Polk County Planning Commission  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
June 04, 2025 Regular Planning Meeting  
Call Agenda Workshop to Order 8:50 a.m.  
Minutes: The workshop of the Polk County Planning Commission was called to order  
at 8:50 a.m. by the Chair, Robert Beltran, on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, in the County  
Commission Boardroom, Administration Building. In attendance were the following  
members: David Dalton, Michael Schmidt, Mike Hickman, Rennie Heath, and Merle  
Bishop. Also, Linda Schultz, Planning Commission alternate. Also, present were  
Sandra Howard, Deputy County Attorney, Erik Peterson, Chanda Bennett, Robert  
Bolton, and Ian Nance of Land Development, and Lyndsay Yannone, recording  
secretary.  
Call Public Hearing to Order 9:00 a.m. Or as soon thereafter as the particular case may  
be heard 9:00 a.m.  
Minutes: The workshop of the Polk County Planning Commission was called to order  
at 9:00 a.m. by the Chair, Robert Beltran, on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, in the County  
Commission Boardroom, Administration Building. In attendance were the following  
members: David Dalton, Michael Schmidt, Mike Hickman, Rennie Heath, and Merle  
Bishop. Also, Linda Schultz, Planning Commission alternate. Also, present were  
Sandra Howard, Deputy County Attorney, Erik Peterson, Chanda Bennett, Robert  
Bolton, and Ian Nance of Land Development, and Lyndsay Yannone, recording  
secretary.  
Roll Call / Attendance  
Approved  
Rennie Heath, Vice Chair David Dalton, Linda Schultz, Mike  
Hickman, Mike Schmidt, Chair Robert Beltran, and Secretary  
Merle Bishop  
Present  
Adam Bass, Kevin Updike, and Brooke Agnini  
Excused  
Pledge of Allegiance  
Approve Minutes  
Meeting Minutes April 2, 2025  
Approved  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYE:  
APPROVED  
Rennie Heath  
Mike Hickman  
Heath, Dalton, Schultz, Hickman, Schmidt, Beltran, and Bishop  
Bass, Updike, and Agnini  
Excused:  
Meeting Minutes May 7, 2025  
Approved  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYE:  
APPROVED  
Rennie Heath  
Mike Hickman  
Heath, Dalton, Schultz, Hickman, Schmidt, Beltran, and Bishop  
Bass, Updike, and Agnini  
Excused:  
Reordering of the Agenda - Prior to beginning the Business of the Planning  
Commission, the Commission may reorder the Agenda.  
1) Reorder Agenda  
a) At the discretion of the Planning Commission members, a lunch break may be  
called if the hearing of cases goes beyond 12:00 p.m.  
2) Considerations of items to be withdrawn, deferred, or continued.  
Explanation of General Procedures  
Explanation of Quasi-Judicial Proceedings  
Voir Dire of Expert Witnesses  
Current Staff Resumes  
Approved  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYE:  
APPROVED  
Rennie Heath  
David Dalton  
Heath, Dalton, Schultz, Hickman, Schmidt, Beltran, and Bishop  
Bass, Updike, and Agnini  
Excused:  
Agenda Item  
New Business  
LDCPAS-2025-2 (Morame Watkins Road INST)  
Minutes: An ordinance of The Polk County Board of County Commissioners regarding  
the adoption of LDCPAS-2025-2: An Amendment to the Polk County Comprehensive  
Plan, Ordinance 92-36, as amended, to change the Future Land Use Map designation  
on 0.55± acres from Residential-Low-1 (RL-1) to Institutional (INST) in the Utility  
Enclave Area (UEA). The subject property is located on the west side of Watkins Road,  
South of Lake Hatchineha Road (CR 542), east of Jennings Road, and north of  
Adrienne Road, east of the city of Dundee, in Section 29, Township 28, Range 28;  
providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.  
CONTINUED TO JULY 9th, 2025 due to applicant not showing.  
Opposition from public. Concerns about capacity. Concerns how property looks.  
Continued  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYE:  
CONTINUED  
Merle Bishop  
David Dalton  
Heath, Dalton, Schultz, Hickman, Schmidt, Beltran, and Bishop  
Bass, Updike, and Agnini  
Excused:  
LDCPAS-2025-7 (Brooks Street CPA)  
Minutes: An ordinance of Polk County, Florida adopting LDCPAS-2025-7: An Amendment to  
the Polk County Comprehensive Plan, Ordinance 92-36, as amended, modifying the Future  
Land Use Map designation on 3.8± acres from Residential-Low X (RLX) to Business Park  
Center X (BPCX) in the Transit-Supportive Development Area (TSDA). The subject property is  
located on the east side of US 98, north of Brooks Street, in Section 34, Township 28, Range  
24; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.  
Mark Bennett, Land Development, introduced the case and reported 26 mailers sent to area  
property owners on May 20, 2025, one (1) sign posted on the property on May 18, 2025, and a  
legal advertisement was published in Lakeland and Winter Haven Sun on May 20, 2025. One  
phone call in opposition.  
Mark Bennett, Land Development, presented a Power Point presentation with a  
recommendation of approval.  
Mr. Chair opened the public hearing  
No one from public spoke.  
Mr. Chair closed the public hearing.  
