Okaloosa County BOCC — January 19, 2016 — OC-7 DEO Letter May 15, 2015 — reading text

- ail a Rick Scott , Jesse Panuccio GOVERNOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FLORIDA DEPARTMENTf ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY May 15, 2015 Jesse W. Rigby, [sq. Clark, Partington, Hart, Larry, Bond & Stackhouse 125 West Romana Street, Suite 800 Pensacola, Florida 32502 RE: Bluewater Bay Development of Regional Impact (DRI) Randy Wise Homes, Inc. Proposal File No. ADA-01-1977-003 Non-Substantive Modification Dear Mr. Rigby: In your memorandum to the Department dated April 9, 2015, you share your request made to Okaloosa County on March 6, 2015, to change land uses on approximately 10 acres of the 5,714-acre Bluewater Bay DRI, which is located adjacent to and southeast of the Magnolia Forest subdivision in Okaloosa County, Florida. The Department interprets your memo and the information provided as a request for our determining whether the proposed changes to the DRI may be reviewed and adopted as a non-substantial amendment to the Development Order without the need for submittal of a Notification of Proposed Change (NOPC), pursuant to section 380.06(19)(e)1., Florida Statutes (F.S.). The proposed amendment would change 10 acres of the "golf" subcategory of Open Space to seven acres of Medium/Low Residential and three acres to the Open Space subcategory of "other open space" and shift 21 units from High Residential to this Medium/Low Residential use. The information provided shows these modifications will have an insignificant net increase in external peak hour trips (0.12 percent increase) and, individually or cumulatively with any previous changes, will not reduce the amount of land set aside for open space (1.78 percent decrease) in the DRI in excess of the criteria in section 380.06(19)(1)(b)8., F.S. Considering these modifications, the approved development plan would still have a pool of 263 authorized but not constructed residential units and 385 acres of open space (156 acres within the "golf" subcategory) in excess of the amounts currently approved. There is no proposed change to the DRI build-out date. The Department agrees these modifications do not individually or cumulatively with other changes exceed any of the criteria enumerated in sections 380.06(19)(b)1-10. F.S., and do not constitute a substantial deviation or create the likelihood of additional regional impact. Therefore, pursuant to section 380.06(19)(e)1., F.S., the proposed modifications do not require the filing of an NOPC. The Department has consulted with Okaloosa County and the West Florida Department of Economic Opportunity I Ca]d\e1I Building j 107 E. rvladiso Street Taflahassee, FL 32399 866.F1,A.2345 850.2457105 1850.1921.3223 Fax \'\7\\7\1'.f()1( jc.1 ..org  Jesse W. Rigby May 15, 2015 Page 2of2 Florida Regional Planning Council and neither has any objection to the proposed modifications. However, the amendment to the Development Order must be adopted in accordance with Okaloosa County's procedures for amendment of a Development Order; and if adopted, the County must render the amended Development Order to the Department. Thank you for the opportunity to review this proposed change. If you have any questions, please contact Mark Yelland, AICP, at (850)717-8517 or Sherry Spiers, Regional Planning Administrator, at (850)717-8499. Sincerely, Ana Richmond, Chief Bureau of Community Planning AR/my cc: Elliot Kampert, AICP, Director, Okaloosa County Department of Growth Management Terry Joseph, Executive Director, West Florida Regional Planning Council Caitlin Cerame, Regional Planner, West Florida Regional Planning Council Florida Department of Economic Opportunity The Caldwell Building 1 107 E. Madison Street Tallahassee, FL 32399-4120 866.FLA.2345 850.245.7105 8509213223 Fax www.FloridaJobs.org . www.twitter.com/FLDEO www.facebook.com/FLDEO An equal opportunity employer/program. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities. All voice telephone numbers on this document may be reached by persons using TTY/TDD equipment via the Florida Relay Service at 711.