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HomeMy WebLinkAbout7/29/1981THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, MET IN SPECIAL SESSION AT THE CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 1053 20TH PLACE, VERO BEACH, FLORIDA, ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1981, AT 7:30 O'CLOCK P.M. PRESENT WERE WILLIAM C. WODTKE, JR., VICE CHAIRMAN; DICK BIRD; AND DON C. SCURLOCK, JR. ABSENT WERE PATRICK ;B. LYONS, CHAIRMAN; AND ALFRED GROVER FLETCHER, AS THEY WERE ON VACATION. ALSO PRESENT WERE NEIL A. NELSON, COUNTY'ADMINISTRATOR; R. STEPHEN HOULIHAN, ASSISTANT ATTORNEY TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COM- MISSIONERS; AND JANICE CALDWELL, DEPUTY CLERK. THE VICE CHAIRMAN CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCED THAT IT WAS CALLED FOR THE PURPOSE OF HOLDING A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL SUBMITTED BY FLORIDA ATLANTIC ASSOCIATES FOR VILLAGE GREEN WEST AND SOUTH. THESE TWO DEVELOPMENT PHASES OF THE VILLAGE GREEN MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY WOULD BE A DEVELOP- MENT OF REGIONAL IMPACT (DRI). PUBLIC HEARING - VILLAGE GREEN DRI THE HOUR OF 7:30 O'CLOCK P.M. HAVING PASSED, -THE DFPUTY CLERK READ THE FOLLOWING NOTICE WITH PROOF OF PUBLICATION, ATTACHED, TO -WIT: BOOK : PAGE 01 4UL 291981 VERO BEACH PRESS -JOURNAL Published Weekly Vero Beach, Indian River County, Florida COUNTY OF INDIAN RIVER: STATE OF FLORIDA Before the undersigned authority personally appeared J. J. Schumann, Jr. who on oath says that he is Business Manager of the Vero Beach Press -Journal, a weekly newspaper published at Vero Beach in Indian River County, Florida; that the attached copy of advertisement, being a in the Court, was pub - fished in said newspaper in the issues of Affiant further says that the said Vero Beach Press -Journal is a newspaper published at Vero Beach, in said Indian River County, and that the said newspaper has heretofore been continuously published in said Indian River County, Florida, weekly and has been entered as second class mail matter at the post office in Vero Beach, in said Indian River County, Florida for a period of one year next preceeding the first publication of the attached copy of adver- tiserrent; and affiant further says that he has neither paid nor promised any person, firm or corporation any discount, rebate, commission or refund for the purpose of securing this adver- tisement for publication in the said newspaper. Sworn to and subscrib (S= P06K _ 7 PAGE 02 NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida, will hold a'public hearing on the application for development approval submitted by Florida Atlantic Associates for Village Green West and South, as required by Section 380.06 (7) Florida Statutes. These two development phases of the Village Green Mobile Home Community would be a Development of Regional Impact (DRI). The following described property is located ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF ROUTE 60, WEST OF RANCH ROAD AND ON THE NORTH SIDE OF ROSEDALE ROAD (12th STREET). A total of 317.5 acres in Indian River County, Florida, to -wit: North 30 Acres of Park 1 including 10 acres of Commercial Tract 11, Less and Except the East 30 feet thereof of Section 2, Township 33 South, Range 38'East, according to the last general plat of lands of Indian River Farms Company filed in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of St. Lucie County, Florida, in Plat Book 2, page 2S, said land now lying and being in Indian River County, Florida, LESS AND EXCEPT land described in Official Record Book S75, Page 1402, Public Records of Indian River County, Florida: TOGETHER WITH right-of-way in common with other owners of land in Tracts 10. and 11, in Section 2 above described, their heirs and assigns, at all times and for all purposes with or without vehicles or animals, to and from the property herein above conveyed, or any part thereof over and along a strip of land 60 feet wide; •being the West 30'feet of said Tract 10 and East 30 feet of Tract 11 of Section 2, Township 33, Range 38 as agave described. South 120 acres of Park I All of Tracts 14, 15 and 16, Section -2, Township 33 South, Range 38 East, according to the last general plat of lands of Indian River Farms Company filed in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of St. Lucie County, Florida, in Plat Book 2, page 25; said land now lying and being in Indian River County, Florida. 