County Attorney Torres presented the rules and procedures for the Quasi-Judicial Hearing.
There was no on present who wished to seek party status.
Commissioners Alford, Prizzia, Cornell, Chestnut, and Wheeler disclosed a meeting with the applicant.
Commissioners Cornell and Chestnut disclosed meetings with City of Hawthorne.
Deputy Clerk Donahey issued the Oath to all those who wished to address the matter.
EPD Natural Resources Program Manager Mark Brown presented the above item.
Agent for the Applicant Clay Sweger, Hawthorne Mayor Jacquelyn Randall, Hawthorne City Manager, Robert Thompson, VisionFirst Advisors Gray Swoope, Breedlove Dennis & Associates Mike Dennis, and David Coffey, Esq. presented comments.
Commissioner Prizzia moved the following:
Staff Recommended Action including the railroad spur and access roadway impacts to the wildlife corridor and the added condition and up to an additional 10 acres of impact with each final development plan or up to 44 acres total. except with no additional encroachment or impacts on the 39-acre wildlife corridor or conservation areas. Any impact to the wildlife corridor or conservation areas will come back to the Board of County Commissioners.
Added condition: Weyerhaeuser and individual businesses located within the Hawthorne Industry Park will be required to submit and receive construction level Environmental Resource Permits (ERP) from the St. Johns River Water Management District. Concurrently with the ERP application, a CWPC application will be submitted to Alachua County EPD with copies of the construction plans, District correspondence and mitigations reports. EPD staff will correspond with the applicants and District staff in the evaluation of proposed wetland impacts, associated acreages and designated mitigation.
2nd Commissioner Alford
The Board recessed to allow time for the staff and the applicant to discuss the motion.
COMMISSON RECESSED AT: 7:20 P.M.
COMMISSION RECONVENED: 7:51 P.M.
Assistant County Manager Missy Daniels, County Attorney Torres, Agent for the Applicant Clay Sweger, David Coffey, Esq., and Commissioner Alford presented comments.
Chair Cornell recognized George Papadi, Chamber of Commerce Eric Godet, Mike New, Chamber of Commerce Landon Harrar, Larry McDaniel, Mo Chanel, and Ronald Cobb II who presented comments to the Board.
Commissioner Prizzia moved the following amended motion:
Weyerhaeuser, lot owners, and contractors constructing infrastructure (ex., roads, railroads, utilities) shall be restricted to impacting no more than 44 acres of wetlands and surface waters within the boundaries to the Hawthorne Industrial Park, but outside the delineated wildlife corridor/conservation area. The only impacts allowed within the wildlife corridor/conservation area, without additional approvals from the Board of County Commissioners, are the east-west railroad spur and access roadway. Additional approvals of impacts within the wildlife corridor/conservation area will be reviewed by the Board of County Commissioner in accordance with the Countywide Wetland Protection Code. Impacts may only occur after final development plan approvals by Hawthorne showing wetland and surface waters impacts.
Weyerhaeuser and subsequent property owners within the Hawthorne Industrial Park will be required to submit and receive construction level Environmental Resource Permits (ERP) from the St. Johns River Water Management District. Concurrent with ERP applications, a Countywide Wetland Protection report will be submitted to the Alachua County Environmental Protection Department with copies of the construction plans, District communications and mitigation reports. Environmental Protection Department staff will correspond with the applicants and District staff in the evaluation of proposed wetland and surface waters impacts, associated acreages and designated mitigation.
Off-site mitigation area (443 acres) will be put into permanent protection prior to any wetland or surface waters impacts.
2nd Commissioner Alford
The motion carried 5-0.