Manatee County Planning Commission workshop and meeting

8:30 A.M. – PLANNING COMMISSIONERS WORKSHOP

Planning Director John Osborne: we need a more formal DRC (developer review committee) process; more formal meetings, make sure everyone necessary is there - ”a real pre-application meeting“ for developers. Right now, these are mixed in with staff meetings. We need something more formal with department head there for cross-pollination and so they can give applicants fast, coherent answers. We know that some services we provide cost us more than we collect. We can't raise fees right now, so we must make the process more efficien, and this is one way we can do that.

Commissioner Stasica asked about public notices. How would people find out about these sessions?

Osborne: Public notice would go beyond legal requirements (newspaper publication). Plus we're setting up an automated system where you can sign up for an email subscription and choose either events in your neighborhood only or items for the entire county.

-End of Work session-

9:00 A. M. -- PUBLIC HEARING

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

SWEARING IN: (staffers and members of the public must be sworn in before they speak.)

The remaining items may be acted on in total by using the recommended motion.

1. ORDINANCE 09-64 (DRI # 11) – TARA-MANATEE, INCORPORATED

(Katie LaBarr, Principal Planner) (Continued from 12/10/09, 01/14/10, and 02/11/10) (To be

continued to 06/10/10)

An Ordinance of the Board of County Commissioners of Manatee County, Florida, amending a

Development Order pursuant to Chapter 380.06, Florida Statutes, and a determination of whether

the following changes constitute a Substantial Deviation to the Tara-Manatee Development of

Regional Impact:

1. Amend Map H to redistribute approved development as follows::

A. Add Subphase III-BB to allow for the transfer of 19,500 square feet of commercial from

Subphase III-R, or III-Z and III-V, or available residential units (or combination thereof), to

the southwest corner of State Road 70 and Tara Boulevard

B. Add Adult Assisted Living Facility use to Subphases III-R, III-U, III-AA, III-V, and III-Z.

C. Add Monopole Telecommunication Tower to Subphase III-R, III-U, III-V, and III-Z.

2. Add Exhibit D, an updated table of Permitted Commercial Uses by Parcel;

3. Add Exhibit E, a proposed Land Use Equivalency Table;

4. Amend the Development Order to reflect the two year extension of the Phase III buildout date to

coincide with provisions of SB 360, approved during the 2009 legislative session;

Richard Bedford, Chairman; David Wick, 1st Vice Chairman, Chairman; Steve Belack, 2nd Vice

Chairman; Marilyn Stasica, 3rd Vice Chairman; Mary Sheppard, Timothy Rhoades, George Mendez

5. Clarify locations where mini-warehouse can be located, and to limit the use to a storage-only

facility;

And

6. Update terminology and departmental references; and other changes for internal consistency.

The Tara DRI is located at the southwest corner of SR 70 and I-75 Interchange, extending westward

to Braden River Road (1,124.21 ± acres).

2. PDR/PDC-96-03(G)(R9)-TARA-MANATEE, INC.

(Katie LaBarr, Principal Planner) DTS#20090243 (Continued from 12/10/09, 01/14/10, and

02/11/10) (To be continued to 06/10/10)

Request: Approval of a revised General Development Plan and Zoning Ordinance to:

1. Amend Map H to redistribute approved development as follows:

A. Add Subphase III-BB to allow for the transfer of 19,500 square feet of commercial

from Subphase III-R, or III-Z and III-V, or available residential units (or combination

thereof), to the southwest corner of State Road 70 and Tara Boulevard

B. Add Adult Assisted Living Facility use to Subphases III-R, III-U, III-AA, III-V, and III-

Z.

C. Add Monopole Telecommunication Tower to Subphase III-R, III-U, III-V, and III-Z.

2. Add Exhibit F, a proposed Land Use Equivalency Table;

3. Amend the GDP to reflect the above changes;

4. Amend the Zoning Ordinance to reflect the two year extension of Phase III buildout date to

coincide with provisions of SB 360, approved during the 2009 legislative session;

5. Clarify locations where mini-warehouse can be located, and to limit the use to a storage-

only facility;

And

6. Update terminology and departmental references, and other changes.

3. Z-10-01 – ANDY WILLS REZONE

(Stephanie Moreland, Planner) DTS#20090296

An Ordinance of the Board of County Commissioners of Manatee County, Florida, amending the

Official Zoning Atlas (Ordinance No. 90-01, the Manatee County Land Development Code), relating

to zoning within the unincorporated area; providing for the rezoning of approximately 0.51 acres on

th

the south side of Cortez Road West, at 4404 110 St. Ct. W., Bradenton, from RSF-4.5/CH

(Residential Single-Family, 4.5 dwelling units per acre, Coastal High Hazard Overlay District) to the

PR-S (Professional – Small) zoning district; retaining the CH Overlay district; setting forth findings;

providing a legal description; providing for severability, and providing an effective date.

