Call to order, pledge, and roll call

2:31Okay, I'd like to call the meeting to order. If we could stand for a moment of silence in the Pledge of Allegiance.

2:57I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, individual, with liberty and justice for all.

3:29Okay, Madam Clerk, could you uh have the roll call please?

3:32Mr. Jimmy Girardi? Here. Mr. Christopher Poole? Mr. John Moody? Here. Mr. Matthew Munds? Mr. Derek Bontlet?

3:40Here.

3:40Mr. Richard Tanello?

3:41Here.

3:42Chairman Charles Gray?

3:43Here. And the approved for publications, please.

3:48The items are advertised in the Tampa Bay Times on January 28, 2025, March 5, 2025, March 19, 2025, and April 2nd, 2025, and are affidavit of certified mailings and citations. Sure.

4:04Okay, thank you.

4:08Okay, so I'd like to welcome everybody today. Um there's some seats up front here if somebody wants to sit.

4:19Mm-hmm.

4:23So I'd like to welcome you today and the Planning Commission is appointed by the Board of County Commissioners and we meet twice a month. We serve as a local planning agency and we hold public hearing. and transmit to the Board of County Commissioners Recommendations. on comprehensive plan amendments, land development code amendments. and conditional use request. Planning commission is the final decision making body. For special exceptions. certain appeals, variance requests, and certain alternative standard requests.

4:54How our final decisions may be appealed to the Board of County Commissioners. Anyone is in opposition to any land development? code amendment or rezoning conditional use or any t any item where the Planning Commission makes a recommendation. to the Board of County Commissioners. It will be important for you to attend the appropriate Board of County Commissioners. To follow up on that. And we have those dates available if you if you need them.

5:23For those of you who are not familiar with the meetings, um

5:28We have birds in the Belfry.

5:34Okay.

5:35How we got that out of the way. Let's get ready to run for the door. That's right.

5:43For those of you aren't familiar with the meetings, uh besides weird sounds, we also have Continuances. consent agenda and regular items. Um we're gonna go a little go a little bit out of order today, but just to tell you what they are Um continuances are things that we applications that we have have been brought to our attention and either the staff or the applicant has r has uh requested a continuance for

6:12unless there are extenuating circumstances, it's been our custom to grant continuances as a uh request. And uh then we have consent items. Those are items that um Well we have not received any objections or concerns. from staff or uh the public. Those items will go through one at a time. As I read them off. Uh if you hear me say one that you'd like to have heard today or you'd like to speak about or have

6:42questions about. Raise your hand and we'll pull it from the consent items and we'll put it on with the regular items. And the regular items are the items that we fully discuss and vet today and and vote on. So Um Applicants will have five minutes to make their presentations. And concerned citizens will have three minutes to state their concerns. And then the applicant will have an opportunity to come back up and respond to any of those concerns. Um

7:16The um

7:18I don't think we do we have any requests for additional time today?

7:22No, Mr. Chairman Mariano.

7:24You know, if you wanted to have a additional time it would be necessary to request in writing at least twenty four hours prior to this meeting for additional time. We haven't have not had those any requests. So um Uh This is a good time by the way to silence your phones. If you have a a phone and it's not silenced, better check my own. And uh

7:51Please put it on the silent position.