Placement: Consent Agenda
Action Requested: Motion / Vote
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Approve a Site Plan Amendment for Legacy Park Project Everest (Costco Distribution Center) (P23-168 A-3)
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Submitted By: Bridget Kean, AICP, Deputy Director Planning and Zoning
Strategic Plan Link: The City's Goal of a diverse local economy and employment opportunities.
Executive Summary (General Business): This application is an amendment to the site plan for the Costco Distribution Center to add 7.54 acres of land to the project and to incorporate a solar energy system in the design of the project to power to the development. The 7.54 acres is legally described as Tract 1, Southern Grove Plat No. 47 and located on the north side of the property.
The proposed site plan amendment adds roof top solar power to the Phase I and Phase II buildings. It adds solar parking canopies over most of the employee parking areas, and it includes ground mounted solar panels along the southwest side of the property adjacent to SW Anthony F. Sansone Sr Boulevard. The proposed solar installation areas are shown in black on the attached site plan. Per the project engineer, the Costco property will be 100% off-grid with onsite solar generation (22,000 solar panels) and battery storage (23.4 megawatts). The only exception will be for a small fleet charging electric service through Florida Power and Light (FPL). Otherwise, site operations will be fully self-contained and powered with renewable energy generated and stored on-site. The system is designed with multiple layers of resiliency managed by an energy management system and backed up with an emergency generator to support maintenance schedules.
Representatives from the Costco Wholesale Corporation, the project engineer, and the solar design team will attend the meeting either in person or via Zoom to answer any questions and/or provide an overview of the project and the solar component if requested by Council.
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