71/2 Acre Perc Pond Site for Park 1 The North 660 feet of the East 330 feet of Tract 13, Section 2, Township 33 South, Range 38 East, of Indian River Farms Company, according to Plat filed in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of St. Lucie County, Florida, in Plat Book 2, page 2S, said land now lying and being in Indian River County, Florida. And also, Beginning at the Northwest corner of the North 660 feet of the East 330 feet of Tract 13, Section 2, Township 33 South, Range 39 East, run West a distance of 330 feet along the North boundary line of said Tract 13; thence run South a distance of 330 feet to a point; thence run east a distance of 330 feet to a point; thence run North a distance of 330 feet to the Point of Beginning. Said land lying and being in Indian River County, Florida. Park 11 160 Acres Tracts 1 and 2, less the north 30 feet thereof, Tracts 7 and 8, less the south 60 feel thereof, Section 11, Township 33 South, Range 38 ast, Plat of INDIAN RIVER FARMS COMPANY, filed in the office of Circuit Court, St. Lucie County, Florida, Plat Book 2, page 25; con- sisting of 160 acres, more or less. in interest and citizens shall have an op- portunity to be heard, will be held by said Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County in the Council Chamber of the City Hall, Vero Beach, Florida, on Wednesday, July 29, 1981, at 7:30 p.m. -�� Board of County Commissioners f Indian River County By: -s -Patrick B. Lyons Chairman May 28, 30, 1981. VICE CHAIRMAN WODTKE UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE WAS A STIPULATION THE DEVELOPERS ATTORNEY PROPOSED TO THE COUNTY, AS FAR AS THE MANNER IN WHICH THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS TO BE RECORDED. ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY HOULIHAN EXPLAINED THAT THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED THE BOARD CONDUCT AN INFORMAL HEARING TONIGHT. THE COUNTY COULD CONDUCT A HEARING WHERE ALL TESTIMONY WAS TAKEN UNDER OATH AND THE TESTIMONY WOULD BE TRANSCRIBED - BY CONDUCTING A HEARING IN THAT FASHION AND IF AN APPEAL WAS TAKEN FROM -THE BOARD'S DECISION, IT WOULD BE DOWN ON RECORD. HE THEN STATED THAT BY CONDUCTING AN INFORMAL HEARING, HAVING WITNESSES, TAKING TESTIMONY IN THAT FASHION, AND IF AN APPEAL WAS TAKEN, IT WOULD BE AN EVIDENTIARY HEARING AT THE APPEAL LEVEL. ATTORNEY HOULIHAN ADVISED THAT HE WAS IN FAVOR OF THE LAST PROCEDURE AS IT ALLOWS THE BOARD TO HAVE A MORE FLUID, INFORMAL MEETING AND, AT THE SAME TIME, THE BOARD WAS REALLY NOT YIELDING ANY RIGHTS BUT MERELY DETERMINING THE FORM OF ANY POSSIBLE APPEAL THAT MAY BE TAKEN. HE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD ENTER INTO THIS STIPULATION FOR AN INFORMAL HEARING. HE ADDED THAT THE STIPULATION WAS REGULATED BY THE REGULAR RULES OF GOVERNMENT, DISCUSSION FOLLOWED, AND IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THE BOARD HAS 30 DAYS FROM THIS DATE TO MAKE A DECISION; IT WAS NOT MANDATORY THAT A DECISION BE REACHED TONIGHT. VICE CHAIRMAN WODTKE EXPLAINED THAT THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL HAS PREPARED AN ASSESSMENT REPORT AND HAVE MADE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS ON A REGIONAL BASIS. HE THEN REFERRED TO THE FOLLOWING ASSESSMENT REPORT PREPARED, ON A LOCAL LEVEL, BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT: L k, Poon 47 PAGE 03 r JUL 29 1981 July 23, 1981 ASSESSMENT REPORT: DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL IMPACT FOR VILLAGE GREEN 7_ PAGE 04-1 The staff has reviewed the material prepared for Florida Atlantic Associates by their consultants and the Assessment Report of the Treasure Coast Regional Plan- ning Council. The primary purpose of this report is to identify the areas of local impact which can be expected to occur and make recommendations which suggest ways to "eliminate or at least mitigate the negative aspects, or to further enhance the - positive features which exist in the proposal. Preparation of this report has been based on the findings of TCRPC which addresses those areas where the County's Site Plan Review procedures would not probe the issue as deeply. There are five such areas of concern addressed in the TCRPC Report which staff feels have particular local impact._ These are as follows: DRAINAGE _ The -drainage system for the Village Green South portion of the project shall .be redesigned to provide for the.replacement of pipes with swales for carrying runoff between all roadway catch basins and lake discharge points as indicated in -the Revised Drainage Plan submitted to the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council on July 17, 1981. In addition, the three areas labeled "A" on the Revised Drainage Plan --shall be redesigned so that the swales will be'a minimum of'150 feet in length. -A perforated pipe system may be used instead -of swales if the applicant can demon- ., _ strate satisfactory performance to the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council staff. County staff concurs with the TCRPC recommendations. The inclusion of a - berm formation.next to the lake to retain runoff may be considered as a partial substitute for the rerouting through vegetated systems. These vegetated systems should be landscaped with materials capable of surviving changes in the water quality which may occur because of contaminants entering the drainage patterns. WATER SUPPLY The applicant shall establish a monitoring program that measures the effect of the brine discharge on the water quality of the lake system and the ground- water aquifer in and around the project. Tests shall be conducted for chloride v concentration and specific conductivity in both the lake and groundwater environ- ments. Two lake testing stations shall be provided in each retention pond, with one near the point of brine discharge and the other near the weir outfall. Both surface and near bottom water samples will be measured at each station during May and September of each year. Two shallow wells shall be established on the south- east corners of the Village Green West and Village Green South sections of the project.. Samples of groundwater to be tested shall be drawn from the 16 and 10 -foot mean sea level elevations at the same time as the lake samples are taken. - The results of these -tests will be included in the annual report required by Subsection 380.06(16), Florida Statutes. In the event that the brine discharges cause violation of State water quality standards, the developer and/or owner of the park shall be responsible for an alternate plan of discharge acceptable to the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council and Indian River County. Whil,d the County staff agrees with the recommendations of the TCRPC, it is further suggested that the County should initiate discussion with DER and the St. John's Water Management District as to the extent of their enforcement responsibilities pertaining to the protection of the shallow aquifer. WASTEWATER The applicant shall provide a monitoring well, in addition to the monitoring well currently required pursuant to FDER permit No. D31-33432, at the sjouthwest corner of the utility site for Village Green West. The additional moni- toring well is to be observed and the results provided at the same intervals and in the same manner as the monitoring well currently permitted by