up event at the end of the year on New Year's Day starting at 1:00 to 6:00 downtown in the circle is uh thanks to Ford Hawk for organizing the 75th anniversary of the first race in Cring. Not the 24 12-h hour race, but the first
race was a six-hour race. And so that's 75th anniversary. The 12-h hour race 75th will be in 2027. But uh come on down. There'll be food trucks, there'll be restaurants that are open. And there's a lot of little events that are happening. There's a kids race
car car race car race around on the circle. So there's a lot going on. So from 1 to 6 and 6:00 the racetrack the raceway has sponsored the fireworks show. So it'll be going off on Lake Jackson where our fireworks are
shut off a lot of times. Is that New Year's Day New Year's Eve? New Year's Eve day. So the 31st. Or did I say New Year's Eve? You did. You did say there. Okay. New Year's Eve. New Year's Eve. New Year's Eve day. Any event is from 1 to 26. 1 to 6.
1 to 6. 1 to 6. Fireworks are at six, right? Okay. All right. Uh, council members reports. Yeah. All said, just want to say successful trip to Tallahassee last week. So, sorry for
missing it. Um, really successful. really thankful for for Ken and uh his team. Uh thanks for mayor and Jared for going out and talking, meeting a lot of people. I think we got a lot of good stuff done. So looking forward to this session and hopefully bringing back some money to the city.
Um only thing I wanted to mention before we move on. So at the last meeting, um council voted with with the mayor's suggestion to approve some additional funds for the rotary for the bathroom project. Um the board talked that over and said thank you very much but
declined it. Um they have enough money in reserves to get it finished and and they're going to continue moving forward and get this thing open. Um so that was very gracious to offer but I think they felt it was their responsibility and we're going to continue fundraising but um the first order of papers is going to
be placed before Christmas and u soon as some labor shows up we should get that thing going and be open soon in the next couple months I think. Okay, thank you, Judge. Hey, thank thank you for for the offer. Um, we're going to next move on to the
consent agenda. Are there any questions or comments from the public on the consent agenda? All right, seeing none, anything from council, we'll entertain a motion. I move to approve the consent agenda as presented. Second.
All right, we have a motion and a second. Kathy Bishop, yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. All right, we're going to move on. There is no old business. We're going to move on to new business. Item 10A, an
update from our lobbyist, Mr. Ken Puit. Good evening, uh, mayor and council members. My name is Ken Puit with the P5 Group, and I want to say what a privilege and honor it is to represent the city of Sebring on your behalf. Uh last week we had uh some really good
meetings and I just want to share with you the way that that we operate and how grateful I am that the mayor and and Councilman Hvery took the time to come up there along with Jar Jared Lee. Um
we're only as good uh as the messenger for you. Uh but when you all come up with us and share the message, it has so much more of an impact. So we are really excited about uh moving forward. We very
enthusiastic about representing the city and I'm going to go through a list of issue and rapid fire. I saw your agenda here so I don't want to uh be too long here but I just want to kind of give you a gist of what we do. 50% of the work that we're going to be doing for you is
going to be off session working with the agencies, working with Jared on the the various grants that you all are uh apply applying for and then the other 50% will actually be the legislative work that we do in Tallahassee. So, I'm excited to get started with you. Um and I believe
that we've already hit the ground running. January 13th is the day that the legislative legislative session starts. of the legislators have until uh January 9th to file bills. As of today, 899
bills have been filed. Uh there will probably be north of 2,000 bills that will be filed and between the 60-day session. Uh not only will they consider uh about 2,000 of those bills, uh a very
small amount, probably 20%, 25% will actually make it to a committee meeting for a hearing. Um and there will be that many more amendments that will be filed as well. So you'll see north of a th00and to 2,000 amendments. So, it's going to be rapid fire, very fluid the
way that that the process will move move forward. And by the end of the day, about 10% of those bills will actually pass. So, there will be about 250 bills that will pass at the end of the day. The only constitutional requirement that
they have is to pass the budget. Uh the governor just uh presented his his recommendation of $17 billion dollars. It's about a billion dollars more than what the legislature passed last year. Remember, it's just a recommendation.
The the uh legislature doesn't have to do anything with it. Uh but but it is used pretty much for a baseline for the legislature to move forward. Uh gone are the days with the American Rescue Plan money, the COVID money. It's all gone.
So for those of you who have been who've been serving uh for any length of time, go back to 2019. That's precoid. That's pretty much terms of the increases of what you're going to see in the budget. A lot of it's be
pretty stagnant. Uh when you look at the three-year outlook for the state of Florida, there's a $6 billion deficit. And uh President All Britain has made it very clear, although there will be about a $2 billion surplus in this year's
budget. President All Britain has made it very clear that he's not going to forsake the next Senate President uh and which would be Senator Boyd uh for his two years because this is Senator Albritain's final year as president. He's not going to forsake Senator Boyd
on that. And so what what will happen is they will tighten up this year's budget to make sure that Senator Boyd isn't left with such a huge de deficit during his two years. Uh, of course, uh, the
property tax issue is taking the oxygen out of the place. Uh, out of the seven bills, the constitutional amendments, joint re the joint resolutions that the house has initially offered up along
with one bill. One of those has now passed through its three committees and now it's ready for the House floor action. That's the $200,000 additional homestead exemption. So
basically from 25,000 to $250,000 of assessed value, that would be your exemption if in fact the House decides to move forward. It doesn't mean that the House is not going to go back and take a look at some of the other issues. We know we have one of those
constitutional amendments that completely eliminates the prop the property taxes, but obviously we know uh as time goes on and the facts come out as to what that would do to all the cities and counties uh that probably
will lose uh lose its lose its momentum. Uh but but the one that that's in front of us, uh the one that we're looking at right now will be the one for the additional $200,000. Uh another one that I know that you all have some interest in. And just so you
know, we do we do a spreadsheet of those 899 bills that have filed uh working with Jared, who by the way has just done an outstanding job. And thank you very much for for the opportunity to work with him. There are 207 that we're watching
very closely. But remember, of those 207, what we're watching for is the the number of committees that they've been referred to. Many of them have three or four committees. The more committees they're referred to, the less likely
that they're going to see, you know, see day see daylight at the end of the day. Um, so we also look at the sponsors uh to see who's sponsoring it, you know, to see if the bill is going to have legs. But so this list will grow because
there's only 800 only 899 bills that have been filed that will go north of 2000. So we we will see the bills that we're watching closely with Jared and with all of you that will probably more than double uh by this time next by uh
this time next month. Uh we've got the local business taxes. I know you all are concerned about that. uh that bill usually the the Senate uh a lot of times what will happen is the House will initiate and pass these issues and just
like with the property tax issue the Senate has taken a much more reserved approach. It doesn't mean that they don't have that they're not working on a product to bring forward but they're obviously doing what what the Senate
does. they're safeguarding Florida uh and they're taking and they'll take that idea that the house presents and perhaps they'll mold it in to something else. It doesn't mean that they have to do anything. Uh but the same thing on the business tax normally what happens is on
an issue like this because it has such a impact on you is that you know they'll let the house go ahead and move it forward and then see how it works. But a actually this bill has already passed one committee in the House and Senate. So, we're taking a real hard look at
this one because we know that that's going to have a fiscal impact on you. The accessory housing bill has now passed uh through uh and that's there's a companion bill in the House for that and that bill has already passed out of
each committee in the House and Senate. So that one is one that we're looking at as well and that one probably will go ahead and move forward particularly when you look at the two sponsors who are very very strong. Uh the suits against the government the sovereign immunity
bill that I know you all are playing close attention to. There is no Senate companion at this time. It has passed out passed out of all the committees in the House. It's ready for floor action. It is a priority of the Florida House.
