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RESIDENTNEWS.NET | JULY 2020, VOL. 13, ISSUE 07
San Jose Elementary Principal Paula Findlay-Smith
Rotarians feed the hungry San Jose Elementary Principal Paula Findlay-Smith assists with a food distribution effort at her school May 2 that was sponsored by the Rotary of South Jacksonville. The Rotarians generously donated funds to provide 50 families with enough food for a week.
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The Young Independents Upwardly mobile young professionals are living through unprecedented times. Despite the challenges posed by the Coronavirus, many have found ways to turn difficulty into a time of reflection. These young, growing adults discuss their careers and some of the unique challenges they have had to overcome during the pandemic. READ MORE, PAGE 18
Keeping San Marco
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Despite setbacks that have impacted many other area businesses and organizations due to COVID-19, the club has persevered and accomplished its goals in a timely manner. READ MORE, PAGE 6
DREDGING Residents expand lawsuit against UP A COURT
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Furious Millers Creek residents are headed to court in a contract dispute with the Texas-based dredging company they hired to remove sediment from the creek near their homes. Blaming COVID19, the dredging company walked off the job after completing only 40% of the work and is suing to terminate its contract and collect $37,500 to remove their equipment from the site. READ MORE, PAGE 10
Marla Anderson and Tiffany Davis accept a San Marco Preservation Society Community Beautification Award on behalf of the San Marco Garden Circle for its work this year on the Landon Park butterfly garden. READ MORE, PAGE 21
PREPARING
FOR DISASTER Volunteers are needed to assist City Council’s Special Committee on Resiliency as it seeks ways to better prepare Jacksonville for future natural and manmade catastrophes as well as pandemics. Residents are asked to join any of three new subcommittees to help the city improve its disaster response. READ MORE, PAGE 6
San Jose Estates development When it rains, three San Jose residents claim their property becomes flooded due to an inadequate stormwater drainage system within the adjacent San Jose Estates development.
By Marcia Hodgson Resident Community News
If they say a picture is worth 1,000 words, Kevin Schoeppel says he has photographs to show the court that are worth 10,000. As the lawyer representing Kevin Conner and Lynne and David Robison of the San Jose Forest Subdivision, who are suing the developer of San Jose Estates LLC for water damage to their property, Schoeppel recently filed an amended complaint with Duval County’s Fourth Judicial Circuit Court adding to the lawsuit six other parties – the St. Johns River Water Management District, Edwards Engineering and engineers Gray S. Edwards and John Anthony Quattrochi of the same
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firm, the City of Jacksonville, and the Jacksonville Electric Authority (JEA). After suffering from standing water and soggy grass in their backyards for more than three years, Conner and the Robisons first filed their lawsuit Oct. 23, 2018 against the developer of San Jose Estates LLC seeking compensation to cover damage to their properties, which are adjacent to the San Jose Estates development. Conner and the Robisons claim that the developer’s apparent refusal to properly fix a faulty stormwater drainage system on six parcels of land fronting San Jose Boulevard has caused stormwater as well as the water table to rise, causing damage to their homesteads. CONTINUED ON PAGE 22
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