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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 02-15-2007 1 St. Lucie County 2 Planning and Zoning Commission/Local Planning Agency rd 3 Commission Chambers, 3 Floor, Roger Poitras Annex 4 January 18, 2007 Regular Meeting 5 6:00 P.M. 6 As Corrected 02/15/07 7 A compact disc recording of this meeting, in its entirety, has been placed in the file along with these minutes as part of the record. 8 AGENDA 9 10 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 11 12 CALL TO ORDER 13 14 Chairman Hearn called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. 15 ROLL CALL 16 17 18 William Hearn ....................................Chairman 19 Susan Caron .......................................Board Member 20 Brad Culverhouse...............................Board Member 21 (Mr. Culverhouse arrived at approximately 6:15pm) 22 Pamela Hammer .................................Board Member 23 John Knapp ........................................Board Member 24 BarrySchrader ...................................Board Member 25 Stephanie Morgan ..............................Board Member 26 Craig Mundt .......................................Board Member 27 28 Members Absent: 29 Ramon Trias .......................................Vice Chairman 30 Kathryn Hensley ................................Ex-Officio 31 OTHERS PRESENT 32 33 34 Robert Nix ..........................................Growth Management Department Director 35 Gilbert Backenstoss ...........................Assist. Growth Management Depart. Director 36 Heather Young ...................................Assistant County Attorney II 37 Hank Flores ........................................Planning Manager 38 Linda Pendarvis .................................Senior Planner 39 40 ANNOUNCEMENTS 41 42 None. 43 DISCLOSURES 44 45 None. 46 47 Before moving onto the agenda, Mr. Hearn welcomed Mr. Schrader as one of the new members 48 of the Planning and Zoning Commission (Mr. Culverhouse had not yet arrived). 49 1 AGENDA ITEM 1: Election of Officials 1 2 Election of Chairman and Vice Chairman. 3 4 Ms. Hammer nominated Bill Hearn as Chairman of the Planning and Zoning 5 Commission; Ms. Caron seconded. 6 7 The motion carried unanimously 8 9 Ms. Hammer nominated Ms. Caron as Vice Chairman of the Planning and Zoning 10 Commission; Mr. Mundt seconded. 11 12 The motion carried unanimously. 13 AGENDA ITEM 2: Minutes 14 15 Minutes from the October 19, 2006 regular meeting. 16 17 Ms. Hammer motioned approval of the minutes; Mr. Mundt seconded. 18 19 The motion carried unanimously. 20 AGENDA ITEM 3: Minutes 21 22 Minutes from the November 16, 2006 regular meeting. 23 24 Ms. Hammer motioned approval of the minutes; Ms. Morgan seconded. 25 26 The motion carried unanimously. 27 AgendaItem 6 (St. Lucie Properties, LTD. 28 Ms. Hammer mentioned, with regards to and Evans Properties, Inc.) 29 , that a site plan was not included as part of the packet she 30 31 proposed planned unit development when she has not seen it. 32 33 The other board members stated that they did not receive site plans in their packets either. 34 35 Ms. Hammer also stated that she did not receive a site plan for the application noted as Agenda Item 7 (St. Lucie Oaks Commercial, LLC) 36 . 37 38 Ms. Hammer also stated that she does not want to have the applicant, the appli 39 representatives, attorneys, members of the public, etc. waiting hours for their item to be 40 heard for it then to be continued because the site plans could not be reviewed. She 41 requested the advice of counsel. Can the board motion to continue these items to another 42 date? 43 44 Ms. Young confirmed that the board can motion to continue these items to a date certain. 45 Agenda Item 6, St. Lucie Properties Ltd. and 46 Ms. Hammer motioned to continue Evans Properties, Inc. 47 to the February 15, 2007 Planning and Zoning Commission 48 meeting. 2 1 2 Mr. Schrader seconded. The motion carried unanimously. 3 Agenda Item 7, St. Lucie Oaks Commercial, LLC 4 Ms. Hammer motioned to continue 5 to the February 15, 2007 Planning and Zoning Commission meeting. 6 7 Mr. Mundt seconded. 8 9 Mr. Knapp questioned why the site plans were not included in their packet. Has there 10 been a procedural change? Were they not provided by the applicant? 11 12 Mr. Nix confirmed that they were given to the administrative staff to include in the 13 packets, but he is not sure why they were omitted. 