PASCO COUNTY, FLORIDA

INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM

TO:        Honorable Chairman and                               DATE:    9/6/02                FILE:   GM02-1363

Members of the Board of

County Commissioners

THRU:    Bipin Parikh, P.E.                                           SUBJECT:   Wesley Chapel Lakes

Assistant County Administrator                                           Development of Regional Impact -

(Development Services)                                                      Notice of Proposed Change

  BCC Meeting:  9/17/02, 9:30 a.m., DC

  (Cont. from 9/18/01, 10/16/01,

 11/14/01, 12/11/01, 2/19/02, 3/26/02,

 4/16/02, 5/7/02, 5/29/02, 6/18/02,

 7/9/02, and 7/30/02)

 Type of Action:  Public Hearing

FROM:   Samuel P. Steffey II                                        REFERENCES:    Section 380.06 (19), Florida

Growth Management Administrator                                               Statutes; Comm. Dist. 2;

    CAC Planning Dist. 5

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

DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS:

Pursuant to Subsection 380.06(19), the local government shall establish a public hearing to consider the change that the developer asserts does not create a substantial deviation.  Staff is requesting a continuance of the public hearing for the Wesley Chapel Lakes Development of Regional Impact (DRI) Notice of Proposed Change (NOPC) from September 17, 2002, at 9:30 a.m., in Dade City, to October 1, 2002, at 6:30 p.m., in New Port Richey.  A continuance is necessary to allow sufficient time for staff and the applicant to resolve issues related to NOPC.

The NOPC application to amend the existing Wesley Chapel Lakes DRI/Development Order (DO) will add land, revise Map H, extend the build-out date for each phase and the expiration date of DO by a cumulative 15 years, revise the distribution of entitlements among phases and obtain specific approval for all residential entitlements, revise the proportionate share, revise the traffic mitigation provisions, revise the pipeline improvement and the schedule for its construction, and reduce the number of units allocated for elderly housing.

ALTERNATIVES AND ANALYSIS:

1. Continue the public hearing from September 17, 2002, at 9:30 a.m., in Dade City, to October 1, 2002, at 6:30 p.m., in New Port Richey.

2. Decline to continue the public hearing.

3. Decline to hear the matter.

4. Direct staff as to other action desired by the Board.

RECOMMENDATION AND FUNDING:

The Growth Management Department staff recommends that the Board approve Alternative No. 1.

SPS/ML/gm/weslak29

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