So, you can expect to see that bill pass out of the Senate or pass out of the House and then it'll reside over in the Senate until they determine, you know, on what it is that on what it is that they're going to do with it. Uh, House Bill 180, I know you all had looked at
House Bill 180 last year, uh, after the storms about not doing any comprehensive plan changes, plan amendments until 2027. It kind of puts you into a kind of a holding pattern. Uh that bill has been refined. It's now Senate Bill 840 uh
that has been filed by Senator Dgley. Uh and that bill would uh if you're it it only would pertain if you were within 50 miles of the storm. So you all were 50 miles. I don't believe you all were in I think you were probably 100. You're
about you were in 100 the 50. You're going to be fine. So that that bill obviously is going to, you know, that would that would that would hold you all harmless to go ahead. I see you have some plan amendments here, but even in that event,
it would only pertain to the plan amendments that where you're going to have uh to where perhaps somebody would be you would be not downzoning perhaps, but perhaps a land use and it's a different land use than what the land
owner was hoping for. So, in any event, I I don't believe even in that that it would have impacted you, but particularly since they put the 50 mile provision on there, you know, it's not going to do do that. Um, that's what I
have for the ones that that have been that have been highlighted. We have uh been working with Jared. We have other issues that we're working particularly with the agencies. We've already uh started on those and just wanted to share with you that uh we are we are
really excited uh about working with you. Look forward to representing your interest. We got the two projects. We have three now, but we have the two projects uh the city hall and the and the land you all are going to use for your public works. So those we've
already met with all the all the subcommittee chairs. We've already met with all the professional staff with the mayor, Councilman Hvery, had some real good meetings with them. Um, and what is really effective about that, uh, because
nobody can tell your story better than you all can. And so we we will do a good job of, uh, charging the hill whenever you tell us to. Uh, but when it comes down to where the rubber meets the road, you know, it's really important to have you all engaged. So looking forward to
you and anytime you want to come up and visit, it's going to be a little more difficult to get those appointments. That was that was the reason we did it early on because they were in committee meetings, but once the full-time session starts, it's very very tough. And let me
let me close with this if I can. I know the property tax and and it and it should it it it should have everybody nervous. Uh but what happens when a legislative session starts is that uh these members they all have filed in the
house they will have filed seven bills and in the senate some of them file 40 to 70 bills. Usually the median's about 35 to 40 bills. They've got a lot of appropriations projects that they're trying to bring back home. Uh they're
talking about reaportionment about adding four congressional seats and there's nothing more than to a legislator who wants to you know there's really they can't go home and get a commission seat or something or constitutional office they're going to
be looking at that seat. So, I just want you to know that there's a lot of distraction that's going to happen that will become more more intense. Unlike back in 2007 and 8 whenever whenever I serve, uh there was a Tea Party group that was out there that was they were
they were advocating, they were filling up the courtyard in Tallahassee. We're not seeing that. Um, obviously there are some challenges in the prop in the property tax arena that that obviously that the legislature feels needs to be
fixed. Um, but what I'm seeing there now, I'm not seeing a lack of commitment to do something. What I'm seeing is the League of Cities and the Association of Counties and all of you have done a really good job, not just flamethrowing
and just the rhetoric, but showing that look be be careful what you do here. Uh because we're on the front lines. Uh I always had a feeling that the government closest to the people is the best form of government. Uh the really the state
dollars, the tax, the sales tax dollars, that was what we needed to have oversight and the local and the adalorum dollars. That's your deal. Uh and that's one thing that you know, you are our partners and you are. Um, so as we get
into this, what I will share with you is the temperature. And the temperature right now is still pretty high. There's still a a major commitment, particularly when you have the governor out there, he continues on the bully pulpit. But I
also want you to know that uh that cooler heads that when they look at it because property taxes is very complex. I mean, it's it's very difficult uh in terms of what you've encumbered, what you're using for bonding purposes,
the whole matrix. And so in the Senate, and I'm not saying the House hasn't done this, but the House does this because it's the House of DNA. It's what the framers envision was for the House to bring forward these ideas, and then the Florida Senate takes
it, and then the Florida Senate makes it work for Florida. Um, so I have every bit uh u I am I am optimistic that we're going to come in for a landing here. What that's going to look like I can't I can't share with you. But the fact that
they've already started they had seven uh joint resolutions in one bill and they're down to one. It doesn't mean they won't pull those up and use them as vehicles because they've got them at their disposal in the House. But the fact that they're doing the one what
it's intended to do is to get the attention of the Florida Senate to say that the House is telling them that we're really serious about this and this is the first shot across the B the first or the first salvo. So we'll be we'll be watching it very very closely and we'll
let you know as it uh progresses and we'll also let you know you know where we pretty much handicap this to see where it's all going to land. And with that, be glad to glad to take any questions or not, merry Christmas. Happy holidays. And I just want to say it was an honor
to walk the halls with you. If you don't know, Mr. Puit was Senate President back in you say 0809 or something like that. Yeah. Thank you, Mayor. Was it was 2006 2008. Marco Rubio was the speaker of the house at the time and we did property
taxes back then. And that that's I know this issue very well. a property appraiser in in St. Lucy County as well. So, I know I know the I know the dynamics of it, but um it was hard and and the fact that they have
reaportionment on their mind and also these these other issues that are out there, mayor. It's uh you know, it's that's that's the reason I am I am more optimistic than not. We appreciate what you did for us and Well, thank you, Mayor. It was uh if you
hadn't done that before, you need to get with Ken Puit and have him take you through the halls up there because and Megan, she did a great job. Megan is great associate. But we really appreciate I think we picked the right person to help us. Well, thank you and we're honored Hannah Tucker who's her her pedigree is a se is
Sebring. I didn't know that who we are on a call and Megan was on the call and she goes we're in the presence of royalty. So Hannah that's that's for sure. So well thank you all very much. Thank you Kim. We appreciate Okay, we're going to move on now to item number 10B.
This is the conceptual approval of Freedom Lake Apartments. Dana, Jeff, you guys are up. Thank you and good evening, council. Merry Christmas. My name is Dana Redell. I'm with Stonehenge Land Development
Consultants. Tonight I'm with my business partner Jeff Kennedy and representing Roy and Mangle Mangle Green through their um LLC Green Group Development. Tonight we're proposing a new
subdivision at 2511 State Road 17 North Sebring Florida and that is right behind the Masonic Lodge right off of State Road 17 North. if you want to go ahead and go to the second slide, please.
There we go. Okay. So, I've added a little bit to this uh PowerPoint, but essentially the property is currently zoned R1 single family district and we're proposing a planned development district. The
current future land use is public use and the proposed future land use is medium density residential. So the zoning and the future land use are inconsistent. Zoning was assigned first, future land use was assigned second with
the intention of the future land use kind of being what the council and the city wanted to see at that time. The applicant is proposing uh 30 rental units on this property, which amounts to a density of 10 dwelling units per acre.