FDER. The monitoring well will be tested for the following: Chloride - CL . Nitrates - NO3 Total Nigrogen - Total N3 . Inorganic Phosphate. - PO4 Fecal and Total Coliform. The County staff supports the recommendations made by TCRPC with regard to wastewater monitoring. Bo�� � PAGE �5 JUL 29191 5 r J U L 29 1981 eooK4, 7 EacE ®6 FIRE PROTECTION The applicant shall either: A) donate a site within the development that is located on a major roadway SR 60 or SR 609); approximately -one-half acre in size, to the South Indian River. County Fire Control District for the purpose of constructing a fire station ; or B) ,purchase a site not -within the development that is agreed to by the South Indian River County Fire Control -District and donate the site to the District for the purpose of constructing a fire station for serving the western portion_of the County, including the proposed Village Green development. Either donation shall be provided no later than the completion of occupancy of the Village Green West portion of the development. If the Fire District has not commenced construction of a fire station on the site by the later of: 1) August 1, 1986; or 2) when 95% of the total units in Village Green South and West have been occupied, then the site shall revert to the applicant. In donation of the site, the applicant must convey that quality of title that will permit the use of the property as a public fire station, and such site must be conveyed free and clear of all liens and encumberances. While the staff concurs with the recommendation of the TCRPC, there are some additional considerations to be viewed. 1) Should the developer be required to give more than the land as.his contribution toward the fire protection service? A building alone will cost in excess of $100,000, and then it must be equipped and maintained. The land represents a diminishing share of the cost over time. 2) Possibly the'County would want to consider a cash payment instead of land which would revert to the donor if not used. This situation would leave Village Green with no -input to the fire protection service, and since the magnitude of the development proposed along the previous phases in the primary deman generator, it seems that such impact should be mitigated by direct participation. EMERGENCY SHELTER The,applicant shall cooperate with the Indian River County Civil Defense Director to construct and equip the recreation clubhouses to the following standards so that they may be des-i'gnated as disaster shelters for use in hurricane or other emergency situations: A) 130 mph wind resistance; B) 35 kw -generator; C) shutters on windows; D) source for water storage; E) radio alert receiving set. Further, the applicant shall cooperate with the Civil Defense Agency in planning these facilities. This recommendation is valid, but stops short of some other considerations with regard to providing disaster shelter. Access to the present location for the recreation clubhouse may be impaired by debris and flooding, making it impossible to render assistance. Three alternatives are offered for consideration: 1) Relocation of the clubhouse to an area of more ready access'from main thoroughfares. 2) Construction of another building which would meet criteria for an emergency shelter in a preferred location. 3) Designate a portion of the commercial space on SR 60 as shelter area with proper arrangements for its use with the owners. The cost of these possibly can be partially offset by the additional cost of meeting the above mentioned standards in the proposed recreation buildings. _ TRANSPGkTA*1ION .The applicant shall install separate left and right turn lanes on SR 60 at the project's main entrance. If, at any time prior to the end of the first year following completion of development of the commercial site, a traffic signal is determined to be necessary at this intersection through an approved Florida Depart- ment of Transportation signal warrant