before was on vacation, so I just lost it. But um it was a good vacation. But just a reminder, school starts next Monday, so we just got to watch out for our kids on the street. And as the middle schoolers gravitate to the circle again, we ask that you give them some
guidance on how to be real people. So, uh should be a big year for them. So, council members reports. No. Nothing to add. Just want to say thanks to the fire department for letting me tag along and doing a ride along. Uh have to learn how
to do an IV. That was something. Um don't recommend it, but we're very grateful for the ALS program and what we've been able to do. A lot more call volume, but helping a lot more people. So, thank you. I hope you were on the receiving end and not the administering. I asked, but that's fine.
Only thing I I've got to report, um, the Rotary bathroom project finally has our little plan revision completed and so hopefully we'll see some movement go in there soon. Um, and that's it. So, we're going to move on to the consent agenda. So, there is one thing to add to item
8C, an additional uh last minute utility service agreement. This is for address 4708 Muriel Avenue. um exist an existing single family block home that the well has gone dry and they're looking for some emergency connection service.
Does anyone have any issues if we add that to the consent agenda? No. Okay. Um is there any questions or comments from the public on the consent agenda? There's none from council. I'll entertain a motion. Make a motion we accept the consent
agenda as proposed adding to 8 C. Second. All right. We have a motion and a second. Kathy, can you Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. All right. Moving on to item number
10A. This is a public hearing resolution number 2025-12 adopting the annual fire resolution. Uh going to go ahead and open the public hearing. Um Mr. Nickle. Good evening council. Uh at your June
17, 2025 meeting, council approved preliminary rate resolution setting fire assessment rates for fiscal year 2526 at 35.5% of the maximum allowed which will result
in the rates shown on exhibit A. I'll draw your attention to exhibit A. So currently if you take a look at fiscal year 2425 that's the adopted rates for this year that's at the 29.3% level.
Residential would be 165 per residence. Commercial 7 cents a square foot. Industrial is 3 cents a square foot. Institutional 9 cents a square foot. Nursing homes $17 a square foot. Vacant land is $24 a square foot.
council uh proposed a change to the resolution which would raise it to 35.5%. Um which is the max of where we can go
right now and that would be $200 uh per residence 9 cents a foot square foot for commercial 3 cents for institutional 11 cents a square foot for I'm sorry 3 cents a square foot for industrial, 11
cents a square foot for institutional, $142 a square foot for nursing homes, and $29 for vacant park. Estimated net revenue of that is 1,00 1,75,
$360. All right. Are there any uh comments or questions from the public on the fire assessment? Right. Any questions or comments from council? I just want everybody to realize the reason we do this because everybody
not like an Apple where pay anything else and we pay it. We pay it. All right. I'm going to adjourn the public hearing and I will entertain a motion. I'll make a motion we approve final assessment resolution 2025-12
as presented. Second. We have a motion and a second. Kathy, please call the roll. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. All right. Moving on to item number 10B.
Another public hearing for ordinance number 1547. Um going to go ahead and open the public hearing. Turn it over to Mr. Swing. Ordinance 1547 is entitled an ordinance of the city of Sebring, Florida, changing the future land use classification for approximately 66
acres located on the eastern edge of Lake Sebring west of Scenic Highway south of Summit Road and north of Cudon Road from County medium density residential city lowdensity residential providing transmitt to Florida Commerce as a part of amendment 25-01
ESR for review and compliance providing for severability providing for conflict and providing for an effective Let's go to Salsbury. Good evening. Good evening. For the record, Jennifer Cotto Salsbury,
the Central Florida Regional Planning Council. Um, this is an adoption hearing for a feed for land use map. My cheat sheet. Um, while that's coming up, I did want to let you all know that this future
land use map amendment was transmitted to the Florida Department of Commerce and the um other required state review agencies including Florida Department of Transportation, Florida Department of Environmental Protection uh and others
and none of the review agencies had any comment. Um, the Florida Department of Transportation stated that they felt that this impacts uh on the roadway network and I will just hit the highlight.
Again, this is a site of about 66 acres on south um east side of Lake Sebring. And we uh looked at the land use amendment from residential medium to city low density residential.
Uh and the the surrounding area uh is really consistent with that where we have low density residential. And these are some views of the property. And the future land use um the existing future land use in the county is 8 units
acre. And going into the city, uh we actually have a reduction in maximum potential density down to five units. Uh and this is really a snapshot of the the land use um
and the proposed low density residential. They all look like the same color, but they're not. Next slide. Uh, and really this is really the shot here. Um, again, in the county, you can have eight units an acre. To the city, it's five units an
acre. And we're really looking at a decrease in potential units of about 198. And uh there are there is infrastructure and services to serve the site.