4. PDR-99-02/PSP-09-17 - TWIN RIVER RED RECREATION AREA (PHASE V)

(Stephanie Moreland, Planner) DTS#20090182

An Ordinance of the Board of County Commissioners of Manatee County, Florida, approving a

Preliminary Site Plan to allow a boat ramp and other recreational amenities including; a 2,708

square foot existing building for a community center, 400 square foot pavilion, and 273 square foot

fishing pier on 3.19 ± acres on the south side of Golf Course Road, east of Gamble Creek, and

north of the Manatee River, Parrish; subject to stipulations as conditions of approval; setting forth

findings; providing a legal description; providing for severability, and providing an effective date.

Richard Bedford, Chairman; David Wick, 1st Vice Chairman; Steve Belack 2nd Vice Chairman; Marilyn

Stasica, 3rd Vice Chairman; Mary Sheppard, Timothy Rhoades, George Mendez

Item 4 Pulled (removed) from consent agenda...

5. PDC-10-03(G) – 5814 18 STREET EAST (DTS #20100021)

(Rob Wenzel) DTS#20100021

An Ordinance of the Board of County Commissioners of Manatee County, Florida, regarding land

development pertaining to approximately 1.88 acres (including .22 acres of proposed ROW vacation)

on the north side of 18 Street East and west of 60 Avenue East, in the PDC (Planning

Development Commercial) zoning district; approving a General Development Plan for a future

General Retail Sales Use, subject to stipulations as conditions of approval; setting forth findings;

providing a legal description; providing for severability, and providing an effective date.

Consent agenda Items 1, 2, 3, 5 – approved unanimously.

Item 4 - TWIN RIVER RED RECREATION AREA

Bob Gause of ZNS Engineering (with and for Twin Rivers developer Larry D’Urso):

All remarks are paraphrased unless enclosed in quotation marks.

Twin Rivers residents want more amenities including a larger Red House area. The original idea was to construct a fishing pier, and things ”kind of mushroomed from there.“ We already have 950 homes approved, and some hundreds already built. The Red House was built in 1920s as a single family house. Now the grounds used as a recreation area, with a grass canoe hand-launch ramp.

In 2001 we got Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) approval to put in a boat ramp. We have recently talked with ACOE about building a fishing pier. ACOE wanted to see our entire plan first.

We're trying to minimize our environmental impact; we're working around trees and plan to keep the (existing) Red House access shell road and other pervious surfaces, and we are going to move our original boat ramp plan over at suggestion of a neighbor who pointed out some potentially hazardous underwater obstructions. We will also put up signs to warn boaters about underwater obstructions. This is a no-rise plan, too.

Commissioner Sheppard: What do you mean, no-rise?

Gause: No appreciable alteration in the ground levels. The Red House is already there. We plan a new restaurant building, but it will likely be on stilts.

Sheppard: What about rising sea levels?

Gause: Before this property is affected, downtown Bradenton will have a worse problem. We're more concerned about dam openings upstream; riverine floods... but the Red House is on a small bluff and has never flooded.

Sheppard: How big a boat do you see using this ramp?

Gause: up to 1.4 foot draft, ”which is most boats.“

(They discussed methods of measuring channel depths and the effect of boat traffic on underwater vegetation.)

Sheppard: What about manatees?

Gause: It's already a slow-speed zone. The Department of Fisheries and Wildlife has already said our plans will have no impact on manatees.

Sheppard – I still don't like that it's on septic, not a sewer. And what about dredging plans

Gause: We have no dredging plans; we're going to cut a little into the bank for the launch ramp. That's all.

Commissioner Belack: What about the (shell) access road? Is it too narrow? Isn't it just one lane?

Gause: – It's already approved by the fire district. They say it's wide enough for fire trucks. And we have pull-outs for passing .

Attorney Caleb Grimes (on behalf of Twin Rivers): This is part of the original recreation area planned for this community many years ago. This is not a ”big boat“ crowd. The area is ”rustic and beautiful,“ and we want to keep it that way, just as it's shown in the original site plan.

Sheppard: I still don't like an old-fashioned septic tank.

Grimes: This is an updated, new-style septic tank with with modern drain field, ”very well monitored and policed by the proper authorities to make sure it function correctly.“

Sheppard: I'm still concerned.

Stephanie Moreland, Planner: Are there any questions for staff?

Sheppard: I want to know how high-performance septic tanks compare with regular septic tanks.

Commission Chairman Richard Bedford: Maybe we should have a workshop. The Health Department is not here. (Another staffer, unintroduced, points out that the health dept has already approved the Twin Rivers septic tank plan.)

Commissioner Belack  moves for approval

Sheppard: I appreciate the work you've done, but I can't vote for this due to septic tank concerns.

Motion to approve is seconded, carries 5 – 1 with Commissioner Sheppard dissenting.

MEETING ADJOURNED