study, the applicant shall provide for the installation of any signal necessary to maintain traffic conditions at Level of Service C. County staff concurs with the recommendations of the TCRPC. JUL 29 1981 booK 47 PACE 07 L_ - 7 r BOOK 4,7rACE 08 JUL 29 1981 _ PLANNING DIRECTOR REVER TOUCHED ON SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF HIS REPORT. HE CONTINUED THAT THE PLANNING STAFF HAS FORMULATED SOME OPINIONS AND SUGGESTIONS OF THEIR OWN IN AREAS OF LOCAL IMPACT, AS FOLLOWS: I. DRAINAGE - THE PLANNING STAFF CONCLUDED THAT THEY GENERALLY CONCUR WITH THE COMMENTS MADE BY THE RPC. 2. WATER SUPPLY - THE PLANNING STAFF AGREES WITH THE RPC REPORT BUT FEEL THERE SHOULD BE SOME INPUT HERE FROM THE ST. JOHN'S WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT REGARDING ENFORCEMENT TO PROTECT THE SHALLOW AQUIFER. 3. WASTEWATER - RPC NOTES THERE SHOULD BE A MONITORING WELL AND THE PLANNING STAFF CONCURS. 4. FIRE PROTECTION - THE STAFF CONCURS THAT VILLAGE GREEN SHOULD PARTICIPATE, BUT SINCE THERE IS A REVERTER CLAUSE AND THE COUNTY GIVES THE LAND BACK,THEN THEY HAVE NOT PARTICIPATED AT ALL. BECAUSE OF THE EXTENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT, THEY ARE A MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR FOR THAT FIRE STATION AND SHOULD GIVE LAND, SOME EQUIPMENT AND A BUILDING. POSSIBLY THE COUNTY WOULD WANT TO CONSIDER A CASH PAYMENT INSTEAD. 5. EMERGENCY SHELTER - STAFF CONSIDERS RELOCATION OF CLUBHOUSE, CONSTRUCT A SEPARATE BUILDING, OR USE THE COMMERCIAL SPACE FOR A SHELTER AREA. 6. TRANSPORTATION - STAFF CONCURRED WITH THE RPC RECOMMENDATIONS. GORDON JOHNSTON, ATTORNEY FOR VILLAGE GREEN, STEPPED BEFORE THE BOARD AND STATED HOW CONCERNED HIS CLIENTS WERE ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE COUNTY, AND FELT THEY HAVE QUALITY DEVELOPMENT IN VILLAGE GREEN. HE THEN POINTED OUT THAT THE DRI STUDY IS NOT A SIMPLE PROCESS AND MENTIONED THE VARIOUS STEPS IT MUST GO THROUGH - AND THE STUDY WAS INITIATED BY VILLAGE GREEN ON ITS OWN. ATTORNEY ,JOHNSTON NOTED THAT VILLAGE GREEN WILL NOT EXCEED 5 UNITS PER ACRE{ THEREFORE, THEY ARE CUTTING OFF 40% OF THE DENSITY FACTOR. HE ADDED THAT THERE WILL BE NO TWO STORY BUILDINGS, JUST DOUBLE WIDE TRAILERS. BASICALLY, THEY HAVE AGREED WITH THE RPC BUT ON THE LOCAL ASSESSMENT REPORT, THEY WERE CONCERNED WITH SEVERAL THINGS. HE BEGAN WITH THE FIRE PROTECTION, AND T IF THE SITE WERE NOT USED, IT WOULD REVERT BACK AND VILLAGE GREEN WOULD AGREE TO A CASH CONTRIBUTION. REGARDING THE EMERGENCY SHELTER: THEY ARE STRICTLY RECREATION AREAS AND THE COUNTY SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS OF ANYBODY WANTING TO STAY THERE IN WINDS OF HIGH MAGNITUDE - HE WOULD STRONGLY URGE PEOPLE TO EVACUATE THE RECREATION BUILDINGS. ATTORNEY JOHNSTON DID NOT THINK IT WOULD BE FEASIBLE TO CONSTRUCT ANOTHER SUCH BUILDING FOR AN EMERGENCY SHELTER. HE POINTED OUT THAT THERE ARE NO OVERHEAD WIRES IN THE DEVELOPMENT AT ALL AND EMERGENCY VEHICLES COULD GET IN THE DEVELOPMENT EASIER BECAUSE OF NO FALLING WIRES. ATTORNEY .JOHNSTON STATED THEY HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANS- PORTATION AND CONCURRED WITH THE RPC RECOMMENDATIONS. COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK POINTED OUT THAT THE FINANCIAL IMPACT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT IS APPROXIMATELY $66,000 A YEAR, AND THE MONEY SPLIT FROM THE LICENSING OF THE DOUBLE WIDE TRAILERS GOES TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE OTHER HALF TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. HE WAS CONCERNED THAT THIS CORRIDOR WAS A PART OF OUR 201 FACILITIES PLAN AND PART OF THE PLANNED WATER SYSTEM, AS WELL AS BEING CONCERNED ABOUT THE OVERALL SERVICE TO THE AREA AND OF DEVELOPING ADDITIONAL PACKAGING PLANTS. COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK MENTIONED THAT THE DISCHARGE OF THE REVERSE OSMOSIS GOES INTO THE LAKES AND OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, HE