There would be six buildings with five units each. Each unit would have pretty much the exact same layout. They're kind of staggered for visual interest, but that each unit would go for hopefully with all financing working out and
everything lining up as it needs to, $1,375 per month. So that leaves our target audience as rental workforce housing. These are two-bedroom units. So it's for smaller families, talented professionals. Um
you know, if you I'm sure you've all seen the update to the 2019 housing study. There's been one in 2025 which was put out in June. So when we talk about workforce housing, we are talking about nurses, linemen, office managers,
um people that leave Highlands County to go get an education and we're trying to pull them back in so that they have a place to stay so that they don't have to rent a single family residential home at three bedrooms, two bathrooms. We're proposing
access off of Simpson Avenue. We've had some preliminary conversations with FDOT who have indicated that they would strongly strongly discourage any new entrances off State Road 17. And that
generally is the case. if there's any other alternative entrance, the state FDOT does not want us to enter or create new entrances because these are uh like arterial and collector roads where you're supposed to have limited access
points. Um so when we're talking about coming in off of Simpson A and if you can go ahead and go to the next slide please. I'm going to go ahead and motion to the top of the screen here. That's that
existing road. There's about five homes that exist on that road. Now, this is a platted and recorded subdivision. So, we're not proposing like a new plat or a brand new road that is coming from
nowhere. This is a planned road that just never got built. So, the developer is proposing to pay all expenses for the connection from Simpson Road. It looks like on the north on this
drawing, but Simpson Road is actually to the south of the development. Um, so from Simpson Road leading to the actual development itself. And then going forward, if you want to go ahead and kind of just scroll through the slides, we have some preliminary
renderings of what the development would look like. You'll notice at the end of each side of the development, there's um for all intents and purposes, we would call them hammerheads where you can locate dumpsters, but that also
provides turnaround opportunities for fire trucks to come through. So if they need to come through, they can go ahead and kind of, you know, obviously put out those fires. Hopefully there will never be any. There's a fitness trail planned
for the outskirts and the perimeter of the development. There's a small park meant for the residents of the development. And I kind of like that that park is behind some of the units and it's close
to the retention area. I've had a lot of uh family live in apartment units or like little town homes like this where the greatest recreation happens in the dry retention. So to kind of have almost like a field where the kids can play
right next to the playground amenities. We have floor plans. This is where you can see there would be a stackable washer and dryer just to the right of the kitchen. It's that little square. Um that would be right next to
the water heater. And in the back of the property, you would have some outdoor storage so we can keep things really clean and tidy. Again, it's two bedrooms, small kitchen, small living area, but you know, everything that you
would need. It would be brand new. It would be in good condition. it would all be under one ownership. So it would be managed um you know and kept up well. And so yeah, we have we have a lot of images that we can keep kind of
scrolling through, but um let me make sure I hit all of our points here. So as I mentioned, it's workforce and not affordable housing. So this isn't meant to be subsidized in any way. This isn't going to be section 8. Not that
there's anything wrong with that. This is just simply workforce housing. And oh, the other major plus is that we're offering nearly three car parking spaces per household. City of Sebrings code requires one.
They always kind of push for two, understandably, at least two. So, we have visitor parking. Uh we'd have up to three per household. And it's only two-bedroom homes. And I also brought a little additional information about
transportation if that comes up, if there's any concerns or uh we'd like to discuss that any further, what peak trips would look like and the number of trips per day kind of thing. But I don't want to go I don't want to bore you yet. So let me know if you'd like more information.
Questions from council. Got a couple. Um, first one, the landscape buffers and and the fencing that's shown in the conceptual renderings, those would be incorporated into the PD so so code enforcement could ensure that they stay that way. Correct.
Yes. Um, that's our intention now and we'd be happy to write those transitional buffers into the PD so that they are enforceable and if for any reason they weren't maintained, which I'm sure they will be, then code enforcement can pursue action. Okay. Um, and lastly, I am making the
assumption I already kind of mentioned it. The drive aisles are adequate for emergency vehicles that go in two directions. Yes, exactly. I believe we have 22 foot 24 foot drive aisle. Okay, great. All right, those are the only questions I have. And anything from council before
we open it up to the public? Thank you. Are there any Yes, ma'am. You can come up to the the podium and uh you you're coming up to speak. Please state your name for the record. Good evening. My name my name is Joanne Taylor
and I'm with the Faith and Family Life Worship Center that's right there in that area. U my question is the the traffic that's going to be coming through on Simpson because our church is the dead end of Simpson and I would like to know how the traffic
is going to come through and the the area that we came down here about a few years ago concerning the hearthon street that was coming through. So the council decided not to open that street you know
to go to continue to Virginia North. So they closed that. So that was a a a area that they closed and that we would have uh extra property to divide with our neighbor Randy. And uh so that's closed
off. So Simpson Street is a very small street. So I don't know. And there's two houses there. So I'm trying to figure out are they going to come all the way to the church that area and try to get in over on uh the or what? Because there's houses in
between. There is no other way to come. They would have to come all the way up to the where the church is to to to go from Simpson Street because it's houses along that side. And I know I as far as traffic is concerned now, we have a lot of children
that play out there in that area, not on their property, but when we talking about Simpson and the area where we are, you know, we have, you know, the children in church. I know it's a family that has a house there with children. So, I'm just trying to figure out how
all of that is going to fit in there. Scott, can you pull up the GIS map? That's pretty close. I think you want a bigger view. Yeah, you can get a much bigger view on the GIS map. Give me an address of
um 17700 Simpson. Yes. 1700 Simpson. Yes, sir. So there's I mean Dana can speak to this probably better than I can, but there is a
what word am I looking for? A platted roadway on the outside of your parking lot. Can you zoom in, Scott? So you can see just north of that parking lot area. So the blue line is your property line and then in between there and the next
lot is that straight white line and that would be the proposed roadway. Okay. So that that's the closed roadway. That's what is closed now. So if I understand that it wouldn't connect to Hawthorne. It would just be that little section. Yes.
From Simpson going north. What is it 50 feet or whatever there? Like 100 feet. I don't know. That's a short That's a short area, right? Yes, ma'am. That's what I'm trying to say. Okay. And for cars to come in and out of that
development, you know, just concerned about. And then if there's going to be a a fence or something that's going to be around the development, Does that answer your question, ma'am? It does. And I'm not against we need
apartments, but I just want to know what, you know, how it's going to affect the church and, you know, and what we do. Thank you. Anyone else would like to speak?
Hold on one second. Let's wait for the address is actually 12 or 243 State Road 17, but the road runs beside my property. And uh this I don't understand why the DOT don't want to put an entrance on 17. We live like the lady
said about the church. This is a small room and and Miss Alicia her property is between Simpson and where you're going to put this thing. She has kids up there in the traffic. I mean, come on. You're looking at 60 60 cars a day. You got 30
units, right, coming in and out of there. Very dangerous. Just don't see the don't get it. and they're saying our property taxes will go up there high enough
that is that the case the my property tax is going to go up. I don't see why this would directly affect your property taxes. No, sir. Anyway, somebody was telling us that. But I just don't understand why they can't come off the 17 if you're going to put this huge thing there. Why do they got to go down our street? The street ain't widen. It's not even wide enough
really. Two cars. Are they going to widen it? I've been out there all the time. I have cars and stuff. Little property for me. Y'all want this beside your house? I just have I just if you want to put it there,
whatever. But like why they can't come off the 17 and put a driveway? That doesn't make sense. It's because the DOT don't want it to. I mean, I don't want to I don't want to come down my street sitting on 60 cars a day. That make sense? Sure. Thank you, sir.
