Land and Water Adjudicatory Commission, Departmental

 

LAND AND WATER ADJUDICATORY COMMISSION

Notice of Receipt of Petition

Petition to Amend the Boundaries of the Tampa Palms Open Space

and Transportation Community Development District

On October 28, 2015, the Florida Land and Water Adjudicatory Commission (“Commission”) received a petition to amend the boundaries of the Tampa Palms Open Space and Transportation Community Development District. The Commission will follow the requirements of Chapter 42-1, F.A.C., and Chapter 190, F.S., as amended, in considering the petition.

SUMMARY OF CONTENTS OF PETITION: The petition proposes amendment of the District by removing approximately 21.59 acres (contraction parcel) from the District’s boundaries. The District was originally created through Rule Chapter 42J-1 and currently consists of 3,151.7 acres of land located within the City of Tampa, Florida. The contraction parcel is not currently subject to any District assessments and the District is not currently providing any facilities or services to the contraction parcel. Upon removal of the contraction parcel, there will be no remaining developable acreage within the District boundary, as amended. There will be no changes in the facilities proposed to be provided by the District as a result of the removal of the contraction parcel.

SUMMARY OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COSTS: A statement of estimated regulatory costs (SERC) was prepared at the request of the District. The complete text of the SERC is contained as Exhibit 9 to the petition. Generally, the SERC supports the petition to amend the boundaries of the District. The SERC generally finds:

• The amendment will have no direct or indirect impact on economic growth, private sector job creation or employment, private sector investment, business competitiveness, or regulatory costs;
• The individuals and entities likely to be required to comply with the administrative rule or affected by the proposed action of amending the District are categorized as follows: (a) the State of Florida and its residents, (b) the City of Tampa, (c) property owners within the District, and (d) the property owner(s) within the contraction parcel;
• There are only modest costs expected to be incurred by the State of Florida, the City of Tampa, and the property owners within the District and the contraction parcel;
• The transactional costs associated with the adoption of an administrative rule to amend the District’s boundaries are nominal; and,
• Amendment of the District should not have any negative impact on small businesses.

A LOCAL HEARING WILL BE HELD AT THE TIME, DATE AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:

DATE AND TIME:January 22, 2016, 11:00 a.m.

PLACE:West Meadow Community Center Conference Room, 8401 New Tampa Boulevard, Tampa, Florida

Any person requiring a special accommodation to participate in the hearing because of a disability should contact: Jonathan Johnson, Hopping Green & Sams, P.A., 119 South Monroe Street, Suite 300, Post Office Box 6526, Tallahassee, Florida 32314, [phone], at least two business days in advance in order to provide sufficient opportunity to make appropriate arrangements.

Copies of the petition may be obtained by contacting: Jonathan Johnson, Hopping Green & Sams, P.A., 119 South Monroe Street, Suite 300, Post Office Box 6526, Tallahassee, Florida 32314, [phone] or Barbara Leighty, Office of the Governor, The Capitol, Room 1801, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0001, [phone].