Placement: Consent Agenda
Action Requested: Motion / Vote
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Approve a Preliminary and Final Subdivision Plat with Construction Plans for Tradition SG-7 (P24-114).
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Submitted By: Bridget Kean, AICP, Deputy Director
Strategic Plan Link: The City's Goal of high-quality infrastructure and facilities.
Executive Summary (General Business): This project is an application for approval of a preliminary and final subdivision plat with construction plans for Tradition SG-7. The proposed project is a replat of Tracts A and G, Southern Grove Plat No. 30 and within the America Walks-Becker Road MPUD. This application replats 59 acres, more or less, of vacant land that is owned by Mattamy Palm Beach, LLC, to create five parcels, four right-of-way tracts, and one stormwater tract. The property is within the America Walks-Becker Road MPUD and subject to the access management plan identified in the MPUD and depicted on the MPUD concept plan.
Per the access management plan, the proposed intersection at Tract R1 (Limpkin Lane) and Becker Road is a full access intersection with a future traffic signal. The traffic signal is a requirement of an executed traffic signal agreement between Mattamy Palm Beach, LLC, the City of Port St. Lucie, and the Port St. Lucie Governmental Finance Corporation which requires the Port St. Lucie Governmental Finance Corporation to fund the traffic signal improvement. Until plans for the traffic signal are approved, and the traffic signal is installed and operational, the intersection at Becker Road and Tract R1) will remain restricted to right-in right-out and left in access only.
A second four-way signalized intersection is proposed for the intersection of Tract R3 and Becker Road. Tract R3 is the extension of SW Anthony F. Sansone Sr Boulevard south of Becker Road. At present, the intersection of SW Anthony F. Sansone Sr Boulevard and Becker Road is a limited signalized intersection that only allows a left turn from SW Anthony F. Sansone Sr. Blvd onto Becker Road or a right turn from SW Anthony F. Sansone Sr. Blvd onto Becker Road. The applicant has proposed improvements to this intersection to make it a four- way signalized intersection. Final signal design and intersection improvements will require separate Public Works approval of all construction plans, other improvements as needed, and additional coordination with FDOT, if required, prior to the issuance of the Public Works site work permit. Until all plans are approved, access at this location shall be limited to right-in and right-out access only from the south.
Presentation Information: N/A
Staff Recommendation: Move that the Council approve the subdivision plat as recommended by the Site Plan Review Committee and with the following conditions as outlined in the Traffic Memo from the Public Works Department:
1. The traffic signal at the intersection of Becker Road and Tract R 1 (Limpkin Lane) and the traffic signal at Becker Road and SW Anthony F. Sansone Sr. Blvd. must be constructed and completed as follows:
a. Construction shall commence within 12 months of the Plat’s approval by City Council; and
b. Certification of the traffic signal shall be completed within 18 months of the Plat’s approval by City Council.
2. Within 30 days after the Public Works Pre-Construction meeting for the Plat, a temporary median within the existing full access intersection of Becker Road and Tract R 1 (Limpkin Lane) must be installed to restrict the access to right in/right out and left-in until the traffic signal at this intersection is installed and operational.
3. The intersection of SW Anthony F. Sansone Sr. Blvd and Becker Road will remain restricted to right-in and right-out access only from the south until the traffic signal at this intersection is installed and operational.
4. Upon submittal of the construction plans for either signal to the City of Port St. Lucie, monthly updates shall be submitted to the Public Works Department on the progress and status of the signal design, permitting and construction progress by the responsible party of each traffic signal.
5. The City may withhold Public Works engineering permits within the Plat if the obligations set forth in Conditions 1 through 4 are not met within the timeframes stated above.
6. A bond deemed to be sufficient in form and quantity by the Public Works and Legal Department must be received prior to recordation of the mylar.
7. A signed mylar must be provided and reviewed by City staff and the City Attorney’s Office prior to the mylar being recorded.
Alternate Recommendations:
1. Move that the Council amend the recommendation and approve the subdivision plat subject to the conditions noted above.
2. Move that the Council not approve the plat and provide staff direction.
Background: The Site Plan Review Committee recommended approval of the proposed preliminary and final subdivision plat at the October 23, 2024, Site Plan Review Committee meeting.
Issues/Analysis: Per the plat, the right-of-way tracts will be private roads reserved for Mattamy Palm Beach, LLC, and their successors and assigns. The roadway dedication does include an easement to the City for access on the roadways. The plat also references an ingress and egress easement between Mattamy Palm Beach, LLC, and America Walks at Port St. Lucie, LLC, that provides for the Encore at Tradition residential development to utilize Tract R1 (Limpkin Lane) for secondary access.
The City has received applications for site plan approval for four (4) of the parcels including an application for a Tesla car dealership (P24-215), an application for a Starbucks with drive through (P24-009), an application for a commercial development includes a Wendy’s with drive through service, a Panda Express with drive through service and a Chipotle restaurant with drive through service (P25-034), and an application for a convenience store with gas facilities (P25-060).
Financial Information: N/A
Special Consideration: N/A
Location of Project: The property is located on the south side of Becker Road between Encore at Tradition and Interstate 95.
Business Impact Statement: N/A
Attachments:
1. Staff Report
2. Tradition SG 7 Preliminary and Final Subdivision Plat
3. Tradition SG 7 Construction Plans
4. Tradition SG-7 Landscape Plan
5. Application and Authorization
6. Public Works Bond Memo
7. Public Works Traffic Memo
8. City Surveyor Approval Letter
9. Warranty Deed
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.
Internal Reference Number: 24211-10
Legal Sufficiency Review:
Reviewed by Carly Fabien, Deputy City Attorney. Approved as to Legal form and sufficiency by Richard Berrios, City Attorney.