An Ordinance Amending The Pasco County Comprehensive Plan; Providing For Text Amendments To The Future Land Use Element Appendix, And Providing For Additional Text Amendments As Necessary For Internal Consistency; A Map Amendment To The Future Land Use Map 2-9 Amending Subarea Map 2-9(25) New Port Corners; Providing For A Repealer, Severability, And An Effective Date.
What the county recorded
Staff recommendation
Approve
DispositionAdopted
Approved to adopt on a roll call vote.
The source document
The county’s agenda for Board of County Commissioners, Apr 19, 2022
The published PDF, as served by the county. This item is one entry in it.
The county’s minutes for Board of County Commissioners, Apr 19, 2022
The published PDF, as served by the county. This item is one entry in it.
This case, across meetings
PDD-22-0129 in full →PDD-22-0129 was taken up 4 times between Dec 9, 2021 and Apr 19, 2022, continued 1 time — this is appearance 4.
- Dec 9, 2021PlanningP18No disposition in the minutes
- Jan 25, 2022BoardP65▶Approved
- Mar 22, 2022GeneralP56Continued
- Apr 19, 2022BoardP55▶Adoptedthis item
What was said
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1/2Taken up at Afternoon session, 10:32
Item P 55 was published in the Tampay Times on November 24, 2021.
So item P55, uh Mr. Chair, we we will be hearing that together with item P sixty one.
Okay, so we're gonna move on to P 56.
2/2Taken up again at Afternoon session, 19:22
Yeah, you actually you we need to pull fifty five first to be heard. Uh so
we're gonna hear P fifty five and P sixty one. And Mr. County Attorney would you explain
What the rules are with the consolidated So so my recommendation has always been on on when you you can do a co consolidated presentation for both the comp plan and the Um rezoning. Um and then hold separate public hearing with separate votes, one for the reza one for the comprehensive plan, one for the one for the zoning. Otherwise you The public is going to have to identify which item they're speaking to. Right. Um and it becomes
confusing. But if staff and the applicant want to do a Package presentation uh For both of them, that's that's fine.
Which will save the time for back and forth. Yeah. Okay.
And Mr. Chair, would you like for me to give the publication on both the items now? Yes, please. Okay. Item P 55 was published in the Tampe Times on November 24th, 2021, and item P sixty one was published in the Tampe Times on February 16, 2022.
Okay.
Thank you.
Thank you very much. What's yours?
So do we want to do the PowerPoint per for P fifty five and for P sixty one? Or I could just do P sixty one because some of it's already merged into there.
If you've got 'em if you've got them separated, I would do one for fifty-five and then Then do year sixty one.
And then also uh there'll be two votes. votes. Yes, two
motions two votes.
Yeah, two motions two votes.
Thirty five will be roll call.
Okay. So P55 is a large-scale comprehensive plan amendment in the name of CPAL 2016 Newport Corners. So this is the adoption hearing for the proposed comprehensive plan text amendment. So I'll read the ordinance into record. An ordinance amending the Pasco County Comprehensive Plan providing for a text amendment to the future land use element appendix. And providing for additional text amendments as necessary for internal consistency, a map amendment to the future land use map
2-9, amending sub-area map two-9-25 Newport Corners, providing for a repealer, severability, and an effective date. So, the proposal for the future land use amendment is amending the Newport Corners future land use classification as well as the accompanying future land use sub-area map 2-925. It is located north and south of Decubulus Drive, north of Plath Road, along the Little Road Corridor. And the resolution to this the applicant's proposal is
to amend the FLU Map 2-9-25. and provide for a text amendment to flu appendix A6. Um there is a proposed accompanying MPD that you will hear after this. These are the following policies that the proposed amendment are consistent with. And then just a little history. So December 9th, 2021, the local planning agency held a public hearing on the proposed comprehensive plan text amendment and unanimously approved to the Board of County
Commissioners. The proposed amendment at that time increased the residential density by three units from 33,397 to 3,400 dwelling units. We also reduced the non-residential entitlements from 4.8 million square feet of retail office and smort support commercial uses to 1.4 square feet. And then we also established three village categories being the Northeast Village, Village Center, and Neighborhood Village. There's also a connectivity plan that's utilized
at this point in time as a conceptual planning tool. On January 25th, the Board of County Commissioners authorized transmittal to the Department of Economic Opportunity and other reviewing agencies. And as of March 25th, we did receive a letter of completion of their review and have deemed no issues or concerns from the state agencies. So here's a location map, uh, identifying the location of the property which is within the central and spring districts of the West Market area. This
is the boundary and aerial, which is located along the Little Road Corridor just south of Decubulus and north of Plath Road. Here is your existing future land use classification.
