Good evening. I'm going to go ahead and call this meeting of January 6, 2026 to order. If you'll join me in standing, the mayor is going to lead us in a prayer and the pledge. >> Please bow with me. Thank you, dear Lord, for the city that we live in, giving us the opportunity to
be part of it and to be very happy and successful. We uh want to thank you for the leadership that we have. Thank you for our staff. It keeps the city running smoothly and like it does. We thank you for our first responders that protect us on a daily basis. As we start this new
year, we look to the future to be prosperous and enjoyable. We ask that you help guide our way. We do all we do in your name, Jesus Christ. Amen. >> Aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which
it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> All right, Kathy, can you call the role, please? >> Here. >> Here. >> Here.
>> Stewart >> here. If there's anyone in the audience that has something they'd like to speak about that is not an agenda item, if you could fill out one of the public comment forms and give it to Clerk Haley. We'll get to that uh later in the meeting. >> Uh mayor's report. >> Uh just a couple things. I want to
extend a thank you to Ford Hock and his crew that helped him. He had about 20 25 volunteers that put on the 75th anniversary of the first running of the first or the running of the first race at Sebring. It was a six-hour race. um had about 90 cars on show, had fire
trucks down here, we had music and Ford just did a good job pulling it all together. Next year will be the 75th running of the 12 hours of Sebring. So, expect another big celebration next year uh to follow up for that. So, but it's kind of
exciting to see. So, um coming up we have the chili cookoff. The Rotary has a chili cookoff coming up on the 17th. Always on the circle. Do a great job with that. And uh the Martin Luther King Day is on the 19th and Ada McGawan's organizing another parade that starts at
noon over at the uh Methodist church and then goes up around the circle non bountiful blessings and has an event down there. So you're all invited to come to that. You're all invited to march in a prayer if you want. So u do that. Other than that, I just want to wish everybody a happy new year and uh
blessings all year. So thank you. Council members reports >> I have to agree with mayor the good good event out of I thought there'd be more people but there was a lot of people down there
great glad to see that happy new year to everybody attended the um 75th thing I don't know much about cars my husband enjoyed it so some walking around but yes that's all
>> Mr. Bishop no report >> no report >> one thing I just wanted to mention um somewhat related sad thing Mr. Elders pard passed away last week. >> Um he was a Sebring fireman for a lot of years and um fireman did a really good job at his his memorial service. Um
>> he was a great guy. Old Sebring one of one of the best and you know lived in 96 pretty pretty awesome but um sad thing. Um we're going to go ahead and move on to the consent agenda before we get comments and or vote. Um we are
under item number 8 C. Uh the address 3925 Muriel Avenue has been pulled uh at the applicant's request to come back at a later time. Noting that, are there any other comments or questions on the consent
agenda? Anything from the audience? Okay, I will entertain a motion. >> Motion we consent agenda as second. All right, we have a motion and a second. Kathy, can you call the role, please?
>> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. We're going to now move to item number 10 A. Um public hearing in ordinance number 156 1561. I'm go going to go ahead and open the public hearing up. Mr. Swain,
>> would you like to open up 10B as well and do a physical? >> Yes, let's do that. >> All right. Agenda item 10E has ordinance 1561 which is part of the city of C change in the future use classification for approximately 92.4 acres located on the southern edge of Redwater Lake east
of Panther Parkway north of Avenue from county medium density residential to city medium density residential providing for severability for conflict for an effective date. Ordinance number 1562. Its companion ordinance is entitled an ordinance to the city of C
change classification approximately 92.4 acres located on the southern edge of Redwater Lake Parkway north of Beacon Avenue County flexible unit development for residential development
providing for severability contracted. Yes, ma'am. You're up. Well, good evening, Mr. Mayor and Commissioners. Um, I'm Stephanie Von Pleski Bush with the Central Florida Regional Planning Council. And, um, these are the same items you heard this
month. Um, and this is the second reading of those. And as you heard, so um this first one is the um phases one and two of the wateride mobile home park and RV park and they
were annexed into Yeah. Okay. So that's 92 acres. And so on the next slide, um the parcels were annexed into the city a while ago. And um phase one consists mostly of a developed mobile home park and phase two um contains an RV park and
um there's a total of 451 units um with a minimum lot size of 2,400 square ft. Um phases one and two have been constructed um um consistent with um county approvals and um so the future land use so there's
a future land use um amendment and a zoning change requested and so the future land use is from county uh medium density residential to city medium density residential and the zoning is from county M2 um flexible unit development to city plan development.
