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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-20-07 Agenda OCOEE CITY COMMISSION Ocoee Commission Chambers 150 North Lakeshore Drive Ocoee, Florida March 20, 2007 Property Appraiser Presentation with Q&A Session 6:30 P.M. AGENDA 7:15 P.M. REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING I A. CALL TO ORDER Invocation Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call and Determination of Quorum I B. SWEARING IN OF MAYOR VANDERGRIFT I C. PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS Presentation - Ocoee High School Dance Department - Donna Smith. Vandergrift) I I (Mayor Proclamation - Water Conservation Month - April 2007. (Mayor Vandergrift) I D. COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS/PUBLIC I E. COMMISSIONERS ANNOUNCEMENTS F. CONSENT AGENDA ALL MATTERS LISTED UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE ACTED UPON BY ONE MOTION. THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS UNLESS DISCUSSION IS DESIRED BY A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION, IN WHICH CASE THE MAYOR WILL INSTRUCT THE CITY CLERK TO REMOVE THAT ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND SUCH ITEM WILL BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY. 1. Approval and Acceptance of the Regular City Commission Minutes of March 6, 2007. (City Clerk Eikenberry) 2. Approval of Road Closure for Safety Spring Fling. (Police Chief Reffett) The City of Ocoee Second Annual Safety Spring Fling will be held Saturday, March 24, 2007, at the City Municipal Complex. In order in help ensure a safe event; organizers are requesting the closure of Oakland A venue between Bluford A venue and Lakeshore Drive; and Lakeshore Drive between the boat ramp and Oakland Avenue between the hours of9AM and 5PM that day. 3. Approval of Pine Street Stormwater Pond and Park Professional Services and Authorization to Use PBSJ, Inc to Prepare Master Plan. (City Engineer Wheeler) On January 25, 2001, the City of Ocoee and the St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD) entered into a written Participation Agreement regarding the purchase of lands in the City Commission Regular Meeting March 20, 2007 Crown Point Conservation Area in Orange County. On March 8, 2006, that agreement was amended to include the purchase of the Pine Street parcel, District Parcel No. 2006-15. The subject parcel is a remnant parcel from the construction of the Western Beltway (SR 429) for the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority. The parcel lays along the northwest ditch that drains portions of Ocoee from Franklin Street north to Lake Apopka. The purchase and funding from SJRWMD included conditions and restrictions upon the use of the property for the purpose of assisting in creating a water quality improvement facility for treatment and management of stormwater within the Lake Apopka drainage basin and for a passive public recreation. As a condition of the agreement the City is to prepare a Master Plan for the property detailing the stormwater and park parts of the facility and develop a phasing plan for the overall project. The SJRWMD provided $668,266.00 towards the purchase of the property and the preparation of the Master Plan and detailed design of the improvements. The Master Plan will cost $82,250.00, according to the proposal from PBSJ, Inc. and is included in the SJRWMD funding. 4. Adoption of Resolution for Ingram Trails Easement Across West Orange Trail. (City Engineer Wheeler) The State of Florida is requiring that the City Commission adopt this Resolution as a condition of crossing the West Orange Trail for off-site Ingram Trail easements. As provided in the easement documents (and on the Ingram Trails FSP), these easements are for a pedestrian access, utility line connection and for stormwater pipe purposes as they pertain to the West Orange Trail. I G. PUBLIC HEARINGS 5. Tutor Time. (Advertised as Public Hearing in the Orlando Sentinel Orange Extra on Thursday, March 8,2007). (Second Reading Scheduledfor April 3, 2007). (Senior Planner Howell) a. Special Exception The proposed Tutor Time child care facility is located on the east side of Clarke Road, approximately one-quarter mile north of SR 50/Colonial Drive, adjacent to the proposed Dynasty Gallery and Collectibles store. The subject property is approximately 1.15 acres in size, zoned C-2 (Community Commercial), and is currently vacant. Last summer, the applicant submitted a small-scale site plan detailing the construction of a 12,000 square foot child care facility on the property. Upon submission of the site plan, the applicant was notified that a Special Exception is required in the C-2 zoning district for child care facilities, and that the Special Exception is required to be obtained prior to site plan approval. b. Waiver Requests (not a Public Hearing) In order to proceed with review of the small-scale site plan, the applicant has requested two waivers from the requirements of the Land Development Code. The first waiver that is being requested is to Section 6.4 G.6 (H) of the Land Development Code. This section of the Land Development Code requires one parking space for each 200 square feet of floor area. In order to comply with this requirement, 65 parking spaces would be required to be provided on site. The applicant is requesting a waiver to allow a reduction to 49 parking spaces. The second waiver that is being requested is to Section 6.14 (2) (c) (i) of the Land Development Code. This section of the Land Development Code requires a lO-foot wide landscape buffer to be provided along all side and rear property lines. A lO-foot wide landscape buffer is required to be provided along the property line bordering the Dynasty Gallery site. The applicant and neighboring property owner are desirous of having a shared drive aisle in the place where the required landscape buffer is to be placed. During the plan review process, it was conveyed to the applicant that the required landscaping from the buffer would have to be installed elsewhere on the property. The applicant contends that the requisite amount of landscaping cannot be planted elsewhere on the property due to size constraints of the property. One of the four criteria that can be used as justification to allow the City Commission to grant waivers from the criteria of the Land Development Code is if the project provides an offsetting public benefit which is technically sound and measurable. As justification of the waiver request, the applicant has offered to convey a 12' wide strip of property along Clarke Road to the City as future right-of-way for Clarke Road. Page 2 of3 City Commission Regular Meeting March 20, 2007 I H. REGULAR AGENDA 6. Approval of Meadow Ridge Plat. (City Engineer Wheeler) This plat is for the Meadow Ridge subdivision which is the 59.7 acre residential portion of the Westridge PUD and is bound by Moore Road to the north, 7th A venue to the east, Thornebrooke Drive to the south, and Maguire Road to the west and consists of a 152 single family homes with its associated amenities. The Meadow Ridge plat is for the residential portion ofthe Westridge PUD and does not include the 8.8 acre commercial lots located on the southeast comer of Moore Road and Maguire Road. City Staff recommends approval of the plat subject to and conditioned upon the Developer providing a revised Declaration for Meadow Ridge that, to staffs satisfaction, includes the provisions referenced in the City Attorney's memorandum dated March 12, 2007, which include, among other things, the Developer providing a revised Declaration that addresses the homeowners association's obligations to assist the City in the event the City desires to seek a modification to the SJRWMD Conservation Easement and/or Permit for Meadow Ridge (See Exhibit "A" dated February 27,2007, for requested language). I I. STAFF REPORTS I J. COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS I ADJOURNMENT PLEASE NOTE: IN ACCORDANCE WITH FLORIDA STATUTES 286.0105: ANY PERSON WHO DESIRES TO APPEAL ANY DECISION AT THIS MEETING WILL NEED A RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS AND FOR THIS PURPOSE MAY NEED TO ENSURE THAT A VERBATIM RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS IS MADE WHICH INCLUDES THE TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE UPON WHICH THE APPEAL IS BASED. ALSO, IN ACCORDANCE WITH FLORIDA STATUTE 286.26: PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES NEEDING ASSISTANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY OF THESE PROCEEDINGS SHOULD CONTACT THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK, 150 N. LAKE SHORE DRIVE, OCOEE, FL 34761, (407) 905 -3105 48 HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING. Page 3 of3