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Richard Sneed At the request of , everyone planning to give testimony in this matter was sworn by the Deputy Clerk. Planning Director Stan Boling advised the Board that there are potentially 2700 housing units proposed south of Oslo Road in an area of over 1200 acres. There are a number of environmental aspects in this area and staff has been working, not only with the various developers, but also with the School Board and the Parks and Recreation Department in an attempt to create a “South County Master Plan” which will include a new elementary school and a park site. Some of the projects have been approved by the Board but not started and some are being proposed as new projects (The Colony, Echo Lake, Millstone Landing, Falcon Trace, Sunrise and Tripson Trail). Staff has looked at these projects with particular emphasis on coordinating the projects into a community-wide design and on concerns expressed by the Planning & Zoning thth Commission. These projects are west of 20 Avenue and south of 13 Street SW to the St. Lucie County line. Staff is proposing to coordinate these projects with the inclusion of a new elementary school site, a park site, and a new north-south road which would access these projects, as well as the school, the park, and a small commercial area which can be controlled through the planned development process. The Planning & Zoning Commission has approved the concept and the goal is, as each project comes through, to fit it into the master plan. Director Boling continued, with respect to this project, that this site has very few current residents and is predominately an old grove site. This development is proposed at 2.57 units per th acre in 2 phases and this is just the conceptual plan. 25 Street SW, which presently is an existing dirt road, partially in the Indian River Farms Water Control District canal right-of-way, will be rd paved from 43 Avenue to the entrance to the development. The perimeter lots are larger with larger setbacks than the interior lots and there is an additional common buffer around the entire development with a 6-foot high opaque feature. Design details will be worked out at the next phase of planning for this development, together with the interior recreation area. There will be a stormwater system. The traffic analysis has been done and will require the developer to install a rd southbound turn lane on 43 Avenue and a turn lane at the project entrance. Staff is requesting that the Board add a condition, which is not contained in the recommendation, that, prior to MAY 4, 2004 13