PA(L AATEJSE ES apr F HRDYJNAY2,20 NOTICE OF LAND USE CHANGE The Board of County Commissioners of Hamilton County, Florida proposes to regulate the use of land within the area as shown on the map below by amending the Future Land Use Plan Map of the Hamilton County Comprehensive Plan, hereinafter referred to as the Comprehensive Plan, as follows: HAMILTON COUNTY LEGEND I Areas Not Included Roads Miles 01 2 3 4 5 (1) CPA 05-1, an application by Wilson Neil Blair, III and Sonya Kay Hughes, to amend the Future Land Use Plan Map of the Comprehensive Plan by changing the future land use classification from CONSERVATION to ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREA-2 (1 dwelling unit per 10 acres) on property described, as follows: A parcel of land lying within Section 5, Township 1 North, Range 11 East, Hamilton County, Florida. Being more particularly described, as follows: The Southeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 5. Containing 40.00 acres, more or less. (2) CPA 05-2, an application by Woodland III, Ltd., to amend the Future Land Use Plan Map of the Comprehensive Plan by changing the future land use classification from AGRICULTURE-1 (less than or equal to 1 dwelling unit per 40 acres) to AGRICULTURE-4 (less than or equal to 1 dwelling unit per 5 acres) eon property described, as follows:2. ..i - A parcel of'land lying within Section 27, Township 1 North, Range 12 East, Hamilton County, Florida. Being more particularly described, as follows: That part of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section 27 lying Easterly of Southwest 61st Avenue. Containing 28.50 acres, more or less. Public hearings concerning the amendments to consider enactment of ordinances to adopt the amendments.will be held on February 7, 2006 at 9:00 a.m. or as soon thereafter as the matters can be heard, in the Board of County Commissioners Meeting Room, County Courthouse, located at 207 Northeast First Street, Jasper, Florida. The titles of said ordinances read, as follows: AN ORDINANCE OF HAMILTON COUNTY, FLORIDA, RELATING TO CHANGING THE LAND USE CLASSIFICATION OF MORE THAN TEN ACRES OF. LAND, PURSUANT TO AN APPLICATION, CPA 05-1, BY THE PROPERTY OWNER OF SAID ACREAGE; AMENDING THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN MAP OF THE HAMILTON COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AS AMENDED, UNDER THE AMENDMENT PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED IN SECTIONS 163.3161 THROUGH 163.3215, FLORIDA STATUTES, AS AMENDED; PROVIDING FOR CHANGING THE' LAND USE CLASSIFICATION FROM CONSERVATION TO ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREA-2 (1 DWELLING UNIT PER 10 ACRES) OF CERTAIN LANDS WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF HAMILTON COUNTY, FLORIDA; PROVIDING SEVERABILITY; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AN ORDINANCE OF HAMILTON COUNTY, FLORIDA, RELATING TO CHANGING THE LAND USE CLASSIFICATION OF MORE THAN TEN ACRES OF LAND, PURSUANT TO AN APPLICATION, CPA 05-2, BY THE PROPERTY OWNER OF SAID ACREAGE; AMENDING THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN MAP OF THE HAMILTON COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AS AMENDED, UNDER THE AMENDMENT PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED IN SECTIONS 163.3161 THROUGH 163.3215; FLORIDA STATUTES, AS AMENDED; PROVIDING FOR CHANGING THE LAND USE CLASSIFICATION FROM AGRICULTURE-1 (LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO 1 DWELLING UNIT' PER 40 ACRES) TO AGRICULTURE-4 (LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO 1 DWELLING UNIT PER 5 ACRES) OF CERTAIN LANDS WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF HAMILTON COUNTY, FLORIDA; PROVIDING SEVERABILITY; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE The public hearings may be continued to one or more future dates. Any interested party shall be advised that the date, time and place of any continuation of the public hearings shall be announced during the public hearings and that no further notice concerning the matters will be published. At the aforementioned public hearings, all interested persons may appear and be heard with respect to the amendments, and the ordinances adopting said amendments, on the date, time and place as referenced above. Copies of the amendments, and the ordinances adopting said amendments, are available for public inspection at the Office of the Land Use Administrator, Sandlin Building located at 204 Northeast First Street,: Room 1, Jasper, Florida, during regular business hours. All persons are advised that, if they decide to appeal any decisions made at the public hearings, they will need a record of the proceedings and, for such purpose, they may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based. 236077-F Business Enterprise Center workshop set for February 1 The Business Enterprise Center (BEC) will conduct a GSA Schedule Contracting workshop for Hamilton and Madison Counties on Wednesday, Feb. 1, from 1 p.m. un- til 3 p.m. at the Madison County Extension Office in Madi- son, Fla. BEC will provide this workshop at no charge to the com- munity. BEC is a complimentary one-stop small business resource for eligible businesses located in participating counties. For more information or to contact them about speaking to a group call 638-9939 or stop by the office at 12160 SE County RD 137 (Industrial Park) in Jasper. Cutoff date for EQIP, WHIP set for Feb. 15 All applications for the Environmental Quality Incen- tives Program (EQIP) and Wildlife Habitat Incentives Pro- gram (WHIP) will be accepted until Wednesday, Feb. 15, at the National Resources Conservation Services office lo- cated at 1628 NW US Hwy. 41 in Jasper. EQIP and WHIP offer financial and technical assistance to install structural and management practices on eligible non-federal lands to address natural resource concerns and wildlife habitat restoration. Conservation treatment activities for both programs are carried out in accordance to a conservation plan that is developed with the landowner or manager. In the past, EQIP was administered by NRCS and the Farm Service Agency, another agency of the USDA. How- ever, the program administration has been changed and EQIP is now handled by NRCS. Therefore, applications for EQIP and all the programs mentioned above have to be filed at the NRCS office in Jasper. 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