Um here are the maps. As you can see, it's um just south of Little Red Redwater Lake and you can see it from Panther Parkway. You probably seen it. Um and then the proposed zoning is plan development
findings. Um so the request is um it's an applicant initiated um future land use map and res resoning to recognize approved development um under the city future land use and zoning um after the annexation by the city. Um so phases one
and two u comprise about 92 acres. Um all infrastructure um for phases one and two is constructed construed is construed um phase one and two are approved for 451 units and the minimum lot size again is 2400 square
feet. Um the PUD zoning will recognize um the county annexed development plans. So those were um as they were approved in the county. Um so um the as you know the site is located
along Little Redwater Lake. Um water and sewer um are provided by the city of Sebring and um water and sewer lines were constructed at the time of development approval by Highlands County. Um I've got a terrible plan site
plan um here. I apologize. So it's sideways. Um if you are interested in seeing more specific detail on those um we could get that to you. Um so on the next
we've got um so recommended conditions of approval um for phases one and two. So there shall be a maximum of 451 units. The minimum lot size is 2400 square feet. Lots less than 4,000 square feet um in size shall only be utilized
for RV parks, including park models. No mobile homes or manufactured homes shall be permitted on the smaller lots. Um and development plans shall be consistent with the master site plan. Um and as you probably remember on December
16th, um you voted to approve these two ordinances. And so on the next slide, you've got your future land use um motion options. And then and then after you vote on that, you'll have a chance
to vote on this reszoning um I kind of buzz through that, but >> they're familiar. >> I figure >> ultimately. Yes, sir. >> We do the public hearing public hearings for all of the same comments. >> Are there any uh public comments or
questions on either of these two items before the public hearing is closed? Seeing none, I'm going to go ahead and close the public hearing. Are there any questions or comments from council? >> Okay. I'll entertain a motion for item 10.
>> Make a motion we approve ordinance 1561. Second for reading as presented. >> Second. >> Right. We have a motion and a second. Kathy, can you call the role, please? >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. Stewart. >> Yes.
All right. And any questions or or comments from council on item 10B, zoning change. I'll entertain a motion for item 10B. >> Ordinance number 56. Second following as presented. Second.
>> Okay, we have a motion and a second. Kathy, can you call the role? >> Fish, >> yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. Stewart, >> yes. All right, we're going to now move on to item number 10 C. Um, public hearing and ordinance number 1563. I'm
going to open this public hearing um in conjunction with item 10D, which is public hearing ordinance number 1564. Ordinance 1563 is entitled an ordinance of the city of Sebring Florida changing a future land use classification for
approximately 64.48 acres located east of phase one to wateride RV and mobile home park north of avenue from county medium density residential to city medium density residential providing for separability conflict
effective date ordinance number 1564 Escoon have an ordinance of the city of se Florida changing zoning classification for approximately 648 acres located on the southern edge of little red water lake east of phases one of wateride RB and bubble park north
Beacon Avenue from County into FUD to city plan development or residential development. >> Great. Thank you, Fon Festy Bush. Back to you. >> All right. So, um as you heard um this is basically the same thing except um
just phase three which has not been constructed. Um it is as you heard um approximately 64 acres and um again it's and this phase is only planned for RV units. Um and again it
was annexed by the city and it requires um assignment of a future land use and a zoning by you. So um as I said phase three is undeveloped and it was approved in Highland County for an art and
that There we go. So, um the um future land use is currently county medium design u medium density residential and the proposed future land use is um city medium density residential. And then for
the zoning um it's county M2F and the proposed zoning is city plan development. Um again um the request is for an applicant initiated future land use map amendment and resoning um to recognize
approved development under the city's um future land use following property annexation into the city. Um it's about 64 acres and phase three will allow um it was approved for about 350 RV units and the lots with a lot size of 2400
square feet. Um the PUD zoning um recognizes the county approved development plans. Um and as you saw, the site is located um along the shores of Little Redwater Lake. Um water and sewer um are provided by the city of Sebring and the water lines were
constructed at the time of development with Highlands County. Um now this plan, as you can see, it's the one on the east side. It's longer, skinnier, kind of around.
