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Longwood Gry Commission Chvmbers
i]5 W. \C'azran Avenue
lungwood, Fiotida
MINt1TES
Work Session
January 10,2000
PIU'SBNT: Mayor Paul Luvesnwsd
Deputy Mayor Botch 6undy
Comminsioner)ohn G Maingot
Commissioner Dan Anderson
John J. Drago, City Adminisrraeor
Geraldine U. Z:unbri, City Cleri.
Bedin D. doswortly Deputy Crv Clack
v. cyl Basler. nlcP, n,n cyl Batley company
G David Coffey, &q., CoRcy grid Mcpherson
'terry Baker, Dire r, Public Serv es Depar
John Drock, Diretto5 Community Services Dep~eamen[
Jay Sargent, City Planner, Planning Division, Community Services llepr.
John Groevevdaal, Planning Aide, Planning Division, Community Services
Tom Smith, Manager, S¢ccrs/fleet Divi r4 Public Works Depvr
Ilichard h'nmbluh, Manages Utilides Division, Public Works Depvrttnenr
AASBN'f: Commissioner Miller (axs.used)
1. CALL. TO ORDER.
Tne mayor cathd a wcrk session to oranrat zoo p.n,.
Commissioner Mtlerson moved ro suspend the rules Semvded by Depsrry
Mayor Bundy and vpprovcd 4~0-1, wins Commissioner Miller absent.
2. LONG RANGE PLANNING.
Mayor Love and gaveabrie roduc nthe suhjec of This ning's ring,n ring rher
w Hoch oppoctvniry for rise Cry to'm~ ex additional propertpetlsar if the City could not e
expandro vnsd, i ould possibly expand upward. W th appropdnte dccign stmdvrds, the Giry
mould expvrd above dse 35 foot srondaM fimir, perhaps ro four or Fve sorry buildings. County
Com ec Chair an Cazleon Healey po ,md our the Gty has los ether of bra
along CR 427. \Pth d,c widening of CR 42], he rhoughr the City should consider a CIL1eEorttlse
CR 42] eorsidor. Gail Barley was solttted to fadlirore this meceing ac she hvs bad experience in this
and was w,orldng on the City's Land Development Code (LllC). "ChB LDC can become the
~. d~ving force for much of wbar d:e Commission.v:cored co accomplish in long-range planning.
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'Lonigh4 die emphasis would be on what the LDC could do for d+e City which would provide a
good foundation ro continue Ihese Long Range Planning sessions.
Ms. Fsslcy introduced her co-fa liramr, Dvvid Coffey. The Fours tonigFt woulA be on the idea
vnd canceprs in davcloping Ausign+stvnaiurds that tlse Commission preferred for the Gry. It wouicl
be brst overall ro begin focusing on reguhdons in terms of long-,cage pivnning. All in nttendv+cc
w m give, the mnlliplc choice Plisloria Cery ofLongrvood-V'xr+of Pnferznro S'r++wy loon m be
nompmred :+nd no-. eoffey wowd compile d,e reawn.
Mr. Coffey gavca brief sc+rement of his background. He noted, as nforiner politician,that
coulA arcialure what they did notwan4 bur it wvs difficult Eoc Ihem m ivliculam what
tlsey donwanc }le pointed out tkat regulations oup~+t to be designed m Deliver what it was the
nity w mteA. 'Cho Virr+of N f a valuable mchnique o begin the pro and very
likely an mage of nc~ c nity would emerge. llsem ouid be 80 slides of plnc sxlook ne d+e
slide, do nor. chink nbou i rrnc~ ro i4 and tlsen score it on a scale of pox nve/negative i ro 10.
Ms. ensley expanded on the evening's theme -- if one aanmd ro bong about clnnge in Longwood,
dscre were several ways :but weld be accomplished: the City maid aasombie Innd and aaas a
developer eithe sellingitwidsmnditi ordevelopit or Ne CitymulD makeimpro on
publicly owned I:mJ, e.g, rights-of-may,~s+edians and the City could also adopt new dezigl+ ors
randacds -- nc~v sets of regulations that would over some period of time, depending upon how the
ceguladons were constmctcd, msWtin change in the Ciry oElongwood. itunding mechanisms will
be discussed rata Eumre ineedng. lltvt.vas how d+e Ciry of lungwootl got to be the wvy ie ss rodvy.
