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Council tables FLUM/MPD amid calls for school, county and historic protections; special meeting set for Aug. 25
Summary
Council members pressed the applicant and staff for a comprehensive mitigation agreement addressing water, sewer, roads and schools and for a historic‑site access agreement. The FLUM/MPD first reading was transmitted for review but council unanimously voted to table final action until Aug. 25 to get applicant responses.
Palm Coast City Council paused final action on the proposed future land‑use map amendment and Master Plan Development (MPD) on Aug. 4 after a lengthy staff and applicant presentation and extensive public comment. Council directed staff and Radiant Palm Coast to return with a set of deliverables — including a historic‑site access memorandum of understanding (MOU), a mapped greenway overlay and a comprehensive mitigation agreement covering water, sewer, roads and school impacts — before a special business meeting scheduled for Aug. 25.
Community members and institutional stakeholders pressed the council for enforceable guarantees. Lauren Johnson, representing Flagler County School District, asked the city and applicant to produce “a complete and enforceable successor education agreement” addressing full build‑out and site identification before MPD approval. School board counsel Chris Wilson told council the district wants an enforceable mitigation agreement approved by the school board contemporaneously with any entitlements. Flagler County’s assistant county attorney likewise asked to be included in mitigation discussions affecting county roadways and Old Brick Road.
City staff and the applicant said the MPD includes policy language and that changes since the PLDRB hearing increased planned nonresidential space and reduced residential units, but they acknowledged outstanding details. Planning manager Jose Papa and land representative Mike Hodge said technical mitigation agreements would follow and that Radiant will work with the historical society on site access. Council members insisted those mitigation agreements be comprehensive — covering the entire MPD area — before any technical site plans can be approved. The council voted unanimously to table further action and directed staff to coordinate with the applicant, Flagler County and the school district ahead of the Aug. 25 meeting.
