The Local Planning Agency (LPA) met on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at 6:00 PM in City Hall, 737 Louden Avenue, Dunedin. Chair Michael Broom presided with Vice Chair Kevin Benjamin and members Sally Caron, Charlie Flatley, Deborah Kynes, Paul Stanek, and alternates Tim Young and James Johns. Member Elizabeth Telford was absent. The LPA considered two major items: recommending changes to the Historic Preservation ordinance (legislative) and recommending approval of a 78-unit affordable housing development (quasi-judicial). The meeting adjourned at 7:50 PM.
We're coming. The July 9th, 2025 meeting of the local planning agency of the City of Dunedin will now come to order. The local planning agency is an advisory board of citizens appointed by the City Commission. This board is comprised of volunteers who represent the thoughts and concerns of the community. The purpose of tonight's meeting is to make recommendations to the City Commission regarding each item on the agenda. Except for item 1D, tonight's format will be as follows. I will introduce each item on the agenda after which the city representative will present information about it. Therefore, thereafter, the members of the local planning agency will have an opportunity to ask questions of the city representative. Finally, anyone from the public may come forward. Those from the public wishing to provide comment would need to please approach the lector and state your name and address, and then utilize the microphone in the speaker's lecture in order for your comments to be recorded. Individual public speakers would be limited to three minutes of speaking time. And we will kindly request that speakers are respectful of the clock countdown. Citizens speaking on an agenda item or during citizens' comments shall not engage in loud, boisterous or disruptive speech or conduct. That would never happen in Dunedin, would it? Any speaker that has continued inappropriate or irrelevant comments will be requested to relinquish the podium by me. The first item on our agenda is an update from our city attorney when I'm reading format. City Attorney Cowan. Thank you, Chair. So I just I think it was a while back possibly during a sunshine law training, there was a question that came up from an LPA board member where I was asked, well, you know, we have a speech at the beginning where we talk about that we hand, even though we're a legislative or a recommending body, we handle this in our hearings in a quasi-judicial manner, and is that always necessary? And so the simple answer is no, it's not always necessary. There are some items that come before you that are strictly legislative. So for instance, when there is an ordinance that's going before the city commission ultimately on any land development regulation, it passes through this body first. And you all are free to discuss it as well. And with quasi-judicial items, there are, I believe, a couple that come before this commission. One tonight is an example when it's design review. They come before the commission for the ultimate decision making, but you review it first. Provide the sworn testimony and the evidence, because ultimately that's what you're basing your recommendation on that will go to the commission. So the question was asked: well, how do we know whether or not it's going to be a legislative or quasi-judicial item? And staff is going to identify that. So on your agenda, you will have legislative items, and if there's a quasi-judicial one, you'll have quasi-judicial. I don't know whether they'll be which come which will come first and which will be second. Um that will be decided between staff and the clerk's office, but they will be grouped together in that way. So for tonight, all of your legislative items are being handled first. People are free to come up and provide comments when appropriate, you know, when the agenda item is heard, and we're at the public comment section. And there won't be sworn. When we get to the second part of the agenda and specifically item one D, then we will go through the formality of swearing everyone in and taking their testimony. And it'll be more rigid as far as the time frames on the applicant to present and the city to present. Super. Are there any questions? So tonight, the historic preservation advised uh ordinance is a legislative issue. It is a legislative item. I'm asking tonight whether this issue of the historic preservation ordinance is a legislative issue. Yes. Yes, the historic preservation ordinance is an ordinance that is revising or proposing to revise the land development regulations. So it must come through this body, and it is a legislative item that will go to the commission and they can determine whether or not they want to proceed with this ordinance or not. I think we're good. Okay. Thank you. Absolutely. All right.