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2025 meeting of the city of Winter Haven Planning Commission to order. Uh Jordan, if you would please take role. Kevin Tyson here, Mario Mano, Bob Lanford here, Lorena Cordderero here, Wendy Venttor, Colin Wells here, Ed Smith,
Tina Summerland here, and Craig Fuller here. We have a quorum. All right, if you would please stand for the invocation and pledge. Heavenly Father, we thank you for this day and this opportunity to come together uh and serve the city of Winter Haven. We ask that you'd be with us and
guide us. We ask that you be with our nation. Help bring us together. We ask these things in your name. Amen. Amen. I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation under God
indivisible with justice for all. All right. Has everybody had an opportunity to review the minutes of the previous meeting? If so, we'll entertain a motion. I'll make a motion to approve the
meeting. We have a second. All those in favor say I. I. All oppose. Same sign. All right. Minutes are approved. I will move into a brief brief explanation of how the hearing will go. Um cases will be read into the record and city staff
will provide a presentation. Uh at that time, commissioners will have an opportunity to ask questions of staff. Once uh commissioners have asked their questions, we will close the planning portion of the hearing and open the public portion of the hearing. Anyone wishing to speak for or against a case
may do so. Uh we ask that you limit your comments to five minutes. Um once everyone from the public that wishes to speak has had an opportunity, we will close the public portion of the hearing and reopen the planning portion of the hearing um where we can ask additional questions or entertain a motion and a
vote. Um, if anybody from the public thinks that you may speak for or against a case, if you would please stand and Jordan will swear you in. Do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you're about to give in this case shall be the truth? Yes.
All right. Thank you. Okay. Uh, new business. Case number P-25-30 and P-25-31. Request by Candace Ducking and Lissan ATN to assign neighborhood support
future land use to an annex parcel and to assign commercial highway C3 zoning district to the same annex parcel. General location. A parcel generally located at the southwest corner of the intersection of 8th Street Northwest US
Highway 17 and Avenue X Northwest. The area covered by these requests is 34 plus or minus acres. Heather Reutder, senior planner for the record. Um, as you look before you on the screen, this is the future land use
map. Um as you can see uh within city designations to the south um the it does in the core of the city with a primary mixeduse hub and then there's also a traditional neighborhood area. The city cemetery is to the east which is the
recreation. All of that in white is an unincorporated Poke County. As you look to the zoning again, you see C C3 designations to the south and southeast um along the frontage there of Highway 17. This is an aerial is that corner lot
there um 8th Street Northwest which is also Highway 17 or Lake Gford Road. It has a couple names in that area and Avenue X Northwest. This is a view of the subject property. As you look to the north, there is multif family units across Avenue X
Northwest. To the east across 17, there is again the Lakeside Memorial Cemetery. To the south, there's a vacant lot that's still in incorporated Poke County and then a motel. And yeah. Okay. So, Candace Ducking and
Lis uh Lison ETN are the petitioners and they request the city assign neighborhoods support future land use and commercial highway C3 zoning district to the annex parcel. again is a vacant parcel that is generally located at the southwest corner of the intersection of 8th Street Northwest US
Highway 17 and Avenue X Northwest. The parcel was annexed into the city July 28th, 2025. And the petitioner intends to develop the property with a 3600 square foot adult daycare center as these requests contain a small-cale future land use amendment review by
Florida Commerce and other state and local agencies is not required. Um within the agenda packet you saw a breakdown of infrastructure and based on that as staff reviewed um this request we yield the following conclusions. The assignment of neighborhood support
future land use and C3 zoning district is consistent with the property's location along an arterial highway corridor and with developed uses and city designations in the area and there is sufficient public infrastructure capacity to accommodate the proposed development of the property at this
time. However, a full concurrency will be given at the time of site plan and approval in the property is developed. Staff does recommend that the planning commission recommend approval of these requests and the foring to the city commission for final action. I stand for any questions that you may have.
Heather, I've got a quick question. The parcel to the south, the small strip, what is its current use or zoning? Um, I do believe it has what was this prior to? Um, it has RL4 on it. That is what this property had on it in the county.
