The Zoom address is zoom.us and the meeting ID is 835-1838-6873. The meeting will begin at 5:00 pm on September 1, 2020.
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We've crunched the numbers and it just doesn't add up!
Due to the exorbitant price ($10,851,954.00) to be paid for the Hiatus/Broward 10 Acre Lot, the School Board has essentially forced the winning bidder to demand a unit density (110 units) that far exceeds the underlying tolerance for the property. 8.8 to 10 du/acre (depending on inclusion or exclusion of right of ways adjacent to the building site itself) versus 3 du/acre (required under the governing Land Use Plan, itself). In this specific instance, the School Board practices tortuous logic essentially asserting that due to the high sales price, the City must agree to throw out the underlying density and permit a far higher amount so as to justify the high price paid at auction. All the result-oriented reasoning in the World doesn't erase or avoid this resolute fact: We are being railroaded into accepting a substandard development in order to justify a sales price that has no direct relationship to the current highest and best use for the lot.
One need only look at our neighboring city, Davie, to understand how a municipality stood up to a similar land use amendment request. In that case Lennar asked Davie to increase the underlying density for a residential parcel (I-75 & Griffin Road) from 1 du/acre to 2.5 du/acre. Davie stood firm and listened to the surrounding neighbors. Plantation must do the same!
We are offering a very reasonable alternative to Lennar in proposing a unit density that meets the lineal measure proportionate to the neighboring communities (i.e., 5 du/acre) as opposed to the untenable 8.8 to 10 du/acre request under consideration. This exceeds that unit count Lennar was willing to accept from the City of Davie by 2.5 du/acre. Is Plantation that less stringent in upholding its governing land use requirements? Together, let's hold Plantation to the same standard as Davie did when it acted to protect its residents from runaway development, traffic gridlock and crime.