City Council
Regular MeetingVenice, FL · January 24, 2023
Agenda
401 West Venice Avenue
City of Venice Venice, FL 34285
www.venicegov.com
Meeting Agenda
City Council
Tuesday, January 24, 2023 9:00 AM Council Chambers
23-5928 Meeting Instructions and Request to Speak Form
Attachments: Meeting Instructions
Request to Speak Form
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
I. RECOGNITION
23-5929 Swearing in: Police Officers Ryan Keogh and Justin Lorenz
23-5930 2022 Holiday Card Winner: Kinzley Cuellar, Grade 5, Venice Elementary
School
23-5931 2022 Employee of the Year: Mike Deneweth, Technical Systems
Coordinator, Information Technology Department
23-5932 Council Member Dick Longo: Certificate of Completion of the 2022
Institute for Elected Municipal Officials
II. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION will be limited to one hour.
Excluding Public Hearings (Five Minutes Each Speaker for City Residents, City Property
Owners, and Owners of Businesses within the City Limits and Two Minutes for all Other
Speakers unless Other Time Limits are Established).
III. CONSENT SECTION:
All matters listed under the Consent Section are considered to be routine and will be
enacted by one motion unless an item is removed by a council member. There will be no
separate discussion of these items. If discussion is desired by a council member, the
item(s) will be considered and voted upon at the end of the Consent Section.
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A. CITY CLERK
23-5933 Minutes of the January 6, 2023 Land Development Regulations (LDRs)
and Citizen Petition Special Meeting and January 10, 2023 Regular
Meeting
Attachments: Minutes 1.06.23
Minutes 1.10.23
23-5941 Nominate Steve Carr to the Sarasota/Manatee Metropolitan Planning
Organization (MPO) Citizen Advisory Committee for a Term Beginning
February 1, 2023
Attachments: Memorandum
Application
B. CITY MANAGER
23-5934 Approve Venice Sharks Tooth Festival Special Event at Centennial Park
on April 22, 2023 and April 23, 2023
Attachments: Memorandum
Engineering
23-40FP Authorize the Mayor, City Attorney and City Engineer to Sign the Mirasol
Town Center, Phase 2 Final Plat
Attachments: Final Plat
Mortagee Joinder
Sixth Amend to Declaration of Restrictions
Title Search
Finance
23-5935 Authorize the Mayor to Execute the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM)
Hurricane Ian Agreement Z2926
Attachments: Memorandum
Agreement
Police
23-5936 Approve Grant Agreement Between Sarasota County and the City of
Venice for the West Coast Inland Navigation District (WCIND) Waterway
Development Program Project Agreement for the Police Marine Patrol,
Project No. S-461, not to Exceed $140,247.00
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Attachments: Memorandum
Agreement
IV. ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT
V. PUBLIC HEARINGS
A. APPEAL - Continued from October 25, 2022 Council Meeting
CC 21-56SP Consider and Act on Appeal of Planning Commission's Approval of Site
and Development Plan Amendment Petition No. 21-56SP for Development
of Three Pickleball Courts at the Existing Venetian Golf and River Club Site
(Quasi-Judicial) - BOTH PARTIES AGREE TO CONTINUE THE APPEAL
HEARING TO THE MARCH 14, 2023 CITY COUNCIL MEETING
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Attachments: Kymlyn Walker's (VCDD) Request for a Continuance to March 14, 2023
Harvey Feltquate's Request for a Continuance to March 14, 2023
Minutes 10.25.22
Memorandum Dated 10.19.22
Memorandum
Harvey Feltquate's Request for a Continuance
Ed Willmer's Request for a Continuance (VCDD)
Notice of Appeal by Harvey Feltquate
Mr. Feltquate's Request for a Hearing Delay
Tyler Cassell's Request for Affected Person Status
Documents Submitted by Tyler Cassell
Approved Development Order
Staff Report
Applicant - Application and Narrative
Applicant - Site and Development Plans
Applicant - Site Plan - No Aerial
Applicant - Original Approved Phase 3 Site Plan - 02-14SP.2
Applicant - Full Binding Master Plan with Appendices
Applicant - Landscape Plan
Applicant - Survey
Applicant - Policy 8.2
Applicant - Section 86-23(m)
Request for Affected Person Status
Written Correspondence
Additional Written Correspondence After Agenda Posted
Planning Commission Minutes 5.17.22
Written Correspondence from Tyler Cassell Received 5.20.22
Correspondence 5.23.22
Written Correspondence 6.13.22 to 6.15.22
Written Correspondence 6.16.22 to 6.17.22
Written Correspondence 6.20.22 to 6.22.22
