good evening i'd like to call to order the city of Winter Haven's uh commission meeting for this the 14th day of April 2025 at 6 p.m can I get a roll
call please yes sir commissioner Dison here commissioner Mercer here commissioner Dancler here mayor Prom Yates here and Mayor Bson here we will have an invocation by Pastor Tim Clark of the Haven Wishop Center and we be led
in the pledge of allegiance by Vanessa Castillo MMC city clerk please stand if able let's all stand as we pray tonight father we're so thankful for the opportunity to live in a great city like Winter Haven we're thankful Lord for a great team of commissioners and a great
mayor father we pray for your hand upon this meeting tonight lord we thank you for giving our commissioners our mayor the leaders of our city the wisdom of Solomon as they make decisions concerning our progress lord we thank you for your hand upon each one of them and upon every citizen that calls Winter
Haven their home we thank you Lord that you are leading us and you're guiding us and tonight we know as we trust in you with all of our heart you've promised you would lead us and guide us and direct us so we trust you for these things and we thank you for them in Jesus name amen amen
to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all good evening mayor and commissioners we
have three presentations this evening i'm going to ask Deputy City Manager MJ Carnival to assist me with this uh he will start off with item 5A which is our Earth Day proclamation and receiving this will be Britney Hart director of public
works whereas Winter Haven Florida is part of a global community desires to take action to create positive environmental change and whereas on April 22nd 1970 approximately 20 million Americans came together to celebrate the first Earth Day and whereas Earth Day is now observed on this day internationally
and sanctioned by the United Nations and whereas the city of Winter Haven is committed to promoting science-based sustainable environmental practices and whereas in working towards a sustainable future for our children we must also provide them the necessary necessary tools to solve the environmental problems of the future and whereas
through constant and friendly communication about environmental issues citizens will tend to be more creative sensitive experimental and flexible in resolving the challenges faced and whereas an international Earth Day can draw people together in appreciation of their mutual home planet Earth and bring a global feeling of community through
realization of our mutual dependence on each other now therefore Nathaniel J birdong Jr mayor of the city of Winter Haven Florida does hereby proclaim April 22nd 2025 as Earth Day in the city of Winter Haven and urges all citizens to support efforts of environmental literacy and contribute to healthy and
sustainable future in witness whereof he has here to set his hand and cause the seal of the city of Winter Haven Florida to be affixed this 14th day of April 2025 signed Nathaniel J birdong Jr mayor attest Vanessa Castillo good evening mayor and commissioners i just wanted to say thank you we
appreciate your support in recognizing Earth Day through this proclamation um as a team here in Winter Haven we strive to celebrate Earth Day every day and all of the things that we do whether that is water conservation our urban forestry efforts um our recycling collection and
our litter um efforts to keep Winter Haven green and clean um we're always looking for ways to improve Winter Haven and our planet um and we're able to do so through your support this year to celebrate Earth Day we are proud to host the first ever greater Winter Haven cleanup efforts um and we are inviting
the community to join us in picking up around their homes and their neighborhoods their businesses their schools um and with us and our team on April the 23rd um and we've invited you all to do that as well and join us in that collection to make Winter Haven clean and green and beautiful um so
again we thank you for your continued support and your commitment to environmental stewardship and all that you do to allow us to to move these things forward thank you [Music] [Applause] mayor and commissioners item 5B this
evening is a proclamation uh titled Junior League of Greater Winter Haven Day and uh receiving this proclamation will be Ellie Carter president and Nikki Sterling DEIB chair for the Junior League of Greater Winter
Haven if they are here and would like to come forward and Deputy City Manager Carnival will present this proclamation whereas the Junior League of Greater Winter Haven has been a vital force in the community for over 40 years dedicated to promoting volunteerism
developing the potential of women and improving the community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers and whereas the Junior League of Greater Winter Haven has made a lasting impact through its projects and initiatives that promote literacy health education and youth development enriching the lives of countless residents through the winter
through Winter Haven and beyond whereas in continuing their mission to enhance the well-being of our community the Junior League of Greater Winter Haven has generously committed to placing the Little Library at the Ruben Williams Sports Complex fostering a love of reading and learning for children and families who visit the park and whereas
the Little Library project embodies the spirit of community engagement providing an opportunity for residents to take a book share a book and connect with one another through the joy of reading and whereas the city of Winter Haven recognizes the Junior League of Winter Haven for its unwavering commitment to service leadership and community empowerment and we are proud to
celebrate their efforts in building a brighter future for all now therefore Nathaniel J birdsong Jr mayor of the city of Winter Haven Florida does hereby proclaim April 14th 2025 as Junior League of Greater Winter Haven Day in the city of Winter Haven in recognition of their 40 plus years of dedication to improving the lives of citizens and for
their continued service to our community we extend our heartfelt gratitude to the Junior League of Winter Haven for their ongoing contributions and look forward to the continued positive impact of the Little Library at Ruben Williams Sports Complex in witness whereof he is here to set his hand and cause the seal of the city of Winter Haven Florida to be affixed this 14th day of April 2025
signed Nathaniel J birdong Jr Mayor Tess vanessa Castillo city clerk okay on behalf of the Junior League of Greater Winter Haven we just want to say thank you to the city for partnering with us on the little library and giving us that space
you guys look here first on the count of three one two three one more mayor and commissioners for this next one we're going to make it a little crowded up there at the front of the dis i'm going to invite the Winter Haven
High School girls basketball team to come stand down front [Applause] [Music]
[Applause] while they're getting settled I'd also like to um invite to the podium I believe we have uh Principal Williams we have Superintendent Hyde uh school board member Keys and school
board member Sarah Beth school board Miss Wyatt Miss Gibson come on Lon [Music] so if you'll indulge me with this proclamation whereas on March 8th 2025
the Winter Haven High School girls basketball team triumphed as Florida High School Athletic Association State Champions at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland Florida their relentless dedication and exceptional teamwork have forever illuminated our community spirit and pride and whereas the Winter Haven
High School girls basketball team is to be respected recognized and rewarded for their accomplishment three years backtoback from 2022 through 2024 they fell to defeat in 2025 they rose to victory avenging their back-to-back
nemesis squad whereas in 2025 the 2425 team success is exemplified by court maestros Serenity Hardy Quiniah Sanders Jaden Williams
Durasia Pitts Aaria Styles Elise McCretti Amaya Shaw Aubrey Hall Lauren Jordan Alicia Smith Faith Thompson Victoria Hall and Dashanique Henry the Winter Haven High School girls
basketball team has ensure achieved an enduring legacy of excellence establishing themselves as a dynasty under the leadership of head coach Johnny Lawson assistant head head coach Billy Washington and their dynamic coaching staff and whereas since taking
the helm in 2008 coaches Lawson and Washington have steered this exceptional team to an astounding 425 victories embodying resilience dedication and mastery of the game the Winter Haven High School girls basketball team has
won 17 district championships in the past 17 years 15 regional championships in the past 17 years 15 Final Four playoff appearances in the past 17 years brought home four state championships in
the last nine years and proudly represented our city with two national championship appearances and whereas this program has nurtured countless athletes who have advanced to compete in division 1 colleges attend prestigious institutions such as West
