02-23-2004 - Workshop
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CITY COUNCIL OF EDGEWATER
WORKSHOP
FEBRUARY 23, 2004
6:00 P.M.
COMMUNITY CENTER
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Schmidt called the Workshop to order at 6:00 p.m. in the
Community Center.
ROLL CALL
Mayor Donald Schmidt
Councilman James Brown
Councilman Dennis Vincenzi
Councilwoman Harriet Rhodes
Councilwoman Judith Lichter
City Manager Kenneth Hooper
City Clerk Susan Wadsworth
Paralegal Robin Matusick
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Excused
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MEETING PURPOSE
The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the Joint Planning Area
Agreement and Closest Unit Response Agreement between Volusia
County and the City.
City Manager Hooper summarized the Smart Growth Summit meetings.
City Manager Hooper presented a report on the Joint Planning Area
Agreement between Volusia County and the City. (Attached) He
further spoke of some of the finer details that occur once the
Joint Planning Area is adopted.
City Manager Hooper also referred to the Volusia County Future
Land Use Map. (Attached)
City Manager Hooper and Chief Planner Darren Lear answered
questions presented by Councilwoman Lichter and Mayor Schmidt.
Councilman Vincenzi presented his feelings on the Joint Planning
Area Agreement. He feels it is being hyped up more than it is
worth.
Councilwoman Lichter presented her feelings on the Joint Planning
Area Agreement with regard to controlled growth and water
conservation.
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Councilman Brown presented his feelings on the Joint Planning
Area Agreement. He likes most of it but feels it could use some
more fine tuning.
City Manager Hooper then presented the background information for
the Closest Unit Response Agreement between the City and Volusia
County. (Attached)
City Manager Hooper answered questions presented by Councilwoman
Lichter, Councilman Vincenzi and Councilman Brown.
Mayor Schmidt opened up the Workshop to the public on the Joint
Planning Area.
The following citizens spoke:
Douo McGinnis, 3630 Pioneer Trail, New Smyrna Beach
Barbara Herron, Unincorporated County, One of Founders of
Corridor 44 Civic Association
DouO McGinnis, 3630 Pioneer Trail, New Smyrna Beach
Chris Bache, 4485 Myrtle Street
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to discuss, Mayor Schmidt
adjourned the at 6:50 p.m. for ten minutes before the Regular
Meeting to be held at 7:00 p.m.
Minutes submitted by:
Lisa Bloomer
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WORK SESSION
February 23, 2004
SUBJECT:
Joint Planning Area Agreement and Closest Unit Response Agreement between the
City of Edgewater and Volusia County.
PURPOSE:
Joint Planning Area Agreement (JP A)
The purpose of a JP A is to provide the City and County with a long-term "blueprint" for municipal
planning, growth and development. The JP A s~ould include a map that depicts future land use
designations of the City and County. A goal of the JP A is to develop jointly planning future land
use designations enabling new development or redevelopment to be consistent with the planning
efforts of the City/County.
A JP A should describe the proposed ultimate municipal boundaries enabling a City to annex property
that is consistent with City and County planning goals. Urban boundaries should be adopted as an
integral layer of a JP A. The selection and adoption of urban growth boundaries enables a
municipality to plan, fund and provide urban services; Typical urban services include potable water
service, sewage treatment and disposal, fire and EMS service with four (4) minute response time and
police/law enforcement services.
Modem planning theories such as SMART GROWTH, neo-urbanism and town center concepts
encourage the establishment of mapped urban growth boundaries. The planning professionals of
V olusia County and the City of Edgewater have met and developed proposed urban growth
boundaries for the Edgewater service area. Other cities are negotiating with the County staff and are
currently developing similar urban growth boundaries. V olusia County is attempting to develop a
series of coordinated JP As with clearly defined urban growth boundaries that are based on similar
planning concepts throughout the County.
Planning concepts that have been used to create the proposed urban boundaries include:
environmental sensitive lands, .natural features (wetlands, rivers, protected rural uplands) and
existing land use designations. The urban boundaries identify the limits of a municipality's ability
or willingness to provide urban services. The urban boundary also establishes a geographic area
where property owners can expect the provision of urban services. Property owners that are located
outside of the urban boundary are not prohibited use of their property but are put on notice that due
to various planning concepts, they will not receive urban services thus, only rural development can
occur outside of the urban growth boundary.
Exhibit I is a map of the proposed Joint Planning Area which includes the urban growth boundary.
The urban boundary is limited to the north by New Smyrna Beach, south to Ariel Road, east to the
Indian River and west to a wetlands/enviroiunentally sensitive boundary west ofI-95.
Other benefits of the proposed County/City JP A include a clear area for annexation without County
opposition subject to contiguity and urban service provisions. The JP A becomes a planning tool to
facilitate cost-effective growth that is consistent with long-term goals of the County and City. The
JP A provides a planning guide for property owners to understand restrictions and standards for future
development.
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Closest Unit Response Agreement
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As of2003, V olusia County updated its Emergency Medical System (EMS) Ordinance. The changes
mandated several conditions that cities must comply to renew its license (COPCN) to provide
fire/EMS service. The purpose of the updated EMS Ordinance is to provide cost-effective, uniform
and technically modem fire and EMS urban services. A goal of the Ordinance is to insure consistent
fire/EMS service throughout the County.
A specific requirement of the updated Ordinance is that each City must enter into a closest unit
response agreement with neighboringjurisdictions. A closest unit response agreement is simply the
closest unit to an incident is dispatched regardless of the jurisdiction of the responding unit or
location of the incident. To date, Edgewater, New Smyrna Beach and Port Orange have entered into
a formal closest unit response agreement. All east coast cities (7) are developing a closest unit
response agreement including operational protocols. This proposed agreement is specific to V olusia
County.
The proposed Closed Unit" Response Agreement is subject to successful adoption of the Joint
Planning Area Agreement. The primary service area will be south of Edge water to the Oak Hill area.
V olusia County operates a fire/EMS station from Oak Hill. The impacted City fire/EMS station is
located on Hibiscus Road.
A review of the call-out data indicates that as a result of a closest unit response agreement with
Volusia County, the City will incur aforty (40) percent increase in call volumes. The proposal is
to add a second squad truck at the Hibiscus station and staff the truck with two (2) people per shift.
The cost will be $340,000 per year for personnel, equipment and maintenance. Since 40 percent of
the calls will service the unincorporated area, the County agrees to reimburse the City for 40 percent
of the cost. (40% of $340,000 = $140,000)
The proposed agreement would be modified in 2006 to reflect a cost per call (currently $777 per call)
of the net difference in call-out volume.
The Closest Unit Response Agreement is consistent with the JP A and allows the City of Edge water
to annex areas to the south with County conse~t. The combination of a JP A and Closest Unit
Response Agreement is advantageous to the City to accommodate urban growth to the Ariel Road
boundary. The agreements are beneficial to the County for coordinated planning/growth and
providing urban firelEMS service that is in transition from rural to urban densities.
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