The purpose of this proposed rule is to establish a community development district (“CDD”), the Twin Creeks Community Development District (“District”), pursuant to Chapter 190, F.S. The petition (amended during the February 13, 2006, local public ...  


  • RULE NO: RULE TITLE
    42DDD-1.001: Establishment
    42DDD-1.002: Boundary
    42DDD-1.003: Supervisors
    PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose of this proposed rule is to establish a community development district (“CDD”), the Twin Creeks Community Development District (“District”), pursuant to Chapter 190, F.S. The petition (amended during the February 13, 2006, local public hearing) filed by EH/Transeastern, LLC, requests the Commission establish a community development district located within St. Johns County, Florida. A Notice of Receipt of Petition for the Twin Creeks Community Development District was published in the January 27, 2006, edition of the Florida Administrative Weekly. The land area proposed to be served by the District comprises approximately 3,050 acres. A general location map is contained as Exhibit 1 to the petition, as amended, to establish the District. The site is generally located south of Durbin Creek, west of U.S. 1, east of Interstate 95, and on both sides of County Road 210 in St. Johns County, Florida. There are no parcels within the external boundaries of the proposed District which are to be excluded from the District. The Petitioner has obtained written consent to establish the District from the landowners of one hundred percent (100%) of the non-governmental real property located within the proposed District. The development plan for the proposed lands within the District includes the construction of approximately 5,000 units of single family detached units, single family attached units, multi-family housing along with 900,000 square feet of commercial mixed and 2,000,000 square feet of flexible industrial use space. Additional development plans include a 175 room hotel and a multiplex movie center. The District, if established, plans to finance certain master infrastructure improvements within the District boundaries. The improvements include complete construction of the basic infrastructure connecting and serving neighborhoods, including but not limited to: clearing, earthwork, water, sewer, and reclaimed utilities, internal roadways, and sodding/grassing. Master infrastructure also includes a community recreation center. Also included will be stormwater management facilities consisting of treatment ponds, outfalls, land to construct the retention and compensating storage areas, and wetland mitigation to serve the District in accordance with permitting agencies. Other District improvements include school facilities and substantial off-site improvements related to County Road 210 and US 1. All of the land in the proposed District is part of the Twin Creeks Development of Regional Impact.
    SUMMARY: The purpose of this proposed rule is to establish a community development district (“CDD”), the Twin Creeks Community Development District (“District”), pursuant to Chapter 190, F.S. The petition (amended during the February 13, 2006, local public hearing) filed by EH/Transeastern, LLC, requests the Commission establish a community development district located within St. Johns County, Florida. A Notice of Receipt of Petition for the Twin Creeks Community Development District was published in the January 27, 2006, edition of the Florida Administrative Weekly. The land area proposed to be served by the District comprises approximately 3,050 acres. A general location map is contained as Exhibit 1 to the petition, as amended, to establish the District. The site is generally located south of Durbin Creek, west of U.S. 1, east of Interstate 95, and on both sides of County Road 210 in St. Johns County, Florida. There are no parcels within the external boundaries of the proposed District which are to be excluded from the District. The Petitioner has obtained written consent to establish the District from the landowners of one hundred percent (100%) of the non-governmental real property located within the proposed District. The development plan for the proposed lands within the District includes the construction of approximately 5,000 units of single family detached units, single family attached units, multi-family housing along with 900,000 square feet of commercial mixed and 2,000,000 square feet of flexible industrial use space. Additional development plans include a 175 room hotel and a multiplex movie center. The District, if established, plans to finance certain master infrastructure improvements within the District boundaries. The improvements include complete construction of the basic infrastructure connecting and serving neighborhoods, including but not limited to: clearing, earthwork, water, sewer, and reclaimed utilities, internal roadways, and sodding/grassing. Master infrastructure also includes a community recreation center. Also included will be stormwater management facilities consisting of treatment ponds, outfalls, land to construct the retention and compensating storage areas, and wetland mitigation to serve the District in accordance with permitting agencies. Other District improvements include school facilities and substantial off-site improvements related to County Road 210 and US 1. All of the land in the proposed District is part of the Twin Creeks Development of Regional Impact.
    SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COSTS: The statement of estimated regulatory costs (SERC) supports the petition, as amended, to establish the District. The complete text of the revised SERC is contained as Exhibit 8 to the petition, as amended. The scope of the revised SERC is limited to evaluating the regulatory costs consequences of approving the proposal to establish the District. The requirements for a SERC are found in Section 120.541(2), F.S. A SERC must contain (a) a good faith estimate of the number of individuals and entities likely to be required to comply with the rule, together with a description of the types of individuals likely to be affected by the rule; (b) a good faith estimate of the costs to the agency, and to any other state and local government entities, of implementing and enforcing the proposed rule, and any anticipated effect on state or local revenues; (c) a good faith estimate of the transactional costs likely to be incurred by individuals and entities, including local governmental entities, required to comply with the requirements of the rule; (d) an analysis of the impact on small businesses, small counties, and small cities; (e) any additional information that the agency determines may be useful; and (f) any good faith written proposal submitted under section (a) and either a statement adopting the alternative or a statement rejecting the alternative in favor of the proposed rule. Addressing section (a), the principal entities that are likely to be required to comply with the rule include the District, the State of Florida, and St. Johns County. In addition, current and future property owners will be affected by the establishment of the proposed District. Under section (b), FLWAC and the State of Florida will incur minimal administrative costs. Review costs to St. Johns County are expected to be modest and the County will not incur any quantifiable on-going costs resulting from the on-going administration of the District. Adoption of the proposed rule to approve the formation of the District will not have an adverse impact on State and local revenues. Addressing section (c), the District may levy non-ad valorem special assessments on properties within its boundaries to finance infrastructure that the District funds and to defray the costs of operating and maintaining the infrastructure and associated community facilities. The District may issue notes, bonds, or other indebtedness to fund its improvement program. Prospective future land owners would be required to pay off such indebtedness over time in the form of non-ad valorem special assessments or other rates, fees or charges. The District may also impose an annual levy for the operation and maintenance of the District. Under section (d), approval of the petition, as amended, to establish the District will have no impact or a positive impact on all small businesses. The petition, as amended, to establish the District will not have an impact on small counties and small cities as defined by Section 120.52, F.S., as St. Johns County is not defined as a small county. Under section (e), the SERC analysis is based on a straightforward application of economic theory. Input was received from the developer’s engineer and other professionals associated with the developer.
    Any person who wishes to provide information regarding a statement of estimated regulatory costs, or provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative must do so in writing within 21 days of this notice.
    SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 190.005 FS.
    LAW IMPLEMENTED: 190.004, 190.005 FS.
    IF REQUESTED WITHIN 21 DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS NOTICE, A HEARING WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE,TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW(IF NOT REQUESTED, THIS HEARING WILL NOT BE HELD):
    DATE AND TIME: May 18, 2007, 10:00 a.m.
    PLACE: Room 2103, The Capitol, Tallahassee, Florida
    Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least two days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Barbara Leighty, Florida Land and Water Adjudicatory Commission, The Capitol, Room 1801, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0001, (850)487-1884. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).
    THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Barbara Leighty, Florida Land and Water Adjudicatory Commission, The Capitol, Room 1801, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0001, (850)487-1884

    THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE IS:

    TWIN CREEKS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT

    42DDD-1.001 Establishment.

    The Twin Creeks Community Development District is hereby established.

    Specific Authority 190.005 FS. Law Implemented 190.004, 190.005 FS. History–New________.

     

    42DDD-1.002 Boundary.

    The boundaries of the District are as follows:

    Subject Property South of C.R. 210

    A portion of Sections 9, 10, 11, and 14, together with all of Section 15, all lying in Township 5 South, Range 28 East, St. Johns County, Florida, and being more particularly described as follows: For a Point of Beginning, commence at the corner common to Sections 15, 16, 21, and 22 of said Township and Range; thence North 01°06’17” West, along the Westerly line of said Section 15, a distance of 2,655.18 feet to an angle in said Westerly line; thence North 00°50’08” West, continuing along said Westerly line, 2,702.59 feet to the Northwest corner of said Section 15; thence South 89°12’49” West, along the Southerly line of said Section 9, a distance of 496.47 feet to its intersection with the Southerly right-of-way line of County Road 210, a 150 foot right-of-way per St. Johns County Right-of-Way Map, dated August 15, 2002; thence along said Southerly line the following six (6) courses: (1) thence North 51°03’28” East, 6,410.43 feet to the point of curvature of a curve concave Southerly, having a radius of 243.31 feet; (2) thence Northeasterly, along the arc of said curve, through a central angle of 75°41’49”, an arc distance of 321.45 feet to the point of tangency of said curve, said arc being subtended by a chord bearing and distance of North 88°54’23” East, 298.58 feet; (3) thence South 53°14’43” East, 2,494.87 feet to the point of curvature of a curve concave Northeasterly, having a radius of 1,029.93 feet; (4) thence Southeasterly, along the arc of said curve, through a central angle of 15°27’40”, an arc distance of 277.92 feet to the point of tangency of said curve, said arc being subtended by a chord bearing and distance of South 60°58’33” East, 277.08 feet; (5) thence South 68°42’23” East, 1,737.76 feet to the point of curvature of a curve concave Northerly, having a radius of 393.31 feet; (6) thence Northeasterly, along the arc of said curve, through a central angle of 57°26’31”, an arc distance of 394.31 feet to its intersection with the Westerly right-of-way line of a Florida East Coast Railroad right-of-way, a variable width right-of-way per Florida East Coast Railway Company Right-of-Way Track Map, dated December 31, 1927, said arc being subtended by a chord bearing and distance of North 82°34’22” East, 378.01 feet; thence South 41°00’02” East, departing said Southerly right-of-way line and along said Westerly right-of-way line, 2,283.78 feet to a point lying on the Southerly line of said Section 11; thence North 89°28’59” East, continuing along said Westerly right-of-way line and along said Southerly line, 36.95 feet; thence South 41°02’31” East, departing said Southerly line and along said Westerly right-of-way line, 253.73 feet to its intersection with the Easterly line of said Section 14; thence South 01°04’11” East, departing said Westerly right-of-way line and along said Easterly line, 5,180.32 feet to the Southeasterly corner of said Section 14; thence South 89°33’57” West, along the Southerly line of said Section 14, a distance of 5,363.20 feet to the Southwest corner of said Section 14, said point also being the Southeast corner of said Section 15, thence South 89°33’51” West, along the Southerly line of said Section 15, a distance of 5,368.24 feet to the Point of Beginning. Containing 1,857.26 acres, more or less.

    Subject Property North of C.R. 210

    A portion of Sections 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, and 16, together with a portion of Section 46, the Joseph Peavett Grant, all lying in Township 5 South, Range 28 East, St. Johns County, Florida, and being more particularly described as follows: For a Point of Reference, commence at the corner common to said Sections 9, 10, 16 and Section 15 of said Township and Range, thence South 89°12’49” West, along the Southerly line of said Section 9, a distance of 739.26 feet to its intersection with the Northerly right-of-way line of County Road No. 210, a 150 foot right-of-way per St. Johns County Right-of-Way Map dated August 15, 2002, said point also being the Point of Beginning.

