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Home My WebLink AboutBrisco Rezone INTER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA TO: FROM: C. A. NO.: Board of County Commissioners Krista A. Storey, Assistant County Att°rney~/A~l\'-- 87-624 DATE: SUBJECT: July 29, 1987 Informational Memo on Proposed UDAG Project Brisc6e Company The County Attorney,s Office and Planning Department been contacted by representatives of The Briscoe Company and Riegler regarding a proposed Urban Development Action (UDAG) pro~ect in the vicinity of South 25th Street, Edwards and the FEC Railroad Crossing. (Staff is unclear at this time to ex.actly which parcel the developer is considering.) proposed multi-family development would be partially financed UDAG monies allocated by the United States Department of Housi~ and Urban Development. A minimum of 20%~ o f ~he un, ts must rented to families with low to moderate in~om, es, Since 'St. Lucia Count~ is not UDAG-e!igible and the propos Property is located in the unincorporated area of the county, City of Fort Pierce, who is :UDAG_eligible, would have to for the grant. According to the developer, the relati ~ween the County .and City for purposes of the grant WOuld outlined in an inter!Ocal agreement. The developer has indicate thatone UDAG requirement for such a" 3o~n~ venture,. WOuld be th~ Pledging by the CoUntF of 51~ of the ad valorem taxes genera. by the project to the City for ~a period of time. Section 163.3187(1)(a) further provides that in an emergency, plan amendments may be made more than tWice a year if the additional plan amendment receives the approval the members of the local governing body. Thus, a 5-0 be required for approval. According to the Department of Community Affairs (DCA has accepted three emergency plan amendments. One site for the proposed Martin County 3ail, one involved a pro3ect in West Palm Beach and one involved a"3'o~nt UDAG between Palm Beach County and Belle Glade built on co owned property and with a loan from Palm Beach County. DCA's position is that the initial decision as to whSth emergency exists is a policy decision of the local body. If the Board decided to authorize the plan amendm emergency, DCA would require a record of the auth setting forth the facts and circumstances 3ustif emergency. DCA WOuld also be lookin~ for consistency with comprehensive plan and whether the proposed Pr°3ect s~ ~oa!s, °b3ectives, and Other policies of the comprehensive In addition, DCA would require the Board to verify the loss of the federal grant if the amendment was not pfc immediately. The benefit to the developer if the Board determines that emergency exists is that he would not have to wait until 1918B. f-or a Plan em~ndment hearing. He could begin the proces soon as the Board could schedule a transmittal hearing. .Howe. beyond that benefit, all review requirements and time constra associated with a "normal" plan amendment would apply. TO: FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: Planning Administrator~~ Suly 22, I987 Proposed UDA6 _ St. Lucle County On Tuesday, July 21. ! met w/tn Krlsta Murphy to diSCuss a pro o' St to develon ~ ...... P sal from t~ ~-- or~ County. ,~s.~s~:~);'°entIal OOAG pr;?e~zscO Oevelo 3uly 8tn w~- ey and Mr. Mur~.. ~- proposed Summarized ~__ P~esen~ative ~ ..... tnej The P=o~e~- ~u[~e caIIs =eceived ¢~_ ~ne Company. ~ ~ wuuzd actualiv be ~ ¢,~r°'" ~Ompany ~ep~ ' ~ ~Y Pr°Ject due to Of the UDAG P=og=am. T PCoposeo Oens~* ..... ne P~Oject ~¢ - . inte=sect~ _~[_ur z4 units n ~ ~ ~ =eszoentiai .~u,~ ur z~t~ S ~e ac~ aRo . Sun~-~ ~-'] u~ ro~t Pie ~ ~- ~"~ z Shoulo ca _ ~c rot ~ . _ r~ ~u con ' reearo~ .... ~ project. In ..... rzrm ~e ~o that DCA .w .... T~ uz~SCOw, Esn ~nOzcateo that ~ ~_~_' c~,e City of F~-~ ~.Balla~o, nas Oone Hnn~ _'"~ o~'zsco Comnanv ..... u~ ~ze~ce. M =eco=o of sUCcess with the Depa=tment of H.U.O. M= -~u~lout ~e S~-~ ..... ~ ueve ~e. Th'ey h inoicateo that the City nao Pa~ticiPateo i~ several me 8=isco to Oiscuss a P=oject in Fo~t Pierce. Fo=t Pi that the P=Oposeo location (25th St=eet ano EOwaros R Poo= one. They woulo ~e in faro= of a P~oject lOcati woulo contribute to tnei~ total =eOeve~opment efforts. In ~esponse to my quest' City woulo not De onn~ .... Zons, M=. 