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Item 5

Public Hearing * MAJMOD 2018-08 Moultrie Bluff PUD (Commercial). Request for a Major Modification to the Moultrie Bluff Planned Unit Development (Ordinance 2009-31, as amended) to clarify allowed uses for the non-residential portion of the project; revise the site plan and design standards; reduce buffer requirements; increase allowances for ground signage; and update phasing as outlined in the revised Master Development Plan (MDP) Text and Map. The PUD is located west of US Highway 1 South and north of Wildwood Drive. The Planning and Zoning Agency recommended denial of the modification at the May 2, 2019 regular meeting with a 4-2 vote. A summary of the proposed changes and concerns expressed by neighboring residents are included in the Growth Management Department staff report. THIS ITEM HAS BEEN CONTINUED TO JUNE 18, 2019.

Item 6

Public Hearing * PUD 2018-12 Benchip Mixed Use PUD. A request to rezone approximately 33.4 acres of land from Open Rural (OR) and Commercial General (CG) to Planned Unit Development (PUD) to accommodate development of a mixed use project consisting of up to 280 multi-family or townhome dwelling units and 100,000 square feet of commercial, located at the southwest quadrant of the State Road 207 and Wildwood Drive intersection. The Planning and Zoning Agency heard the request on May 2, 2019 and voted 4-2 to recommend approval. Concerns regarding interconnectivity between the residential and non-residential portions of the development, number of requested signs, school capacity, and utilization of the term "workforce housing" were discussed. There was one public comment from a neighboring property owner in opposition of the requested rezoning.

Item 7

Public Hearing * COMPAMD 2018-09 Mill Creek Forest (Adoption). Adoption hearing for COMPAMD 2018-09 known as Mill Creek Forest, a Comprehensive Plan Amendment to amend the Future Land Use Map from Rural/Silviculture (R/S) to Residential – B with a text amendment limiting the number of residential units to a maximum of 305 single family dwelling units. The subject property fronts along Greenbriar Road, east of Longleaf Pine Parkway in the vicinity of 601 Greenbriar Road. On May 2, 2017, the majority of Board of County Commissioners voted to Deny adoption. This is a new application to request a Comprehensive Plan Amendment. The Board transmitted this proposed amendment on February 18, 2019. On April 4, 2019, the Planning and Zoning Agency held a public hearing and voted 6 - 1 in favor of recommending adoption of the Comprehensive Plan Amendment. Please see Growth Management Department staff report for project history and details.

Item 8

Public Hearing * PUD 2016-12 Mill Creek Forest. Public hearing for PUD 2016-12 Mill Creek Forest, a request to rezone approximately 264 acres from Open Rural (OR) to Planned Unit Development (PUD) to allow for the development of a 305 unit single-family development. The Planning and Zoning Agency held a public hearing on April 4, 2019 and voted 4 - 3 in favor of recommending approval. Please see Growth Management Department staff report for project history and details.

Item 1

St. Johns County Canvassing Board Schedule and Appointment. Pursuant to Section 102.141, Florida Statutes, the county canvassing board shall be composed of the supervisor of elections; a county court judge, who shall act as chair; and the chair of the board of county commissioners. The statute provides for the appointment of substitute members in the event one of these members is unable to serve or disqualified. If the chair of the board of county commissioners is unable to serve or disqualified from serving, the board of county commissioners shall appoint one of its members as a substitute. If no member of the board of county commissioners can be appointed, the chief judge of the judicial circuit in which the county is located shall appoint a qualified elector within the county as a substitute member. The chair of the board of county commissioners is required to appoint a member of the board of county commissioners as an alternate member of the canvassing board. If each member of the board is unable to serve or is disqualified, the chair shall appoint a qualified elector within the county as an alternate member. The Supervisor of Elections Office is requesting appointment of a County Commissioner and an alternate to serve on the County Canvassing Board for the 2020 primary and general elections.

Item 2

Presentation on the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for Fiscal Years 2019/2020 through 2023/2024. Wanda Forrest, Transportation Planning Manager for the North Florida Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) will provide a presentation on the Transportation Improvement Program. The North Florida TPO is developing the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for Fiscal Years 2019/2020 through 2023/2024. The TIP identifies all publicly funded highway, transit and aviation projects within the North Florida TPO area which includes Clay, Duval, Nassau and St. Johns Counties.

