TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: A. Jerome Fletcher II, City Manager
TITLE: A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of North Port, Florida, Directing the City Manager to Temporarily Market Activity Center 1: Mediterranea as Activity Center 1: Trailside, Activity Center 4: Panacea as Activity Center 4: Innovation Park, Activity Center 5: Midway as Activity Center 5: The Crossings, Activity Center 6: The Shire as Activity Center 6: Yorkshire, Activity Center 7: The Springs as Activity Center 7: Warm Mineral Springs, and Activity Center 8: The Gardens as Activity Center 8: Myakka Connection; Providing for Duration; Providing for Incorporation of Recitals; Providing for Conflicts; Providing for Severability; and Providing an Effective Date.
Recommended Action
Approve Resolution 2022-R-25, Directing The City Manager to Temporarily Market Activity Center 1: Mediterranea as Activity Center 1: Trailside, Activity Center 4: Panacea as Activity Center 4: Innovation Park, Activity Center 5: Midway as Activity Center 5: The Crossings, Activity Center 6: The Shire as Activity Center 6: Yorkshire, Activity Center 7: The Springs as Activity Center 7: Warm Mineral Springs, and Activity Center 8: The Gardens as Activity Center 8: Myakka Connection.
Background Information
During the City Commission Workshop on January 16, 2020, the following consensuses were approved by the Commission:
1. There was a consensus to start using the names of each Activity Center immediately
with the development of a list of names to help with the transition.
2. There was a consensus to direct the City Manager to create an agenda item within
six months for a larger discussion on how that promotion looks for Activity Centers.
3. There was a consensus to promote Activity Centers, one a month, location,
businesses and surrounding neighborhoods to help educate.
4. There was a consensus schedule a joint meeting the Art Advisory Board to discuss
a vision and a plan for art City-wide and putting faces to each of the Activity Centers.
It was determined that the names of Activity Centers 1 and 4-8 would need to be changed to better reflect their uses, marketable assets, and geographic characteristics. The names Activity Centers 2 & 3 would remain the same.
The following Activity Center names were selected based on staff input and voting by the public in early March of 2021:
Ø Activity Center 1: Trailside
Ø Activity Center 4: Innovation Park
Ø Activity Center 5: The Crossings
Ø Activity Center 6: Yorkshire
Ø Activity Center 7: Warm Mineral Springs
Ø Activity Center 8: Myakka Connection
Staff recommends that the official renaming would be incorporated into the Unified Land Development Code (ULDC) Rewrite Project. In the meantime, Resolution No.2022-R-25 will allow City staff to move forward with the new names in public materials. It was also recommended by the City Attorney’s Office that Resolution No. 2022-R-25 remain in effect through January 1, 2023, unless modified, revoked, or extended by the City Commission. These dates align with the updated schedule for the adoption of an Ordinance amending the ULDC to include revisions proposed in the ULDC Rewrite Project. Once the Commission adopts an Ordinance amending the ULDC, Resolution No. 2022-R-25 will no longer be necessary and shall expire.
Resolution Mo. 2022-R-25 has been reviewed by City Attorney and is legally correct as to form.
Strategic Plan
Economic Development and Job Creation: Support a vibrant and diversified economy to create local jobs and attract private investments
Financial Impact
Not applicable.
Procurement
Not applicable.
Attachments:
1. January 16, 2020, City Commission Workshop Meeting Minutes
2. Voting Results
3. Resolution No. 2022-R-25
Prepared by: Randy Bowling PCM, Market Research Analyst
Department Director: Alaina Ray, AICP, Neighborhood Development Services Director