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:
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4UL 291981
VERO BEACH PRESS -JOURNAL
Published Weekly
Vero Beach, Indian River County, Florida
COUNTY OF INDIAN RIVER:
STATE OF FLORIDA
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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
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Vero Beach, in said Indian River County, and that the said newspaper has heretofore
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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:
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July 23, 1981
ASSESSMENT REPORT:
DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL IMPACT FOR VILLAGE GREEN
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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-
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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