[3:07] All right. Good evening, everyone. I'm
[3:10] calling this regular scheduled
[3:12] commission meeting to order. Today's day
[3:14] is August 10th. Time is 700 p.m. And I'd
[3:17] like to entertain a motion to approve
[3:19] the agenda.
[3:20] >> Motion. Second.
[3:22] >> All right. So, we got Clark and Maison.
[3:26] Uh, any discussion on the agenda from
[3:28] the dis? Any from the public? Seeing
[3:30] none, all those in favor signify by
[3:32] saying I.
[3:33] >> Motion passes unanimous.
[3:36] And Miss Ganszer, would you like to come
[3:38] up and bless our meeting for us, please?
[3:40] Uh stand if you can and remain standing
[3:43] for the pledge of allegiance
[3:56] together to keep it moving in the right
[3:58] direction.
[3:59] Newberry is made up of many faiths,
[4:02] creeds, cultures, and politics. Remind
[4:04] us, Lord, to be respectful of that and
[4:06] to remember we are all precious in your
[4:09] eyes. We pray today for the school
[4:11] children as they start the new year.
[4:14] Keep them safe, Lord, and help them to
[4:16] be focused not only on academics
[4:19] and learning, but to be good human
[4:21] beings. Our world needs the next
[4:23] generation to work together to get along
[4:26] and bring peace to the planet. Bless our
[4:28] elected officials this evening and the
[4:30] decisions they make. It's in thy
[4:32] precious name we pray. Amen. Amen.
[4:35] >> Amen. Uh, Commissioner Clark.
[4:54] All right. Fantastic. We uh get going to
[4:58] get started with our director of public
[5:00] works, Mr. Rance Green. He's got a
[5:03] couple of awards he wants to talk about.
[5:16] » Good afternoon. Like you said, my name
[5:18] is uh Ranch Green. I'm director of
[5:20] utility and public works. Um I have the
[5:23] pleasure to come to you guys tonight and
[5:25] brag a little bit about our electric
[5:27] department. Um and uh this past month we
[5:31] had our annual FMPA conference um where
[5:34] they go and they recognize our uh
[5:36] recognize staff and everything for
[5:38] accomplishments that they've made
[5:39] throughout the year. And the city of
[5:40] Newberry was recognized for a momentum
[5:43] award which recognizes the city for
[5:45] achieving the most significant decrease
[5:46] in duration outages which means that our
[5:49] staff is on point. Whenever we have
[5:52] outages we get uh we get in we get them
[5:54] taken care of. uh our AMI system is
[5:57] helping out a lot where it it notifies
[6:00] us whenever we have outages and it
[6:02] connects pinpoint them to a a a better
[6:05] uh response time so we can come out and
[6:07] get this taken care of. We also received
[6:09] the duration award which recognizes the
[6:11] city for reducing the duration of
[6:12] outages by 10% or more and that also
[6:15] speaks to the same um whenever our guys
[6:18] know where they're going and know what
[6:19] they have going on um we're able to go
[6:21] out there fix the issue and and get the
[6:23] power back on for our citizens. Um,
[6:25] these awards are in a testament to hard
[6:27] work and dedication and commitment from
[6:28] our electric department and their
[6:30] continued efforts to provide reliable
[6:31] services to our communities. I'd like to
[6:33] congratulate our department on a
[6:35] well-deserved recognition. We are proud
[6:37] of the work they do for the city of
[6:38] Newberry.
[6:40] [applause]
[6:42] >> So,
[6:44] Mayor uh uh manager Marlo can probably
[6:47] explain this a little bit better because
[6:49] he brought this back. And uh so I guess
[6:51] what this is is uh in South Florida they have outages due to iguanas whereas
[6:58] we have outages up here due to
[6:59] squirrels. So they give out these little
[7:02] iguana for
[7:05] >> they look very they look very similar
[7:08] >> squirrels and iguanas. [laughter] And
[7:10] >> while we get to keep both the plaque and
[7:12] the trophy I think the assistant utility
[7:15] director may be claiming the iguana. Uh
[7:19] she's she's taken a liking to it. So she
[7:20] has taken a next year we'll get a
[7:22] squirrel and maybe we'll bring the
[7:23] squirrel up here. So that makes a little
[7:24] more sense for us.
[7:26] >> Yes, my my daughter has definitely taken
[7:27] a liking to this and she walks around
[7:29] and she's named it Bubba for some
[7:31] reason. I'm not rightly sure why, but
[7:32] still it is what it is.
[7:34] >> Mr. Mayor, we would love to get a
[7:35] picture of you and utility director with
[7:37] all the many awards there. You may need
[7:40] another commissioner to join you to hold
[7:41] all of those awards. I don't know.
[7:42] That's a lot.
[7:47] There you go. There you go.
[8:35] And Mr. Green has a special treat for
[8:37] one of all his awards. You don't have to
[8:38] wait till the end of the night.
[8:41] Head on out. Same thing for you,
[8:43] Crystal. No, actually, we need one
[8:44] picture. Yeah.
[8:46] >> Uh, all right. Let's move on to public
[8:49] announcements. Uh, these are two minutes
[8:52] and I understand that we have one of
[8:54] them ready to go.
[8:58] >> [clears throat]
[9:13] » Y thank you.
[9:15] >> Um, thank you for the opportunity to
[9:17] make this presentation, commissioners
[9:19] and Mr. Mayor. um late 204 early 205
[9:23] when I first became the city manager of
[9:24] Newberry I became friends with a was a
[9:27] strange friendship with a gentleman name
[9:29] of David Morris he's in Newbury he was
[9:32] known as Mo he had a foot long gray
[9:34] beard long gray hair would have
[9:37] [clears throat] been a hippie back in
[9:38] the 60s but nonetheless he was a great
[9:40] guy we became close friends um and two
[9:44] years later keep it short he came to me
[9:47] and he said Keith I'm I've got terminal
[9:49] cancer
[9:51] and I need a favor. I'm going to be dead
[9:53] within four months. Those were his exact
[9:55] words. I said, "What's [clears throat]
[9:56] the favor?" He said, "I've never been
[9:58] out of the United States and uh my best
[10:01] friend lives in Nicaragua. I'd like you
[10:04] to take me to Nicaragua."
