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08-04-1987 CITY OF EDGEWATER LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY REGULAR MEETING TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1987 10:00 A.M. CONFERENCE ROOM CITY HALL Chairman Martinez called to order a regular meeting of the Local Planning Agency on Tuesday, August 4, 1987, at 10:00 A.M., in the conference room of City Hall. ROLL CALL: Members present were Mrs. Martinez, Mr. Austin and Mr. Wadsworth. Also present were Mrs. Plaskett, Harold Nantz of Dyer, Riddle, Mills and Precourt, Peter Grigas of Strategic Planning Group and Beverly Kinney, Board Secretary. Mr. David Garrett was excused. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes of July 21, 1987 were presented for approval. Mr. Wadsworth moved to accept the minutes, seconded by Mr. Austin. DEPARTMENT HEAD REPORTS: None ELEMENT STATUS: Housing Element: Mr. Peter Grigas of S.P.G. was present to discuss the draft of the housing element. Mr. Grigas had done the population projections and stated all involved would have to agree on the figures. Each element was dependent and based upon population figures. Mr. Grigas went over some of the figures, and stated there would be a year round population of almost 15,000 by 1990, a little over 20,000 by 1995 and the growth rate would begin to level off after the year 2000. Mr. Grigas added the growth rate since 1984 had been 64 percent. Mrs. Plaskett went over the population projections from Volusia County. Mr. Grigas did not feel the figures from the County were accurate. Mrs. Plaskett agreed and stated the Population Projection Committee were going to ask the County bring their figures in line with the City and the State would receive more accurate population figures. Mr. Grigas explained S.P.G. used the extrapolation method to get their population projections and verified their numbers using the fixed ratio and variable method for comparison. Mr. Grigas stated residential land absorption and availability ties in with population projections. Wetlands and environmentally sens- itive land lowers the availability of land. Mr. Grigas stated housing affordability would have to be addressed, and suggested mobile homes as opposed to subsidized housing. The Board discussed rezoning land for low income housing and current procedures for mobile home parks and subdivisions. They also discussed possible annexations providing land for low income housing. Mr. Grigas pointed out the State is requiring a provision for low income housing in the comprehensive plan. The Board also discussed updating zoning ordinances. Mr. Grigas stated an ordinance is only as good as the enforcement behind it. Mr. Grigas stated under special housing types there were 560 mobile homes. The information was gathered from the State and varified by contacting each mobile home park in the City. There was a discrepancy in the number of mobile homes in the City. S.P.G. came up with a total of 556 and the City listed 549 units. -1- `/ toils There was some discussion regarding goals, policies and objectives for the housing element. Mr. Grigas stated he would work up a list for discussion at the next meeting and Council. Mrs. Martinez felt the Council could go over the goals, policies and objectives, after staff review, in a workshop. Mr. Grigas stated he was hoping to have the final draft of the housing element prepared by the next regular L.P.A. meeting, and he would like L.P.A. members and staff to comment on the draft. There was some discussion regarding public hearings for each element and the comprehensive plan as a whole. Mr. Austin moved to take a break, seconded by Mr. Wadsworth at 11:06 A.M. Meeting resumed at 11:20 A.M. Sanitary Sewer, Solid Waste, Drainage, Potable and Natural Ground Water Aquifer Recharge Element: Harold Nantz of Dyer, Riddle, Mills and Precourt was present to discuss this part of the comprehensive plan. Mrs. Plaskett stated Mr. Wadsworth felt most of the infor- mation needed was available, but needed to be put in proper form. The parts of the element that were vague were the Natural Ground= Water Aquifer Recharge and Drainage. According to Mr. Nantz, there should be no problem getting the element in to D.C.A. by the dead- line of September 30, 1987, and it can be amended at a later date. Mr. Nantz stated he had been concentrating on the Solid Waste and Drainage part of the element. First to be identified is how the City services solid waste, where it goes and how it fits into the County and Regional plans. Existing land use data from 1981 indL- cates most of the refuse goes to the County station. The element will also have address hazardous waste, including those that come from household goods. There was some discussion as to how much of the work Dyer, Riddle, Mills and Precourt would be doing on the element. Mrs. Martinez suggested the City doing the research and gathering of information for Mr. Nantz to compile into the element. Mr. Nantz agreed it could be done that way. There was some discussion regarding the incinerator. Mr. Wadsworth explained it was used mainly for tree cuttings, wood, etc. Mr. Nantz felt it needed to be looked at because the City needed to evaluate the possibility of a facility for the City and land needed for such a facility. Mr. Nantz stated the goals, policies and objectives would also need to be addressed. Mr. Nantz felt solid waste should be fairly easy to address, because the County handles so much of it, but drainage will be more involved, because there have to be some indepth studies done. Mrs. Martinez stated Mr. Frank Marshall, an Engineer, had done a study on drainage. Mr. Wadsworth felt it could be very helpful. Mrs. Plaskett stated one of her main concerns was the amount of run- off going directly into the river in conjunction with the Coastal Management element. Mrs. Plaskett added she was a member of the Coastal Management Steering Committee, and they hired a consultant in conjunction with the County. Each City will be able to use any infor- mation they need for their Coastal Management Element. Mr. Nantz stated he would be interested in studies done on existing features, sizing, drainage canals, drainage ways, drainage basins, how many acres of drainage, it drains and how much drains in right -of -ways. Mr. Austin felt they could put together a pretty good working drainage map with the maps prepared for the C.I.P. The Board agreed stormwater runoff and pollution runoff were two (2) major items that would have to be looked at. Local Planning Agency Regular Meeting Tuesday, August 4, 1987 -2- vow Nwe • There was some discussion regarding septic tanks in Florida Shores, grant funding for a gravity collection system, a treatment plant and soil surveys and analysis. Mr. Nantz stated he would try to be back Wednesday, August 5, 1987, to start work with Mr. Austin. Mr. Wadsworth suggested Mr. Nantz also get together with the City Engineer. Mr. Nantz stated he would compare the population projections done by S.P.G. against those done by his company. The Board agreed to use the population projections from S.P.G. There was a small discussion regarding F.E.M.A. There was also discussion regarding the meeting between Mr. Nantz and Mr. Austin. Mr. Nantz suggested Mr. Austin call Tomoka Landfill to find out what their future plans were and what their past, present and future capacity was. He also suggested gathering generation rates and past histories on the collection system for drainage and solid waste. Mrs. Martinez stated she would call the City Engineer to make sure he would be available for the meeting scheduled for August 5, 1987. There being no further business to come before the Board, Mr. Wads- worth moved to adjourn, seconded by Mr. Austin. Meeting Adjourned at approximately 12:07 P.M. Local Planning Agency Regular Meeting Tuesday, August 4, 1987 Minutes respectfully submitted by: Beverly Kinney -3-