Good evening. I'm going to call this meeting of December 2nd, 2025 to order. You'll join me in standing. The mayor's going to lead us in a prayer and the pledge. Please bow with me. Lord, thank you once again for the wonderful city that we live in. Thank you for the staff that keeps it running smoothly and keeps it
looking so nice. Thank you for the first responders that protect us on a daily basis and please watch over them and please give good decision making rights. Tonight we as we go into this Christmas season, we remember what the real reason for the
season is. And it's all about you, Lord. And all we do, we do in your name, Jesus Christ. Amen. 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. All right, Kathy, could you call the role, please? Here Stewart here. All right. If there's anyone in the audience has something who has
something they'd like to speak about that is not an agenda item, you can fill out a public comment form up here and give it to Clerk Haley and we'll get to public comment later in the meeting. Mayor's report. Uh, just a few things going on. If you haven't been downtown, 6:00 the lights
come on. They did a good uh Jeremy did a great job downtown and really put some LED lights and it's really a lot brighter. So, and they put some extra little doilies and that stuff down there. So, it's really he did a good job. So, had a good uh turning on the
lights last Friday night. Um attended the ribbon cutting for the VA clinic. Um so, those of you haven't seen it, it's out there behind Aldi's and Home Depot. 14,000 square foot clinic and just tremendous facility. It's really kind of nice to have Highlands County and
Seabri. It's we have a ton of veterans in this community. So, it's it's just good to have that. On uh 12 Friday, this Saturday, uh Toys for Tots and the Sugar Express are coming to town uh from 2:00 to 5:00 at
Fireman's Field in the football parking lot. So, spread the news if you want and tell people that bring their kids. They'll have all kinds of treats for the kids and games for the kids and from 12:00 to 5:00 and Santa Claus is supposed to be coming on the train at
about 3:00. So, should be a pretty cool event. And then the following Saturday is the Reese Across America at the Medal of Honor Park. They're doing a celebration there. Uh, and they're plant putting Reese on each one of the tombstones if you want to call it that
for a Medal of Honor. So, it's at I believe at 10:00 a.m. in the morning. I have one other question I want to kind of get with the council and ask and I'm going to bring this up and um thanks to the Rotary and Josh, we're getting restrooms downtown, but they're having a
little trouble fundraising. They're probably what about 50,000 short roughly approximately and um I think the city we need to step up and finish that project, let them continue fundraising and that stuff, but I think it's important that we get that project
done as soon as we can. Um the that are downtown. So, I kind of like y'all's consensus about moving forward and doing that, maybe splitting it with the CRA, we can talk to them. Um, but I really think somehow we got to get that thing going and you guys keep collecting money
and then can pay it back if you get that much. But if not, we still have to have that building done ASAP. So, I I would have to abstain, of course. Right. I feel what y'all's opinion is.
Yeah, absolutely. Do we need a motion on that or can staff go ahead and Yeah. infrastructure? You'd have to make the motion at the time in Okay. I make a motion that we use
infrastructure money to help uh do the downtown. Second. All right, we have a motion and a second. Uh Kathy, can you call the role, please? Discussion. Oh, right. Any public comment on this one?
Okay. And let me be clear because I was thinking right at the same time. You motion was to approve $50,000 by the infrastructure. I said to help. We're not going to do the whole 50, are we? Well, if we need to, I think that's that's fine. But I thought we was
going to discuss the CRA, see if they Well, put that in your motion to to inquire with the CRA to see if they want to help. Okay. Well, in my I make a motion that we use infrastructure money to help with the restrooms and and work with CRA
deter. Yeah. The for So the CRA doesn't help fund your funding up to 50,000. Is that what I'm hearing you say? About fund up to 50,000. asking if he's signing up to 50,000. That's my motion. The motion was clear
for Okay, but we'll approach CRA 495. Yes. Still safe. Thank you, Christie. Okay. Any uh any public comment or questions on this revised motion?
Same. I just kept it the same for me. All right. Seeing none, go ahead and call Bishop. Yes. Carile. Yes. Oh, I'm so sorry. Yes. Stewart. Abstain. Uh, I am the builder of the I'm the
contractor for this building and the fundraiser. And the fundraiser. Yes. That's what happens when you put it down. Okay. Thank you. I appreciate that. So, I think it's going to be an asset. A very nice asset. We've needed that for years.
Yes. And I guess to give you guys an update on where we're at, we're we're probably 70% complete. We have been a little bit halted for fundraising. It's they're going to be pavers in the front entryway and we can't open the building without them because it's not uh ADA compliant until they're installed. There's a 4 in
or three and a half inch gap. Um but we're moving. So hopefully How much is paper? Uh they range from $100 to a,000. There's different I think we fund raised around 30 low 30s and that our goal was
80. The club was backstopping 50,000 on top of that. Anything else? Nope. That's all I got. Thank you. All right, we're going to move on to council members reports. Carlos just pumped about this agenda today.
