South Orange Ave. Communities & Commuter Rail How best do we meet The needs of commuters,

1. South Orange Ave. Communities & Commuter Rail How best do we meet The needs of commuters, residents and area businesses? Contact: PineCastleSafe@aol.com for welcomed comments, corrections and area resident’s opinions.

2. South Orange Ave. Communities & Commuter Rail Future Land Use History 2006-7 Change to PD/ Med-Low Density 2000 Single family Strip Commercial 2003 Change to Commercial / Med-Low Density Residential (planning) 2008 Request change to Mixed Use/ Medium Density (fees waved)

3. South Orange Ave. Communities & Commuter Rail TOD Ordnance Public Hearing February 5, 2008 BCC Chambers Notice History The Orange County Board of County Commissioners will conduct public hearings on November 28, 2006,at 2:30 p.m. The Fountains Planned Development,~ to rezone from ~Single-family Dwelling District (R-1A) and Retail Commercial District (C-1) to Planned Development District PD, PUBLIC MEETING: January 14 ,2008 TRANSMITTAL: Local Planning Agency: January 17, 2008 BCC: February 5, 2008 ADOPTION: Planning Agency: May 15, 2008 Bcc: June 10, 2008 PUBLIC Community MEETING: January 22, 2007 PUBLIC MEETING: September 21, 2006 P & Z

4. South Orange Ave. Communities & Commuter Rail • Area Resident's Requests and Concerns: • Concerned SOUD will become an isolated mixed use development that has inadequate parking and anticipate difficulties managing commercial - office - residential mix. • Concern for public safety. • Area residents simply don’t support. • Residents don’t want even the possibility that 239 units be built next to their single family neighborhood. • Want wall separation (not provided) • Keep the hundreds of trees • Don’t want rental units • Ask that BCC continue to wave fees if developers opt for commercial development next cycle.

5. South Orange Ave. Communities & Commuter Rail • General Issues: • Comprehensive Orange Avenue Corridor study not funded. • Economic Study not available June 9th • Environmental concerns including ongoing FDEP cleanups. • Concern that approximately 12 acres cannot create a “community”. • Unintentional creation of a “strip mall” character. • Irony that commuter rail brings traffic to area! • Existing area businesses serve vehicular traffic. • South Florida 82% of Commuter • Rail patrons arrive by car. • TOD pedestrian villages are not • appropriate for all commuter rail stops. • Encourage study to determine quickest • source of ridership!

6. South Orange Ave. Communities & Commuter Rail TOD Issue: SOUD Outside 1st Designation TOD Ordnance passed 2/5/08 without community notification or meetings. • TOD: no drive thru banks or restaurants, build to sidewalk, higher density residential and no gas stations. • There are now only three residences within the ¼ mile TOD footprint. • The SOUD was outside the TOD designation. • SOUD appears to be the only Transit Oriented Design project within the foreseeable future. • 12 usable acres is simply undersized & inappropriate to meet a threshold for a viable pedestrian community. • Retail competition: Florida Mall two miles west. • Office Buildings: most empty • Condominiums: foreclosure or empty 2007 TOD Sketchbook page 29

7. South Orange Ave. Communities & Commuter Rail TOD Issue: Existing Development Incompatible TOD Issue: Limited Space Wetlands/ Lakes Single Family Homes Established Industrial Land Constar Plastics CL Industries Univar Sam’s Gas Howard Fertilizer Established Office Buildings Ardaman Associates, Inc.8000 South Orange Lake Gloria Office Building (empty) 6 smaller office buildings (5 empty) US Post Office Warehouses Support Technological Center McCoy Commerce Center Restaurants Wendy’s Burger King Denney’s McDonalds Bauren-Stube Subway Amber KegBeachLine Hurricane Cody’s Other 7-11 Gas Station Auto parts Auto Repair Car Sales Roofing Materials Correct Craft Boat Sales

8. South Orange Ave. Communities & Commuter Rail • ETDM Summary Report • 4/18/2008 MetroPLan Orlando • “6-lane SR 527 Orange Avenue from Sand Lake Road to Michigan Ave.” • Projected Traffic Volume 51,160 • Without improvements = LOS: F • With improvements = LOS: D • Cost Feasibility Report: Sept 2009 TOD Issue: Traffic Add 2 lanes to Orange Ave. Crosswalk at Sand Lake Road crosses 8 lanes of traffic. (10 lanes proposed)

9. South Orange Ave. Communities & Commuter Rail TOD Issue: Traffic Light Location? • Commuter rail entry undetermined. • Access by LYNX • Dangerous one point entry through an isolated area. • Locating entry point is difficult. In order to install a traffic signal on a state road it has to go through the Traffic Engineering office and agreed to by the District Traffic Operations Engineer. That’s me and Chris handles these details for this office. Neither of us is aware of the request.   Richard B. Morrow, P.E. District Traffic Operations Engineer Florida Department of Transportation District Five • Turn Lanes Issues: • Less that 150’ separate entry to SOUD and USPO.

10. South Orange Ave. Communities & Commuter Rail TOD Issue: Orange Ave. SR 527 Improvements • No Improvements Scheduled or Funded • No Street Lights north of McCoy Road. • Open ditches. Additional storm drains needed. • Sidewalks missing east side of highway • No Bike paths • No right turn lane to US Post Office. • No landscaping • Poor Streetscape • No LYNX covered stops. • Additional signage requested. No signs designate Sand Lake Road or Orange Ave. (only state highway numbers provided) • This is not a safe area to encourage pedestrian activities. • State improvements funding limited. • Special Tax District will not be welcomed. • Cross walks signals installed at Sand Lake/Orange 2007. • Traffic light to be funded at McCoy & Gondola Dr.

