The Pasco County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) approved an ordinance rezoning 76.72 acres of property south of State Road 52, approximately 900 feet west of Land O’ Lakes Boulevard, to a Planned Development (PD) during their March 12 meeting in Dade City.
The changes will permit a maximum of 130,000 square feet of commercial/office, 300 multifamily dwelling units and 50 townhomes to be developed on the site.
It is anticipated that the proposed new amount of commercial/office space will prioritize employment generation along the frontage of SR 52 and will provide adequate connectivity and accessibility to adjacent communities and between the different uses within the development according to Pasco County records.
Other positive factors considered in making the zoning change were the anticipation that the increase in the square footage of commercial use in the area could bring more jobs to the county, resulting in more revenue and less consumption in services, according to county records.
It’s proposed that 5.96 acres of the property will be for commercial use, 28.63 acres for a combination of commercial and residential use and 41.36 acres for residential.
The applicant was listed as Thompson Thrift Development Inc., and attorney Barbara L. Wilhite was listed as the authorized representative for the owner(s) of the property.
The recording of a Plat with Performance Guarantees was approved for Jen Tampa 5, LLC – Mirada Parcel 15B-1. The developer proposes to have a residential subdivision comprised of 65 single-family lots on 75.3 acres between Kenton Road and Future Tyndall Road.
The site is in the “Connected Cities” area east of Interstate 75 and south of SR 52. The developer is required to have a security bond in the amount of $3,006,250.20 to cover the estimated cost of landscape and infrastructure work that hadn’t been completed prior to the filing of the plat.
An ordinance changing the zoning of 7.12 acres of property on the north side of State Road 54, approximately 1 mile west of Land O’ Lakes Boulevard, to Commercial (COM) and Conservation (CON) also was approved. The applicant wants to develop 12,600 square feet of retail/restaurant.
Plans call for 1.59 acres for commercial use and the remaining 5.53 acres to be used for conservation.
Housh Ghovaee was listed as the authorized representative for the owner(s) of the property.
The property was previously zoned RES-6 (Residential 6 Du/Ga).
Also approved, a zoning amendment for approximately 28.10 acres in south central Pasco. The change, requested by New River LTD Pasco, Houck Corporation/New River Houck, was from a C-2 General Commercial District to an MF-1 Multiple-Family Medium Density District Pasco. It had originally been listed as a consent item on the meeting’s agenda but District 5 Commissioner Jack Mariano requested it be removed for discussion.
The applicant plans to develop a maximum of 140 townhomes on the property located at the intersection of SR 54 and Ashton Oaks Boulevard. Mariano expressed concerns about there possibly not being adequate space for vehicles to park since plans call for each of the townhomes to have a one-car garage. There also will be space on the driveway of each townhome for one additional vehicle to be parked.
Attorney Wilhite, who was speaking on behalf of the applicant, emphasized there had been extended discussions over several months regarding the plans for the development.
It was approved by a vote of 4-1 with Commissioner Jack Mariano casting the dissenting vote.
NaphCare Inc. was awarded a bid not to exceed $81,524,720.98 to provide comprehensive inmate medical, mental health and pharmaceutical services for up to 2,040 inmates during fiscal years 2024-2029. The amount that will be paid annually will vary over the five-year length of NaphCare’s contract. There also will be an option to renew the contract for an additional five years after the current contract expires.
Two agreements to purchase vehicles during fiscal year (FY) 2024 that began Oct. 1, 2023 were approved. The agreement with Bartow Ford Co. is not to exceed $7,000,000 and the agreement with Beck Auto Sales of Palatka is not to exceed $1,500,000.
The agreement states that Ford Motor Co. vehicles may be purchased from Bartow Ford as needed, while various vehicles, including SUVs and light trucks, may be purchased from Beck Auto Sales as needed.
An ongoing cooperative purchase agreement to spend up to $1.779M as needed for maintenance also was approved.
Contract Management Services FL, LLC (CMSF) was awarded a bid not to exceed $1,020,000 as needed for general maintenance services for FY 2024-2026. CMSF will be paid in equal annual installments not to exceed $340,000. The company will assist in the operation and maintenance of the county’s water utility infrastructure on an as-needed basis and also will help support the operations and improve quality and reliability of the utility system.
Two task orders with Carollo Engineers Inc. (CEI), for a total not to exceed $856,926 for FY 2024 was approved. CEI is to prepare updates for the county’s Wastewater Master Plan Project and also for its Reclaimed Water Master Plan Update Project. The purpose for the update to the Wastewater Master Plan is to provide a strategy to accommodate anticipated demand and capacity needs for existing and future customers through 2045. The purpose of the updated Reclaimed Water Master Plan is to ensure that adequate supplies and pressures are available for existing and future customers through 2045. Both of the updated plans will include projections with planning horizons of five years, 10 years and 20 years.
Published March 20, 2024
