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r- MAY 05 1ji BOOK F'nuEv.� Chairman Eggert announced that the Board has taken note of all of the letters that have come in on this item either for or against the rezoning. Community Development Director Robert Keating explained that this item and the next two are Comp Plan amendments that have been before the Planning & Zoning Commission in September and the Board of County Commissioners last November and are back before the Board for final approval after having been reviewed by the DCA. Director Keating, using an aerial view of the area, noted that 20 acres of the subject property -are already within the hospital/ commercial node and approximately 9 acres are outside the node. The applicant is requesting that ±20 acres be redesignated from L-1, Low Density Residential (up to 3 upa) to Hospital/Commercial Node, and that ±29.05 acres be rezoned from RS -3, Single -Family Residential District (up to 3 units per.acre) and RM -3, Multiple - Family Residential District (up to 3 units per acre) to MED, Medical District. This request is considered an expansion of the U.S. #1 and 37th Street Hospital/Commercial Node. The purpose of the request is to develop the property with medical uses. Director Keating advised that the DCA ORC report contained one objection of a technical transportation nature. However, the DOT has contacted the DCA telling them that staff's revisions to the report and staff's explanations of exactly how the transportation analysis was done are adequate. Therefore, staff has absolutely no question that this proposed amendment is adequate in terms of addressing DCA's objections. Director Keating pointed out that much of the property is environmentally sensitive. It is characterized by a lot of high marsh vegetation, and there is no question that there is a hydrologic connection to the river on part of the property. The big question centers around how much of the property is characterized as estuarine wetlands. Once an environmental study of the property is done, the amount of land that is determined to be estuarine wetlands is automatically given a C-2 land use designation which is a Conservation designation allowing one unit per 40 acres. An environmental survey of the site needs to -be done regardless of what zoning is given today, but there is a question on whether it should be done up front or at the time of development. The results of the environmental survey will dictate which parts of the properties can be developed as a MED use and which parts will be given a Conservation designation. Staff determined that it would be most appropriate to have the environmental survey done at the time of development because it would not have any significant adverse effects to do that and 54 M ® M L