Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

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Good morning, everyone. Get started here. We are glad you have joined us for today's meeting. The Municipal Planning Board, or MPB, is an advisory board to City Council comprised of citizen members who voluntarily and without compensation devote their time and talents to a variety of zoning and land development issues in the community. All MPB recommendations are subject to final action by City Council. We anticipate the minutes of today's meeting will be presented at the City Council meeting on September 14, 2026 for approval of the recommended actions. Any person desiring to appeal a recommended action of the Board should observe the notice regarding appeals below. Untimely filing by any appellant shall result in automatic denial of the appeal. We encourage members of the public to participate by hearing in person, watching the meeting online, or listening by phone and providing live public comment in person or submitting written public comment in advance. In-person options to participate in the meeting while it is occurring are available at orlando.gov forward slash meetings. If you choose to provide public comment virtually, you must submit any written documents you would like MPB to consider to the recording secretary at least 24 hours in advance of this meeting. general rules of order the board is pleased to hear all non-repetitive public comment large groups are requested to name a spokesperson when you are recognized state your name and address direct all your remarks to the board and limit your comments to three minutes per item or as set during the meeting robert's rules of order govern the conduct of the meeting the city of orlando encourages courteous civil discourse When acting on items identified with the letters GMP, the Board is acting in its capacity as a local planning agency, pursuant to and in accordance with Section 163.3174 of the Florida Statutes. Items identified with one-star legislative matters or policy-setting actions are to be conducted according to standard public hearing procedures. Appeals of one-star items must be filed with the City Clerk's Office before 5 p.m. Monday, August 24, 2026, to schedule an appearance before City Council in accordance with Chapter 2, Article 24 of the City Code. Items identified with two stars are quasi-judicial matters or implementing actions, an RB conducted subject to Florida Supreme Court ruling and Board of County Commissioners of Brevard County versus Snyder. The Board's decision must be supported by competent substantial evidence. Persons dissatisfied with the Board recommendation in such matters may be entitled to a de novo or a new hearing before an independent hearing officer in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 2, Article 32 of the City Code. A request for a new hearing or an appeal with respect to a two-star item must be filed with the Municipal Planning Board Recording Secretary by 5 p.m. Tuesday, August 25, 2026. There is a $500 non-refundable fee for this appeal. The MPB Recording Secretary may be reached at mpb.orlando.gov or 407-246-3365. Any person who desires to appeal any decision at this meeting will need a record of the proceedings. For this purpose, may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made that includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is made. Thank you for participating in your government and making Orlando truly the city beautiful. And with that, I'd like to determine if there is a quorum.

Do we want to do the Pledge of Allegiance? Or is that after? Quorum and then move forward. Ryan Seacrest. Here. Barry Reed.

Present.

Alfredo Barrett. Present. Carla Daly.

Here.

Eric Jackson. Present. Julie Kendig-Schrader. Yasmeen Moreno. We have six members present. That's a quorum.

Thank you, sir. And with that, we'll call the meeting to order at 9.02 a.m. To get started, let's please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.

Pledge of Allegiance. To the flag of the United States of America, and to every college, nation, and world,

All right, we'll open up with a consideration of the July 21st, 2026 meeting minutes and any motion to waive the reading. We have an approval and a second. All those in favor, please unmute your mic and say aye. Aye. Any opposed? And the minutes pass unanimously. Thank you. If the MPB is not adjourned for the day or voted to take an earlier lunch break, the Board will complete the agenda item being reviewed as of 1230 p.m. and will 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 member of the Board Before the board today, if the item is listed on the consent agenda, you may ask that the item be pulled in place on the regular agenda. You may then speak on that item when discussed on the regular agenda. You may complete a speaker request form in advance of the meeting on orlando.gov forward slash public comments or fill out a speaker request form and hand it to the board secretary. Please note participation must be in person. Virtual participation will no longer be accepted. And with that, we have no announcements. We'll move to the consent agenda.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I want to thank you all for being here on primary election day.

Appreciate it.

On the consent agenda, we have three items. The first item is alcohol sales at the Thornton Park Pub. Applicant is Wendy Connor of the Thornton Park Pub. The owner of the property is T-Park 2 LLC. The location is 808 East Washington Street, District 4. Project planner is Sean Elordi. This is filed under CUP 2026-10014. It's a conditional use permit request to allow a bar with food to operate within 1,000 feet of a school. The recommended action is approval of the request subject to the condition of the staff report. And we did receive a comment email on that one that we distributed to the board. The second one is a Capacity Availability Report. The applicant is City of Orlando. Location is citywide. District is in all districts of the city, obviously. Project Planner is Calandra Jones. This is filed under GMP 2026-10007. This is the annual report to demonstrate the ability to meet the city's adopted level of service standards. The recommended action is approval of the request. And finally, item number three is Hazeltine National Drive, a warehouse flex space. Applicant is Megan Stover of the Spartan Construction. Owner is Jacksonville 1 LLC. Location is north side of Hazeltine National Drive, approximately 675 feet east of Laurel Valley Drive. The district is two. The project planner is Deidre Auger. These are filed under two cases, GMP 2025-10012. It's a change to the future land use designation from office medium intensity to industrial. And secondly, the rezoning filed under ZON 2025-10006, rezoning from medium intensity office with aircraft noise overlay to industrial park with aircraft noise overlay. Recommended action is approval of requests subject to the conditions in the staff report. And that concludes the consent agenda, Mr. Chair.

All right. Thank you very much. Before we get started on a vote, does anyone have a conflict to declare? All right. Seeing none, we can open up for any discussion on the consent agenda or motion.

Mr. Chair, I make a motion that we accept the consent agenda as presented, of course, based upon the recommendations of staff subject to the approval, subject to the recommendations or conditions of staff and their reports.

All right.

Thank you. Motion from board member Jackson.

I'll second.

Second from Board Member Reid. All those in favor of the motion, please unmute your mic and say aye. Aye. Any opposed? And the consent agenda passes unanimously. We have no items on the regular agenda, no appeals to update on. However, we do have voting for chair and vice chair to go over. We can collect nominations. Reminder for the positions that Carrie and myself are in today, we cannot be nominated again. We're termed out. However, Carrie is still eligible for chair. So I'll open up now for any nominations. I'll nominate Ms. Reed for chair.

Does that require a second? I will second that.

All right. Do we have any nominations for vice chair? I'm going to put one in for board member Kendrick Schrader. We can collect any additional as well. I'll second that if it needs to be.

right any additional nominations so we will go to no reason to vote because we have one per so we can i will how do we proceed with that i believe we still need to have uh official everyone claim whether they support that vote is that correct melissa or vote for the slate that's submitted yes they need to vote on each one Okay, so separate separate boats.

All right, I'll put it up a motion to accept board member Carrie read as chair. All those in need a second. Sorry.

Second, I'll be the second

All right. We have a second from Ms. Kendrick Schrader. All those in favor, please unmute your mic and say aye. Aye. Any opposed? And Kerry Reed is the new chair. We'll move on to vice chair for Ms. Kendrick Schrader. I'll make a motion to approve that. I'll second. All right. Second from Board Member Jackson. All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? And the new Vice Chair is Ms. Kendrick Trader. Congratulations. And with that, that concludes our agenda for the day. Thank you all.

Might be the quickest one we've ever had.

Yeah, the last one we had.