BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS LEON COUNTY, FLORIDA

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Florida Paso Fino Horse Association (Paso Fino). City staff worked to resolve the concerns raised
by these stakeholders but was initially unable to do so.
5. On October 26, 2011, the City Commission directed staff to defer the filing of the PUD
application to allow City Commissioner Mustian and County Commissioner Desloge to seek a
consensus on a modification to the access to the property.
6. There have been numerous meetings between the stakeholders and the Commissioners and with
staff. Based on these discussions, staff, in conjunction with the stakeholders, developed a
memorandum of agreement (MOA) between the City and County that was approved by the City on
October 24, 2012 and by the County on November 13, 2012. The major provisions of the MOU are:
a) The parties agree, pending final approval of the TIITF, to relocate the Arendell Way access
point to Thornton Road.
b) To facilitate the Thornton Road extension, the City will propose a land exchange with the
TIITF resulting in 8.3 acres of Greenway property being deeded to the City and 19.77 acres
of the City's Welaunee property being deeded to the TIITF. This is consistent with the TIITF
2:1 ratio requirements.
c) The City has agreed that the Thornton Road extension will be a two-lane road located within
an 80 foot right-of-way. At the time the Thornton Road extension is developed, the MOA
requires visual and landscape barriers to be included in the road construction, on Greenway
property, with the intent to eliminate the ability to see traffic on the Thornton Road
extension from the Greenway hayfield.
d) Upon all final approvals, the City will relinquish any rights to access their property at the
Arendell Way easement. The City has agreed to not seek any additional access easements
across the Greenway. The City retains the rights to the Edenfield access point.
e) The MOU may be amended if requested by the TIITF during their review and approval
process. Any further amendments will require mutual agreement of the City and County, as
well as approval by a simple majority of the stakeholders (see item 4 above) who are
registered with the State and active at the time of the amendment.
f) Subject to appropriations by the City Commission, the City will pursue the I-10 interchange
at Welaunee Boulevard.
g) The City will provide support to the STR in their pursuit of a multi-use land bridge across I-
10 from the City’s property in the vicinity of the proposed I-10 interchange. This support
includes: (i) filing of the application, provided the City incurs no costs associated with the
application and the City Commission at the time approves the action; and (ii) identification
of potential trails through the City’s property to allow access to the land bridge.
Analysis of Proposed Text
As mentioned in the History section above, relocating the vehicular access from Arendell Way to
Thornton Road was identified to have the following benefits:
a) Addresses the concerns of the Arendell Hills Neighborhood Association with respect to
traffic loading in their subdivision if the Arendell Way connection were developed.
b) Addresses an inconsistency in the long range mobility plan that calls for the extension of
Thornton Road from Mahan to Centerville, not Arendell Way.
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