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Currently designated CJI, Commorcialfindusttial, this a the site that was proposed for the Harbo4own Mall DRI project. The site is shown on attachment 5. The site consists of a golf course driving range and citrus groves. Land to the north of the site is designated L-1, Low -Density Residential-1(up to 3 umts/a te) and consists of vaunt wooded land and citrus groves. Land to the east of the site is designated M-1, Medium -Density Residential 1(up to 8 units/acre) and contains the °River Club" portion of the Grand Harbor residential project. To the south of the site, land is also designated M-1. That land, however, consists primarily of citrus groves. Abutting the site on the west lad is designated CAL The site fronts on 5311 Street, a 2 lane arterial road with app=imately 100 feet of public road right- of-way ightof-way. Water lines extend to the site Ecom the South County Reverse Osmosis Plant. Wastewater lines extend to the corner of 49t° Street and US #1, approximately half a mile from the site. On March 28, 1989, the county approved a Development Order (DO) for a 747,000 square foot regional mall to be know as the Harbo+own Mall. That DO clearly states that if several deadlines for commencing development activity are not met, then the DRI development approval would be "undone" and terminated. A Land Use Designation Amendment associated with the Harb+wn Mall project, was applied for and adopted at the same time as the DO approval. That amendment redesignated the site from M-1 to C/L Deadlines for commencing development activity are also associated with that Land Use Designation Amendment. Future Land Use Element Policy 124 states that when land is redesignated to CJI, the county may change it back to residential if development activity has not occurred within two years. Although the Board has amended the DO to extend the deadlines several times, the required development activity has not begun Specifically, the developer has failed to meet the following DO conditions: 1. [Condition 2.a.] Failed to submit to the county planning division a complete site plan application for any portion of the project on or before June 30, 1996. 2. [Condition 2.c.1.] Failed to commence any project construction on or before December 31, 1996. 3. [Condition 2.c2] Failed to complete all structural foundation elements for at least 320,000 square feet of mall building within 210 days of commenceinew date (last possible complying commencement date was December 31, 1996). Furthermore, because the proposed amendment would decrease the permitted land use intensity of the site, the proposed amendment would decrease impacts on county facilities. For those reasons, the subject site's land use designation should be changed back to M-1 and the DO should be terminated (termination of the DO can be accomplished by adopting the attached resolution, attachment 12). Change *11,529 acres of environmentally important land that has been purchased by public agencies (such as the St Johns River Water Management District, the State, and the County) from AG -1, AG -2, AG -3, L-1, l.-2, CA, C-2, and C-3 to C-1. The C-1, Publicly Owned Conservation -1, designation is intended for environmentally important land that is in public ownership or control. This designation limits development to conservation and passive recreational uses such as nature trails and canoe launchings. Since plan adoption, *11,529 acres of such habit have been purchased. This land, depicted on attachment 6, includes xeric scrub within the "Coraci" property along the St. Sebastian River, tropical hammock within the "Korangy" property on the bearer island, and wetlands associated with the St. Johns Marsh. These lands have become publicly owned through a variety of programs including the county's lsnviroamentally Important Lands Acquisition Program, the St. Johns River Water Management District's Upper Basin Project, and the state's Preservation 20M and Conservation and Recreational Lands programs. The proposed amendment would change the land use designation of the sites to reflect their public ownership for conservation. MARCH 10, 1998 -46-