Application No. 23-CW-29 FREEDMAN Consulting & Development LLC To: Meeting Attendees Date: September 22, 2023 From: Joel Freedman, Freedman Consulting & Development, Applicant' S Agent Subject: Summary of Minutes-Community Workshop July 31, 2023, 5:30 pm A community workshop was held to discuss a proposed amendment to the Future Land Use Map (FLUM) of the City's comprehensive plan for property located at 4380 Fruitville Road. The property is located in the southeast quadrant oft the Saint Lucie Avenue and Fruitville Road intersection and involves two parcels that will eventually be combined following the approval process. The parcel at the Saint Lucie Avenue and Fruitville Road intersection is identified as PID # 2033010004. Then, a portion of the Diocese's campus main property, located at 4380 Fruitville, will be split off and added to the Saint Lucie Avenue parcel to make up the final 1.825 +/- acre development parcel being proposed for the change (PID # 2033010001). The purpose of the FLUM amendment, rezone and site plan is to allow for the Diocese to redevelopment the property with 20 single-family attached units. All of the units will be designated as attainable housing per the City's rules and regulations. The subject property currently has two Future Land Use designations. The Saint Lucie parcel currently has a FLUM designation of Community Office/Institutional. The property that is part of the main Diocese campus currently has a FLUM designation of Single Family Residential - Very Low Density. The proposed FLUM amendment will be to change the designation of both parcels to Multiple Family - Medium Density. Both parcels are currently zoned RSF-2 (Residential Single Family-2 [4.3 units/acre]). The applicant will be concurrently processing a rezone of the subject property to RMF-3 (Residential Multiple Family [13 units/acre]) which corresponds to the density required to construct the 20 attached dwelling units proposed to be developed on the property. A site plan will be proffered with the rezone application. The proposed buildings will be two-stories and will have access via Saint Lucie Avenue. Below are the non-verbatim summary minutes oft the discussion: Questions/Comments Responses What is the zoning of the property that fronts on St. Lucie That portion of the subject property is zoned RSF-2. The Future Land Use Avenue? Plan Map shows that property is designated as Community Office Institutional which means it could be rezoned to office. Is there a representative from the City in attendance? Yes, David Smith is here and introduced himself. Is the proposed development townhouses? No, thel building code classifies them as attached single-family units because this will be a rental project. The townhouse definition relates to a condominium type of development. The rental units will be for households with incomes of 120% or less of the AMI (Average Median Income) for Sarasota. Currently the AMI for a family of 4 at the 100%. AMI is around $91,000.00 per year. Has anyone done a traffic analysis of the intersection? Not yet. As part oft the amendment and rezone process the City will decide ifa traffic study is required, and ifs so, what needs to be studied. NOTE: Many comments were made regarding the existing The potential traffic impact from the new project will be part of the City's traffic backup and congestion at the intersection of Fruitville analysis during thej process. Road and St. Lucie Avenue. Attendees questioned whether the intersection could handle the traffic from the proposed 20 units. There are two assisted living/nursing homes fronting Fruitville Understood and the potential traffic impact from thei new project will be part Road that often have EMS vehicles or Sarasota County Area ofthe review process. Transit (Breeze) vehicles parked in the street. The proposed traffic from the new development will add to the congestion at the intersection with these vehicles there. Questions/Comments Responses When the nearby schools let out, there is even more traffic. The Thej potential traffic impact from the new project will be part of the City's new project will just be adding to an unworkable situation. analysis during the process. Why can't the property owner just build two houses on the The] Diocese is developing attainable housing on many of the properties that property? they own through the City and County. This parcel is one that will provide for 20 attainable units if the requested changes are approved. This project will reduce my property value. Experience with other projects like this has shown that it does not negatively impact the property value of nearby properties. The addition of the median in Fruitville Road created even more No changes to Fruitville Road are proposed by this project. traffic problems for getting out of the neighborhood. Are these units going to have government subsidized rents? No, these are not government subsidized rental units. How will the units be managed? The final management structure has not been finalized for this project, however the Diocese manages many of their rental properties. In some cases, aj professional management company may be hired by the Diocese to manage the rental units. Is there a noise abatement wall around the project? Atthis time no wall is shown; however, based on the comments from tonight it will be considered. Ifa wall is proposed it will be shown on the proposed site plan. Are there other properties where the Diocese could do this None that are vacant and in this area. The property on the north side of project? Fruitville Road is currently being used. There were plans to widen McIntosh Road. These never The McIntosh Road widening is a County decision and is not part of this happened. Drop offtime at the school on McIntosh Road causes project. back up to the intersection. Can'tthe project use a Fruitville Road access? Preliminary discussions with Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) were not positive about this option. More discussions will be had with the FDOT about this option. When would buildings be completed if all the approvals are The amendment, rezone, and site plan process will take until the middle of granted? next year and then the final design and construction will take place. Total time for the project to be completed is between 2 and 3 years from today. Will all the applications be applied for together? The first application will be for the Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Plan Map amendment. It will be followed up with a rezone and site plan application to follow along with the amendment request. All the applications/requests must go to the City Commission for final approval. Where is the parking? The parking will be between the buildings. Currently on the plan there are 36 spaces. On the site plan the driveways are gong to conflict with the We will look at that alignment as will the City during the development driveways of the assisted living home across St. Lucie. review process. A lot of these projects change over time and degrade. The Diocese will own this property and will be maintaining it. What are the unit types and sizes? They are two story units with 2 bedroom, 2.5 baths and between 1,100 s.f. and 1,200 s.f. How many people can live in one oft the units? A twobedroom unit is designed to accommodate up to 41 people. Occupancy limitations can be put in the lease agreements. What is the construction type for the units? Concrete block construction is proposed for both the ground and second story. This meeting adjourned at 6:25 pm. Contacts regarding this summary: Joel Freedman, Freedman Consulting & Development, Applicant's. Agent: (941) 780-2623 2