Remarks by Merle H. Bishop
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“Thank you. And before we get started, I'd like to welcome Shane Bevilacqua. I'm not sure I'm saying, is that right? Bevilacqua and, um, Chad Baron, um, To the commission, so welcome. And also Kevin, who's moved up from being an alternate to being a regular member. And Tracy Mouncey, who is a new alternate for the board. So welcome. So next we will have our pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic So we have the minutes from, uh, last month's meeting, August meeting. Uh, do I have a, any discussion or do I have a motion to…”
Planning Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“Motion is second to approve. All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Thank you. And, uh, Next on the agenda is, well, we have the order of the agenda that was presented by staff, and there's two cases that we need to vote to continue.”
Planning Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“Okay. Do I have a motion to continue those items?”
Planning Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“Motion is seconded to approve the continuance. All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Okay. Okay. The next, we will ask our attorney to give us the procedures for our meeting.”
Planning Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“Motion second to approve. All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed, same sign. Thank you. Thank you.”
Planning Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“Thank you. So with that, we'll proceed with our agenda. We have no old business, so under new business, their first case, item number one, staff, would you introduce that, please?”
Planning Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“So you don't need any action from us? No, sir. Okay. So I have a question. So if I have a house that would qualify, and I may, I don't know, and I'm not sure I want to submit it. I live in a 100-year-old arts and crafts bungalow in Bartow. It's in the city, so it was not in the county. but if I were to qualify my house under this program, does that mean the guidelines would provide design standards if I wanted to do any changes to my house based upon the era that it was built? Is that in a nutshell what this does? Okay.”
Planning Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“If it was designated historical based on your, but I would have to apply for designation and you'd review it to make sure it's qualified and all that. And if it did, then in the future, if I did anything to my house, I'm sort of volunteering to say, okay, I'll follow your guidelines.”
Planning Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“And if I didn't want to follow your guidelines and I'd have to say, well then take me off the list.”
Planning Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“And right now the map that you show this with the stars, only those red stars are the ones in the County that are now qualified or on the list.”
Planning Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“This is listed structures, okay. Structures listed under... I'm surprised that there's not more than that.”
Planning Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“Okay, thank you. Any other comments or questions of staff? Yes, sir, I have one.”
Planning Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Okay, thank you. Okay, the next case we have is number two, LDCPAS 202614. Staff?”
Planning Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“So in essence, this is an oops. It seems so, yeah. The C2 looked like it probably encompassed a little bit more than just this parcel.”
Planning Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“So I'm assuming that was probably a zone change back in the early 70s to build a store. I'm surprised it's existed there this long without having problems. Yeah.”
Planning Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“Yeah, you're right. Any questions of staff? Seeing none, do we have a motion?”
Planning Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Okay. Do we have anybody here? Always the applicant here. Yes, come forward, please. I'm sorry. I'm jumping ahead.”
Planning Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“Any questions of the applicant? Seeing none. Do we have anyone in the audience in support of this application? Anyone in opposition? Seeing none now, we'll ask for the motion again.”
Planning Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“Motion and second to approve. Roll call, please.”
Planning Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“So if they had to go through a variance, I'm assuming that I may be wrong. You correct me that they you would be able to place conditions on the use to say, OK, all this is all we want to do. We don't want to do a bar or tavern. We just want to be able to, I guess, serve alcohol or whatever as part of the community center. You would be able to limit it to that if they applied for a variance?”
Planning Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“Are we sure? I mean, I don't know what the distance is. I don't know. I mean, it would maybe be helpful for us to know that. And while you're looking that up... I'll ask if the applicant is present. Yes. Come forward, please state your name and address.”
Planning Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“Okay, just for clarification, do you represent Poinsettia?”
Planning Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“Okay. So you would be the one, I'm just not sure how your corporation or whatever relates to the use that's mentioned for the... The center.”
Planning Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“Okay, okay, okay. I got you. I'm okay. Yes.”
Planning Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“No, does anybody have any questions? Yes.”
Planning Commission · Sep 2, 2026