11. South Orange Ave. Communities & Commuter Rail • Concept Presented • when Commuter Rail • votedfor approval by BCC • 650 car Park and Ride • Orange Avenue direct access (2) • Kiss and Drop Off • 7 bus bays • 3 traffic access points • Planned location for Intermodal Station with future east-west Light Rail • Planned retention • Interim Design • Two traffic access points • 650 car lot • FDOT retention relocated • 7 Lynx bus bays • 2nd entry thru existing office park. • Retention provided • Billboard probably to remain • Intermodal Station not indicated

12. South Orange Ave. Communities & Commuter Rail TOD Issue: Commuter Rail Station Downsized TOD Issue: East-West Light Rail route not finalized • Present Design • 467 car crowded parking lot • 1 entry point thru existing office park. • No direct Orange Ave. access • 3 Lynx bus bays • Navigation routs for bus difficult. • No retention (shared with FDOT?) • No bike & pedestrian paths • Billboard probably to remain • Loop traffic flow concept abandoned • No planned Intermodal Station • No Security • Orange County Lift Station to remain. • No planned Intermodal Station • Sand Lake at Orange Ave. #5 • Beachline at Orange Ave. # 17 “On-Site Security will have to be provided”

13. South Orange Ave. Communities & Commuter Rail TOD Issue – CSX Ramp bisects area TOD Issue – Wetlands/Mitigation Costs Sand Lake Bridge & Ramp RR overpass ramp creates a physical and visual barrier for cohesive community development. • Wetlands • Most land to the west of the station is protected wetlands. (approximately 75% of the parking site is assumed to be wetlands based upon soils, vegetation and topography) . • Wetlands to west of r/r was purchased 2006 HHR Hilding LLC.

14. South Orange Ave. Communities & Commuter Rail TOD Issue: CSX and Sidetracks Orange Avenue, Orlando TOFC, Taft Through Existing 10 Future 3 Local/ Switchers Future 9.6 Future 13.6 • ConStar, • Inland Container • Univar • Sam’s Gas • CL Industries • Howard Fertilizer Central Florida Operating and Management Agreement FDOT & CSX Transportation November 30,2007 “Any sidetrack Sidetracks located on the State Property is not used by CSX for the purpose of providing Rail Freight Service… for a period of 30 consecutive months… state desire that such Side tracks…. be removed.” Switching engines make the most noise.

15. South Orange Ave. Communities & Commuter Rail TOD Issue – Billboard to remain TOD Issue – Sewer Life Station to Remain next to Commuter Rail Platform. Sewer Life Station and truck parking to remain next to Commuter Rail Platform. County staff is trying to determine if this is the source of a periodic extremely foul odor. County staff is re-piping the pressure relief valve’s discharge to the biofilter to eliminate that as possible source . Billboard to remain in Commuter Rail Parking Lot.Cost of buying lease agreement is nearly $1m.

16. South Orange Ave. Communities & Commuter Rail TOD Issue: FDEP Sites #132853 ChemCentral #68715 Woodbury Chemical • Discovered during overpass construction 1987 • Bio-remedial study 2007 • 32 active wells • 1997-2007 42 million gallons of contaminated groundwater removed with over 1.5 tons of contaminates removed. Potential Contamination Assessment Map MetroPlan 2008 Acetone Benzene Benzo fluoranthene Butanone Butanone Carbon disulfide Chlorobenzene Chlorotoulene Dichlorobenzene Dichloroethane Dichloroethene Dichlorophenol Ethylbenzene Isopropylbenzene Methal pentanone Methlylene Chloride Methylphenol Naphthalene Phenol Tetrachloroethlene Toluene Trichloroethane Trichloroethene Trichloroethylene Trimethylbenzene Vinyl Chloride Xylenes Contamination Screening Evaluation Report Addendum Central Florida Commuter Rail Transit Project August 2007 Station not included

17. South Orange Ave. Communities & Commuter Rail TOD Issue: Drainage Basin 2002 “Final Investigation Report” Stormwater lift station to be build west side Bearhead Lake piped to FDOT retention pond (also used for Commuter Rail parking retention). • McCoy drainwell is undersized to prevent occasional flooding. • Medena drainwell damaged by Orange County staff and is irreparable. • SFWMD not accepting outflow. • McCoy well easement location documentation has discrepancies. • 2002 estimated costs $525,000 plus easement rights. • Area residents are very concerned about delays in replacing basin flood protections.

18. South Orange Ave. Communities & Commuter Rail SOUD Development Plan • 19,000 sf Commercial along Orange Ave. • 19,000 sf office space above • Residential units on upper floors. • Final number of units unknown • Public access & security concerns • Deed restrictions: rentals • Hundreds of trees removed with site re-contouring. “fence line” trees lost. • BearHead Lake shore unused. • 3 guest parking spaces • Concern street parking will block access • Garage doors primary visual element

19. South Orange Ave. Communities & Commuter Rail SOUD Development Plan: • Site design destroys all trees. • No requested separation wall Curb/ Retaining wall will kill fence line trees. • Promised separation wall at ditch easement is retaining wall with fence atop. • 30’ easement limits county’s equipment access to maintain ditch.

20. South Orange Ave. Communities & Commuter Rail Recommendation: Use the delay in approval Commuter Rail funding process to revaluate. Hire Consultants for Orange Avenue Corridor Study Hire Consultants to Evaluate TOD ordinance. Hire consultants to Evaluate Sand Lake – Orange Ave. future development options. Evaluate, expand and fund Commuter Rail budget for related area improvements.