PLACEMENT: Consent
TITLE:
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REQUEST TO INITIATE AN AMENDMENT TO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR A PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SE WILLOUGHBY BOULEVARD AND SE CORAL LAKES WAY TO ALLOW FOR UTILITIES IMPROVEMENTS
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
executive summary
The subject site is a County-owned property that would serve a public purpose with a Utility Vacuum Pump Building in support of the Martin County Septic to Sewer Program. The Utilities Department has provided engineering plans for the area on which the structure will be placed. It is now necessary to assign the appropriate Future Land Use designation, which requires an amendment to the Comprehensive Growth Management Plan, specifically the Future Land Use Map. The Future Land Use designation of Institutional-General, along with the appropriate zoning district will allow for the development of utilities on the subject site.
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DEPARTMENT: Growth Management
PREPARED BY: Name: Amy Offenbach
Title: Planner, Growth Management Development
REQUESTED BY: Leo Repetti, Utilities and Solid Waste
PRESET:
PROCEDURES: None
BACKGROUND/RELATED STRATEGIC GOAL:
As part of the ongoing Septic to Sewer Program, Martin County Utilities has commenced design and permitting of the vacuum-based septic to sewer system on the northern portion of the subject site (see attached plans). The Martin County Utilities Vacuum Pump Building will facilitate septic to sewer conversion of approximately 638 homes in the Coral Gardens Community with provisions to allow for the septic to sewer conversion of the adjacent Coral Lakes Community in the future.
Martin County acquired the property from Willoughby Associates on March 18, 1988. When the property was transferred, a future use was undetermined. At that time, the property was given the Future Land Use of Recreation and a Public Recreation zoning district. No public recreation facilities are proposed on this property with the community needs being met by Mary Brogan Park across SE Willoughby Blvd with a skate park, basketball courts, a playground, picnic facilities and restrooms. The property is partially utilized for a pedestrian crossover between the residential communities to the east and facilities on the west side of SE Willoughby Boulevard, including Pinewood Elementary, Willoughby Learning Center, and Mary Brogan Park. This crossover will remain in place, and the vacuum pump building will be isolated from the public through the use of fencing and access-controlled gates.
ISSUES:
None
LEGAL SUFFICIENCY REVIEW:
This item has been reviewed for legal sufficiency to determine whether it is consistent with applicable law, and legal staff have identified and addressed legal risks and developed strategies for legal defensibility, as applicable.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
RECOMMENDATION
Move that the Board adopt the Resolution to initiate a Future Land Use Map amendment to the Comprehensive Growth Management Plan for the subject property.
ALTERNATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS
Pull this item from the Consent Agenda and provide alternative direction.
FISCAL IMPACT:
RECOMMENDATION
None
ALTERNATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS
None
DOCUMENT(S) REQUIRING ACTION:
☐Budget Transfer / Amendment ☐ Chair Letter ☐Contract / Agreement
☐Grant / Application ☐Notice ☐Ordinance ☒Resolution
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