PDD-20-7493

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1. 1Aug 19, 2020
   Board of County CommissionersP8Public hearingApproved

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   Approved Staff’s recommendation.

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   Denise

   33:51Did we do proof for it? I'm sorry. Thank you so much. I apologize. P8 is PDD 27493. This is a rezoning for William D. and Catherine A. McKnight, trustees of the William D. McKnight Revocable Trust, for change in zoning from C2 General Commercial District and R1 Rural Density Residential Districts to C2 General Commercial District. The parcel is located in south central Pasco County on the southeast corner of the intersection of. Land O' Lakes Boulevard and Aragon Cutoff. The subject parcel consists of two parcels, the western portion of which has

   34:22a zoning classification of C2 General Commercial and R1 Rural Density Residential District, and contains a convenience store with gas pumps. The eastern portion of the site has a zoning classification of R1, Rural Density Residential District, and is undeveloped. It has a future land use classification of ROR, Retail Office Residential. And what's being proposed on the site is a redevelopment of the of the gas station. with a future redeveloped convenience store that will also add a Dunkin' Donuts at the time. Um

   34:52the parcel is Surrounded by commercial, uh undeveloped and developed commercial parcels. To the north is Aaron Cutoff and there's a site that has a site plan approval for a racetrack gas station. To the south of that is the former Land O' Lakes Recycling Site that we all remember very well. That is no longer in operation but has other uses in operation that are commercial uses. To the west of the parcel is Land O' Lakes Boulevard

   35:23and a residential subdivision by the name of Preserve and Lake Thomas. I'm here for any questions you may have.

   Jack Mariano

   35:29Any questions from the board? Any questions from the board? Seeing none, I do have a gentleman by the name of Rob um Park that has signed up to speak. Sir, um if you're online, please state your name and address for the record and you have three minutes.

   Rob Park

   35:44Uh Rob Park, [address removed]. Good afternoon. I object to the rezoning. Mr.

   Mike Moore

   35:53Mr. Park, before you continue, have you be were you sworn just for the record?

   Rob Park

   35:58Uh I've not.

   Kathryn Starkey

   36:00Mr. Park, do you acknowledge that you were sworn previously when I uh asked for that? If not, we'll re-swear you at this time.

   Rob Park

   36:09Uh yes, okay, I w I was. Okay. Great. Thank you, sir.

   Kathryn Starkey

   36:13Do you swear up from the testimony you're about to give is the truth, so help you God. I do.

   36:21Thank you.

   Jack Mariano

   36:21All right, go ahead, sir.

   Rob Park

   36:23All right, so I object to the rezoning. But first, my background is in marine transportation, so I make no claim that I fully understand traffic trip knowledge. A couple of points I would like answered. I referenced the timing and phasing study at the intersection of Aaron Cutoff and Land O' Lakes Boulevard. There is a discrepancy between the data of two studies, the shortcuton and the subdivision created by ordinance nineteen-twenty. The shortcut marathon study

   36:54Yeah. Is nineteen Water's at peak. As the P M eastbound peak is two hundred and Sure.

   37:05peak westbound.

   Jack Mariano

   37:10It's not that I think it's how

   37:13you guys really Yeah.

   Kathryn Starkey

   37:15Yeah.

   Rob Park

   37:20Uh uh the subdivision says the West Bound is underneath, so I would like to have clarified why they're different. Seth. One.

   37:34About a half mile north on Land O' Lakes Boulevard. Is this Duncan Donuts going to be in addition to or replace the existing Donut Dunkin' Donuts near the Bon Booming Connerton area? There is a statement in the comprehensive plan through traffic will be discouraged on collector roads that connect arterial roads. If Conerton is such a booming area, why is traffic taking a shortcut to avoid it? Improving this corner is only going to encourage additional traffic on errand

   38:04cutoff, a collector route. What a coincidence the name of the project is Shortcut Marathon. Until road infrastructure in the Land O' Lakes area is addressed, there should not be any further rezoning approved. And by the way, it only takes five minutes longer avoiding errand cutoff via the US 41 State Road 52 intersection. Thank you.

   Jack Mariano

   38:29Do we have anybody else that's signed up in opposition to this IM that's at the kiosk

   Kathryn Starkey

   38:35or on WebEx at this time? No sir. Nothing not on uh WebEx or email.

   Unidentified speakerVoice A

   38:41There is nobody at the kiosk.

   Kathryn Starkey

   38:43Okay.

   Jack Mariano

   38:43So it's to the board. Any questions, comments?

   38:49Just one question, you mentioned there was a duck and donut slated for this location and possibly other uses.

   Denise

   38:54There's a Dunkin' Donuts and a convenience store and then it's gonna have gas pumps, but I just wanna clarify that that specific corner already has a convenience store and a gas st a gas station there. It's just gonna move the Retail operations. Easterly on the parcel to the newly rezoned C2 section.