Point Academy and achieve professional success thus exemplifying excellence on the court and in life the leadership of coaches Lawson and Washington have fostered a culture of teamwork sportsmanship and high achievement inspiring generations of student
athletes and cementing the Winter Haven High School girls basketball team status as an undeniable force in high school athletics now therefore Nathaniel J birdsong Jr Mayor of the city of Winter Haven Florida does hereby proclaim this day April 14th 2025 as Winter Haven High
School Girls Basketball Team Day in the City of Winter Haven in recognition of their extraordinary achievements in the dynasty built by coaches Lawson and Washington may their unparalleled success continue to inspire our community and future generations in
witness whereof he is here and to set his hand and cause the seal of the city of Winter Haven Florida to be affixed this 14th day of April 2025 signed Nathaniel J birdong Jr mayor attest Vanessa Castillo city clerk [Applause]
well as principal of Winter Haven High School and I know Superintendent Hyde and everybody who's behind me and our school board member uh we're so extremely proud and what a proud moment with those last five seconds on the scoreboard and we knew that if if they
got that ball in they could tie the game but when that girl didn't make it it was just rejoicing on the sidelines screaming and yelling and and we could even hear the whole city behind us screaming and yelling just as well and
um then afterwards I uh got the ability to go see the girls throw water and everything else on Coach Lawson and uh the excitement but we're so very proud of each and every one of you we know that you work very hard and you put a
lot of effort a lot of time a lot of blood sweat and tears I guess I could say and uh extremely proud of each and every one of you thank you yes having been at the game you could make it a little less exciting in the
future in the last 20 seconds but we are so so proud of you um from start to finish you all are not just amazing athletes but amazing young ladies and we are so so proud of you in Winter Haven i also want to thank the city commission for allowing them to have a parade this week um unlike some of our other Florida
cities that probably should be having parades this week so we we greatly appreciate you here in Winter Haven because these girls are incredible um and we are always thrilled to honor them good evening ladies as a superintendent I cannot tell you or I I love I have no
words to explain how proud we are of you um I'll tell you a quick story last year I attended for your final four and unfortunately I watched you lose a game going into the championship this year I watched the final four stellar game stellar performance and it's not just about your athletic prowess it's how you
collaborate coordinate as a team that most impressed me i was not able to come to your final game because of another commitment and so now apparently I'm not allowed to come to any state championships because I'll bring bad luck in the future but again we are so incredibly proud of you i also want to
thank your families all of our coaches all of our community members that continue to support student athletics you know and the best thing about the phrase student athletes is it comes student comes first and we are incredibly proud of you and the role models that you now represent within our community for our younger students
looking up and aspiring to greatness you are those people right now and many of you looked up to other individuals and found your paths to success so we're very proud of you congratulations take it all in and we'll see you tomorrow night [Applause]
so as we prepare for a photo here I do want to share with those in attendance and those listening online that there is a parade that will take place in honor of this state championship basketball team that will occur Wednesday evening originating from Dennis Memorial Stadium
uh and arriving in downtown at Central Park followed by a program in the park to further celebrate their success and we'd like to invite everybody to come out to be a part of that [Music] [Applause] thank you
yes sir mayor and commissioners that concludes our presentations for this evening all right we have um no developments of note commissioners you have the uh
minutes mr mayor yes motion to approve the March 10th 2025 regular city commission meeting minutes as well as the March 19th 2025 city commission agenda review minutes and the March 24th 2025 regular city
commission meeting minutes thank you i'll close the commission meeting open the public hearing anyone wishing to speak to any of these minutes may do so at this time seeing none close the public hearing reopen the commission meeting is there any discussion all those in favor
of the motion let it be known by saying I i opposes by the same sign hearing none the minutes are adopted thank you okay all right we have several people that have signed up and they're
interested in the quiet zones so I think I'll just go ahead and let them do that now so that's not an item on the agenda we're prepared to give you an up update on that as well once we uh let the audience
all right the first person is Debbie say it loud kadrob all right debbie K would you come forward state your name and address for the record you have five minutes okay I'll be less than that
my name is Debbie Kadrovich my address is 2433 Bates Avenue Southwest Winter Haven Florida first I want to say thank you commissioners for your service to this city i know it's not easy and I know
that because one of my best friends was Jim Powell and I met Jim Powell in September of ' 86 we were friends throughout his life and I'm really nervous i hate speaking like this but Kim his wife is
still one of my best friends in 2015 I stood before the city council and requested quiet zones lakeland had them in 2014 jp was not on the council at that time but he
said he would run again and his platform would be quiet zones he was reelected in 2015 and he kept his word he kept the quiet zone project alive he passed away April 24th
2023 two weeks before he passed I spent some time with him he was feeling pretty good he really didn't look like he was going to be uh leaving us and going to the kingdom in two weeks but he
did in fact he was beaming he said the quiet zones were going through and they would be named in his honor i can't tell you how happy and how um proud he was in that moment
that was in another two weeks two years ago it's been in the works for 10 years i brought it up 10 years ago i'd like to be alive to see him
honored i'd like his wife and son to be here and see him honored i don't want to see it take another 10 or 20 years it's important to the people on especially on the southwest side of town the noise is unbearable he wasn't born here but he loved Winter
Haven and he loved all of you that's all I have to say thank you Barbara Klene good afternoon evening my name is Barbara Klene the address is 1530
Kenwood Avenue Southwest and I was also um I'm a friend of Debbie K's and I was at the previous meeting at Noro Hall um
I believe that was in 2015 um there was I know that uh T michael was uh part of that and he said that um starting in 2016 that the pulp
transportation planning organization uh leaders were working towards quiet zones um and then the city followed suit and started doing their feasibility study and like Debbie said here we are all
these years later and it doesn't seem like we're any closer it seems like the quiet zone passed away with JP so the the noise is just unbearable i mean it's all hours of the day and night
it awakes people out of their sleep we don't get good night sleep it carries over into the next day as a matter of fact I was awake this morning from 2 to 4:30 because of the trains going by it
woke me out of my sleep and then I was unable to get back to sleep for a while and I keep hearing them go by um we just want answers i mean is this going forward um the area that we live in is
called Tranquility Park we refer to it now as Tranquility Park and I know you're strategizing i know you have to get approval from the Federal Railroad Administration i know that you started all of those procedures
or at least I would assume that you have to get to this point but it's the continual blasting of the horns sometimes it's like the attitude of the engineer i mean some of them really lay on that horn i've said before to my
partner that sometimes I want to I can like pick out if I just knew their names I could pick out who who the engineer is because some of them are soft and some of them are not they're just relentless and it's
only going to get worse now that our governor has provided the $1.5 million for another interotal facility up in Auburnale i know that there were other routes that could have been taken one of them was
