:30. We're going to call the U March 17th special meeting of the Lin Haven Planning Commission to order. Uh and if we'll all stand for the Pledge of Allegiance, please. Pledge >> allegiance to the flag of the United States of America to the republic for
which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Thanks everybody for coming tonight. Miss Vicki, will you call roll for us? >> Uh, yes. Uh, Mr. Wadell >> here. >> Mr. Doolittle >> here.
>> Mr. Ashbrook >> here. >> Mr. Evans >> here. >> And Mr. Watt >> here. >> And we do have two absences. Uh, Mr. Clubs and Mr. Noly. And they uh we'll just need a motion to excuse their absences as they notified me prior to the meeting. They would not be able to make it tonight.
>> We need that motion now. >> Yes, please. >> Motion to excuse. >> I'll second. All right. Any further discussion? All right, we'll move to vote. >> Uh, Mr. Doolittle, >> hi. >> Mr. Ashbrook, >> hi. >> Mr. Wadell, >> hi. >> Mr. Evans,
>> hi. >> And Mr. Watt, >> yes. >> Thank you. >> All right. The first item on our agenda tonight is selection of a new chairman. Um, the chairman terms are from April to April each year. And so, we're going to go ahead and um make I'll entertain a
motion for a new chairman for 2026 for the remainder and then 27. Sorry. Go ahead. I say I'm >> I nominate Mr. Ashbrook. >> I was going to nominate Aaron. Uh but I don't know that I don't know the policy
on that. Got a motion. You're looking for a second if you want to do that. >> Okay. Do >> I have to accept? >> No, you don't have to. >> You don't have to accept. >> I think I'll pass for a year. >> Okay. >> All right. So, there's not a second.
>> Thank you very much. Appreciate that. >> So, without a second and a denial from the uh candidate, we'll entertain a motion for another chairman. >> Move to >> All right. Yep. We got >> second.
>> We got a motion and a second. um for uh myself to remain chairman for the next term. Is there any discussion or rebuttal to that motion? Seeing none, we'll move to a vote. You call uh call roll for Miss Vicki. >> Uh Mr. Wadell.
>> Mr. Dittle. >> I >> Mr. Ash. >> Yes. >> Uh Mr. Evans. >> Hi. >> And Mr. Watt. >> I don't know if I can vote. I'll have to abstain. >> Abstain. >> I'm very glad to get you'll be glad to do that again. >> All right. Well, I'll vote. Yes. Um,
very excited and humbled. Thank you for nominating me and continue allowing me to serve in this capacity. So, now we have discussion and selection of a new vice chairman. Be our second item of uh business tonight. >> I'd like to nominate Eric Noly.
>> I'll second. >> You know discussion on Eric Noly being the vice chair. Uh for my opinion, u Mr. Noly is very outside of not being here tonight, he's always in attendance and always has very
thoughtful uh prepared comments and uh takes a lot of uh pride in uh his duties here. So that that's my discussion. >> I'll have to accept since he's absent. >> Yeah, that's what you get for not coming. >> That's what he gets for missing.
>> Yeah. All right. All right. Without any other discussion, we'll u move to a vote for nominating Eric Noly as vice chairman for the next term. You call roll for us. >> Uh Mr. Dittle. >> Hi. >> Mr. Waldell. >> Hi. >> Mr. Ashbrook. >> Yes. >> Mr. Evans. >> Hi.