So, I have rental I have people rent the house. I have kids there. My grandkids come down. I got a big lot there made up. So, I take them down there and ride the bicycles. Thank you. Hello. Good evening. My name is Alisa Mia Chavez. I own
1708 Simpson and it's literally right behind on the layout that they don't show my house. My house is sitting right here with the pool. I have five kids, three dogs, two
rabbits. Okay, I love my place and this road is very narrow. a fire truck. When my sons had seizures, they come and they can barely back around. They take the church parking lot
to back around. When my son was in preschool, the bus had to turn around at the at the church because it's not wide enough to turn anywhere. So, you're telling me that you're going to they want to have 60 to
80 cars travel through there every day? that. And then the bus stop stops on Simpson. The high school bus stops there and it's been stopping there since 26 years ago, but she's 26 now. She was
Mr. Randy has been going and got on the bus there and she's 27 now. My kids get on the bus there at Simpson and eight more kids get on bus Simpson. How is that going to, you know, work when you have cars
coming? 17 is a very busy road. There's car pressures on home and 17 on a daily basis. So imagine adding all that amount of cars come on 17 and Simpson.
It's just not I mean let them get off. I mean they want to build it build it on 17 entrance. They knew when they bought this property they knew it was residential. They pay for it knowing it was residential.
Now they want it to be where they can build. They knew what they were buying. Another thing is they didn't know what they were buying into. They knew what they were buying into cuz I spoke to the person who sold it. I was willing to buy the property and they said, "No, we're going to get
it sell it to a developer." You can't sell it to a developer. It's a res. It's residential. You can't build on it. And now they're here trying to reszone it to build on it. So I don't I mean that's like a slap in my face and a laugh of everybody in our
street. We all have kids. They all enjoy playing there. Now having 80 cars come through there. There's going to be accidents regardless. I know that. But if we can avoid that on that street,
it come through 17. deal with paying whatever you have to pay. You knew when you bought that property, it's going to cost you money. You got the money, then pay for it. And that's all I'm going to hear. I'm here to say it. This really, when I
found out about it this morning, it really messed up my whole entire Christmas vibe because this is my kids' legacy. The day I die, my kids are keeping this property. We have parties there, family parties, gatherings, everything. Everybody on the
streets invited, the church invites us. We all We're all a little very small road, few houses like she said, but we are a very tight-knit neighbors. We take care of everybody there. And now you want to bring in strangers
from all over to go down that same road. I'm not saying don't build it. just make the road entrance over there on 17. Yeah, because I mean it's the security for my kids, other children that live there and the kids that get on the bus
and like I said, a fire truck don't two firet trucks and ambulance cars and police do not fit on that. There's no way. There's no way that it fit down that that road. There's no way. And the city made a sidewalk down on my side. I don't
know if you can see from all the way here. So, if two cars are driving down here, there's no way they fit. We literally have to side each other to to be able to
fit down that road. And then right here on this corner, can't tell, but they put a new light bulb. Duke Energy did restored all our light bulbs, and there's a huge one there on that corner. How are you going
to do to go around that corner that light? Are you going to pay to get that pole removed again? That's their option. But why do it when they just put it in? Our taxes are probably going to increase just a little with Duke Energy for having new poles.
So, I just feel like you can find another entrance on 17 that would work. I'm sorry. It's just really really it really hits me, you know, to know that my property is going to be side a property where it's going to get put my
kids in some kind of danger cuz they're kids. They want to ride bikes. They want to get their new bike for Christmas and be able to ride it down without, you know, worrying 80 cars are going to come down that road. I'm always supervising. I I mean, you know, honestly, I'm always
there looking at them, but still 80 cars. How can you buy cars. I know they're not supposed to be on the road, but like I said, I'm there out there watching them on the sidewalk, right? So, that's all I have to say. Thank you.
You need to come to the podium, please, and remember to state your name for the record. Verif. How many people are we talking about housing in this whole development? There's 30 units. Is that right?
Yeah. So, just averaging, if we go by the average household size in Highlands County, which is 2.23 people, and we have 30 units, it would amount to approximately 66 units. Dan, do you know off the top of your head what what the maximum
density would allow under standard R1 for this size? Um I remember we had a number of units that would be allowed. Was it eight that would be allowed? Okay. So eight single family homes of any size or any number of bedrooms.
Eight single family homes. But it's important to note as I mentioned earlier that the zoning and future land use are inconsistent. The property cannot be developed as is. So, if we were to reszone to make the zoning consistent
with future land use, then we would be looking for some kind of public zoning, which would allow something like a school, which would increase traffic significantly. I also, if you don't mind me just taking a moment, would like to discuss the fire aspect. Um, and I'm
sure if Mr. reporters here. He could speak to this that fire code doesn't allow stubouts or roads longer than 150 ft specifically for the reason I'm sorry I I don't have her name but as the woman
previously was mentioning because there is no ability for that fire truck to turn around. So, by adding this subdivision and including the hammerheads rated to be able to turn a firetruck around, we are mitigating some
of that issue. Um, so yeah, the potential for a reasonzoning could have increased the number of trips significantly, but we're asking for a little bit of a middle ground. Um, medium density residential through this city I believe is up to 12 dwelling
units per acre and ours would be approximately 10 dwelling units per acre. Is there anyone else who wanted to speak? I lived actually at the end of Hawthorne. So the very last house 1735
um I'm I was led to understand that uh Hawthorne will be open as an access uh to get to Simpson in order to get to here. Now um the traffic uh is something
that I'm definitely opposed to just as Alicia is especially since this directly affects her. She lives there. When my wife and I moved here, the reason we bought that property is because it's on a dead-end street. My
wife is a first responder. She's an ICU nurse and she works the night shift, so she sleeps all day. The amount of cars that would be coming through there would obviously impact her. Now, you can build
this and as she stated with entrance on 17th or even entrance off of Sebring Parkway, which would be very easy. You have one to go north and one to go south. You need two
one entrance each. And that will not absolutely will not uh interfere with the nice quiet single lane neighborhood that you have there. Very simple to put an entrance right there right on Panther Park. It's even a park at Panther Park
and another exit off of off of 17th and it would not interfere and you'd still have to turn around and you do everything but have it just one entrance coming in here. No, that that just absolutely makes no sense. The amount of traffic 60
cars, 70 cars, and then you're talking about transportation. So mini bus two, three times a day. I don't have a question. Yeah. Mark Valero. I'm a Seabbring resident. I
was just curious, what's the uh size of each unit? The square footage. They all essentially about the same twobedroom. About all 30 or about the same. Is it 1375? I think it was the rent, right? Oh.
So, the square footage is approximately 1,000 square feet per unit. Any other questions or comments from anyone in the audience? I I have a couple other follow-up questions for you, Dana. So, to clarify,
there are no plans to connect Simpson and Hawthorne. Is that accurate? At this time, by by the developer, we would connect Simpson to Hawthorne to the development. Yes, we would pay for that connection. Not all the way through. Just
Oh, yeah. Not to continue through like Not that section south of Simpson to Hawthorne. Correct. But the the section that the gentleman was talking about, there are no plans to to build that road. Correct. Just that section north of Simpson to the development. Just that section.
