City Commission Agendas Include Roadway Design Contracts, Commissioner Pay Discussion
The Winter Haven City Commission held back-to-back meetings on June 23 and July 2, and the Planning Commission convened on July 2. Agendas covered a slate of transportation engineering contracts, a developer agreement reassignment, a potential update to commissioner compensation, and a proposed 2050 comprehensive plan. All three meetings were agenda-only at press time; no minutes have been published.
City Commission – June 23
The commission was scheduled to consider a consent agenda that included multiple contracts with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. The largest was an award for engineering services on the North Lake Shipp Drive Complete Street Project (item 10.A). A consulting agreement with the same firm would cover 30-percent design of the E. Lake Howard Drive SW Complete Street and utility improvements (10.B), and a transportation consulting services agreement would support a Transportation Safety Action Plan (10.C).
Other consent items: a workforce housing agreement with Gault Construction, LLC (10.I) and park improvements—dock and boardwalk repairs at Lake Maude Nature Park and a dock replacement at Lake Hartridge Nature Park (10.G).
The complete street projects, if approved, would advance design work on three corridors used daily by motorists, cyclists, and pedestrians. The workforce housing agreement could affect the availability of entry-level homes. No contract dollar amounts were listed in the agenda summary.
City Commission – July 2
New business included a discussion on commissioner compensation (item 13.A). The agenda did not specify a proposed change, but any adjustment would affect the city’s budget for elected officials’ salaries.
In other business, the commission was to consider assigning the Physicians Partnership developer’s agreement to Coregro 550 Winter Haven, LLC—a move that could shift control of a planned development. Consent items included a water and sewer connection fee and rate study with Raftelis (10.F), an emergency sludge dewatering agreement with Synagro South, LLC for Wastewater Treatment Plant #3 (10.G), and Kimley-Horn design services for the Old Helena Road Complete Street project (10.K). The rate study could lead to future adjustments in utility bills, and the emergency repair is aimed at keeping the wastewater plant operational.
Planning Commission – July 2
The Planning Commission held public hearings on two major items. Case P-26-19 requested rezoning 4.24 acres at 717 Sixth St SW from Commercial-Heavy (C-4) to Planned Unit Development (PUD). The second, cases P-26-16 and P-26-17, sought adoption of the 2050 Winter Haven Comprehensive Plan and Future Land Use Map Series. The comprehensive plan, if adopted, will guide land use decisions, annexations, and zoning for years. The commission also planned to approve June 2 meeting minutes.
Coming up
No public meetings of the City Commission or Planning Commission were listed for the next 14 days as of July 5. Residents can monitor the city’s website for newly posted agendas and minutes.
Generated from official meeting agendas and minutes — every underlying document is linked from the city page. Read the primary source before you rely on a detail.