closer to Auburndale but they ended up going through Winter Haven and now we have the facility out on 60 and I just I just don't know if you understand what it is that we have to
listen to so I'm going to end with this because I didn't think you'd let me start with it [Applause] [Music] and that's just a few minutes of what we
listen to every day and every night thank you thank you [Applause] Frank Luxer luxar yes sir good evening good council people ladies
and gentlemen thank you for uh letting me speak tonight and uh I have two items is that allowable two items you have five minutes quickly it's okay go ahead well you're probably going to be tired of hearing it but I'd like to talk very
quickly about the quiet zone uh Mr birdwell Song I Pardon Bird Song oh that was your address i'm sorry i'm hard of hearing just go ahead give your address for the Yeah I was I I was
wondering Mr are you still the leazison to the CSX railroad um you were in two 2016 the transportation planning i stood here in 2016 and we had a discussion about the
railroad about double gates on because I I live on Lake Ship Drive and we have the double tracks set up right and we were going to look into the um railroad crossing at double gates so we could eliminate the horns that was in 2016 sir
in in in 2022 in the newspaper was an article from the mayor that said "We're getting so close to having this done." Now that's in 2022 well here we are sir and we're still waiting yes so I'm sure the babies
the children that live along those tracks would be more than welcome to have those those uh engineers stop blowing the horn the second item I have is on Lakeship Drive it's become a drag strip and the
people come down there and are just flying flying down there i mean 50 60 miles an hour is actually happens and Virginia is a T that comes into Lake North uh southwest Lakeship
Drive if we could have a triple Oh excuse me if we could have a triple stop sign one on Virginia and then one each way on uh Lake shop Lake Ship Drive that would stop these people slow them down where they'd have to stop and then keep
going the emergency vehicles could just blow right through that stop sign and they wouldn't have a problem so I know it we can't talk about speed bumps but I think a stop three-way stop sign along there would work well well thank you for your time i
appreciate it thank you [Applause] all right we appreciate uh all of your comments and it's good to see you uh Mrs powell to be in the audience uh and I
think we do have some news yeah um thank you Mr mayor and thank you to the residents that came out and spoke this evening um I empathize greatly with the plight that you're experiencing with trains um let me start off by saying um
JP Pal was the champion of the quiet zone uh initiative and in as far as we're concerned remains the champion of the quiet zone initiative um I think I more so empathize with the
frustration of residents in terms of trying to get resolution to this issue because we are somewhat in the same boat in that as strong and as powerful as government can be at times for some
reason dating back well into history even greater authority was given to the railroad industry um and this is the this is the battle that we have continued to wage since we first started discussing quiet zones back in 2016 time
frame i'm going to ask the deputy city manager MJ Carnival who has spent spent more time working on the quiet zones than anybody uh with perhaps the exception of our city attorney to give everyone an update that shows where we are today and where we think we're
headed on this so MJ would you please take it away thank you sir good evening mayor and city commissioners so um the map here just for reference so it's one quiet zone that would be created uh between Coleman Road and North Lake Chip Drive covering all five of those crossings so that's what we've been working on we've been working on that
very hard for the last uh few years so if you hit the next slide AJ um so just I thought we'd hit some major milestones of the things that have been done and each of these I'll say has had some pretty major setbacks along the way but we have gotten over a lot of
these really big hurdles so the first is completing a feasibility study um that is done budgeted for and designed the improvements that was completed um those designs then had to be sent out to FDOT the railroad federal railroad administration reviewed so we have a
fully designed project we sent out for review they comment back on it we have to send it out again uh get additional comments back so we went through a couple girrations of that with them um that finished and closed out um so then what we're able to do is issue a notice
of intent so that says that the city of Winter Haven intends to create a quiet zone at those crossings that are identified um these are the improvements we intend to put in place then those uh the railroad industry has an opportunity to comment on that again you go through a couple girrations of that back and
forth that has ended so what that means is that the city of Winterhaven now has the authority to create the quiet zone um by issuing what's called a notice of establishment so the the the city commission has the authority to
establish the quiet zone um but to establish the quiet zone we have to build the safety improvements that were outlined in in that engineering design work and to build those safety improvements we have to go into the CSX rightway so they own a a portion of land on either side of the railroad and some
of those improvements go into the the rightway so we need a right of entry permit from them um we've worked with them back and forth on that we've brought that to the city commission the city commission has approved that and that right of entry permit is back with CSX pending their approval i spoke with
a member of their team today i think we're in good shape on that we're hoping to know in the next week or two um but but it's that like like city manager said that is very much at their discretion um they don't have to enter that right of entry agreement necessarily um there isn't an incentive
for them really to do that so we're a little bit at their mercy but we've been working very closely to try to get this done so that's the last um big step until we can begin the construction and then issue that notice of establishment aj if you hit that next slide so con
what does construction look like so if we get through that right of entry phase we have the permission to be able to do the work within that railroad right ofway um we have funding budgeted in the city's transportation fund to build the improvements um and then once that right of entry is approved we're about 180
days is probably the timeline about half of that is uh we have to bid that work out because of the way the state requires us to procure any work that we hire so we have to bid that work out bring it back to city commission for approval uh and then the actual construction process and we think that'll be about 90 days um once that is
done we have to get an inspection by the Federal Railroad Administration and then if that is all clear uh the city commission can then issue the notice of establishment to create the quiet zone and the quiet zone will go into effect 21 days after that and then at that
point it is at the driver's discretion whether or not they want to blow the horn so they can blow the horn if they feel there's a need to blow the horn but there there's a fine process for that so they can you know that we can pursue fines on that i don't know exactly what that looks like or how it plays out but
generally speaking from what I understand is they they respect the quiet zone once it's created and it's at the but it is at the engineers discretion that if there's something on the tracks or they they have a big concern they can blow that horn but they have to be able to justify it so very close I think here uh there's been like
I said a lot of steps lots of setbacks along the way um but I think we're in kind of the almost knock on wood but I think we're in the home stretch on it go one more and this this is just an example of what the improvements look like so you can
see I mean for for all of the time that we've spent on trying to get to this point to construct this is pretty quick um so my hope is that once we get through that final step uh the construction moves pretty quickly and we're able to get those established so awesome thank you
stand for any questions from city commission thank you any questions mj quick question do we already have that those items or is that part of the bidding process they would have to go is there any back order on those items any tariff issues any any unforeseen
circumstances to where it's going to be a problem to get that those materials um good evening officers no sir we don't anticipate any issues getting those materials it would be the contractor would order those whoever it is awarded to they would procure those um and install them the city ourselves we just