>> Mr. White. >> Yes. All right. So, will you be letting him know or do we need to reach out? >> I will. I'll I'll let him know. >> All right. Thank you, M. >> Punishment for being absent. >> Yeah, that's right. So, uh, the next item on the agenda is approval for the January 6th meeting
minutes. Has everyone had a chance to review these minutes from the last meeting? I'll make a motion we accept the minutes as presented. >> All right. Thank you. Second. Got a second for Mr. Doolittle. Any other discussion on the minutes from
January 6, 2025? Uh, it's actually should be six. There's a make sure that we amend the minutes to for that. But uh I will say that I uh spoke with a few of the council members, commission members, city commission, and the item that we discussed uh for the mobile home park
did not pass uh city commission just as a general report. They took our recommendation and uh it's a good thing when commission takes uh we don't have so you know we have a pretty good ratio now the credibility with our commission not being overturned. Uh so thanks to
all of you for having good work and u good compliments in this. So, um, any other discussion on the minutes from January 6, 2026? >> Aaron, I got it with city attorney. I asked Vicki about this earlier, too. The reading of those minutes. Explain that to me how the voting process went. The
voting sounds like a double negative. We There was a motion to deny and that motion got denied. So therefore, I'm just trying to figure this out >> for in the future when I'm >> written like that in the minutes. Yes. If the motion was to deny, then that
motion would have motion to deny would have passed. It is like a double negative. >> Okay. >> There's a confusion in way that's written. You guys can correct. The denial was >> Yeah, the way I'm just trying to figure
out in the future if I were to try to make emotions, what am I reading wrong? Can you read that? I mean, what is the wording on that? Is is my confusion? Well, we had a request that uh was very contentious and so there was a motion made to deny the request. >> Again, you're you guys are doing you're
you're a make recommendations, >> correct? >> So motion was like to recommend that the city commission I >> So that passes here. Your recommendation
is >> Yeah, we didn't >> pass. >> Yeah, we didn't >> that recommendation passed. We didn't deny this commission has that authority. >> Correct. >> Well, yeah, I know the commission. >> So, I don't think you did anything wrong. The motion is like to recommend the denial. >> But if you read the wording, it said there was three Nags. So, you denied the
denial. >> No, denied a denial. >> You're trying to fix the minutes. >> We I'm just trying to make sure we're not doing this wrong. Like if there's something in there, that's correct. I can remember if you read it >> to deny the request >> and there's three nays. >> That's not what happened.
Do you need a >> I was well I was told by the director at that time that the motion failed. I was going to put it as the motion passed but she told me it was the motion failed. That's why it's reflected that way in the minutes. That was her direction.
>> Okay. I think the question but but that's not what the motion is that was made. The motion made was to deny recommend denial like tell the city commission to deny it. >> I'm saying if we're approving it I just the wording. Is that the way the wording should be? Yeah, I see. No. >> Then what what do we need to do?
>> I think it was >> Well, I mean I'm as far as as the minutes go where it says motion to deny the request. Yeah. To recommend denial. >> Yeah, >> that motion passed and then it said motion failed. >> Yeah, that motion passed. >> I had motion. She made me change it to motion.
>> Otherwise, it'd be a you know, hey, >> you always have this debate about a like a motion in the negative and all that sort of stuff. But if if the somebody could say, "Oh, I make a motion to approve it and you second just for discussion purposes, then it's like deny, deny, deny, and that's done." But that's not what happened apparently,
right? That somebody made a motion >> to recommend denial. >> Correct. >> That motion passed. >> Correct. >> And therefore the denial recommendation went forward. >> That's it. So I I agree. You need to fix the minutes. >> Need to fix the minutes
>> where motion to deny the request. Yeah, the the recommendation of a denial >> passed >> was approved and went on to the city commission and they did what they did. >> So I would I would do the >> I'll do that. >> So a amend the minutes.
>> There was three votes that were yay or next >> saying saying to deny it. >> Yeah. >> All right. I'm saying like I would just clarify the minutes and you could just approve the minutes as >> as clarified your what you did and what your intent was. and I think it was the same thing
was >> recommended a denial >> need to make motion to amend the minutes from uh on here to be January 6, 2026 and then also say that the motion to deny the request passed 3 to two >> instead of that it failed because it
says in here >> it does say motion to deny >> but then it says motion failed right there too >> which is not accurate that's what we need we need to correct >> yeah the motion to deny was actually >> that's what I originally had I just got overrode But I I'll reflect it in these minutes. >> Okay. >> All right.
>> So, did you do we need a motion for that or just make the motion? >> They can they can pass the approve the minutes as amended with that correction. >> Okay. >> Make a motion to pass the minutes of those corrections. >> I'll second. >> All right. So, we have a motion on the
floor and a second to amend the minutes from January 6 to reflect that the motion that was made passed. All right. Uh so we can vote on that now or unless there's any further discussion on the item. >> Thanks for catching that. >> New member contribution. >> You know try.
