The Alachua County Planning Commission will meet on Wednesday, November 18, 2020, at 6 p.m. This is a hybrid meeting. The public may attend and participate (offer comments) in this meeting virtually and in-person.
The public who attend in-person must wear a facial covering at all times. Public seating will be made available up to the capacity that permits adequate social distancing.
The public may attend virtually through Cox Channel 12 and the County's
Video on Demand website. For meeting audio-only, call 301-715-8592, and when prompted, use meeting code 670 965 3024, pass code 2522482 (Alachua).
No later than five calendar days prior to the hearing, an individual or entity wishing to participate as a party in a quasi-judicial public hearing must provide the County with a written request to be considered as a party. The request must include a factual basis for why the requestor believes that he or she should be allowed to participate as a party. Please send requests to be considered a party to
planning@alachuacounty.us.
The Planning Commission shall consider written requests for party status at the outset of the Hearing and make a determination of which requesting individuals or entities qualify for party status in the hearing.
If an individual or entity intends to participate as a party and provide evidence, beyond testimony, at the public hearing, the individual or entity must provide electronic copies of all evidence to the appropriate County staff no later than three calendar days prior to the hearing. Any evidence provided electronically will be entered into the record and provided to all identified parties.
All interested persons are invited to attend and be heard. Written comments or photographic documents may be emailed to Planning Commission staff ahead of the scheduled hearing at
planning@alachuacounty.us. The public will be permitted to provide public comments at the hearing to the Planning Commission through telephone or in person.
For public who attend virtually, once public comment is opened for an item under discussion, please call 929-505-6099 (enter meeting code 273 174 8038). Callers will be put in a queue, and prompted when it is their turn to speak. TO AVOID FEEDBACK, SPEAKERS MUST TURN DOWN THE VOLUME ON THEIR DEVICE WHEN ADDRESSING THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE. When prompted for in-person comment, in-person participants should follow the direction of the Chair to participate.
Item for the Planning Commission Meeting:
ZOX-03-20 GRU Groundwater Recharge Wetland Park Special Exception – This is a request by CHW, Inc., agent, for Mitchem-Rivers, LLC, owner, for a special exception for a major utility (groundwater recharge wetland park) on approximately 76.49 acres on tax parcels 04433-000-000 and 04433-003-000 located at 3602 S.W. 122nd St. The project involves the construction of a man‐made wetland that would receive reclaimed water from GRU’s Kanapaha Water Reclamation Facility. The purpose of the wetland park is to recharge the aquifer with high quality, low nutrient water. The parcels have a future land use designation of Rural/Agriculture (1 dwelling unit/ 5 acres) and are in the Agriculture zoning district. For more information contact the Alachua County Growth Management Department at 352-374-5249 or Mehdi Benkhatar at
mbenkhatar@alachuacounty.us.