recently did that um as a traffic calming effort on one of our major corridors and we had no trouble getting them in we were able to install them pretty quickly it took us I believe um our staff it took us two days to get that installed anyone else i just was wondering uh MJ
is there any approximate time frame you think that CSX may take i uh at this point in my experience working with the
railroad I don't know uh but but I I talked to them today um they don't see any issue with what what we've presented back and and they're hoping to have it back to us pretty quickly um within like the next two weeks here but I don't know it's again it's it's at their discretion
um they don't have to enter that right of entry agreement if they have an issue or a concern um but there but the agreement is what they presented to the city commission and we've we've given that back to them so hopefully I think hopefully in two weeks hopefully it's good yeah we will
certainly provide an update as soon as we have that in hand you will know and I believe that we have uh contacts for some of the individuals that have reached out to us directly and we will share that with them as well uh to help uh disseminate that information
throughout the community so t the uh the the the decision makers is not out at the animal logistics center no sir this is this is the uh the executive level of CSX overall and I can tell you
we have worked with um my contact who oversees the interotal facility here in Winterh Haven um she has been tremendous to work with in helping us identify people to reach out to when we can't get
a hold of anybody and trying to help you know grease the the wheels of progress here for us so we're as MJ said we are we're cautiously optimistic um but as I said you know the the railroad the railroad has certain exemptions and
authorities that at times trump what we can do in government at any level uh at local at state and at federal so we have um we've tried to to battle through this to the best of our abilities um some of the people that were very staunch
advocates for us within the FRA and through some of the engineering firms we have um have unfortunately also passed during this lengthy time period uh that didn't necessarily set us back in in having to go back to zero but it was
establishing new relationships with other key players along the way okay thank you yes sir i think you indicated that that that they still have the discretion if if quiet zone is established but they still have or the engineer has the discretion still to
blow the if there's a a car that's on the tracks if there's a person that's on the tracks if there's an obstruction that would be justification for sounding that our understanding is that that has to be um documented as
such and can be if it's not justified fines can be levied but generally speaking they do honor the quiet zones uh throughout yes sir okay anyone else all right thank you thank you commissioners you have the
consent agenda mr mayor yes motion to approve the consent agenda in its entirety thank you i will close the commission meeting and open the public hearing anyone wishing to speak to any item on the consent agenda may do so at
this time seeing none close the public hearing reopen the state of commission meeting is there any discussion all those in favor of the motion let it be known by saying I i i opposes by the same signs hearing none the consent agenda is
adopted all right resolutions resolution R2513 would you read by Tylon the city attorney thank you Mr mayor commission resolution number R-25-13 a resolution of the city commissioner of the city of Winter Haven
Florida affirmatively accepting the conveyance of that property adjacent to Bowen Yard via warranty deed from 610 LLC to the city of Winter Haven Florida as more particularly described in the warranty deed executed and delivered by 610 LLC to the city of Winter Haven and
recorded on February 4 2025 in official records book 13420 page 0474 public records of Pope County Florida and provided for an effective date thank you thank you city manager mayor and commissioners the city of Winterhaven
and 610 LLC entered into a development developers agreement regarding Bowen Yard which is depicted on your screen as part of that developers agreement 610 agreed to construct 24 public parking spaces and a sidewalk
utilizing both existing city public rightway and a property that was owned by 610 LLC so the the spaces you see actually half of them would be on private property half of them would be on city property that work has been
completed as described and the um is now being transferred to the city legal title to the parking area adjacent to Bowen Yard so while it was constructed originally on both private and public 100% of that land is outlined in red
will now be city property resolution R2513 formally accepts the transfer of the property from 610 LLC to the city of Winter Haven there's no financial impact associated with this resolution and staff recommends the city commission approve resolution
R25-13 and authorize the city manager or designate to take all necessary actions related thereto thank you thank you commissioners mr mayor yes motion to approve R213 thank you i will close the commission
meeting and open the public hearing anyone wishing to speak to R2513 may do so at this time seeing none close the public hearing reopen the city commission meeting is there any discussion all those in favor of the motion let be
known by saying I i poses by the same sign hearing none R 2513 is adopted resolution R214 which read by Tyler attorney thank you Mr mayor Commission resolution R-25-14 a resolution confirming the
acceptance of improvements infrastructure and dedications in favor of the public/ city of Winter Haven as notated on that certain plat entitled Annabal Estates recorded in the office of the clerk of the circuit court in for Pope County Florida in platbook 213 pages 5 through 12 public records of
Pope County Florida and authorizing the city manager to release the performance bond posted to guarantee completion of required improvements in infrastructure general location subdivision is generally located at the northeast corner of Old Barto Lake Wales Road and Mlan Road thank you thank you city
manager mayor and commissioners erpc Peace Creek LLC request the city commission accept certain improvements and dedications in favor of the public/ city of Winterhaven as noted on the plat for Annabelle Estates this is a 95.38 plus or minus acre subdivision that
includes 324 building lots and 12 common lots all water lines sewer lines and related infrastructure will be owned and maintained by the city all storm water and related drainage conveyances and infrastructure internal roadways and street lighting will be maintained by
the Peace Creek Village Community Development District on February 24th 2025 the city commission approved resolution R25-08 for the platting of the Annabella State Subdivision however certain improvements were not completed at that time the developer submitted a
performance bond in the amount of $860,62245 to guarantee completion of the required infrastructure and improvements incomplete improvements at that time included sanitary sewer potable water off-site improvements and engineering certification recent inspections by city
staff found all previously incomplete improvements are now complete and the water wastewater systems can now be accepted by the city staff recommends city commission approve resolution R25-14 and authorize the city manager or designate to take all necessary related
actions there too thank you thank you commissioners mr mayor yes motion to approve resolution R214 thank you i will close the commission meeting open the public hearing anyone
wishing to speak to R 2514 may do so at this time seeing none close the public hearing reopen the city commission meeting is there any discussion all those in favor of the motion let it be known by saying I i opposes by the same sign hearing none
r214 is adopted r2515 would you read by Tylon city attorney thank you Mr mayor Commission resolution R-25-15 a resolution confirming the acceptance of improvements infrastructure and dedications in favor of the public/ city of Winter Haven as
notated on that certain platits hills recorded in the office of the clerk of the circuit court in Fort Poke County Florida in platbook 206 pages 30 through 36 public records of Poke County Florida and authorizing the city manager to release the performance bond posted to guarantee completion of required
improvements in infrastructure general location subdivision is generally south of Old Lern Park Road south of Linta Boulevard thank you thank you city manager mayor and city commissioners starlight Homes Florida LLC requests the city commission accept certain
improvements and dedications in favor of the public/ city of Winterhaven as noted on the plat for Sunset Hills which is displayed on your screen subdivision is approximately 45.4 plus or minus acres and includes 162 building lots and 12
