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Amendment to the Map of Proposed Modifications to Gainesville's Urban Reserve Area (B)
This item is to amend the map of proposed modifications to Gainesville's Urban Reserve Area to show that the City Commission agrees with the County Commission's request to reduce the size of the original proposal.
Explanation
A review of the Urban Reserve Area is required every five years under the Alachua County Boundary Adjustment Act (BAA), the Special Act adopted by the State governing annexation in Alachua County. The County initiated the current 5 Year Review and Update on January 11, 2011. On April 7, 2011, the City Commission approved an updated Statement of Services and a map of the proposed modification to Gainesville's Urban Reserve Area. On June 14, 2011, the Board of County Commissioners conducted a public hearing in response to the City of Gainesville's request for modifications to our Urban Reserve and Statement of Services. At the public hearing, the Board of County Commissioners did not approve a resolution to designate an updated Reserve Area for the City of Gainesville as part of the 5 Year Review and Update of Reserve Areas.
On June 22, 2011, the City of Gainesville filed a Motion for Reconsideration and/or Rehearing on the denial of the City's request to add certain property to the City's Urban Reserve Area. Pursuant to the Board of County Commissioner's rules, the motion was placed on the Board's next agenda. On June 28, 2011, the Board of County Commissioners approved a motion to rehear the City's Proposed Modifications to Gainesville's Urban Reserve Area on or before August 9, 2011, with the understanding that the City would amend the original request to include a smaller area.
The intent of the City's request is to add the property that encompasses the Paynes Prairie Sheetflow Restoration Project to Gainesville's Urban Reserve. Although the actual Project site totals 260 acres, it occupies portions of all of the parcels that the C...
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