Good morning, everybody. Welcome to October. If you would stand for the invocation, followed by the pledge. Good morning, let's pray. Father, in our hearts we plan our course. Lord, we pray that you have established our steps. We pray that we seek your advice. Let us not make decisions based upon what we know, but let us act based upon your wisdom. We place this meeting in your hands. We place our hearts and our minds in your hands so that you may direct us. Amen. 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. Who's doing the proclamation? Is that Randy? Yes, Mr. Chair. I'll be reading it. Ms. Butterfield will be accepting it. All right. Proclamation. Whereas in 2023, more than 2,609 domestic violence injunction cases were filed in Polk County, and whereas many resources are available to help domestic violence victims, including injunctions for protection, protective injunctions force abusers by law to stop abuse or threats against domestic violence victims, prevent abusers from coming near or contacting victims, and make abusers leave their home or give temporary custody of children to the victim. Further, the penalty for an abuser that violates an injunction is arrest, and whereas injunctions are filed through the clerk and comptroller at no cost to the individual in need, and whereas those in need of protection are urged to contact the Polk County Clerk's Office for guidance and help in processing injunction applications, and injunctions can be filed in person at the Bartow Courthouse, and whereas Polk County joins with the Domestic Violence Task Force and Peace River Center Victim Services in supporting victims of domestic violence and increase in public awareness in Polk County, and therefore for the Polk County Board of County Commissioners hereby proclaim the month of October 2024 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Thank you. Good morning, Commissioners. Stacey Butterfield, clerk and comptroller for Polk County, and I'm joined today by Larry Williams from Peace River Center, and Nick Sazina, our Tent Judicial Courts Administrator. But thank you for the proclamation and the time to recognize Domestic Violence Awareness Month. As the proclamation stated, last year, Polk County saw more than 2,600 cases of domestic violence injunctions being filed, and domestic violence injunctions are actually just one of five different types of injunctions for protection that can be sought from the court. The others include stalking, dating, repeat, and sexual violence. In all of those five categories, there were more than 4,600 cases filed in Polk County last year. And we must remain committed to raising awareness and taking action to support our community. We have numerous resources available to assist domestic violence survivors, including the option of filing injunctions for protection. These can be filed through my office at the Bartow Courthouse, and there's no cost to anyone seeking an injunction for protection. In Bartow, we also offer a DIY center where we have dedicated staff and tools to assist customers. Additionally, we provide online DIY tools, similar to like a TurboTax, TurboCourt-type process. It's an interactive questions to assist those, making sure that they're filing the appropriate petition in one of those five types. And it guides them through the step-by-step process and helps them prepare the necessary paperwork to actually file that petition for that injunction for protection. This year, we have a brand-new program that becomes effective today, October 1st. Legislation last year was passed to provide a HOPE card, and that is for survivors. They can be provided with a wallet-sized or digital card. It contains all the details about their final injunction for protection. So it is at request. Again, they can have it digitally or in a wallet-sized form, and it has that it is the HOPE card for their use. It has the statewide domestic violence hotline on it, of course, our office information. And then the back of the card has all the pertinent information about their specific case, the protected parties, those types of details on the card. So this makes it easier for law enforcement to assist survivors quickly and effectively. I must say, statewide, clerks are rolling this out today. I was leading a work group of clerks across the state to produce a consistent card that can be used anywhere in the state, although it has to be issued by the county where the petition was sought. So this is brand-new today. We want to thank all of those in the community and the agencies and the resources that help every day to provide critical services to survivors and to help us deal with the domestic violence issue. I'd like to highlight again the people that we have today that are part of the system that worked so hard, beginning with Larry Williams as the director of Peace River Center. He has his staff here. We have Nick Cedena with the courts representing our 10th Judicial Court. And then we also have members of my office here that work every single day as we provide that service. So I encourage everyone to join forces as we continue these efforts and raise awareness because we can make a difference. And I thank you for your time. And if we could, could I ask everyone to come up and get a picture with the commissioners? And Mr. Chair, if we could get a motion and a second to approve the proclamation. Oh, I'm sorry. Move approval. Got a motion and a second to approve. All in favor say aye. Aye. Close