Okay. Any other questions? All right. We will close the planning portion of the hearing and open the public portion of the hearing. Anyone from the public wishing to speak for or against this case? I just had a question. If you would, if you can step up and just state your name and your address
for the record. Uh David BB 2409 East Lake Hartridge Drive. So at this point there is no uh conceptual drawing of what they intend to put in. Is that correct?
That's a correct. This point in this um development phase a site plan is not required. This is just the zoning um stage land use and zoning designation stage of the property. Um straight zoning does not require a conceptual plan. Okay. So, in the event this is passed in
their favor, uh, the city would be issuing the permits. Is that correct? It would have to go through site plan review. And in that process, we're reviewing that as a permitted use within the assigned zoning um designation as well as it meets all required
development standards, setbacks, uh, floor area ratio, parking, landscape buffers, access, and all of that. And then once that occurs, a building permit could be applied for. Okay. Would uh they have to have access via 17 which
would require an FDOT permit. So because it fronts on a DOT roadway, DOT permit will be a part of that site plan review process. Whether DOT allows them access from there or the county allows them access from Avenue X, that will be determined by those entities.
That's part of our concern. We live down at the end of that hill on the lake and we are subject to a lot of water running down the road. I would assume that they would be required to retain any runoff
on that property. Is that correct? That's correct. As part of the development process, they will have to do a storm water retention and have permitting through Swift Mud. So, who has the final word on how they access that piece of property, FDOT or the city
or the county? It would be between DOT and the county. Neither of the rightways that they front on our city um rideways. All right. Thank you. Can I add to that? I would say FDOT would be the first entity would take a
pass at it and then PK County. Okay. So, thank you. Thank you for your comments. Anyone else from the public wishing to speak? All right, seeing none, we will close the public portion of the hearing and reopen the planning portion of the
hearing. Any additional questions, commissioners? No. No. All right. I will make a motion in favor of case number P-25-30 and P-25-31. Request by Candace Ducking and Lassan
ATN to assign neighborhood support future land use to an annex parcel and to assign commercial highway C3 zoning district to the same annex parcel. General location. A parcel generally located at the southwest corner of the intersection of 8th Street Northwest US
Highway 17 and Avenue X Northwest. The area covered by these requests is 34 plus or minus acres as presented in the fact sheet. Second. We have a second. All those in favor say I. I. All oppose, same sign. All right. Case
is approved. Moving on. Case number P-25-32 and P-25-33. Request by the city of Winter Haven to assign institutional future land use to an annex parcel and to assign public institutional PI zoning district to the
same annex parcel. General location 5004th Street East Wanita. Uh the area covered by these requests is 13.89 plus or minus acres. Before you on the screen you see the future land use map. Um there is city uh
institutional is to the east because of our wastewater treatment plant. Um and then there is some neighborhood suburban and industrial as you go to the south as that's part of the ILC. Um as you look at the zoning again PI is adjacent to it. There is some R3 zoning
for um that's currently vacant and undeveloped. And then there's the the PUD for the ILC and the area. All of that in white is in unincorporated Poke County. As you look at the aerial, this is the the subject property. There is a a home on the property and a couple
other accessory structures. And then it it is open um pasture land. This is a view looking at the property. A little bit more view looking that way. This was at the end of the road. I couldn't access any further. This is looking back to the west down Fourth Street, East
Wanita, and then to the north. The city of Winter Haven is the petitioner on this and requests the city commission to sign institutional future land use in PI zoning district to an annex parcel. The parcel is located at 5004th Street East Wanita and is adjacent to the city's
wastewater treatment plant 3. The parcel was annexed into the city July 28th, 2025. The parial was purchased by city of Winter Haven in January of 2025 for future use by the city's water department. Again, this is a small scale future land use amendment. So, review by
Florida Commerce and other state and local agencies is not required at this time. There is no current um future plans for development. At time of development, it'll have to meet all requirements of concurrency. Staff does recommend that the planning commission recommend approval of these requests and
they're forwarding to the city commission for action. I stand for any questions you may have. Any questions? All right, we will close the planning portion of the hearing and open the public portion of the hearing. Anyone from the public wishing to speak for or against this case?
