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Monday, April 27, 2026 · Government meeting record

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The Newberry City Commission will meet on April 27, 2026, to discuss several land-use changes, infrastructure grants, and park developments. Key items include a new composting facility, residential zoning amendments, and updates to city personnel policies.

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This meeting involves decisions on land development, infrastructure funding, and city policies that will shape local growth, park usage, and municipal operations in Newberry.

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Commission Meeting 1 | P a g e A p r i l 2 7 , 2 0 2 6 April 27, 2026 25493 NW 1st Avenue, Newberry, Florida 32669 7:00 PM Agenda CALL TO ORDER APPROVAL OF AGENDA INVOCATION PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PRESENTATIONS (Please limit presentations to 15 minutes) 1. Alachua County Emergency Management 2. National Fallen Firefighters Proclamation 3. Municipal Clerks Week Proclamation PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS (Please limit announcements to 2 minutes) CONSENT AGENDA 4. 3.23.2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes 5. 03.23.2026 Board of Adjustment Meeting Minutes 6. 04.13.2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes 7. Payment Registers 8. Hurricane Debris Monitoring and Removal, Reduction, and Disposal Services Contract Award 9. Declare Certain Items as Surplus 10. Champions Park Ballfield Fence Replacement Contract Award PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ORDINANCES 11. Community Development Block Grant Neighborhood Revitalization (CDBG-NR) Applications Resolution No. 2026-17 A Resolution Of The City Of Newberry, Florida, Authorizing The Submission Of A Small Cities Cdbg Grant Application For Neighborhood Revitalization Projects That Would Serve And Benefit Very Low To Moderate Income Households; Authorizing The City Manager To Sign The Application And Take All

2 | P a g e A p r i l 2 7 , 2 0 2 6 Other Actions Necessary To Apply For The Grant; Providing A Severability Clause; Providing A Repealing Clause; And Providing An Effective Date. Resolution No. 2026-18 A Resolution Of The City Of Newberry, Florida, Authorizing The Submission Of A Small Cities Cdbg Grant Application For Neighborhood Revitalization Projects That Would Serve And Benefit Very Low To Moderate Income Households; Authorizing The City Manager To Sign The Application And Take All Other Actions Necessary To Apply For The Grant; Providing A Severability Clause; Providing A Repealing Clause; And Providing An Effective Date. 12. SDP 26-01 Site and Development Plan for Life Soils Florida, LLC to develop a new composting facility at 2429 SW 266th Street within a 90-acre City-owned parcel (Tax Parcel No. 02538-009-001) also known as the City of Newberry Environmental Park. Quasi-Judicial hearing RESOLUTION NO. 2026-13 Petition# SDP 26-01: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF NEWBERRY, FLORIDA, APPROVING A SITE AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS FOR A PROJECT KNOWN AS “LIFE SOILS” CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 15 ACRES AND IDENTIFIED AS A PORTION OF TAX PARCEL NO. 02538-009-001 LOCATED AT 2429 SW 266TH STREET; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 13. Ordinance # 2026-12/CPA 25-04: Large Scale Future Land Use Amendment for Newberry Ridge. Legislative, First Reading of Ordinance # 2026-12/CPA 25-04. An Ordinance of the city of Newberry, Florida, amending the Future Land Use Map in the Comprehensive Plan by changing the Future Land Use category from Mixed Use to Residential Medium Density (8 du/ac) on approximately 225.29 acres (tax parcel numbers 02542- 001-000, 02542-001-001, 02542-001-002, 02542-001-003, 02542-001-004, 02542-001- 005, 02542-001-006, 02542-001-008 and 02547-001-000) generally located north of SW 30th Avenue and east of US Hwy 27/41; providing for exclusion from codification, correction and directions to the City Manager; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing directions to the Clerk and an effective date. 14. Ordinance # 2026-07/CPA 26-09: Future Land Use Amendment for Freddie Warmack Park. Legislative, First Reading of Ordinance # 2026-07/CPA 26-09. An Ordinance of the city of Newberry, Florida, amending the Future Land Use Map in the Comprehensive Plan by changing the Future Land Use category from “Recreation” to “Public Facilities and Land” on a City-owned property identified as tax parcel number 01935-000-000; providing for exclusion from codification, correction and directions to the City Manager; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing directions to the Clerk and an effective date. 15. Ordinance # 2026-08/CPA 26-11: Rezoning for Freddie Warmack Park. Quasi-Judicial, First Reading of Ordinance # 2026-08/CPA 26-11. An Ordinance of the City of Newberry, Florida, amending the Official Zoning Atlas in the Land