They have um already built one um clubhouse out there. The one kind of in the middle there and then they'll build another amenity center at the north in there with a pool in the darker area there. Um
then we've got this um similar recommend recommended approvals for this um conditions of approval. Um so that there shall be a maximum of 350 units. Um the minimum lot size shall be 2400 square feet and again lots less than 4,000 square feet in size shall only be
utilized for RVs including park models. Um and the development shall be consistent with the master site development plan. And then the fifth one um this one is in addition to the other um conditions for the other two um phases but there's um landscape plan
shall provide for canopy trees on the site. So right now there's not much out there. Um so and as you remember on December the 16th you voted um on first reading to um approve you voted for a recommendation of approval. And then on
the next slide are your motion options for the future land use and then again um you'll vote on the future land use and then the reasoning. >> Thank you. Are there any uh questions or comments from the public on either this
future land use or zoning check. Seeing none, I'm going to go ahead and close this public hearing. Any questions or comments from council? Entertain a motion for item 10 C. >> Move to approve
number 1563 on second reading. Second. All right, we have a motion and a second. Kathy, >> yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. Stewart. >> Yes. All right. I will also entertain a motion now on item number 10D.
>> Move to approve ordinance number 1564. Second reading. >> Second. >> Okay. Kathy, >> yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. All right. We're now going to move
on to item number 10E, public hearing and ordinance number 1567. We're going to go ahead and open this public hearing. Mr. Swain. The ordinance is entitled an ordinance of the city of C Florida changing the zoning classification of a parcel that totals approximately 0.24 acres located at 721
Shirley Street from commercial district C24 multiple family district providing for several conflict and an effective. >> Okay. Um, and so as you remember from last month, um, this is a parcel that,
um, very, it's a rect, it's a unusual shaped parcel. Um, it's about 0.24 acres and the address is 741 Shirley Street. Um, the existing house was damaged during Hurricane Ian and the property owner um, received a grant from
Rebuild Florida um, to rebuild the house. Um, Unfortunately, the zoning is C2, which does not um allow single family housing. Um and then there's just a few slides of what it looks like now out there um from these are taken from
Google. Um and then um and then as you can see, so the future land use is downtown mixeduse, which does um permit um residential uses. So all of them there in that purple
and then on the next slide. Um so you can see there's um residential across the street across um Shirley Street and then to the northeast and southeast there. Um and the gray is C1. So um
C2 permits any uses um allowed in um C1 and business and lumber storage, you know, as you can imagine, but not residential units. So the proposed zoning um is for R4 um that just they're
not going to build multif family there, but that was just what was needed to um for the setbacks and the lot minimum lot size. So um then next slide there. So these are the um development
requirements for the R4 zoning. So the minimum square footage is 800 square f feet. Um the minimum lot size is 6,500 square feet and the minimum lot width is 80. So um they can meet all those requirements. And then um the
consistency with the um city's comprehensive plan, the zone change, including potential proposed development, meets the city's goals and objectives and policies for the comp plan. Um it's compatible with the surrounding land use and it fits the character and composition of the area.
And then the house was damaged during Hurricane Ian and the property owner um received a grant to rebuild it. So there's already a house there. So, it's just um replacing what was damaged. Um city water and sewer are available. Um the site has access to Shirley Street
which is operating at an acceptable level of service. And the change in zoning does not or will not create any negative impacts to existing public facilities. And at your last meeting um you voted to u approve this change. So then on the
next slide are your motion options and um the engineer is here. questions and the applicants also here have any questions. >> Thank you. Are there any questions or comments from the public on this item?