All right, seeing none, we will close the public portion of the hearing and reopen the planning portion of the hearing. Any additional questions? We will entertain a motion. I'll make a motion in favor of cases P-25-32
and P-25-33. A request by the city of Winter Haven to assign institutional future land use to an annex parcel. And a request to assign public in institutional zoning district to an annex parcel. The general location
being the same parcel 5004th Street East Wanita. The area covered by the request is 13.89 89 more or less acres as covered in the fact sheet and presented by staff. Second. All right, we have a second. All those in favor say I. I.
All oppose, same sign. All right, case is approved. Moving on. Case numbers P-25-34 and P-25-35 request by the city of Winter Haven to amend the 2035 future land use on a
portion of the of a city-owned parcel from neighborhood suburban and neighborhood support future land uses to institutional future land use and to reszone the same portion of a city-owned parcel from single family residential small lot R2 and conservation CN zoning
district to Public Institutional PI zoning district. General location. The subject area is located on the east side of Buckeye Loop Road, approximately 1100 ft south of Oakhurst Drive. The area covered by these requests is 10.25 plus
or minus acres. Okay. I will be presenting this one. Sean Buyers. Uh as you can see on your screens, um the area subject request is depicted. This is the future land use. Uh it is predominantly neighborhood support with this small area is
neighborhood suburban. Um looking at the future land use or the zoning map, excuse me. Um we have the uh same property. It's a mixture of conservation CN and residential single family small R2. And then here's an
aerial of the properties. You can see it is vacant with some light agricultural use. It's a small grove on the very northern edge of it. Uh and then there is a uh drainage um I'm going to call it a ditch that runs along the eastern edge of the area
subject to request. Um looking at the property from Buckeye Loop Road. As you can see, it is a uh there's the Citrus Grove to the left side of the screen. And the uh bulk of the property to be developed is the um
utilities uh offices is this area you see in the foreground in front of the row of trees which generally follows that ditch. Uh this is a view to the north as you can see it is woodlands and the um the country club trail subdivision is beyond
those trees. Um to the south again is more woodlands to um south and then across the street we had some single family residential and large lots. A little bit of background uh the area
sub request is uh contains approximately 10.25 acres and it consists of a citrus grove and some pasture lands. In December 2023, the city purchased approximately 370 acres along the east side of Buckeye Loop Road south of the
country country club trail subdivision. The property was purchased with the intent of creating surface water storage and recharge areas defined identified in the onewater master plan as a new lo and as a new location for the city's water department administrative offices and
work area. The uh water department proposed to develop the site with a 36,750T administrative office building and a 24,699 square foot warehouse and associated parking. Uh in order to develop these uses does
require the uh future land use and zoning to move to an institutional category and the uh PI zoning district. Um for the record, this is a small scale future land use amendment and it will not require review by Florida Commerce
or other state and local agencies. Um given the uh type and scale of the use u minimal uh impact on supporting infrastructure is expected with a result of the uh proposed uh office and storage
facility. And for the record, all public notification requirements for these requests were met. And uh staff's conclusion as follows. The amendment to institutional future land use is consistent with the proposed use of the
property as an administrative office and operations area for the city's water department. Additionally, there are additional institutional properties located along Buckeye Loop Road with 1 half mile of the subject property which are also designated as institutional.
The assignment of the PI zoning district uh is consistent with the requested institutional feature land use and the proposed use property as administrative office and operations area for the city's water department. And at this time, there is sufficient water, wastewater, and roadway capacity to
support development of the proposed water department office and warehouse facility. Uh based on these conclusions, staff does recommend the planning commission recommend approval of these requests and they're forwarding the city commission for final action. And that
concludes my presentation. Any questions? Well, there's a good look at it right there. All right. All right. And I'll add this is a very conceptual Yeah. layout. They've not gone into any firm
engineering design on it. Okay. And just to ask the question ahead of time, what sort of landscape buffers like a long Buckeye loop road, you know, with those single family homes across the street, is there anything planned
to help shield the view? The buffer by code would be a 10-ft type C. Okay. Only because those are based on the type of roadway it's fronting. Um, if it was directly adjacent to the single family, it would probably jump up to a a G or an
H. Okay. Uh, according to our landscape code. Likewise, if this were to actually touch the country club trail subdivision, which it does not. There's there's property in between that they do not we do not own, it would require a much more
intense buffer. But um a lot of the buffering to the uh north and south is going to be by a lot of the dense natural vegetation. So understood. Any questions? I have one more question on the ingress and ingress. Um will it be away from the
homes to shield from heavy equipment coming in and coming out in early parts? Y etc. As designed right now, the main entrance uh generally comes out across the street from a wooded area. I do notice at the very northern edge of the site um is the
proposed truck entrance. It does come out across from a single family residence. Um as I mentioned, this is a very early conceptual drawing and and that's perhaps something we can work with utility staff on maybe reconfiguring their access points a
little bit um when they get into their actual design. Okay, any other questions? No. All right. We will close the planning portion of the hearing and open the public portion of the hearing. Anyone from the public wishing to speak for or against this
case? All right. Seeing none, we will close the public portion of the hearing and reopen the planning portion of the hearing. Any additional what? Oh, I'm sorry. Was there a question? No. Nope. All right. Uh, any additional
questions? No. No. All right, I'll make a motion. I see you looking at me like that. I Well, that So, I'm not working on this. I should should fully disclose. We're working on property adjacent and maybe the
recharge. Well, so I don't know if I if I if I'm good. Yeah, I I had zero to do with it. I just I just saw it was adjacent. So, I wanted to disclose this before I said anything. That's the only reason I didn't initially make it. Uh, I'll make a motion in favor of cases
P-25-34 and P-25-35 request by the city of Winter Haven to amend the 2035 future land use as a on a portion of part of a parcel from neighborhood suburban and neighborhood
support future land uses to institutional future land use to a city-owned parcel and a request by the city City of Winter Haven to reszone a portion of a city-owned parcel from single family residential small lot R2
and conservation zoning district to PI public institutional zoning district. Location of the property is on the east side of Buckeye Loop approximately 1,100 ft south of Oak Drive. Area covered by
the request is 10.25 25 more or less acres as covered in the fact sheet and presented by staff. Second. Second. All those in favor say I. I. I. I. All oppose. Same sign.
All right. Case is approved. Moving on to other business. Comments from staff. Okay. I've got a a few items here. Uh first one I want to update the planning commission that the uh last week we submitted the city's evaluation and appraisal report letter to Florida
Commerce for review. They did accept our letter and acknowledged uh the items that we need to correct in the comp comprehensive plan. Namely, it's extending out the horizon year and adopting new professionally prepared population projections. So, we
have one year to complete that task and um staff will likely look at starting that process sometime after the first of the year. And um probably also wait until after the legislative session is over to see if any new legislation comes out that we may need to deal with as
part of this. Um, second, I want to remind us that remind you that the uh next meeting is Monday, November 3rd. And I want to emphasize it's a Monday due to the city election. So, just note that on your calendar. Say that again. It's going to be my Monday night
meeting, Monday, November 3rd. And then the last thing is I would like to uh invite you if you're free um October is National Community Planning Month and the uh city commission is going to be issuing a proclamation to that effect and if you wish to be in
attendance at the meeting on uh Monday night. Um please feel free to be in attendance this Monday. Yeah. the uh 13th six o'clock and that's it. Quick question. Um so when you're
updating the um the population, are you doing the city and then both the city and the service area or the municipal service boundary or by statute we only have to do what's inside the city limits,
right? Do we have we do have the capacity to look at the service area and we'll probably do some analysis of that area as part of this only because it also be on the comp plan. It serves other practical purposes for us as well.
Right. And my thoughts there were most of that stuff you guys are going to annex in anyway as it grows right as it develops at some point in the future. Yeah. Not I didn't mean the existing stuff. Yeah. So I meant the future as it develops.
So yeah, we'll we'll likely look at the entire service area to some degree. As I said, there's there's valuable information to gain from that as well. Right. So comments from planning commissioners. Officers, thank you for joining us this evening.
Thank you for your service. Comments from the public. We don't have any more public. All right, we are ajourned.