    From said Point of Beginning, thence South 89°12’49” West, departing said Northerly right-of-way line and continuing along said Southerly line of Section 9, a distance of 1,953.73 feet; thence South 89°55’22” West continuing along said Southerly line 1,349.80 feet to its intersection with the Easterly line of Government Lot 7 of said Section 16; thence South 01°18’02” West, departing said Southerly line and long said Easterly line, 12.69 feet; thence South 89°00’03” West, departing said Easterly line, 589.15 feet to a point lying on the Easterly limited access right-of-way line of Interstate Highway No. 95 (State Road No. 9), a 300 foot right-of-way per Florida Department of Transportation Right-of-Way Map Section No. 78080-2408 and Section No. 78080-2440, said point also lying on a curve; thence Northeasterly, along said Easterly limited access right-of-way line and along the arc of a curve concave Easterly, having a radius of 11,309.16 feet, through a central angle of 02°02’10”, an arc distance of 401.88 feet to the point of tangency of said curve, said arc being subtended by a chord bearing and distance of North 02°58’05” East, 401.86 feet; thence North 03°59’10” East, 3,620 feet, more or less, to a point of intersection with the centerline of Durbin Creek, said point bearing South 03°59’10” West, 590 feet, more or less, from an angle point in said Easterly limited access right-of-way line, said point serving as Reference Point “A” for the purposes of this property description and bearing North 03°59’10” East, 4,208.87 feet from last said point of tangency, departing said Easterly limited access right-of-way line and along the meanderings of said centerline of Durbin Creek, 5,880 feet, more or less, to its intersection with the Southerly line of the Northwest one-quarter of the Southwest one-quarter of said Section 3, said line also being a Southerly line of those lands described and recorded in Official Records Book 60, page 689, of the Public Records of said county; thence North 89°30’48” East, along last said Southerly line, 510 feet, more or less, to the Southeasterly corner of the Northwest one-quarter of the Southwest one-quarter of said Section 3, said Southeasterly corner bearing North 68°19’26” East, 6,016.57 feet from said Reference Point “A”; thence North 00°18’06” West, along the Easterly line of said lands of Official Records Book 50, page 689, a distance of 240 feet, more or less, to its intersection with said centerline of Durbin Creek; thence Northeasterly, departing said Easterly line and along the meanderings of said centerline, 2,180 feet, more or less, to its intersection with a Southerly line of said lands of Official Records Book 60, page 689; thence North 89°29’16” East, along said Southerly line, 360 feet, more or less, to a point of intersection with the Westerly right-of-way line of a Florida East Coast Railroad right-of-way, a variable width right-of-way per Florida East Coast Railway Company Right-of-Way and Track Map, dated December 31, 1927, said point bearing North 57°49’04” East, 2,613.07 feet from said Southeast corner of the Northwest one-quarter of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 3; thence along said Westerly right-of-way line the following seven (7) courses:  course one, thence South 41°00’02” East, 3,556.42 feet to a point lying on the Southerly line of said Section 2; course two, thence North 89°24’41” East, along said Southerly line, 26.27 feet; course three, thence South 41°00’02” East, departing said Southerly line, 1,807.93 feet; course four, thence South 48°39’58” West, 70.00 feet; course five, thence South 41°00’02” East, 1,745.00 feet; course six, thence North 89°16’33” East, 98.30 feet; course seven, thence South 41°00’02” East, 1,073.11 feet to an intersection with said Northerly right-of-way line of County Road No. 210, said point also lying on a curve concave Northerly, having a radius of 243.31 feet; thence along said Northerly right-of-way line the following six (6) courses: course one, thence Southwesterly, along the arc of said curve, through a central angle of 54°26’06”, an arc distance of 231.16 feet to the point of tangency of said curve, said arc being subtended by a chord bearing and distance of South 84°04’34” West, 222.57 feet; course two, thence North 68°42’23” West, 1,737.76 feet to the point of a curve concave Northeasterly, having a radius of 879.93 feet; course three, thence Northwesterly, along the arc of said curve, through a central angle of 15°27’40”, an arc distance of 237.45 feet to the point of tangency of said curve, said arc being subtended by a chord bearing and distance of North 60°58’33” West, 236.73 feet; course four, thence North 53°14’43” West, 2,494.87 feet to the point of curvature of a curve concave Southerly, having a radius of 393.31 feet; course five, thence Southwesterly, along the arc of said curve, through a central angle of 75°41’49”, an arc distance of 519.63 feet to the point of tangency of said curve, said arc being subtended by a chord bearing and distance of South 88°54’23” West, 482.65 feet; course six, thence South 51°03’28” West, 6,601.35 feet to an intersection with the Southerly line of Section 9 and the Point of Beginning. The above described lands being subject to any submerged sovereign lands of the State of Florida associated with Durbin and Sampson Creeks. Containing 1,193 acres, more or less.

