The Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners held a regularly scheduled land use meeting on August 11, 2026, at 9:00 AM. All seven commissioners were present: Ken Hagan, Gwen Myers, Donna Cameron Cepeda, Harry Cohen, Joshua Wostal, Christine Miller, and Chris Boles. The meeting covered a consent calendar, public hearings on land use modifications, regular agenda rezonings, a right-of-way vacation, and staff status reports. Nearly all items were approved by unanimous 7-0 votes, with one denial and several items continued or remanded.
Good morning, and welcome to the August eleventh, two thousand twenty-six uh regularly scheduled land use meeting of the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners. Would everyone please rise for the pledge and invocation given by our chaplain commissioner Gwyn Myers. I pledge allegiance to the fly of the United States of America and to the Republic for which is saying one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and just withdrawal. All of our applicants and their representative representative, as we discuss your business of how we should approve these projects in your holy name, I pray. Amen. Thank you, Commissioner Myers. Uh Mr. Grady, wonder if you need changes the agenda. Good morning, Commissioners. Brian Grady, Hillsburg County Development Services. In addition to the withdrawals continuance and the remands and the published agenda on page three and four of the agenda, we do have two changes to the agenda on regarding uh the first one is on page eight item F E three PRS twenty-six dash one zero seven six an additional party of record has been added to the backup, and then on page nine item E five ag A G E and C G twenty six one eight eight. Uh additional party records have been added to the backup. Uh that concludes the changes to the agenda. Care motion approved the changes. Second. Motion Commissioner Myers, second Commissioner Wolstool. Please record your vote and change the agenda. Okay, before we vote on the consent agenda, need to provide opportunity for a comment on uh consent item B four. Anyone like to speak to B4? Seeing no point of a motion for the consent agenda. Second. Motion uh Commissioner Cohen, second commissioner Myers, please record your vote on the consent agenda. Motion carried seven to zero. Okay, so you have a B item. Your application has been approved. Uh, if you're planning on uh testifying today, would you please uh stand, raise your right hand so the clerk can swear you in? Do you swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? Thank you. Okay. We do not have any vacation items, so we'll go to our uh E items. Uh Mr. Grady, you want to introduce the first one? Commissioner, the first item is agenda item E one PRS application twenty-six-one zero three five. This is a request to modify a thirteen point nine acre PD that's located on the west side of uh US three oh one, uh, south of the intersection of Bloomingdale and Progress Boulevard and US 301. The request is to is this PD is approved for two development options, one being a school that has been developed with that school. Uh the request is to add a pre-K child care uh to the uh to the school. Uh staff is recommending approval or available for any questions. Thank you. All right, thank you. The applicant here. Yes. Good morning, sir. Anything you'd like to add? Uh not at this time. I'm here for questions. Okay, appreciate it. Uh any proponent testimony. Robert Farkas, F A R K A S. Thank you. Okay.