Uh just reiterating that here and just again capturing that this amendment after city council approval was sent to the state and there were no objections from any of the review agents and I'm available for any questions.
Any uh questions or comments from the public on this ordinance? Evening. For the record, Shelton Rice, I'm attorney with the law firm of Peterson Myers. Add 225 Street, Lakeland, Florida. I'm here on the property
roads. This is a project we've been working on for a long time for you guys. In June, we talked about this on first reading. U this goes back this 2023 that was the first time maybe this came before the city council. We did master developer master developers agreement
which contemplated annexation into the city and shared with you guys at that time what the intent was for this property with another one on the agenda tonight two other properties. This is the final step of the entitlement process through the land. So
we appreciate city's patience with us. It's been a long time coming. appreciate staff and all their assistance did an excellent job project doing here on clean amendment. We meet all the requirements of the conference plan land development code
consistent with what's around it makes sense. So having said that I would ask for just a moment to respond if there's any public comments to answer questions otherwise request. Thank you. Any other questions or comments from the
public office? Any questions or comments from council? Right. I'm going to adjourn the public hearing. Um I'll entertain a motion. Make a motion we approve ordinance 1547. Second.
We have a motion and a second. Can you please call the RO? Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. All right. We're going to move on to item number 10 C. This is public hearing and ordinance
number 1542. Open the public hearing. Mr. Swain. This is uh consider a zoning change for the same piece of property. Ordinance 1542 is entitled an ordinance of the city of Sebring, Florida, changing the zoning classification for approximately 66 acres located on the eastern edge of
Lake Sebring, west of scenic highway, south of Summit Road and north of Cudden Road, the county agriculture and city residential district R1 to city planned unit development for residential development, providing for severability, providing for conflict and providing for an effective date. Thank you. Let's go
to Salsbury. All right. Once again, Jennifer with the regional planning council for the record and uh this site is um the 66 acre site on south west side of Lake Sebring and
the this reszoning is from county agriculture to city residential. Again looking at the surrounding area it is consistent with the other zoning.
These are some views of the property uh in the county uh in the zoning um up to one unit for 5 acres and as we look at going to R1 that density
I'm sorry the the zoning is R1 in the county as well we're going to plan development and in the plan development as you can see here there's 232 dwelling units proposed. Uh they will have recreational amenities. Access to the subdivision
will be purs and the internal roadway network. This is really a a snapshot here. The plan unit development limit density 234 homes under the um land use. You could have a
330. So with that zoning coming in under it, it'll be 23. Uh in review of all of the infrastructure and services, there are services that serve the site and regard to transportation. There's
also capacity and um in the package in the ordinance. These are the proposed conditions of the planned unit development. And really this is a snapshot of the site data information. looking at front setbacks
of 20 ft, rear of side yard of seven and a half and um then again our corner lots have setbacks. Uh and then you can see the chart there. The lot sizes will be
50 by 115, 70 by 115 and 70 by 205. Um and the density per acre is about three and a half units acre. Um the right of way again will be private
and there will be a minimum of 5T sidewalk both sides of the internal roadway. Uh and the final condition is that a debuffer will be constructed
in a six foot wall. will be built between the property and the parcels on spark. And uh this did go to the planning and zoning board and it was first reading in
June and it does walk as a companion to ordinance. Also there is a condition for an emergency access gate on Any questions? Any questions or comments from the
public on this? Evening once again for the record from Peterson here on behalf of the applicant. I'll be very brief and I apologize. I think I misstated Miss Salbury Salbury's name last time so forgive me. Uh this in our opinion is
the result of really a productive development process. Right? This project came through the development process. There were public comments. There were modifications made came back to additional public hearing. Additional changes made. So this is an iterative approach that frankly I think results in
much better projects and better projects that suit the neighborhood that suit the neighbors and hopefully address most of those concerns. A lot of those conditions are related to that. So, a pre-cast wall putting up six foot wall adjacent to where we have existing residential for certain lots. Uh putting
up a six-foot fence where we have storm water adjacent to lots that could be developed in the future and some other things that have been detailed. So, I won't go into all of that. We think this is appropriate. This is a reduction below the density below the density that's allowed in the county from a comp
plan standpoint. It's much lower than the density conference plan LDR for this. We think it's consistent with your code conference plan. We think it's appropriate. We're happy to answer any questions. Respectfully request a favorable vote. Thank you.