>> Seeing none, I'm going to go ahead and close the public hearing. Any questions or comments from council? Entertain a motion. >> We approve ordinance number 1567. Second final rating as >> second. All right, we have a motion and
a second. Kathy, can you call the role, please? Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. Thank you very much. Okay, moving on now. There is no business from the audience. Um, no city attorney's business. We're going to move on to item
number 13A, city administrator project report. Good evening council. U so uh submitted project report. The only changes I have on the submitted project report are uh uh RFQ uh date for
architectural services. Um the due date is January 13. So that's up upcoming shortly. Um then also the Illinois pond weed so provided a report. We had a meeting with
FW FWC in reference to this. Um I think the main takeaway from that meeting was uh any members of the public uh who may have comment about Illinois Pond should reach out to FWC and make those comments
heard. Should we be forwarding comments we have received as well or uh >> I would say yes. >> Okay. >> I think we need to make the contact public so they know who to contact
>> instead of just reaching out and get nowhere. >> Sorry. >> Instead of just reaching out to FWC, I think we ought to have a we ought to publish a contact number in person. >> Could we do that >> with FWC? >> Yeah. Could we do that on our socials
and maybe our website? >> We can. >> Okay. And then the only other uh comment I want to make is the RFP for the municipal golf course um is due January 12th. We are going to
amend that date to January 19th. We are waiting on a boundary survey that kind of delineates what uh the winning proposer releasing do not have that yet. We expect to have
that by the end of the week hopefully. And if we obviously if we have it by the end of the week that'll give them some time to survey. >> Will that push back our other dates or No, >> no, I don't think we were we weren't
planning on coming to council. >> Okay, cool. Any questions or comments um from council or the audience this project? >> Okay. Thank you, Scott. We're going to move on now to u city clerk's business.
We have several items for us tonight. Starting with 14A, please. >> So move. >> Second. >> All right. We have a motion in a second. Call the role, please. >> Bishop, >> yes. >> Yes. Yes.
>> Yes. >> Yes. All right. Now, item number 14B. >> Um, this is according to the CRA. Mr. Burst has resigned this position with the CRA board. This term expired
September 30th, 2026. The vacancy has been posted on the city's web page and um, everyone has been notified. Uh, have been received. um to vote on. Is
there any discussion? >> So I I asked Kathy to give some time to discuss this. We have additional applicants or additional board openings after this. Um there's at least one applicant who's applied for multiple positions. Um and I think we need to
talk about it before so that we have a good strategy on filling the voids in some of those boards. Um for the CRA, my personal thought, I like the idea of Mr. Bugos. Um, have met him before. He owns a shop down in downtown Sebring. Um, one
of the things I like about him specifically is that he is not from here. He's got a little bit of a of an outside perspective. I think he was on CRA and maybe TDC boards in another larger county. Um,
and I always think it's good to have some differing perspective and somebody who's maybe done this somewhere else to bring some some other expertise to the board. That's my personal thought. Does any anyone else on council have any in their thoughts or anything they want
to voice before going to a vote? Only thing is just thank you for everybody who's willing to participate and to step up and serve on a board. It's a lot of it's thankless a lot of times. So, it's just thankful for that we had this many applicants and that we were discussing it. I agree with you, Josh. I think, uh, John would be a good
fit. Um, a lot of experience. I think he has a really huge desire to see the city grow downtown. U, he's very invested. Not to say anybody else doesn't. Um, but I think John would be a good different voice.
>> Any anything else? Any other comments? Anything from the public? Okay. Uh, so how does this work? >> Okay. >> Bishop, >> no.
>> No. >> No. >> Stewart. >> No. >> Johnos. >> John. Bishop. >> Yes. Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Stewart. >> Yes. >> All right.
>> One applicant for that one. So, next we're moving to item number 14 Cathy. >> Okay. We'll do the same thing. This is for the zoning board. Um there are four openings. there are four applicants that applied
for openings. So, um there any discussion on those? So, I think on the next item there's also two applicants and two openings. Um my personal thought is the code enforcement board needs
active members. They sometimes are at a deficit and don't have a full quorum. Someone has to act as a special magistrate. >> My personal thought is that we appoint the two uh the two applicants that applied for code enforcement to code enforcement and leave one open spot on planning and zoning. Um I think Mr.
Boser has applied to both boards. So my thought would be to to approve them for code enforcement and just vote for the other three on these four. Does anyone have thoughts or think about that? >> How many how many seats are there total
for PNC? >> Uh I seven I think they're all seven. Seven. And how many total seats are there for code enforcement? >> I think it's five. >> Is it only five? >> Five. >> Seven.