    LESS AND EXCEPT a portion of Section 11, Township 5 South, Range 28 East, St. Johns County, Florida, being more particularly described as follows:  Commence at the southwest corner of Section 10, Township 5 South, Range 28 East, St. Johns County, Florida; thence North 00°48’41” West, along the westerly line of said Section 10, 377.21 feet, to an intersection a line lying 10.00 feet southeasterly of and parallel with the southeasterly right-of-way of County Road No. 210 (a 150.00 foot right-of-way per St. Johns County Right-of-Way Map dated 8-15-2002); thence North 51°03’28” East, along last said line and the northeasterly extension thereof, 7,759.46 feet to the southwesterly existing right-of-way line of Florida East Coast Railroad (a variable width right-of-way as shown on Florida East Coast Railway Company Right-of-Way and Track Map dated December 31, 1927); thence southeasterly, southwesterly and easterly, along said southwesterly existing right-of-way line run of the following six (6) courses and distances:  Course No. 1:  South 41°00’02” East, 1,524.26 feet; Course No. 2:  South 48°59’58” West, 70.00 feet; Course No. 3:  South 41°00’02” East, 1,295.55 feet to the Point of Beginning; Course No. 4:  South 41°00’02” East, 449.45 feet; Course No. 5:  North 89°16’33” East, 98.30 feet; Course No. 6:  South 41°00’02” East, 862.54 feet; thence South 48°59’58” West, 225.55 feet to the northeasterly right-of-way of said County Road 210; thence North 68°42’23” West, along said northeasterly right-of-way, 922.85 feet; thence North 23°54’33” West, 70.96 feet; thence North 20°53’17” East, 132.02 feet to the point of curvature of a curve leading northerly; thence northerly along and around the arc of said curve, concave westerly, having a radius of 310.00 feet, an arc distance of 334.85 feet, said arc being subtended by a chord bearing and distance of North 10°03’22” West, 318.81 feet to a point of tangency of last said curve; thence North 41°00’02” West, 37.36 feet; thence North 41°31’41” West, 115.11 feet; thence North 48°28’19” East, 279.45 feet to the Point of Beginning.  Containing 13.02 acres, more or less.

    Specific Authority 190.005 FS. Law Implemented 190.004, 190.005 FS. History–New________.

     

    42DDD-1.003 Supervisors.

    The following five persons are designated as the initial members of the Board of Supervisors: Paul Leikert, Jason Eisner, Robert Krief, Mark Newton, and Wayne Janzik.

    Specific Authority 190.005 FS. Law Implemented 190.004, 190.005 FS. History–New________.


    NAME OF PERSON ORIGINATING PROPOSED RULE: Jerry McDaniel, Florida Land and Water Adjudicatory Commission, Room 1801, The Capitol, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0001
    NAME OF SUPERVISOR OR PERSON WHO APPROVED THE PROPOSED RULE: Jerry McDaniel, Florida Land and Water Adjudicatory Commission, Room 1801, The Capitol, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0001
    DATE PROPOSED RULE APPROVED BY AGENCY HEAD: April 10, 2007
    DATE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT PUBLISHED IN FAW: March 16, 2007