Published by the Department of Public Affairs, City of St. Augustine. Florida June 24 2011 |
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FSDB, 450th top city agenda
An interlocal agreement offer to the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, and continuing discussion of plans for the city's 450th anniversary, top the agenda for Monday's City Commission meeting, beginning at 5 p.m. in the Alcazar Room at City Hall.
The meeting will be preceded by a two-hour workshop discussion on the 450th anniversary at 3 p.m. in the Alcazar Room.
Other items on the agenda include a presentation by the Haitian-American Historical Society on a proposed statue of Haitian General Jorge Biassou on the Visitor Center grounds, Galimore Center and pool survey progress as well as consideration of a county settlement offer to discontinue its management of the center and pool, and a resolution supporting the designation of Constitution Monument in the Plaza as a National Historic Landmark.
A lone public hearing and final action on the agenda is modification of the city Comprehensive Plan as recommended in an Revaluation and Appraisal Report. | |
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Uptown
Saturday Night It's that favorite end-of-the-month time again - Uptown Saturday Night from 5 to 9 p.m. in galleries, antique stores and shops along San Marco Avenue, between Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museum and the Mission of Nombre de Dios.
Refreshments contribute to the party-like atmosphere. The Mission of Nombre de Dios provides free parking. The event is sponsored by the San Marco Avenue Merchants Association.
Photo: Historic City News |
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City to FSDB:
adhere to codes | |
City Manager John Regan will present for commission consideration interlocal and partnership agreement offers to the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind on "governance of properties known as the Main Campus, the Collins House, the President's House and the Genoply Block."
The proposed agreements state the city's position on neighborhood concerns, calling for adherence to city codes, single-family styling of the Collins House, replacement of an existing institutional fence with a four-foot fence in "a style consistent with that appropriate to a residential neighborhood," and notification on future expansion plans along Genoply Street.
The language specifies, "FSDB shall submit governance of the use of the Collins House and President's House properties to the jurisdiction of the City's Planning and Zoning Board, Historic Architectural Review Board and City Commission, all in accordance with the requirements of procedures established by the City's Code."
It also calls for "an appropriate style and design of the south elevation" of the Collins House, now being renovated, to "include the extension of the balcony along the entire length of the structure, and installation of a window and a false window in the westerly extension of the structure." |
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Galimore study continues; county presses | |
Casey Welch of Flagler College will summarize his research team's findings so far in a Galimore Center survey they plan to continue through July. It will be followed on the agenda by City Manager John Regan's presentation of the county offer of $400,000 to discontinue management of the center and pool.
Results so far from 404 survey responses at sites around the city and from focus groups show strong support for reopening the pool and adding more activities at the center, as well as greater accessibility and management from within the community.
Survey forms are being distributed this month to city utility customers with their water bills. |
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Restructuring for city's 450th | |
City commissioners will meet in workshop session at 3 p.m. Monday, before their regular meeting at 5 p.m., to restructure planning the city's 450th anniversary, following the dissolving of the designated management organization, First America Foundation.
On the agenda are discussions of a mission statement and operational policy, and branding and licensing of anniversary products and programs.
Also on tap, planning for the inaugural meeting of the federal 450th Commemoration Commission here July. 18. |
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30 Carriage permits spoken for | |
Franchise agreements with Avalon Carriage Company for 15 permits and Country Carriages for 10 permits have been issued by the city under the recently adopted horse carriage ordinance.
Applying for the remaining five permits are C.B. Hinson Inc. for two and John Rebman, Robert Stevens, and Edward Cushion, one each. The city is processing franchise requirements before issuing these.
The ordinance did away with 47 permits issued over the years, 43 held by Avalon, two by Country Carriages and one by Hinson, replacing them with 30 permits and allowing Avalon to purchase 15 and Cushion Carriage and C.B. Hinson to purchase the number they previously held while applying for more.
The permits cost $1,000 each or 2.5 percent of gross annual revenue - whichever is greater. |
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Fort Menendez, 1585 | |
By this letter you are granted permission to live in the New World in La Florida at the presidio of San Augústin's Fort Menendez.
With this "Official Letter of Marque" giving official permission,Chuck and Karen Ponce welcome visitors to Fort Menendez on north San Marco Avenue.
The welcoming team for recent VIP nights included an introductory escort followed by stops in the Governor's Hacienda, settler's quarters, and Timucuan chief's lodge - each stop filled with hands-on demonstrations of life in the early settlement.
Henry Flagler heir and benefactor Lawrence Lewis years back had the vision for a 16th century village on the grounds of a former drive-in theater further north. It got as far as a stage set for a movie, and was then destroyed.
Fort Menendez, cramped in a relatively small area, nonetheless makes the best of immersing visitors in our founding era. |
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Our Colonial Spanish Quarter
Herbs for 18th century ailments
4 years, 2 months, 16 days to St. Augustine's 450th anniversary | | A continuation of insights on the city's Colonial Spanish Quarter, drawn from its volunteer handbook.
On September 12, 1740, Jose Diaz was listed as the Garrison boticario (Apothecary) in San Agustin. His assignment was to provide medicines for the soldiers and sailors stationed here.
Medicines were hard to come by, so herbs were obtained from Native Americans. Diaz had to ship some herbs from Spain or Cuba, which was expensive. His income was supplemented by treating locals and providing the Medico (Doctor) and Cirujano (Surgeon) with medical supplies.
Herbal medicines might be tinctures, extracts, syrups, ointments, oils, poultices, or pills. The boticario was skilled in the preparation of each.
Among the applications of herbs, many still practiced today:
Lavender - Pains of the head, falling sickness, dropsy, convulsions, fainting colic, and aids sleep.
Basil - Draws poison to place bitten by venomous beasts, wasp or hornet.
Mint (Tea) - Stomach aches, insomnia, anxiety, and dizziness. Applied to the forehead and temples to ease pains in the head, stops vomiting, used for the bite of a mad dog, takes away roughness of the tongue by rubbing with leaves.
Sage - Provokes urine, stays bleeding of wounds, cleans ulcers and sores, helps with falling sickness, dull and heavy of spirit and palsy.
Garlic - Mad dog bites, venomous creatures bites, kills worms in children, remedy for plague, sore or foul ulcers, ear infections, falling sickness, cramps, takes away spots or blemishes on the skin.
Rose (Leaves/tea) - A purging agent, regulates bowels, very good for headache, pains in the eyes, ears, throat and gums. Honey of roses used in gargles, lotion to wash sores in the mouth, throat or other parts.
Parsley - Bruised leaves used for contusions, diuretic.
Tobacco - Powdered leaves kills lice, eases rheumatic pains. Smoked leaves kill worms.
Onion - Juice kills worms, lethargy, scalds, burns, coughs (syrup) asthma, bronchitis.
Thyme - Kills worms, gout, improves appetite.
Licorice Root - Small amount breaks up congestion, large amount used as a laxative.
Oregano - Sooths coughs, aids digestion. Rosemary - Tea for cold diseases of the head, stomach, liver and belly. Improves memory, loss of speech, relieves pain in the gums and teeth, quickens senses, dried and smoked in a pipe for coughs.
Bay Leaves - Kills and expels worms.
It will take an army of volunteers to present 18th century life in Saint Augustine to the world during our 450th anniversary. Contact Operations Manager Catherine Culver 904-825-6830 for information on volunteering. |
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