the like sign. Motion carries. Thank you. You want to stand in up back here or up there? Yes. We'll come down there. And if you stand up behind, will that work? And then we'll be back. Yeah. We'll stand up behind. Morning. Yeah. Thank you. Moving on. I'll open it up for the general public to address the board. I have one person. Vaughn, if you would, please come forward and give us your name and address. And we'll give you three minutes. Good morning. My name is Vaughn Speakey. I live at 2013 Oliver Place, just north of Winter Haven. I'm in trouble for having chickens on my property. When moving to Polk County, instead of within city limits, I believe I could finally house more than six chickens, have roosters, and rave food for my family to be proud of. I imagine all of you are aware that self-sufficiency and self-determination are two of the most important parts of living in a country built on freedom and liberty. Chicken rearing is important to my family and countless others. It allows for the freshness of eggs, which studies have shown are a powerhouse of a meal, and teaches children where food comes from and how to be responsible for something other than themselves, understanding life, coping with death, and seeking joy in small things like silly chickens. I know I searched for the codes in Polk County before moving, but a 50-foot setback for pens? I definitely do not remember that in the code. There it is, section 222E2. By having such a large setback for pens, you have made it almost impossible for any family with a small lot under half an acre to be able to house chickens. Many times, neighborhood lots are short and narrow, making the 50-foot setback almost impossible to comply with. Furthermore, studies have shown keeping fowl in livestock in pens only allows for more parasite load, disease, and destroys the land contained within the pen. When you pasture livestock to graze freely, very little burden of parasites or diseases found, since they are not wallowing in their own feces. While I will not incriminate any of my neighbors, I do know of three other homes in my direct neighborhood that have hens and roosters. None of them are able to follow the setback rules, as their lots are smaller than mine. I am one of the biggest lots in the neighborhood. I also know of three other homes with chickens in the surrounding neighborhoods. I am certain there are more. None of these homes are larger than half an acre either. Furthermore, I know of a swine kept on the neighborhood on a property line with only a 15-foot easement between it and the next property line. I know the swine is kept for FFA and therefore falls exempt, but it otherwise would have to follow the same setback rules. My daughter is an FFA. Does this not matter for us? I feel this is an educational opportunity for all of my children. Do I have to be a part of a sanctioned organization for the exemption to be valid pursuant to 222E4? As a homeschooling parent, I cannot this be part of my educational experience for my children and count towards the exemption. I find the codes of Polk County to house foul on one's property arbitrarily obtuse, overly strict, and stringent. The city of Winter Haven allows for a three-foot setback rule for the housing of chickens. The city of Bartow allows for a 10-foot setback. The city of Dundee has a five-foot setback rule, and I could find no setback rule for Lake Alfred nor any rules directly related to the keeping of foul. Even the University of Florida IFAS Extension District all understand how important it is to raise your own food and have chickens and regularly advocate for such. Please, after all of this, I simply ask you to review your setback rules for a chicken coop or pen and change them to be more in line with the municipality of your own county, as well as so many others not listed here. Given the distance of my own chicken coop, which is a repurposed, enclosed, lean-to already on the property when purchased, I have only 10 feet between me and the property line. I can construct a coop butting up against my house on the far end of my yard, and I may barely squeak by the 50 feet. I know for sure that all the other chicken owners in my neighborhood can never be compliant. Please, at the behest of me and many others like me who shall go unnamed us, do not incriminate, change the setback rule for chicken coops to a more manageable and reasonable distance. Do not force families to keep chickens in pens, which make for stinky, sick birds. You are forbidding anyone without a large plot of land from doing so in a simple project enjoyed by millions throughout the state, this country, and this world. Thank you for your time. I hope this persuades you to make an easy... Ma'am, have you looked into the variance process for this? I am. That is one of the things I will be doing after, but I am not here only to do variance. I am also here to help you change the rules because you do make it difficult for families that do not own over half an acre to keep chickens on their property. Again, the property lines are very narrow and short, so there is no way for me to have 50 feet from any one direction from a coop or a pen keeping my chickens. So you have essentially made it impossible for anybody to keep chickens on their property. All right, and we'll look into that. Neal. I love scrambled eggs, fried eggs, boiled eggs, but I like fried chicken best. But I don't understand why we are at 50 and everybody else is at some other