8alla~o inoicateo agreements Tne=e ann~ .... u~o De requice~ ~- s (City rec~'iving 51~¢~'~zY must be A~ ',~_7~ Pr~vi, ~egulations. I was not familia~ with this last P=Ovislon; expe=ience with UDAG's P=evlously. ~/, acco~oing July 22, 19,87 Page 2 Mr. Ballaro inOicatec that ne woulo De happy to Company,s proposal with the County Commissioners, at TLH/mg cc: County Attorney S~ort Range Planner this e TO: FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: MEMORANDUM Brisco PA/Rezone Project File DJM July 19, 1~87 Proposed UDAG Development _ Unincorporated St. Lucid County On Wednesday, July 8, 1987, County Administrator Weldon Lewis, Assistant County Attorney Krista Storey and I, met with Mr. Allen Scnnier of the Lennard Brisco Oevelopment Company and Hank Riegler, a local architect, to discuss a proposed multi-family development at the intersection of South 25tn Street and the Florioa East Coast Railroad. This project is contemplated to be developed at a density of 13 to 14 units to the acre and would Oe constructed with partial financing through the Urban Development Action Grant Program (UDAG). Several problems exist with this proposal. At this time, the subject property is zoneo for single family Oevelopment. While a reclassification to allow multi-family Oevelopment is not out of the realm of possibilities, a change to Hlgn Density Residential (RH) is not politically likely at this time. The Oevelopers were aOviseo that even politics asioe, it was not likely that we coulo recommeno in favor of any nigh density proposal in this area unless it was as a part of a PUD application, and even then we were offering no guarantees· St. Lucia County is not eligible to participate in the UDAG program. We just dOn't qualify for the program· It is the intention of the developers to propose that a joint inter-local agreement be made between the City of Ft. Pierce and the County that would allow the City to act as administrative agent for the project. The County would Oe oOligated to commit to the City, 31% of the ad voloram property taxes on the property for a period of 20 or so years to retire the debt for this project. The development is not a classic low income development, Out the Oeveloper must set aside a minimum of 20% of the units for people who are considered to Oe of low or July ] 9, 1987 Page 2 . lOper told ..- _ ~rOject calleo the a .... u~ that the a simile. '"~.,~Oment a nec ~j. cy or Riv presente~ ~ ~S_i~t .u a t i o n Commissi~-~ ~solution from ~e _G/aCe, even be~ .... unange th~ __ ~c we too~ T~ ~ -~z~ EDe Cnm~,~"~ zo~iR.n 0¢ ~ .'" '"u uevel~ ..... ~'"Pz~cioD ne Board 0o6i%~=fL% lpOioateo t~t L%e PUblic . the FeCe,~, ~" ~n a simi~ ~ .ney woulc Place ~.~ ~Overnment .~*.manner for m1~-SeptemDer ~"c uevelope~ ' ~ crying The Oevelopers wet County ano ~-.. e aOviseo '~vlera 8ea~ ~. -t~at despite O0~f/_ w.e were mot ~.?~have ty OffiCials ~0 8~ut ~ ~ that w~,,~- ~ l~g to reco~e~O t ~u imply Prior Cecision we UnCers:ano to ~e the laws of the State ~o anythin~ that woulc ~ive t~e impression treatment not available to SOmeone else. The that he Coulc nope for .cult ~e some type o statement o~n t~e merits of the Pro3ect. 'mOderate income. In explaining this: i Schnier indicated that this dOes not m Will be Subsidized, but that they, th set aside a certain number of these this economic Class and if they can rents, they can live in the Project. of the lOgic i explanation later.n this, but we can The most critlcal e!ement in our Oiscus Land use and zoning designation on indicated above, this Property is cu Single family residential uses. To developer is looking for will require and land use. Under Our Plan Amendment the earliest that we Can expect the C°mmissioners to entertain a land use Property woulo be Hay of 1988. This was to the developer. They would like us to Emergency Plan amendment aha begin the fact, ~hey WOulo like us to have everythi Place for them by Septemoer 15, 1~87. Subject: Lenn aro 8risco US, 3U/y 29, 1987 Pa-ge 3 Suoject: In regard to the aeslre to "ram tod,, a tezonzng thrOugh the developer was COuld Produce a written Statement sL~ State AttOrney Genera2 aaa Secretary or Coaaun~ty Arra~s Saying that we c aaenoment P~ocess ~or tbZs P~operty out schedule~ ~egUla~ we WOu2Q On&y Process t~Zs a · C~annels. But I ' wants. ~e have heard ~ wOUld ue in con~aj;"~.aeeting, tne'"~f~ ps ¢asi ~ wzth State ~¢¢.~V~Zoper i aaa Cae plan aaena~enc process. ~''zcZazs about 8RZSCo(Bs)