[10:06] And I said, "Mo, I'm I'm the city
[10:08] manager. I'm not a travel agent." So, I
[10:10] said, "But I'll talk it over with my
[10:11] wife." I went home. Sar said, "You know,
[10:13] you're going to do it." So, I talked to
[10:15] the commissioners. I said, "Is it okay
[10:16] if I do this?" They said, "Go for it."
[10:18] So off we went to Nicaragua where the
[10:21] Sandinistas were in power, you know,
[10:22] still then. Anyway, we we
[10:24] [clears throat] had a good time. He met
[10:26] his friend and uh we you spend some time
[10:29] on the west coast on the Pacific side
[10:31] and then the last day we're coming back.
[10:33] We've never seen the Sandinesas at all.
[10:35] We're on the bus. We made this turn and
[10:37] there's the Sandas with their covered
[10:39] heads and their K47s and they stopped
[10:42] the bus. [clears throat]
[10:44] Mo has a bag of marijuana about this
[10:47] big.
[10:49] The Sandinista guys get are getting the
[10:51] Sandinista guys are getting on the are
[10:53] getting on the bus and I said, "Mo, what
[10:56] the hell are you going to?" He ate the
[10:58] entire bag
[11:00] >> right there.
[11:01] >> Wow.
[11:02] >> And we got through.
[11:04] >> Oh my lord. which anyway [clears throat]
[11:06] we got back to the states
[11:08] and uh he was really getting poorly and
[11:10] he said Keith I want to give you a gift
[11:12] for taking care of me and I said well
[11:15] you don't need to do that he said no I I
[11:17] found this in watermelon pond in 202 I
[11:22] was in the the pond water was down I was
[11:24] in my rowboat and I saw this
[11:28] the butt sticking up out of the water so
[11:30] I tried to get it up but it was stuck in
[11:32] the mud and uh finally I got out cuz it
[11:35] wasn't very deep and he pulled it out
[11:38] and uh he cleaned it all up, put it on
[11:40] this plaque and he said, "I want you to
[11:41] have this for for what you did." And I
[11:43] said, "Thank you very much." And I so
[11:44] I've had it on my wall in the house for
[11:46] all those years now. And uh then your
[11:51] good manager, oh, he's over here told me
[11:53] about you. You may have the museum
[11:55] thing. And I thought this would be
[11:56] appropriate. It's probably 150 years old
[11:59] according to the people I've checked.
[12:00] It's been in Newberry for I don't know
[12:02] how many years, maybe all that time. So,
[12:05] I'd like to present it to your museum on
[12:08] behalf of Mo Morris. So, thank you.
[12:11] >> Thank you. [applause]
[12:30] foot.
[12:34] » Did he get high marijuana?
[12:38] » He ate everything that he got.
[13:13] only in Newberry.
[13:17] » All right. Well, thank you very much for
[13:19] that. Is there anybody else with a
[13:21] public announcement of any kind?
[13:25] >> Madame Crystal.
[13:26] >> Yeah, I can't beat that.
[13:28] >> PG. [gasps] So, I'm Crystal, community
[13:31] engagement coordinator for the city.
[13:33] With the school year starting this week,
[13:35] I just want to give a shout out to all
[13:36] of the amazing back to school giveaways
[13:38] that we had. And please forgive me if I
[13:41] miss any. Uh, Shakana Glory had an
[13:43] amazing event at the MLK Center. They
[13:46] gave out over a hundred backpacks to
[13:48] kids in the community. DCC hosted a
[13:51] giveaway for clothing as well as
[13:52] supplies. honored the Tory and Green
[13:56] Foundation who uh is the coach, one of
[13:58] the coaches for the Gators basketball.
[14:01] He came out and had a skills and drills
[14:03] camp and then gave out a bunch of
[14:04] supplies afterwards. Journey of Chad's
[14:07] Mission that was hosted at the um Freddy
[14:10] Warmarmac Park was absolutely
[14:11] incredible. I had to go up to her and
[14:13] say, "You're amazing. This is amazing.
[14:15] We need to put it in a bigger space." It
[14:17] was that much of a crowd and there was
[14:19] so many people, so many happy faces. So,
[14:21] I was super thankful for them. And then
[14:23] the Newberry Area Chamber of Commerce,
[14:25] they hosted an inaugural uh school
[14:28] supply giveaway, but this was
[14:29] specifically for the teachers, which uh
[14:32] we thought was super important being
[14:33] that we're, you know, changing the
[14:35] scenery within the schools this year.
[14:37] So, I just want to shout them all out
[14:38] and give them a big thank you.
[14:41] >> Good job. Thank you. [applause]
[14:46] » Well, Newberry is volunteer powered. So,
[14:50] there's a some great examples of that.
[14:52] Um, anything else? Any other public
[14:54] announcements?
[14:56] Seeing none. Okay, we've gentlemen,
[14:58] we've got a published consent agenda.
[15:01] Uh, if there's no changes, I'll accept a
[15:02] motion to approve.
[15:04] >> So, move second.
[15:05] >> Commissioner Long and Commissioner
[15:07] Clark. All those in favor signify by
[15:09] saying I.
[15:10] >> I.
[15:11] >> Motion passes unanimous. So, this brings
[15:13] us to our uh really our one and only
[15:16] item on the agenda tonight. This is a
[15:19] public hearing on Countryway 2 resoning
[15:22] to planned residential development. Uh,
[15:25] Madame Attorney, you have something to
[15:26] read into the record for us?
