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Home My WebLink AboutPZ 12-11-1990 w MINUTES OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING FIELD ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1990 CALL TO ORDER: 7:45 p.m. PRESENT: Vice Chairman Linebarier; Planning and Zoning Commission members Switzer, Bond, and Shiver; Alternate member Carroll; Director of Planning Behrens, and Deputy Clerk Resnik. ABSENT: Chairman Sims, Commission member Swickerath, and Alternate member Rhodus. Planning and Zoning Commission Minutes of November 13, 1990 Planning and Zoning Commission member Switzer moved to approve the Planning and Zoning Commission minutes of November 13, 1990, Alternate member Carroll seconded, and approval was unanimous. Final Engineering - The Oaks at Starke Lake Director of Planning Behrens explained that this was the Final Engineering Plan for the subdivision and that there were no outstanding issues. Vice Chairman Linebarier asked about Item #28 on Page 2 of the plans regarding rear yard swales and the installation of fences by homeowners. The note stipulated that the homeowners' association would have to approve the fence design but Vice Chairman Linebarier recommended that the note also require that the City of Ocoee approval all fences before installed. Lou Roeder, Real Property Consultants, representing the developer, said they added this note at the request of the City as a way to catch those homeowners who put up fences without first going to the City to apply for a permit. Vice Chairman Linebarier said even though it is redundant, he would still like to see a sentence added to the note to say that the City of Ocoee also must approve the fence. Planning and Zoning Commission member Bond asked what a "silt fence" was and Neil Miler of Civil Design Group, engineer for the developer, explained that it was used to control erosion and keep silt from getting into the lake while letting water pass through. Commission member Bond said she also saw somewhere on the plans that there would be some dredging and filling and she wanted to *Ow make sure that it was approved by St. Johns River Water Management Page 2 w Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting December 11, 1990 District. Mr. Hiler said they are currently working with St. Johns to get the permit and that representatives from St. Johns said everything is in order but the governing board will not formally meet to vote on issuing the permit until February. He said there is mitigation involved that will entail the developer planting 70 trees. Planning and Zoning Commission member Switzer moved to recommend approval of the Final Engineering Plan, Alternate member Carroll seconded, and approval was unanimous. Commission member Bond did not vote due to a conflict of interest. Other Business Vice Chairman Linebarier asked Director of Planning Behrens to discuss briefly the outcome of the meeting held recently at the Holiday Inn to discuss the Joint Planning Area boundaries. Director Behrens said the discussion basically involved extending the northern boundary to McCormick Road and moving east on State Road 50 towards Hiawassee Road and south towards Windermere and Gotha. Director Behrens explained that the Belmere property pulled out of the annexation process at the last minute and the Tom West property were denied without prejudice. He said there is talk that the Belmere developer may reapply for annexation into the City in the next annexation window and that the Tom West property may also be considered again and that that property would be discussed with the county since it would entail an amendment to the Joint Planning Area. Director Behrens said the City of Ocoee sprayfields and the KenJen parcels were approved for annexation. He said more than 500 acres were annexed into the City this year. Director of Planning Behrens told the Planning and Zoning Commission that Associate Planner Claman would be leaving the City at the end of January as she is getting married and moving to Tallahassee. Director Behrens said he would work with the City's consultants to revise the Comprehensive Plan after the Department of Community Affairs sends its comments and he will also be revising the City's Land Development Regulations to correspond to the goals, objectives, and policies of the Comp Plan. Commission member Switzer asked Director Behrens what the surveyors were doing out on Bluford Avenue. Director Behrens said he was not sure but he did know that Bluford Avenue was on the state's constrained facilities list and could not be widened. %Iw Page 3 Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting December 11, 1990 Vice Chairman Linebarier asked Director Behrens what happened at the Silver Star Road meeting on December 3 and Director Behrens said they talked about different alignments and are still unsure whether there will be a median or a turn lane in the center of the roadway. Director Behrens said he personally does not want to see the road widened around Starke Lake and said he feels the issue is one of either moving cars or keeping the beauty of the lake area. He said he hopes the City and the State take a long, hard look at it before they make any decisions. Director Behrens said he took the Planning and Zoning Commission's recommendation for a resolution for Lisa Claman for her efforts on the Comp Plan to the City Manager to see whether it could be put on the next agenda and City Manager. Shapiro said if the Planning and Zoning Commission wanted to present Planner Claman with a plaque they should go ahead and do it on their own and then if the City Commission wants to do something, they could do something as well. Commission member Shiver said he thought if something was done it should come from the City Commission and that maybe the Planning and Zoning Commission members should each lobby each of the City Commissioners to do something. Vice Chairman Linebarier asked if the City Commissioners had received copies of the minutes from the November meeting where the Planning and Zoning Commissioners voted to recommend that the City Commission pass a resolution and Deputy Clerk Resnik said that the City Commission had not received copies of the minutes and that the Planning Department waited until the draft minutes were approved before distributing them. Since the minutes were only approved at tonight's meeting, they had not been distributed to anyone as yet. Vice Chairman Linebarier and the other Commission members asked that from now on, the City Commission get draft copies of the Planning and Zoning Commisssion minutes before the second City Commission meeting of the month in case there are items or discussions that they need to be aware of. Vice Chairman Linebarier said the City Commission only sees the Planning and Zoning Commission votes in staff reports and there is usually no mention of the discussion that led to those votes. Planning and Zoning Commission member Bond and Vice Chairman Linebarier asked that a special note be put in the minutes of this meeting regarding the resolution for Associate Planner Claman. Vice Chairman Linebarier said to mention that it was unanimously voted on at the November Planning and Zoning meeting that Planner Claman be presented a resolution by the City Commission for her efforts on the Comprehensive Plan. Irr Page 4 Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting December 11, 1990 Vice Chairman Linebarier and the other members also requested that from now on the reasons for any "ney" votes from the Planning and Zoning Commission should be contained in staff reports to the City Commission. There being no further business to discuss, Commission member Shiver moved to adjourn the meeting, Commission member Switzer seconded, and approval was unanimous. ADJOURNMENT: 8:45 p.m. r • 14 116045tiAA^ illw /CE CHAIRMAN LINEBARIER ATTEST: <6L.A4441t__) •IEPUTY CLERK RESNIK