BoCC Regular Session & Public Hearing: January 21, 2025

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CALL TO ORDER - 9:00 a.m. (RICK WILSON, CHAIR) 00:00:05

INVOCATION Murphy Hanley, Polk County Fire Rescue Chaplain PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE (RICK WILSON, CHAIR)


A. PRESENTATIONS and RECOGNITIONS 00:01:28

A.1. Employee Recognition


C.1. REQUEST FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC/AUDIENCE AND OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD 00:11:34

C.1. Gueline Gbobo - Traffic on Avenue G NW - Inwood Community


C.2. REQUEST FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC/AUDIENCE AND OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD 00:11:56

C.2. Comments.


D. APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA 00:22:56

D.1. Approve Consent Agenda.


E.1. COUNTY COMPTROLLER (STACY M. BUTTERFIELD, CPA) 00:24:10

E.1. Disbursements.


E.2. COUNTY COMPTROLLER (STACY M. BUTTERFIELD, CPA) 00:25:20

E.2. Minutes of Regular Board meeting held on January 7, 2025.


G. COUNTY ATTORNEY (RANDY MINK) 00:27:19


H.1. COUNTY MANAGER (BILL BEASLEY) 00:27:21

H.1. Thompson Nursery Road (Phase 2, Segment 5) Infrastructure Agreement. (County reimbursement not to exceed $4,729,067.16 and includes a Developer contribution in the amount of $1,187,326.75 for a total project cost of $5,916,393.91)


H.2. COUNTY MANAGER (BILL BEASLEY) 00:32:20

H.2. Approve piggyback agreement with 1) Rep Services, Inc. and 2) Bliss Products and Services, Inc. to provide various park and playground equipment. (estimated $3,000,000.00 to $4,500,000.00 annual recurring expense)


H.3. COUNTY MANAGER (BILL BEASLEY) 00:35:41

H.3. Approve 1) construction contract with Ajax Paving Industries of Florida, LLC, for the US 27 at Tierra Del Sol intersection improvement project. ($2,286,826.36 one-time expense), and 2) CIP Amendment, and budget transfer in the amount of $1,286,827.00 from the Transportation Trust Fund, Reserve Budget Stabilization to the Tierra Del Sol Intersection Project.


H.4. COUNTY MANAGER (BILL BEASLEY) 00:38:09

H.4. Approve the Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) 2020-055-03, Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) Addendum with SEMCO Construction, Inc. for the Polk County Utilities AMI radio towers. ($1,479,127.28 one-time expense)


H.5. COUNTY MANAGER (BILL BEASLEY) 00:40:41

H.5. Approve a behavioral health contract with Peace River Center for Personal Development, Inc. (PRC) for the provision of forensic specialists and navigation services not to exceed $700,000.


I.1. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 1 (BECKY TROUTMAN) 00:43:44

I.1. Appoint Bruce W. Lyon as a Member (Seat 2) of the Polk County Industrial Development Authority, for the three-year term, February 20, 2025 through February 19, 2028.


I.2. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 1 (BECKY TROUTMAN) 00:44:06

I.2. Appoint Kimberly Knaisch as a member of the Housing Finance Authority for the four-year term, January 22, 2025 through January 21, 2029.


I.3. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 1 (BECKY TROUTMAN) 00:44:26

I.3. Commissioner Troutman Comments.


J. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 3 (BILL BRASWELL) 00:45:04

J.1. Commissioner Braswell Comments.


L. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 5 (MICHAEL SCOTT) 00:48:33

L.1. Commissioner Scott Comments.


M. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 2 (RICK WILSON, CHAIR) 00:52:17

M.1. Chair Wilson Comments.


O. EXPEDITED HEARINGS PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NO. 2022-089 00:52:23

* County Attorney opening comments


O.1. EXPEDITED HEARINGS PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NO. 2022-089 00:54:45

O.1. Public Hearing (LDCT-2024-26 Record Drawings and Appendix A Revisions) (Adoption Hearing) to consider adoption of a County-initiated request to amend multiple sections of the Land Development Code to clarify, document, and improve ways to install infrastructure and prepare development sites for residential and commercial construction projects. (No Fiscal Impact)


O.2. EXPEDITED HEARINGS PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NO. 2022-089 00:56:47

O.2. Public Hearing (LDCT-2024-18, Section 220 Warehouse Separation) (First Reading), to consider the adoption of a County-initiated request amending Section 220, Compatibility related to warehouse uses and loading and unloading areas. (No Fiscal Impact)


P. PUBLIC HEARINGS 00:59:45

P.1. Public Hearing (LDCU-2024-36 Rodriguez Rights Restoration ABC Road) to consider an applicant-initiated request seeking a Conditional Use for recognition of a former legal non-conforming use of three dwelling units on one parcel per Section 120.H of the LDC. (No Fiscal Impact)


Q. WORK SESSION ITEMS 01:05:21

Q.1. Comprehensive Plan Update - Ben Ziskal, AICP, Land Development Division Director & Inspire Placemaking Collective (Consultant)



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