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THE NEWSCASTER-Nature Coast News
CFCC Receives $2.5 Million Citrus Changes
- Continued from page 1
For Levy Campus
restrictions within 5 miles of a nuclear plant, and neither Progress Energy nor the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission could provide any specific requirements or regulations for this.
There are emergency planning zones at various mile markers that are used for evacuation
(CHIEFLAND) — Jack Wilkinson has taught generations of Levy County students
purposes. Mr. Maidhof’s statement regarding the lack of a circle appeared to be referenc-
during his lifetime, and a his gift to Central Florida Community College will ensure that
ing that radiation does not usually travel in a circular radius but will vary depending on the
generations more have access to higher education.
wind and other factors.
Mr. Jack, as he is known in Chiefland, has donated $2.5 million to help build a new
Please keep in mind that if the Board of County Commissioners does remove
CFCC campus in Levy County. The donation is the largest, one-time gift ever received by
the five-mile radius restriction, it would not mean that high density can automatically be lo-
CFCC.
cated in this area. Any development proposal to increase allowable density would have to
During their June 16 meeting at the current Levy Center, the CFCC District Board
undergo a comprehensive plan amendment just as it would in any other part of the County.
of Trustees voted to name the campus for the 45-year educator who has fond memories of
The planning division would expect that a development proposal within these areas would
his own school days. He attended school in a one-room school house, drove a Model T to
address evacuation concerns, not just in the event of a nuclear emergency but in the event
high school, and then earned his teaching certificate at the University of Florida.
of a natural disaster such as a hurricane, flood, etc.
The Jack Wilkinson Levy Campus of Central Florida Community College will carry
On April 28th, the Board of County Commissioners voted to transmit the ap-
forward his strong belief in the importance of education. “This makes my life like a fairy
plication (CPA-09-10) to the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) for their review.
tale,” he said.
In an email from Joanna L. Coutu, AICP, Principal Planner, Citrus County Community
Development Division, it stated according to DCA, comments are due on July 6, 2009, and
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we usually don’t receive the comments even a day earlier than the actual due date. Once
they (DCA) have commented on the application, it will again be discussed by the PDRB
and the BOCC for consideration.
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This change in the 5 mile radius rule is at a time when according to the email
from Coutu, 2 applications were going up for consideration before the Citrus County
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BOCC. Clark Stillwell is representing two applications in that general area, one on the east
side of US-19. On the east side of the roadway is River Lodge Resort ((CPA-09-15). There
is an existing RV park on the southeast corner of West Foss Groves Path and US-19 and
this application if approved, would add an additional area to the east side of this park for
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an RV park (approximately 163 acres). The application is only in the Comprehensive Plan
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