Correspondence from Barbara Puccia
Written Correpondence 6.13-6.27.22
Correspondence 6.28.22
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B. ORDINANCES - FIRST READING
ORD. NO. An Ordinance of the City of Venice, Florida, Amending the 2017-2027 City
2023-02 of Venice Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map Pursuant to Petition
No. 22-04CP to Change the Future Land Use Designation of Specific Real
Property Located at 2901 Curry Lane (5± Acres), from Moderate Density
Residential (MODR) to Commercial; Providing for Repeal of All
Ordinances in Conflict Herewith; Providing for Severability; and Providing
an Effective Date
Attachments: Ordinance
Transmittal Memo to City Clerk
Staff Report
Staff Presentation
Planning Commission Minutes 12.20.22
Applicant - Application and Narrative
Applicant - Comprehensive Plan Compliance Report
Applicant - Base Analysis
Applicant - Strikethrough Underline Revisions
Applicant - Survey
ORD. NO. An Ordinance Amending the Official Zoning Atlas of the City of Venice,
2023-03 Florida, Pursuant to Zoning Map Amendment Petition No. 22-03RZ, to
Change the Zoning Designation for the Property Located at 2901 Curry
Lane (5± Acres), from Residential, Multi-Family 1 (RMF-1) to Commercial,
General (CG); Providing for Repeal of all Ordinances in Conflict Herewith;
Providing for Severability; and Providing an Effective Date (Quasi-Judicial)
Attachments: Ordinance
Transmittal Memo to City Clerk
Staff Report
Staff Presentation
Planning Commission Minutes 12.20.22
Applicant - Application and Narrative
Applicant - Planning Commission Report
Applicant - Policy 8.2 Analysis
Applicant - Survey
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C. ORDINANCES – FINAL READING
ORD. NO. An Ordinance of the City of Venice, Florida, Annexing Certain Lands Lying
2022-39 Contiguous to the City Limits, Pursuant to Petition Nos. 22-43AN and
22-44AN by 2001 Laurel LLC, Into the Corporate Limits of the City of
Venice, Florida, and Redefining the Boundary Lines of the City to Include
Said Additions; Providing for Repeal of All Ordinances in Conflict
Herewith; Providing for Severability; and Providing an Effective Date
Attachments: Ordinance
Transmittal Memo to City Clerk
Staff Report East
Staff Report West
Staff Presentation - Annexations
Planning Commission Minutes 12-6-22
Approved Pre-Annexation Agreement for Laurel Road East
Approved Pre-Annexation Agreement for Laurel Road West
Applicant - Application East
Applicant - Application West
Applicant - Project Narrative East
Applicant - Project Narrative West
Applicant - Financial Feasibility East
Applicant - Financial Feasibility West
Applicant - Property Ownership and Information
Applicant - Survey - 0380-09-0001
Applicant - Survey 0380-16-0001 and 0380-16-0003
Applicant - Survey 0380-11-0002
Applicant - Survey 0380-14-0002
ORD. NO. An Ordinance of the City of Venice, Florida, Amending the 2017-2027 City
2022-40 of Venice Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map Pursuant to Petition
No. 22-45CP to Change the Future Land Use Designation of Specific Real
Properties Located at 1651 Laurel Road East and 1881 Laurel Road East
(12.02± Acres), from Sarasota County Medium Density Residential to City
of Venice Mixed Use Corridor (MUC), and 1101 Twin Laurel Boulevard,
1099 Twin Laurel Boulevard, and 2399 Laurel Road East (10.95± Acres),
from Sarasota County Moderate Density Residential and
Office/Multi-Family Residential to City of Venice Mixed-Use Corridor
(MUC); Providing for Repeal of all Ordinances in Conflict Herewith;
Providing for Severability; and Providing an Effective Date
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Attachments: Ordinance
Transmittal Memo to City Clerk
Staff Report
Staff Presentation
Planning Commission Minutes 12-6-22
Applicant - Application
Applicant - Project Narrative
Applicant - Location Map
Applicant - School Impact Analysis Letter of Receipt
Applicant - Base Analysis
Applicant - Strikethrough/Underline Revisions
Applicant - Survey - 0380-09-0001
Applicant - Survey - 0380-11-0002
Applicant - Survey - 0380-14-0002
Applicant - Survey 0380-16-0001 and 0380-16-0003
ORD. NO. An Ordinance Amending the Official Zoning Atlas of the City of Venice,
2022-41 Florida, Pursuant to Zoning Map Amendment Petition No. 22-46RZ, to
Change the Zoning Designation for the Properties Located at 1651 Laurel
Road East and 1881 Laurel Road East (12.02± Acres), from Sarasota
County Open Use Estate 1 (OUE-1) to City of Venice Commercial,
