PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD (2025-08-14)

HISTORIC TOWN OF EATONVILLE, FLORIDA PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD MEETING MEETING MINUTES

Thursday, August 14, 2025, at 6:30 PM

Town Hall - 307 E Kennedy Blvd.

SPECIAL NOTICE: These meeting minutes are presented in an abbreviated format intended as a public record discussion of stated meeting according to the Florida's Government-in-the-Sunshine law. Meetings are opened to the public, noticed within reasonable advance notice, and transcribed into minutes for public record. \*\*Audio Recording are available through the Town's website on the Council Agenda Page.

CALL TO ORDER AND VERIFICATION OF QUORUM: Chair Bargaineer called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. and a quorum was established by Mrs. King

PRESENT: (5) Chair Charles Bargaineer, Vice Chair Angela Thomas; Board Members: George Williams, Angela Johnson, Milliard Livatt Jr. (Arrived after roll call)

STAFF: (3) Veronica King, Town Clerk; Tara Salmieri, Town Planner; Brianna Ross, Planning and Development Coordinator

INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:

Chair Bargaineer led the Prayer of Invocation followed by the Pledge of Allegiance

CITIZEN PARTICIPATION: None.

APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA: Chair Bargaineer MOTION to APPROVE the consent agenda approving the Meeting Minutes for June 13,2024; moved by Board member Angela Johnson; second by Board Member Angela Thomas; AYE: ALL, MOTION PASSES 4/0. Notes: Milliard Livatt Jr. arrived after the vote.

BOARD DISCUSSIONS/DECISIONS:

BOARD AND STAFF UPDATES-Tara Salmieri introduces a new staff member for the town, Ms. Brianna Ross, as the town's Planning and Development Coordinator. Tara Salmieri-Ms. Ross will be leading some efforts in development coordination, code compliance, construction management, economic development, and strategic initiatives. I \[Tara Salmieri\] will still operate as Town Planner and lead the meetings. The day-to-day operations and customer service will be led by Ms. Ross. She also brings five years of experience in program coordination, stakeholder engagement and public service. She holds a master's degree and is also a Florida notary public. Some of the things that stood out about Ms. Ross is her detailed orientation, customer service, and commitment to underserviced communities. Ms. Ross introduces herself to the Board. Board member Thomas asks if the position was posted, and how the administration settled on hiring Ms. Ross. Ms. Ross - My family is from Eatonville, and I wanted to work in the town, called Human Resources to see if there were any roles available. The position was posted and was sent the job description and applied. Tara Salmieri-I cannot answer how the job was posted different responsibilities. The former title was Planner I and it is now titled Development Coordinator. Town Clerk Veronica King confirms that the job was posted May 15,2025, on the town's website.

DISCUSSIONS: Board member Johnson asks for clarification regarding townhomes in the town, was informed of CRA plans to develop four townhomes on a property located on West Street across from the daycare; Tara Salmieri –first time hearing of this plan \[CRA\], there have been discussions \[about townhomes\], the R3 zoning district is the only district that permits townhouses, would have to have a residential high land use category, the dimensional standards in R3 are not conducive to a townhouse, the only method of getting a townhome approved in the town would be to have a land use that has at least 18 units an acre and would have to go through a plan development process, the plan development criteria is two acres or more of land, if less than two acres it cannot go through plan development, have been doing research regarding townhomes and will present at the council workshop on Tuesday, not just about townhomes, but about a variety of housing, and to get council's direction, there are no formal applications, had a meeting with an applicant that had several different concepts but did not meet any of the criteria, will be happy to entertain any thoughts \[from the\ \ COMMENTS: None.\ \ 2of3 08142025PLANNINGZONINGBOARDMeetingMinutes\ \ * * *\ \ STAFF COMMENTS:\ \ Town Clerk, Veronica King - Founders' Day (138 years) festivities has begun with the Mayor's Business Appreciation Luncheon (Thursday) and additional activities will be held Friday and Saturday (5-8pm), there are flyers in the lobby and information on the website, the Founders' Day Back to School event will held Friday, which is a showcasing of the youth with available resources, there will be a historical curated indoor exhibit in the chambers on Friday-Saturday (Echoes of Eatonville, hosted by the clerk's office coordinated by Marissa (Clerk Office staff), and the Founders' Day Celebration is (Saturday, 5-8 pm), everything will take place at town hall, with bounce houses and vendors (bring family and friends); Early voting is August 23-31, 2025, for the special general election for District 15, and Election Day is September 2, 2025.\ \ ADJOURNMENT Chair Bargaineer motions for adjournment of meeting; moved by Board Member Johnson; second by Vice Chair Thomas; AYE: ALL, MOTION PASSES. Meeting Adjourned at 7:07 P.M.\ \ Respectfully Submitted by:\ \ Veronica L King, Town Clerk\ \ 3of3 08142025PLANNINGZONINGBOARDMeetingMinutes