>> All right. We call roll for us. >> Uh Mr. Evans. >> Yes. >> Mr. Ashbrook. >> Yes. >> Mr. Doolittle. >> Yes. >> Mr. Wadell. >> Yes. >> And Mr. Watt. >> Yes. >> Thank y'all for that because I have >> Yes, ma'am. So the next item on the
agenda is a development order application. This is request 2601. It's exalt rehab facility. This is at 2851 highway 77, parcel number 12859-020-0000. And um we'd like to hear the summary from that and then we'll open
opportunity for anyone who's here to um also comment on anything we have or anyone else in the public that would like to comment. We'll have time. >> Okay. Yes, this is a uh proposed uh development order application and of course the applicant is Ryan Companies
US uh incorporated. The owner is a RHC BMP cy L01 LLC. The project engineer is Jim Cena with Panhandle Engineering who is present to answer any questions. Uh we also have um representatives from
Ryan uh companies present with us today. Uh if you have any questions for them as well. Uh the project name is Exalt Rehab Facility. Uh of course the requested action is development order recommendation for approval. Location 2851 highway 77 parcel number
1285902000000. Uh existing land use map category is commercial. It is not located in the CRA. However, it is in the Highway 77 corridor overlay, is approximately 8.18 acres in size, and is currently vacant.
So the applicant is requesting development order recommendation for approval to construct a 39,300 ft 40 bed rehabilitation facility along with a required landscape and parking and infrastructure uh improvements and a commercial land use mount designation
does allow for a convolescent care facilities. This is kind of like a uh they can speak more on it but it's kind of like a step down unit uh for people I believe that's had surgery and that type of thing. So the proposed development will result in a total trip generation
of approximately 267 trip daily trips with 22 a.m. peak hour trips and 22 pm peak hour trips with an ingress and egress on Highway 77 and on East Bowwin Road. Uh the traffic study was reviewed
by Vincent Spar with uh Kimley Horn and uh a copy of that was provided in your packet as well. Uh, the site plans have been reviewed and have been found to be in compliance with City of Land Haven Unified Land Development Code, the Highway 77 corridor overlay, and Florida
state requirements. Is there anyone else here to speak on behalf of this request? >> Good evening. Jim Sloan of Panhandle Engineering representing the applicant. Um I think Vicki did a good job. The only thing I'd like to mention is where the property is
shown as 8.18 acres. That's the parent parcel. The development site is 6 acres. We're going to have about 2 acres of opportunity medical opportunity land on Baldwin. So I think that is this will become an anchor. I think that's one of
the big attributes of it. Um I have some representatives of um Ryan Companies here. I've got and >> I practice this >> Molina Wright and Cole Hagen. Cole's my counter counterpart on project
management. Um I'm just excited that it's coming there. We have got wet detention with two large lakes well landscaped along 77. So the facility will be set back. Um it's not going to have the out parcels blocking the frontage and things like that. We have
had a um couple meet I've had a couple meetings with um Dr. Butram and so neighbor neighborly very positive very positive so um I'd be glad to answer any questions you may have >> so there there where would the access
point be on to Baldwin? You can help me see that better from the plat. Uh, Harold. >> Harold. >> There. There you go, Jim. >> There you go, Jim. Winner winner chicken dinner. Um, okay. So, there's the overall um development on the left on
the parent parcel and um that what you see in red is the fire truck moving around through there to make sure we have accessibility. So, the development is in the southern portion of the property. We have two large um wet detention lakes and then that area along
Baldwin is about two and a quarter acres and that's going to be um available for um commercial medical redevelopment. >> So the will the orthodontic practice be able to utilize this e this additional exit onto Baldwin? >> I think that's where he's going to be
coming to us. If you have been by there um Dr. Butram has he's been um parking spare parking out on on our property. So he's going to be talking to an about acquiring some more land to the east to the west of his existing parking lot. I
would anticipate to be able to do that. We have in our plans um if you can see our hospital site in the north northeast corner of it there's like a stub out of a road that's going to be the interconnecting road as well. So
everybody in there will have access to 77 um as well as two access connections to Baldwin and so he'll have that that benefit. >> Yeah. An easement. It be like a >> Yes. Yes, it'll be an easement a
non-exclusive easement between the parcels when they cross over each other >> cross season >> that gets them far enough west where they're not there's a separators in the road now >> and and the answer is it it is right at the beginning of the separator these are the locations that were originally there
for the previous health and windixie >> right >> it was there um we worked and permitted with the county since that's a county road and we've worked and permitted with 77 with DOT since it's a DOT road. >> So, they they'll be able basically be be
able to take uh east and westbound traffic into the vulvin. >> Yes. A whole lot better than he's got with that little um spot out on the corner. >> Right. It's nice to see something being done with that property. >> Yes. >> So, there's going to be two acres.