[15:28] >> I do, mayor. It's ordinance number
[15:30] 2026-24,
[15:33] petition number LDR24-26,
[15:36] an ordinance of the city of Newberry,
[15:38] Florida, amending the official zoning
[15:40] atlas by changing the zoning district
[15:42] from agricultural to planned residential
[15:45] development PRD on approximately 160
[15:49] acres. Tax parcel number
[15:51] 02539-00001-0000
[15:56] located at 23717
[15:58] Southwest 15th Avenue. Adopting land
[16:02] development regulations for the
[16:03] development commonly referred to as
[16:06] Countryway 2. Providing for
[16:08] applicability and repeal. Providing for
[16:10] exclusion from codification, correction
[16:13] and directions to the city manager.
[16:15] Providing a severability clause.
[16:18] providing a repealing clause and
[16:20] providing directions to the clerk and an
[16:22] effective date.
[16:23] >> Very good. Well, thank you very much.
[16:25] Uh, Miss Hectis, I guess you're going to
[16:27] lead us through this quasi judicial. Uh,
[16:30] so we will cease being a uh governmental
[16:33] body will become a quasi judicial. All
[16:36] public testimony will be given and taken
[16:38] under oath. Everyone testifying will be
[16:40] subject to cross-examination. All
[16:42] documents and exhibits shall be entered
[16:44] into evidence in the giving of opinion
[16:46] testimony is limited to experts. Closing
[16:48] arguments will be limited to the
[16:50] evidence of record. U madam attorney,
[16:52] would you uh well, we've already read
[16:54] into the record the ordinance. Uh I'm
[16:56] going to call on the clerk to swear
[16:58] anybody in who's uh going to be giving
[17:00] testimony today. Applicant, staff, andor
[17:03] participants, please rise. Hold up your
[17:06] right hand.
[17:23] All right. Before we get begin, we're
[17:25] going to disclose experte
[17:27] communications. These are any
[17:29] conversations or transmission of
[17:30] information that may have bearing or
[17:33] influence on any voting member's
[17:35] decision. We'll begin here to my
[17:36] immediate right. Commissioner Mison.
[17:38] >> None.
[17:38] >> Mr. along.
[17:39] >> Yeah, I saw the property, but it has no
[17:42] decision.
[17:43] >> Okay, thank you for that. Uh,
[17:48] » Mr. Coleman. Okay. All right. And I do
[17:50] not have any either. Uh, I am a non-
[17:53] voting member of this board, however, so
[17:55] it doesn't necessarily matter, but uh
[17:57] Okay, let's begin with our
[17:58] presentations. Uh staff will go first.
[18:01] >> Good evening, mayor, commissioners. Uh
[18:05] we're here this evening to uh go over
[18:07] the item uh resoning ordinance 2026-24
[18:11] LDR24-26
[18:13] for countryway 2. This is a change on
[18:16] approximately 160 acres from agriculture
[18:19] to planned residential PRD on like I
[18:23] said the 160 plus acres. Um, one thing I
[18:26] wanted to bring to your attention before
[18:28] we move forward is um, in your packet
[18:30] tonight, you saw for the first time our
[18:33] new ordinance format for these custom
[18:36] zonings. So, I wanted you to um, know
[18:41] that this is the first one to go through
[18:43] this process. You will see two others
[18:45] following up quite shortly. Um, but
[18:48] you'll see that this is more of an
[18:49] organized format for these ordinances.
[18:52] Nicole has worked very hard with staff
[18:54] to get them into this format. You're
[18:56] also going to uh coming forward, you're
[18:58] going to see our staff reports uh
[19:01] structured very similar similarly to
[19:03] these as well. So, I hope you like the
[19:06] format because I will tell you it was
[19:08] much easier for me to understand and
[19:09] read and go through the process as well.
[19:11] So, thanks Nicole for all the hard work.
[19:16] So the question this evening um is to
[19:19] consider the request that the change
[19:22] that we are a that the applicant is
[19:23] asking for this evening meets the intent
[19:26] of the comprehensive plan and the land
[19:28] development regulations. If it's a yes,
[19:31] you'll approve the ordinance, no, deny
[19:33] it, or the third option is to continue
[19:35] it to a date and time certain.
[19:40] Uh the history on this so far for this
[19:42] ordinance was it was seen at the May 4th
[19:45] 2026 planning and zoning board. They
[19:48] unanimously voted 30 to forward a
[19:50] favorable recommendation to the city
[19:52] commission um for this ordinance 2026-34
[19:56] 24. The staff uh does find this
[19:59] ordinance uh consistent with the
[20:01] comprehensive plan and the land
[20:02] development code.
[20:05] This is a request for a resoning from
[20:08] agriculture to planned residential
[20:10] development, the PRD custom zoning that
[20:13] we have. And it's located generally
[20:16] southwest corn the southwest corner of
[20:18] Northwest 15th Avenue and southwest
[20:20] 234th Terrace approximately a half a
[20:22] mile east of State Road 45.
[20:26] And this is a summary of the qu request
[20:28] as well as a location map of the
[20:30] property. The property just to the west
[20:32] of that is the existing uh Countryway
[20:36] Town Center development just to the east
[20:39] of the square.
[20:42] Here is the proposed uh property as
[20:45] they're um going forward asking the
[20:48] request on this square there. Just like
[20:50] I said to the west is the existing
[20:53] neighborhood neighborhood.
[20:56] Again, tonight the question is the
[20:59] request to change the zoning on
[21:00] approximately 160 acres from agriculture
[21:02] to planned residential development
[21:04] consistent with the city's comprehensive
[21:05] plan and land development regulations.
[21:08] There's your choices and the applicant
[21:09] has a presentation as well. I'm here
[21:12] also for any questions you might have.
[21:15] >> Thank you, Mr. Deenbach.