All right. I have nothing either. Ready to get through it. Heard that before. Yep. Okay, we're going to move on to the consent agenda. Are there any questions or comments from council on the consent agenda? Is there anything from the public on the
consent? All right. Seeing none, I will entertain a motion. I'll make a motion we approve consent agenda as amended. Second. All right. We have a motion and a second. Kathy, can you call the role, please? Yes. Yes.
Yes. Stewart. Yes. Right. There is no old business. We're going to move on to new business. Starting with item number 10A. This is public hearing and ordinance number 1565. I'm going to go ahead and open the public hearing.
Uh Mr. Swain, I think you're up. Let me see if I can find it. U 10 a 10 I've got 10 a here. Okay. That's it.
a yellow sticky on it so I could find it if I bothered to look. Okay, this is entitled an ordinance of the city of Sebring, Florida, changing the future land use from high density residential mixeduse redevelopment to downtown mixed use redevelopment and
removing a sightspecific condition in the city of Sebring comprehensive plan future land use element specifi specific to 139 North Ridgewood Drive, Sebring, Florida. which is lots five, six and seven, lot
48, town of Sebrank, Highlands County, Florida. Providing for severability, providing for conflict, providing for an effective date. Okay. U Miss Bush.
Um well, good evening. My name is Stephanie Vonki Bush. I'm with the Central Florida Regional Planning Council and So, um this is um the old the site of the old man um hotel
correctly. Did good. So, there's two um items that you'll hear tonight. First one is the future land use amendment and the second one has to do with the zoning. So,
There we go. Okay. And so, as you know, um it's 139 North Ridgewood. It's about uh just under half an acre for 43 acres. And um currently the future land use is high density mixed use redevelopment and um the proposed change is to downtown
mixed use. So, um the site is also in the historic overlay district and a developer has submitted plans to develop the site with about 7,000 77 which is an odd number of square feet of retail and commercial
uses. And so the site was originally planned for residential and commercial um about 50 residential units and then some commercial and a fitness center some other things. Um so the CRA is requesting that ladies map be changed
from high density mixed use resident uh redevelopment to downtown mixed use. So kind of eliminating all of the residential items off that and also removing a site there's a sight specific
and we'll get to that just a second. Um there's site specific phrase in the comp plan for this site and so we're getting rid of that and so the existing future land is as I said
it's density mixed use redevelopment and um that the the description on that is that it's energy efficient compact mix of residential and non-residential development. Um and the residential uses are actually up to 117 dwelling units
per acre and then the non-residential uses can use up to 25% complimentary to the primary residential uses and you you all know uh I mean obviously you all know where it is but as you can see everything around it is
um the purple is the downtown mixed use and only that little square is the high density res. So the The proposal is to change it all to the downtown mixed use.
So this is this is the site specific text amendment that's proposed to be removed. Um and it discusses the maximum res density building height shall be 60 ft up to 25% of the project may consist
of non-residential uses and then the maximum floor area ratio shall be six. Um, so that will all be removed. So the proposed future land use is downtown mixed mixed use redevelopment
as I said and that allows actually residential densities up to 40 units per acre and then for non-residential um it's retail commercial institutional public office. Yes. So the facility analysis so all the
water and sewer is available um waste water and transportation and drainage that's all it's all available around the site then here are your motion options for this and then the next one
probably any question all right before we move on to council questions Are there any questions or comments from the public on this? Okay, I'm going to go ahead and adjourn the public hearing now. Any questions or comments from council? I'll make a
comment. I think we're all really excited for the CRA selection here and Mr. Leblanc um and what is going to be built and this matches I think the downtown really really well. I agree. Exciting. Thank you. Hard to find someone who
would disagree with you. Right. If there's no questions or comments, I will entertain a motion. I make a motion we approve ordinance number 1565 first reading schedule second and final reading December 16th,
2021. Second. All right. We have a motion, a second. Kathy, can you call the RO? Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. All right, we're going to move on to item number 10B, public hearing and
ordinance number 1566. I'm going to go ahead and open the public hearing. Mr. Swing. Okay. This uh ordinance number 1566 entitled an ordinance of the city of Sebring, Florida to amend an approved planned unit development for the
property located at 139 North Ridgewood Drive, Sebring, Florida. That's blocks five, six, and seven, block 48, town of Sebring, Highlands County, Florida. Providing for severability, providing for conflict, and providing for an effective date
first. Hey, um again, Stephanie Vonki Bush with the Central Florida Regional Planning Council. Um and um as you just heard, this is the zoning portion um of this request and the requests the two ordinances will walk hand in hand. Um
and so uh the zoning is to amend the existing plan development uh and then it will allow the seven about 77 7,07 square feet of retail commercial space. Um so the existing zoning is planned development and it's approved for 50
dwelling units and about 4200 square feet of commercial. And then the proposed zoning is an amended um development to allow for approximately 7,000 square feet of commercial and
retail uses. And then as you can see um everything around it is commercial and then this is just the whole section. So it'll still be PUB but it'll just be different. Okay. So the site so this will also have
sight specific conditions and so um the the maximum retail is is about 7,000 seven square feet maximum building height is 50 not shall not exceed 50 ft maximum surface
ratio is one and um the development needs to meet the design criteria in the CRA and then of the allowable uses um professional offices, restaurants, cafes, small retail stores,
gift shops, that sort of thing. Next slide. Got some more conditions. So, the maximum floor area ratio allowable shall be one. Um, storm water facilities have to get an approved environmental resource permit from the Southwest
Florida Water Management District and then a developers agreement is required. Next slide. Um, access onto a state road. Um, so obviously they have access on state road 17 which is Ridgewood Drive. Um, and
that needs to be approved prior to development by the DOT. The developer shall develop a facade consistent with surrounding uses and approved by historic preservation committee. And then um all
applicable development improvements standard shall be established by the code shall be addressed at the time of development. So the city has to all the the way it looks has to be approved. Next slide.
