Call to Order

Call to Order by Chair
Roll Call by the Clerk of the Court
Invocation
Pledge of Allegiance

Proclamations

Proclamation recognizing September 2016 as Library Card Sign Up Month

Proclamation honoring the 30th Anniversary of Learn to Read of St. Johns
County and recognizing September 2016 as National Literacy Month

Proclamation designating September 17-23, 2016 as Constitution Week

Acceptance of Proclamations

Public Comment

Public Comment

Consent Agenda

Deletions to Consent Agenda
Approval of Consent Agenda

Regular Agenda

Additions/Deletions to Regular Agenda
Approval of Regular Agenda

Item 1

Presentation of the St. Johns County Comprehensive Annual Financial Report.
The County’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (“CAFR”) requires acceptance
from the Board of County Commissioners. The Report is prepared by the County
Finance Department. As a final step, the Board should accept the FY 2015 CAFR as
audited by Carr, Riggs & Ingram, LLC. They are the County’s auditing firm. The
CAFR is available on the Clerk’s website, which can be accessed from the County’s
webpage, at the following link: http://www.sjccoc.us/Finance/CAFR.html. The
Board will now have the opportunity for any further discussion with the auditors.
The County has once again received an unqualified opinion on the fair presentation
of its financial statements.

Items 2 & 3

2. Ordinance to consolidate the Main and Ponte Vedra Water and Wastewater
System Enterprise Funds – First Reading. At its August 16, 2016 BCC Meeting,
the BCC authorized County Administrator, or designee, to move forward in preparing
all required documents to merge the two Utility enterprise funds into one for later
consideration by the Board. One of the required documents is an Ordinance to
consolidate the Main and Ponte Vedra Water and Wastewater System Enterprise
Funds into a single Enterprise Fund. The attached Ordinance accomplishes this.

3. Public Hearing * CPA(SS) 2015-05 St. Johns Commercial Village. This is an
adoption hearing for a Small Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment to amend
approximately 7.7 acres of land from Residential-B to Community Commercial (CC)
with a text amendment to limit commercial development on the northern parcel to
those uses allowed by right in the Neighborhood Business and Commercial,
Cultural/Institutional, Office and Professional and Neighborhood Public Service. For
the southern parcel the uses are limited to those allowed by right in the Commercial
General (CG) zoning district, car wash as accessory to a gas station/convenience
store; intensity of development is limited to 45,000 square feet or 5,800 square feet
per acre; a 30 foot scenic edge shall be provided along SR 13 and a 35 foot
development edge shall be provided where the property abuts residential
development; no development edge shall be provided where the property abuts nonresidential
development; interconnectivity shall be provided between the two parcels
of the subject property; and tree preservation shall be provided. The subject property
is located at 600 SR 13 and is currently zoned CG and used as a plant nursery. The
Planning and Zoning Agency recommended denial at its April 21, 2016 meeting with
a 4-1 vote. This item as continued from the May 17 Board of County Commission
meeting.

Items 4 & 5

4. Public Hearing * PUD 2014-17 Worthington Estates. This is a request to rezone
approximately 107 acres of land from Open Rural (OR) and Planned Unit
Development (PUD) to Planned Unit Development (PUD) to allow a 179-unit, singlefamily
residential subdivision. The subject property is located northeast of the
intersection of Longleaf Pine Parkway and Greenbriar Road, north of the Worthington
Planned Unit Development. The Planning and Zoning Agency recommended approval
of the rezoning request at the July 21, 2016 hearing subject to the nine findings of
fact found within the staff report with a vote of 7-0. This application is companion to
VACROA 2015-09 Live Oak Road and Ridge Road.

5. Public Hearing * VACROA 15-09 Live Oak Road & Ridge Road. A petition to
vacate all of Ridge Road and a portion of Live Oak Road in the unrecorded plat of the
Orange Cove South subdivision. Applicant seeks to vacate the property in order to
add the land to the companion application (Worthington Estates PUD 2014-017). No
utility conflicts have been identified.

