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Attendance (the roll call)
Listed present when the roll was taken: Marilyn Green, Todd Anderson, Michael Dobrin, Veronica Lopez, Justin Simpson, Aleck Greenwood, Merrybeth Burgess
(Checked against the ballots and the printed roll lines; no independent membership list of this board is available to confirm that the roll is complete.)
Listed absent: Russell Sengel, Susan Mock, Al Washington, Debbie Joyce
Also listed as present (staff and other roles): Angela Essing (Growth and Economic Development Director), Kristin Eick (Board Attorney), Lavander Hearn (Board Liaison), Monica Arsenault (Recording Secretary)
Named on at least one ballot later in the meeting: ANDERSON, BURGESS, DOBRIN, GREEN, GREENWOOD, LOPEZ, SIMPSON (participation, which can differ from the roll: arrivals and departures are in the minutes' text)
Adopted actions (5)
to AMEND THE AGENDA TO ADD TREE BOARD UPDATES AND OPEN DISCUSSION BY BOARD MEMBERS UNDER OTHER BUSINESS (moved by ALTERNATE MEMBER GREENWOOD, seconded by SIMPSON); PASSED 7-0; ayes: GREEN, ANDERSON, BURGESS, DOBRIN, GREENWOOD, LOPEZ, SIMPSON; nays: none — the City's minutes, p. 2
to APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE MAY 4, 2022 REGULAR PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD MEETING WITH AMENDMENTS (moved by SIMPSON, seconded by DOBRIN); PASSED 7-0; ayes: GREEN, ANDERSON, BURGESS, DOBRIN, GREENWOOD, LOPEZ, SIMPSON; nays: none — the City's minutes, p. 2
to APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE JULY 6, 2022 REGULAR PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD MEETING AS WRITTEN (moved by SIMPSON, seconded by ANDERSON); PASSED 7-0; ayes: GREEN, ANDERSON, BURGESS, DOBRIN, GREENWOOD, LOPEZ, SIMPSON; nays: none — the City's minutes, p. 2
to RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO CITY COUNCIL OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO APPENDIX A, ARTICLE XI, SECTION 13 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COCOA; ADOPTING CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT REGULATIONS CONSISTENT WITH ORDINANCE 07-2022 (moved by ALTERNATE MEMBER GREENWOOD, seconded by SIMPSON); PASSED 7-0; ayes: GREEN, ANDERSON, BURGESS, DOBRIN, GREENWOOD, LOPEZ, SIMPSON; nays: none — the City's minutes, p. 4
to ADJOURN THE REGULAR MEETING OF AUGUST 3, 2022 (moved by ANDERSON, seconded by SIMPSON); PASSED 7-0; ayes: GREEN, ANDERSON, BURGESS, DOBRIN, GREENWOOD, LOPEZ, SIMPSON; nays: none — the City's minutes, p. 6
Agenda (the City's wording)
The City's agenda for this meeting is on file (PZ_Reg_Agenda_08_03_2022), but its item list has not been read reliably by machine yet, so no outline is shown.
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I noticed that it's not listed what normally is on the agenda for, and it's after, I think, new business, for treewardness and open discussion. Is that something that we need to ask to have it added? That's been something always on every one of our meetings.
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I did clean up the formatting on them a little bit. As you all know, I was not here at the last meeting. That's right. And so I did not do them. I didn't change any of the context. I just cleaned them up. I fixed the formatting, justified it.
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We have one item before you tonight, which is a follow on to your last meetings agenda. So this is for, um, this is for a recommendation to the city council to adopt an amendment to appendix a article 11 section 13 of the zoning ordinance ‸ for adopting conforming zoning amendments to the central business regulations consistent with ordinance 07 2022, which is what you had approved at your last
authorizing the city council to approve the development agreement. Approved by development agreement residential densities of up to 125 dwelling units per acre related to
The affected parcels in the geographical area depicted on the map that you all have in front of you. And identified by their parcel number as shown on the map. So to give you a little background and kind of bring to the table what was discussed at the last at your last board meeting. So this is the map that you generally have in front of you.
to the state. So the next piece of that, which we talked about at the last board meeting was the trifecta of plans that need to come together. You can see on the screen here, the future land use for mixed use is the top box in a light blue, light gray. That is what you completed at the last meeting. Today, we're discussing the orange box, the zoning code in the loud zones and as titled in those two boxes for the CBD, the CBD dash CBO. And what we are requesting is that we make the zoning code consistent with the changes that we approved last month in the future land use amendment. So again, it is a, um, it is kind of a layer cake in going through the process.
