Commissioners approve 3296 Boggy Creek easement realignment over residents' objections; vote 4-1

The Osceola Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday approved a request from 3296 Boggy Creek, LLC to vacate a 40-foot drainage easement and replace it with a 37-foot easement to permit a realignment of a drainage ditch as part of a proposed 300-unit apartment development. The resolution (25-75R; vacation 24-1) passed 4-1, with Commissioner Booth opposed.

Raymond Stangel, the county's community development administrator, presented the item and said the applicant had submitted drainage calculations and design that county staff and the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) had reviewed. Stangel said the applicant's plan uses culverts to pipe the ditch through the development and that the design "will maintain the capacity of the ditch and not adversely impact the downstream property owners." He added that the applicant had designed their pond to contain the 100-year storm event.

Attorney Rebecca Wilson, representing the applicant, said the request "is consistent with the SDP…