Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

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All right, thank you. I'll call this meeting to order at 9.03 a.m. Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.

All right, we'll open up with a consideration of the August 19, 2025 minutes and a waiving of the reading of the minutes.

All right, we have a movement by Board Member Brown. Do we have a second? Second. Second by Board Member Hall. All those in favor, please unmute your mic and say aye. Aye. Any opposed? All right. If the MPB has not adjourned for the day or voted to take an earlier lunch break, the board will complete the agenda items being reviewed as of 1230 PM. and we'll pause for a half hour lunch break at the conclusion of that item. In accordance with section 286.0114 Florida statutes, any member of the public can be heard on any matter before the board today. If the item is listed on the consent agenda,

All right, best of luck moving forward. And we'll move on with that to the consent agenda with Ms. Dang.

All right, thank you. Does anyone on the board have a conflict to declare? Okay, which case is that? Which case? Sorry.

Thank you. All right. I'll bring it back to the board for any comments on the consent agenda. Or a motion. Is this on item seven? We can move that to regular agenda.

All those in favor, please unmute your mic and say aye. Aye. Any opposed? All right, consent agenda passed unanimously. We'll move on to.

Ms. Moreno. All right. With that, we'll move on to the regular agenda with item seven, Lee Vista Boulevard.

Thank you. Is there any question for the staff before we move on to the applicant?

Thank you. Any additional questions? All right. Would the applicant like to speak?

You can comment on anything you'd like. The public will come up and you'll have a chance to return.

All right, thank you. Any questions for the applicant at this time?

Any additional questions? All right, thank you. And we will now open it up for our public comments.

All right. I'd like to return it back to the applicant if you'd want to respond.

All right. Thank you. Do we have any questions for the applicant? If you do, please put it on the list there. I'll start with you and then I'll go to Ms. Kendrick-Trader.

All right, thank you. And I've got one more question. Maybe it's just a clarification regarding the traffic signal. In terms of whether or not a signal can work in place of the turn lane, we'll defer to the city staff to comment on that. However, when that comes online, and if it is in tandem with the construction of your site, I would think there would need to be some surety that it would be in place before. So would you consider not having a CO issued until that light is in place?

I think staff would determine if that would be it. I think that would be a recommendation we could make if we want to. But I think, again, if it weren't in place, you went forward with a site plan that contemplated the idea that that signal is going to be in place. You didn't put the turn lane in. And then, of course, it doesn't happen for some reason because you can't control the other construction. We just want some kind of surety in place. Okay. That's all I've got.

Good. All right. Thank you. With that, I'll staff to comment.

Thank you for that clarification. Any additional questions for staff before he takes a seat?

All right. Board Member Kendig-Schrader.

Thank you. We'll discuss it when we get to that segment. Thank you.

All right. Any additional comments before we close? public comment and we'll turn it to the board.

Let me close public comment and then return it to the board and then we can go through there. And so with that, we'll bring it back. Is there any discussion we'd like to have or emotion if you'd like to entertain it? I see Ms. Kendrick Trader has a comment up.

Thank you. And then Board Member Barrett has a question.

All right, thank you. Yeah, and just general comment. I mean, I think I'm in alignment with everything discussed today. I think the important thing would be that if the developer would like to consider an alternative to the staff conditions for approval, you'll need to submit your own traffic analysis that proves that out and shows that the alternative would be effective. And lastly, I would say, as we discussed up here, We wouldn't want there to be a scenario where you're depending on another developer to put in a traffic signal that you're depending on for approval. So we would want some sur

Sorry, I'm trying to scan to see if, you know, they can submit a report and that report could say that they could remove the decel lane if it were to come up with results that indicate that. It doesn't mention anything about the signal, of course, as that's not in their control unless they install it. But if the report, of course, does say a traffic signal would allow them to remove the decel lane, I think we would still want to know that that. light is in place prior to them opening their site for use, in my opinion.

We have another comment from former Bastion.

Sure. Agreed. And I don't think it's dependent. Surely they could build a signal if they'd like to. You know what I mean? The point is a signal needs to be in place if they were to leverage that. But they can go ahead with their analysis and if the analysis says that a signal could replace the need for the D cell lane, still the signal's got to be in place, right?

I think we're saying the same thing, just in a different way. So I agree with you.

I understand. Thank you for the clarity. Any additional questions, comments, motions?

All right, we have a motion from Board Member Bastian. Do we have a second? Second from Board Member Moreno. All those in favor, please unmute your mic and say aye. Aye. Any opposed? I asked your name. I was like, thank you. All right, and that completes our agenda for the day. We do not have any appeals updates. So with that, we will adjourn the meeting at 10.03 p.m. Thank you.