Subject:
Title
Public Interest Determination: Wetland Impacts for Florida Power and Light (FPL) Service Center, Port St. John Parkway & Grissom Road (District 1)
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Fiscal Impact:
None
Dept/Office:
Natural Resources Management Department
Requested Action:
Recommendation
In accordance with Chapter 62, Article X, Division 4, Section 62-3694(c)(3)b, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. (Kimley-Horn), on behalf of FPL, requests that the Board of County Commissioners (Board) grant a Public Interest Determination (PID) for wetland impacts proposed for the construction of a Service Center on the referenced parcels.
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Summary Explanation and Background:
Kimley-Horn, on behalf of FPL, submitted a Wetland Toolbox analysis (attached) for wetland impacts proposed for a commercial project at the northwestern intersection of Port St. John Parkway and Grissom Parkway (Tax Account Numbers 2312189, 2312191, 2312201, 2312203, 2312205, 2312213, 2312214, 2312233, 2312234, and 2312249). The properties contain three wetlands that encompass approximately 0.237 acres in total. The applicant proposes to impact all three wetlands to develop a Service Center, consisting of a two-story office building, a one-story warehouse building, a two-bay vehicle maintenance garage, and single bay truck wash, a 3,000-gallon above-ground fuel system, a truck stock building (maintenance supply), enclosure for generator and mechanical equipment, and associated parking, stormwater, and landscaping. The applicant is proposing to combine all ten parcels.
The applicant intends to impact all of two small isolated wetlands: Wetland A (0.018 acres), on the southwestern portion of the property, just north of Port St. John Parkway; and Wetland C (0.056 acres), near the northwestern corner of the property. The proposed wetland impacts to Wetland B include 0.163 acre of the easternmost part of the wetland that extends off-site to the west-northwest. No-net-loss compensatory wetlands mitigation, meeting the cr...
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