14 15 Jonathan Ferguson, Esq., with the law firm of Ruden, McClosky, et. al, representing the 16 applicant on agenda item 6, questioned whether or not this was the first opportunity for 17 the board to have notified staff of not having the site plan. He feels it is inconsiderate 18 and an inconvenience to the applicant to delay action on the applicant for a month 19 especially in light of the fact that site plans were submitted with their application as 20 required. 21 22 Bob Burson, representing the applicant on agenda item 7, also confirmed that numerous 23 site plans were provided to staff as part of their application. Mr. Burson explained that 24 there are people who have traveled from Brazil and from New York to be here tonight. 25 He also stated that pushing these applications back a month would delay their getting to 26 the Board of County Commissioners. 27 28 Mr. Knapp explained that he feels these applications should be heard tonight and if a 29 because the board could not review the site plans, then they can 30 be continued. 31 32 Ms. Hammer explained that is what she was trying to avoid. She does not want to hear 33 hours of testimony to then turn around and continue the item. 34 35 Ms. Caron suggested having a special meeting some time in February prior to the regular 36 meeting. Mr. Nix did mention, though, that he was going to discuss with the board the 37 possibility of having a special workshop meeting on February 2. 38 39 After discussions between board members and staff, it was determined that there may not 40 be a quorum to have a public hearing on February 2. 41 42 Ms. Caron suggested having a special meeting on February 8 to hear these two items. 43 44 After lengthy discussions between board members and staff, in an effort to have these 45 items heard some time prior to the February 15, 2007 regular meeting of the Planning & 46 Zoning Commission, it was determined that the motion would stay as stated to continue 47 this item to the February 15, 2007 Planning and Zoning Commission meeting. 48 3 1 Roll Call 2 Mr. Mundt yes 3 Ms. Morgan no 4 Mr. Culverhouse no 5 Mr. Knapp no 6 Mr. Schrader no 7 Ms. Hammer yes 8 Vice Chairman Caron no 9 Chairman Hearn no 10 11 The motion failed 2-6. 12 Agenda Item 7 (St. Lucie Oaks Commercial, 13 Mr. Culverhouse motioned to continue LLC) 14 to a special meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission on February 8, 2007. 15 16 Ms. Caron seconded. 17 18 Roll Call 19 Mr. Mundt yes 20 Ms. Morgan yes 21 Mr. Knapp- no 22 Ms. Hammer no 23 Mr. Schrader no 24 Vice Chairman Caron yes 25 Mr. Culverhouse yes 26 Chairman Hearn yes 27 28 The motion carried 5-3. 29 Agenda Item 6 (St. Lucie Properties, Ltd. 30 Ms. Hammer stated that in all fairness to and Evans Properties, Inc.) 31 , that motion should be withdrawn and a new motion to 32 continue to February 8, 2007 should be made. 33 St. Lucie Properties, Ltd. and Evans 34 Ms. Hammer motioned to continue the Properties, Inc. 35 application to the February 8, 2007 Planning & Zoning Commission 36 meeting. 37 38 Mr. Schrader seconded. 39 40 Roll Call 41 Mr. Mundt yes 42 Ms. Morgan yes 43 Mr. Knapp no 44 Ms. Hammer no; only because she does not have her calendar and cannot commit to be 45 here. But if she is able to be here, she will. 46 Mr. Schrader yes 47 Vice Chairman Caron yes 48 Chairman Hearn yes 4 1 Mr. Culverhouse yes 2 3 Motion carried 6-2. 4 5 Chairman Hearn requested that staff get the site plans for those two applications to the 6 7 AGENDA ITEM 4: 5-Year Capital Improvement Plan 8 9 Every year the County is required to update the Capital Improvement Element including 10 the Five Year Schedule of Capital Improvements (Schedule). The purpose of the Capital 11 Improvement Element and the Schedule is to identify the capital improvements that are 12 needed to implement the Comprehensive Plan and insure the adopted Level of Service. 13 14 Mr. Nix presented this item and explained that the purpose of this is to test the 15 distribution of land uses, the intensity of those uses and that the county will have the 16 revenue sources to support those uses. The County will need to ensure they have a 17 financially feasible five-year Capital Improvement Element based on the growth 18 projected over the five year period. The County will need to show that there is adequate 19 facilities and programs and committed funding sources to accommodate that growth. 