>> There's about two and a quarter acres of undeveloped land. Yes, sir. So I would say that's a three to four medical facil medical offices. >> I wasn't um I hadn't had the opportunity to live in here when the it was called
Health Flex, right? How big of a footprint did it have just for my >> Well, it was it was actually a Windixie shopping center. >> It was you if you take a couple more steps back. It was a Windixie shopping center and then um Ascension took it over and turned the health plex into
more of a a rehabilitative but I mean it was a physical I mean it was just exercise >> diagnostic diagnostic >> and and then you're right the the rest of the Lshape had diagnostics. It even had a had some food services in it. >> Nice. >> The uh on the land use map the old
facility is still indicated on your land use map. >> The old footprint. Yeah, the footprint still showing on your land use map >> and it took a beat down in the hurricane. I see >> the westbound turn off of Baldwin in Is there room for a turn lane there or is
that going to be stopping traffic? >> Her lanes are already there. Um, say it again. >> Is there a turn lane? There's already traffic I can't remember. Is there >> Which road are we talking >> going Baldwin heading west? >> There is. >> There is a turn lane. >> There is a a turn lane for the access connection that we're showing connecting
ourselves. Yes, sir. I wasn't sure if that led into the access of the church property or anything like that. Is the access behind it? >> We have a dedicated stripe turn lane before that. >> Mr. Jim, anyone else on behalf of Ryan Companies, I have anything you'd like to present? >> Hi everyone, Marina Wright with Ryan
Companies. I'm a director of development and we are excited to bring forth this project. It will be a 40 bed 40,000 foot rehabilitation facility like Vicki said. Um I just want to note that the re rehabilitation part is a postacute after
being in a hospital stay for um traumatic injuries such as brain spinal cord issues um and strokes. So it'll be great to bring that to the community. um typical patient is 10 to 20 day stay and
they're doing rehab three times a day, 5 days a week while they're there to get back into their normal lives. So, um that is pretty much all I wanted to say. >> When's your estimated completion should everything pass?
>> Um so, we anticipate starting construction in June here and then um opening early or midsummer next year. Not that it matters for this request. I've heard a lot of people going to stand up fortified concrete walls or you
plan on uh using any of that technology or like wood stick built or >> Yeah. >> Well, is not that it matters. I just curious for myself. >> Yeah. like the glass front. It looks nice. >> Yeah. >> Well, it's definitely needed. Um the
transition in last couple of years is one going that's over been on there on 19th. This will be a echin edition right there in the middle of where we live. I'll probably have to use it some. Does anyone else here from the public um
have anything to comment or say? >> All right. It's so rowdy back there. I had to give him time to make sure there was enough time. >> Uh all right. Well, thank you for your time and presenting. Is there any other questions on behalf of the commission here that'd like to um entertain a
request to the developer? >> How much higher is is the land going to have to go? Is it good where it is now or for new code? Is it going to have to be risen? Like where are they at now? >> The property, how how much higher is the property going to have to go? Like how much dirt are we bringing in? Like uh >> compared to like budget >> two feet.
>> Two feet. >> Yeah. We're in a non flood zone area. Okay. So basically we were probably about two I'd say the slab might be 3 ft to fill in the parking lot is about 2 ft above existing grade. >> Where does that put him as opposed compared to Butram? Is But about the
same height right now? >> Um >> yeah I mean his the city requires that finished floors be 12 in above the adjacent road when there are not any um flood zone areas. Um we might be a little bit taller than him but again we're going to at three we're 300 feet
off the highway. >> Okay. So, but we are not perched up four or five feet in the air. No, sir. >> Okay. >> So, any potential runoff will go into the >> Yeah, he's got the big ponds. I just I mean it's >> I just noticed every time we build everybody winds up going higher. We keep doing that game. So, just just checking.