This is your existing village sub-area map, which shows the village core, village general, parks and open space, neighborhood general and employment mix areas. The applicant is proposing to amend this map to allow for the village center core, parks and open space, neighborhood general area, and neighborhood village. This is the proposed connectivity plan that is going to act as a conceptual planning tool and it identifies the roadway segments,
mixture of uses, parks, open spaces, and amenities within this area. And with that, we recommend that the Board of County Commissioners uh approve the proposed amendment and adopt by roll call vote.
Okay. Any comments for this part? Mm-hmm. So let's go right to the next one. Yeah.
Mr. Chairman M if staff has them separated, I I would just go ahead and do them as separate presentations so that so that you keep your comp plan. And your and your rezoning separate.
Okay.
Unless there's some reason that the that the zoning needs to explain the comp plan.
Okay. Let's let's do that then. Okay. So the applicant?
Mr. Chairman, Clark Hobby, Hobby and Hobby PA 109 North Brest Street, Tampa, Florida have been sworn. I'll keep this very brief as to the comp plan because I really think the residents that we have here are more concerned about the MPUD. the sites located in the West Market area and the urban service area, the board created the Newport Corners uh Um project name and all of the sub-area policies in 2010. All we're doing really today is really
just two major things. We're reducing the amount of retail primarily. Previously the project allowed for 1.4 million square feet of retail and it located or allowed for its location up next to a neighbor Neighborhoods, particularly on the west side. We didn't think that was a good form of planning. And we thought the scale of the non-residential uses was far too great. And it was really intended more for regional serving
uses rather than neighborhood scale. And so the plan amendments are simply to downsize some of the non-residential units and make sure that they work better with our neighbors. I'll be happy to discuss anything about that, but I'll save most of my comments for the MPUD presentation.
Okay. Any comments from Mr. Harvey? Okay. And as far as public comment goes, do you have anyone signed up?
We do. We have um a few people who signed up.
Let's read them off.
Okay. We have Laura Jesky. Come on up to the podium.
I don't know. Chairman Mariano. I think. Again, maybe explaining the difference between fifty five and sixty one because I think there might be some confusion m amongst the audience what they're speaking on. I just want to help you guys out. So before you c
for for purposes of the public, the this is the this is the Big picture comprehensive plan hearing. The next hearing that will be called up will be the detailed M P U D hearing.
Right. And I signed up for P fifty five today. You can
switch
it.
I'd like to do address
P
sixty one.
We'll call you back up for that. Thank you.
So I have one, two, three others that signed up specifically for P fifty five, which may may have wanted to speak on P uh uh sixty-one instead, and then I have three that signed up with a blank item. Um but it they did identify Plath Road Development for corners on the reason. So um I can list their names out and see if they want to speak now if you'd like.
Let's let's see if they want to speak now.
Um Mark Jeske.
Okay. So that's not a mistake. For the record, Mr. Jesky wants to talk speak on P sixty one. Um then we have Julie uh is it Barternick?
I'd like to Speak on both today. Um thank you for the opportunity to speak. I speak on behalf of the Sierra Claude Conservation Committee and myself. Ma'am. Sierra
I'm so sorry. State your name, address that
you've been. Julia Bartunic, [address removed].
Okay. She doesn't need to be able to do that. She doesn't be sworn
for this one and for the next one. Right. Okay.
Okay. Um thank you for the opportunity to speak. I speak on behalf of the Sierra Club, Pasco Conservation Committee, and myself. Sierra Club has developed principles attempting to guide entities in matters such as this one. Strongly discourages suburban sprawl as represented by this proposed zoning change. The sprawl fails to maximize in-place infrastructure. This change will require Pasco County to expand its infrastructure multiple arenas, including schools, roads, water sewer resiliency, fire
protection, and even government. Two, suburban sprawl fails to recover the costs associated with expansion. Citizens who derive little benefit from this change in zoning will, at some level, wind up paying for the expansion. Three, moving into what will become urban sprawl creates a scenario where underfunded costs of project A are attempted to be recovered by project B. Of course, project B itself is underfunded and the process continues in a losing battle with new projects. Four, Sierra Club principal, a walkable community.
