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Regular Agenda Item H
March 26, 2001
Commission Meeting
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March 26, 2000
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REQUEST: Community Development Director requesting the Commission to provide
direction to staff regarding the appropriateness of HCCH Respite, LLC's proposal to build a
Respite Center for the homeless in the Winter Springs Industrial Park in Winter Springs.
PURPOSE: The purpose of this agenda item is to have the City Commission, based upon the
additional information gained from the March 21, 2001 Public Workshop, provide direction to the
staff to further evaluate the appropriateness of HCCH Respite, LLC's proposal.
CONSIDERATIONS:
~ On March 21,2001 the City Commission held a public workshop to receive reports from city
officials who made site visits to respite centers for the homeless in Savannah, Georgia and
Washington, D.C., and telephone inquiries into Respite Centers in Chicago, Illinois, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, and Indianapolis, Indiana. The persons reporting included Winter Springs City
Commissioners Robert Miller and Cindy Gennell, Winter Springs Police Chief Dan Kerr, and
Winter Springs Community Development Director Charles Carrington.
~ The concept of Respite Centers is not well understood by Winter Springs' officials. Prior to
these inquiries, the City's information was limited to that forwarded by representatives of HCCH
Respite, LLC's of Orlando, Florida who openly admit that this is a unique approach to caring for
the homeless in Orlando.
~ Naturally, Respite Centers are relatively new concepts with little track record. Their function
and activities are evolutionary.
~ The purpose of these inquiries was for the City to better understand the concept of Respite
Centers, what they plan to do, their operations, and their impacts on the community in order for
the City to be able to make intelligent decisions relative to its appropriateness in Winter Springs.
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)> In addition to the reports provided by Winter Springs officials in the Public Workshop,
comments were provided by representatives of HCCH Respite, LLC's and the public.
Representatives of HCCH Respite, LLC's were questioned extensively by members of the City
Commission and the City Manager relative to their proposal.
The Commission has four alternatives as follows based upon the additional information it received
in the public workshop.
1. Conclude that the proposed site is properly zoned and that additional regulations are not
required, thus, no additional dir<?ction to staff required.
2. Conclude that the proposed site is properly zoned (if certain conditions, restrictions, and
safeguards are placed on the property) and that additional regulations are required. In this
case, the Commission should direct staff to provide the Commission with a development
agreement stipulating appropriate additional conditions, restrictions, safeguards and if
required, additional regulations.
3. Conclude that the site may not be appropriately zoned and direct staff to provide the
Commission with an analysis and recommendation as to the proposed uses consistency with
the City's Land Development Regulations and Comprehensive Plan.
4. The same as 3, but in addition, if staff finds that the site is not consistent with the City's
Land Development Regulations and Comprehensive Plan, direct staff to conduct an analysis
( to determine the appropriateness of establishing a zone in the City in which a Respite Center
for the homeless, as we understand them, could be located utilizing the following criteria:
a) The need for such a facility in the community.
b) A location in which such a permitted use could be found to be compatible with
surrounding land uses.
c) The impact of such a pennitted use on the public safety and general well being of the
community.
FUNDING: No additional funding required.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff believes that the infonnation gained through the public workshop has raised questions relative
to the proposed Respite Center consistency with the City's Land Development Regulations and
Comprehensive Plan. Therefore staff is recommending alternative 3; that the Commission direct
staff to further evaluate the proposed Respite Center Proposal relative to its consistency with the
City's Land Development Regulations and Comprehensive Plan.
Once this analysis is completed, the Commission could then make a decision whether or not the
proposed Respite Center is consistent with the Land Development Regulations and Comprehensive
Plan.
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