You don't mind? I want to jump in on eight. So I don't think the developers be asking for access to go through some currency but not access
you go to the slide. Um, we've got some basic elevations from the developer and then this this was also um given to us by the developer. Um, what it could possibly look like buildings are kind of set back as you
can see a little bit area. I mean, this is not set in stone either, but just a concept plan of what it could look like. So, um, the And the Airstream will be boring Satie Con Park. Is that kind of the idea
there? Okay. Oh, okay. I see. Okay. We're We're gonna have to have you come up to the mic. I'm sorry that's that's my fault. Um so
and sorry could you state your name for the record? Ken Leblanc um exuring construction and developer of this project. Um so um the Airstream the idea is you can walk back and forth between the park and this plaza. So, u
as opposed to bringing a building straight up to the sidewalk, I didn't like that idea. So, I kept it back and I used it. But I had to get some more retail in there. Um so that's why I came with the idea of the food truck and the Airstream so I could still have leasable spaces without turning my back to the
park, right? Incorporated connection, which I thought would work better for everybody. And um I know she said this is concept plan, but actually this is the plan. You know, we're doing drawings on this. I already have my site, my engineering plans are dropped off today um ready to
submit. My architectural plans are in process. Um so, you know, what you see is is what I intend to build. Stephanie, were you complete with your presentation? Okay. Are there any questions or uh
comments from the public on this? Seeing none, I'm going to go ahead and adjourn the public hearing. Any questions or comments from councel? Love it. Great. I will entertain a motion. Make a motion to approve ordinance number 1566 on first reading and
schedule second final reading for December the 16th, 2025. Second. Have a motion and a second. Yeah. Can you call the role please? Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. All right. Thank you very much. Uh
we are now going to move on to item number 12A termination of development agreement with Short Pants Development LLC. Mr. Sw. Uh yeah. This is to finalize the agreement
terminate the existing development agreement for the property that you just ordinance is on in preparation for an agreement with the new need ordinance to passmination.
All right. Any questions or comments from the public on this council a motion? Make a motion we approve the attached termination of development agreement between the city of Sever and Short
Pants Development LLC. I'll second. All right, we have a motion and a second. I wasn't paying attention. Sorry. Kathy, can you call the role, please? Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Okay. You gave me a chance to, you know,
do something there. All right, moving on to item number 13A. Administrator Natle. Good evening, council. attaches the uh project report. Um in
black um bolded bolded is the changes that we've made. So uh relocation of the public works utilities staff is working on scheduling site because it's for public other public works facility utilities in the state. Uh and I believe
we've actually scheduled that for next week for a couple facilities. Claremont and Mount Door next uh next item RFQ seeking to create a
library of professional architects has been issued. Um and that's in preparation for the Sunrust building and ultimately probably the public utility site as well. The Whitner Law Firm is working on 10
properties provided by code enforcement and I think I sent email earlier today reference to where they are on one of these properties. Otherwise, everything else is the same. Jamie Cook, purchasing agent did ask me
to let everybody know that we have made a vendor registration uh platform change. So, the city of Seaburn has officially transitioned from vendor registry to bidet direct for solicitation notifications. All current prospective
vendors must register with bidet direct to continue receiving information about city bids, quotes, and solidifications. Registrations from vendor registry will not transfer and vendors who do not register on bidet direct will no longer receive notification.
Direct offers improvement, improved communication, expanded vendor networks and an easier process for tracking responding to citization. Pre-registration options are available and there are any uh questions that can
be directed. Is that effective immediately or is that for point future? Okay. Uh I had a question on the public works building. The public works department has kind of a rough sketch of their concept plan. Correct. Right. Okay.
Thank you. And the idea is they're going to visit some others to see what works in in reality and adjust before we get an architect. Correct. Great. Okay. Any other questions uh for Scott?
Any questions from the audience? Okay. Thank you, sir. We're going to move now on to last but not least, item number 14A. Clust. All right, we have a motion and a second. Call the roll, please. Yes.
Yes. Yes. Yes. Thank you. This meeting is struck.