20 21 Mr. Nix explained that the spreadsheets presented tonight (reflecting the Capital 22 Improvement Plan) budget translated into a format that meets 23 state law requirements. It reflects what is already in the approved budget. Mr. Nix 24 explained that this program covers the facilities subject to level of service standard 25 requirements by state law. 26 27 Mr. Nix displayed the spreadsheets and reviewed the documents with the board members. 28 29 Mr. Hearn opened the public hearing. 30 31 Tom Babcock, representing Edgar A. Brown, Barbara L. Brown, Josephine Brown, As 32 Trustee, Brown Ranch, Inc., Florida Resources, LLC, Bernard A. Egan Groves, Inc., 33 Richard M. Carnell, Jr., As Trustee, Shamrock Groves, LLP, Horizon Tree Farm, Vernon 34 Smith and Chris Smith, spoke in objection of the Five-Year Capital Improvement Plan as 35 (1) no right-of-way 36 acquisition has been included; (2) no funding source for the 2011 improvements has been 37 included; (3) a two-year old traffic count was used; and (4) the lack of a financially 38 feasible long-range transportation plan. 39 40 Mr. Hearn requested that Mr. Babcock forward his notes to staff. Mr. Babcock agreed 41 that he would. 42 43 Mr. Culverhouse disclosed that Edgar A. Brown is his second cousin and Josephine 44 Brown is his great aunt. 45 46 Mr. Hearn closed the public hearing. 47 5 1 Ms. Hammer requested that Ms. Young guide the board on what type of motion is 2 needed. 3 4 Ms. Young stated, that assuming the board wants to recommend approval, the motion 5 would be worded that this board recommends that the Board of County Commissioners 6 adopt the St. Lucie County Five Year Capital Improvement Plan of the Capital 7 Improvement Element of the lan as presented tonight, 8 including staff comments with the removal of the unfunded portions. 9 10 Ms. Hammer stated that she would make that motion with the caveat that the Planning 11 and Zoning Commission ; they did the very best they could 12 and are recommending approval. 13 14 Ms. Caron seconded. 15 16 Roll Call 17 Mr. Mundt yes 18 Ms. Morgan yes 19 Mr. Culverhouse yes 20 Mr. Knapp yes 21 Mr. Schrader yes 22 Vice Chairman Caron yes 23 Ms. Hammer - yes 24 Chairman Hearn yes 25 26 The motion carried unanimously. 27 AGENDA ITEM 5: North St. Lucie Water Control District RZ 06-042 28 29 Petition of North St. Lucie Water Control District for a change in zoning from the AG-1 30 (Agricultural, 1 unit per acre) Zoning District to the CO (Commercial, Office) Zoning 31 District. 32 33 This item was present by Hank Flores, who explained that the subject parcel is located at 34 14666 Orange Avenue, on the north side of Orange Avenue, approximately ¼ mile west 35 of the intersection of Shinn Road and Orange Avenue; it is approximately 1.92 acres in 36 size. The applicant is requesting this rezoning in order to relocate the offices of the water 37 control district from S. Jenkins Road to the subject property. 38 39 Staff is recommending that this board forward a recommendation of approval of this item 40 to the Board of County Commissioners. 41 42 Ms. Hammer asked for clarification that this item was advertised properly. The copy of 43 the ad in her packet is for a different application. Mr. Flores confirmed that the 44 advertisement has been done and a copy is in the file. 45 46 Mr. Hearn opened the public hearing. 47 6 1 Mr. Steve Cassens, President of the North St. Lucie Water Control District, introduced 2 himself to the board. 3 4 Mr. Culverhouse motioned to forward a recommendation of approval to the St. Lucie 5 County Board of County Commissioners of this application because the application is 6 well taken and it should be granted. 7 8 Mr. Knapp seconded. 9 10 The motion carried unanimously. 11 12 Mr. Hearn reiterated that agenda items 6 and 7 were continued to a special meeting of the 13 Planning and Zoning Commission scheduled for February 8, 2006. 14 AGENDA ITEM 8: Mission Properties PUD 05-006 15 16 Petition of Mission Properties for a change in zoning from AR-1 (Agricultural, 17 Residential 1 du/ac) Zoning District to the PUD (Planned Unit Development Mission 18 Oaks) Zoning District. 19 20 This item was presented by Hank Flores, who explained that the subject property is 21 approximately 8.59 acres and is located on the east side of Johnston Road, approximately 22 0.9 of a mile north of Angle Road. 23 24 The applicant is proposing a 17-unit single-family subdivision. The subject parcel is 25 located in the southern boundary area encompassing the Towns, Villages and Country 26 Sides Comprehensive Plan Element. Said TVC Element has been adopted by the Board 27 of County Commissioners, but is waiting approval by the DCA. 28 29 After acceptance of the application by the Growth Management Department, a Stop-Gap 30 Ordinance was adopted and the application could not be processed because the proposed 31 density exceeded what was allowed in the current zoning district. 