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Bou 95 pnF 884 mac- TO: James Chandler County Administrator e • FROM: Robert M. Keating, AICP AN11C Community Development Director DATE: July 27, 1995 SUBJECT: I-95/CR 512 COMMERCIAWINDUSTRIAL NODE It is requested that the information herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at their regular meeting of August 8,. 1995. DESCRIPTION & CONDITIONS: Recently, the County's Economic Development Council (EDC) has been working with staff to evaluate the size and configuration of the County's three large I-95 commercial/ industrial (C/I) nodes. In particular, the EDC has focussed on the I-95/CR 512 C/I node. With respect to the I-95/CR 512 node, the EDC has determined that the node should be reconfigured such that land adjacent to and abutting 102nd Terrace is included in the node. Not only does the 102nd Terrace right-of-way provide access, water, and sewer, but it provides for the logical expansion of the de facto industrial park that has been established there with the siting of XL Vision, Maacho, and Profold. The EDC's intent is to include into the node land abutting 102nd Terrace for a distance of 1,000 feet. That amount of land would total approximately 107 acres. Including such land in the node would, of course, necessitate amending the comprehensive plan. With such an amendment, a comparable amount of land would have to be removed from the node to avoid further increasing the County's overallocation of commercial/industrial land. ANALYSIS: Two issues arise with respect to including the referenced 107 acres in the node boundary. The first issue involves identifying 107 acres currently within the node that can be removed from the node. Although seemingly a difficult task, there are some wetlands acres and a borrow pit that could appropriately be removed from the node. The second and more difficult issue involves the status of the 107 acres proposed for node inclusion. That 107 acres, along with several thousand acres of contiguous land, is owned by Anthony Coraci (owner of record is DSC of Newark) and is being purchased by the state through its Conservation and Recreation Lands (CARL) program. Although the state has been attempting to purchase the Coraci property for a number of years, it now appears that a sale is imminent. In fact, the acquisition is expected to be presented to the Governor and Cabinet for final consideration in late August. Generally, land purchased by the state through the CARL program is limited to conservation uses and managed accordingly. Consequently, the anticipated CARL purchase could restrict development on the subject 107 acres and prevent that land from being incorporated within the node. 36 August 8, 1995 � � r