number. Yes, sir. I can't tell you how it got there. I don't know that in all my years here that there's been much discussion about it, to be honest with you. Yes. But maybe we need to look at... She's suggesting we modify our land development code or... Beautiful. Yeah, I think we'll look into that. I would greatly appreciate that. It's possible that I'm violating it as we speak. Yes, yes, sir. I was not aware of 50 feet. Now, if you're within city limits, you would fall with under city limit rules, and therefore you would not apply to the county. I purposefully moved out of city limits to have more than six chickens, house roosters, and let them roam freely on my property. And that is impossible, apparently, in the county unless I own more than an acre of land. Okay, all right, that works. Yes, and Randy. Do you want Mr. Siskel to work on this and bring something back to the board? Do you know Mr. Siskel on the back? I believe we spoke before? Yes, we did. Ma'am. George. Yes, sir. Do you happen to live in a community that has an HOA? I do not. Okay. I do not. Again, I would not. Get with him, get a variance, and then tell me how that works out. Yes, sir. Again, I do implore you to go ahead and review those rules, because even if I can get a variance, there are other homes in our neighborhood, as well as the surrounding areas. That would fall, if they had one neighbor who decided to call, it's up for them, too. All right, thank you. Thank you very much. Anybody else? The boys have been well-behaved, as well. All right, nobody else. We'll move on to the consent agenda. No approval. Second. Motion and a second for approval. Any discussion? Seeing none, all in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed, like, sign. Motion carries. We will... Recess. Recess. I'm glad you remember that word, because I couldn't remember it. Recess and convene as the LOE CRA. Approval, LOE CRA Consent Agenda. Got a motion and a second to approve the LOE CRA Consent Agenda. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed, like, sign. Motion carries. We will adjourn as the LOE CRA and reconvene, and it was Butterfield. Good morning again. We have for you to approve and ratify payroll checks number 03162 through 03212 in the amount of $30,106.07. We have 2,919 direct deposits in the amount of $4,216,705.23, dated September 20, 2024. Wire and electronics funds transfers of $22,770,121.20, dated September 20 through September 30 of 2024. And invoice checks number 468-427-469-248, totaling $15,388,502.13, dated September 13 through September 30 of 2024, for you to approve and ratify, please. Second. Got a motion and a second. Any discussion? Seeing none, all in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed, like, sign. Motion carries. We also request the approval of your minutes of your regular board meetings that were held on, the regular board meeting was September 17th of 2024, and then you had two budget public hearings that were held on September 9th and September 16th of 2024. Approval of the minutes. Second. Motion and a second for approval. Any discussion? Seeing none, all in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed, like, sign. Motion carries. Anything else? Yes. Two things. Yesterday was September 30th. Another fiscal year comes to a close. I know only the accountants in the room are particularly in, however, your budget, your new budget year starts. So, as with every year in, there's some procedures and things, and then we will be working on, the auditors will come in. So, just wanted to bring that to everyone's attention and say thank you for another year, and thank you to the county manager's office and the budget office and their cooperation and all of the work that they do. So, this is New Year's Day. This is New Year's Day for us. Thank you. Yeah, it looks that way, judging by the first item Mr. Beasley has. Okay. I have one more thing. It's going to expand. One more item. This Thursday, October 3rd, is Rosh Hashanah, and the courts will be closed completely, and the clerk's office will be closed to the public. I hold an annual training day. I take the opportunity, since the courts are closed, that I can bring my staff together for some needed training. So, I just appreciate everyone's cooperation and patience with us. We do have many online services available for individuals if they need to access clerk services, including things like the petitions for injunctions for protection can be processed if they are of an emergency nature. There's on our website how to do all those items, and you can access the records online while we are closed to the public. So, thank you. All right. Thank you. All right. Mr. Beasley. Good morning, Mr. Chair, members of the board, members of the viewing audience. As you had alluded to, Mr. Chair, the manager's office will have two, what I think are rather bold initiatives that staff would like to propose to the board this morning. Item number H1 is to request the board approve an interlocal agreement between Polk County and the city of Offendale. This is in connection with the tourist development tax funding of planned sports amenities and improvements at the Lake Myrtle Sports Complex and the Auburndale Softball Complex. These planned capital investments will reflect an estimated $26.9 million tourist development tax funding commitment over the next 23 years. The Polk County Tourism and Sports Marketing Office recruits, partners, and manages special sporting events while