common lots all water lines sewer lines and related infrastructure will be owned and maintained by the city internal roadways are contained in a 50-foot right ofway and will be dedicated to the city on May 28th 2024 the city commission approved resolution
R24-26 for the platting of the Sunset Hill subdivision however certain improvements were not complete at that time the developer submitted a performance bond in the amount of $2,351,4108 to guarantee completion of all required infrastructure and improvements the incomplete improvements
at the time included earthwork sanitary sewer potable water storm water management and engineering certification recent inspections by city staff found that all previously incomplete improvements are now complete and the water wastewater and reuse utilities can now be accepted by the
city staff recommends city commission approve resolution R25-15 thank you thank you commissioners mr mayor yes motion to approve resolution R-25-15 thank you i will close the commission
meeting open the public hearing anyone wishing to speak to R215 may do so at this time seeing none close the public hearing reopen the commission meeting is there any discussion all those in favor of the motion let it be known by saying I i
poses by the same side hearing none r 2515 is adopted r2516 would you read by title only city attorney thank you Mr mayor and Commission resolution R-25-16 a resolution approving that
certain platitled residences at Winter Haven for filing in accordance with chapter 177 Florida statutes with specific conditions providing for the administrative correction of scrimmers errors and establishing an effective date the general location subdivision is generally located at the northeast corner of the intersection of King Road
and Cross Tower Drive thank you thank you city manager mayor and commissioners Cross Town Cross Tower Project LLC is requesting final plat approval for residences at Winter Haven this is a
15.6 plus or minus acre subdivision that will contain 63 building lots and five common lots internal roadways are contained within 50 foot rights of way and will be dedicated to the city all water and sewer utilities will be owned and maintained by the city while all
drainage conveyances and storm water management areas will be maintained by the homeowners association water service to the subdivision is from the Winter Haven water system and wastewater will be treated at wastewater treatment plant number three there's adequate capacity in these
systems to serve the subdivision the roadway uh adjacent to the subdivision has sufficient capacity to serve the subdivision upon buildout the proposed subdivision is consistent with the comprehensive plan and all requirements of chapter 177 Florida statutes for the
platting of land staff recommends city commission approve resolution R-25-16 thank you thank you commissioners mr mayor yes motion to approve resolution R-25-16
thank you i will close the commission meeting open the public hearing and one wishing to speak to R2516 may do so at this time seeing none close the public hearing reopen the city commission meeting is there any discussion all those in favor of the
motion let it be known by saying I i poses by the same sign hearing none resolution R216 is adopted r2517 which read by title only city attorney thank you Mr mayor Commission resolution
R-25-17 a resolution approving that certain platin titled traditions retail for filing in accordance with chapter 177 Florida statutes providing for the administrative correction of skimmers errors and establishing an effective date general location subdivision is generally looked at the southwest corner of intersection of Eloise Loop Road and
Lake Road thank you thank you city manager mayor commissioners Blackfin Traditions LLC is requesting final plat approval for Traditions Retail it's a 5.3 acre parcel contains three lots tract A will be dedicated to the city as
a rights of way dedication water service to the subdivision is from the Winter Haven water system and wastewater will be treated at wastewater treatment plant 3 there is adequate capacity in these systems to serve the subdivision access is from Eloise Loop Road in the future
from and and in the future from Lake Road these roadways have sufficient capacity to serve the subdivision upon buildout as mentioned during our workshop review one of these parcels is under construction at present time to be a convenient store with uh gas
facilities the proposed subdivision is consistent with comprehensive the comprehensive plan and all requirements of chapter 177 Florida statutes for the platting of land staff recommends city commission approve resolution R-25-17 thank you thank you
commissioners mr mayor yes motion to approve resolution R2517 thank you i will close the commission meeting open the public hearing anyone wishing to speak to resolution R2517 may do so at this time seeing none
close the public hearing reopen the city commission meeting any discussion all those in favor of the motion let it be known by saying I i opposes by the same sign hearing none resolution R217 is adopted resolution R218 would you read
by title only city attorney thank you Mr mayor commission resolution R-25-18 a resolution terminating abandoning and releasing four 15 foot wide utility easements totaling 3,269.41 41 ft in length dedicated in favor of the city of Winter Haven as recorded in
official records book 2095 page 1806 book 2090 page 235 book 2090 page 237 and book 2095 page 1802 public records of Poke County Florida authorizing the mayor and other city officials to
execute a termination abandonment and release of set easements in favor of the city of Winter Haven Florida providing for the administrative correction of governor's errors and establishing an effective Eight general location the northwest/southeast easements are generally located between 35th Street
Northwest and Avenue C Southwest north of the CSX railroad line thank you thank you city manager mayor and commissioners in December of 1981 the city was granted four 15 foot wide perpetual utility
easements of various lengths totaling 3,269.41 41 ft for the construction installation and maintenance of municipal water manes the owner of these lands TBHG LLC has arranged for the relocation
and abandonment of all existing water manes within these easements and is now requesting the city vacate and release the easements to allow for the construction of the Lake Deer townhouse development the city's engineering division and water department have no objections to this vacation request as
part of the redevelopment of this site any abandoned or inactive water main utilities within that 1981 easement requested to be abandoned will be removed at the developer's expense new utility easements for the new utilities will be provided in a forthcoming
subdivision plat for the Lake Deer townhouse development staff recommends the city commission approve resolution 25-18 authorizing the vacation and abandonment of the 1981 utility easements and authorizing the city manager and other appropriate city
officials to execute any documents and take any necessary actions related to the vacation requests thank you thank you commissioners mr mayor yes motion to approve resolution R-25-18 thank you our closed commission meeting
open the public hearing anyone wishing to speak to resolution 25-18 may do so at this time seeing none close the public hearing reopen the city commission meeting is there any discussion all those in favor of the motion let it be
known by saying I i i opposes by the same sign hearing none resolution Resolution 25-8 is adopted all right ordinances uh first reading we won't be voting tonight the second reading will
be on April 28th ordinance 02511 would you read by title or the city attorney thank you Mr mayor commission Ordinance number 0-25-11 an ordinance amending ordinance 23-25 the 2035 Winter Haven
comprehensive plan 2035 future land use map series by revising the future land use map series by assigning neighborhood support future land use to one annex parcel repealing all ordinances in conflict here with providing for the administrative correction of scrimmers errors providing for severability and providing an effective date general
location 75 Sage Road the area covered by this request is 8.64 64 plus or minus acres thank you thank you city manager mayor and commissioners PTP Real Estate Enterprises LLC is requesting the city assign neighborhood support future land
use and commercial highway C3 zoning district to an annexed parcel the parcel totals 8.64 plus or minus acres and was annexed into the city November 25th of 2024 the petitioner intends to develop the property with a medical office
subject property is located along the Dundee Road mixeduse corridor which consists of a mixture of industrial commercial and residential uses the property is surrounded by single family residential to the north single family residential and a gas station to the east across Sage Road a vacant