The City did n t ~alunys have the s ping ordinan r the s me Innd devclopm
reguhdons, nor d+c aura land development regulationse when lalungabout trnAitio++al zoning
whiti+ stuxcd nbou[ 80 yeas ago, ordevelopmen[mguiemns, them were a number of ways ro
mplishwhat the Cityw reJrodo. The idea of traditi nal zoningw sepxn
sepamle muhi-family development and industrial development firm everything Jse. l'he City of
Longwood h:u 1 I coning categories ns well as 13 planned districts, probably more than +he Ciry
naeded. ll+ere were otter ways ro go about reguladngdeva'lopment and adopdng design sranrkuds
thatwould result in nc~ kind of Acvelopment the City pmfe«ed. One non-zoning approach wits tlse
single map approach in terms of nc~ regulations themselves. It might I+c time for Ismgsvootl ro try
witl+ cMevclopmen4 i.a, tls. Carley releacd to the sreFFha,sdout Piomu, page 4, Pi+4Gr Fiarnrg
Rnmr.Gry Cvmmimion.
Discussion cnsuM drnhng wiD+ arvDng distracts otsd those having flesibiliry bulb in, to cono-ol what
happened through using design srmdards: allowing For mixeJ-use disrcice.: that residential ueu be
pmtecmd, ilmore dexibic, wilh an assigned mtegory "exclusive residenlinl;'smnllcnd liege scale
pion vmendmcnts, rcquiremenr in Scam law regarding consistency; keeping the procrss "simple' so
drat people coulel understand i4 reducing duplicadon; opportunity ro go higher on CR 421; thvt
design smndmds can bewn'aen m achieve the results wanted-beigbe olbuiltlings, color,
uniformity versus individuality in building; heary use ofgraphics in City's regulations vnd
developm model hirther along in the proc and, what ouid happen vith implem
of the cw regulnti n i and grendsfathering; d+c~keyw oJoseDbe l'un nnddo
within those tiro is the oulJnbegrea er flexibility, so thm tl+e tleaclopna r[he propeery ow
have the choirs for example, tl+c Gode could soy d+ne a building coulA be Fve srorim high, but you
may n say what activity o urn on each Floor, although the Cole might say d+c upper Floors
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/+ should be residential ornm~. of residentnl/ofFce-give Flexibility; developinga viswn and
boundar es lhar the Comm o: vs mfortnble wids,vi:Ihoucsopull'^g our dcmils, chef n~a~inn
ofany individual would FlII iv 'those bo~ndnn ways tlse City c Id er have nay ned d io
onld Be very pleasing ~-provide oppor nirysfor crvntivity and innovnuon within the limits as the
Commission set.
Mayor Inacstrnnd regvesced thnt anodic Long Range Plnining session he sclseduled in rho vuy
neaz Future and asked the Ciry Aelmimsvntor to coordinam with Ms. Easlry.
Ms. Easley requested Commission consensus ro move Foiwud with the non-zoning type approach
us the vadi[ion;il zoning approach u they began ro Formulate ideas/concepts for the
Commission m react ro.
Mayor Lovesrrand vsked Ms. Easley ro have tlse City Adminisvaeor or she co get with dsc
Commissionus individirvlly on char.
PUBLIC PARTICIPA'CION.
Emily Gmvr, 240 Spanish Oak'1'rail ,was happy m he able to attend the meeting dealing with long
range planning end.vishad to speak wids regnrd to the comiocrciul propotty - one'm inngdale
Industrial Pazk --she owned in regazd to mandatory sewer connecdon. She was not awue that
cendy a number of changes had taken place with respect to zoning, the uses were nov very
I mired and she hoped die long-tinge plmning would addresses these type simndons.
3. ADJOURN.
The mcedng adjourned ar 9:05 p.m.
A'tTFST:
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Bedin D. Bosworth, C.nhC, Depvry Ciry Clerk
L ~.y.6 ~s~.~a _.
Pwl Lovestaand. Mayor
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