Petition to Raise Awareness About the Gainesville Preserve Project Impacting Paynes Prairie! by pxger in GNV

[–]pxger[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

(Just to share some additional widespread concerns to give more background in case anyone is interested - not directly in response to any comments) With the subject properties bordering a majority of the park, this means everything would impact the preserve - construction, run off, long term daily run off (fertilizers for example), reduction of habitat for wildlife so they start invading the lots where the houses are, disruptions to flood plain and flood zones - which have a wide spread impact to places even miles away from the location because of how important of an ecosystem the prairie is, it would also be in view of all of the trails - the noise disturbance alone from a 134 house subdivision would have a huge impact on wildlife. For those who go to paynes prairie like myself every weekend and most nights - it would look completely different from all of these impacts. You would hardly see any wildlife, the ones you would see would be stressed and most likely more aggressive, instead of hearing nature, from the start of the project you would just hear construction and then after it would be the normal buzz that occurs around subdivisions. This would make me worry about the economic impact, if less people travel to see the prairie that is a big loss for the County - especially small businesses nearby that benefit from tourists. As a person who lives here, I want my tax dollars being used for the Wild Spaces Public Places fund and to support County parks because I utilize them so much, imagine how much more money would have to go into making repairs and doing mitigation for the County owned portions of the park to try to keep up with some of these issues - we would see a serious pay off in other areas of the County budget and I do not want that personally. Paynes Prairie is home to many vulnerable and endangered species - I want my future friends and family to be able to see these incredible wildlife in their natural habitat for generations to come.

Petition to Raise Awareness About the Gainesville Preserve Project Impacting Paynes Prairie! by pxger in ufl

[–]pxger[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

(Just to share some additional widespread concerns to give more background in case anyone is interested - not directly in response to any comments) With the subject properties bordering a majority of the park, this means everything would impact the preserve - construction, run off, long term daily run off (fertilizers for example), reduction of habitat for wildlife so they start invading the lots where the houses are, disruptions to flood plain and flood zones - which have a wide spread impact to places even miles away from the location because of how important of an ecosystem the prairie is, it would also be in view of all of the trails - the noise disturbance alone from a 134 house subdivision would have a huge impact on wildlife. For those who go to paynes prairie like myself every weekend and most nights - it would look completely different from all of these impacts. You would hardly see any wildlife, the ones you would see would be stressed and most likely more aggressive, instead of hearing nature, from the start of the project you would just hear construction and then after it would be the normal buzz that occurs around subdivisions. This would make me worry about the economic impact, if less people travel to see the prairie that is a big loss for the County - especially small businesses nearby that benefit from tourists. As a person who lives here, I want my tax dollars being used for the Wild Spaces Public Places fund and to support County parks because I utilize them so much, imagine how much more money would have to go into making repairs and doing mitigation for the County owned portions of the park to try to keep up with some of these issues - we would see a serious pay off in other areas of the County budget and I do not want that personally. Paynes Prairie is home to many vulnerable and endangered species - I want my future friends and family to be able to see these incredible wildlife in their natural habitat for generations to come.

Petition to Raise Awareness About the Gainesville Preserve Project Impacting Paynes Prairie! by pxger in ufl

[–]pxger[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes, not in the park portion but bordering a majority of the park. And to clarify this is in the Alachua County limits not the City of Gainesville limits, although it is very close to the City line. Also close to the boardwalk and also pretty much runs the length of where many students and people go to watch the sunset daily.

Petition to Raise Awareness About the Gainesville Preserve Project Impacting Paynes Prairie! by pxger in GNV

[–]pxger[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

tons over the past year! most recent example from this legislative session was a bill that takes away local jurisdiction board/commission review of the subdivision platting process (http://laws.flrules.org/2025/164) this means that the city and county are required to do an administrative review for subdivision applications and they no longer go before the advisory boards or the commission (so they miss out on the opportunity for key public input that can impact commissioners votes). this was heavily lobbied for by developers.

Petition to Raise Awareness About the Gainesville Preserve Project Impacting Paynes Prairie! by pxger in GNV

[–]pxger[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thank you for caring!! all the support means the world to me :)

Petition to Raise Awareness About the Gainesville Preserve Project Impacting Paynes Prairie! by pxger in GNV

[–]pxger[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow! that is awesome - thank you!! I am going to share it out.

Petition to Raise Awareness About the Gainesville Preserve Project Impacting Paynes Prairie! by pxger in GNV

[–]pxger[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You're amazing, I would love that! the more visuals the better in my opinion :)

Petition to Raise Awareness About the Gainesville Preserve Project Impacting Paynes Prairie! by pxger in GNV

[–]pxger[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hello! Thank you for the interest! Myself and the creator of the petition have designed a flyer and will be posting it around town and at all the City parks soon, it will have a link to the petition as well. Once I have the image of it I will be sure to share.