Placement: New Business
Action Requested: Motion / Vote
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Approve a Site Plan for Stars and Stripes Park in Southern Grove (P22-195).
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Submitted By: Bridget Kean, AICP, Deputy Director
Strategic Plan Link: The City’s Mission to plan for smart and balanced growth.
Executive Summary (General Business): On behalf of the City of Port St. Lucie, Mattamy Palm Beach, LLC, has submitted a site plan for the development of Stars and Stripes Park. Stars and Stripes is a proposed public park in Southern Grove consisting of star sculptures, a waving flag display, and a solar system display, a linear stormwater pond, paved walking paths, and a paved parking lot. The site plan depicts the location for a future restroom and also provides an area for future overflow parking if needed. The park will include a celebratory plaza for veterans and first responders featuring large three- dimensional stars and wave-like stripes as well as a celestial lawn or outdoor classroom anchored by a large interactive sundial. The planet displays will radiate out from the sundial at an approximate distance from one another as in the solar system.
There is an associated application for subdivision plat approval for Stars in Stripes that is on the November 13, 2023 City Council agenda (P22-224).
Presentation Information: Staff may provide a presentation.
Staff Recommendation: Move that the Council approve the site plan as recommended by the Site Plan Review Committee.
Alternate Recommendations:
1. Move that the Council amend the recommendation and approve the site plan.
2. Move that the Council not approve the site plan and provide staff directions.
Background: The Site Plan Review Committee recommended approval of the proposed project at the October 12, 2022 Site Plan Review Committee meeting.
Issues/Analysis: Stars and Stripes is one of four proposed parks in Southern Grove that will be developed to meet the demand for park and recreation facilities created by the residential entitlements in the Southern Grove DRI. Per Condition 67 of the Southern Grove DRI, a total of 80 acres of net usable land is required to be deeded to the City for park and recreation facilities. The 47.51 acre property that includes the Stars and Stripes Park was deeded to the City in 2018 by the Tradition Land Company. There is an associated application for a preliminary and final subdivision plat for the Stars and Stripes in the Park (P22-224). The replat subdivides the property to create a 20- acre parcel for a future public-school site, a 10.199 acre water management tract, a 16.447 acre park site, and a .377 acre tract for extension of Tradition Trail to E/W 2.
Financial Information: N/A
Special Consideration: The City Attorney’s Office is working with the Parks and Recreation Department and Mattamy Palm Beach, LLC, on an agreement for the construction of the park.
Location of Project: The subject property is generally located on the west side of SW Village Parkway, immediately south of future E/W 2 roadway, north of Marshall Parkway and east of Heron Preserve residential community.
Attachments:
1. Staff Report
2. Stars and Stripes Site Plan
3. Stars and Stripes Preliminary Landscape Plan
4. Renderings of Stars and Stripes Exhibits
5. Application
6. Warranty Deed
7. Public Works Traffic Memo
8. Traffic Statement
9. School Bus Routing Plan
10. Staff Presentation
NOTE: All of the listed items in the “Attachment” section above are in the custody of the City Clerk. Any item(s) not provided in City Council packets are available upon request from the City Clerk.
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Legal Sufficiency Review:
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