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the both the application today and the application that you saw last month, our city initiated because they affect multiple properties within the city. It's not just a request, um, per applicant, but looking at the slide that you have before you should everything go through today. Okay.
then should we follow through with the second reading at city council for the future land use after the state has reviewed the application, then it would be up to the applicants to make a request for application to amend the waterfront overlay district and adding a CL designation, which, um, on the regulating plan designates, um, um, large commercial mixed use on those lots. They would be required to submit a development agreement showing that, um, there are multiple items, five to seven items showing that those five to seven items are met. So this is the second application in which the city is authoring before you, um, because it does affect multiple properties. And it is making the same change as last month from allowing currently the,
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And then secondly, we need to look at ‸ the relationship of the proposed amendment to the purposes and objectives of the comprehensive plan program. So again, similar, but kind of drilling down a little bit more into the comprehensive plan to take a look at are the goals and objectives within the comprehensive plan, are they supportive of this amendment?
staff report from pages three and four, but I'll highlight on the most important ones is we have a future land use element within the comprehensive plan. And under mixed use, it encourages this type of development, right? A mixed use development. It even drills it down a little bit more into the objectives of saying that we want to encourage smart growth principles. And then also within that, it wants to encourage the walkability and other such type of items that make it a multimodal, that improve the multimodal benefits within the district, i.e. around these parcels within the waterfront overlay district.
future populations of the city and accommodating them with the projected housing that is needed. Also, we have, um, the mixed use developments and. The comprehensive plan states that we want to encourage a wide variety of housing types and prices. And that the city shall promote the opportunity for create for the creation of housing and infill development. Obviously, these sites would all be infill development.
element that the city shall, um, encourage more efficient and climate resistant development practices. That include low impact development techniques and obviously based on other areas of our, of our comprehensive plan and the city code. Those type of, um, developments are required for any future new development. So any new development on these sites, we would see that being implemented. Um, lastly, promoting orderly, compact urban growth and discouraging urban sprawl. Which obviously all of these are adding to our, our core of the city and not expanding on, on the edges of the city.
um, staff is recommending that you recommend approval to city council of the pros proposed amendment. Um, to appendix a article 11 section 13 of the zoning ordinance.
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Yeah. Typically the process is, um, it's called expedited state review in this, uh, in this context and. And the state, uh, the department of economic economic opportunity, as well as
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Yes. The city. The really, that is the purpose of the comprehensive plan. And we did just go through an ear amendment a few years ago. And that looks at a 20
I believe it looks at a 20 year horizon. And so that was just performed a couple of years ago. And then there are other complimentary plans. And in this instance to the waterfront overlay district is, um, a prescription for looking into the future as far as how, um, the village should look and develop into the future. So there are
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Thank you. So, yes, we are still absolutely 100% as a staff committed to the visioning plan for the mixed use future land use and looking at the appropriate zones.
Unfortunately, we've had two resignations within the planning department. Both Cindy Thurman and Paul Bodie have resigned. And, um, we are looking at, um, hiring three new positions. So if you know of anyone, we are looking to hire a planning manager, either a planner or a senior planner. And then we are looking to also hire a planning slash GIS specialist. So somebody to do the mapping and that portion of, um, of the duties within the department. And so
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um, we are looking, we've entered into a temporary contract with East Central Florida Regional Planning Council. Who is going to help us with some of the staff reports and things that you're going to see becoming before you next month.
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committed to that and, and we've done a little bit of the, the background work. We may actually have East Central Florida Regional Planning Council help us with a little bit of the visioning too.