[21:23] » Arrow over.
[21:25] All right, Stacy should have added, "The
[21:28] applicant has a brief presentation.
[21:32] Goal is to get you all home by 8
[21:33] o'clock." So, I am Jerry Deedenbach. I
[21:36] am here this evening with Margot
[21:40] Patterson and Patrice Boyce who have
[21:42] worked on this application directly with
[21:44] me and of course the Norfol family, our
[21:46] client is here to watch and participate
[21:48] in this should you have any additional
[21:50] questions that we can't answer. As a bit
[21:53] of background, you might remember that
[21:55] we stood here in 2024 and 2025 to change
[21:59] the land use on this 159ish acres. It
[22:03] had previously a mixeduse land use on
[22:06] it, but was never finally zoned. Um,
[22:09] that land use actually went through and
[22:11] closed in June of 2025, so a little bit
[22:15] more than a year ago. And the process
[22:18] that we've been involved in since 2024
[22:21] when we had our pre-application meeting
[22:23] with city staff, we've submitted
[22:25] applications in October of 2024. They
[22:27] went through staff review. We had our
[22:29] resubmitts, which is a common process as
[22:32] the applications mature through the
[22:34] review cycle. Staff got to a point where
[22:37] the staff report recommended that the
[22:40] board approved this. So, your planning
[22:42] and zoning board heard this on May 4th
[22:44] of this year and we are here tonight for
[22:46] first reading. As Stacy stated, the
[22:49] project sits in the southeast quadrant
[22:51] of the city of Newberry and it abuts
[22:54] countryway town center. So, it has a
[22:57] logical connection to the existing
[22:59] development that is building from the
[23:01] west to the east toward this property.
[23:04] Accordingly, this property is located
[23:06] south of South 15th Avenue and east of
[23:09] State Road 25 or State Road 45 2741,
[23:13] however you want to call it.
[23:16] And it has a low density residential
[23:18] land use. As such, the only appropriate
[23:20] way to reszone this property then would
[23:22] be with a residential type zoning. So on
[23:25] top of that residential lowdensity land
[23:27] use, we desire to replace the
[23:29] agricultural zoning with a PRD or
[23:33] planned residential development. This
[23:36] will develop this property at a density
[23:38] of just under 3.14
[23:41] dwelling units per acre in a manner
[23:44] similar and comparable with the abuing
[23:46] existing subdivision. over the 160
[23:50] acres. That will give a maximum number
[23:53] of units on this property of 500 units.
[23:57] That will be broken into a master plan
[23:59] that looks like this. Effectively, four
[24:02] quadrants of 125 units per quadrant. It
[24:06] has similar development standards and
[24:09] specifications as the existing
[24:10] development. Minimum lot size is 3500.
[24:13] Minimum lot width is 35. But of course,
[24:16] we can build larger than that. So as
[24:18] this matures over time, it will be
[24:22] responsive to market demand. As you can
[24:24] see on this PD master plan, there is a
[24:27] buffer that is built around the entirety
[24:29] of the community. And in the south
[24:31] areas, you can see areas where there are
[24:33] lower depressional areas with the
[24:35] cross-hatch pattern on it where storm
[24:37] water will be in the lower areas. The
[24:39] connections will initially come from the
[24:42] existing Countryway subdivision and
[24:45] Countryway Town Center to the west and
[24:47] this will ultimately connect to um
[24:50] Newberry Road via connections across
[24:53] South 15th Avenue up to the north. We
[24:56] have planned in to this a future north
[24:59] south connection along the eastern
[25:01] portion of the property. As you notice,
[25:03] there are connections on both the west,
[25:05] the north, the east, and then to the
[25:07] south. So that is consistent with your
[25:09] comprehensive plan and your
[25:11] transportation mobility type
[25:12] requirements. That connection will allow
[25:14] the project that is developing to the
[25:16] south of this Newberry Ridge to access
[25:20] to the north to get traffic directly up
[25:22] to state road 26 in lie of all traffic
[25:24] being on 2741 or state road 45.
[25:30] » [clears throat]
[25:30] >> This new collector roadway will be um
[25:34] within adequate right ofway which will
[25:36] be donated early on in the project. So
[25:39] should the developer to the south wish
[25:40] to advance that roadway faster than we
[25:43] get to it, they have the ability to do
[25:45] that. So that future north south
[25:47] collector there is along the eastern
[25:49] boundary right on what would be I
[25:51] believe is a quarter section line. This
[25:53] oblique aerial gives you a picture as if
[25:56] you were in a helicopter over the top of
[25:58] Newberry Ridge. And you can see how they
[26:00] had originally planned to connect to
[26:02] Countryway 2 in the exact kind of center
[26:05] middle portion of it. But they are
[26:07] routing that connection to the east side
[26:10] of this property. And if you follow that
[26:12] orange line up, you see that it crosses
[26:14] very succinctly over Southwest 15th
[26:17] Avenue and connects up and has the
[26:19] potential to connect to uh Highland
[26:21] Park, the Gromax development, or it
[26:24] could connect up via the yellow line and
[26:26] then align with the A Tech Center on the
[26:30] north side of state road 26. But that is
[26:33] all designed to help Newberry's traffic
[26:35] system in a connected manner. So you're
[26:37] not relying wholly on the state roads of
[26:39] 2741, State Road 45 or Newberry Road.
[26:42] This helps diversify traffic in the long
[26:44] run.
[26:46] This is a little bit larger view. And so
[26:48] you can see from now a little bit more
[26:50] the east side if you were in a
[26:51] helicopter over the top of the Newberry
[26:54] Ridge project that that line goes along
[26:56] the east side of this property and will
[26:58] connect further all the way up to 26 and
[27:00] makes a nice connection up there at
[27:02] Newberry Road.
