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TO: Honorable Chairman and                        DATE: 1/3/02                           FILE: GM02-366
      Members of the Board of
      County Commissioners

THRU: Bipin Parikh, P.E.                           SUBJECT: Introduction of Ordinance
          Assistant County Administrator                        Expanding the Boundaries of the 
          (Development Services)                                    Meadow Pointe III Community
                                                                                Development District, Public
                                                                                Hearing: 1/15/02, 9:30 a.m., DC

FROM: Samuel P. Steffey II                       REFERENCES: Chapter 190, Florida Statutes;
           Growth Management Administrator                          Comm. Dist. 2

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It is recommended that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners.

DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS :

On September 12, 2000, the Board adopted Ordinance No. 00-16 establishing the Meadow Pointe III Community Development District (CDD) pursuant to the Uniform Community Development District Act of 1980, Florida Statutes, Chapter 190. The primary landowner and developer is Wesley Chapel Lakes, Ltd., a Florida corporation.

On November 26, 2001, representatives for Wesley Chapel Lakes, Ltd., submitted a petition to the Growth Management Department to expand the boundaries of the Meadow Pointe III CDD pursuant to the Uniform Community Development District Act of 1980, Florida Statutes, Chapter 190. The existing Meadow Pointe III CDD is approximately 957 acres in size, and is located in Southeast Pasco County, approximately three miles east of the intersection of County Line Road and C.R. 581. The proposed district is designed as an MPUD Master Planned Unit Development District with residential and commercial uses. The proposed CDD expansion will incorporate an additional 61.35 acres. If approved, the CDD boundaries will expand to a total of 1,018.35 acres.

CDD is an independent unit of special-purpose local government authorized by Chapter 190, Florida Statutes, to plan, finance, construct, operate, and maintain community-wide infrastructure in large planned community developments. The Meadow Pointe III CDD plans to provide the following facilities and services: 1) roads; 2) water, wastewater, and reclaimed water; and 3) surface water management. The district will impose special assessments on properties within its boundaries to finance the infrastructure, the district funds, and to defray the costs of operating and maintaining that infrastructure and the associated facilities.

ALTERNATIVES AND ANALYSIS :

1. Introduce the ordinance expanding the boundaries of the Meadow Pointe III CDD, and direct staff to set the required public hearing.

2. Elect not to introduce the ordinance and thereby delay the petitioner's request.

3. Direct staff as to another course of action.

   RECOMMENDATION AND FUNDING :

   The Growth Management staff recommends that the Board approve Alternative No. 1 and direct staff to set the Board's meeting date for adoption of the ordinance on February 12, 2002, at 6:30 p.m., at the Historic Pasco County Courthouse, Board Room, Second Floor, 37918 Meridian Avenue, Dade City, Florida.

   No funding is required for this action.

   ATTACHMENTS:

1. Visuals

2. Ordinance

SPS/KHT/gm/meadpt18

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