Any other questions or comments from the public? Okay. Going to adjourn the public hearing. Any questions or comments from council? Seeing none, I will entertain a motion. Make a motion to approve ordinance
number 1542 on second final reading as second. All right, we have a motion in a second. Kathy, could you please call the role? Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. All right. Moving on to item number 10D,
public hearing and ordinance number 1548. I will open the public hearing. Mr. Swain. The ordinance is entitled an ordinance of the city of Sebring, Florida, changing the future land use classification for approximately 75 acres located at the northeast corner of the intersection of Sunset Road rightway
and scenic highway south of Lacron Boulevard north of Sebring Parkway from county medium density residential to city medium density residential providing for transmitt to Florida Commerce part of amendment 25-01 ESR for review and compliance providing for
severability providing for conflict and providing for an effective Right. Good evening once again. Uh and I apologize. Usually I break. So this is parcel located on the east side of
highway. This was stated the proposed the current land use is county residential medium and the proposed land use coming into the city is residential
and this is looking at the surrounding area here. This is the current future map recognizing going into the city. The density maximum potential is 12. Uh and this is really just a snapshot
again. Uh in looking at this site um in county 600 units and city is 500. So it's an increase of 300. dwelling unit
for land use. The application has been reviewed and various infrastructure and services to serve the site as well as transportation network. This amendment was sent to the Florida
Department of Commerce and other state review agenc And there was no objection and no com. All right. Is there any questions or comments from the public on this ordinance? Once again, Shelton Rice from Peterson
here on behalf of the excellent job. The property one interesting thing to point out here. plan and we look at the maximum density the zoning that we're asking for next item associated with this really limits
that density much lower what title under the comp plan designation from county what it currently has further your R2 zoning well that allows maximum density of 58 units per acre can't really realize that minimum lot size is 10,000
square feet setbacks 30% open space requirement so if they were to right without asking for deviations that density would actually come much lower than even the 5.8 will be allowed. So there's there's a lot of pieces to this
puzzle. Uh with that said, we're happy to answer any questions. Thank you. Any other questions or comments from the public on this? All right, we're going to close the public hearing. Any questions or comments from council?
I will entertain a motion. Motion to approve ordinance number 1548 on second second. We have a motion and a second. Kathy, could you please call the RO? Yes. Yes.
Yes. Yes. Yes. All right. Moving on to agenda item number 10E, public hearing and ordinance number 1543. I will open the public hearing. Mr. Schwain. That ordinance is entitled an ordinance of the city of Sebring, Florida, changing the zoning
classification for approximately 75 acres located at the northeast corner the intersection of Sunset Road right away and scenic highway south of the Grand Boulevard boulevard and north of Sebring Parkway from county agriculture to city uh one family
district providing for severability providing conflict and providing for an effective date. Right. Good evening, Jennifer with the regional planning council. Uh looking at this property, this is the uh companion reszoning to uh the prior
ordinance and this is a resoning from agriculture to residential to in the city. These are some just photos of the site. Again, looking at the surrounding area, uh the proposed zoning change would be
consistent with with the character of zoning in the area. And this is really a snapshot of the zoning map today with agriculture. And then this is what the proposed map would look like with the R2 zoning. And
that's at about 5.8 units acre maximum potential. Uh this is really a a snapshot of the change here. So the maximum potential how many units you would see on the property is about 435.
Um I always keep in mind you still have to build roads put in storm water site gets always get smaller and smaller. Uh that being said the R2 uh zoning district allows for 10,000 square foot lots and those lots need to be a minimum
of 8 lot. Um setbacks are 25 ft for front, seven and a half for side, 25 rear and 15 for corner lots. And the maximum height consistent with the city's code is 35 ft. And this is a
straight zone. Um this amendment was reviewed and there is adequate infrastructure and capacity services to serve the site including transportation. And again this is the proposal
city and allowing comments or questions from the public not unless there's public comment Thank you once again this gentleman did an excellent job Shelton Rice here on
behalf of Gway this zoning what we've talked about what's been contemplated as mentioned prior item it really limits kind of overall density that could really accomplish having zoning change come back to this board it's uncertain what
will ultimately be developed on that site that's really why we're going for standards classification instead of something more specific Uh and then as it relates to unrelated matters that we talked about our last hearing, we're still working through that process. We hope to be back for you in a month or so
that kind of want to focus on what was in front of us. So just as an update on that respectfully request a favorable vote. We appreciate your time. Thank you. Any other questions or comments from the public? We're going to adjourn the public hearing. Any questions or comments from
council? I just have a comment just to kind of give an outlay. 2005 citrus production in Florida, 175 million boxes. This past season, 14 million boxes.
