BoCC Regular Session & Public Hearing: September 17, 2024

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CALL TO ORDER - 9:00 a.m. (BILL BRASWELL, CHAIR) 00:01:40

INVOCATION Murphy Hanley, Polk County Fire Rescue Chaplain PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE (BILL BRASWELL, CHAIR)


C. REQUEST FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC/AUDIENCE AND OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD 00:03:10

C.1. Comments.


D. APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA 00:19:12

D.1. Approve Consent Agenda.


E. COUNTY COMPTROLLER (STACY M. BUTTERFIELD, CPA) 00:19:24

E.1. Disbursements.


E. COUNTY COMPTROLLER (STACY M. BUTTERFIELD, CPA) 00:20:25

E.2. Minutes of Regular Board meeting held on September 3, 2024.


G. COUNTY ATTORNEY (RANDY MINK) 00:20:44

G.1. Approve the release of a warranty and surety in the amount of $127,027.83 in the form of Maintenance Bond No. S-332987 for Astonia Phase 1. (No fiscal impact)


H.1. COUNTY MANAGER (BILL BEASLEY) 00:21:48

H.1. Approve Amendment No.2 to Agreement 2022-077, with Wright-Pierce, Inc. to provide professional engineering services for the Northeast Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility Expansion from 6.0 MGD to 9.0 MGD. ($6,798,421.00 one-time expense)


H.2. COUNTY MANAGER (BILL BEASLEY) 00:25:21

H.2. Approve Amendment No. 1 to Agreement 2023-074, with Wharton-Smith, Inc., to provide additional Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) preconstruction services for the Northeast Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility expansion from 6 to 9 million gallons daily. ($926,576.00 preconstruction services one-time expense)


H.3. COUNTY MANAGER (BILL BEASLEY) 00:29:56

H.3. Approve and ratify the Letter of Agreement and IGT Provider Questionnaire from the State of Florida, Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) for the Public Emergency Medical Transportation Medical Managed Care Supplement Payment Program ($4,328,212.75 not-to-exceed, one-time expense)


H.4. COUNTY MANAGER (BILL BEASLEY) 00:32:31

H.4. Approve the first amendment to the contract with We Care of Central Florida, Inc. (We Care) for referral and coordination of specialty care services to eligible low-income residents. (Total amount not to exceed $694,165 annually.)


H.5. COUNTY MANAGER (BILL BEASLEY) 00:35:06

H.5. Approve Cooperative Funding Agreement (No. 22CF0004301) with the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD) to co-fund the Lake Hancock Watershed Management Plan ($1,250,000 one-time revenue and $1,250,000 County match).


H.6. COUNTY MANAGER (BILL BEASLEY) 00:38:38

H.6. Approve the Wetland Mitigation Credit Purchase and Sale Agreement with the Missing Link Mitigation Bank to purchase 2.07 freshwater forested state credits for the wetland impacts on the North Ridge Trail Project. ($455,400 one-time expense)


H.7. COUNTY MANAGER (BILL BEASLEY) 00:45:25

H.7. Confirm appointment of Shawn Smith as Interim Fire Chief for Polk County Fire Rescue, effective September 13, 2024.


I.1. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 1 (GEORGE LINDSEY) 00:51:24

I.1. Appoint Tony Kirk, Sr. as a member of the Polk County Sidewalk Advisory Committee, for the three-year term, October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2027.


I.2. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 1 (GEORGE LINDSEY) 00:51:45

I.2. Commissioner Lindsey Comments.


J. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 2 (RICK WILSON) 00:51:47

J.1. Commissioner Wilson Comments.


K. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 4 (MARTHA SANTIAGO) 00:51:52

K.1. Commissioner Santiago Comments.


L.1. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 5 (NEIL COMBEE) 00:51:54

L.1. Appoint Bryana LaTorre-Carvalho as a member of the Sidewalk Advisory Committee for the three-year term, October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2027


L.2. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 5 (NEIL COMBEE) 00:52:31

L.2. Commissioner Combee Comments.


M. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 3 (BILL BRASWELL, CHAIR) 00:52:34

M.1. Chair Braswell Comments.