32 33 Mr. Flores went on to explain that the Regional Planning Council reviewed the 34 application in relation to the approved TVC plan and has recommended that the County 35 find the application inconsistent with the TVC plan. They have submitted a plan that 36 they could support, packet. 37 38 Staff is recommending that this board forward this application to the Board of County 39 Commissioners with a recommendation of denial. 40 41 Mr. Hearn requested Mr. Flores clarify the legal requirements of the applicant to adhere 42 to the TVC plan. Mr. Flores explained that applicants must follow the TVC plan until 43 such time as the TVC plan is either adopted or rejected by the DCA. There is no 44 grandfather clause within the TVC plan. So even though they submitted before the TVC 45 plan was adopted, they still need to follow it. 46 47 Mr. Culverhouse asked for clarification as to when this application was submitted. Mr. 48 Culverhouse explained that his concern is that the applicant was treated fairly. Mr. Flores 7 1 explained that the application was submitted on April 21, 2005. The Board of County 2 Commissioners adopted the TVC plan on May 30, 2006. 3 4 Mr. Culverhouse questioned why the application was held up all that time? Mr. Flores 5 responded that it was held up under the Stop-Gap Ordinance wherein you could proceed 6 with a development if you did not exceed the density allowed under the zoning district 7 designation. 8 9 Mr. Hearn questioned when the Stop-Gap Ordinance was adopted by the Board and when 10 was the applicant advised of the Stop-Gap Ordinance? 11 12 In order to give staff an opportunity to provide the board with an answer to their question, 13 the board took a short break at 8:00pm and reconvened at 8:10pm. 14 15 Mr. Flores clarified that the Stop-Gap Ordinance was adopted on August 16, 2005. The 16 applicant was notified in August 2005 of the TVC plan and the effect on his application 17 with regards to the Stop-Gap Ordinance. 18 19 Mr. Hearn opened the public hearing. 20 21 Jason McCarthur, the applicant, spoke and advised the board that he was not aware of the 22 TVC at the time of contract on this property. Mr. McCarthur advised that he met with 23 Mr. Flores in February 2005 with several hand-drawn plans and discussed the proposed 24 development. The plan Mr. Flores recommended is essentially the one before the board 25 tonight. As part of the due diligence done, Mr. McCarthur requested (and received) a 26 letter from the zoning department confirming the zoning designation on the subject 27 parcel. Mr. McCarthur advised the board that it was never his intention to request 28 additional density. The letter he received from the County informed him that the zoning 29 on this property permitted 2 units per acre, as did the future land use designation. He was 30 not aware that he would be requesting an increase in density until the second round of 31 staff comments. Mr. McCarthur also advised the board that there was never a mention of 32 changing his plan to meet the TVC plan in all of staff comments. Mr. McCarthur also 33 stated that the Regional Planning Council is merely offering an opinion that he could be 34 more consistent with the TVC. 35 36 There were discussions between board members, staff and Mr. McCarthur regarding the 37 numerous discrepancies contained in the letters sent to Mr. McCarthur with regards to 38 39 40 Mr. David Knight, Knight, McGuire & Associates, the engineer representing the 41 applicant, spoke briefly and pointed out some of the negative aspects of the suggested 42 plan that had been provided by the Regional Planning Council. Mr. Knight also pointed 43 out some 44 45 Victor Wyatt spoke in objection to this proposed project. He feels to put 17 houses on 46 this piece of property would simply bring pollution problems, traffic problems, etc. 47 48 Mr. Hearn closed the public hearing. 8 1 2 Ms. Caron motioned to recommend that the Board of County Commissioners deny this 3 application because the site plan is not consistent with the TVC element and it is in direct 4 conflict with the Stop-Gap Ordinance and because the County would be giving away 5 additional density without substantial public benefit. 