Approving Developments--Inside the Process Part IV: Document Dump

5th Dimension's Rendering of this proposed development

In parts I  II  and   III of this series, as well as the initial post I made on this topic,  I have gone through multiple documents that were utilized by staff in their approval of a currently under-construction, upscale townhome development in the Perdido area of District 1.

As I have documented in the previous posts---this project was conceived, planned, and ultimately approved while this portion of property was in District 2.  The final piece of documentation was issued by the county about 30 days after this portion of the county became an official part of District 1 after the once per decade manditory redistricting process that concluded in December of 2021.  So no matter who was the commissioner or who's district this fell in after redistricting--the project would have moved forward as the train had already left the station.  

The other thing I have attempted to document in this series of posts is the fact that there was significant planning on this upscale development, there were multiple entities that issued permits for this construction, and numerous studies were generated to support this project's ultimate approval--including a detailed traffic study which I have read and published previously.  Some have erroniously and angrily proclaimed that "The county did not do any due diligence before approving this development!!"  This is untrue.  The county did significant due dilligence and the documents I have released and am realeasing today support this truth.  Additionally, and in addition to what we all know already (the property is/was zoned COM and the Future Land Use designation is MU-S--both of which support multifamily development) about why this was built here--I have now also confirmed with staff that this parcel has ALWAYS been either commercially zoned or that it carried the previous COM designation (C1) under the county's pre-2015 zoning designations.

It was always commercial, always zoned for multifamily, and for sale for years.  That's the indisputable fact of reality.  

So.... as I  come close to wrapping up this series (only one more post yet to come)  prior to the upcoming town hall I will have on this topic and others of concern to Perdido------ I have also received numerous additional documents pertaining to this development specifically which I am linking to this post here.

Readers who are interested in the facts and the timeline will find the stormwater study, the sales contract, design documents, and lots of additional information by downloading the files in this folder.

The PNJ has now also done a piece on this issue, which I must say was a well written, factual article.

more on that in Part V--the final post on this topic prior to the townhall.....