PASCO COUNTY, FLORIDA

INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM

TO:        Honorable Chairman and                               DATE:    4/16/02              FILE:   GM02-779

Members of the Board of

County Commissioners

THRU:    Bipin Parikh, P.E.                                           SUBJECT:     Development Agreement -

 Assistant County Administrator                                            Wesley Chapel Lakes DRI

 (Development Services)                                                       (BCC as Local Planning Agency)

    BCC Meeting:  4/23/02, 9:30 a.m., NPR

    (Cont. from 4/10/02, GM02-730,

    and 4/16/02, GM02-770)

FROM:   Samuel P. Steffey II                                        REFERENCES:    Comm. Dist. 2;

 Growth Management Administrator                                              Planning Dist. 5

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

DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS:

The Florida Local Government Development Act as set forth in Sections 163.3220-163.3243, Florida Statutes, authorizes the use of development agreements.  A development agreement is designed to encourage a stronger commitment to comprehensive and capital facilities planning, ensure the provision of adequate public facilities for development, encourage the efficient use of resources, and reduce the economic cost of development.

The proposed development agreement between Pasco County;  Wesley Chapel Lakes, Ltd.; Clearwater Bay Associates, Inc.; Pasco Height Development Corporation; Meadow Pointe General Partnership; Lee Arnold, Trustee; Meadow Pointe III Community Development District; and/or other owners within Wesley Chapel Lakes Development of Regional Impact (DRI), No. 166, sets forth the terms and conditions of development approval with respect to DRI.  The purpose of the development agreement is to set forth the terms and conditions of development approval for Phase I, defined pursuant to the amended development order as 4,520 residential dwelling units and 220,000 square feet of commercial development as the same relates to the design, right-of-way acquisition, permitting, and construction of the pipeline project (S.R.  56, east of C.R. 581) associated with Phase I of DRI.  The property subject to this proposed development agreement is located in Sections 10, 15, 22, 26, 27, 33, 34, and 35; Township 26 South; Range 20 East, south of and abutting S.R. 54, approximately 3.5 miles east of I-75, extending south to the County line.

ALTERNATIVES AND ANALYSIS:

1. Recommend that the Board approve the attached development agreement contingent upon a signed and enforceable agreement acceptable to the Board from Wiregrass Ranch, Inc., for the acquisition of the necessary right-of-way for S.R. 56

2. Modify and then recommend that the Board approve the attached development agreement contingent upon a signed and enforceable agreement acceptable to the Board from Wiregrass Ranch, Inc., for the acquisition of the necessary right-of-way for S.R. 56.

3. Deny the attached development agreement.

RECOMMENDATION AND FUNDING:

The Growth Management Department staff recommends that the Board, sitting as Local Planning Agency, approve Alternative No. 1.

No funding is required at this time.

ATTACHMENT:

1. Development Agreement

SPS/gm/weslak14

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