Okay. And not to speak for the county. I mean, we can double check and we will, but I am like 99.999% sure that the county absolutely will not let us connect from the parkway. I've heard that on other developments as well that they won't allow it. And so to
clarify the connection to 17, um FDOT has has essentially said that they won't allow it or uh today's language was strongly discouraged. So we're happy to look into that again before we come
forward with a formal request for a plan development. And I think that would be prudent for us. Um certainly hearing the feedback from the community, we'd like to prepare something that the community is on board with as well. Um but it is a
safety issue. So, the more access points that are opened on State Road 17 when we're traveling at higher speeds than we would be um like entering from one access point on State Road 17 and Simpson
increases the potential for an accident at that intersection as well. So, just to kind of put that out there, and I'm sure someone could potentially word it more eloquently than me, but that's the point of having an arterial or a collector road is the limited access
points. Any other questions or comments that wait to get to the podium for the record, sir? You got say 80 cars going down that road. What's the difference? Will they go down my street or you put a new entrance? What's the difference? How's that? How's any more any more dangerous
than the other? I would guess she's referring to the speed limit of one road is significantly higher than the other. It's all the same. I mean, it's all the same. That speed limit there, I think, is 45 miles an hour from the inner circle K all the way down. So whether they turn in our street or you put in a
new street has nothing to do with anything. Your concerns are certainly noted, sir. new council. Um, so the issue with DOT is is the separation between Home Avenue and
any entrance that we could propose from this property. It does not meet their separation requirements for the type of road that 17 has 45 mph. minor arterial
um we just can't get the separation distance even if we put the entrance all the way at the south end of the property we can't get that distance that's required from them so it's a a nonconforming
situation so get a stick vote on this on our thoughts. Um I hear the concerns of residents here. Um I do think it's a good infill development. I think we need housing
and um even if we did not improve the density of this, you know, it could be developed into into homes and have the same issue with the road having to be extended that direction. Um you know, maybe less homes, but but still As long as some of the concerns that
that I brought up, I I would want the fence and the landscaping buffers, you know, to be encoded in the PD so that they would always be part of it. I would be in favor of at least the concept more details from the developer. Council have thoughts on this.
Josh, I completely agree with you. Um, I think we would all probably just want single family homes with with R1, but sometimes what we always want isn't always practical. I think I agree this is good infill. We have a need for housing for affordable um housing for
for workforce. So conceptually I'd be all in favor for it too if we could look into looking at adding that road onto 17 if that's a possibility hear what everybody's saying completely understand. Um so if there are small alternatives or some creative things that we could do to to look at consider
that'd be a good thing. But I think it's going to be a good thing for the city. Um it's going to be able to provide good places to live. So, I mean, do I hear you're going to come back? Okay. You're just looking for a conceptual approval that we're Yeah. that we're on board.
Conceptually, I'm fine. I don't have anything. There's a great need for the sides of housing for um in education. Teachers need places to live and it's just not feasible to find single family home. So, um we definitely need it.
No, concept conceptually I'm fine. I mean, everything this developer I've said it before. Everything that they said that they're going to do, they've done. They follow through. They don't flip it. U so I'm I'm all in favor.
Okay. And we don't need a formal vote on this. Okay. So, for the audience who is concerned, this is not a formal vote. What we're telling these developers is is that we're okay with them proceeding and there will be a formal vote at some point in the future once they bring back more specifics.
All right, thank you guys. We're going to move on now to item number 10 C. This is public hearing and ordinance number 1561. I'm going to go ahead and open the public hearing. Mr. Swan,
take just a moment. Ordinance number 1561 is entitled an ordinance city of CO changing the future land use classification for approximately 19 92.4 acres located on the southern edge of Little Redwater Lake east of Panther Parkway north of
Beacon Avenue from county medium density residential to city medium density residential providing for seability providing for conflict providing for an effective date of reopening the public hearing on the companion ordinance. Yes, my presentation will include both future
land use and zoning. So, however you see the best way to do that. If I may, I'll read title. We'll have separate votes on them when that uh time is appropriate. Ordinance number 1562 is entitled an ordinance of the city of Sebring Florida changing the zoning classification approximately 92.4 acres
located on the southern edge of Little Redwater Lake east of Panthan Parkway north to Beacon Avenue from county M to flexible unit development to city planned development for residential development providing for severability providing for conflict and providing for an effective date.
Good evening. For the record, Marissa Barnaby with the Central Florida Regional Planning Council. Um my presentation includes both the future land use and the zoning request. This map here shows you the location of the property on the Little Red Water Lake.
Um, as mentioned, it's uh just over 92 acres. Next slide. This is a snapshot from Google Maps from May 2024 to show you what that property is. I'm sure we're all well well aware of it being under construction. Um, it
is phases one and two of the Wateride Mobile Home Park and Recreational Vehicle Park. They were annexed into the city of Sebring um recently and they do need to have an assignment of city of Sebring future land use and zoning designation.
Phase one is mostly mobile home park and phase two is the RV park. Um the county did approve phases one and two for combined total of 451 units with a minimum size of 2400 square feet. Phases one and two have been constructed
consistent with county approvals. slide the two requests before you. The first one is a future land use amendment from county medium density residential to city medium density residential and a zoning amendment from county M2 flexible unit development to city planned unit
development. This is what your future land use map will looks like today and what it will look like with the change. Um change is approved slide. And then this is the zoning map of
filming and that's I wonder if you're using my current anyway sorry findings the request is for an initiated future land use amendment and resoning to recognize approved development um under the future land use
and city of the city um the next slide water and sewer are provided by the city of Sebring and they were constructed at time of development approval with Pilots County. This is the master development plan. It is under construction. So essentially
the master development plan that that is adopted in the planning development recognizes what was approved by the county through the county's process. Slide conditions within the um HUD would be a maximum of 451 units. Minimum lot
size is 2400 square ft. lots less than 4,000 square feet um shall only be utilized for RVs and u you couldn't have a mobile home or manufactured home on that lot and then the development would be consistent with um what's laid out on
the master site plan um again this is the future land use amendment maps um planning and zo yeah this is my PNC this is the correct poweroint we'll make I think we we can plug.
Yeah, I apologize. I have a more current one, but the PNZ did hear this at their last meeting and did recommend approval um to the board and um so these would be your motion options for the future land use amendment.
Are there any uh questions or comments from the public on either this item, the uh future land use change or the future zoning change for this property? Okay, seeing none, I'm going to go ahead and close the public hearing. Just to clarify for the public, this is an existing property. It's been under
development for some time. Uh, it started with the county and we annexed it in several years ago and this is essentially cleaning up our future land use and zoning maps. Is that an accurate statement? Yes, sir. Now that it's in the city, we're assign land use designations. Okay. Any questions or comments from
council? So, we need a vote on item 10 C and then 10 D. I move to approve ordinance 1561 on first reading and schedule second and final reading for January 6, 2026. Second. All right, we have a motion and a second. Kathy
Bishop, yes. Yes. Yes. Stewart, yes. So now we can vote on item number 10D as well. I move to approve ordinance 1562 on first reading and schedule second and final reading for January 6, 2026. Second.
All right. Motion and a second. Kathy. Bishop, yes. Yes. Yes. Stewart, yes. Okay. Now, we will move on to item number 10E. I'm going to go ahead and open this public hearing for uh public hearing and
ordinance number 1563. Mr. SL. And if you would the uh public hearing on the next agenda item with regarding ordinance number 1564. Yes, sir. Ordinance 1563 is empowered ordinance of the city of Cbury, Florida. Changing the future land use classification for
approximately 64.48 acres located on the southern edge of Little Redwood east of phases 1 and two of wide RV and mobile home park north of Beacon Avenue from county medium density residential to city medium density residential providing for severability
conflict and an effective date. And also ordinance number 1564 which is entitled ordinance of the city of Florida changing the zoning classification for approximately 64.48 acres located in the southern edge of Little Red Water Lake east of phases one and two of wateride
RV in home park north of Beacon Avenue from county M2F to city plan development for residential development. Good evening for the record with Central Florida Regional Planning Council. Um
this is the property that is adjacent. So this is uh phase three. The one you just uh voted on was phase one and two. You can see it outlined there in the yellow. Um the entire parcel is of just over 64 acres in size.