   Jack Mariano

   39:14Okay.

   Denise

   39:14So it's already developed as a convenience store with gas pumps.

   Jack Mariano

   39:18So there's already a gas station there with pumps.

   Denise

   39:19That is a correct statement.

   Jack Mariano

   39:20And they're just adding a duck and donuts. That's correct. Or similar item. That's what that's what they've got to do.

   Denise

   39:27That's what they've stated in their site plan, which is attached to the record and in their pre-application meeting notes. Okay.

   39:35on WebEx and uh perhaps he can answer that question.

   Jack Mariano

   39:38I mean that that's fine. I mean if you want to hear from him I don't I don't mind but I mean You're basically just adding an amenity to the neighborhood right now. The gas pumps are already there, so there really ca they can't be an objection to the fuel pumps because they're already in place, correct? That's correct. Okay, so we're adding a Dunkin Donuts, which could obviously benefit that area that does not in that section really doesn't have anything. So I don't have any objections to this myself.

   Denise

   40:03So they're not remodeling that gas station? They are remodeling it's just I just wanted to explain that there's already a convenience store and already gas pumps with a gas canopy there.

   Jack Mariano

   40:13So it's being yeah, that it it could use a little makeover and it's it's getting a makeover, thankfully. Yes.

   Ron Oakley

   40:21They're they're redoing that uh To enhance it. Yeah,

   Jack Mariano

   40:25enhance it.

   Ron Oakley

   40:26And it needs it needs that in that area. Yeah,

   Jack Mariano

   40:27it'll help it'll help clean it up a little bit. That kinda goes in line with what we're trying to do to clean up forty one and they're willing to do it, so

   Mike Moore

   40:34That's

   Jack Mariano

   40:34definitely a positive.

   Mike Moore

   40:35Mr. Chairman, perhaps the applicant can address the transportation concerns of the citizen. I think we'd leave I'd like

   Jack Mariano

   40:43to request it, but that's fine. Go ahead.

   Mike Moore

   40:47Uh yeah,

   Jack Mariano

   40:49yes, I

   Mike Moore

   40:54Um

   Unidentified speakerVoice B

   40:58I won't have to

   Unidentified speakerVoice C

   40:59do that. He's got his laptop and his

   Jack Mariano

   41:03phone. So if you you need a sir Sir one second please. I need you to if you have your computer on and you're use utilizing your phone, you need to turn one off and use one or the other. Because you're getting feedback.

   41:21Sure. Uh you're getting feedback still.

   41:28And and do you have your computer on at the same time?

   41:36Just shut one of them all right now. There's nothing on the

   Jack Mariano

   41:42Put the wrong one off.

   Rob Park

   41:46That looks like you're not gonna break the record more.

   Jack Mariano

   41:51Better, better. Is he back on?

   Unidentified speakerVoice B

   42:04Well.

   Denise

   42:04Do you have any of the other like Elizabeth? Elizabeth. She's a transportation planner, so

   Jack Mariano

   42:11Elizabeth, can you answer that question?

   Unidentified speakerVoice D

   42:14Yeah, thank you so much. I was trying to get you guys his attention. Um I couldn't completely hear he said there was a discrepancy with some traffic counts between our study and another study. uh for another project. And I was just gonna point out, like our counts were done, you know, before the pandemic, but when um counts are done. They're never gonna be from one day to the next exactly

   42:44you know, the same as what somebody else would do. Uh most of us that do these traffic studies use subconsultant that does do traffic counts. I do NDS and they're you know, really liable, respected. Um you know, firm and that's where I get the the counts from and then I, you know, layer the pro traffic on top of that. and then do a level of service analysis and it's very, very thoroughly reviewed by your staff.

   43:15And they found that, you know, we have the capacity to make these improvements, um at that you know what Basically that. We have the capacity and and they approve the traffic study, you know, including the Uh So that's kinda it. Do you have any questions?

   Denise

   43:37Elizabeth, just asking you a question, I apologize, just to make sure that you were sworn in

   Unidentified speakerVoice D

   43:42I was. I'm sorry. Yeah.

   Jack Mariano

   43:44Great. Thank you. Anybody have any other questions or comments, Commissioner Mariano?

   Jack Mariano

   43:47I

   43:47just

   43:47make a comment. When I l when I look at the design, um the entry is before the intersection, which is good. You got plenty of room there. You got two ways to go around either to the gas station or to the Dunkin' Donuts. Looks like it's pretty well down errand cutoff too, so it looks like staff's done a pretty good job designing this one. And if you're supportive of it. Move approval.

   Jack Mariano

   44:03I have a motion. Second. I have a second. All in favor? Aye. Aye. All opposed, same sign. That's it. We're adjourned. Thank you all so very much.