[27:05] It is consistent with the comprehensive
[27:07] plan as staff has stated and as we have
[27:09] demonstrated throughout the process of
[27:10] our application materials, it will
[27:12] accommodate growth in a financially
[27:15] feasible and environmentally acceptable
[27:17] manner. there are no wetlands or flood
[27:19] planes on the property and so um we have
[27:22] a very easy site in the terms of
[27:24] converting this land to residential to
[27:27] serve the growing demand in the city of
[27:29] Newberry is consistent with the urban
[27:30] services uh portions of the
[27:33] comprehensive plan and the data and
[27:34] analysis that we have provided through
[27:36] our application process shows that
[27:38] there's consistency across all the
[27:40] relevant elements of the comprehensive
[27:42] plan. staff has acknowledged that each
[27:44] phase of the development uh in the
[27:45] petition represents a varying degree of
[27:47] impact on state and local services and
[27:49] each phase will be evaluated at the time
[27:52] which failures have been identified. And
[27:54] that's a nice way of saying that we will
[27:56] continue to monitor over time as this
[27:58] development moves forward. What are the
[28:01] volumes of traffic out on the road?
[28:03] What's happening with the water and
[28:05] sewer system? what's happening with
[28:07] electrical and other subsystems that uh
[28:09] support development so that this builds
[28:12] in a timely manner in conjunction with
[28:14] Newberry's growth.
[28:19] This is consistent with article 4, the
[28:21] zoning regulations of the city of
[28:22] Newber's land development regulations
[28:24] and as such um this will also include an
[28:27] element where tiny homes can be built.
[28:29] So, it is designed to accommodate market
[28:31] demand as time and as the market
[28:34] advances in our community here. So, our
[28:37] request is that you accept the staff
[28:40] review of this as well as your planning
[28:42] and zoning board's unanimous
[28:44] recommendation that you approve this and
[28:46] approve this on first reading this
[28:47] evening. Should you have any questions,
[28:49] I am most happy to answer those or if
[28:52] they're really tough and complicated, I
[28:53] will defer necessary to Miss Boyce or
[28:56] Mr. Norfleet and family.
[28:59] Thank you so much.
[29:00] >> Thank you, Mr. Debbark. Is there any
[29:01] public comment? We have three minutes to
[29:03] do so.
[29:06] >> Go ahead.
[29:08] >> I'll stay here in case.
[29:10] >> It's just a quick question.
[29:12] >> A good one.
[29:13] >> Joy will answer. Um I like the way it
[29:14] connects up to the highway. That's
[29:16] great. And connects to the country. I
[29:18] didn't hear any discussion that
[29:19] obviously I think traffic might want to
[29:21] go east and west on 15th. So I don't
[29:23] know if you you addressed that. I'm sure
[29:25] Woody because that's right now it's kind
[29:27] of a smaller road that's got the canopy
[29:30] trees that you'll hear a lot about. I'm
[29:31] sure
[29:35] » to answer Miss Glancer's question. Uh we
[29:38] have had numerous
[29:41] hours of discussion about South 15.
[29:43] South 15th is a substandard roadway in
[29:46] the sense that it does not have adequate
[29:48] rightway. The alignment there is very
[29:50] narrow. Anybody who's ever tried to
[29:52] drive a big brown truck probably hits
[29:53] tree branches in there. We have tried to
[29:56] discourage and we are considering that
[29:58] signage may be the best way to say not a
[30:01] thoroughfare to leave that as an east
[30:04] west local connector only. Now you can't
[30:07] stop people from driving on a road that
[30:08] is public. But the way that we want to
[30:11] engineer that connection is such that
[30:12] when you get to 15th there that your
[30:16] predetermination if you will or
[30:18] destination is just go straight to
[30:20] Newberry Road on a nice new paved road
[30:22] that will get you to the state road as
[30:24] opposed to taking 15th and heading east
[30:27] toward 202 and and Gainesville. But you
[30:30] can't block people from using that road.
[30:33] We realize the tree canopy nature of
[30:35] that road and its scenic character and
[30:38] we want to try to preserve that as much
[30:40] as possible. That's not why we're not
[30:41] like out there adding right ofway to it
[30:43] and paving and trying to you know make
[30:45] that bigger because we don't want to
[30:46] create what be effectively like an
[30:48] attractive road to hey let's drive on
[30:50] this.
[30:52] >> Mr. Mayor,
[30:52] >> very good. [clears throat] I'd just say
[30:54] staff's position and the applicant has
[30:56] been very uh cooperative on this is that
[30:59] the future of traffic flow in the
[31:01] souththeast quadrant is the spine road
[31:04] that this applicant has very graciously
[31:06] worked with us worked with Newberry
[31:09] Ridge to align to get you from southwest
[31:11] 30th up to 26. It's my belief uh and I
[31:15] think that the traffic impact studies
[31:17] support this that the majority of that
[31:20] of those folks if they don't have kids
[31:23] to drop off are trying to get east to 26
[31:26] and get into Gainesville. So what we're
[31:28] trying to do is create a situation where
[31:30] anyone who needs to go to the light is
[31:32] going to come it's going to flow back to
[31:33] 27. They're going to come up to drop
[31:35] their kids off. But everyone else is
[31:37] going to take that spine road. They're
[31:39] either going to take Southwest 30th to
[31:40] 202, which is all chip sealed, or
[31:42] they're going to take this spine road,
[31:43] which is uh intended to be a boulevard,
[31:46] uh, and get people east of the light.
[31:48] So, we're not sending everybody down to
[31:50] a bottleneck at the old light at
[31:52] Newberry. So, that's what we have been
[31:54] working on with uh this applicant as
[31:57] well as Newberry Ridge and Sandia Park.
[31:59] >> Very good. Thank you. Uh, did uh staff
[32:03] hear anything that they wanted to
[32:06] uh cross-examine? No. Okay. All right.