6 7 Mr. Mundt seconded. 8 9 Ms. Hammer mentioned, for the record, that the staff recommendation was denial and the 10 Regional Planning Council recommended that the County deny this application. 11 12 Roll Call 13 Ms. Morgan no because of the discrepancies contained within the Regional Planning 14 15 Mr. Culverhouse yes 16 Mr. Knapp yes 17 Ms. Hammer yes 18 Mr. Schrader yes 19 Mr. Mundt yes 20 Vice Chairman Caron Yes 21 Chairman Hearn yes. Mr. Hearn commented that when staff sends a letter to someone 22 prior to their purchasing a piece of property stating that the zoning designation allows 2 23 units per acre (and that is indeed wrong), he is very reluctant to deny the application; but 24 he is not in favor of giving away density in this County. 25 26 The motion carried 7-1 27 AGENDA ITEM 9: Robert Rigel PA 06-002 (Small Scale Amendment) 28 29 Petition of Robert Rigel to consider a request to change the Future Land Use 30 Classification from COM (Commercial) to RU (Residential, Urban). 31 32 This item was presented by Hank Flores, who explained that the subject property is 9.1 33 acres of a 10.48-acre parcel and is located at 9751 South Ocean Drive, approximately 1.5 34 miles north of the Martin County line, directly north of the Nettles Island access road. 35 The remaining 1.38 acres of the subject parcel is already designated RU and is within the 36 HIRD Zoning District. 37 38 The subject property is currently being used for a seasonal vegetable market and a year- 39 round storage of motor homes, boats and other large vehicles. The purpose for the 40 requested amendment is to reclassify the property as residential, which will be consistent 41 with the surrounding uses in the area. 42 43 Staff has determined that the proposed future land use amendment is consistent with the 44 Comprehensive Plan; the proposed amendment is consistent with the State 45 Comprehensive Plan and the Treasure Coast Strategic 46 Policy Plan. Staff is recommending that this board forward a recommendation of 47 approval to the Board of County Commissioners. Staff is also recommending that this 9 1 board forward a recommendation of approval to the Board of County Commissioners for 2 the change in zoning. 3 4 Mr. Backenstoss distributed a copy of a letter received from R. Stonehouse in favor of the 5 application. 6 7 Mr. Hearn opened the public hearing. 8 9 Dennis Murphy, Culpepper & Terpening, representing the applicant, stated he concurs 10 with staff. 11 12 Mr. Raymond Beyrer, President of Princess Condominium Association, spoke in favor of 13 the application, but questioned the easement in favor of the condominium association, 14 which provides access to the river. He wants to be sure that the easement will stay in 15 place. 16 17 Mr. Murph 18 rights as they are. 19 20 Mr. Hearn closed the public hearing. 21 22 Mr. Knapp commented on his opposition to high-density on the island. He expressed his 23 concern of the barrier island and its fragile state. 24 25 Mr. Mundt motioned to recommend that the St. Lucie County Board of County 26 Commissioners approve this application because it meets the goals, policies and 27 objectives of the St. Lucie County Comprehensive Plan and it is consistent and 28 compatible with the surrounding area. 29 30 Ms. Morgan seconded. 31 32 Roll Call 33 Mr. Culverhouse yes 34 Mr. Knapp no 35 Ms. Hammer no (because of insurance problems, evacuation problems; she stated she 36 would be in support of something with less density) 37 Mr. Schrader - yes 38 Vice Chairman Caron yes 39 Ms. Morgan yes 40 Mr. Mundt yes 41 Chairman Hearn yes 42 43 Motion carried 6-2. 44 AGENDA ITEM 10: Robert Rigel RZ 06-021 45 46 Petition of Robert Rigel for a change in zoning from the CG (Commercial, General) 47 Zoning District to the HIRD (Hutchinson Island Residential District) Zoning District. 48 10 1 Hank Flores presented this item and stated that staff has reviewed the request in 2 conjunction with land use change. Staff is recommending this board forward a 3 recommendation of approval to the St. Lucie County Board of County Commissioners. 4 5 Mr. Dennis Murphy, Culpepper & Terpening, representing the applicant, stated that he 6 concurs with staff. 7 8 Mr. Hearn opened the public hearing. No one from the public spoke. Mr. Hearn closed 9 the public hearing. 