>> The groundwater is about 5T down. So, we were able to keep the slab at a reasonable elevation and still get five foot of freeboard in our storm water basins capacity. Any other questions or comments?
Not >> we'll uh again like uh Mr. Obo said we or recommendation committee. So um f your opinion we'd like to make a recommendation to the city council and I'll entertain a motion here to um to whoever would like to make a motion.
I can't make the motion. >> So moved. >> Make a motion to recommend. >> Yes. Have a motion. >> All right. So, we have a motion and a second to recommend the city commission take positive action on the request with
approval. U any other discussion. We'll move to a vote. Miss Vicki, would you give us vote? >> Uh, Mr. Ashford. >> Yes. >> Mr. Doolittle. >> Yes. >> Mr. Wadell. >> Mr. Evans. >> Yes. >> And Mr. Watt? >> Yes. >> Thank you.
>> It's going to be nice. Yeah, >> thank you for being thorough and um also appreciate y'all both all coming from the company. A lot of times we get people that come they want to send the engineer and so uh it means a lot. >> Is that a slight to you?
>> No, it's not. It's not a slight, but it shows your commitment and uh >> they look better. They look a lot better than me. >> Oh, no offense, Jim. I didn't mean it that way, but uh >> we appreciate very much. Thank you. >> Yeah, sure. >> Thank you.
So now we have the planning coordinator's report. I just don't like it when developer doesn't even know what you're saying. >> They're like seven brew guys. >> He he gets the front of it. >> Okay. So
thank you all for attending the special meeting today. wasn't aware it was spring break for Bay County Schools when I um Jim had asked about if we might could do this cuz we're not sure we're going to have anything. This could have been went to April, but he just they kind of want to get things moving. So, I
do appreciate you attending. Uh welcome Mr. Evans to the uh planning commission. Uh he was appointed to the city commission at their February 24th meeting. Um Mr. Christopher Kle was also appointed to the planning commission um by the city commission at their February
10th meeting and he was unable to attend today. Uh Mr. Kle did serve on the board of adjustment for several years. So he has some knowledge of of things. So uh with these two appointments, we now have a full seven member uh planning board,
which is great. Uh so at the city commission meeting on January 29th, the city commission did vote to deny the development order application for the proposed uh brave breeze shore mobile home community. And Mr. Albos, if you want to provide an update. >> Yeah, just as far as an update goes, I
mean the city commission did take your recommendation and denied that. They have last week um filed a an appeal which is really a lawsuit with circuit court. So it won't come back here. It won't even really come back to the commission unless the court says so. But
they just FYI in case you guys are curious. They are appealing that decision with circuit court. So, um it hasn't been served yet. It's been filed. So, the attorneys will handle it and and obviously fight it in court. And if you
know >> it could be over. I don't think it would ever be like fully overturned. I think what the result a losing result would be go back and have another hearing with the city commission but it wouldn't come back here necessarily unless they had some other changes but just just FYI >> nothing that you guys did is just you
know the city commission makes that decision they denied it and they are appealing that >> so so if we're approached by somebody we can do like we did on the commission >> it's it's in litigation attorney it's in litigation we're not going to talk about it yeah exactly >> thank you uh the city commission at the
same meeting did vote to approve the central Pentecostal ministries building edition addition and they also the first reading by title only for the comp plan amendments was at that meeting. Then on February 10th we had the second reading in public hearing for the ordinance 1176
for the comp plan amendments uh for transmitt was approved. Uh the information was submitted to the state via the portal on February 15th. uh acknowledgement was received from the state on February 17th uh that they received the packet and the review
should be completed by April 16th. So once the state review is completed uh and we get their responses back uh a second reading and adoption will occur within 180 days and then once adopted the transmitter will be submitted within
10 days after the final adoption hearing. Uh there do y'all have any questions on that or anything in the comment? Uh there are some items in review. Uh we do have a proposed uh deanexation.
