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Meeting Name: Board of County Commissioners Agenda status: Final-revised
Meeting date/time: 11/7/2023 9:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Board Room
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23-3636 A.1.Presentations and RecognitionsEmployee Recognition   Action details Video Video
23-3655 D.1.Consent AgendaApprove Consent Agenda.   Action details Not available
23-3656 E.1.County ComptrollerDisbursements.ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
23-3658 E.2.County ComptrollerMinutes of Regular Board meeting held on October 17, 2023.ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
23-3686 G.1.County AttorneyConservation Land Acquisition Selection Advisory Committee (CLASAC) recommendations on the following sites nominated to the Environmental Lands Program are to pursue acquisition on EL-100-23, EL-101-23, EL-102-23, EL-104-23 and EL-105-23 and to not pursue acquisition of EL-103-23. (No Fiscal Impact)ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
23-3508 H.1.County ManagerApprove Standard Grant Agreement #22FRP12 with the State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) to provide funding for the project: “Polk County Peace Creek Canal Basin Wetland Restoration” ($7,050,000 one-time revenue).ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
23-3700 H.2.County ManagerRequest Board approve (1) construction contract with CenState Contractors, Inc. for the Jordan’s Grove ground storage reservoir & high service pump station project (one-time expense of $3,070,000.00 from American Rescue Plan Funds and $1,599,350.00 from Utilities Operating Funds), and (2) CIP amendment to the FY 24/25 Utilities Community Investment Program Expansion budget from reserves in the amount of $278,908.00.ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
23-3688 H.3.County ManagerApprove Infrastructure Agreement with Pulte Home Company, LLC, (developer) for Wastewater Improvements serving Belle Haven ($497,471.00 not-to-exceed cost).ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
23-3673 H.4.County ManagerApprove the Infrastructure Agreement between Blackfin Champions, LLC. and Polk County for Hwy 27 and Four Corners Blvd Intersection ($738,189.87 One Time Expense).ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
23-3739 H.5.County ManagerApprove an Asset Purchase Agreement between Millennial Property Investments Corp., Blue Falcon Operations Corporation and Polk County for the sale of the Rohr Home ($5,000,000 one-time revenue)ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
23-3609 K.1.Commissioner District 4Re-appoint Robert Sheffield to the Polk County Lakes Access Advisory Committee for the three-year term, November 17, 2023, to November 16, 2026.ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
23-3671 K.2.Commissioner District 4Re-appoint Dr. Robert S. Hinds to serve as a member of the Housing Finance Authority for the four-year term, December 1, 2023, to November 30, 2027.ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
23-3537 M.1.Commissioner District 1Reappoint Kathryn E. Bevilacqua-Ely to the Early Learning Coalition of Polk County for the four-year term, May 6, 2022 through May 5, 2026.ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
23-3618 O.1.Public Hearings - Expedited HearingPUBLIC HEARING (LDCPAL 2023-5 Northeast Regional Park) (Transmittal Hearing), a Large-Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment to change the Future Land Use designation from Residential Low-X (RLX) to Recreation and Open Space-X (ROSX) on ±80.26 acres and Institutional-X (INSTX) on ±1.95 acres to recognize an existing regional park and fire rescue station in the North U.S. Highway 27 Selected Area Plan.ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
23-3659 P.1.Public HearingsPUBLIC HEARING to consider the adoption of an ordinance setting the yearly salary of Commissioners in accordance with Section 2.5 of the Polk County Charter.ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
23-3660 P.2.Public HearingsPUBLIC HEARING to consider adoption of an ordinance prohibiting smoking and vaping in public parks within unincorporated Polk County.ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
23-3620 R.1.Consent AgendaRemoval of equipment from inventory as listed on Blanket Removal Form 2182.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3575 R.2.Consent AgendaAccept Unclaimed Funds check in the amount of $30,147.09 from Joe G. Tedder, Tax Collector.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3574 R.3.Consent AgendaAccept Unclaimed Funds check in the amount of $539.62 from Stacy M. Butterfield, CPA, Clerk of the Circuit Court.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3573 R.4.Consent AgendaThe 2023-2024 Annual Meeting Schedule, Adopted Budget and Annual Financial Audit Report for the Westridge Community Development District.