The U image is off of Google Maps so you can see what it looks like. Next slide. This is phase three. Um also annex into the city recently. Does require assignment of future lane and zoning designations. It is currently undeveloped, but it was approved by
Highlands County as an RV park. The requests are from to change the future land use from county medium density residential to city medium density residential and from county M2 flexible unit development to city planned unit development.
Next slide. These are the um existing and proposed future land use maps. Next slide. And then this is the zoning map amendments um showing the change in zoning.
The um as I already said the request is basically to recognize um to assign a city future land use zoning for property that had been annexed in. Um it is recognizing what the county did approve in their plans. Um it allows for 350 RVs
with a minimum lot size of 2400 square feet. Uh the site is located on the shores of Little Redwater as well. Redwater Lake, excuse me, May Water and Wastewater Services um are pro will be provided by the city
at that time. We do have a master development plan. Um here so you can see the units there. they go. There's a clubhouse in that portion. I had seen one in my um but you
can see they loop around and um I can ask the developer to explain his site plan. Yes, sir. I hadn't really zoomed in. I build Centry Companies 500 South
Florida Avenue Lake, Florida. I can reach this so it be tied into the existing this is a fully complete it's not under construction this three road here this is the existing clubhouse
build two more laundry facilities and showers on the property and 348 is the total unit count right now it's pretty simple we've had meetings the county tying in the beacon. So they've already we've done our traffic
concurrency. We already got concurrency. So it's already approved for our access and it's in the city for perform the planning. We do have recommendations. uh recommendations are that it's a maximum of 350 units, that
the minimum lot size is 2400 square feet. Um these are similar to the ones we just saw that any lots that are less than 4,000 square ft would be RVs. Um the uh development will be consistent with master site plan. And then one condition added saying they'll have
landscape plans to provide for canopy trees on the site. Planning and zoning board did hear this on December 9th and um voted to uh forward the future Landerson zoning to the council with the recommendation of approval.
Any questions or comments from the public on this item or the companion uh zoning change? Seeing none, I'm going to go ahead and close the public hearing. Questions or comments from councel on this item where it's
entertain a motion. I move to approve ordinance 1563 on first reading and schedule second and final reading for January 6, 2026. Second, right, Kathy, you have a motion and a second. Call the role. Bishop, yes. Yes. Yes. Stew.
Yes. And now I'll entertain a motion for item 10F. I'll move to approve ordinance number 1564 and first reading and schedule the second final reading for January 6, 2026. Second. All right, we have a motion and
a second. Kathy Bishop, yes. Yes. Yes. Stew. Yes. All right. We're going to now move on to item number 10 G, public hearing and ordinance number uh 1565. um that that also companion with the
next is and also my presentations are separate for these two. Okay. Okay. So, I'm going to go ahead and open this public hearing. Thank you. Yes, sir. Ordinance number 1565 is titled an ordinance to the city of Sebring, Florida changing the future land use from highdensity residential
mixed use redevelopment to downtown mixed use redevelopment and removing a sight specific condition in the city of Sebring comprehensive plan future land use elements specific to 39 North Ridgewood Drive, Sebring, Florida. That's lots six and seven, block 48 town
of Sebring, House County, Florida. Providing for severability, providing for conflict, and providing for an effective date. For the record, Marview of Central Florida Regional Planning Council. Uh, next slide. This is property 139 North Ridgewood Drive. Um,
you can see the site there. It's less than half an acre in size. Next slide. Um, this when you look at Google Maps, um, so you all know this site has been demolished, so I'm not sure why the one
map is older than the other. Next slide. This is what it looks like at street level. Um, next slide. This is in the historic overlay and within the CRA. It is the former Nances Hotel site. The developer
has submitted a proposal to develop the site with 7,07 square feet of retail and commercial uses. The original plan for it was 4,200 square ft of non-residential uses including retail management office and fitness center
with 50 dwelling units at a density of 117 dwelling units per acre. Um the request is to amend the future land use map from high density mixed use to downtown mixed use redevelopment and to um amend the text of the future land
use element to remove the site specific policy related to this um site. So this here shows you the existing future land use with that site having the high density mixed use um future land use on it. Next slide. This is what
the zoning will look like with the proposed change with it getting downtown mixed use, which is consistent with everything that's surrounding it. Next slide. The proposed removal of sight specific condition was the language I just read to you in there, what they're currently
allowed to do. And in order to be able to develop with their new proposal, this text has to be removed. land use amendment had um has to be changed. Um there are city facilities and
services to support the proposed use including water, wastewater, transportation, drainage and solid waste. Uh planning and zoning board did hear this at this on their December 9th meeting and recommended approval to the city council.
Any questions or comments from the public on this item? If not, I'm going to go ahead and close the public hearing. Questions or comments from council? Not I will entertain a motion to approve ordinance 1565 on second
final. Second. Right. We have a motion and a second. Fish. Yes. Hry. Yes. Yes. Stewart. Yes. All right. We're going to now move on to item number 10H. public hearing and ordinance number 1566. I'm going to
go ahead and open the public hearing Mr. Swain. So on your agenda for second final read is proposed ordinance 1566 and an ordinance of Cing Florida to amend to amend and approve plan unit development for the property located at 139 North
Ridgewood Drive Cine Florida lots 567 block 48 pounding islands county Florida providing for several build providing for an effective date. Again, for the record, Farm Bomb with Central Florida Regional Planning Council. This is the site we just looked at with the LA item. Next slide.
Next slide. Obviously, this is the ground level view of it. The site currently has a planned unit development on it. And that plan unit development um is approved for 50 dwelling units and 4,200 square feet of retail and
commercial. They would like to amend the planning and development to change it to allow for 7,07 square feet of retail and commercial uses. Next slide. The um site specific
conditions mentions the 7,000. It also says your building height would not exceed 50 ft. Um that they would have impervious surface ratio um when up to 1.0 when the development meets the design criteria of the CRA and then
allowable uses would be professional offices, restaurants and cafes and similar or small retail stores um retail sales stores. Next slide. Um floor error ratio would be 1.0
and um uh the storm water facilities um would have to they would either have to get a permit exemption or an ERP permit from uh Swift MUD related to storm water. Um
one change number seven developers agreement was being stricken um and replaced with a requirement for an electrical distribution facilities to say all electric distribution facilities shall be underground. Um the reason for that is all the items that were going to
be addressed in the development agreement are now taken care of through the planning development ordinance. Um nice. Okay. So then we have the requirements saying they have to have prior approval construction plans um by DOT since they would be accessing state
17. Um they would develop the facade consistent with the historic preservation committee com commission excuse me and and um that design and improvement standards in the code of ordinances will
be addressed at time of site plan review. This is the site plan proposed for the site. Next slide. This is the elevations of what the site would look like when it is
complete. So this is the intent of the applicant for what they actually would like to build on that site. Planning and zoning board did hear this at their December 9th meeting and did recommend approval to the city council.
Any questions or comments uh from the public on this item? All right, I'm going to go ahead and close the public hearing. Questions or comments from council? Not I will entertain a motion. Move to approve ordinance 1566 on second final reading.
