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A Resolution Of The City Commission Of The City Of Hollywood, Florida, Amending The Site Plan And Design For Phase I Of The Sheridan Stationside Village Planned Development (Previously Approved By Resolution No. R-2008-401), Generally Located North Of Taft Street, South Of Sheridan Street, East Of CSX Railway And West Of I-95 As More Specifically Described In Exhibit "A"; And Providing An Effective Date. (13-P-99)
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Staff Recommends: Approval of the attached Resolution.
Explanation:
This item is presented with the following companion items:
-Plat Note Amendment
-Master Plan Amendment
-Right-of-way Vacation
-Park Dedication and Escrow Agreement
-Interlocal Agreement (ILA) for monitoring of the TOC Land Use with Broward County Planning Council (BCPC). This item is not necessary; as it was determined the existing ILA will continue to suffice.
This item proposes to amend the Site Plan and Design for Phase I of Sheridan Station, which as outlined in the Master Plan (companion item), was previously more intense and included commercial, residential and six acre Public Park (four acres net usable and two acres drainage; 4+2=6).
Currently, the Site Plan includes 336 garden apartments and a six acre public park (four acres net usable and two acres drainage; 4+2=6). The current Site Plan for the park originally included an active park with a looped road, playground, fitness equipment, walking path, restrooms and no gate along Taft Street (Attachment II). After numerous community meetings the park has been redesigned to a passive park with a single road, walking path and a gate along Taft Street; the Coral Rock House has and continues to remain with the future use intended to be a small community rental hall.
During First Reading of the Master Plan, some members of the City Commission and community expressed the following concerns, which were to be addressed as part of the Site Plan:
1. Safety and security of park: Recommended was the addition of a fence along the western boundary of the Park Road. Staff believes placing a fence in this area will result in a public park with less than four net usable acres; significantly impacting the quality of this public park. As a result, two other solutions were also considered to address safety and security. These solutions include (1) completely eliminating access to the Residential Quarter from Taft Street, which the Developer was not amenable to, or (2) adding a gate along Taft Street, under certain terms and conditions (hours, etc.) as outlined in the Park Dedication Agreement. After lengthy discussions, option two was determined to be appropriate to provide a safe and secure park (Condition six in Site Plan Resolution);
2. Restricting southern access to Residential Quarter: Recommended was to restrict vehicular ingress and egress from the Park Road via Taft Street to residents only. This condition was incorporated into the Site Plan Resolution (Condition five); and
3. Turn lanes on Park Road at Taft Street: Discussed at the meeting was evaluating the need for a left turn on to Taft Street from the Park Road. The current design (with the left turn lane) was determined to be appropriate.
Other conditions incorporated into the Site Plan include:
-$100,000 payment toward a reuse water line;
-Dedication of park land improved as identified on the Site Plan and $50,000 for renovating the Coral Rock house;
-Letter of credit toward off-site improvements;
-Compliance with Park Dedication and Escrow Agreement;
-Declaration of Restrictions (unified development of individual parcels);
-Ability to independently (Developer and City) make future amendments to individual Site Plan(s);
-Timely completion of Residential Quarter amenities;
-Compliance with Wildlife Plan; and
-Compliance with Tree Mitigation.
ATTACHMENT I: Application Package
ATTACHMENT II: Final TAC Park Site Plan 9/2/14
ATTACHMENT III: Previous Resolution
Recommended for inclusion on the agenda by:
Wazir Ishmael, Ph.d. City Manager
Jaye M. Epstein, AICP, Director, Department of Planning