CALL TO ORDER - 9:00 a.m. (BILL BRASWELL, CHAIRMAN
00:01INVOCATION 1. Rev. Dr. James G. Moyer, Ed. D., Warner University, Lake Wales PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE (BILL BRASWELL, CHAIRMAN)
A. PRESENTATIONS and RECOGNITIONS
01:512. Video presentation of service awards for employees with 20 or more years of service to Polk County.
C. REQUEST FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC/AUDIENCE AND OP
04:523. Valerie Ramos, representing the Santa Cruz Homeowners Association, to discuss concerns relating to speeding and traffic calming.
C. REQUEST FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC/AUDIENCE AND OP
15:584. Comments.
D. APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA
20:015. Approve Consent Agenda.
E. COUNTY COMPTROLLER (STACY M. BUTTERFIELD, CPA)
20:176. Disbursements.
E. COUNTY COMPTROLLER (STACY M. BUTTERFIELD, CPA)
21:247. Approve Minutes of Regular Board Meeting held on August 4, 2020.
G. COUNTY ATTORNEY (MICHAEL CRAIG)
22:518. Approve Right-of-Way Agreement for Parcels 101, 801, and 802, in conjunction with Sunset Trail Stormwater Quality Improvement Project. ($253,000 one-time expense)
G. COUNTY ATTORNEY (MICHAEL CRAIG)
23:489. Annual Financial Audit Report for the Highland Meadows Community Development District.
H. COUNTY MANAGER (BILL BEASLEY)
24:2610. Approve agreement with Burgess & Niple, Inc. for professional engineering services for the Wabash Ave multi-use trail design. ($329,922.63 one-time expense)
H. COUNTY MANAGER (BILL BEASLEY)
26:3111. Approve Modification No. 1 to the Consultant Services Authorization with NV5, Inc. for the Chestnut Road Sidewalk Project. ($257,750 one-time expense)
H. COUNTY MANAGER (BILL BEASLEY)
28:3012. Approve Lake Wilson Road Widening Project Amendment 3 with Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. ($133,068.07 one-time expense)
H. COUNTY MANAGER (BILL BEASLEY)
31:0913. Approve a Consultant Services Authorization with Wright-Pierce, Inc. to provide professional engineering services for the Upgrade Lift Station No. 253 (Providence) project. ($191,455 not-to-exceed, one-time expense)
H. COUNTY MANAGER (BILL BEASLEY)
33:2914. Approve a first amendment to the contract with We Care of Central Florida, Inc. for transportation services to health care. (total amount not to exceed $346,349)
H. COUNTY MANAGER (BILL BEASLEY)
41:5115. Approve a second amendment to the contract with ElderPoint Ministries of Greater Lakeland, Inc. for transportation to health care related services. (total amount not to exceed $150,000)
H. COUNTY MANAGER (BILL BEASLEY)
44:1116. Approve a first amendment to the contract with Tri-County Human Services, Inc. for men’s JASA “Jail Alternatives to Substance Abuse” Program. ($174,100 not-to-exceed annual expense)
H. COUNTY MANAGER (BILL BEASLEY)
45:5417. Approve piggyback agreement with Applications Software Technology. ($9,271,412 five year expense)
H. COUNTY MANAGER (BILL BEASLEY)
48:2818. Approve a Transportation Infrastructure Improvement Agreement between KRPC East Johnson, LLC and Polk County.
I. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 1 (GEORGE LINDSEY)
57:3619. Commissioner Lindsey Comments.
J. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 2 (RICK WILSON)
58:3420. Commissioner Wilson Comments.
K. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 4 (MARTHA SANTIAGO)
58:4721. Commissioner Santiago Comments.
L. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 5 (JOHN E. HALL)
58:4922. Reappoint Angela Buchanan to serve as a member of the Housing Finance Authority for the four-year term, March 1, 2020 through February 29, 2024.
L. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 5 (JOHN E. HALL)
59:1923. Commissioner Hall Comments.
M. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 3 (BILL BRASWELL, CHAIRMA
59:3224. Appoint Franklin "Ed" Shoemaker, PhD, as a member of the Housing Finance Authority for the remainder of the term ending November 30, 2020.
M. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 3 (BILL BRASWELL, CHAIRMA
59:5325. Reappoint Jonathan Fleming as an Alternate Member of the Planning Commission, for the three-year term, July 2, 2020 through July 1, 2023.
M. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 3 (BILL BRASWELL, CHAIRMA
01:00:1026. Chairman Braswell Comments.
O. PUBLIC HEARINGS
01:06:41* County Attorney opening comments
O. PUBLIC HEARINGS
01:08:3927. Public Hearing (LDDA-2020-1 US 98 Clubhouse Road Development Agreement Modification) (Adoption Public Hearing) to consider a modification to an approved Development Agreement (LDDA-2019-3) between MLM Properties of Polk, LLC, Rogers Brothers, LLLP, Grand Reserve Nashville/Antioch, LLC, and Polk County.
O. PUBLIC HEARINGS
01:14:0928. Public Hearing (LDCT-2020-5 Model Homes Amendment) (First Public Hearing - No Action) to consider the adoption of a County-initiated ordinance amending the Land Development Code.
O. PUBLIC HEARINGS
01:21:1829. Public Hearing (LDCU-2020-12 Polk County North Central Landfill Vertical Expansion) to consider a request to vertically expand the 593.87-acre Polk County North Central Landfill up to 380 feet above adjacent grade.