FELT THE CONCENTRATIONS WOULD BUILD UP AND HARM THE SHALLOW AQUIFER. HE WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE, IF FEASIBLE, TO HAVE A SYSTEM THAT WOULD ALSO SERVICE THIS AREA AND MAYBE A WATER LINE COULD BE EXTENDED FROM THE SOUTH COUNTY WATER SYSTEM, AND SUGGESTED THAT ENGINEER .JOHN ROBBINS GIVE US SOME FIGURES. COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE OVERALL PUBLIC FACILITIES FOR THE AREA, AND ALSO CIVIL DEFENSE. HE THEN MENTIONED THE ECONOMIC IMPACT ON THIS RETIREMENT COMMUNITY, AS MOST OF THE RESIDENTS WILL BE FROM OUT OF TOWN. ATTORNEY .JOHNSTON AGREED THAT IN THE FUTURE, THE COUNTY WOULD BE EXPANDING THEIR SYSTEM, BUT VILLAGE GREEN SO FAR HAS AGREED TO PAY $263,000 FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A WATER TREATMENT PLANT TO SERVICE THE AREA - AND THE WATER LINES WILL BE COMING BACK TO THE COUNTY. JUL 29 1981 9 BOOK 41 PAGE �9 BOOK �� P��E JUL 291981 - ALSO, HE CONTINUED, VILLAGE GREEN HAS'PUT IN ROADS AND CURBS, SO THE COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE TO BEAR THAT COST. MIKE PATTERSON, OF POST, BUCKLEY, SCHUH & J ERNIGAN, CAME BEFORE THE BOARD AND EXPLAINED TABLE 20-9 OF THE REPORT. HE THEN COMPARED WHAT SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WOULD GENERATE COMPARED TO MOBILE HOMES, AND THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF REVENUE; A MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY HAS A LARGER PER UNIT INVESTMENT. MR. PATTERSON �TATED THAT IN LIEU OF AD VALOREM TAXES ON THE MOBILE HOME ITSELF, THERE ARE TWO LICENSES PER UNIT. AFTER FURTHER EXPLANATION, HE FELT HE HAD DEMONSTRATED THAT IT WAS NOT A GLARING DEFICIT. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ABOUT THE FIGURES PRESENTED IN THE REPORTS THAT THE BOARD HAD REVIEWED. JIM BEINDORF, ENGINEER, APPROACHED THE BOARD, HE GAVE A BRIEF HISTORY OF VILLAGE GREEN SINCE IT BEGAN IN 1973. HE ADVISED THAT THEY DID A GREAT DEAL OF TESTING OF THE WATER SUPPLY. PHASES 1, 2 AND 3 OF VILLAGE GREEN WERE LOCATED IN OLD CITRUS GROVES AND IN 1974, THEY DECIDED TO GO TO REVERSE OSMOSIS AND USED SOME OF THE OLD EXISTING WELLS THAT WERE IN THE GROVES. THE STATE INSISTED THAT THEY DISCHARGE ALL THE DRAINAGE AND GROUND WATER INTO THE LAKE SYSTEM IN VILLAGE GREEN, PHASE 1. MR. BEINDORF EXPLAINED THAT THEY ARE NOT EXPERIENCING HIGH CHLORIDES OR WATER DEGRADATION, AND THE DER HAS VARIOUS PROCEDURES SET UP SO THAT THEY CAN WATCH WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE DISCHARGE. LENGTHY DISCUSSION ENSUED ABOUT CHLORIDES, AND COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK QUESTIONED THE FIGURE of 40 PARTS PER MILLION ON PAGE 13 OF THE REPORT. MR. PATTERSON EXPLAINED THAT THEY HAVE INSTITUTED A TESTING PROGRAM THROUGHOUT THE AREA - NONE OF THESE LAKES SHOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS POTABLE WATER SYSTEMS BUT THEY ARE RATED AS RECREATION AND/OR IRRIGATION WATER. HE STATED THAT THEIR PERMITTING PROCEDURES TAKE THEM THROUGH ALL THE AGENCIES AND THEY HAVE BEEN GRANTED A CONSUMPTIVE USE PERMIT, THEY HAVE BEEN PERMITTED FOR THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT, AS WELL AS THE DISCHARGE INTO THE LAKE SYSTEM, MR. PATTERSON STATED THEY ARE FAIRLY COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. VICE CHAIRMAN WODTKE INITIATED A DISCUSSION ABOUT DEEP WATER AND THE WETLANDS AREA MENTIONED IN THE REPORT. MR. BEINDORF COMMENTED THAT THERE IS A SWAMP ON 1125 ACRES IN THE AREA - THIS IS KEPT ON AS AN AMENITY IN THE DEVELOPMENT. VICE CHAIRMAN WODTKE EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE WILDLIFE AND IF SOME FLORIDA GOPHERS ARE FOUND IN THAT AREA, THEY MUST BE RELOCATED. LENGTHY DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC. VICE CHAIRMAN WODTKE RECOMMENDED HAVING A TRAFFIC SIGNAL LOCATED AT RANCH ROAD AND ROUTE 60 IN LIEU OF HAVING IT AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE DEVELOPMENT ON ROUTE 60. ATTORNEY .JOHNSTON