Uh I have boarded that to Amy for her review. Uh it's been a little um it's a partnership. It's owned by partnership. So it kind of wasn't a little cut and dried one. So um waiting to hear back from her on that. Um, we do have another
development order in review that's kind of gone a little stagnated. So, hang loose. Uh, pencil on April 7th. We may or may not have a meeting, but I will pull you uh for attendance. Um, I was under the understanding that Jennifer Ber had notified all of you
that she had resigned in January. Um, so I don't did she email you that did y'all receive an email from her that she had resigned in January? So, okay. So, just want to be aware of that that she did uh resign in uh
January. So, um and I have received a title change from planning specialist to planning coordinator. So, um city man our new city manager is present tonight. So, uh I know they're looking at what's congratulations to Chris
again. So, I know they're reviewing direction for planning department and you know, things like that. So, um but I'm fine. I'm just a oneman show right now. So, bear with me if you have questions or anything. >> We'll do fine.
>> So, we do uh I do want to ask y'all um I will email you a copy of the Unified Land Development Code and the comp plan um electronic. If you want a paper copy, let me know. Uh it is also on the CD website if you want to look at it. But I
just like to bring that up ever so often. Uh we do changes do happen to the unifi which come to you when we make amendments. Um and if if at we have an April meeting or at the next meeting if you want to look at doing about a 30 minute training session prior to that
meeting um just let me know and we can look at doing that. I think sometimes Amy's mentioned kind of doing a little ethics sunshine law or you know then if you have questions about the process when we receive a development application or a land use change um kind
of how those processes are because sometimes I think it's perceived that we just get an application we go yeah this looks good but it's um goes through technical review committee uh outside review engineer for storm water uh usually Dubberry does that uh then of
course traffic view. So, um, that's something you may be interested in. When I pull you for the next meeting, I'll just ask if you want to do a little training or anything. >> That's all. >> Remember the 13 or the 11 commandments?
>> Yeah, that's a good document. I keep that on my folder. >> So, yeah. So, I mean, most of you been on here a while, but you know, we got Mr. Evans that's new and Mr. clubs is new and probably just does us good about quarterly or semiannually to just kind
of go over a few things to make sure the understanding of things cuz um sometimes it can get tricky. That's all I have and thank you again for attending today. I certainly appreciate >> Thank you always for being reliable and always following up. >> Yeah, we were uh just getting used to
Jennifer so I was surprised. I was saying, "Oh, you're filling in tonight." And she goes, "No, she resigned uh two months ago." So, >> well, I will say when she gave her a report and she said, "That's all I have." I said, "Well, are you?" I said, "No, it's not." And she's like, "Well, I'm going to send him an
email." So, I just thought she had sent the email. So, I don't know where that >> I didn't receive one. >> Well, we thank you for all you do for making our job a lot easier. >> Do also congratulate you, Mr. Lightfoot,
for your new position. Um, you served it well in the interim time period. So, thanks for all you do for the city. Makes us good. Um, anything else for the good of the order? Welcome, Mr. Evans. Thank you for jumping right in and, uh, being involved
and appreciate you wanting to volunteer. >> Appreciate that. I have questions. I'll ask them, but it's for because the worst questions are ones that don't get asked because, uh, once something starts getting up out of the ground, you can't ask questions. >> And, um, Chris Club will also be a great
addition to our committee as far as I'm concerned. has he's familiar with the city and knows about zoning and adjustments. So, he's got some other experience with there. So, his last few years getting everybody's working real well together. So, I appreciate everyone being involved and doing the research that's needed to get here.
>> The the hardest part of coming here tonight was wearing sunglasses. >> First person to complain about daylight savings time. I forgot mine at work, so I didn't have them anyway. So, uh without any other business, I would entertain a motion to
adjurnn. Second. All right. Sure there's no discussion on that. So, uh, we'll move to a vote real quick and then we'll adjourn. >> Okay. So, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Evans, >> yes. >> Uh, Mr. Vadell,
>> hi. >> Mr. Ashbrook. >> Yes. >> And Mr. Watt. >> Yes. >> Thank you >> everyone. Next week or next month. It feels like next week because it's just a few weeks away. >> Yes, it is. Thanks. >> Yeah. Thank you.