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05-15-1984 Workshop MeetingCITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WORKSHOP MEETING May 15, 1984 The meeting was called to order at 4:10 p.m. in the City Hall Confer- ence Room by Chairman Sargent. Present were members Jack Sargent, Nick Jones, William McKinney, Pat Parker, Adelbert Evans and Henry Czech. Absent members were Debbie Gaines, James Shepherd and Bob Thompson. • It was explained that the ur ose of this meetin was to r P P g eview the Housing, Transportation, Recreation and Conservation elements of the Comprehensive Plan. These elements were each reviewed as follows: HOUSING ELEMENT. The goals and objectives of the Housing Element were briefly reviewed. While there were no objections to the objectives of this element, the consensus of the Commission was that it should be completely rewritten to include more data. The element should include updated housing, population, employment and other analyses necessary to evaluate the goals and objectives of the Plan. The City Manager was directed to have typed a draft including this material as a minimum. TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT. The goals and objectives of this one-page element were reviewed, and the consensus of the members was that it is totally inadequate. The Transportation element should be com- pletely rewritten to include an analysis of our existing transpor- tation system, traffic volume and projections, and maps, including a transportation plan and plan of action. A tentative plan of action was briefly reviewed. Chairman Sargent expressed concern that the plan should consider the redesigning of the intersection of Highways 50 and 27 and include a collector street from South Lakeshore Drive to Highway 27. The City Manager reviewed a proposed action plan which would include as a minimum: 1. Rerouting traffic. The City of Clermont should request the rerouting of S.R. 561 from its present location through Cler- mont and Minneola to run along U.S. 27 to Highway 50 and then West to Twelfth Street and South along the present route of 561. This action would help curtail the amount of truck traffic using the existing route through Clermont and and Minneola. 2. Extension of existing streets. A. The City of Clermont should extend Minneola Avenue from Second. Street to East Avenue to provide direct access to the Central Business District from East Avenue. B. The City of Clermont should extend Bloxam Avenue from Pitt Street north to the city limits. Similarly, the City of Minneola should extend Bloxam Avenue from the present city limits to Highway 27. The extension of Bloxam Avenue would serve as a north/south collector to meet the transportation needs of the future popu- lation in both norheast Clermont and Minneola and supply an alternative local route to U.S. 27 between the cities. C. The City of Clermont should request the County to extend Anderson Hill Road from Lakeshore Drive to U.S. 27 to help alleviate traffic congestion on Lake- shore Drive. CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WORKSHOP MEETING May 15, 1984 Page two 3. Improvement of existing streets. A. The City of Clermont should upgrade Minnehaha Avenue to collector status from U.S. 27 to Fifth Street to serve as an east-west corridor in the southeastern section of the City. In conjunction with this change, Fifth Street should also be upgraded to collector status. B. The City of Clermont should widen East Avenue south of Minnehaha Avenue, as needed to serve the trans- portation needs of the residents of South Clermont. C. The City of Clermont should request that Twelfth Street (S.R. 561A) north of S.R. 50 be improved as traffic conditions warrant. Such action would provide for a more efficient flow of traffic in the northwest part of the City. D. The City of Clermont should upgrade Pitt Street to collector status from Bloxam Avenue east to Grand Highway to facilitate access to U.S. 27 and S.R. 50 by the residents of East Clermont. E. The City of Clermont should upgrade Grand Highway to collector status from U.S. 27 south to S.R. 50 to facilitate access to U.S. 27 and S.R. 50 to residents of East Clermont. The City Manager was directed to revise and rewrite the Transportation Element for the Commission's review, including the above mentioned material as a minimum. RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE. The Recreation Element was reviewed and found to be satisfactory. The many improvments made in our Parks and Recreaton activities since the Comprehensive Plan was adopted were briefly discussed. In addition, the City Manager recommended that: A. Under Distribution and Acquisition, item 3, a sentence be added as follows: "consideration should be given to all types of uses and ages, and appropriate surveys completed to determine needs." B. In the section titled Financing and Implementation a sentence be added stating "A Parks and Recreation Capital Improvement • Plan should be implemented." The consensus of the Commission was that these changes should be made. CONSERVATION ELEMENT. The Conservation Element was reviewed and the following changes discussed: A. In the section titled Water Resources a sentence should be added as follows: "Man-made improvements such as road systems can also hinder the flow of water from Big and Little Creeks to the Clermont chain of lakes." CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WORKSHOP MEETING May 15, 1984 Page three B. Under Objective 2 Protectin Lake Count 's Water Resources a Policy 8 should be added to read: "The City should work with the County to implement the recommendations of the Upper Palatlakaha Study. Many man-made improvements, such as roads or dikes, are impeding the flow of water from the headwaters into the Clermont chain of lakes. These prob- lems must be corrected and reversed." C. The section titled Environmentally Sensitive Areas was discussed in detail. No one present had seen the reports of the Lake County Resources Advisory Committee mentioned in the Comprehensive Plan. The members agreed that these reports should be found and reviewed. It was discussed that areas on steep slopes and lakeshore property should also be considered environmentally sensitive. The first sentence under the heading was revised to read "Environmentally those water bodies, wetland areas an. in their natural state to the people fied as environmentally sensitive by agency." Environmentally Sensitive Areas sensitive areas are primarily 3 islands of particular value of Lake County, or ones identi- the appropriate environmental All Planning and Zoning Commission members are to review the Electric, Intergovernmental Coordination, Economic Feasibility and Sanitary Sewer, Potable Water, Drainage and Solid Waste Elements for the next workshop, which will be held at 4:00 p.m. in the City Hall Conference Room on Tuesday, June 19, 1984. Chairman Sargent also recommended that all revised pages prepared by the City staff should be labeled as such with the date of revision. The meeting adjourned at 5:15 p.m. ATTEST: rilyn G / ~' r~ 4 c~+I eor P & Z Te nician ~-- .~ ~ /John 1~. Sargen~/, Chairman ~,