INTERJECTED THAT THEY ARE ALSO CONSIDERING ILLUMINATION AT THEIR PROJECT. FORREST SMITH, FIRE CHIEF, COMMENTED ON THE DESIRABILITY OF HAVING ONE-HALF ACRE OF LAND DONATED AS CLOSE TO ROUTE 60 AS POSSIBLE. HE FELT THE IDEAL LOCATION WOULD BE ON ROUTE 60 TO THE EAST OF RANCH ROAD. DISCUSSION ENSUED REGARDING THE ESTIMATED COST OF A FIRE STATION OF $100,000, AND A COMBINATION SUPER -TANKER AND PUMPER FROM $301 000 TO $50,000. ATTORNEY HOULIHAN ADVISED THAT ONCE ALL THE INFORMATION HAS BEEN DIGESTED, HIS OFFICE,IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, WOULD ADD THE CONDITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN DECIDED TONIGHT BY THE BOARD, AND THE DEVELOPMENT ORDER WILL BE PREPARED. SAM OWENS, ATTORNEY FROM ORLANDO, FELT THE BOARD WAS ON THE RIGHT TRACK, BUT REMINDED THEM OF THE SUNSHINE LAW, VICE CHAIRMAN WODTKE k3SURED HIM THAT THEY WOULD MEET IN A r FORMAL MEETING, AND NOT VIOLATE THE SUNSHINE LAW. LENGTHY NEGOTIATIONS TOOK PLACE AND IT WAS AGREED THAT VILLAGE GREEN WOULD DONATE ONE-HALF ACRE FOR THE FIRE STATION AND A CASH CONTRIBUTION OF $25,000; BUT IF THE SOUTH COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT DID NOT USE THE LAND, THEN THE CASH CONTRIBUTION WOULD BE $40,000. 11 JUL 29 1981 7 PAGE 11 BOOK 2 - JUL L y l81 7 %E� VICE CHAIRMAN lAlODTKE STATED THAT HE HAD SOME SERIOUS RESERVATIONS OF HAVING A SHELTER IN THE CONFINES OF A MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY - LIABILITY COULD POSSIBLY OCCUR. LEE NUZIE, CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTOR, COMMENTED THAT THEIR DISASTER PLAN WAS TO GET ALL RESIDENTS OUT OF THE MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY BY RECOMMENDING THAT THEY LEAVE THE AREA AS THE COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE ADEQUATE SHELTERS FOR ALL PEOPLE. HE ADDED THAT IN THE LAST HURRICANE, 90% OF THE MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY RESIDENTS LEFT THEIR HOMES, AND CIVIL DEFENSE TRIES TO EDUCATE THEM TO LEAVE AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE. MR. NUZIE POINTED OUT THAT IF THERE WAS A TORNADO WATCH, THEY WOULD ONLY HAVE 10 TO 30 MINUTES TO EVACUATE, VICE CHAIRMAN WODTKE COMMENTED THAT IN LIEU OF HAVING VILLAGE GREEN TAKE THEIR TWO RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND MAKE THEM INTO SHELTERS, THE COUNTY WOULD TAKE THE CASH INSTEAD. COMMISSIONER BIRD NOTED THAT CIVIL DEFENSE MIGHT BE USING THAT CASH TO UPGRADE THE BUILDINGS AND BUY ADDITIONAL GENERATORS AND EQUIPMENT TO PROVIDE PROTECTIVE SHELTER, COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK INQUIRED ABOVE PAVING. ATTORNEY .JOHNSTON FELT ALL THE PAVING COULD BE HANDLED IN THE FINAL SITE PLAN FOR VILLAGE GREEN SOUTH. A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL THEN COMMENTED THAT THEIR REQUIREMENT FOR AN ADDITIONAL MONITORING WELL WAS JUST FOR THE WASTE WATER CONDITION; THERE WAS NO PARTICULAR PROBLEM INVOLVED AT ALL. COMMISSIONER BIRD INQUIRED IF IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE RPC TO UPGRADE THE RECREATION BUILDING TO BE USED AS A SHELTER IN VILLAGE GREEN. THE RPC REPRESENTATIVE ADVISED THAT THEY REVIEWED A RECREATION BUILDING IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY, AND IT WAS AGREEABLE TO THE CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTOR- BASED ON THAT EXPERIENCE, THE RPC SUGGESTED THE SAME FOR VILLAGE GREEN. VICE CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED IF THERE WAS ANYONE PRESENT WHO WISHED TO BE HEARD. t JOHN SULLIVAN, 1455 90TH AVENUE, CAME BEFORE THE BOARD AND SPOKE AT GREAT LENGTH ABOUT MOBILE HOME OWNERS AND HOW THEY DO CARRY A VERY LARGE SHARE OF TAXES. HE PRAISED THE DEVELOPERS OF VILLAGE GREEN AS BEING THE BEST MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY IN THE STATE. MR. SULLIVAN SPOKE ABOUT THE OTHER MOBILE HOME PARKS IN THAT GENERAL AREA, TOTALLING UP TO APPROXIMATELY 4,800 MOBILE HOMES, AND HOPED THE BOARD CONSIDERED THE OVERALL