General (CG), and 1101 Twin Laurel Boulevard, 1099 Twin Laurel
Boulevard, and 2399 Laurel Road East (10.95± Acres), from Sarasota
County Open Use Estate 1 (OUE-1) and Office, Professional, and
Institutional to City of Venice Commercial, General (CG); Providing for
Repeal of all Ordinances in Conflict Herewith; Providing for Severability;
and Providing an Effective Date (Quasi-Judicial)
Attachments: Ordinance
Transmittal Memo to City Clerk
Staff Report
Staff Presentation
Planning Commission Minutes 12-6-22
Applicant - Application
Applicant - Project Narrative
Applicant - Location Map
Applicant - Survey - 0380-09-0001
Applicant - Survey - 0380-11-0002
Applicant - Survey - 0380-14-0002
Applicant - Survey 0380-16-0001 and 0380-16-0003
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ORD. NO. An Ordinance Amending City of Venice Ordinance No. 2022-26 Which
2023-01 Adopted the Official Budget of the City of Venice, Florida for the Fiscal
Year Beginning October 1, 2022 and Ending September 30, 2023; By
Increasing the Total Revenue by $4,983,131 and Total Expenditures by
$4,983,131; and Providing an Effective Date
Attachments: Ordinance
Memorandum
VI. UNFINISHED BUSINESS - Item Continued from January 6, 2023 Special Meeting
23-5910 Chapter 87 - Commercial Development in Planned Unit Developments
(PUDs)
Attachments: Memorandum - Staff Response to Petitioner After Special Meeting
VII. PRIVATE ATTORNEY-CLIENT SESSION
23-5937 12:00 P.M. - PRIVATE ATTORNEY-CLIENT SESSION, PURSUANT TO
FLORIDA STATUTE 286.011(8), TO DISCUSS NEAL COMMUNITIES OF
SWF, LLC ET AL V. CITY OF VENICE
In attendance will be City Attorney Kelly Fernandez, Special Counsel Derek
Schroth, Mayor Nick Pachota, Vice Mayor Jim Boldt, Council Members
Mitzie Fiedler, Helen Moore, Rachel Frank, Rick Howard and Dick Longo,
City Manager Ed Lavallee, and Roberts Court Reporting. (Expected
Duration One Hour)
VIII. NEW BUSINESS
A. RESOLUTIONS
RES. NO. A Resolution of the City of Venice, Florida, Accepting Utilities and
2023-03 Improvements Installed by Vistera Associates, LLC, Border Road
Investments, LLC, Laurel Road CDD, and Laurel Road Investors, LLC and
Accepting a One Year Developers Cash Maintenance Bond and Bill of
Sale, and Providing an Effective Date (Vistera Phase 1A)
Attachments: Resolution
Certification No Advance Contributions
Affidavit No Liens
One Year Warranty
DOH Clearance
Record Drawings
RES. NO. A Resolution of the City of Venice, Florida, Creating a Utility Rate
2023-04 Stakeholder's Work Group and Providing an Effective Date
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Attachments: Resolution
Memorandum
RES. NO. A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Venice, Sarasota County,
2023-05 Florida, Adopting an Amended Policy for Board Appointments;
Superseding Resolution No. 2022-33; and Providing an Effective Date
Attachments: Resolution
B. PRESENTATIONS
23-5938 Dick Fenstermaker, Hospital Volunteers of Venice: Request to Place a
Plaque at Founders Way to Recognize the Hospital Volunteers of Venice
(5 min.)
Attachments: Presentation
Memorandum
23-5939 Judy Jankowski, Vice President of Philanthropy, United Way of South
Sarasota County: The Affordable Housing Crisis - The Definition of
Affordable (10 min.) (Dr. Fiedler)
Attachments: United Way Brochure
Dr. Fiedler's Request
23-5940 Pat Neal, Neal Communities: Update on Laurel Road Expansion (10 min.)
(Dr. Fiedler)
Attachments: Presentation
Dr. Fiedler's Request
IX. CHARTER OFFICER REPORTS
City Attorney
City Clerk
City Manager
X. COUNCIL REPORTS
Council Member Fiedler
Council Member Howard
Council Member Moore
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Council Member Longo
Council Member Frank
Vice Mayor Boldt
Mayor Pachota
XI. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION
Five Minutes Each Speaker for City Residents, City Property Owners, and Owners of
Businesses within the City Limits and Two Minutes for all Other Speakers unless Other
Time Limits are Established.
XII. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting will not go beyond 5:00 p.m. unless City Council grants an extension.
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NOTE: No stenographic record by a certified court reporter is made of this meeting.
Accordingly, any person who may seek to appeal any decision involving the matters
noticed herein will be responsible for making a verbatim record of the testimony and
evidence at this meeting upon which any appeal is based.
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