promoting tourism to enhance the economic climate throughout Polk County. The Tourism and Sports Marketing Office intends to continue its longstanding partnership with the city of Auburndale by providing tourism development tax funds for the design, engineering, and construction of additional sporting venues or enhancements at both the Lake Myrtle Sports Complex and the Auburndale Softball Complex. The Lake Myrtle Sports Enhancements will be completed in three phases as follows. Phase 1 work will include construction of additional restrooms and concession facilities throughout the complex, the installation of fencing around the soccer stadium, construction of a judge's tower at the ski lake, and construction of additional parking lighting, a perimeter trail, and electrical upgrades at the existing ski lake. Phase 2 work will include construction of three multi-purpose turf fields to include parking and concession restroom facilities, and the final phase at Lake Myrtle will include construction of a 2,000-seat stadium complex adjacent to an existing main baseball field to include team locker rooms and public restrooms. Improvements at the Auburndale Softball Complex will be the final phase of the work covered under this interlocal agreement and will include the installation of synthetic turf at all five of the existing softball fields. This agreement will obligate the City of Auburndale to do, one, all improvements to be completed by December 31st of 2029, two, fields are available on a long-term basis for use by the county in recruiting and hosting sporting events, three, Polk County shall have first priority use of city facilities and receive a discounted rental rate, four, the city and the county shall share sponsor revenues, and five, the city will be responsible for all maintenance and upkeep costs for the entire service life of these improvements. The Tourist Development Council has reviewed this initiative in some level of detail at their August 22nd, 2024 meeting and has unanimously endorsed this investment recommendation to the county commission. Polk County, through the Tourism and Sports Marketing Office, will make an initial payment to the City of Auburndale in the amount of $3 million during fiscal year 24-25. The county's debt service payments to support these proposed capital investments will begin in fiscal year 25-26 and will average $1,086,442.73 annually over a 23-year term. Including the initial cash contribution, Polk's financial commitment, inclusive of the long-term financing payments, is estimated not to exceed approximately $26.9 million to be paid from the fourth and fifth pennies of the Tourism Tax Fund, which will be budgeted accordingly over the full term of the interlocal agreement. So, Mr. Chair, members of the board, consistent with the board's commitment to promoting tourism and active sports venues across all of Polk County, I would request the board approve the proposed interlocal agreement with the City of Auburndale in exchange for the City's project execution, delivery, management, ownership, and obligations. The board will approve the financial pledge of tourism development tax funds via a combination of debt service and cash commitments in order to fund the planned capital improvements at both the Lake Myrtle Sports Complex and the Auburndale Softball Complex. And, Mr. Chair, we have representatives from the City of Auburndale. He is City Manager, Mr. Tillman, and the City Parks Director, Mr. Cody McGee. Who's going to talk? Jeff Tillman, City Manager with the City of Auburndale, and it's a great partnership that we have with the county. It dates back to 2006. It's a 250-acre park that we have some tremendous facilities out there. It's a big maintenance responsibility, and we're committed to the maintenance that these additional facilities will bring. But the additional facilities will also help us, as a county, attract much larger events, additional events that we can't currently attract. So, I appreciate the county commission's vision out at Lake Myrtle that's been consistent over several years, and the county manager's office as well. It's a great relationship there. So, thank you very much. Does anybody keep track or have any idea how many people use that facility? I know when I go out there on Saturdays with my granddaughters, there are thousands of people out there. Yes, sir. It's crazy. 1.1 million in 2023. Wow. Okay. Great. Anybody else? I have approval of the recommendation. Okay, you got a motion and a second to approve. Any discussion? Seeing none, all in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed, like sign. We have spent $26 million. Thank you, Jeff. Thank you, Cody. Happy New Year. Yeah, happy New Year. Come in. Mr. Chair, members of the board, item number H2 is to request the board approve a standard grant agreement between Polk County and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to fund the Wilson Ranch Reserve Hydrologic Restoration Project. This agreement will reflect a reimbursement from state funds in the amount not to exceed $7,500,000 over an approximate two-year period. In 2023, Polk County approved a comprehensive service agreement with HGS LLC doing business as the Res Environmental Operating Company. This agreement set the framework for the design and construction for various components of a proposed regional water quality treatment and wetland restoration project located at the headwaters of the Peace River where Saddle Creek and