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President's
Letter from Cynthia Glazier
The City Council in March, 2008 approved 3 fees: Stormwater, JEA Franchise Fee & Garbage.
1. Stormwater Fee
History:
State & Fed Agencies said that wastewater wasn’t clean enough and imposed new clean water regulations. The City had to spend more to clean it up in order to decrease/manage pollution of the River and local bodies of water. Apparently, the Jacksonville General Fund could not cover that cleanup cost.
Current:
The Storm water fee will be implemented in May and be $5-$7.5/mo.
DIA is investigating if, as a Private Community with retention ponds, etc, it can apply for the Certified Stormwater Retention Pond Credit—which, if granted would entitle each homeowner utilizing the ponds (DIA member?) a 30% discount on the fee.
We still have to pay at least a portion of the fee because eventually, our ponds, etc, run into public water.
2. A 3% FRANCHISE FEE from JEA (the City charged JEA who is passing it on to consumers)
3. A $3 Garbage fee.
According to the Mayor’s office, these 2 fees are a direct result of the City General Fund shortfall due to the recent property tax rollback legislation.
Budget for the Deerwood
Improvement Association
2008 DIA Election Results
AT-Large - Miffy Calhoun
District 8 - Glynn Thomas
District 5 - John Heijmans
District 3 - Bill Kight (pending DIA Board appointment)
COVENANT
REMINDERS
The Deerwood Covenants were
developed to make sure our neighborhood was kept
to the high standards we have come to expect, and
make sure we protect the property values of all of
our resident's. We have many different covenants
within our community (which are located on this
site), and they can certainly become cumbersome to
keep track of, so here are a few highlights to
help us all enjoy our community to the fullest.
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Please make
sure vehicles are parked in your garage or
auto court overnight.
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Please make
sure trash, and yard waste are placed in the
auto court, as WastePro does not pick
up from the curb in our community.
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Please make
sure all exterior changes to your home are
submitted to ARC (forms found on this site).
This does include, fence installation or
replacement, major landscaping changes and
improvements, tree removal, and play set
installation.
Thank you all for
taking pride in your community and adhering to the
covenants in Deerwood.
Online Resident Information Form
Printable
Resident Information Form(.pdf)
If you are new to the Community or need to make changes to your current information, please use
the appropriate form.
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