N. LAY BOARD APPOINTMENTS 01:02:27

N.1. Appoint Edwin Moran to serve as a member of the Community Relations Advisory Council (CRAC) for a four-year term beginning September 17, 2024, and ending September 17, 2028


O. EXPEDITED HEARINGS PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NO. 2022-089 01:03:08

* County Attorney opening comments


O.1. EXPEDITED HEARINGS PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NO. 2022-089 01:05:24

O.1. Public Hearing (LDCPAS-2024-5 Innovation W Pipkin Road INST CPA) (Adoption Hearing) to consider a Small-Scale Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map change from Business Park Center (BPC) to Institutional (INST) in the Transit Supportive Development Area (TSDA). (No Fiscal Impact)


O.2. EXPEDITED HEARINGS PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NO. 2022-089 01:06:45

O.2. Public Hearing (LDCT-2024-16 W Pipkin Road Text Amendment) to modify Appendix E, (subsection F.) the original conditional requirements (Adoption Hearing). (No Fiscal Impact)


0.3. EXPEDITED HEARINGS PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NO. 2022-089 01:07:35

O.3. Public Hearing (LDCT-2024-12 SPD Changes Text Amendment) (Adoption Hearing) to conform Suburban Planned Development (SPD) standards in Section 303, Conditional Uses; Section 403.01, the Wahneta Neighborhood Plan; and Section 505, Polk City SPA in the Green Swamp ACSC with other Planned Development standards. (No Fiscal Impact).


O.4. EXPEDITED HEARINGS PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NO. 2022-089 01:08:31

O.4. Public Hearing (LDCT-2024-15 Access via Easement Text Amendment) (Adoption Hearing) to modify LDC Section 705.B for access via easement. (No Fiscal Impact).


O.5. EXPEDITED HEARINGS PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NO. 2022-089 01:10:01

O.5. Public Hearing (LDCT-2024-14 TCX Full-Service Car Wash Text Amendment) (First Reading) to modify Table 4.8, Use Table for US 27 Selected Area Plan. (No Fiscal Impact).


P.1. PUBLIC HEARINGS 01:11:22

P.1. Public Hearing (LDCDD-2024-3 / Cypress Creek CDD) to consider the adoption of an applicant-initiated ordinance to establish a new Community Development District (CDD) the unincorporated area of the county. (No fiscal impact)


P.2. PUBLIC HEARINGS 01:13:28

P.2. Public Hearing (LDCDD-2024-4/ Lake Ashton II CDD Boundary Amendment) to consider the adoption of an applicant-initiated ordinance to add non-residential property to an existing Community Development District (CDD) located in the cities of Lake Wales and Winter Haven that was originally adopted by the Board prior to annexation.


P.3. PUBLIC HEARINGS 01:14:46

P.3. Public Hearing (LDCPAS-2024-10 Shepherd Road CPA (Adoption Hearing) to consider the Future Land Use Change from Residential Low (RL-1) to Residential High (RH) in the Transit Supportive Development Area (TSDA). (No Fiscal Impact)


P.4. PUBLIC HEARINGS 01:34:46

P.4. Public Hearing to consider adoption of an ordinance amending and restating Polk County Ordinance 2019-056, the Polk County Amended and Restated Comprehensive Impact Fee Ordinance, for the purpose of imposing updated rates for Emergency Medical System (EMS), Correctional Facilities, Transportation, Educational System, Library, Park, Fire Rescue, and Law Enforcement Impact Fees.


P.5. PUBLIC HEARINGS 02:30:44

P.5. Public Hearing to consider adopting a resolution providing that the proposed Polk County Ag-Center serves a public purpose.


P.6. PUBLIC HEARINGS 02:32:38

P.6. Public Hearing to consider adoption of a resolution to vacate platted, unopened, and unmaintained right-of-way as shown on Crosby’s Addition to Loughman, Florida, Davenport, Florida. (No fiscal impact)


P.7. PUBLIC HEARINGS 02:34:40

P.7. Public Hearing to consider adoption of a resolution to vacate portions of platted rights-of-way as shown on the plat of Holly Hill Addition to Loughman and the plat of Roy A. Miller’s Subdivision at Loughman, Fla., Davenport, Florida. (No fiscal impact)


P.8. PUBLIC HEARINGS 02:37:06

P.8. Public Hearing to consider adoption of a resolution to vacate portions of platted, rights-of-way as shown on the plat of Waverly Manor Town Unit No. 1, and the Plat of Washington Park, Waverly, Florida. Also accept Drainage Easement and Utility Easement to Polk County in conjunction therewith. (No fiscal impact)


P.9. PUBLIC HEARINGS 02:39:01

P.9. Public Hearing to consider adoption of a resolution Allowing for the Installation of Five Traffic Calming Devices (Speed Humps) on Lake Thomas Drive, Near Winter Haven. (estimated $25,000.00 one-time expense)


P.10 PUBLIC HEARINGS 02:42:05

P.10. Public Hearing to consider adoption of a resolution Allowing for the Installation of Five Traffic Calming Devices (Speed Humps) on Lewis Road, Near Lakeland. (estimated $25,000.00 one-time expense)



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