commercial parcel located in unincorporated Pulk County to the south across Dundee Road and a commercial parcel with mobile food vending to the west in terms of infrastructure based on 8.64 64 acres the maximum potential
square footage under the proposed neighborhood support future land use would be 94,090 square ft the table in your chart the table in your in your fact sheet shows the potential demands such development would have on water sewer
and the uh roadway network surrounding this property it is noted that supporting water sewer and transportation infrastructure contains sufficient capacity at present time to support these requests however a final concurrency determination shall be made at the time the property receives site
plan approval and is developed the planning commission on May 4th of 2025 heard this item and voted to recommend approval of the requests one member of the PO of the public spoke regarding concerns of the access location on Sage
Road and potential uses which would be permitted under the requested zoning uh Commissioner Dawson is your liaison to the planning commission i believe was in attendance that evening and can uh elaborate further as needed on those comments and and responses from the
planning commission and staff this time staff recommends the city commission approve ordinance 25-11 and we'll also recommend approval of ordinance 25-12 on its first reading as a companion ordinance uh following presentation by the city attorney for
that item thank you okay thank you we will uh have the second reading on April 28th however if there's anyone that would like to speak to this ordinance may do so at this time all right seeing none ordinance uh
02512 would you read my title on the city to the attorney thank you Mr mayor commission ordinance number 0-25-12 an ordinance amending chapter 21 of the code of ordinances of the city Florida by assigning commercial highway C3 zoning district to an annex parcel repealing all ordinances in conflict here with provided for the
administrative correction of scrier errors provided for severability and providing an effective date general location 75 Sage Road the area covered by this request is 8.64 64 plus or minus acres thank you thank you city manager it's a companion ordinance that addresses the zoning for the same
property okay thank you we will have a second reading on April 28th however if anyone would like to speak to this ordinance you can do so at this time moving right along ordinance 02517 would you read by Tyler City to the Attorney thank you Mr mayor commission ordinance
number 0-45-17 an ordinance amending ordinance number 0-24-44 appropriation of funds for defraying the expenses of the municipal government of the city of Winter Haven for the fiscal year commencing October 1 2024 providing for severability and
providing an effective date thank you thank you city manager mayor and commissioners per Florida statutes 166.241 241 the city commission may amend its budget by ordinance to appropriate and expend funds that were not anticipated in the approved budget
due to the incumbrance roll forwards from fiscal year 2024 adjustments to the fiscal year 2025 budget are required these adjustments are necessary to accurately reflect the remaining funds available after accounting for these commitments
the exhibit within your uh fact sheet uh identifies the projects and fund designations where those incumbrances occurred and where the uh they will be addressed through this ordinance the appropriated governmental funds reflect a budget increase of
$3,858,447 offset by encumbrances through in the same amount for the respective funds so this is just carrying forward money that was encumbered but not actually expended in the prior year staff recommends the city commission approve ordinance 025-17 approving a budget amendment for
the encumbered purchase order roll forwards thank you thank you we will have our second reading on April 28th however if there's anyone that would like to speak to this orness you may do so at this time seeing none we will move
on to new excuse me new business item 13A is the city attorney going to handle it our city manager all right I'll take this one i was looking to see if Mr lion was he is here so he can fill any spots
from the Winter Haven EDC that I may uh pass over so in 2022 and 2023 the city was awarded two separate grants from Florida Commerce and the Florida Department of Transportation respectively for the construction of a roadway project that would extend Logistics Parkway from its
northern terminus towards Pard Road to the north in total the city was awarded $9,411,612 in state funds for the project project's been broken down into two phases with the first construction effort extending from wastewater
treatment plant number three northward to the CSX rail crossing on Pard Road this project was completed in June of 2024 and uh upon completion of that section and the related expenditures the city fulfilled its financial obligations
associated with the grant issued by Florida Commerce that grant was in the amount of $6.4 million the remaining phase addresses the roadway construction from wastewater treatment plant 3 southward to the current northernmost terminus of Logistics Parkway the
original design of this section proposed the new road to be aligned along the northern and most eastern boundary of city-owned property located immediately south of the of the wastewater treatment plant due to the length of that road as designed and the related design elements
the engineer of records estimate of probable cost was 21.4 $4 million and that was achieved at the 60% design level we had worked with the engineer of record to try and um identify a more
appropriate pathway for that road in hopes to minimize the cost the construction time frame and the overall safety so this became a road that would travel due south through city-owned property as well as a portion of property of land a portion of land owned
by Florida Canuing to do so the city would be required to acquire a portion of Florida Can's property in early 2023 staff began negotiating with Florida Can on a purchase and sale agreement an amendment to the existing developers agreement
between the city and Florida Can and a right of first refusal and option agreement in favor of Florida Can for the f future purchase of certain city-owned land adjacent to the current Florida CAN operations in early 2025 prior to completing the execution of those
agreements FCM completed a sale of their assets at the Intermoal Logistics Center to the Ball Corporation staff has continued to work with Ball to finalize this transaction and has now reached agreement on the related documents which are described as
follows the first is a purchase and sale agreement for real property um you'll note that all of our agreements still reference Florida Can Manufacturing and that is because Ball purchased the stock interests of FCM so that name will
continue to appear per this purchase and sale agreement the city will purchase plus or minus 4.04 gross acres of land at a price of $105,000 per gross acre that's a total cost of $424,200 this price was established during the
initial negotiations between the city and Florida can based upon uh comp sales and land transactions within the ILC at that time this price also serves as the basis for all land exchanges contemplated by this agreement and any future option purchase that may be
exercised as part of the overall transaction we anticipate that we will close on that transaction and acquire that 4.04 04 plus or minus acres before May 30th of 2025 the second document is the first
amendment to the developers agreement as part of the original development of the FCM facilities a developers agreement was executed between the city and FCM to record in the public records of Pulk County uh it was recorded on June 10th of 2020 that agreement contemplated
FCM's participation in the construction and design of certain roadway improvements and the relocation of certain utilities upon meeting development conditions it further stated that if the city was successful in securing funds from other sources for
that roadway and utility relocation the agreement could be amended that provision contemplated the ability of the city to release Florida Can from its financial obligations for the roadway and utility relocation if grant funds were secured by the city as I noted the
other evening uh we were in the process of applying for those grant dollars at that time as a result of the city's successful application and award of the grants it's the desire of both parties to amend the developers agreement as allowed uh as as previously mentioned
that new roadway alignment will provide greater efficiencies in construction time and cost associated with the project will further minimize the need to relocate certain utilities um the agreement further contemplates certain design features to
support expansion of the FCM operations in the future uh those could those uh design considerations include preliminary curb cuts and driveway a aprons for access points uh should the the site develop further the next two documents are the