[32:09] Fair enough. When anybody from the uh
[32:12] DIS have any questions?
[32:15] >> Um so I know Jerry kind of mentioned but
[32:19] being around the I don't think that the
[32:23] uh applicants
[32:25] thought process here is to build 500
[32:27] homes in this thing. So um the 35 ft
[32:30] lots I know or what you mentioned may be
[32:33] for a tiny home. Um, but for the public
[32:36] and for us to understand this, this
[32:38] subdivision is going to be laid out like
[32:40] they have now. And this subdivision is
[32:42] going to have some beautiful lot sizes.
[32:44] It ain't going to be what we've approved
[32:46] down coming in the corridor, which I'll
[32:48] say publicly, I wish we'd have never
[32:50] approved it, but this thing is the way
[32:52] subdivision should be laid out. It's got
[32:54] the 120 foot lots. It's got the 100
[32:57] foot, the 45s, and if they build their
[32:59] tiny homes, so be it on the 35s. But I
[33:02] will just say for the record, this this
[33:04] thing is not set up for 500 homes in
[33:06] here. So
[33:08] >> I know it's approval, but I know that
[33:10] the subdivision be out with the being
[33:13] built now.
[33:15] >> Thank you, sir. Any other questions from
[33:17] the decision-making body?
[33:20] >> All right,
[33:22] Commissioner Mison.
[33:23] >> These are North Fleet homes, right?
[33:25] Correct. Uh okay. Does uh staff or the
[33:30] applicant wish to make any kind of final
[33:31] argument at all? No. Okay, fair enough.
[33:35] Uh madame attorney, could you read the
[33:37] decision-making bodies uh applicable law
[33:40] and factual findings?
[33:42] >> Yes. As you all know, in quasi judicial,
[33:44] you should base your decision on the
[33:45] competent substantial evidence that's
[33:48] presented to you, and that's both the
[33:49] verbal testimony that you heard this
[33:51] evening and all of the written backup
[33:53] material.
[33:54] >> Thank you, Madam Attorney. Uh there
[33:57] there's time for more deliberations. If
[33:58] none, I'll entertain a motion.
[34:01] >> Second.
[34:02] >> Is that Commissioner Coleman on the
[34:04] motion?
[34:05] >> Okay. And Commissioner Clark on the
[34:07] second.
[34:08] Okay. Uh one more chance on discussion
[34:12] going once. All those in favor signify
[34:14] by saying I. I.
[34:16] >> Motion passes unanimous. Five to zero.
[34:20] All right. We'll bring it back to a
[34:24] standard board and there's no agenda
[34:27] items. Uh which actually brings us uh
[34:30] straight to comments and citizens can go
[34:34] first. Comments for anybody. Citizens
[34:36] comments.
[34:38] You look like you're moving in your seat
[34:40] to get up. No,
[34:42] >> just adjusting. Okay. All right. Uh city
[34:45] manager, you can go first. Oh, I'm
[34:47] sorry. Go ahead, Greg.
[34:54] Hi, Greg Raiden. Uh, just a schedule
[34:57] request on the kennel issue. Uh, I'm
[35:00] going to take Miss Donna out west in the
[35:02] end of September, see Miss Lee's
[35:04] surviving sister. So, if we could
[35:07] possibly ask that nothing be scheduled
[35:10] on that uh item on the second uh
[35:14] commission meeting in September, I would
[35:17] appreciate it. If it has to happen, I
[35:19] understand. But if not, I would
[35:21] appreciate that consideration.
[35:25] >> All right. Thank you, sir. We'll see
[35:27] what we can do. Uh, any other public
[35:29] comment from citizens?
[35:32] Seeing none. Now, city manager Mara, you
[35:36] can go first.
[35:37] >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Just have a few.
[35:38] First, I want to say congratulations,
[35:40] Commissioner Long award for All Smiles
[35:43] Detailing. just uh just announced the
[35:46] big He'll talk about it. He'll tell us
[35:49] more about it. Uh I want to remind
[35:50] everybody of Wednesday's workshop uh
[35:53] budget workshop that's at 6:30 right
[35:54] here in the chamber. Believe this one's
[35:57] uh first one for um
[36:00] >> governmental funds.
[36:01] Yeah, not enterprise
[36:02] funds. Thank you. Um I had two policies
[36:06] that I would like uh the DAS's feedback
[36:09] on bringing back to you. uh one would be
[36:13] I have advocated for a long time that we
[36:16] need a better more thoughtful policy uh
[36:19] when it comes to the naming of fields,
[36:22] roads, buildings, those kinds of things.
[36:25] What we have right now is pretty pretty
[36:28] short and sweet. Doesn't give a lot of
[36:29] guidance. Um I think it would be
[36:31] appropriate to come back with something
[36:33] that's a little bit more thoughtful. Um
[36:35] could I get a head nod on y'all's
[36:37] willingness to entertain a presentation
[36:39] sometime? There's no rush on this. We
[36:41] got a lot of stuff. But sometime in the
[36:43] next three, four months, I got three.
[36:45] >> Plug it in on a night when we got one
[36:47] item.
[36:47] >> One item. Yeah.
[36:49] >> If only I had known. Right. So, and then
[36:52] the other one is PDM. So, we've talked
[36:54] about this in the past. Um, you know,
[36:57] right now the way we do about things
[36:59] when we have to go to a conference or
[37:00] something like that, we have to it's
[37:03] everything is separated up into
[37:05] categories, right? Instead of just
[37:07] saying you get a predium, it's x amount.
[37:10] It creates a lot of backlog, paperwork,
[37:12] those kinds of things. It's very
[37:14] precise. Uh other governing entities
[37:17] simply say you get what you get. It's a
[37:19] predium, right? And you know, if you
[37:22] stay at a hotel that has breakfast, you
[37:24] back that out of it. That kind of a
[37:25] thing. But it's a basic lump sum. It's
[37:28] just a little bit easier to manage on
[37:30] staff's time when we have to track all
[37:32] of that stuff. So it would be an update
[37:35] to
[37:37] our purchasing policy, travel policy.
