individuals are beginning the process by reviewing NCEM’s new Threat & Hazard Incidence Risk Analysis (THIRA) which classifies each threat by both likelihood of occurrence and damage potential in Nassau County.
The LMS Task Force then identifies and ranks projects needed to lessen our vulnerabilities within the next five years. NCEM encourages public-private partnerships to execute these activities and facilitates applications for funding support as grant opportunities become available. Improved drainage systems and retention ponds to reduce recurrent neighborhood flooding, remodeling or construction to harden structures to withstand high winds, and whole-building generators to increase emergency shelter capacity are all potential projects with broad public benefits, but only those reviewed and approved by the Task Force can be considered for funding and implementation. The LMS Task Force is striving to make improvements critical to Nassau County’s disaster resilience. The actions taken beforehand to minimize damage caused by natural and man-made threats will provide a huge return on investment through lives saved, injuries prevented, reduced costs for structure repairs, and faster return to “business as usual” for everyone post-disaster. Many of the mitigation initiatives can also improve Nassau County’s scoring in the Community Rating System (CRS), which recognizes floodplain management activities that exceed national requirements, and would result in reduced flood insurance premiums for local homeowners. NCEM and the LMS Task Force are working for all residents of Nassau County before, during, and after emergencies. Volunteer to get involved in emergency preparedness – follow us on Twitter @NassauEM, Google+ Nassau EM, and Facebook www.facebook.com/NassauEM. -Martha Wagaman Emergency Management Nassau County has partnered with the North Florida Transportation Planning Organization (North Florida TPO) to conduct a transit study for the purpose of evaluating public transportation conditions and needs within Nassau County, and for receiving recommendations regarding possible solutions to improve the mobility and access for residents.
We hope that you will take the time to participate in this brief survey, and that you will ask your friends and family to participate as well. All responses will be kept confidential. Thank you! -Sabrina Robertson County Manager's Office From Friday, December 19 through Sunday, December 21, 2014, Nassau County Animal Services participated in a mega adoption event in Jacksonville titled "Home for the Holidays". This event was sponsored by First Coast No More Homeless Pets and Petsmart Charities and featured over 1,000 adoptable pets from Duval, Clay and Nassau County. Adoptions fees were $20 and included spay/neutering, micro-chipping, vaccines, and city/county licensing. A total of 856 pets were adopted overall, 72 of those from Nassau County.
No More Homeless Pets is a non-profit group that strives to help local shelters reach no-kill status which is generally defined as having more than a 90% live release rate. Through partnerships with other animal advocacy groups, No More Homeless Pets is able to provide these costly adoption events several times per year. The results indicate that this program is working as an astounding 7,000 pets have been adopted since this program began in 2012. Great job to everyone involved! -Sabrina Robertson County Manager's Office |
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