HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006 09 11 Regular 300 Gary Hillery Drive Improvements
COMMISSION AGENDA
ITEM 300
Regular
September 11, 2006
Meeting
MGR./Dept.
REQUEST: The Public Works Department requests the City Commission validate the staff
recommendation finding Tuscawilla Square to be built in substantial accordance
with the Final Engineering plans and authorize reimbursement in the amount of
$165,613.50 for Gary Hillery Drive improvements.
PURPOSE: The purpose of this Agenda Item is to request the City Commission validate the staff
recommendation finding Tuscawilla Square to be built in substantial accordance with the
Final Engineering plans per Section 9-178 in order for Certificates of Occupancy to be
issued, and authorize reimbursement in the amount of$165,613.50 for Gary Hillery Drive
improvements. This site is located on the northeast corner of Winter Springs Boulevard
and Northern Way.
APPLICABLE CODE:
Section 9-178. Required Improvements to be completed prior to building on lots;
exceptions.
(c) Where the building official has an authoritative method of assurance that the improvements
will be completed in accordance with approved plans, such as withholding occupancy, the
building official may issue building permits upon advising the developer that all or partial
occupancy will be restricted until satisfactory completion of the improvements has be
accomplished.
(d) ... Certificates of occupancy will not be issued until all improvements are accepted by the city
comrmSSlOn.
FINDINGS:
1) The site has been constructed in substantial accordance with the final engineering plans
approved by the City Commission at the February 28,2005 City Commission meeting.
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2) All City agencies have found the work to be acceptable, except as noted below in the
recommended conditions of approval.
3) The sitework complies with the applicable conditions of the Developer's Agreement approved
by the City Commission at the December 13, 2004 Commission meeting.
4) Under the terms of the Developer's Agreement, the City agreed to reimburse Bryce Foster for
the reasonable costs to design and construct Gary Hillery Drive. At the June 13, 2005
Commission meeting, the Commission approved funding in the amount of$174,454 for this
reimbursement. At the March 27, 2006 Commission meeting, the Commission approved a cost
sharing arrangement for burying the overhead power lines in the immediate project vicinity. The
cost sharing arrangement reduces Bryce Foster's reimbursement by $8,840.50, for a revised total
reimbursement of$165,613.50.
5) Bryce Foster has provided a two-year, 10% maintenance letter of credit to the City for the Gary
Hillery drive improvements.
6) Screen wall enclosures are planned to hide the two electrical meter banks on the buildings facing
Winter Springs Boulevard and Gary Hillery Drive. These screen enclosures are recommended
to be in place and approved by the City prior to issuance of any Certificates of Completion for
the buildings.
RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL:
1) The irrigation system shall be successfully tested and inspected in the presence of the City's
irrigation inspector.
2) The two screen wall enclosures described in item #6 above shall be constructed and accepted by the
City prior to issuance of any Certificates of Completion for the buildings.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Commission validate the staff recommendation finding
Tuscawilla Square to be built in substantial accordance with the Final Engineering plans, subject to
the two conditions listed above, and authorize reimbursement to Bryce Foster Corporation in the
amount of$165,613.50 for Gary Hillery Drive improvements.
IMPLEMENTATION:
Certificate of Occupancies for those units eligible can be issued after Commission approval.
ATTACHMENTS:
None
CITY COMMISSION ACTION: