{"MatterId":25393,"MatterGuid":"EC9A6ABD-EC34-4247-AB69-89E0338F8891","MatterLastModifiedUtc":"2026-06-17T15:26:39.44","MatterRowVersion":"AAAAAAFgmvc=","MatterFile":"2026-23301","MatterName":null,"MatterTitle":"Request Approval to Engage Consultant for the US Highway 27 Area Study Master Plan and Align Funding for the Project: 25Q-145 US HWY 27 Area Study - Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., Ocala, FL (Budget Impact - Neutral; expenditure of $428,195)","MatterTypeId":77,"MatterTypeName":"County Administrator","MatterStatusId":80,"MatterStatusName":"Agenda Ready","MatterBodyId":138,"MatterBodyName":"Board of County Commissioners","MatterIntroDate":"2026-06-09T00:00:00","MatterAgendaDate":"2026-06-16T00:00:00","MatterPassedDate":"2026-06-16T00:00:00","MatterEnactmentDate":null,"MatterEnactmentNumber":null,"MatterRequester":"Growth Services","MatterNotes":"{\\rtf1\\ansi\\ansicpg1252\\deff0\\deflang1033{\\fonttbl{\\f0\\fswiss\\fprq2\\fcharset0 Arial;}{\\f1\\fnil\\fcharset0 Arial;}}\r\n{\\colortbl ;\\red0\\green0\\blue0;}\r\n\\viewkind4\\uc1\\pard\\sa120\\qj\\f0\\fs22 The US 27 Area Study Master Plan project will provide:\\par\r\n\\pard\\fi-360\\li720\\qj\\cf1\\fs24\\bullet\\tab Existing Conditions and Market Analysis, including land use, demographics, ten-year residential and commercial market forecasts, and identification of market gaps and opportunities.\\par\r\n\\bullet\\tab Infrastructure analysis covering central water and sewer capacity, stormwater shortfalls, parks and recreation, and public safety facilities.\\par\r\n\\bullet\\tab Multimodal circulation plan addressing vehicular operations, pedestrian movement, bike and equestrian trail connectivity, and connectivity to the new I-75 interchange and surrounding developments.\\par\r\n\\bullet\\tab A five-day on-site Public Design Charrette with hands-on community sessions, an Open Design Studio, and a Work-in-Progress public presentation.\\par\r\n\\bullet\\tab A Strategic Investment Plan with recommended updates to the Comprehensive Plan, Land Development Code, and Planned Service Areas.\\par\r\n\\bullet\\tab A 20-year Capital Improvements Program and phasing schedule in cost-feasible form, including identification of grant programs and public-private partnership funding opportunities.\\cf0\\fs22\\par\r\n\\pard\\sa120\\qj\\par\r\n\\pard As a further note, charettes are focused and structured such that actual designs and plans are produced with the stakeholders resulting in a near-final product at the end of the sessions. The near-final product would come before the Board for final adoption. A future task will be to interpret the final plans and designs into code. The target audience for the charette are area landowners, local advocacy groups (Hores Farms Forever, Marion County Building Industry Association, CEP, etc.), local government staff (county, city, FDOT), elected officials, and the general public. For this charette we expect 20-30 people per day, for a 5-day total of about 100 - 150. We could get much more depending on the topic (each day will be a different topic). Ideally, the charette would take place within the study area, but since facilities are scarce in the proposed area, possible options might include the Ocala Airport, Ocala Breeder and Sales (OBS), or a Marion County facility.\\f1\\fs20\\par\r\n}","MatterVersion":"1","MatterCost":null,"MatterText1":null,"MatterText2":"Autumn.Williams@marionfl.org","MatterText3":null,"MatterText4":null,"MatterText5":null,"MatterDate1":null,"MatterDate2":null,"MatterEXText1":null,"MatterEXText2":null,"MatterEXText3":null,"MatterEXText4":null,"MatterEXText5":null,"MatterEXText6":null,"MatterEXText7":null,"MatterEXText8":null,"MatterEXText9":null,"MatterEXText10":null,"MatterEXText11":null,"MatterEXDate1":null,"MatterEXDate2":null,"MatterEXDate3":null,"MatterEXDate4":null,"MatterEXDate5":null,"MatterEXDate6":null,"MatterEXDate7":null,"MatterEXDate8":null,"MatterEXDate9":null,"MatterEXDate10":null,"MatterAgiloftId":0,"MatterReference":null,"MatterRestrictViewViaWeb":false,"MatterReports":[]}