Item 3

Palms Professional Park, LLC Economic Development Incentive Request. The St. Johns County Economic Development Agency (Agency) has received an application from Palms Professional Park, LLC (Applicant), for economic development incentives to construct a 24,896 square foot speculative office located along St. Johns Parkway. The Applicant is building professional and medical office space to lease to prospective tenants. The project scored 5 points under the ‘Speculative Space’ category of the County’s Business Incentive Program, which makes it eligible for expedited permitting and an economic development grant of up to 100% of fees paid to the County by the applicant (Impact Fees) and four years Ad Valorem taxes paid by the applicant (general County portion) on capital improvements. The project is located outside of the County’s utility service area, so no connection fees are being included in this incentive proposal. Completion of the project is anticipated by the last quarter of calendar year 2020. With this schedule, the first annual grant payment would be anticipated during FY 22. The total estimated value of the incentive is $153,539. In accordance with Program requirements, the Agency is required to review the application and make a written report to the Board of County Commissioners. Staff recommends support of this incentive application.

Item 4

Pyrotek E3, LLC Economic Development Incentive Request. The St. Johns
County Economic Development Agency (Agency) has received an application from
Pyrotek E3 LLC (Applicant), for economic development incentives to construct a
15,000 square foot speculative office located in Nocatee along Valley Ridge Boulevard.
The Applicant is building office space to lease to prospective tenants. After the
applicant submitted their application, they subsequently withdrew their request for
confidentiality. The project scored 3 points under the ‘Speculative Space’ category of
the County’s Business Incentive Program, which makes it eligible for expedited
permitting and an economic development grant of up to 50% of fees paid to the County
by the applicant (Impact Fees) and two years Ad Valorem taxes paid by the applicant
(general County portion) on capital improvements. The project is located outside of the
County’s utility service area so no connection fees are being included in this incentive
proposal. Completion of the project is anticipated by the last quarter of calendar year
2021. With this schedule, the first annual grant payment would be anticipated during
FY 23. The total estimated value of the incentive is $48,218. In accordance with
Program requirements, the Agency is required to review the application and make a
written report to the Board of County Commissioners. Staff recommends support of
this incentive application.

Item 9

PUD 2016-19 The Pope Site. Request to rezone approximately 11.99 acres of Open
Rural (OR) vacant land to PUD to allow up to 94,000 square feet of commercial uses.
The Planning and Zoning Agency voted 6-0 to recommend approval at its May 2, 2019
hearing. Please see the staff report for additional information.

Items 10 & 11

10. Public Hearing * CPA(SS) 2018-10 Ocean Grove RV Sales and Storage. Adoption of CPA (SS) 2018-10 Ocean Grove RV Sales and Storage, a request for a Small Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment to change the Future Land Use Map designation of approximately 9.98 acres of land from Community Commercial (CC) and Residential-B (Res-B) to Mixed Use District (MD) with a text amendment for the east parcel limiting uses to Community Commercial uses but allowing for limited high intensity commercial uses.

11. Public Hearing * REZ 2018-21 Ocean Grove RV Sales and Storage. A request to
rezone approximately 7.69 acres of land from Open Rural (OR) and Commercial
Warehouse (CW) to Commercial Intensive (CI) to allow for the existing Use on the
property and to accommodate intended development of a Boat and RV Storage Facility.

Item 12

South Ponte Vedra One-time Dune Restoration and Vilano US Army Corps Beach Nourishment Project - Request $550,000 for preliminary work. On March 19, 2019, County Staff was authorized to assemble a financing team to prepare a plan for providing up to $32.6M to cover both the one-time dune restoration project in South Ponte Vedra Beach and the initial US Army Corps (USACE) beach nourishment in Vilano Beach. The financing team intends to solicit the full financing only after the County obtains the necessary property easements and the USACE begins preparations for a formal request for the non-federal share of the USACE beach nourishment. Staff is requesting the Commission approve up to $550,000 in immediate funding to complete the prerequisites needed for the two projects, such as establishment of erosion control lines, real estate expenses related to easements, permit level designs, conceptual designs, sand placement permits, and final plans and specs. These expenditures will be tracked in the separate projects, and would be reimbursed from the borrowed funds upon after the financing is in place.

Item 13

Public Hearing * Second Reading of St. Johns County Emergency Management Ordinance. The current version of the St. Johns County Emergency Management Ordinance was enacted in 1994 and amended in 2000. Based on the County's experiences with Hurricanes Matthew and Irma, it has been determined that it is advisable to update the Emergency Management ordinance in order to more effectively handle states of local emergency. Based on input from the Board at the ordinance's first reading, the revisions regarding the process for declaring a state of local emergency have been removed. The procedure for declaring a state of local emergency remains the same as provided in Ordinance 1994-25.

Additional Item

Additional Item

Consent Agenda Item 2

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Motion authorizing the County Administrator, on behalf of St. Johns County, Florida, to execute a Memoranda of Understanding in substantially the same form and format as attached hereto, which authorizes the Tax Collector to deduct 18% any taxes, penalties and interest collected as the result of each audit performed by The Exemption Project to pay as compensation for completion of the services. For more information, contact Eddie Creamer, Property Appraiser at 904 827-5500

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