Approved the item per Staff’s recommendation with the amended condition related to the trail interconnects to the park to be negotiated by Staff and the applicant after this meeting as stated by Mr. Goldstein.
Several speakers [address removed]. I was sworn in. Um The Orange Belt Trail is not is definitely going through there as you know we've secured easement from folks there and it the plan is for it to come along there and get to the trail that's being connected on Overpass to get down to the school district. Down on uh Is it old Pasco or Old Pasco? What what Where is your
Planning and Development staff The applicant is only seeking one variation from 901611 to not provide a vehicular interconnect to the south of the subject site. As to the south of the subject site, we have the Orange Belt Trail and then further the Swift Mud property, a meaningful vehicular connection could not be made. And with that it comes to you with a recommendation of approval with conditions. Are there any questions for myself?
Christy Zimmer to disturbing that because the water supply is obviously for the Tampa Bay area essential resources. Cypress Creek Well Field near the northern section of the property serves as an important source of water for surrounding region and is managed by the Tampa Bay Water. There are restricted areas around the water facility. A substantial amount of money has already been spent on previous studies when trying to put roads through the well field. I do not understand why we need to spend more money on something that has already been determined not feasible. the Hillsborough Expressway had tried to put a beltway through there years ago and determined that the project uh is ahead of its authority uh in because of the environmental sensitivity. The department considers the Cypress Creek Wealth as a fatal flaw area, a piece of land the department would never touch. One of the factors that have been said here today is that I got the information from Tania Gordman, the Chairman or the Director of the MPO, that the PDE for the Orange Belt Trail
Several speakers Commissioner just so you're aware, the board and the original group of property owners were very aware of the issues related to Cypress Creek when the planning for Cypress for a CPEV began in about 2010. And their special conditions both in the sub-area policies for this area and all of the MPUD. related to surface water treatment, surface water design, setbacks from the special area that she's talking about, which by the way is about a half mile or a mile from this site. We're not building the uh trail, the Orange Belt Trail, the adjacent MPUD as a condition requiring that. We would connect to it. So that that's a non-issue, but the board adopted a series of special policies which are implemented in the MPUD to specifically not cause any damage to Cypress Creek in the manner that was being elected. We we
Several speakers All right. Hobby? Mr. Chairman Clark Hobby Hobby and Hobby 109 North Brest Street Tampa Florida have been sworn. Um staff gave a pretty thorough presentation, so I'm not gonna say a lot, but the the upshot of it is this this project was put on hold a couple of years ago because of issues with um the landowners and that was all worked out. But it's following the construct uh uh uh CPEV is the right location, it's the right entitlements in the areas that the conceptual master plan for CPEV shows. We were not subject to PM twenty six, but we we voluntarily chose to meet all those requirements anyway because we know that's what the county would prefer to see. Um we want to be a good neighbor here and in the last day or two. We submitted a revised master plan to better show where our connection will be down to the Orange Belt Trail. So we feel like we're following all the rules and I'm here to