[37:39] So, uh, if you guys are willing to
[37:41] entertain having a presentation on that,
[37:44] I can bring that back to you as well. I
[37:46] got one, two head nods, three head nods,
[37:48] four. Okay. So, that, uh,
[37:52] concludes my comments, Mr. Mayor. Thank
[37:53] you.
[37:55] Madam Attorney,
[37:59] this is so not fair. You never say
[38:01] anything.
[38:03] >> Smart.
[38:04] >> Fair enough. Smart attorney. Madame
[38:07] Clerk.
[38:09] All right. Uh, Commissioner Coleman,
[38:12] do you want to go first or you want to
[38:14] wait?
[38:14] >> I want to wait.
[38:15] >> Okay. Commissioner Maison,
[38:17] >> I want to wait.
[38:19] [laughter]
[38:21] >> No, I'm good. Uh, congratulations to our
[38:24] uh
[38:25] >> I want to wait on record. No, but
[38:28] congratulations to our electric uh
[38:30] department. Go Newberry, man. That's all
[38:32] I got to say. Um um Newbury continue continuously they they donate so much to their
[38:41] citizens. They give back. I mean I can't say that enough. And the reason
[38:45] I'm saying that is because I made a
[38:47] delivery to the floor store and um and
[38:49] man he this is the second year I think
[38:51] they did this. They were giving away
[38:53] rugs to teachers.
[38:55] I thought that's Yeah. So, I mean, you
[38:57] know, the teachers, I don't know, you know, they're always asking
[39:01] for, you know, materials for the
[39:03] classroom. And so, a rug, um, I think
[39:06] would be a great benefit. It's a great
[39:09] start. I mean, it's not a pencil, it's
[39:11] not paper, but it's, you know, and they
[39:12] had different types and different
[39:13] material, different type, different
[39:14] colors or whatnot. But over at the floor
[39:16] store, man, they were giving out rugs.
[39:18] And this is the second year. The first
[39:19] year, I want to say they gave out over
[39:21] 200. They say that the range was about
[39:23] 100 to 200 miles travel. people came and
[39:26] heard about this and they decided to
[39:27] come here. So, go Newberry. Right. Our
[39:29] department, our electric department, the
[39:32] award, um what he's about to say, um and
[39:35] then our uh our floor store over there.
[39:37] Um good job to those guys. Um quick
[39:40] reminder, like school's back in u in
[39:42] session, so traffic, cars, um kids, be
[39:46] careful. They're out and about. I have
[39:47] to be careful in my big brown truck. Um
[39:50] so, they will be I mean, kids are kids.
[39:52] They're going to jump out in front of
[39:53] traffic. So, let's just be mindful. be
[39:55] thoughtful and um the only thing I have
[39:58] is you know what did the uh one
[40:01] calculator say to the other
[40:04] >> down what's your digits
[40:06] >> huh
[40:07] >> what's your dig digits
[40:10] >> you can count on me [laughter]
[40:16] that's all I got
[40:18] [snorts]
[40:21] » uh commissioner long
[40:22] >> all right like uh like Jordan said I
[40:24] want to say a special thanks to everyone
[40:26] that voted for me for being on our town
[40:28] phase mobile detailing business. Um it's
[40:30] a great honor to serve this community
[40:32] and serve the surrounding area. So I
[40:33] don't take it lightly. It's a great
[40:35] honor to be able to serve um the people.
[40:38] And something I I helped start when I
[40:40] was uh became a commission was Thrive.
[40:43] So Thrive is a health initiative that we
[40:44] want to bring a healthier community. So,
[40:46] November 7th, we're going to have our
[40:48] first health fair. But on top of that,
[40:50] we're going to also provide screenings
[40:53] for free for the community. So, for
[40:55] workers, people that don't have
[40:56] insurance, people that don't that can't
[40:58] get to the doctor in time, they'll be
[41:00] doing a a special uh opportunity at a
[41:02] Little Red Schoolhouse twice a month
[41:04] where they'll give you screenings,
[41:05] they'll give you checkups. People that
[41:07] have issues, they don't want to go to
[41:09] the doctor, they don't have to drive
[41:10] far, right here in New.
[41:13] So, that's something we're providing for
[41:15] free. So people that have workers and a
[41:18] lot of guys that don't want to go
[41:19] anywhere for medical, they have that
[41:21] access. So I'm I'm proud of that and
[41:23] glad we can bring that to New Br. And
[41:25] other than that, this uh thank you to
[41:27] our utility department. You know, you
[41:29] guys work hard and people always talk
[41:30] about the utility bills, but the service
[41:32] we provide is always key. You know, you
[41:35] always want to have great services. So
[41:37] I'm glad them guys got awarded for that.
[41:38] Thank you.
[41:40] Commissioner Farnsworth,
[41:43] >> um, you forgotten in the honor of your,
[41:47] uh, award, you going to give like 50%
[41:50] discount to all
[41:52] >> citizens with [laughter]
[41:58] Dang. Um, yeah, congratulations to the,
[42:02] uh, electric department. I mean,
[42:06] I am so happy that I live in Newberry
[42:08] during a hurricane because
[42:12] >> I you read all these horror stories
[42:13] about these people even in the city of
[42:15] Gainesville being weeks and I know my
[42:18] aunt was like two weeks without
[42:20] electricity one time when she lived in
[42:22] Gainesville and uh it's just amazing how
[42:27] quick and responsive our our um utility
[42:30] department is and getting everybody back
[42:31] online.
[42:34] and
[42:35] see the primaries are next Tuesday
[42:40] and these are my choices, not the
[42:44] commission choices or anything. So, you
[42:46] can take it as that. Uh, for county
[42:50] commissioner district 2, I'll be
[42:51] supporting Charlie Ray Jackson.