Second. Right, Kathy. We have a motion a second. Call roll, please. Fish. Yes. Yes. Yes. Stewart. Yes. Very much. We're going to now move on to item number 10. I public hearing and ordinance number 1567.
Going to go ahead and open the public hearing. Mr. Schwint. Ordinance 1567 is entitled or City of Cing, Florida, changing the zoning classification for a parcel that totals approximately 0.24 acres located at 741
Shirley Street from commercial district to uh C2 to R4 multiple family district providing for severability providing for contract providing for Good evening again for the record of Central Florida Regional Planning
Council. Uh you can see the location of this property. Um It is definitely a unique site as it has roads on all three sides. Um it is 741 Shirley Street. The house that is located on the property was damaged during Hurricane Ian. Um the
property owner has received a grant to rebuild, but the existing C2 zoning district does not allow the construction of of reconstruction of single family home, which is why um we are here. They've requested change uh to R4.
Um this is a view of the property from Charlie Street. Then a view from Zephr Road and lastly a view from Washington Avenue. So the future land use is downtown mixed use which does allow um residential and
non-residential. The zoning is um C2 and as you can see everything on the side of Shirley Street is all R4 zoning district. So the proposed the existing is on the left, proposed is on the
right. Um it is consistent with everything that is on the right. Um sorry the slide I don't have in here. Development requirements in the R4 district is a minimum square footage of 800 square feet, a minimum lot size of 6,500 square feet, minimum lot width of
80 feet, and setbacks of 15 feet on the front, five on the side, and 20 on the rear. One of the reasons um R4 is being requested in addition to the fact that the neighbors neighboring properties have that is that is the district that
um a rebuild of on this property can meet all the required setbacks with it is consistent with the city's comprehensive plan. Um it is compatible with move on next slide. Sorry. It is
compatible with um the character and composition of the surrounding area. The house was damaged during the hurricane. So it's already connected to all the facilities, so there would be no impact with it there. Um and on December 9th, planning and zoning
board did have a hearing on this and voted to recommend approval. Any questions or comments from the public on this one? Seeing none, I'm going to go ahead and close the public hearing. Any questions or comments from council?
If not, I will entertain a motion. Move to approve order items number 1567 on first reading and schedule second to final reading for January 66. Second. We have a motion and a second. Kathy, can you call the role, please? Yes. Yes.
Yes. Stewart, yes. All right. Thank you very much. Moving on to item number 10J. Public hearing and ordinance number 1555. Going to go ahead and open the public hearing. Mr. Ordinance 1555 is entitled an ordinance
of Sebring Florida amending the text and maps of the Sebring comprehensive plan consistent with the 2024 evaluation and appraisal letter providing for transmitt to Florida Commerce for review and compliance providing for severability. conflict providing for an effective date.
Good evening. For the record, Marissa Barbie with Central Florida Regional Planning Council. Tonight, um we are here to discuss the proposed airbase comprehensive plan amendments. Next slide. Um city has an adopted comprehensive plan. It serves as the
framework for how the city plans to grow and develop um in the future. It sets out the patterns for your residential, commercial, institutional land uses. It determines your infrastructure that is needed to serve new development. That
includes water, roads, schools, um uh sewer, all of that. It identifies where your natural resources are and it determines uh your need for schools to accompany to accomplish development. The state requires your comprehensive
plan update to be updated every seven years which is called an evaluation appraisal report. Um this year's for Sebring is a bigger animal because your 2030 planning horizon is coming up to us very close
and the state has a requirement that your planning horizon has to be out further than that. So we are updating the planning horizon to be 2050. Um, again, our reason for this is because you have to update it consistent with Florida statutes.
Senate Bill 180, as was mentioned in your earlier presentation, currently says you cannot propose or adopt more restrictive or burdensome amendments to your comprehensive plan or land development regulations. This is in place currently through October 1st,
2027. Waiting to see what the legislature does with it this year, but we will see. So because of that slides, um as I said, we're updating from our 23rd horizon to the 2050 horizon.
Um take some of these out. Okay. So again, this is our foundation for that horizon. We also review our progress towards meeting our goals and objectives. Um and we're updating any requirements for Florida statutes, updating our
references to the 10year and 20-year planning period. The state requires you have both. One is 10 years from your adoption date. So your 10 year horizon will be 2036 and then the 20 year horizon we're taking out to 2050. We are updating timing related policies. So there are policies that might say by the
year 2015 we will complete something. Well, did we do it? Do we need to, you know, how do we need to change that language? And then we're updating references to agency names. For example, Florida Commerce was Department of Community Affairs at one point and Department of Economic Opportunity. So
we're catching those types of references. So this package is more of an administrative type package because of Senate Bill 180 since we can't do that deep dive into the comp plan like we talked about at um the community workshops we had previously. So when
Senate Bill 180 gets resolved or how that gets figured out then then that deeper dive into the comp plan um will be addressed. So these are your comprehensive elements. One of the changes we are proposing is to
reorganize the elements into the list you see here. That way they are in the order as they are addressed in Florida statutes. Um overview of the proposed amendments by element. So in all the elements we are adding an introduction section. In
that introduction section, we're explaining where in Florida statutes the requirement for that element came from and then also mentioning our 10 year and 20 year short-term planning horizon. We are also taking out the organization section in each of the elements because
it basically is a replica of what your table of conferences in the future element. Um the 2030 planning period is removed because we're going to address that through all the introduction elements in all the sections.
Um in this section we are adding under other uses allowed. We're adding language to reflect the right to farm act requirements that are in Florida statutes. Um, this we're taking the list of maps out just because as maps change over
time, you don't want to have to do a full text amendment to change the list of maps and they're on the table of contents. This is a policy that's added consistent with Florida statutes that says you will evaluate permitting access dwelling units, single family residential areas
to increase the availability of affordable rentals. um that is a requirement from Florida statutes. So, we're adding it um and you will see it again in the housing element as well. This one is added consistent with House Bill 1285
that says um you may permit a private school to use facilities on property owned or leased by entities as outlined in Florida statute. Um under the pre-existing zoning and land use designations without having to reszone, obtain a special exception or a land use change without complying with
communication requirements. So that is different types of uses of churches and forget what the whole list is, but there's a list of different uses where a private school could then move into it under the zoning um it has.
Uh this is um the re moving the uh greenhouse gas reduction uh reference because that was a requirement we had to add back in 2010 and then the state has since taken it out. Um so leaving the energy efficiency
part but just removing greenhouse gas reduction. um another greenhouse gas emission uh reference being removed and another greenhouse gas reference emission being removed and then we updated your future land use element map
series um the 2050 map resources map um water bar using waterways map flood plane map and I will apologize your next map has city of lake Alfred on it I did update it for today um oh that's in
Anyway, soils map. Next, in the transportation elements, um, this language, the references updated, um, and, uh, took out references that are no longer necessary. Next slide. Um, this is just language
just clarified, so it read a little swinger, but um, handicapped persons was changed to people with disabilities. Um, this policy here talks about monitoring and evaluating parking requirements in downtown and citywide,
amending development regulations. The policy is removed because that work was done in its new development code. A new policy is oop, sorry, new policy is added to say to um reference the highlands transit plan and that we would we would work towards
implementation or consider it. Um this is again language just taking out updated language that needs to come out. And then this one again just the maps are on your table of contents. So it did
need to be a policy. Here's your transportation element map series. You have a 2050 regional roadway network map, a functional classification map, a number of lanes map, a level of
service map, and then the evacuation routes map, which in your package was the correct one for CR, so I apologize for that. Um, those are all maps that are required by the state. uh infrastructure elements um adding a policy recognizing the Lake
Okachchobee basin action uh basin management action plan. This map which um is in your package as well shows where that basin management action plan area falls in relation to the city limits. Um next
and then so in the map series we have again required maps our topographic contours map our aquifer recharge areas map the basin management action plan area map
and then in recreation and open space elements flag um we are removing the county park inventory because again that if you get a new park, if something changes at the park, you don't want to have to update your compliance for that.
