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PLANNmG AND ZONING BOARD
April 15, 1981
Minutes
The meeting of the Board was called to order at 7: 30 p.m. by Chairman Jerry
Fusco.
ROIJ.. CALL
CITY OFFICIALS:
Robert Dixon, present
Joel Weiss, absent
Glen Burford, absent
Louise Poole, present
Jerry Fusco, present
Jacqueline Koch, City Plarmer.
Motion was made by Poole to approve the minutes of April 1, 1981. Seconded by
Dixon. Vote: All aye. Motion carried.
WORKSHOP ON TRANSPORrATION.
An advance preliminary plan of the northern portion of Oak Forest was presented
by Winter Springs Development Corp. The plan included provisions for three roads
to connect with the western half of the City. One would lead to the Bel-Aire
property recently armexed west of Oak Forest. Two others could connect Oak
Forest and Florida Land Company's 305-acre parcel to the northwest. Winter
Springs Development offered to confirm their intent to provide these three roads
connecting to the western area of the City by including them on the revised
rmster plan for the remainder of the Tuscawilla PUD which will be presented for
City approval this S1.IDIDer.
Flor:id3. Land Company showed a conceptual plan for the road system wi thin their
305-acre parcel. The nID.n entrance road from SR 419 south into the property
would connect to a circular main boulevard within the 305 acres. No provision
was shown to connect to other City streets except for Alton Road. Florida Land
offered two suggestions for connecting the eastern and western halves of Winter
Springs. One would route traffic from Oak Forest westward through the 200-foot
wide strip of property south of the 305 acres, eventually to Bahama Road to
connect to Edgemon Avenue. The second comprised adding a diagonal spur to the
proposed circular road within the 305 acres, running southeastward to either of
the two roads proposed for connecting Oak Forest with Florida Land's property.
Florida Land was asked if they were willing to commit to the diagonal road
connecting to Tuscawilla wi thin the time frame the City has to review the
Comprehensive Plan, that is, by the spring of 1982. They responded they did
not expect to present a preliminary plan for the entirety of the 305-acres at
one time. The area which could include the connecting road could be several
years away from even preliminary planning.
The Board discussed the merits of both of Florida Land's suggestions for
linking the eastern and western halves of the City. Chairman Fusco stated
that whereas he personally would not like to see traffic routed to and over
Bahama Road, that in the interests of the City as a whole he could see the
benefit of such a connection.
The City Plarmer suggested a combination of both ideas for developing roads
linking east and west would be preferable, in that the gr>eater the mnnber of
connecting roads between the two sectors of the City, the lesser would be
the impact of traffic on any one particular area. She stated that she hoped
Florida Land would include at least half of the circular road and the
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diagonal connector road to Tuscawilla in the preliminary plan of the first
unit of the 305 acres. These main roads would likely be similarly laid out
whether the eventual lot size of the parcel is according to RC-l or R-lA
zoning; therefore, it should be possible to plan at least these basic roads
early in the development. Such cooperation by Florida Land would greatly
enhance the City's ability to validly project the traffic patterns and
roadway improvement needs of the five-year period to be covered in the up-
coming report on the Comprehensive Plan.
Meeting adj ourned at 8: 50 p.m.
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