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Winter Springs votes to
return to gov't. group
By JOHN HORNER
WINTER SPRINGS—The city commission held its last and longest meeting
xf the year Monday night at City Hall. Before it ended—at 11 p.m. the board
had decided to return to CALNO—renamed the Council of Local Governments
in Seminole County, as reported in last week's Outlook. Commissioner Bill
Jacobs was selected to represent the city.
In other business on the long agenda,the board heard a status report on SR
434 from the Florida Department of Transportation,named Commissioner Art
Hoffman as deputy mayor and reappointed City Attorney Frank Kruppenbacher
and City Clerk Mary Norton. Both were sworn in by Mayor Leanne Grove,
who was also appointed to the board of trustees for the city employees' pen-
sion plan.
Kruppenbacher also commented on the status of the county lawsuit against
the city for the impact fee interlocal agreement. He said he hopes to take the
initiative in consolidating the lawsuits of the cities. Stating that he believes the
case will end up in the appeals court,whoever wins,he said he hopes the judges
will deal with the case "on the law".
In the DOT status report on SR 434,the project manager,Henry Fuller pointed
out that funding has been furnished for the preliminary engineering only,plus
the first two miles for the design/right of way. Construction of the first four
miles is scheduled for 1992-93, Fuller said.
Concern over Wagner's Curve and school bus traffic on SR 434 brought
assurances from Fuller that he would relay the city's request for interim action
in what he described as"special consideration" in view of the accident history
at Wagner's Curve.
When Jacobs asked if they could"soften the curve,"the consultants laid
out a 30-foot-long aerial map on the table, showing the proposed route along
the entire 12-mile length of SR 434 being studied. Jacobs also suggested that
they contact the school board about the bus traffic coming onto SR 434 from
the bus depot near SR 419.
When Commissioner Martin Trencher stated that the timetable for Tuskawilla
Rd. is 'critical," he was told that preliminary traffic data would be made
available to him.His concern was that work be coordinated for the least traffic
impact at the Tuskawilla Rd. intersection.
Fuller said the timetable for the project includes a public workshop in February
1988 with some 1,400 people invited.The public hearing will be next August,
according to Brent Lacy,of Barton-Aschman Associates,consultant for traffic
and public involvement, who made the presentation to the commission. Lacy
reported that 95 percent of the data collection is completed,indicating that the
project is in a "fast track mode." He said his report is the same one made
to the Oviedo City Council last week.
In another agenda item,following considerable discussion,the board approved
the final development plan for preliminary engineering for Fairway Lakes at
Tuscawilla,in accordance with the recommendations of the planning and zon-
ing board. Despite Commissioner Cindy Kaehler's objections, the board ap-
proved the request of the developer,Walter Temple,to waive the city's 50foot
right-of-way requirement for public streets. Although Temple's request was
for 40-foot-wide streets, he explained that traffic and parking would not be
a problem as this development, being built by Suncraft, would be a private
community with private streets. He cited his experience in the private
developments of The Springs and Sable Point,which were familiar to the com-
mission.
Land Development Coordinator Don LeBlanc presented staff comments,in-
cluding the developer's plan to have an emergency entrance, which he said
would meet both fire and police requirements,while the city engineer explain-
ed that the 50-foot right of way was intended for sidewalks and utilities on a
public street.Other Tuscawilla developments were mentioned as having 40-foot /
private streets with no problems. .
In its second reading,the city approved, 5-0,Jacobs' motion to amend the
comprehensive plan providing for the addition of annexed property to the land
use map for the classification of C-2, light industrial. This involved the Den-
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