That language is being added into the data analysis that supports this amendment. Next slide. And then your map for recreation open space is updated. Next slide. That's your updated
recreation open space map. And the housing element, um this is um again the the the time horizon requirements there. This is that the second one is that same policy you saw in future landies um
which talks about housing types that you have provide for a variety of housing types. Next slide and that you will allow the or evaluate accessory dwelling units in single family residential areas. Then policy 14 1.1.4
says, "Each ADU allowed um by an ordinance adopted under the section shall apply towards meeting your affordable housing component requirements." Kind of the example there is if I get an accessory dwelling unit in my backyard and I'm taking care of my parents and it's it doesn't meet this.
But if I'm now renting it out to affordable housing, then that helps meet your affordable housing requirements. Um this requirement is out of floor statute as well and it says you will have a program of conservation,
rehabilitation and demolition targeting substandard housing um and provides principles and criteria for that. The second one says you will in your CIE um upgrade your infrastructure in
residential neighborhoods that have concentration of substandard housing to encourage private investment and again that comes from Florida statute and this one then kind of going along with that also says you're going to use
your housing codes and standards to um of uh enforce care and maintenance of housing and residential and neighborhood environments and facilities. So that's the Florida Florida statute requirement intergovernmental coordination element.
Um we added a policy uh for participation in the Highlands County local mitigation strategy working group um which is the requirement they update their LMS every five years and one of the things the federal government looks for on that is that the participating jurisdictions have something in their
comprehensive plan recognizing it. Um also having a policy recognizing um that we will work with federal, state, regional, local uh entities for implementation of the Lake Pchobi basin management action plan.
Property rights elements. This one I have to say is one of my favorites because the whole element fits on one slide. Um, so for this one, we're adding an introduction and then we're we just currently it's just policies and since all the other elements have a goal
and objective and policies, we just kind of reumbered that or we did whatever to make it have a goal, objective and policies. Side capital improvements element. So this one is language is updated
because we to the beginning the following full cycle isn't necessarily more similar with the one there is you know adopting by deadline we're maintaining our land development regulations. Next slide. Um we are required to show
what projects city is doing related to the Okachobee BMAP. Um the current Okachobee BMAP plan does not have any projects identified for the city of Sebring. So we are adding a schedule of capital improvements
to excuse me recognize that slide public school facilities elements. Um no changes to the element itself but in the map series there's your updated public school facilities map. Your current comprehensive plan shows all the
attendance zones. We are um proposing to remove those because they change so frequently. Um you know if you going to go look them up. It's easier just to go look them up at the school board site versus in the comprehensive plan. Um the
planning and zoning board did hear this on December 9th. Um they did vote to recommend approval and um tonight is your transmitt hearing. If you vote to transmit, we will transmit to the state. The state and review agencies have a
60-day review period at which time they issue an objections, recommendations, and comments report. We would then work with city staff to address anything that is identified in that and then we would be scheduling an adoption hearing um
anticipated for spring. Happy to stand for any questions. Any questions or comments from the public office? Good for you all for still being here. We're going to close the public hearing. I read every one of those amendments prior to this meeting and it was
suitably riveting. Any uh anything from council on this one? Minding. Yeah, that's a lot. I just want to say to me, it's a 20-minute presentation, but a lot of work going on with regional planning council shared with the city. So, thank you for this. This is probably the 20
minutes doesn't justify all the amount of time and effort and work that everybody has put in. So, well, thank you. But you wouldn't want the full presentation if I did. I I don't want the presentation, but I like this one. But thank you. All right. And I I I do just want to say adopting
this even though it's just kind of that administrative thing does keep you current with the state and being able to then do other items you want to move forward with. Excellent. No more questions or comments from council. I will entertain a motion. Move to approve ordinance number 1555
for transmitt to board of com commerce for review and compliance. I'll second. All right. We have a motion and a second. Second. Yes. Yes. Yes.
Yes. Thank you very much. All right. We're going to move on. Uh there was no business submitted from the audience. There is no city attorney's business. We're going to move to item number 13A. Uh Mr. Natick, city administrator, project report. Good evening, council. There's not much
to update you on the project report. Staff did visit a couple of sites. U city door and Claremont, take a look at their public works, utilities, facilities. good visit and informative for us. Uh,
and we picked up a couple of potential architectural firms that we consult with to see whether or not like to utilize their services. So, did send out invitations to our architectural
to them whether or not they and then Um, bids and middles for the RFP for the golf course are due January 12th. Like wish council merry Christmas staff
merry Christmas and the public merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. All right. Any questions uh for Scott before the road swap? D road swap. Still working on it.
Am I going to see that one happen or? Uh, I think so. I mean, I we're on their we're on their time schedule. So, there's nothing that that we need to provide them
other than some feedback about Cherros on State Road 17 coming into town uh for a future paving project that will happen after So, I think between the mayor and myself
and Steve, we're talking about leaving the way that is currently done as is opposed to trying to put in bicycle lanes. And I think that point
turn Right. We're moving forward, but we're waiting on a meeting. That one in Westlake Jackson. They're right on the cusp.
All right. Anything else? We're going to move on. Kathy is trying to keep us late tonight. She has three items. A couple things. Okay. the bills, please. Second. Got a motion to second. Yes.
Yes. Yes. Yes. I'm sorry, Steuart. Yes. All right. 14. 14B is the um proposed holiday schedule for 2026. Um we follow suit with the
county. We follow suit with the with the 10th judicial circuit. They wait till their their schedule comes out to do theirs. Um then we kind of follow with them to make sure we're on the same line. Uh the county did approve this schedule at their meeting today. Just
one notable change. Um next year there's it's been changed to two days at Christmas and two days at New Year's which we've never done before. So that's just a change to that. Right. Any questions or comments from the public?
Anything from council? Entertain a motion. Motion to approve the 2026 holiday schedule as presented. Second. All right. I have a motion. A second. Kathy Bishop. Yes. Yes. Yes. Stewart. Yes.
And then my And then my last thing is um Did I beat on that ordinance? Was that an ordinance or just It changes every year is um 14C and We have some vacancies coming up as
of December 31st on three of our boards. Planning and zoning um on this board. You must be a resident of the city of Sebring or a non-resident of the city but have an ownership interest in rural property and a resident of High County. The code enforcement board has one regular vacancy open. To be a member of
this board, you must reside within the city's limits of Sebring. The CRA will have two regular vacancies. One is already one was available and then we have another to be to be a member of this
board. You must resid in the city limits of SE or be engaged in a business within the city limits as a business owner or employed by the business full time. Vacancies are also posted on our web page where you can get your application. You can turn the application into me. Vacancies will remain open until you
know when the date for the CRA vacancy is. One person has I think there was one but one has resigned and one I think came open on December. Okay. So there was a resignation. It wasn't a regular expiration of the term.
Okay. Okay. All right. Anything else?