City Commission - Regular Meeting

Good. How are you? went on a little trip.

It's nice and hot. All right, we'll call the uh April 7th, 2026 City of Winter Haven Planning Commission meeting to order. Jordan, if you would please take role.

Kevin Tyson here. Mario Mano here. Bob Lanford here. Lorena Cordderero here. Wendy Venttor. Colin Wells here. Ed Smith here. Tina Summerland here. And Craig Fuller here. We have a quorum. If you would please stand for the invocation and pledge. Heavenly Father, we thank you for this day and this time together. We thank you for the opportunity to serve the city of Winter Haven and her citizens. We ask that you be with us and help guide us. And we ask these things in your name. Amen. I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

All right. Has everybody had a chance to review the previous minutes? I make a motion we adopt the minutes. All right. We have a second. We have a second. All those in favor say I. I. All oppose, same sign.

Okay. All right. All right, I'll move into a brief explanation of the hearing. Uh, cases will be read into the record. City staff will provide a presentation. Commissioners will have an opportunity to ask questions of staff. Once they've asked their questions, we will close the planning portion of the hearing and open the public portion of the hearing. Um, anyone wishing to speak for or against a case um may do so. Starting with the applicant, we ask that you limit your comments to 5 minutes. Once the public has had an opportunity to ask questions, we will close the public portion of the hearing and reopen the planning portion of the hearing uh where we can ask additional questions or entertain a vote and a motion. Uh if you do plan to speak for or against a case, if you would please stand up 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? All right. Uh, new business case number P-26-12. Request by Beacon 6 Holdings LLC to reszone one parcel from Mixeduse MX Zoning District to Commercial Highway C3 zoning district. General location 2001 First Street North. The area covered by this request is 46 plus or minus acres.

Find a clicker that works. Heather Reinder, senior planner for the record. Before you on the screen is the future land use map. The subject property there isn't outlined in black. As you can see, the area is primary mixeduse hub future land use. As we look at the zoning, uh the subject property is MX. The rest of that block is C3, which is the requested zoning district um and is also adjacent across the street um at all the intersection is also C3. This is an aerial. It is vacant undeveloped parcel. This is a view of the subject property looking south. Here's another view of the subject property looking to the west. This is to the north across Avenue U northwest and to the east across First Street North, which is also State Road 544. Beacon 6 Holdings LLC is the petitioner and they do request the city reszone one parcel from mixed use zoning district to commercial highway C3 zoning district. Property subject to this request totaling approximately 046 acres is located at 2001 First Street North. The petitioner owns the parcels to the south, west, and southwest of the subject property, all of which are currently zone C3. The petitioner proposes to redevelop the site with a convenience store with fuel sales on the subject property in conjunction with the three adjacent parcels under their ownership. This use is not permitted within the MX zoning district, but is allowed within the C3 zoning district. Additionally, unified zoning across all parcels would facilitate cohesive site design and consistent application of development standards. Uh, this parcel is within the block located at a major intersection of First Street North State Road 544 and Martin Luther King Boulevard. Additionally, the adjacent rideway is included in the Florida Department of Transportation Lucern Park Road, State Road 544 widening project for segment one, which is currently in the design phase. Rightway acquisition is anticipated to begin later this year, followed by utility relocations and

construction. For the record, all public notification requirements for this request were met. Um, and in conclusion, based on the subject's property's location at a major intersection, the surrounding pattern of commercial and vacant properties and the petitioner's ownership of adjacent C3 zone parcels, the requested reszoning to commercial highway C3 is appropriate and compatible with the surrounding area. The proposed zoning will allow for a use that is consistent with nearby development while establishing uniform zoning across the petitioner's properties to ensure cohesive site design and development standards. The request is consistent with the primary mixeduse hub future land use designation and will not increase development intensity or create additional impacts to public infrastructure beyond what is currently permitted. Therefore, staff does recommend that the planning commission rec approval of this request and it's foring to the city commission for final action. I stand for any questions you may have. Any questions? No. All right. We will close the planning portion of the hearing and open the public portion of the hearing. Anybody wishing to speak for or against this case? If you would please state your name and address for the record. Yes,

sir. My name is Jeremy Anderson, uh, 4020 Edgewater Drive, Orlando. Um, I am the engineer of record on the project. I'm here tonight on behalf of the applicant. We'd like to thank you all for your time today. uh we have read the staff report and and agree with the contents in the report and I'd be more than happy to answer any questions about the project you all might have. So, thank you again for your time tonight.

Thank you. Anybody else? All right, we will close the public portion of the hearing and reopen the planning portion of the hearing. Any additional questions? No. All right, I will go ahead and make a motion in fa motion in favor of case number P-26-12. Request by Beacon 6 Holdings LLC to reszone one parcel from MX use, I'm sorry, mixeduse MX zoning district to commercial highway C3 zoning district. General location 2001 First Street North. The area covered by this request is46 plus or minus acres as presented in the fact sheet. Second.

All right, we have a second. All those in favor say I. I. All oppose, same sign. Okay, moving on to other business, comments from staff. Okay, so just a little update on past items. The 8th Street Southwest resoning you heard in February was approved by the city commission in March. The Avenue H Southeast resoning from your March meeting is going forward to the city commission this month. And um also there is no May meeting, so we will not see you guys back until June 2nd. All right. It's your reward for showing up for one item agenda.

Um, comments from planning commissioners comments from the public. Okay, we are ajourned.