Cornell Lane r w closingJim / Sonya / Rick,
Dale Wappes of Sunrise Community Church has us to work with the City to
present the idea of closing the remaining 100' of the Cornell Lane r/w for
the purpose of constructing a habitat house on the property. We, of course,
are thrilled about this opportunity and are willing to do whatever we need
to do to make this dream become a reality. Attached to this e-mail you will
find a proposed site plan for the project. As we understand it the current
issues are as follows:
1) When the City releases r/w land they cannot designate that the property
be given to a specific entity. It must be given over to the neighboring
property owners. Since the two neighboring owners are a Habitat homeowner
and the Scheidel Court homeowners association, we feel strongly that Habitat
will be able to get these people to agree to sign the land over to Habitat.
2) Once habitat has acquired the land, we will then need to get a waiver
from the City commission for permission to construct a home on a substandard
lot (4,879 sq ft versus 7,500 sq ft)
I recognize these obstacles are challenging and it could be difficult to get
the commission to approve this project. However, I think we can all agree
that a habitat house in that location is better than leaving it vacant
considering the transient problem in that location.
Any assistance / guidance / help you all can give to make this dream a
reality would be greatly appreciated. especially in the area of process and
what steps need to be taken to make this happen
Thanks so much for your time and support. We appreciate the City's
willingness to partner with us in our mission to eliminate substandard
housing from our community.
In Christ
Chuck Kennedy
Land Development Director
Habitat for Humanity Jacksonville Beaches
Office 904-241-1222
Fax 904-241-4310
e-mail: <mailto:ckennedybh@bellsouth.net> ckennedybh@bellsouth.net
web: <http://www.beacheshabitat.org/> www.beacheshabitat.org