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every other year (see attachment #2). Under the Pulte Group's subject request, no changes are (W proposed to the number of residential units or amount of non-residential development. Because the subject request is consistent with state statute,the TCRPC has advised,and the State has agreed, that the request can be considered by the Board of County Commissioners and does not require review through the formal Notice of Proposed Change (NOPC) process. Furthermore, TCRPC staff and State Department of Economic Opportunity staff have indicated that they have no objection to the County approving the request. The BCC is now to consider the request and approve, approve with modifications, or deny the attached resolution amending the Waterway Village development order(D.O.). ANALYSIS: In Florida, Developments of Regional Impact (DRIs) are governed by Florida Statutes Chapter 380.06. That statute requires DRI developers to file biennial reports and allows for project development orders (D.O.) to require more frequent filings (e.g. annual report). In 2004,the BCC adopted a D.O.for the Waterway Village DRI that included a requirement that the project developer file an annual report with the county and other jurisdictional agencies. That annual report requirement was recommended by the TCRPC and county staff. In addition, the Waterway Village D.O. specifies requirements for the contents of each annual report. Those specific report items include information about yearly development activity,number of units permitted and C.O.'d, development plan changes, and compliance with D.O. conditions and permit conditions including jurisdictional environmental permits. Beginning in November 2005, the developer submitted annual reports,and the annual report requirement is still in effect. Since approval of the Waterway Village DRI,staff's experience has been that the annual report was beneficial during the initial years of the Waterway Village development when the bulk of the on-site and the off-site improvements and the environmental mitigation were required. In addition, the annual reports aided county staff(as well as the developer and other agencies)in verifying the status of project compliance with jurisdictional agency permit requirements and conditions. Now that most project conditions have been satisfied and development activities are more routine, staff believes that the filing of a full report on an annual basis is no longer necessary. In staff's opinion,the only annual information needed to monitor the project,especially with respect to traffic conditions tied to number of building permits, is the number of residential units within the project for which building permits have been issued. With a condition that the developer provide an updated residential unit count each year, county staff has no objection to changing the D.O. to require a biennial report. The attached resolution is structured to require the project developer to file a biennial report,rather than an annual report, with the same level of information provided. In addition, the resolution, as structured, will require a biennial report to be filed on November 1, 2014 and every other year thereafter. Also, the resolution adds D.O. condition number 86, a condition which will require the developer to notify county staff with an updated project unit count on November 1"of each year that a biennial report is not required. FACommunity Deve1opment\CurDev\BCC\2013 BCC\Waterwav Villaee NOPC BCC reoort.doc , 141