Items 6 & 7

6. Public Hearing * COMPAMD 2014-04 Mill Creek Forest. Transmittal hearing for
COMPAMD 2014-04 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 280
single family dwelling units. The subject property fronts along Greenbriar Road, east
of Longleaf Pine Parkway in the vicinity of 601 Greenbriar Road. The Planning and
Zoning Agency recommended the amendment be transmitted with a 6-1 vote at its
July 21, 2016 regular meeting. The Agency discussed and expressed concern about
the increased traffic, road and school capacity deficiencies, the location and size of
the park, and the design of the community. The applicant provided to examine these
concerns when the PUD is reviewed.

7. Public Hearing * MAJMOD 2016-05 Valley Smoke. Request to modify the Valley
Smoke PUD to expand the land area of the existing Valley Smoke Planned Unit
Development from 11 S. Roscoe to incorporate the land of 13 S. Roscoe for an
addition of 12,858 square feet of commercial space for a total of 18,400 square feet of
non-residential uses on the site. The subject property is located west of Roscoe Blvd,
south of Canal Blvd and north of Sanctuary Estates Ln. The Palm Valley
Architectural Review Committee recommended approval of the rezoning request at
the July 27, 2016 hearing subject to the six findings of fact found within the staff
report with a vote of 4-0. The Planning and Zoning Agency recommended approval of
the rezoning request at the August 4, 2016 hearing subject to the six findings of fact
found within the staff report with a vote of 5-0.

Item 8

Public Hearing * REZ 2016-03 Safari Pest Control. Request to rezone
approximately three (3) acres from Commercial, Highway and Tourist (CHT) with
conditions to Commercial, Warehouse, specifically located on the northeast quadrant
of the intersection of Agricultural Center Drive and Commercial Drive. The applicant
intends to construct a 7,000 square foot building to house their pest control
business; however, the subject site will accommodate additional development which
could include a variety of uses provided for under the proposed zoning. The Planning
and Zoning Agency recommended approval of the rezoning by a vote of 6-0 at their
meeting held on August 4, 2016.

Item 9

Public Hearing * Durbin Creek National, LLC Non-Zoning Variance. The Durbin
Creek National, LLC has applied for a Planned Unit Development Rezoning for Phase
1A of the land subject to a Development Agreement adopted in 2015. Phase 1A is
entitled to 600,000 square feet of commercial use; however, the applicant has also
applied for a Development Agreement amendment to allow a maximum of 700,000
square feet of retail within Phase 1A. The Development Agreement required the
owner's dedication of right-of-way necessary for the construction of the State Road
9B extension into St. Johns County and the West Peyton Parkway. Both the State
Road 9B and West Peyton Parkway will be constructed adjacent to Phase 1A of the
subject property. The applicant would like to coordinate development activities of
their site concurrent with West Peyton Parkway by the FDOT. Therefore, the
applicant seeks several Non-Zoning Variances to allow clearing and grading to
precede zoning approval. The applicant is seeking Non-Zoning Variances to the
following sections of the Land Development Code: Section 4.01.5.A, Land Clearing
and Removal of Protected Trees; Sections 5.00.02, 6.04.01.B.4 and 9.01.02,
Compliance with the LDC and the Development Review Manual (DRM); and, Sections
6.04.05.K.4 and 6.04.05.K.5, Major Collector Road Access Management and Spacing.

Item 10

Proposed Bylaws of the Recreation Advisory Board. This proposed Resolution
creates and adopts bylaws for the Recreation Advisory Board. The Recreation
Advisory Board Bylaws were created using a standardized template pertaining to
general board governance. These bylaws do not override any statutory guidelines,
but will include statutory requirements where available. The creation of these bylaws
will house all general operations in one location; thereby, making the process more
efficient for staff and board members to locate information such as: each board’s
mission and purpose; qualifications and membership requirements; and numerous
rules and policies of the Board of County Commissioners relevant to appointed
boards and committees.

Items 11 & 12

11. Consider appointments to the Industrial Development Authority. Currently
there are five (5) vacancies on the Industrial Development Authority. These vacancies
are due to expired terms/resignations.

12. Consider appointments to the Educational Facilities Authority. Currently there
are six (6) vacancies on the Educational Facilities Authority. These vacancies are all
due to expired terms.

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Reports

Commissioners’ Reports
County Administrator’s Report
County Attorney’s Report
Clerk of Court’s Report