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Michael Scott
Commissioner
District 5
Polk County, FL
August 18, 2026
Last heard
Statements in public meetings
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at 1:34:29I just want, as far as the, once, if this is approved today and it's vacated, as far as demolition of the roadway and all that, that's up to the property owner.
at 1:42:18Yeah, I just want to thank the President for bringing the clarity, and again, that's part of how we govern is to have their input.
at 23:47I'd like to reappoint Danielle Bouliette to the Housing and Neighborhood Development Citizens'
at 23:51Advisory Committee for a three-year term August 1st, 2026 through July 31st, 2029.
at 2:28:28Okay, and the last question I had, and you may can answer this, or may need to go back to staff, is since this is two separate owners, why wouldn't this go just as a conditional use request for the southern parcel as a standalone versus like an expansion or a duplication?
at 2:29:28No, we looked at that, and we didn't feel that it would stand on its own under our code, and because this parcel was part of the original non-conforming approval that we had, we was able to use that to expand to use this southern property.
at 6:29Madam Chair, if I may, just to highly encourage residents, you know, the reason the board wanted to implement this was really to encourage the residents to be proactive and pick up anything that is loose yard debris or dead trees, limbs, stuff like that,
at 48:24Would that be similar to a minimization of wetland impacts when we talk about the practicable conservation of existing foliage?
at 31:04However, when you look at the assets that we have to deploy to pick up random debris throughout that section of the county, it's likely even more than what we're subsidizing this.
at 31:15But I would just say that, you know, the residents and those that are in that area, take advantage of this, because it's a really economical way to get rid of your, you know, dispose of your trash.
at 22:46And Hunt Fountain Park fence, specifically on the contract, it was for bid number 19-148B, removal and disposal of existing fence and install new fence at eight fields and one football field at Hunt Fountain Park.
at 23:08And then last but not least, over the next couple of months, I'll be visiting several of the surrounding county animal control centers and just taking some notes.
at 1:05:40And looking at the surrounding areas, I know that the last meeting it was brought up that there was a need statement that there was a fuel station or something needed at this center for people coming from the east-headed west.
at 1:06:57And for that to be really utilized as RCC, or not even RCC, to develop that area to the southwest, that's the one, if I recall, there's some roadway realignment that would be required, potentially, on that access road to the south.