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3623 R.5.Consent AgendaSET HEARING: (LDCPAS-2023-13 Pool Branch Road CPA) to consider the adoption of a Small-Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment to change the Future Land Use designation on 18.52 +/- acres from Phosphate Mining (PM) to Agricultural Residential Rural (A/RR) in the Rural Development Area (RDA). The suggested adoption hearing date is November 21, 2023, at 9:30 a.mApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3626 R.6.Consent AgendaSET HEARING: (LDCPAS-2023-16 NE Avenue Y CPA) to consider the adoption of a Small-Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment to change the Future Land Use designation on 0.22 +/- acres from Residential-Low (RL) to Residential High (RH) in the Transit Supportive Development Area (TSDA). The suggested adoption hearing date is November 21, 2023, at 9:30 a.m.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3627 R.7.Consent AgendaSET HEARING: (LDCPAS-2023-17 J&T Ronald Reagan Parkway CPA) to consider the adoption of a Small-Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment to change the Future Land Use designation on 1.92 +/- acres from Residential-Low-X (RL-X) to Residential Medium-X (RMX) in the Transit Supportive Development Area (TSDA) and Ronald Reagan Selected Area Plan (SAP). The suggested adoption hearing date is November 21, 2023, at 9:30 a.m.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3628 R.8.Consent AgendaSET HEARING: (LDCPAS-2023-18 Shepherd Road Residential High CPA) to consider the adoption of a Small-Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment to change the Future Land Use designation on 14.58+/- acres from Community Activity Center (CAC), Residential Medium (RM), and Preservation (PRESV) to Residential High (RH) in the Urban Growth Area (UGA) and Transit. The suggested adoption hearing date is November 21, 2023, at 9:30 a.m.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3633 R.9.Consent AgendaSET HEARING: (LDCPAS-2023-19 34th Street CE CPA) to consider the adoption of a Small-Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment to change the Future Land Use designation on 0.52+/- acres from Residential Medium (RM) to Commercial Enclave (CE) in the Urban Growth Area (UGA), Transit Corridors and Centers Overlay (TCCO) and Inwood Redevelopment. The suggested adoption hearing date is November 21, 2023, at 9:30 a.m.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3634 R.10.Consent AgendaSET HEARING: (LDWA-2023-43 Sunset Lane Road Access Waiver) to consider approval for a Waiver to Section 705B for a residential lot with access through a private road easement accessed by more than four lots on 0.93+/- acres in a Residential Low (RL-1) Future Land Use and the Urban Growth Area (UGA). The suggested adoption hearing date is November 21, 2023, at 9:30 a.mApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3635 R.11.Consent AgendaSET HEARING: (LDCT-2023-17 Certified Local Government (CLG) Text) for eligibility to achieve Certified Local Government status as defined by the National Historic Preservation. The suggested hearing dates are for the first reading on November 21, 2023, at 9:30 a.m. and the Adoption reading on December 5, 2023, at 9:30 a.m.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3641 R.12.Consent AgendaSET HEARING (LDCT-2023-12 PIX Car Wash and Self-Storage Text Amendment) to consider the adoption of an applicant-initiated Land Development Code text amendment. The suggested hearing dates are for the first reading on November 21, 2023, at 9:30 a.m. and the Adoption reading on December 5, 2023, at 9:30 a.m.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3612 R.13.Consent AgendaKathleen Square Plat for Conditional Approval. (No fiscal impact)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3613 R.14.Consent AgendaMarion Creek Estates Phase 2 Plat for Conditional Approval. (No fiscal impact)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3614 R.15.Consent AgendaAccept Pollard Pointe potable water utility system improvements for ownership, operation, and maintenance by Polk County Utilities. (No fiscal impact)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3615 R.16.Consent AgendaAccept a one-year warranty and cash surety in the amount of $7,676.00 for Pollard Pointe. (No fiscal Impact)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3616 R.17.Consent AgendaApprove the release of a surety in the amount of $3,208,991.37 in the form of Performance Bond No. LICX1216491 Redding Pointe. (No fiscal impact)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3617 R.18.Consent AgendaApprove the release of a surety in the amount of $756,368.20 in the form of Performance Bond No. US00115863SU22A Solivita Phase 5D. (No fiscal impact)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3567 R.19.Consent AgendaApprove Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) subrecipient agreement between Polk County and the City of Winter Haven. ($283,599.00 one-time expense).ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3569 R.20.Consent AgendaApprove Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) subrecipient agreement between Polk County and The City of Auburndale. ($282,766.68 one-time expense).ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3568 R.21.Consent AgendaApprove Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) subrecipient agreement between Polk County and The City of Bartow. ($216,395.95 one-time expense).ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3556 R.22.Consent AgendaApprove Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) subrecipient agreement between Polk County and Gospel, Inc. ($200,000 one-time expense).ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3558 R.23.Consent AgendaApprove Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) subrecipient agreement between Polk County and HELP of Fort Meade, Inc. ($200,000 one-time expense).ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3693 R.24.Consent AgendaApprove modification of State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) Rehabilitation program Homeowner Assistance Agreement and Grant Agreement for the property located in Haines City, FL. for Case# RC22-SHIP-003. ($2,026.00 one-time expense).ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3699 R.25.Consent AgendaRemoval of Uncollectible Accounts from the Rohr Home’s Active Accounts Receivable (No Fiscal Impact)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3682 R.26.Consent AgendaApprove the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Polk County Board of County Commissioners (Polk County) and the Federation of Public Employees (Federation), a Division of the National Federation of Public and Private Employees (AFL-CIO)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3701 R.27.Consent AgendaApprove Memorandum of Understanding with FOPE. (No fiscal Impact).ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3611 R.28.Consent AgendaApprove Gopher Tortoise Relocation Agreement for the Polk County Masterpiece Road Fire Rescue Station project with All Phase Environmental Solutions, LLC, (APES). (one-time estimated expense amount of $108,000.00 as noted in the agreement dependent upon the final species count)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3663 R.29.Consent AgendaApprove Agreement No. 23 PLN124 between Polk County and State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) to fund project Polk County Comprehensive Vulnerability Assessment. (one-time revenue $500,000)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3665 R.30.Consent AgendaApprove Interlocal Agreement between Polk County and Central Florida Regional Planning Council (CFRPC) to implement Polk County Comprehensive Vulnerability Assessment. (one-time expense $500,000)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3703 R.31.Consent AgendaApprove the T. Mark Schmidt grant agreement between the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) and Polk County for the Bone Valley ATV Park Motocross Track ($246,302.75 one-time grant revenue).ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3672 R.32.Consent AgendaApprove agreement with Patel, Greene & Associates, LLC to provide professional engineering services for the master trail plan of the Lake Hancock multiuse trail. ($249,730.00 one-time expense)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3657 R.33.Consent AgendaRequest Board approve selection committee’s recommendation to authorize staff to enter into contract negotiations with Madrid CPWG for professional engineering services for the Crystal Lake Boardwalk. (No fiscal impact)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3541 R.34.Consent AgendaRequest Board approve selection committee’s recommendation to authorize staff to enter into contract negotiations with Bern Kinard Auctioneer, Inc. for Gator Creek Grazing Lease. (No fiscal impact)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3687 R.35.Consent AgendaApprove the transfer of reserve for FY22/23 from the Fire Impact Fee Funds (One time transfer of $1,061,000)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3668 R.36.Consent AgendaApprove the contract between Lexipol and Polk County, a political subdivision of the State of Florida through the Polk County Fire Rescue Division for Fire/EMS Policy Manual & Daily Training Bulletins. The first-year one-time fee of $76,541.50, a second-year one-time fee of $27,391.35, and an estimated $34,945.75 annual expense for three years.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3067 R.37.Consent AgendaRenewal of Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (COPCN) - AdventHealth Wesley ChapelApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3553 R.38.Consent AgendaApprove state-funded 2023-2024 Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG).ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3653 R.39.Consent AgendaSET HEARING to consider requests to vacate platted and unmaintained right-of-way shown on the map of Captain David Burn’s Subdivision and vacate a portion of maintained right-of-way now known as Huckleberry Road as shown on the maintained right-of-way map for Horse Shoe Creek. (Suggested hearing date is November 21, 2023 at 9:30 a.m or immediately following the regular agenda)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3640 R.40.Consent AgendaApprove Right-of-Way Agreement between David Rohrer and Georgia Rohrer, husband and wife and Polk County in conjunction with the Thompson Nursery Road Segment 1 Improvement Project, Parcel 111. ($441,200 one-time expense)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3669 R.41.Consent AgendaApprove Right-of-Way Agreement between Ferdinand Sanyet and Norma Gonzalez, husband and wife and Polk County in conjunction with the Thompson Nursery Road Phase 1 Segment 1 Project, Parcel 702. ($18,994 one-time expense)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3666 R.42.Consent AgendaApprove Right-of-Way Agreement between Tara Bridget Jones and Polk County in conjunction with the County Road 557 Project, Parcel 702. ($4,600 one-time expense)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3557 R.43.Consent AgendaAuthorize a Utility Easement to the City of Auburndale over a portion of County-owned property in conjunction with a proposed utility project. (No fiscal impact)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3670 R.44.Consent AgendaAccept Polk County Utilities Easement from Lakeland Burger Christina LLC, as requested through the Development Review Process. (No fiscal impact)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3704 R.45.Consent AgendaAccept instruments for additional right-of-way along Horseshoe Creek Road, Finney Road, Pipkin Creek Road, and Lake Alfred-Polk City Road as requested through the Development Review Process. (No fiscal impact)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3519 R.46.Consent AgendaSET HEARING to Consider Adopting a Resolution Allowing for the Installation of Traffic Calming Devices (Speed Humps) on Fifth Street West, Near Winter Haven. (Suggested Hearing Date: Tuesday, November 21, 2023, at 9:30 a.m.) (No fiscal impact)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3698 R.47.Consent AgendaApprove Change Order (CO) No. 4 with Hubbard Construction Company (Contractor) for temporary traffic signals needed on the West Pipkin Road Widening Project. ($181,742.75 one-time expense)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3523 R.48.Consent AgendaApprove Amendment No.1 to the Interlocal Agreement (ILA) with the Tohopekaliga Water Authority (TOHO) for the Lake Wilson Road Widening Project. ($145,943.68 one-time expense)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3565 R.49.Consent AgendaApprove Interlocal Agreement between Polk County and the City of Davenport for Road Improvements for the Davenport - Haines City Phase 3 Resurfacing Group (Estimated $27,972.82 one-time revenue and expense)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3580 R.50.Consent AgendaAdopt a Resolution Setting Parking Restrictions on Country Club Road North, near Winter Haven ($521.72 one-time expense)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3498 R.51.Consent AgendaAdopt a Resolution Setting Parking Restrictions on Tank Road, near Davenport ($2,321.77 one-time expense)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3689 R.52.Consent AgendaAdopt a Resolution Setting Speed Limit on Hutchins Road, near Fort Meade. ($121.32 one-time expense)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3649 R.53.Consent AgendaApprove agreements with Ardaman and Associates, Madrid Engineering Group, WSP USA, MC Squared and Universal Engineering Sciences for professional geotechnical services and construction materials testing and inspection.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3654 R.54.Consent AgendaApprove modification to Subgrant Agreement between the Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) and Polk County for the Eloise Loop Road Drainage Improvement Project (Time extension only).ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3624 R.55.Consent AgendaApprove Services Authorization 2023-021-01 with the University of Central Florida for the Central Regional Utility Service Area - Central Regional Water Treatment Facility Process Monitoring and Performance Assessment project ($162,900 lump sum expense).ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3622 R.56.Consent AgendaApprove Consultant Services Authorization 18-067-03, Modification No. 1 with Wright-Pierce, Inc. to provide professional engineering services for the Upgrade Lift Station No. 253 (Providence) project. ($30,076 increase; revised not-to-exceed, one-time expense of $221,531 and time extension of 151 days)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3571 R.57.Consent AgendaRequest that the Board authorize the filing of a Civil Complaint against 21 Palms Resort on Lake Juliana (“Resort”) and other necessary parties to compel the Resort to remove or modify the pedestrian bridge (“Bridge”) currently impeding boating traffic between Lake Mattie and Lake Juliana (collectively “Lakes”).ApprovedPass Action details Not available
23-3648 R.58.Consent AgendaRelease of Lien related to a Workforce Housing Impact Fee Mitigation for Louise T. Wimberley (No fiscal impact).ApprovedPass Action details Not available