Next year, Alco and Dinnotto County is pushing 50,000 acres of citrus. So after next year, we'll be below 10 million boxes. Just to kind of give an outlay of why these people are doing what they're doing. I think they're doing it
responsibly. I gave you guys a compliment last last meeting. you don't know me from Adam, but I'll just throw out compliments willy-nilly. So, but um I think you're very professional doing it the right way and bringing in some good development. So, that's it.
I agree. And from the the pattern we've had from previous develop developers, they're never like this and never this responsive to public comment. Anybody else would have thrown their sucker in the dirt a long time ago, right? So, all right. Agree. Any other questions or comments
from council? I will entertain a motion. Make a motion we approve ordinance number 1543 on second and final as second. All right, we have a motion in a second. Kathy, can you please call the roll? Yes.
Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. All right. Moving on to item number 10 F. Uh legislation amending section number 177.071 of the Florida statute plat approval.
Uh good evening again. So this is uh a result of the last legislative session uh where a bill was passed to really work towards uh streamlining the flat review especially final flats.
So most of the time when we look at final plats that the you know the roads are in the water and sewer lines are in. It's really more administrative. Um there's paperwork that goes with it. Um but this legislative session uh it was
written in that those plats will be reviewed uh administratively. So today, uh, they go through the planning and zoning board and they come to city council and I'll defer to the city attorney. Um, there's a couple of
caveats, especially when bonding isol involved, but really by the time you're getting to final plat, you're reviewing all that legal paperwork, but the city engineers already signed off that the water lines have met requirements. It's
already in the ground. So, it's accepting structure and proper recording with the clerk's office. But um I think statewide what they were seeing were some plats would go to a hearing or something that shouldn't have taken as
long to get approved. And I think this is kind of a reaction to that. Um but when a final plat is submitted then staff has seven days to make sure it's sufficient let the applicant know what's next but mostly
administrative. This is another state of Florida legislature uh thou shalt requirement of cities. So, we encourage your favorable vote on and we'll be coming back to you. Any questions or comments from the
public on this one? Okay, I'll entertain a motion. Make a motion we approve resolution number 2025-13 designate the city administrator as the administrative authority responsible for
final flat and ref approval. Second. We have a motion in a second. Kathy, can you call the yes? All right. Moving on to item 10G, the comprehensive plan update. Scott Salbury, you are back up.
Okay. This is the last item for me, but um I just wanted to take the opportunity and being before you all tonight, uh really give you an update. As you may recall, last summer we were holding public workshops to talk about the
future of the city. And uh we've been working on the kind of the back door of the comprehensive plan. looking at the data and analysis to support each element and we'll be coming to you in September with um draft
amendments for consideration to update the plan. um these new or updated policies, some of them are housekeeping, staying consistent with the requirements of Florida statute, but also updating the planning horizon for the
comprehensive plan. It's goes to 2030 now, and it is an update to the year 2050. Um but we're also watching some of the recent legislation that's been approved and making sure that we don't create a more restrictive environment in the polic
this time. Um, but we will be coming to you in September and we'll be uh going into more detail with planning questions or comments. Any questions or comments from the public?
