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Designate 2506 Countryside Boulevard, formerly known as Countryside Executive Golf Course, as a Brownfield Area for the purpose of environmental rehabilitation and economic development and adopt Resolution 14-34.
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SUMMARY:
The owner, 25 Countryside West, LLC, (Applicant) purchased the subject property on December 27, 2013, as recorded in O.R. Book 18306 Page 2595 Pinellas County, Florida. The aforementioned 44.277 MOL acre site was formerly the location of the Countryside Executive Golf Course which closed in 2005. The site has been vacant and unused since that time.
The Applicant requests that the City of Clearwater exercise its authority for designation of a Brownfield area proposed by a person other than the local government entity as set forth in Chapter 376.80(2)(c) Florida Statutes and designate the above parcel a Brownfield Area under the Florida Brownfield Redevelopment Program.
Upon designation by the City, the Owner, hereinafter the Person Responsible for Brownfield Site Rehabilitation (PRFBSR), will enter into a Brownfield Site Rehabilitation Agreement (BSRA) with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) and notify the City Brownfield Coordinator when such an agreement has been reached. The PRFBSR will 1) conduct the remediation under the direction of FDEP and 2) complete the redevelopment and reuse of the existing zoning, Medium Density Residential (MDR), and future land use planned classification, Residential Urban (RU), to accommodate urban multi-family residential.
The rehabilitation and redevelopment of the proposed Brownfield site will result in economic productivity of the area, along with the creation of at least 5 new permanent jobs at the Brownfield site that are full-time equivalent positions not associated with the implementation of the BSRA and that are not associated with redevelopment project demolition or construction activities pursuant to the redevelopment of the proposed Brownfield site or area.
This designation shall not, however, render the City of Clearwater liable for the cost of site rehabilitation or source removal, as those terms are defined in Sections 376.70 (17) and (18), Florida Statutes, for other costs in excess of those attributable to the City as administrator of a Brownfields Program; or as a property owner, if the City hereafter acquires any realty within the designated Brownfield Area.
The requirements of the aforementioned statute have been satisfied by the applicant and, based upon the information presented; staff recommends adoption of Resolution 14-34.
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