Hello Alliance Members,
I thought that notices were sent out – but I’m hearing from some that you didn’t receive anything by mail and only some people received emails – so here’s the scoop on this meeting, and sorry for short notice.
This meeting will review some of the unfinished policies for the section of Narcoossee Rd between Kirby Smith & Tyson Rd. In 2007 the County held a series of workshops to try to add low impact professional office to Narcoossee Rd while still preserving the rural settlement on the back portion closest to the lake.
After the workshops – the outcome did not match the promises to the residents and the policies were never quite finished or did not fulfill the promises. Since then our communities have battles several large developments that did not fit the original vision – and if we don’t change things now, then it appears that future plans will keep going farther away from the original intentions.
So, several key members of the Hart Whippoorwill Community and the President of our Alliance and myself all met with our Dist 4 Commissioner Thompson and Staff this summer to ask for some changes to the policies and completion of other policies so that we can finally quit fighting everything that comes forward as proposed new development. Our Commissioner agreed to this and Staff is going to work with us to create some new policies to present to the BCC – but first they want to meet with the community for input. Here are the 6 key things we discussed:
- More land needs to be left inside the rural settlement next to the lake. Discussions of a minimum of 33%, 2 acres, or 300 ft from the lake - whichever is the largest.
- C-1 uses must be restricted to same list of uses approved for Tyson’s Corner. (Staff knows what is on this list and we have copies)
- NO Multi-Family ! (apts, townhomes etc.)
- Height should only be 2 stories (maybe 3 in certain cases by the rd) and Mass only 10,000 – 15,000 Sq Ft
- Building Architecture – similar to what is proposed for Windermere Rural Settlement Main Street (Commissioner knows this) and what was originally promised.
- Access Rd – difficult because of the current layout of parcels. The only thing we could try to request on this is that the connections between parcels should be within the first 300 ft closest to Narcoossee Road so it actually connects the offices – and does not encourage sprawl towards the lake.
I am not able to attend – so I hope that some of you will bring up these concerns and issues. Please stay focused on these concerns – there is little else we can change in the policies – but this is a chance to get it back closer to the promises.
Narcoossee Rd Meeting Thurs Sept 15 at 6:30pm at Lake Nona high school Media Center
Suzanne Arnold
Alliance Communications Chairperson