Okay, thank you so much. Thank you. No motion is needed for that one. So, we are going to move on to item number 10 H. Jamie Cook, purchasing agent for the record. Um, very excited to be bringing you tonight a revised purchasable
policy. Um, I know this is something that's been in the works for quite some time. Um, I remember when I came on a few years ago, one of the first things I said to Penny was, "Okay, we got to this working feasible. So, I'm really excited to
finally make some progress. Um, just wanted to point out a few changes that were I wanted to highlight. Um, pretty major. Um, we revised the spending thresholds. Um, I I trust that you all
have been able to review the policy. I know it's a little, but um, the we've adjusted the dollar thresholds that trigger competitive bidding. informative quotes and um city council approval. This will streamline smaller
purchases um while ensuring proper oversight for the larger expenditures. The second um change that I wanted to highlight was um we have clarified and added exceptions to the competitive procurement process. So, we've added
quite a few um exceptions to um our policy so that we don't have to necessarily go out and get bids for everything. Um we've outlined specific circumstances such as emergency purchases, soul source providers,
um cooperative agreements and where bidding would not be required. Um we would still require proper justification and documentation. And the last change that I wanted to discuss was um a new vendor evaluation
process. Um we have noticed a problem in some of our vendors who um have not necessarily done a great job for us that we wanted to um kind of help our departments out and be able to give them something to fall back on. So we created
a evaluation process where we're implementing structured um process to assess vendor performance based on quality, timeless uh time timelessness and uh cost effectiveness. Um this just ensures that we're working
with reliable partners accountable to taxpayer dollars. Um these updates to reflect industry best practices and uh recommendations from both internal staff um as well as
external people around the state. We've reached out to other cities. We've looked a lot of work into so it is um my hope that you will approve it tonight, but I'm happy to answer any questions. So the the idea with um assessing the
vendors is if they're a subpar vendor but happen to have great pricing, it's an idea a way to thin them from the pool if they're not really meeting their expectations. Is that right? So what what really um if if they're not performing
or we had um an example is Mary Jane had some going that she needed done um at one of the plants and the person that we had on contract was not showing up to do the job. We needed
something to fall back on just to say what do we do next? Like we need a job done and how do we get it done the proper way. So that's where this evaluation process comes along. Won't necessarily accept a bid from that person moving forward.
You think this new policy will speed up average purchase times? Okay. No questions. Just Thank you. I think it is there any feedback from department heads? We did reach out to department heads. I
think they're probably hoping this passes too. Okay. You can't you can't do much for less than 10 grand anymore. No, no, you really can't. Okay. Any questions or comments from the public? I'm sorry. All right. Anything further from
council? I will entertain a motion. We have a motion and a second. Kathy, can you please call the RO? Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. All right. Moving on to item number
uh 10 I, ordinance number 1552, annexing two parcels, 241 US27 North and 227 US27 North, respectively. Mr. Smith, this is a voluntary annexation. Ordinance 1552 is entitled an ordinance annexing approximately 4.63 3 acres of
land located in Lake Jackson Boulevard subdivision lying in the northwest corner of section 36 township 34 south range 28 east Highlands County Florida into the city of Sebring Florida and establish an effective date. Okay. And as I understand it this is a
shopping center that that's the city. This is pulling the other half in their request. It's more like twothirds. It's one side one side. Okay. that I've always wondered why it was like that.
We we uh took as many as we could back when we'd last annexed in and this was not available for annexing in at a time. Okay. Times change. Times change. You just want the city to the county. There you go. Uh any any questions or
comments from the public on on this? Anything from council? All right. We'll entertain a motion. Make a motion to approve order. reading and schedule second and final reading August 19th.
Second. All right, we have a motion and a second roll. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. All right. There's no business from the audience, so we're going to move on to city attorney's business. Item number
12A. Mr. Sw, we have a proposed ordinance regarding purchasing. it entitlement ordinance amending division two purchasing in chapter two of the code of ordinances of the city of Sebring by requiring payment bonds and construction contracts deleting the requirement for vendor certification of local preference and
increasing the threshold for competitive bidding and providing for an effective date. This ordinance makes the changes to our ordinances that are called for in the official purchasing policy brings them in line. Any questions or comments from the public on this? Anything from council?
We'll entertain a motion. Second. We have a motion in a second. Kathy Pwell. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. All right. Moving on to city administrator business. 13A project
report. Good evening, council. Uh first item on the project report, Westlake Jackson project. There is a change in that. Um phase one uh deliverable is not 100% complete. Uh at some point we may invite
civil server to come back to council provide an update. But um this will definitely allow us to to move more expeditiously on obtaining as we've got full drawing sets that we can share.
property or something the FDOT road swap we did have a meeting on July 31st there was nothing report right mayor we didn't really have anything for discussion for the city um
relocation of public works utilities we're still investigating clearing of the property we're just getting close clearing that parcel and 126 West Center um moisture survey um
according to Steve was actually completed today. So we should be getting some results back from that. Um and we contracted with the elevator company um to provide bid specifications and oversight
and foreclosure on leans process. We had a meeting with Widner Law Firm. Um I think we're going to be able to move forward perhaps with them. Uh we'll see whether or not we can get them here, maybe do a presentation similar to what
they did for us at a future date, but it will allow us to it would appear to move on some of these forclosures. So when do you think we can meet with them on the foreclosures?
Uh, we'll have to reach out at council meeting. Okay. They're going to they're going to be submitting us a proposal. Okay. Thank you. Any other questions? Okay. Thank you, Scott. And last but not least, for
Bailey move second. Have a motion and a second. Please call the RO. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Meeting is journed.