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MEETING HELD TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1997
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order by Chairman Switzer at 7:30 p.m. followed by a moment of
silent meditation and the pledge of allegiance. A quorum was declared present.
PRESENT: Chairman Harold Switzer, Vice Chairman Bond, Members Hopkins and
Landefeld and Alternate Members McKey and Williams. Also present were
Planning Director Wagner, Site Plans Examiner Lewis, City Attorney Rosenthal
and Deputy City Clerk Green.
ABSENT: Members Jones, Miller and Rhodus.
CONSENT AGENDA
The consent agenda consisted of approval of items A and B:
A. Minutes of the Planning and Zoning Commission Regular Meeting held Wednesday,
April 23, 1997.
B. Minutes of the Planning and Zoning Commission Regular Meeting held Wednesday,
April 30, 1997.
Vice Chairman Bond seconded b Member Landefeld moved to a s s rove the consent a. enda
as presented. Motion carried 4 - 0. Members Jones, Miller and Rhodus were absent.
NEW BUSINESS
WEST OAKS MALL, LOT 12, PRELIMINARY /FINAL SITE PLAN (PROJECT No. 97 -002)
PUBLIC HEARING
Site Plans Examiner Lewis presented the staff report. He said the property will be developed
as a single parcel with one owner, but will have three buildings with a total of 64,360 square
feet of retail space. The first phase of construction will include Building A (Toys R Us) and
Building C (Borders Bookstore) with Building B to be developed in the future when a tenant is
secured for the property. Mr. Lewis concluded with staff recommendation for approval subject
to City Commission approval of the West Oaks Mall Final Plat and the resolution of five items
contained within the June 6, 1997 Memorandum from Planning Director Wagner as follows:
1. Provide detail of future connection to mall irrigation system when it is connected
to reuse, or provide detail of other proposed connection. There will be no reuse
line on SR 50, only on Clarke Road, only to northernmost mall entrance.
2. The Plans should indicate that raised sidewalks will be provided adjoining all
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driveways and parking lots, particularly at the front of Toys R Us and the east
side of Borders.
3. The backflow preventers and detector check assemblies for Toys R Us planned
for the landscape island should be repositioned so as not to conflict with the
proposed oak tree to be planted at this location.
4. The telephone at the southeast corner of Toys R Us should be moved out of the
landscape area.
5. The water supply plans for Toys R Us should be better coordinated with the
general site plan configuration.
In response to a question from Chairman Switzer, Mr. Lewis said the project engineer has said
that plans which include the five items will be resubmitted to the City by Thursday, June 8th.
Mr. Keith Zayac, project engineer, of Post, Buckley, Schuh & Jernigan, Inc., was present to
answer questions.
Chairman Switzer opened the public hearing.
Alternate Member McKey asked if the plan changes for raised sidewalks recommended by staff
would include a change in the access from the parking lot adjacent to Dillards, as he thought a
better crossing was needed than that shown on the plan.
Planning Director Wagner said the plans in the packet show the main eight foot sidewalk
leading into the mall along the east side of the entry road and a crosswalk across the main ring
road to the north. He said staff felt the best site for the crosswalk was across from the
multifamily entrances and also at the point where there was a full left turn lane.
Member Landefeld asked if the outparcels would be the same decor as the mall. Mr. Wagner
said that, while developers have some level of architectural control over the outparcels, the
architecture was expected to be complementary. He said also that staff will ensure that signage
and screening are carefully controlled.
Mr. Zayac said their sign would be a miniature version of the main mall sign on SR 50.
As no others wished to speak, the public hearing was closed.
Member Landefeld, seconded by Vice Chairman Bond , moved to recommend approval of the
Preliminary /Final Site Plan for West Oaks Mall - Lot 12 as date stamp received by the Cit on
June 6, 1997 subject to City Commission approval of the West Oaks Mall Final Plat and the
resolution of the items contained in Planning Director Wagner's memorandum dated June 6,
1997 as noted above. Motion carried 4 -0. Members Jones, Miller and Rhodus were absent.
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Old BUSINESS - None.
OTHER BUSINESS - None.
COMMENTS
Planning Director Wagner provided an update on current projects:
1. A large scale site plan had been submitted for a 474 unit apartment complex for the area
behind Plantation Grove Shopping Center.
2. Two new subdivisions off of Hackney- Prairie Road.
3. Olympic Cove South (north of Montgomery Avenue across from Admiral Pointe).
4. A subdivision north of the mall.
Vice Chairman Bond asked about restaurants which might be coming in. Mr. Wagner said
staff had heard that Don Pablos would come in but had not received a formal submittal.
Mr. Wagner pointed out that in excess of 500 homes a year were being built in Ocoee. He said
that was up about 20 % from last year. He said that in the third quarter of last year more single
family homes were built in Ocoee than in the City of Orlando.
Discussion ensued about overcrowding in area schools and the need for new schools to keep up
with the growth.
Mayor Vandergrift spoke about his concerns for the schools, advocated schools within the City
for Ocoee students, expressed his desire to set a meeting to encourage community involvement
after the new school year begins, and said local governments need to have a voice in determining
how tax dollars are spent for education in Orange County.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 7:57 p.m.
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