CALL TO ORDER - 9:00 a.m. (RICK WILSON, CHAIR)
00:04INVOCATION Murphy Hanley, Polk County Fire Rescue Chaplain PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE (RICK WILSON, CHAIR)
A. PRESENTATIONS and RECOGNITIONS
01:10A.1. Employee Recognition
C. REQUEST FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC/AUDIENCE AND OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD
07:50C.1. Comments.
D. APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA
26:44D.1. Approve Consent Agenda.
E.1. COUNTY COMPTROLLER (STACY M. BUTTERFIELD, CPA)
26:59E.1. Disbursements.
E.2. COUNTY COMPTROLLER (STACY M. BUTTERFIELD, CPA)
28:12E.2. Minutes of Regular Board meeting held on February 4, 2025.
G. COUNTY ATTORNEY (RANDY MINK)
28:34G.1. Deny the Request for Road Closure of W. Lake Marion Road for 60 days dated January 31, 2025.
H.1. COUNTY MANAGER (BILL BEASLEY)
29:13H.1. Approve the Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR), Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) Addendum No. 2 to Agreement 2023-074 with Wharton-Smith, Inc. for the Northeast Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility (NERWWTF). ($30,421,036.00 onetime expense)
H.2. COUNTY MANAGER (BILL BEASLEY)
38:05H.2. Approval of Amendment to Agreement between the Polk Regional Water Cooperative (PRWC) and Polk County for the PRWC Heartland Protection and Sustainability Project, Polk County Alternative Water Supply Receiving Facilities (Project 6), for which the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) awarded state funds via grant Agreement Number LPA0212 ($416,098 reimbursable expenses).
H.3. COUNTY MANAGER (BILL BEASLEY)
40:52H.3. Requesting approval of 75 additional positions to address the overtime issues within field operations (estimated $9,200,000 annual recurring cost).
I. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 1 (BECKY TROUTMAN)
44:29I.1. Commissioner Troutman Comments.
J.1. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 3 (BILL BRASWELL)
44:34J.1. Reappoint Steve Bissonnette as a Member of the Citizens HealthCare Oversight Committee, representing Senior Citizens, for the four-year term, March 2, 2025 through March 1, 2029.
J.2. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 3 (BILL BRASWELL)
45:00J.2. Commissioner Braswell Comments.
K. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 4 (MARTHA SANTIAGO)
45:01K.1. Commissioner Santiago Comments.
L.1. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 5 (MICHAEL SCOTT)
45:04L.1. Reappoint Cauney Bamberg as a Member of the Citizens HealthCare Oversight Committee, representing Business Community, for the four-year term, March 3, 2025, through March 2, 2029.
L.2. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 5 (MICHAEL SCOTT)
45:25L.2. Commissioner Scott Comments.
M. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 2 (RICK WILSON, CHAIR)
45:26M.1. Chair Wilson Comments.
N. LAY BOARD APPOINTMENTS
45:28N.1. Appoint Chad McLeod (City of Lakeland elected official) as a member of the Tourist Development Council effective February 27, 2025.
O. EXPEDITED HEARINGS PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NO. 2022-089
46:12* County Attorney opening comments
O.1. EXPEDITED HEARINGS PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NO. 2022-089
48:31O.1. Public Hearing (LDCPAL-2024-12 North Prong IND CPA) (Adoption Hearing) to consider the adoption of a Large-Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment to change the Future Land Use designation on 420 acres from Phosphate Mining (PM) and Agricultural/Residential-Rural (A/RR) to Industrial (IND) and to change the text of Section 2.135 of the Comprehensive Plan to limit the intensity of the IND activity on certain areas of the site. This case is related to LDCT-2024-19. (No Fiscal Impact).
O.2. EXPEDITED HEARINGS PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NO. 2022-089
50:33O.2. Public Hearing (LDCT-2024-19 North Prong LDC Text Amendment) (Adoption Hearing) to consider a change to the text of the Land Development Code Appendix E, Section E105, to limit the intensity of the IND on certain areas of the property. This request is related to LDCPAL-2024-12. (No Fiscal Impact).
O.3. EXPEDITED HEARINGS PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NO. 2022-089
52:14O.3. Public Hearing (LDCPAL-2024-11 Mosaic Nichols PM CPA Amendment) (Adoption Hearing) to consider the adoption of a Large-Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment to change the Future Land Use designation on 420 acres from Agricultural/Residential-Rural (A/RR) to Phosphate Mining (PM). (No Fiscal Impact).
O.4. EXPEDITED HEARINGS PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NO. 2022-089
53:37O.4. Public Hearing (LDCPAS-2024-27 LaRoche Road CPA) (Adoption Hearing) to consider the adoption of an applicant-initiated Small-Scale Comprehensive Plan Map Amendment to change the Future Land Use (FLU) designation from Employment Center (ECX) to Residential Medium (RMX) on 18.35 +/- acres of a 23.78 +/- acre parcel. This case is related to LDCT-2024-22. (No Fiscal Impact)
O.5. EXPEDITED HEARINGS PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NO. 2022-089
57:55O.5. Public Hearing (LDCT-2024-22, Section 2.135, Parcel Specific Future Land Use Amendments) (Adoption Hearing), to consider the adoption of LDCT-2024-22, an applicant-initiated request to impose conditions for development on site that include additional buffering and development requirements. This case is related to LDCPAS-2024-27.
P.1. PUBLIC HEARINGS
01:01:07P.1. Public Hearing (LDCPAS-2024-25 Boy Scout Road RCC CPA) (Adoption Hearing) to consider the adoption of a Small-Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment (CPA) to change the Future Land Use designation on 6.5 acres from Agricultural/Residential-Rural (A/RR) to Rural Cluster Center (RCC) in the Rural Development Area and to change the text of Section 2.135 of the Comprehensive Plan to allow for the adoption of the State Road 60 & Boy Scout Road RCC Activity Center Plan (ACP). This case is related to LDCT-2024-27. (No Fiscal Impact)
P.2. PUBLIC HEARINGS
01:12:56P.2. Public Hearing (LDCT-2024-27 SR 60 & Boy Scout Road RCC ACP Text Amendment) (Second Reading) to consider the adoption of a joint County and applicant-initiated ordinance amending the Land Development Code. This case is related to LDCPAL-2024-25. No Fiscal Impact.
P.3. PUBLIC HEARINGS
01:14:39P.3. Public Hearing (LDCPAL-2024-9 Deen Still COREX CPA) (Transmittal Hearing) for a Future Land Use designation change from Conservation COREX in the Rural Development Area (RDA) and the Rural Special Protection Area (SPA) to Business Park Center-X (BPCX) in the Transit Supportive Development Area (TSDA), Ridge SPA and Ronald Regan Selected Area Plan on 7.036± acres. This case was continued from February 4, 2024. (No Fiscal Impact) (Withdrawn by Applicant)
P.4. PUBLIC HEARINGS
01:14:51P.4. Public Hearing to consider adoption of a Resolution to vacate a portion of deeded and maintained right-of-way for Mosely Road as well as portions of reservation areas shown on the plat of Camp Monson, Lake Alfred, Florida. (No fiscal impact)
P.5. PUBLIC HEARINGS
01:17:27P.5. Public Hearing to consider adoption of a Resolution to vacate a portion of platted, unopened and unmaintained right-of-way shown as Marina Drive on the Plat of Poinciana Neighborhood 3 North, Village 7, Poinciana, Florida. (No fiscal impact)
Q. WORK SESSION ITEMS
01:24:59Q.1. Warehouse and Industrial Impact Fees 1st Work Session (Extraordinary Circumstances) - 10:00 a.m.