**Jacksonville Quick Reference Guide**

[amy_sk]

Here is the florida DMV website:

Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles

[amy_sk]

You can pay property taxes online by credit card

Tax Collector
click on 'Property Tax search'

Note that there is 'Convenience Fee' of around $77 if you are paying online.

Tax statements are normally mailed out on or before November 1st of each year. The gross amount is due by March 31st. The following discounts are applied for early payment:
4% discount if paid in November
3% discount if paid in December
2% discount if paid in January
1% discount if paid in February gross amount paid in March, no discount applied.
Taxes become delinquent April 1st of each year at which time a 3% penalty must be added to the bill.

[Karla with a K]

here is an updated map of the Jax area that has the complete 9A addition
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Jackso...5481&z=11&om=1


If you scroll in or out you can get more details

[Ocklawaha]

http://www.jtaonthemove.com/
This is the official site of the Jacksonville Transportation Authority, bus routes and Skyway information.

http://www.jia.aero/
The voice of the Jacksonville International Airport, flights, services, etc.

http://www.jaxport.com/
Everything you ever wanted to know about our port, cruise or cargo

http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/Conten...2Copy&ssid=298
Amtrak Florida, the Florida corner of the great Amtrak website, trains, tickets, etc.

http://jacksonvilletransit.blogspot....ksonville.html
A friendly blog of Jacksonville Transit and transportation, if it moves, it's here, history, current events, news and whats to come.

http://www.freewebs.com/lightrailjacksonville/
Want to go DEEP into the reason for Light Rail in Jacksonville and a whole lot of reasons not to spend a Billion dollars for bus expressways. Lots of facts, links and information.

Ocklawaha

[gradco2004]

If you are traveling in Northeast Florida on Interstate 295 / 9A, then this is your information source. Check this site for updates on all current and future construction projects as well as up-to-date travel alerts and photo galleries of progress.

North Florida Roads - Interstate 295


JTB / 9A Interchange as of January 2008.

* Project is 88% Complete
* Expected completion date is now fall of 2008 w/ early finish bonus
* Will complete the I-295 perimiter around the city
* Upon completion, 9A will be branded East I-295 southbound/northbound
* The existing western half will be branded West I-295 southbound/northbound





Jacksonville.com video about JTB progress & traffic updates:

Main video page tabbed player


---> Thanks to Jacksonville Confidential for the website link <---

[Properties]

A website for Community Service Providers who work with the Homeless:

Free Resources for the Homeless in Jacksonville Florida

[amy_sk]

For Duval county:
JaxGIS | Jacksonville Geographic Information System

-click on Duval Maps, brings up another window.
-either you give the address of the property or the name of the owner.
-select flood zone from the selection and hit 'refresh map'
-it brings up the flood zone info(make sure to scroll towards the right of your screen).

Thanks to mawipafl for the below info:
For the Ponte Vedra area (and St Johns County) you can try this link. It's not an intuitive site, but I think you might get the info you need about particular addresses and the flood zone they're in.

Click on this link
IMap

Then click Accept

On the iMap page there are three tabs: Search, Layers, Legend.
First go to Layers.
Click on the Flood Zone folder and check-mark all three choices.
Click Refresh Map.
Then go to the Search tab, click on Search for an Address.
Enter the address, then click on whatever shows up in the Search Result(s).

After the new map appears, you can click on the Legends tab to see what the codes mean.