Dear Commissioners and County Staff,

 It has been brought to our attention that Dade City is initiating the process to annex several large parcels of unincorporated land. Northeast Pasco Concerned Citizens does not feel that this is in the best interest of the county or our area.

Once land is annexed to a municipality, the county has reduced control and is opening the door for increased density.

 Northeast Pasco Concerned Citizens is a group composed of residents representing Blanton, Trilby, San Antonio, St. Leo, Dade City and Darby. Our goal is to try and preserve the rural character of these so far unspoiled sections of our county. We would like to see an official overlay to Pasco County's Comprehensive Land Use Plan to assure that our area will grow in a sustainable way and one that will not destroy our quality of life. This is in keeping with Florida Senate Bill sb2188er, which was passed by the legislature on April 30, 2004 to encourage farmland preservation:

 1.  providing that rural land stewardship area designation should be specifically encouraged 

as an overlay on the future land use map;  

2.  requiring the Department of Community Affairs, in cooperation with other specified state

agencies, to provide assistance to local governments in implementing provisions relating

to rural land stewardship areas; 

3.  providing for multi-county rural land stewardship areas; 

4.  revising requirements, including the acreage threshold for designating a rural land

stewardship area; and

5.  providing that transferable rural land use credits may be assigned at different ratios

according to the natural resource or other beneficial use characteristics of the land.

 When the question of annexation is brought before the commission, please examine the issue and the consequences carefully.

 

Please acknowledge your receipt of this message.

 Sincerely,  

Nancy Hazelwood

Carol Cruz

Dot Wood

Jennifer Borregard

Alma Coston

Sharon Hanna-West

Ann Johnson

Jill A. Yelverton

 

for Northeast Pasco Concerned Citizens

 

  This is the one response I have received so far:

-----Original Message-----
From: Debra M. Zampetti [mailto:dzampetti@pascocountyfl.net]
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 4:12 PM
To: Northeast Pasco Concerned Citizens
Cc: Deborah Bolduc
Subject: RE: Annexations

 

Hello to you all,

 

I hope you sent this to Dade City as well.  The closest zoning at this time that does address some of these issues is the Agricultural MPUD.  This type of MPUD can only be used in AG and AG/R land uses.  I am also forward this to our long term executive planner Deborah Bolduc as she would be interested in this as well.