IMPACT IN THAT ONE SMALL AREA. HE HOPED THE BOARD WOULD CONSIDER THE VERY LARGE IMPACT ALL THESE PEOPLE WILL BE CREATING AND THAT THE BOARD LOOK AT THE WHOLE PICTURE FOR THE NEED OF MORE FIRE EQUIPMENT, MORE POLICE PROTECTION, AND MORE WATER AND SEWERS. MR. SULLIVAN SUGGESTED THAT NOT ONLY SHOULD VILLAGE GREEN BE ASSESSED, BUT ALSO ASSESS EVERYBODY ELSE THAT COMES ALONG IN THAT GENERAL AREA, THEN RETURN PART OF THE ASSESSMENT TO VILLAGE GREEN ON A PRO -RATA BASIS. HE THEN COMPLIMENTED VILLAGE GREEN FOR THEIR GENEROSITY IN DONATING LAND TO THE COUNTY. FRED MESSNER, VILLAGE GREEN, COMMENTED THAT HE WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL SETTLERS THERE, AND DURING THE LAST HURRICANE THE RESIDENTS DID STAY AT THE RECREATION HALL, EVEN THOUGH THEY DID NOT HAVE WATER AND LIGHTS. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BIRD, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. VICE CHAIRMAN WODTKE SUMMARIZED THAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE CHLORIDES, AND ABOUT ROSEWOOD ROAD, WHICH WILL BE AN INTERIOR ROAD IN THE DEVELOPMENT. HE REITERATED THAT THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL COULD BE CHANGED TO RANCH ROAD AND ROUTE 60, VILLAGE GREEN IS TO PAY THE EQUIVALENT COST OF SIGNALIZATION AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE DEVELOPMENT ON ROUTE 60 IF THE LIGHT IS MOVED TO RANCH ROAD. IN LIEU OF BUILDING A SHELTER ON THE SITE FOR CIVIL DEFENSE PURPOSES, THE COUNTY WILL ACCEPT $50,000 CASH; MONIES TO BE USED IN GENERAL CIVIL DEFENSE NEEDS OF THE COUNTY, FOR FIRE PROTECTION, A ONE-HALF ACRE SITE WILL BE DONATED TO THE FIRE DISTRICT PLUS $25,000 - OR $40,000 IF THE SITE IS NOT USED - ALL MONIES TO TRANSPIRE AT 50% DEVELOPMENT OR WHEN READY TO CONSTRUCT, AND VILLAGE GREEN WILL KEEP THE INTEREST. ATTORNEY OWENS EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE PROCEDURES AND OF NOTICING THE PUBLIC WHEN THE BOARD IS READY TO SIGN THE DEVELOPMENT ORDER. JUL 29198113 oo- SPACE 1�3 J U L 1981 eoorr.4 7 Pa 14 GE ATTORNEY HOULIHAN STATED HE DID NOT HAVE ANY PROCEDURE PROBLEMS. THE BOARD HAS 30 DAYS TO REACH A DECISION ON THE DEVELOP- MENT ORDER AND IF THERE IS INFORMATION THE BOARD FEELS THEY DO NOT HAVE AND THEY ARE NOT PREPARED TO MAKE A VOTE, THIS MEETING CAN BE CLOSED. VICE CHAIRMAN VIODTKE COMMENTED THAT HE PERSONALLY WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEMS IN STATING THAT THEY JUST WANT TO LOOK FURTHER INTO SEVERAL AREAS, AND THAT THEY INSTRUCT THE ATTORNEY TO DRAFT A DEVELOPMENT ORDER BASED UPON WHAT WAS DISCUSSED THIS EVENING. HE ADDED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE DEVELOPMENT ORDER IN WRITING BEFORE THE BOARD SIGNS IT, SO IT SHOULD BE PUT BACK ON THE AGENDA FOR APPROVAL. COMMISSIONER BIRD COMMENTED THAT THE BOARD ALL AGREED THAT THEY LIKE THE PIECES, AND SIMPLY MUST PUT IT ALL TOGETHER. DISCUSSION ENSUED ABOUT THE TWO BOARD MEMBERS THAT WERE ABSENT FROM TONIGHT�S MEETING, AND ATTORNEY HOULIHAN ADVISED THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO DO MORE RESEARCH ON THE MATTER OF THEIR VOTING. ON THIS MATTER. COMMISSIONER BIRD THOUGHT THAT THE MEMBERS WHO WERE ABSENT COULD REVIEW THE TAPE AND READ THE MINUTES, PLUS THEY WILL SEETHE FINAL DEVELOPMENT ORDER. ADMINISTRATOR NELSON COMMENTED THAT THROUGH THE MINUTES OF THESE PROCEEDINGS AND THE TAPE, HE DID NOT FEEL THERE WAS A PROBLEM. COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK INTERJECTED THAT UNLESS THERE WAS SOME PROBLEM WITH THE CHLORIDE, HE WAS IN FAVOR OF THE DEVELOPMENT ORDER. IT EITHER. ATTORNEY ,JOHNSTON STATED THAT HE HAD NO PROBLEM WITH DTSCUSSION FOLLOWED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT ATTORNEY HOULIHAN WOULD PREPARE THE DEVELOPMENT ORDER TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE BOARD. THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, ON MOTION MADE, SECONDED AND CARRIED, THE BOARD ADJOURNED AT 10.25 O'CLOCK P.M. ATTEST: CLERK +C14AIRMAIV, 0.9