[42:56] For school board district one, I'll be
[42:58] supporting Janine Plavic.
[43:01] And for school board district three,
[43:03] I'll be supporting Gregory uh Pelum. And
[43:06] I think these three people will be a a
[43:09] benefit to the city of Newberry. So I
[43:12] hope you uh we'll take them into your
[43:14] consideration.
[43:16] >> Thank you, sir. Commissioner Clark.
[43:18] >> Awesome. Um well, one more congrats to
[43:20] the electric team. So uh appreciate
[43:23] everything y'all do down there. U Madam
[43:25] Attorney, you're a breath of fresh air
[43:27] to have in house. I appreciate you
[43:29] speaking with us and the enlightenment
[43:32] that we get. So, thank you much on that.
[43:34] I know we got a few things going on the
[43:37] uh capital funds, but um she's a breath
[43:40] of fresh air. And other than that, uh
[43:42] God bless America and God bless our
[43:44] troops that are deployed.
[43:46] >> Thank you, sir. Commissioner Coleman,
[43:49] >> um I went and ate at me and Marcy went
[43:52] and ate at the uh brick and copper.
[43:55] Uh that it was excellent. Uh, we got the
[43:58] prime rib. Uh, if anybody hadn't tried
[44:02] that out yet, it is delicious there. And
[44:06] their potatoes ain't like that either.
[44:08] They're like that.
[44:10] And seeing that you did local, I'll do
[44:13] uh I'll do for the state.
[44:17] Uh me and my family, the Coleman's,
[44:20] we're supporting Bobby Williams for
[44:22] governor and Matt the welder for
[44:25] agriculture. Thank you.
[44:28] Very good. Yes, sir. I
[44:30] >> I can feel the collective anger from Mr.
[44:33] Jones that I forgot to announce that we
[44:36] got our uh notice to proceed from D this
[44:40] week. We have sent that out. So, you
[44:42] will see uh construction uh companies
[44:45] run in and we will be building a
[44:47] wastewater treatment plant post haste.
[44:51] Post
[44:53] >> waste
[44:54] post waste.
[44:59] [laughter]
[45:01] >> U
[45:02] mostly for the commission's etiquette or
[45:05] uh edification. Uh I've been talking
[45:08] with the uh city attorney and the city
[45:10] manager about a couple of procedural
[45:12] things that we hope can simplify uh our
[45:16] meeting. Uh, one thing we did talk about
[45:17] was a um some sort of a plaque or
[45:20] something on the wall for citizens to be
[45:23] aware of uh kind of when they can speak
[45:25] and what what types of things that they
[45:28] are going to be speaking on and uh just
[45:31] to help them understand kind of the
[45:33] process a little bit. We get a lot of
[45:34] people that come in here that it's the
[45:36] first time they've ever come in here.
[45:38] They're a little bit um unaware of how
[45:41] to really just process. So doing that.
[45:44] Uh we got a couple of procedural things
[45:46] as far as meeting flow uh and how things
[45:49] uh kind of come through uh the board
[45:52] that we're working on. Um I texted each
[45:55] of you to be thinking about evaluations
[45:58] for the clerk, the manager, and the
[46:01] attorney. So make sure you're still uh
[46:03] on track with that. I think our
[46:05] procedurals will be first meeting in
[46:07] September. Madam Attorney, that sound
[46:09] about right?
[46:11] the procedure packet that we were
[46:13] talking about.
[46:14] >> Um, yes, I think as soon as we as we
[46:17] meet and get it finalized.
[46:20] >> Okay. Uh, all right. Fantastic. Um, and
[46:24] uh, yeah, just reiteration of uh,
[46:27] volunteerism is what makes things work
[46:30] better. The government doesn't have to
[46:32] worry about it. People don't have to
[46:33] worry about the uh, you know, where's
[46:35] the money going for from the government
[46:37] to that group or that group. Um, the
[46:40] idea of volunteerism connects the
[46:42] provider with the the customer so much
[46:45] better and keeps us out of it, keeps
[46:48] potential friction from social agendas
[46:50] and all that stuff. So, uh, I'm a huge
[46:53] champion of the volunteerism and as
[46:56] Commissioner Maison pointed out, uh,
[46:59] just everything wrapped in with the
[47:00] schools the last week, uh, really
[47:02] showcases
[47:04] the the spirit of all that and what
[47:06] makes Newberry, uh, so great. Uh, I want
[47:09] to wish all of the schools a happy and
[47:13] uh, productive week. I went by and
[47:16] brought every one of them a card. U this
[47:18] afternoon, I went prayed over all the
[47:20] schools. this morning and I actually
[47:23] even donated a printer over to the
[47:25] community school that I had laying
[47:26] around. So, um, feel free to follow my
[47:30] lead if if you'd like. Um,
[47:32] congratulations, Commissioner Long on
[47:35] your award there. And DOT is finishing
[47:39] up everything north on 2741.
[47:43] They're kind of doing all the the
[47:44] cutouts for driveways and everything.
[47:46] And as I was told, they would start
[47:48] working south soon after they're done
[47:51] there. They're going to connect. They're
[47:53] going to go from Newberry all the way
[47:54] down to Archer. So, be looking forward
[47:57] uh to having that. And once we get the
[47:59] two-way pairs,
[48:01] uh almost every road in and out of
[48:02] Newberry is going to be completely
[48:04] repaved in the next couple years. So,
[48:05] that'll be kind of cool. [laughter]
[48:10] » I'm sure they could I'm sure they could
[48:11] take an add-on or something like that.
[48:13] You just got to open up that wallet. Um
[48:16] well that's all I have for tonight.
[48:18] Thank you all for your attendance and
[48:19] your time. We are adjourned.