3 | P a g e A p r i l 2 7 , 2 0 2 6 Development Regulations by changing the Zoning District from “residential single family-1” to “Public Facilities” on a City-owned property identified as tax parcel number 01935-000-000; providing for exclusion from codification, correction and directions to the City Manager; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing directions to the Clerk and an effective date. 16. Ordinance # 2026-05/CPA 26-10: Large-scale Future Land Use Amendment for Champions Park. Legislative, First Reading of Ordinance # 2026-05/CPA 26-10. An Ordinance of the City of Newberry, Florida, amending the Future Land Use Map in the Comprehensive Plan by changing the Future Land Use category from Agriculture to Public Facilities and Land on 2 parcels identified as tax parcel numbers 02570-001-000 and 02571-001- 000; providing for exclusion from codification, correction and directions to the City Manager; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing directions to the Clerk and an effective date. AGENDA ITEMS 17. Florida Jobs Growth Grant Agreement Resolution 2026-14 A Resolution Of The City Of Newberry, Florida, Approving Florida Commerce Job Growth Infrastructure Grant Agreement No. G0151 For Public Infrastructure At The Newberry F-300 Ag Food Tech Innovation Park And Business Incubator; Authorizing The City Manager To Execute All Documents And To Take All Other Actions Necessary To Accept And Administer The Grant; Providing For Severability; Repealing All Resolutions In Conflict, And Providing An Effective Date. 18. Right of Way Acquisition – Newberry Lane/CR 235 Roundabout 19. Temporary Extension of the Appointment of certain Planning and Zoning Board Members. Resolution No. 2026-16: A Resolution of the City of Newberry, Florida, Providing a Temporary Extension of the Appointment of Certain Planning and Zoning Board Members; Providing for Severability; Repealing all Resolutions in Conflict; and Providing an Effective Date. 20. Local Mitigation Strategy Adoption Resolution No. 2026-15 A Resolution Of The City Of Newberry, Florida, Adopting The 2026 Alachua County Local Mitigation Strategy; Providing For Severability; Repealing All Resolutions In Conflict; And Providing An Effective Date. 21. Personnel Policy Updates Resolution No. 2026-08 A Resolution Of The City Of Newberry, Florida, Adopting Revised Personnel Policies; Providing Directions to the City Manager; Providing A Severability Clause; Providing a Repealing Clause; And Providing An Effective Date. COMMENTS

4 | P a g e A p r i l 2 7 , 2 0 2 6 Citizens (Please limit your comments to 5 minutes) City Manager City Attorney City Clerk Commission Mayor MEETING ADJOURNMENT Randa K. Paul, City Clerk If A Person, Firm, or Corporation Desires to Take an Appeal From any Action Taken At the Above Meeting or Hearing, It May Be Necessary to Have A Verbatim Record of the Proceedings and It Is the Person, Firm, or Corporation’s Duty to See that Such A Record Is Made. The City of Newberry City Commission Policy Is to End the Public Meeting At 10:30 P.M. the Evening of the Regularly Scheduled Meeting Unless Extended by the City Commission. Any Matter on the Agenda Not Acted upon Shall Be Continued to the Next Regularly Scheduled City Commission Meeting, or a Special Meeting, at the Commission’s Discretion. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 286.26, Florida Statutes, persons with disabilities requiring reasonable accommodations to participate in this meeting should contact the City Clerk at 352-472-2161 or ADArequests@newberryfl.gov at least 72 business hours prior to the meeting. Such accommodations may include, but are not limited to, assistive listening devices, alternative formats of meeting materials, sign language interpretation, or physical access arrangements. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the Florida Relay System at 800-955-8770. If you need special accommodations for attendance at this meeting, please contact MV Transportation, Inc. at 352-375-2784, not later than 72 business hours prior to the proceedings. .

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