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Commissioners approve public-service overlay to allow electric cooperative operations center on Boy Scouts land
Summary
The board voted 4-1 to allow a public service facility overlay on 52 acres of Sandhill Scout Reservation for an operations center and substation that the county and applicant say will fund Boy Scouts property improvements and support utility storm-restoration needs.
The Hernando County Board of County Commissioners approved a public-service facility overlay district (PSFOD) Tuesday for 52 acres of the Sandhill Scout Reservation to allow an electric cooperative operations center and related facilities. The vote was 4-1 in favor.
The Greater Tampa Bay Area Council (Boy Scouts) sought the overlay to permit an operations and staging area for the local electric cooperative, which told commissioners the land sits adjacent to existing power lines and a commercial-designated highway corridor (State Road 50). Coastal Engineering and planning consultant…
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