Walkable communities are designed in such a way that any resident is within walking or biking distances of the services and amenities needed on a day-to-day basis. The street plans provide curved cul-de-sac, no through streets, and board sidewalks. All of this focused on residents who live there, having many chargeable EV stations, dark skylighting, and solar roofing is optimal. Pasco County Is a beautiful county. Sierra Club sponsors neighborhood renewal an approach that allows Pasco County to maximize
current infrastructure. By the same token, Sierra Club supports the principle of infilling, again, maximizing utilization of in-place facilities. Both of these approaches allow Pasco County to maintain green spaces and vibrant places which support health, both mental and physical. I'd like to request another park adjacent to the river, similar to James Gray Preserve. This has deep concerns for flooding issues of New Puritic residents post-development of this zoning change for the New Port Corners development.
I'm also concerned with runoff pollutants from the Pithclo into the Pithcolochee River, impacting its estuaries, river beauty, and potential increased tourism. Now I put both of the numbers on here for P fifty five and P sixty one. So I'll just come back up and then I'd like to submit them for the record after I share on P sixty one. That's fine. Thank you.
All right. The next person signed up. I think it's Lori, Jonah Bell then. I sorry.
Your handwriting's hard for me.
So sorry. Hi, my name is Lord Delvin. I live at [address removed]. Okay, and oh yep, go ahead. Uh I am just here to uh personally to speak against the uh development and zoning change. Um I just wanted to express my concerns for the animals that are not being regarded as. Um I feel that we have the
I feel that uh my concern is for the animals not being cared for, not being put somewhere else. Okay, I'm sorry, this is my first time speaking, so I'm just a little nervous. But um we have a eastern indigo snake that is about to become uh extinct, and things like that aren't being cared for, and and that's my concern. Just uh Uh wanted to bring the attention to that. That's all I have, really. Thank you.
Thank
you.
All right. I have three individuals signed up without a um Agenda item number. So I don't know if you want to speak to P fifty five, P fifty or P sixty one, or both. Um Barbara Costa. Okay, P sixty one um um for the record is what she would like to speak to and then Dixie Sparks
I'm not sure which um one is
Okay. So for the record, uh Ms. Barks also would like to speak on P sixty one. And then Margot Robinson.
P sixty one.
All right. Um she would also like to speak on P sixty one. I have a person signed up for P sixty one, making sure that they wanted to speak to P sixty one. It is David Robinson. Rob Robinson. Okay. All right. Very good. Then we're good with uh the ones that had signed up for P fifty five.
Okay.
And the applicant? Anybody else well anybody else on P fifty five? Last call. Closing public hearing on B fifty five.
Mr. Chairman Mariano Clara Cobby again I'll be brief. Um the uh apparently the Sierra Club representative I don't think has seen our plans for the site because virtually everything that they were complaining about is a backbone of our plan of design for the community. It's specifically designed to be a walkable community and all of all of our streets, almost all of them, except for ones which dead end into wetlands are all interconnected. It's designed to be
a a a Place that creates open spaces. It creates two parks, one of which is by the river, and that's really the focal point of the whole project. And we'll talk about that more in the MPUD. Uh this is not suburban sprawl in any manner or form. This site's been within our urban service area and has been referred to the whole in the doughnut in the urban service area for the last twelve years. All of the services that we need to provide to our
site are already in place. This is the antithesis of Suburban spawn. This is called urban infill in Pasco County. So uh I feel very comfortable with the project we're we're pursuing, and and I'll allude to this a little bit more later. Uh we have not, we in our preliminary environmental assessments, we did not discover any eastern indigo snakes on the on the site that will be further examined as we go through each phase of Development as is required by federal
and state law. And then the last thing I just want to point out, I think one of the folks is concerned about open space and animals. Um I'll give you more color on this later, but actually over 400 of the 700 acres and change south of Decubelis are being preserved as open space. So there's a great commitment to green spaces and open spaces on the site. With that, I don't think most of those questions were and comments from the other folks were even germane to
the Comp Plan amendment. So I'd ask that you move approval on that. Thank you.
Any questions to the applicant?
All right. Public comments closed. We're done with presentation. Mr. Mr. Oakley? Commissioner Oakley? I moved. Approval. Second. I was waiting on her. Motion to approve. She moves and I'll second.
District one, Commissioner Oakley. Aye. District two, Commissioner Moore. Aye. District four, Commissioner Fitzpatrick. Aye. District five, Commissioner Mariano. Aye. District three, Chairman Starkey.
Okay.