BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS LEON COUNTY, FLORIDA

PCM130105 DISC Village
Final school concurrency calculations will be conducted during the development of a PUD
for the subject property and an adjoining parcel, and when a site plan for proposed
development is submitted.
5. 5-Year Capital Improvements Projects
None.
F. VESTED / EXEMPT STATUS:
Not applicable.
G. PLANNING ISSUES
Wastewater Treatment
Policy 4.2.5 of the Conservation Element (Attachment #2) addresses protection of Wakulla
Springs by requiring the establishment of a mapped Primary Spring Protection Zone (PSPZ) for
Wakulla Springs that is based on the Leon County Aquifer Vulnerability Assessment (LAVA).
Subsection 1 of this policy requires that the preferred method of wastewater treatment in the
PSPZ within the Woodville Rural Community and the Urban Services Area shall be connection
to sewer facilities designed to achieve Advanced Wastewater Treatment standards. The subject
property is presently serviced by an existing activated sludge wastewater treatment facility with
reclaimed water reuse sent to a rapid rate land application system (sprayfield). The permit is for a
0.030 million gallon per day (MGD) annual average daily flow.
If this WWTF facility is intended to be utilized by the redevelopment of the subject property, its
present capacity will need to be expanded to treat the anticipated 300-400 residential units being
planned. In addition, this facility at present is required to meet state drinking water quality
standards for total nitrogen (10mg/L) in the effluent released to the sprayfield. Given the
eventual 3.0 mg/L water quality standard for total nitrogen that the City of Tallahassee is
required by its state permit to achieve for its sprayfield north of the subject property, and the
location of the subject property within the PSPZ, the DISC Village WWTF should be required to
meet similar advanced wastewater treatment standards as a condition of the applicant receiving
the requested land use change in order to be consistent with Policy 4.2.5.
In addition, this policy requires new development and redevelopment in the PSPZ to use a Low
Impact Development (LID) approach to minimize adverse impacts of development on water
quality and Wakulla Springs. The development and redevelopment of the subject property should
use LID design principles to the maximum extent possible as a condition of the applicant
receiving the requested land use change in order to be consistent with Policy 4.2.5.
Transportation
The applicant has conducted a preliminary traffic impact analysis that indicates potential impacts
on the local transportation system from an increase in automotive trips resulting from the
proposed land use amendment. This analysis was submitted as part of the land use amendment
application.
At a public meeting held by the applicant at the Woodville Elementary School on November 28,
2012, there were several concerns voiced by members of the public about transportation impacts
from the redevelopment of the DISC Village. These issues included speeding and the number of
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