right of first refusal and the option agreement to facilitate development opportunities in and around the ILC in 2020 the city commission authorized the disposal and sale of certain city-owned land south of wastewater treatment plant 3 via resolution
20-36 that property was then reszoned in uh January of 2020 as a planned unit development on June 7th 2020 uh FCM purchased 79.67 plus or minus acres of that land for the development of those
facilities that exist today the city still retains ownership of 123.33 acres of undeveloped land as part of the negotiations with FCM for the purchase and sale of a portion of their property necessary for the new road alignment and
in recognition of the fact that that transaction would reduce or otherwise potentially impact FCM's overall developable property the city included an option for FCM to acquire additional land from the city for future expansion and development the total acreage of
that land as contemplated is 54.36 plus or minus acres again as stated previously the price per gross acre was established at $105,000 uh based on comp sales and land transactions within the ILC at that time
to memorialize those negotiations two documents have been developed the first is the right of first refusal agreement and that pertains to any bonafide offer received by the city from a third party purchase to purchase or lease the same land as defined in the documents and
agreements if the city desires to accept that offer the city has to notify FCM in writing of the offer fcm will then have 15 days to exercise the right of first refusal that right of first refusal automatically expires on the fifth
anniversary of the effective date the second document is the option agreement which memorializes FCM's option to outright purchase the 54.36 acres absent any bonafide offer to purchase or lease received by the city from a third
party uh again the conditions are the same in terms of the price it also has a five-year um expiration date on it if FCM timely exercises its purchase rights under the right of first refusal agreement or under the option agreement
the total purchase price and revenue that would be received by the city is $5,71,500 in anticipation of the city's cost associated with roadway project funding in the amount of $8,93,13 specific to the project was
included in the series 2023 bond issuance and has subsequently been budgeted in the transportation fund our direct costs associated with land transactions uh as I mentioned will be $424,200 plus any associated closing
costs that will be uh funded through the line account budgeted for this project we did receive um I mentioned to you on Wednesday evening during agenda review um we had had reached agreement with FCM
on all these items uh late Friday afternoon we received signed copies uh from them uh overnighted to us so everything is ready for execution by the city we anticipate that we can work to
do the closing on the initial property that we are acquiring from them rather quickly well in advance of the May 30th date um and then uh we will be ready to uh go out to bid on the construction phase of this project i do want to go
back and mention that the original design of that roadway on the um the original alignment as I said was 21.4 million by changing the design to a more straight pathway due south the project
comes in at $10.5 million so it is a savings of approximately $11 million on the overall project which I I feel is very significant at the end of the day um we have also been able to uh just in
the past 48 hours thereabout we received um confirmation from FDOT that the completion date for the construction of the project has been extended to align uh identically with the Florida Commerce
completion date which is January 6th of 2027 um that provides us a bit of a cushion in getting the project done within the time frames uh established by the grant so staff recommends that the city
commission um approve the agreement for sale and purchase of real property the first amendment to the developers agreement the right of first refusal agreement and option agreement as presented and authorized the city manager designate to
execute each respectively and to take any and all further actions necessary and incidental there too and we will stand for any questions you may have thank you thank you entain a motion mr mayor yes motion to approve as pres as as presented thank you i will close the
commission meeting open the public hearing anyone wishing to speak to this item may do so at this time seeing none close the public hearing we open the city commission meeting is there any discussion all those in favor of the motion let it be known by saying I i
poses by the same sign hearing none finally that is uh I just personally want to say thank you to the commission for your support on this this is something that Bruce Lion with the Winter Haven EDC John Murphy and uh Drew Crawford with the city attorney's office
and I have been working on for well over two years and it is nice to finally bring this in for a landing thank you all right we'll move to our commission on reports but I'd like to recognize the Boy Scouts that are in
attendance y'all just stand up so we can see you all right i see both of you have a whole lot of merit badges so what level are you all right all right after life comes
eagle yes all right congratulations keep up the good work thank you [Applause] mr mercer okay um I attended uh the graduation of
Big Brothers Big Sisters and that was very interesting and um uh the women's club at the library sensory garden um I attended that meeting the public safety annual awards um I want to say thank you to all of
those out there uh the special ones who did um win awards but also the ones that do it every day and um um bring life back to people and um so thank you very
much um I was downtown on Saturday and it was very lively downtown they had a lot of things going on they had the markets and everything so um and uh I for I attended the junior
achievement um anybody remember junior achievement and going to grade school yeah okay so did I i was one of those who did that um and um at the elementary it was kindergarten nonetheless and they have
their little um iPads and they're about this big they're small for you know but they're very in tune to the iPads um but I was there to talk to them about making good decisions and they have some um um
books and and flashcards and everything like that uh we also talked about three pennies a penny earned a penny saved and a penny um uh spent so um that was and
and another penny was to share a penny to share so um and looking at what kindergarten is today uh with their iPads and their this was like a level of a first grader almost so it was definitely a higher
level than I was expecting so um the Ridge League meeting I attended that in Arcadia i think Brian and I were the only ones and um then also um the I did attend the little library at the Ruben
Williams Sports Center that was um put on by the Junior League there um also attended the Pope TPO and they have a a project called um uh moving I4 forward
and so um also another um one of their uh projects is of course we had talked about the last time or one of our previous meetings about the four different routes that they're going to have
um a interstate to 417 eventually and and five uh all the areas that the ones the interstates in uh Orlando not only to I4 but other interstates and I guess it looks at at the last um
discussion that it will probably come closer to Dundee than what it's going to come to Lake Wells they had a shortened the route it's a few miles shorter and so um I don't have any of the didn't bring any of the pictures or anything but um
so it's right off of 27 it saves like I said it saves a few miles of traveling wandering around back through and up so um and I think that was about it unless um did attend the Heart for Winter Haven
Hearts and Bloom event uh it was a fundraiser so uh that's about it thank you Commissioner Dawson good evening it's good to be here tonight and uh certainly congratulations to the Lady
Blue Devils on an outstanding year uh they've made us proud on many occasions and uh just uh just a testament to uh great leadership and great coaching as well as great support uh throughout our community so it's just
uh wonderful to see that tonight also uh was able to attend some of the uh well one of the things I was able to attend was the uh I hadn't been to Bach Tower in a number of years and through leadership Winter Haven uh we were there and uh I tell you I remember B tower but
I don't remember it being that nice so they've done some wonderful improvements and uh it's just a serene beautiful place to hang out you know if you're having a bad day that's a good place to go try to get yourself back together But
uh just really enjoyed uh enjoyed that and certainly will be telling others you know you need to check it out if you haven't been there in a while uh Junior League uh was really exciting you know for the uh the library uh they to see Miss Merl Williams who uh the wife of Mr