Approved  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYE:  
APPROVED  
Merle Bishop  
Linda Schultz  
Heath, Dalton, Schultz, Hickman, Beltran, and Bishop  
Schmidt  
NAY:  
Bass, Updike, and Agnini  
Excused:  
LDCD-2025-1 (Stuart Property Sub-district)  
Minutes: Jason A. Alligood, PE, applicant, and Lenore Crosland Stuart & Margaret Kennedy  
Stuart Satterfield, owners, are requesting an applicant-initiated Future Land Use Map  
Sub-District change for 326.92 acres from Agricultural/Residential-Rural (A/RR) to  
Residential-Low-4 (RL-4) on the Future Land Use Map. The case is related to  
LDCPAL-2024-17,  
a
request to the change the Future Land Use Map from  
Agricultural/Residential-Rural (A/RR) to Residential-Low (RL), RL to Residential-Medium (RM)  
and from Rural Development Area (RDA) to Urban Growth Area (UGA) on the Future Land Use  
Map. The subject property is located on the south of Thornhill Road, East of Lake Hancock,  
and north of the City of Bartow, in Sections 3 & 10, Township 29, Range 25  
Mark Bennett, Land Development, introduced the case and reported 26 mailers sent to area  
property owners on May 20, 2025, one (1) sign posted on the property on May 18, 2025, and a  
legal advertisement was published in Lakeland and Winter Haven Sun on May 20, 2025. One  
phone call in opposition.  
Mark Bennett, Land Development, presented a Power Point presentation with a  
recommendation of approval.  
Mr. Chair opened the public hearing  
No one from public spoke.  
Mr. Chair closed the public hearing.  
Continued  
LDSPD-2025-1 (Old Dixie Highway SF)  
Minutes: Charles Brooker, applicant, and Xe T Maresca owner, are requesting a  
Suburban Planned Development to develop eleven single family lots on approximately  
5.3 +/- acres in the Suburban Development Area (SDA) located in the Residential  
Suburban (RS). The subject property is located at 2610 Old Dixie Highway, South of  
Saddle Creek Road, west of Old Dixie Highway, west of the city of Auburndale in  
Section 6, Township 28, Range 25.  
Aleya Inglima, Land Development, introduced the case and reported 26 mailers sent to  
area property owners on May 20, 2025, one (1) sign posted on the property on May 18,  
2025, and a legal advertisement was published in Lakeland and Winter Haven Sun on  
May 20, 2025. One phone call in opposition.  
Aleya Inglima, Land Development, presented a Power Point presentation with a  
recommendation of approval.  
Mr. Chair opened the public hearing  
No one from public spoke.  
Mr. Chair closed the public hearing.  
Approved  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYE:  
APPROVED  
Heath, Dalton, Schultz, Hickman, Schmidt, Beltran, and Bishop  
Bass, Updike, and Agnini  
Excused:  
LDCT-2025-10 (Temporary Vegetative Debris Storage Sites after Major Storm  
Events)  
Minutes: An ordinance of the Board of County Commissioners, Polk County, Florida,  
Land Development Code amendment LDCT-2025-10, amending Ordinance No. 00-09,  
as amended, the Polk County Land Development Code, amending Chapter 2, Section  
207 Temporary Uses, subsection 207.L, Road Construction Materials/Equipment, to  
include utilities construction, and add a subsection 207.M, Temporary Storage of  
Vegetative Debris Collected from Major Storms, to allow for temporary organic debris  
storage sites after major storm events for a limited time in non-residential land use  
districts; providing for severability; providing an effective date.  
Ian Nance, Land Development, introduced the case and reported 26 mailers sent to area  
property owners on May 20, 2025, and a legal advertisement was published in Lakeland and  
Winter Haven Sun on May 20, 2025. No opposition.  
Ian Nance, Land Development, presented a Power Point presentation with a recommendation  
of approval.  
Mr. Chair opened the public hearing  
No one from public spoke.  
Mr. Chair closed the public hearing.  
Approved  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYE:  
Excused:  
Absent:  
APPROVED  
David Dalton  
Mike Schmidt  
Dalton, Schultz, Hickman, Schmidt, Beltran, and Bishop  
Bass, Updike, and Agnini  
Heath  
LDCPAL-2025-4 (EAR Based Comp Plan Amendment)  
Minutes: An Ordinance of Polk County, Florida adopting LDCPAL-2025-4, an amendment to  
the Polk County Comprehensive Plan (Ordinance 92-36, as amended); modifying certain  
policies in all elements of the Comprehensive Plan pursuant to the requirements of Florida  
Statutes 163.3191, Evaluation and Appraisal of Comprehensive Plan, to reflect a minimum  
planning period of at least ten (10) years and to reflect changes in state requirements since the  
County’s last Evaluation and Appraisal Report; modifying Section 2.124-G  
Historic-Preservation Sites to update policy based on recent historical data and more planning  
work to be performed by Polk County; and modifying policies under Objective 3.102-E to  
reference the feasibility analysis of connecting homes on sewer to the nearest wastewater  
treatment plant; providing for severability; and providing an effective date.  
Approved  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYE:  
APPROVED  
David Dalton  
Merle Bishop  
Dalton, Schultz, Hickman, Schmidt, Beltran, and Bishop  
Bass, Updike, and Agnini  
Excused:  
Heath  
Absent:  
Adjournment