TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: A. Jerome Fletcher II, ICMA-CM, MPA, City Manager
TITLE: A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of North Port, Florida; Approving a Preliminary Subdivision Replat for Wellen Park Downtown Phase 5, Extending Wellen Park Boulevard Right of Way and Creating Preservation/Conservation Area, Stormwater Management, Open Space and Future Development Tracts on Approximately 76.7308 Acres Located West of West Villages Parkway and East of Preto Boulevard; Providing for Findings; Providing for Preliminary Subdivision Plat Approval; Providing for Conflicts; Providing for Severability; and Providing an Effective Date. (QUASI-JUDICIAL).
Recommended Action
Option 1: Approve Resolution No. 2025-R-76.
City Commission Options
Option 1: Approve Resolution No. 2025-R-76.
• Pros:
o The project provides for expansion of Wellen Park Boulevard right-of-way, which will complete the street network in the area to support the build-out of Village D.
o Includes three new lakes designed to attenuate and treat runoff, ensuring compliance with water quality and flood control requirements.
o The extension will shift traffic away from major roadways, including West Villages Parkway, U.S. 41, and Preto Boulevard, to alleviate traffic congestion.
• Cons:
o The future right-of-way improvements will increase impervious surface area and vegetative cover.
o Construction of future roadway and related improvements may temporarily affect traffic flow and cause localized disturbance.
Option 2: Deny Resolution No. 2025-R-76.
• Pros:
o Retains existing pervious surface area and vegetative cover.
o Denying this project will limit construction-related traffic in this area.
• Cons:
o Denying this preliminary plat will limit expansion of Wellen Park Boulevard that may create traffic-related problems in the area due to an incomplete roadway network.
o Denying this preliminary plat will limit provision of critical roadway infrastructure in this area, which undermines long range planning objectives put in place via the approved Village Pattern Book and Village D Village District Pattern Plan (VDPP).
Background Information
On July 23, 2025, Joseph A. Kelley, PSM, Stantec Consulting Services, Inc. submitted an application to the City of North Port, Florida for approval of a Subdivision Preliminary Plat for Wellen Park Downtown Phase 5. This petition request is for the replatting of Main Street Ranchlands Plat No. 1, as recorded in Plat Book 56, Page 250 of the public records of Sarasota County. The replatting will extend the Wellen Park Boulevard right-of-way, creating a connection to Wellen Park Boulevard Phase 1 to the north and the Everglow Drive right-of-way to the south.
Additionally, the replat will create two wetland preservation area tracts, three stormwater management tracts, three open space tracts, and three tracts designated for future development.
The subject property is zoned Village (V) with a Future Land Use Designation of Village (V). The subject property is located within Village D within Wellen Park.
Resolution No. 2025-R-76 has been reviewed by the City Attorney and is legally correct as to form.
Resolution No. 2025-R-76 was provided to the City Clerk’s Office on November 3, 2025, for signature, subject to City Commission approval.
The agenda will be published prior to the availability of the Planning and Zoning Advisory Board (PZAB) Action Report, and the PZAB results will be communicated to the Commission during the Staff presentation.
Strategic Plan Pillar
Economic Development & Growth Management
Financial Impact
Not applicable.
Procurement
Not applicable.
Attachments:
1. Resolution No. 2025-R-76
2. Staff Report with Exhibits
3. Staff Presentation
Prepared by: Sherry Willette-Grondin, Planner III
Lori Barnes, AICP, CPM, Deputy Director, Development Services Department
Department Director: Alaina Ray, AICP, Director, Development Services Department