uh Ruben Williams the park is honored uh named after uh just wonderful to see her as well as her son and and daughter who were there in attendance uh also he attended the planning commission uh public safety annual awards ceremony uh
which was great they gave away a lot of nice stuff um and the uh was able to also attend in our mayor's stand the TPO uh first opportunity I've had to be at that that's quite an interesting uh
process and uh you haven't been there before it's a lot to try to soak in nevertheless we were able to uh be able to attend and be represented as the city of Winter Haven uh I want to say happy Easter to everyone this is Holy Week and
um we know that uh some of you are aware that we have an annual sunrise service in the park Martin Luther King Park several years ago uh Pastor Nagley and I first Presbyterian we uh we partnered together with two alliances here in Winter Haven and
uh and we've been holding that for a number of years and the city has been I want to say to the city thank you so much for your support uh in that effort uh it is a wonderful time you know we live in a very challenging uh time in our in our nation uh as it relates to
you know divisions and issues of that nature and when we have something like this that brings people together and you wonder sometimes whether or not people really appreciate this and you know but people will say you know uh I really enjoy being there and coming out and
being a part of that uh we will be honored this year uh Dr steve Nagley will be bringing the word sharing the Easter message and uh he's been a wonderful friend and and u just a brother beloved i really appreciate him look forward to hearing what he will
share on the sunrise that will begin at 6:30 of course at Martin King Park there in the amphitheater and uh come out and let's watch the sunrise and hear a wonderful message god bless okay um today I actually went down here
to the county tennis tournament i don't know if you guys have seen all that's going on but the boys and girls are having their count their county tennis tournament if you want to feel good about yourself go on there and hang around a little bit and for those of you that aren't tennis players which is probably a lot we do have a player uh
Ben Saltman who is the pro son who is regretfully signed a signed a scholarship to go to FSU next year or two years i told him don't feel bad not everybody can get into Florida but that's okay no but he's a good kid i remember when he was born I watched him come up through the ranks he's playing
tomorrow and he's playing a kid um I mean Ben will win most likely but he's playing a kid that is he won today 6 i'm just trying to tell you he's you know most of most of his matches are rather quick because he's that good but if anybody wants to see a really good tennis player in a Winter Haven Phenom
he's going to be playing tomorrow over here and the girls are playing and the boys are playing everybody's over there got food it's just a good fun atmosphere uh for anybody that wants to go over there and kind of hang out a little bit but tomorrow is the last day uh also I went to the fishing derby this Saturday
and those of you that predominately the commissioners if none of y'all have ever been down to our Lake Howard Park down there with all the improvements that we've done that is a really really cool place and they do a fishing tournament every year well not every year several years i've been I go every year to kind of watch them and the kids have so much fun and kudos to our staff for putting
that on it's an exercise park and it's just a really cool place that I don't think gets a lot of props but it should because it's a beautiful neat place and um the kids I saw a kid catch a little bass and it was about this big and he thought he'd caught Moby Dick it was
just like his friends were running around i'm like "Throw him back throw him back." And they were carrying him all around it was so so funny to watch him um back on my soap box about the fieldhouse um I love the fieldhouse and I just want to remind everybody what a good thing we did i went to a volleyball
tournament i played tennis and I went there and I worked out you couldn't get to find a parking place because the volleyball tournament was packed that was three deep on the top level you could not find a place to sit little it was girls volleyball and there were just people everywhere having a great time i
came went home came back that night went to the play um and I think it was called diner or something waitress waitress it's like it was about a diner waitress at a diner getting old it's terrible but
waitress is like all the rage now on Broadway everybody wants that play and Theater Winter Haven got it so another one of those kudos to Dan you know about what a great job we do actually gave that gave that play to Theater Winter Haven so um so I was at the Fieldhouse
quite a bit i also um was invited to teach a class or not a class to talk on Bay News9 about financial literacy for kids you were talking about children and I was on Bay News 9 with the state director of the United Way and we had a
really good dialogue and it and it's running now so you never know when you might see me on there for the next week but it's it's running quite a bit and um it was kind of fun actually and they you know apparently it was pretty well received by the people at Bay News9 so
we'll but it's going off right now also got us go to the last game for David Celiba i don't know if anybody knows David Civa but David Celiva was a baseball player at Winter Haven High School star player in the 70s he came back and became the Winter Haven High School baseball coach for 30 years
parted ways ended up going over to Santa Fe built a championship team over at Santa Fe and he finally retired this weekend last game last teaching not going to teach he's not going to coach or anything um and it was over at Santa Fe and I just drove over there to pat
him on the back and congratulate him and it was packed there was people everywhere because David had really affected a lot of people through his many many years and he lives in Winter Haven still a big Winter Haven guy but um uh good to see him and say goodbye to him as well and then last but not least
I went to Sun and Fun flying with the TDC got to watch the Blue Angels take off and land and do their thing always one of my favorite things oh and I'm trying to figure out because Bach Tower you talked about Bach Tower i I go there at least once a week they have a sunrise service as well it's beautiful watching
the sun come up and I think they're at 7:30 and you're at 6:30 so I'm trying to figure out how I can do both because I'm not really a morning person but um anyway you're right box Tower is a great place and I'm really glad that you told me that road's going to miss them because that would be a tragedy if that
place got disturbed in any way because of some silly road but anyway that's it mam nothing additional to report tonight oh my goodness well you know you and I are
almost in the same boat because this time last week I was at the final four final four in off in uh Texas San Antonio so but I did have a few things i actually had my hands put
at the Montasaurus School on the wall they're doing a wall where they put your hands and then you sign your name and a message and so I did that uh went to the uh ribbon cutting for the little library
at the uh Ruben William Park thoroughly enjoyed that and I also went uh came downtown for uh Relays for Life uh that took place and finally I went to uh Hartford Winter Haven's uh fundraiser in
the Florenceville CDC we had our banquet which was uh Thursday night and our keynote speaker was none other than the city manager of Winter Haven and again we'd like to thank you for a a
good message that's it for me uh city attorney thank you Mr mayor uh commission nothing this evening city manager uh just a reminder um commission will be in a strategic momentum session
this Wednesday all day that will be held at the garden center and uh half a day on Thursday we hope to have you out in advance of noon on Thursday um there will be no real objective with that other than to give you updates on where
we are talk about the current state of affairs um here in Winterh Haven uh specifically but also how activity at the state and federal level is likely to influence some decision- making going forward uh we'll also begin talking
about our budget priorities for fiscal year 26 so we look forward to uh to seeing you on those days we'll keep you engaged um and uh hopefully we'll all walk away with a a good sense of direction and updates on where we are within the strategic plan and uh thank
you for giving us the time to do that with you that's all I have this evening thank you Deputy City Manager nothing this evening sir thank you city Clerk I just want to wish everyone a happy Easter deputy City Clerk emergency matters not received for
the agenda motion to adjoin