the Peace Creek merge. This comprehensive service agreement further stipulates that upon completion of all construction efforts, the Res Group will be responsible to monitor pollutant loads, floodplain restoration levels, and exotic vegetation thresholds to ensure the project has achieved overall desired water quality benefits. At the conclusion of a 25-year monitoring and management period, the Res Group will convey fee symbol title of the entire approximate 400-acre parcel along with all completed improvements to Polk County. The existing comprehensive service agreement requires the county and the Res Group to work cooperatively in securing state funding to support the overall project goals. As such, in September of 2023, Polk County applied for a state water quality improvement grant in the amount of $7,500,000, which required no local matching funds. In the spring of this past year, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection notified Polk County of a pending grant award in that full amount. Board approval for this grant agreement allows Polk County, in partnership with the Res Group, to begin implementing the water quality improvements outlined by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. The major tasks of this grant agreement are to complete pre-construction reconnaissance surveys, initiate construction services, and begin monitoring responsibilities. As Polk is highly vested in the success of this project, county staff will work closely with the Res staff to ensure compliance with all grant conditions stipulated by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. As there is no local match fund requirement, Polk County will pay for all grant-stipulated water quality improvements and seek full state reimbursements not to exceed $7,500,000. This project has been reviewed by the Stormwater Technical Advisory Committee and comes forward with their unanimous recommendation. Funds for this long-term initiative are budgeted in the Special Revenue Grant Fund, spanning multiple years, to support this project, which is included in the Parks and Natural Resources Board-adopted five-year community investment program. So, Mr. Chair, members of the Board, consistent with what I think is the Board's commitment to improve water quality and environmental preservation, I would request the Board approve standard grant agreement number QG010 between Polk County and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection intended to fund long-term planned investments in water quality improvements in connection with the Wilson Ranch Reserve Hydrologic Restoration Project in an amount not to exceed $7,500,000. Mr. Chairman, I have to recuse myself. All right. He's recused. Move approval of the recommendation. You didn't have anything to do. Okay. All right. All right. Got a motion and a second. All in favor say aye. Aye. Those like sign. Motion carries. That's it, Mr. Chair. All right. George. Nothing. Rick. Yes. Yeah. We appoint Eric Henshaw as a member of the seat four of the Industrial Development Department for a three-year term, November 7th, 2024 through November 6th, 2027. Okay. Got a motion and a second for the appointment. Any discussion? Seeing none. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed like sign. He's appointed. Anything else? Nothing else. Martha. Nothing. Neil. Nothing. I got a couple of things. Mr. Beasley, maybe a month ago we met and you mentioned a audit of HR was coming. Is that, is that, where's that at? That, it wasn't an audit. It was an efficiency study about technology, staffing, organizational detail. That, that study is complete. We are now working to decide which elements to implement, how quickly to implement those, but we will be meeting with a number of the HR staff to decide how best to implement the recommendations out of that study. Can we get a copy of this? Yes, sir. Be glad to. All right. The second one, yesterday, I don't know, I'm going to ask you to get to the bottom of it because I got a couple of calls basically claiming the supervisor of election in Bartow's office was broken into or they found a homeless man living in there or something in between there. Have you heard anything about that? No, sir. Can you? I'd be glad. I mean, I, I, I, what I was told is it's Bartow police and I don't know anybody at the Bartow police station. So, um, yeah, if you could. I'd be glad to chase that down. Yes, sir. And get back to the Bartow facility and not the racetrack facility. Correct. It was in Bartow. Yeah. Stacey, have you heard? No, sir. And I have staff in that building. Okay. All right. Um, it may be just a wild rumor, but I got two phone calls. I'm glad to chase it down. Okay. Thanks. Um, let's see. I think that's all I have moving on. Yep. Um, just for the viewing audience, could you review the, uh, yard waste pickup in light of the storm last week, which is not fully hurricane debris? Yes, sir. It's kind of a hybrid Dale, Dale Henderson. That needs a little more embellishment. Yes, sir. I think Dale's got a good answer in terms of a combination of the hauling resources, a combination of our local resources, uh, how we're kind of strategizing about the first blush on the Western side of the County for Dale, please. Thank you, Mr. Beasley and commissioners. We have collaborated with roads and drainage and released a press release this morning that explains to our residents that if they have considerable hurricane debris, uh, they can call customer