And hopefully by next month we'll have a better idea of meeting dates and things like that. And then be able to come back to you with those dates, um, for moving forward with that project.
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trees and other areas of the city that need to be cut down or not. Uh, if you're not prepared for that, we can bring that up at the next meeting. Uh, because I had heard that there were some other trees causing issues with sidewalks.
We have no information from public works, which is where that information would come from. So, no, at this time we have no applications from public works.
just so you know too, if public works is looking at taking out trees or, um, you know, any of the other items identified in the code, they actually make application to us just like a resident would.
I do know that, um, our code has helped save a lot of trees in the right of way. We do get calls from residents wanting them removed and, um, public works works with each of the applicants, obviously to save the trees and then to work out the issues that they may have with their sidewalks and driveways.
Yeah, it's required to be. And, and really basically, um, public works has encouraged, the ones that I know of to date, public works has encouraged those trees to stay.
Uh, yes. Um, what I wanted to do is bring an update in reference to the brief discussion we had at the last meeting about the fireworks for the July 4th celebration.
didn't say that it is. And we have an attorney here that can correct us. This is open discussion and it's information that I'd like to share with this board. Like I did in the very beginning when the tree board was basically not enforced. I
I know that I'm not arguing ‸ that I need to ask our attorney in reference to this point to see if it's something that we really need to mute as it's being stated.
Well, I mean, I would tend to agree that this is not the topic of fireworks is not included within the scope of the board's duties. Um, it is the board is intended to perform certain functions, which includes looking at comprehensive plan amendments, making, um, recommendations on land development regulations, but fireworks would not be one of those things.
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The one that we already voted on? Yes. There were statements made by the public that, uh, were upset because of the historic significance. And I think that I have enough information here that, um, it would be important for people to hear it.
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And it's in reference to the historic ‸ significance that some of the public here is very strong about saying that it's affecting the historic character of the village. I think this is very important.
hear from the attorney about the legality of my question. Am ‸ I able to share information about what the public had talked about in reference to the historic significance of what these zoning changes are affecting the village? There were people that several that didn't even live in the village that feel that we are losing the historic character. You've heard that in a lot of meetings, council meetings, including this meeting.
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I am not like the council board has an attorney. So since you mentioned that it's okay to share, I'm going to continue. Um, I don't know if people realize or not, but they're very quick to say that we're on the verge of
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the historic significance of Cocoa village. And it kept bothering me because that we're not the areas that we're looking to do renovations and new construction are not historic. The building areas that we just approved today, the bank of America building was built in 1957. Right.
Okay. That's not historic. Right. Chase Bank built in 1956. That's the other location that we changed and approved for the construction here. In comparison, I'll share what is historic and they're not being affected at all. And I'm tired of hearing people saying that we're ruining the historic significance of Cocoa village. 415 Brevard Avenue, Norman early, ‸ very good friend of mine owns Norman's his buildings built in 1920. Trafford. That was there for years built in 1925.
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So, when I am in a public meeting, or during a council meeting, and I hear issues brought up about ruining the historic significance of Cocoa village, it's a mute point.
the point is, people that don't even live in the village have a problem saying, and it's been stated numerous times, even by certain council members. And I just thought y'all would be interested in knowing the significance of the buildings that are historic compared to the ones that we have just voted on. I just thought that this board would be interested in knowing that.
date. But I think that this list is enough to show that when people come up here and complain that we're ruining and losing the historic significance of Cocoa village, it is completely a mute point. It is not to be discussed. Because it doesn't. It's mute based on this information. And you can look it up. Brevard County property appraiser office. Okay. Now, the other thing that's important about this, since there's a concern about the historic significance, is what I brought up also at the last meeting. And
And, but the problem is it didn't state ‸ anything about the type of materials to use when they're building new and colors. So, I did some homework on that. I couldn't find anything that specifically addresses that. And I thought that this board and the staff would find it interesting to look into it because of this other information about the other ‸ properties that are still existing. They're still historic and they're not being altered.