>> Yeah. When I was code enforcement leaison, they or police leazison um they do struggle to have a forum. There's a lot of times where one person is acting as a special magistrate um on their own. So I think it personally I think it's a good idea to if we have willing people
to fill empty roles that that's the one where they struggle to keep more >> the same process. I agree with you >> is Mr. your thoughts on that. Anything else? Anything from the the public before? >> It's for the plan. It's only
>> We could vote up to four in. Yes, sir. >> Okay. We don't have to. >> Yeah. We're going to vote four different kinds. So, you're But you're only going to get one vote for each >> Well, I thought there were there's four open positions. >> Yes, sir. So you're gonna you're gonna
>> can we say yes four times? >> Yes. >> So we can say yes to >> up to four times. Four times, >> but we don't have to say yes four times. >> Right. >> Okay. So um >> I don't I don't disagree with what you're saying. >> Okay. All right.
>> You know what? >> I never I just was a mute. I didn't give him any feedback. >> Okay. >> All right. >> Okay. >> Fire away. >> But we'll take the one at a time. What the So this is for vacancy number one. >> Okay. >> Okay. Um Raymond
Bishop. >> No. >> No. >> No. >> Stewart. >> No. >> Number one. Bishop. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Stewart.
>> Yes. >> Number two. Okay, Mr. Bishop, >> you you already did. >> It's We have to vote >> on each individual for each Jesus. Okay,
>> that's what I was trying to say before say yes up to four times. >> Yes. >> Uh, no. >> So, I was making sure >> no. >> Yes. Yes. Yes. >> Stewart. >> Oh, don't we get to vote one? We get to vote up to four times. >> Correct.
>> Yes. Yes. >> We have to fill four vacancies. >> Voting. No. >> Stewart. >> No. >> No. Okay. >> So, now we're So, now you don't get to vote this time. >> Okay. I'm confused. Yeah.
>> Because we're still on the second vacancy. Okay. But we're going down to Lazro Martinez. >> Okay. That's what I thought. I'm confused now. Yeah. Okay. It's all right. We're We're fine. >> We're fine. Is everybody with me?
>> Yes. We're getting there. We're good. >> Y'all maybe a long time. Don't look at me. I go, "Okay, dro vacancy number two." >> Okay. >> Lazro Martinez. Bishop. >> Yes. >> Carile.
>> Yes. >> H. >> Yes. >> Stewart. >> Yes. >> Okay. He gets vacancy number two. >> All right. Now we're on vac. >> Everybody's back on again. >> Okay. >> Okay. Except now we take out
and >> can we go opposite of outside? >> I don't think so. >> All right. Raymond sir. >> Bishop. >> No. >> Carile. >> No. >> H. >> No. >> No. >> Stewart.
>> No. still vac. >> Yes. >> Bishop, I'm sorry, I didn't say your name. I'm so sorry. Bishop. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Stewart. >> Yes.
>> And so do you have to call a vote for vacancy number four? >> Number four. >> Okay. Which we do not have to fill at this. >> Okay. >> No. >> All right. >> Pass. No. >> No.
>> All right. Thank you. That was wildly complicated. >> Everybody still good? >> We're good. All right. So, we're going to move on to our final item. Item number 14D. >> Yes. 14. Okay. Now, this is what code enforcement. There are two vacancies on
this board and you have two members or two people that have applied for this board. Okay. We have still taken separately. Vacancy number one. Raymond Bosert Bishop. >> Yes. >> Carile. >> Yes. >> Hry. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Stewart.
>> Yes. >> Number two. >> Michael Phillips. Bishop. >> Yes. >> Carile. >> Yes. >> Avery. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Stewart. >> Yes. >> That was easy. >> Yes. >> All right. Thank you, Kathy. That is our
last item on the agenda. >> Let me ask a question before. >> Sure. You extended the CRA the golf course till the 19th for them to submit, right? Are you going to be here on the 19th?
>> Martin Luther King day. I mean, you can Why don't you come in and work the night? Give some back to the city. >> Thanks, mayor, for pointing that out. Yes. So >> we'll extend it.
>> Okay. >> Okay. So >> January, he just throwed you right under the bus. >> Well, RFP is officially extended to July. I mean July, >> uh January January. >> They'll do it by uh through the the
purchasing department. They're not taking action tonight to do that. You're you're extending that through Jamie, right? >> Yes. No, I'm just >> Jamie Jamie will post it tomorrow morning. >> All right.