service at solid waste and be put on the collection list. Roads and drainage can send, uh, their grapple equipment out to grab that. Um, all other debris, if it's more minor in scope can be prepared and will be collected by standard solid waste collection, uh, crews. Um, today, uh, I'll add, we launched our brand new contracts. I was at all our, the crew out meetings this morning, uh, all brand new equipment, plenty of horsepower, motivated, professional crews, providing excellent, excellent, world-class service to us beginning today under our new contracts. And while you're here, can you go over, um, the recycle can, what it can and can't be used for and yard waste in the gray can? Yes, sir. So if a resident wishes, they can retain their recycling, uh, cart and they can put either solid waste or yard waste in that cart. In fact, uh, MSW, uh, solid waste and, um, yard waste can be commingled in either cart, uh, because it can be, uh, dumped in the landfill. Uh, we, uh, Saturday, uh, we actually sent our first load of compressed natural gas to, uh, that put that plant in production at the landfill. So that allows us to commingle, uh, yard waste and, uh, solid waste in the landfill because yard waste will help produce more methane, which, uh, is used to produce compressed natural gas. So very good news. Yeah, that, and, um, the other thing I think that's going to be confusing or what I'm seeing is confusing is people don't know whether they have county service or city service. Our cans are gray and they say Polk County. Recycle can is brown with a yellow top. Yellow lid. What? Black and yellow? I don't know. It says Polk County on the sides. Yeah, but they say Polk County. Yes. So if it doesn't say Polk County, it's not Polk County. That is correct. Okay. All right. And I'll add, if a resident, and we have a few. If a resident doesn't want to retain their recycling cart, they can call us and we'll have it removed. Okay. All right. Yeah. Let's, uh, let's hope for a real smooth day today. Absolutely. That'd be, that'd be good. Anybody else? Thanks, George. Mr. Brazloff, just wait. Yep. Thank you. What's iconic about today is, is that, and I, 10 years ago, I would have not thought we would have been in the business. We are now in the frontline business of collecting garbage. That's a, that's a model we never got into until this board made that decision. And so we have about a third of the county is under our jurisdiction, our trucks, our employees. All right. Thanks. All right. Moving on. Did I understand that everything is 100% new? That's what you said, Dale, that that's on the contractors or us as well? Yeah. Our trucks are brand new. Both GFL and FCC have brand new fleets. 100%. State of the art. Everybody. Correct. Tiny. All right. Public hearing time. Randy. All right. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Before we begin the public hearings, I'll go over the general procedures. We ask that you please turn off your cell phones and other devices that may distract from the public hearings. Please adjust the microphone and state your full name and address for the record before you begin speaking on the topic. Individuals speaking during public comment section of a matter will be strictly limited to three minutes. The board is experiencing these matters and able to discern what is legally relevant to an issue and what is not. Information that is relevant or repetitive only serves to frustrate and necessarily prolong the day's business. The commission expects civility at all times during all public hearings. Speaking out of turn, shouting out from the audience, disrespectful sounds or audiences while another is speaking are unacceptable and you will be asked to leave the chambers for the remainder of the day. If any person decides to appeal any decision made by the board with respect to any matter considered here today, you will need a record of the proceedings and that for such purposes, you may need to ensure that a verbating record of the proceedings is made, which record includes a testimony, evidence upon which the appeal is to be based, which you must gather at your own expense. Anyone in the audience who wishes to speak and present testimony today must be sworn in. All testimony given during public hearings shall be deemed to be sworn. At this time, if you're going to address the commission or speak on any case today, please stand, raise your right hand, and answer out loud to the following question. Do you swear or affirm that the testimony or evidence you provide to the commission today is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? Thank you. Mr. Chair, at this time, we'll go over the expedited hearing procedures. Expedited hearings are held pursuant to Resolution No. 2022-089. Expedited hearings are used when no opposition was present at the Planning Commission hearing. The applicant agrees to the expedited hearings, and the recommendation of the Development Review Committee is for approval. Expedited procedures are the following. After staff briefly introduces the case, the hearing will be open for public comment. If anyone speaks during public comment, the applicant will be given the opportunity to respond. After public comment, the board will consider the land use case. At any time, a full presentation from staff can be requested from a commissioner, the applicant, or a member of the public. All documents attached to the agenda are deemed part of the record of the land use case. Unless