10 11 Mr. Mundt motioned to forward a recommendation of approval to the Board of County 12 Commissioners. 13 14 Mr. Culverhouse seconded. 15 16 Roll Call 17 Ms. Morgan yes 18 Mr. Knapp no 19 Ms. Hammer no 20 Mr. Schrader yes 21 Vice Chairman Caron yes 22 Mr. Culverhouse yes 23 Mr. Mundt yes 24 Chairman Hearn yes 25 26 Motion carried 6-2. 27 OTHER BUSINESS 28 29 30 Mr. Nix distributed a copy of a memo outlining the meeting schedule for 2007. 31 Mr. Nix also pointed out that Commissioner Coward is in attendance. 32 33 Mr. Nix also distributed copies of a spreadsheet outlining the P&Z actions on each item 34 heard by them which and voting result. 35 36 Mr. Hearn has requested an explanation of the difference between heavy industrial and 37 light industrial. Mr. Nix explained that heavy industrial is traditional manufacturing 38 (steel mills, ethanol plants, coal gasification things associated with heavy nuisances like 39 noise, pollution, etc.) Light industrial produces for end users and has less nuisances (less 40 noise, less air pollution, etc). 41 42 Mr. Hearn requested the explanation be put in writing for the board members. 43 44 Mr. Nix advised the board that there is a conflict with the meeting date scheduled for 45 February 8, 2007. The Planning and Zoning Commission will not be able to hold their 46 meeting on that date. The BCC has a scheduled meeting at 6pm. 47 11 1 There was a lengthy discussion with regards to applications being scheduled for BCC 2 meetings prior to the Planning and Zoning Commission hearing and acting on the 3 application. Board members reiterated to staff that they need to try to get across to the 4 5 6 The discussions turned to the workshop planned with the consultants for February 2, 7 2007. Mr. Nix explained that the consultants would like to know tomorrow (January 19, 8 2007) whether or not the workshop will be scheduled. The workshop is to discuss 9 revisions to Chapter 10, 11 and 12 of the Land Development Code. 10 11 Ms. Hammer feels that those items will require more than an hour or two to complete 12 fully and correctly. Board members were in agreement. 13 14 Ms. Hammer also stated that although they motioned earlier to have a special meeting to 15 accommodate agenda items 6 and 7 on February 8, 2007, she feels those items should be 16 heard then scheduled for the BCC 17 as soon thereafter as possible. 18 19 Mr. Mundt motioned to hear the applications of St. Lucie Properties, Ltd./Evans 20 Properties, Inc. (Agenda Item 6) and St. Lucie Oaks Commercial, LLC (Agenda Item 7) 21 on February 15, 2007. 22 23 Ms. Caron seconded. 24 25 The motion carried unanimously. 26 27 Mr. Culverhouse motioned to schedule the workshop meeting on February 2, 2007 at 28 2pm. 29 30 Mr. Mundt seconded. 31 32 The motion carried unanimously. 33 34 Ms. Hammer would like a policy set up that until a project comes before this board and is 35 either voted for or against, it not be scheduled for a BCC meeting. 36 37 Mr. Nix explained that scheduling is important. GMD has an internal calendar for 38 applications which follows the code requirements as to staff review time and applicant 39 response time. The dates are tentatively set and guaranteed BCC date is never given. 40 41 Mr. Hearn requested that staff be ready to give the board some background on the 42 chimpanzee project that is in the area of Shinn Road. 43 44 Mr. Nix distributed copies of the site plans associated with the St. Lucie Properties/Evans 45 Properties and St. Lucie Oaks Commercial applications. 46 47 Ms. Hammer questioned Mr. Nix on the procedures of mailings, posting of signs, etc. 48 She wanted to be sure that those functions are the responsibility of the applicant and not 12 1 County staff. Mr. Nix explained those will be one of the code changes the board will be 2 y. 3 4 Mr. Hearn complimented Mr. Nix on the tremendous changes he has made since joining 5 the County. He feels GMD is functioning much more efficiently. 6 7 staff member who will be handling 8 facilities planning issues and concurrency management. 9 10 Commissioner Coward spoke briefly and explained that Mr. Trias is not able to be here 11 tonight because he was at a conference in Orlando with Mr. Coward. 12 13 Mr. Coward complimented the Planning & Zoning Commission on the effort they put 14 forth for the County and offered his thanks. Mr. Coward also welcomed the two new 15 members to the Planning and Zoning Commission. 16 17 There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 10:00 p.m. 18 13