Agenda 06-04-2019 6-a - Major Subdivision Preliminary Plat Application

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95 Jessica Aguilar: I wanted to applaud you for looking at how this would affect the school system. I see a lot of these new developments and they're posting price range of these homes in the$300s to$700s. What population are you looking to populate this area? Tim Smith: I apologize. I forgot to introduce the developer who is here tonight, Mr. Jim Parker. I'm not sure there's any direct market that they're targeting. Jim Parker: The builder for these lots will be Drees Homes who has built a lot of homes in Orange County. The homes will be similar to those that they have been building here. I would estimate your price range is about right. Jessica Aguilar:That's my concern. People in my situation, my socio-economic strata, are being edged out. We're looking for a home right now and we can't find anything affordable in this area. We are at risk of having to move after being here for almost two decades because these kinds of developments are coming in and taking up lands that we can't even dream of being a part of. Patrick Mallett: I would like to add on to the school comments. We have a fairly regimented system, database, and tracking system to verify if a project will or will not have an impact on school capacity issues. Our system, a copy of the report is contained within your packet, tells us if we are getting close to having a capacity issue. In this case,that CAPS form, and data is submitted to the school board for their review and processing as well. Bottom line is this project does not increase school capacity beyond what can be handled within existing facilities. There is no anticipated impact to the Orange County school system. We've done this prematurely to let them know this is being moved through the process and as they move through,this would get adjusted and tracked over time. The main point is the dashboard isn't showing a red light or even yellow light yet. Randy Marshall: Is there anything in the Orange County UDO that requires affordable housing since I don't see any reference to it? Patrick Mallett: No,we don't. What we're focused on at this level is the process for the subdivision part of it. We cannot compel a developer to develop what is defined as affordable housing. There are incentive programs in the UDO to encourage the development of affordable housing, primarily through increases in allowable density, but this is not applicable to this project. Randy Marshall: Municipalities often require payment in lieu of recreational facilities. I don't see any mini play grounds or recreational facilities within this development. Patrick Mallett: That we can require and we do collect. We still collect a Park and Recreation fee based on the park district that they are in. It's in the$455 range times each lot. Most jurisdictions have realized that it doesn't pay in the public sense to put hundreds of little parks that are public parks within smaller subdivisions. Park districts have been created and then that money is collected. You would have the open space for the project and then you have public recreation which is the park fee. Michael Harvey: I wanted to expand on the answer of affording housing. Orange County does indeed have a program that allows for density bonuses for projects that provide affordable housing units. The problem is those density bonuses are not applicable in watershed protection overlay districts. We establish density limitations as part of our watershed management program to control overall development of property and to ensure we are effective with managing water quality issues. You will recall from the concept plan meeting where we had discussed that the applicant had investigated the potential to maximize the total number of lots that could be developed on these properties,which would have been 27. The chief factors leading to the developer choosing not to develop the 27 individual lots were concerns about well and septic system development, potential traffic impacts, the preservation of open space,and adjacent property owners concerns that 27 lots was too intensive of a development for the area. From my standpoint all of these factors go into the development cost and the ultimate price point for the homes that will be developed on this property. There is not a lot of opportunity in the rural areas of the County where there's not easy access to water, sewer, public utilities to have intensely developed projects that might be able to have a price point that could be construed as affordable based on applicable guidelines. Part of the duality in Orange County's planning program is the need to properly manage or protect the natural environment and the tradeoff for that