removed from the list of experts by motion of the board, all individuals on the list of experts attached to the agenda are deemed experts for the purpose of the land use case. At this time, I'll turn it over to Mr. Ziskell for the expedited hearings. Thank you, Mr. Mink. Good morning, Mr. Chairman. For the record, Ben Ziskell, Land Development Director. There are two items on the expedited public hearing portion of today's agenda. Item number 01 is an expedited public hearing for case LDC-PAL 2024-3, County Road 640, Industrial Park, CPA, to consider adoption of a large-scale comprehensive plan map amendment to change the future land use on 380 acres from phosphate mining to industrial. The subject site is located to the southwest of the city of Mulberry. As shown on the screen here, it is directly south of a mosaic jib stack and just to the northeast of the mosaic New Wales facility. This is previously mined land that has been reclaimed. Staff finds that the most suitable use for the land is industrial. Staff receive no opposition. The planning commission unanimously recommended approval, and Florida Commerce had no comments. This is an adoption hearing, and staff is recommending approval. All right. Any questions? All right. CNN, I'll open a public hearing, ask if the applicant wants to come forward. You're good. All right. Anybody else? All right. I'll close the public hearing and bring it back to the board. Motion for approval. Got a motion and a second. All in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed, like, sign. Motion carries. Next item. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Item number 02 is an expedited public hearing for case LDCT 2024-14 TCX full-service car wash text amendment to modify the use table in the U.S. 27 selected area plan to allow full-service car washes as C2 conditional uses. Currently, this selected area plan allows incidental car washes, as shown on the screen here. Incidental car washes are most normally associated with a gas station. This amendment would allow a freestanding full-service car wash. This is an adoption hearing. The planning commission unanimously recommended approval. Staff has received no comments and is recommending approval. Any questions? Seeing none, I'll open a public hearing and ask if the applicant wants to come forward. Okay. Anyone else want to come forward on this issue? All right. Seeing nobody, I'll close the public hearing and bring it back to the board. Motion for approval. Second. Motion and a second for approval. All in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed, like, sign. Motion carries. Mr. Chairman, that concludes the expedited portion of today's agenda. Mr. Chairman, I have one public hearing. It's a public hearing to consider approval of an ordinance limiting code enforcement and or building division actions for certain construction on property and unrecorded subdivisions. According to the proposed ordinance, it would prohibit code enforcement actions for unpermitted structures constructed prior to June 1st, 2024, and unrecorded subdivisions designated by the board. Unrecorded subdivisions are areas designated by the board by resolution, or at least have a 20-year history of unpermitted structures, 50-plus lots of less than 5 acres, not platted in accordance with Chapter 177, not under common ownership, contain unmarked and unmaintained lots, roadways, and trails. An individual can resolve a code enforcement action by recording and affidavit stating that the structure was completed before June 1st, 2024, unless there is evidence that the structure was completed after that date, and it is recommended for approval. All right. Any questions? Seeing none, I'll open a public hearing. Anyone wishing to speak on this matter, please come forward. Seeing nobody, I'll close the public hearing. Bring it back to the board. Move approval of the ordinance. Second. Got a motion and a second. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed or like, sign, motion carries. And the last item is actually a resolution identifying unrecorded subdivisions. This is North River Ranch and South River Ranch area for the board for the county commission desires to limit code enforcement and or building division actions for these, for certain construction for these unrecorded subdivisions. You're right. Yeah. And it's recommended for approval. It's important. Yes, sir. All right. Any questions? George. What is the effect of the pending litigation on these matters that are kind of hanging on them? That's independent of this. Currently, we're still in litigation, but this may resolve it at the end of the day. But that's, of course, it would be up to them as the plaintiff to take action to dismiss it. Yes, sir. Anybody else? All right. I'll open a public hearing. Anyone wishing to speak on this matter, please come forward. See nobody else. Close the public hearing. Bring it back to the board. Move adoption. We got a motion and a motion. We got a motion and a second. Motion and a moment. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed or like, sign, motion carries. Anything else? Say, Mr. Chair. If I were to clarify, Commissioner Lindsay, if we do have, counter-cleanings regarding the code enforcement actions, but this would help resolve those actions, I believe. So we would have to take that step, then we would drop our part of it. But only they would have to miss the actual complaint. Anything else? Say, Mr. Chair. We're adjourned.