Hernando County  
Planning & Zoning Commission  
Regular Meeting  
Minutes  
December 9, 2024  
CALL TO ORDER  
The public meeting was called to order at 9:00 AM on Monday, December 9, 2024, in the John  
Law Ayers Room, Government Center, Brooksville, Florida. This meeting was advertised in  
the Hernando Sun newspaper and the Agenda Packet was available online at  
www.hernandocounty.us.  
Attendee Name  
Nicholas Holmes  
W. Steve Hickey  
Kathryn Birren  
Jonathan McDonald  
Robert Morgan  
James Lipsey  
Melissa Tartaglia  
Jeffrey Rogers  
Omar DePablo  
Kay Griffith  
Title  
Chairman  
Vice Chairman  
Regular Member  
Regular Member  
Regular Member  
Ex Officio Non-voting Member (School Board Rep.)  
Assistant County Attorney  
County Administrator  
Development Services Director  
Planning Manager  
Scott Herring  
Danielle Nigro  
Public Works Director/County Engineer  
Agenda Coordinator  
Invocation  
Pledge of Allegiance  
Poll Commission for Ex Parte Communications  
Members Birren and Hickey announced that they had had no ex parte communications  
concerning the quasi-judicial petitions being considered at this meeting.  
Chairman Holmes and Members McDonald and Morgan announced the ex parte  
communications that they had had concerning the quasi-judicial petitions being considered at  
this meeting.  
County Attorney Statement  
Assistant County Attorney Tartaglia provided the standard admonition that the Planning and  
Zoning Commission decisions were to be based only on the evidence presented in the  
quasi-judicial proceedings.  
Administering of the Oath  
STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS  
Development Services Director Omar DePablo announced that Agenda Item Nos. 15108  
[Special Exception Use Permit Submitted by Astley Blair and Elfreda Blair (SE-24-08)] and  
14663 [CP1479496 Sunrise Phase I] were moved to the Standard Agenda. He also  
announced that Planning Manager Kay Griffith was in attendance at the meeting.  
APPROVAL/MODIFICATION OF AGENDA  
Motion  
To approve the modified Agenda.  
(Note: The motion pertained to Agenda Item Nos.15101 [Special Exception Use Permit  
Submitted by Carlos Hernandez (SE-24-05)], 15108 [ Special Exception Use Permit  
Submitted by Astley Blair and Elfreda Blair (SE-24-08)] and 14663 [CP1479496 Sunrise  
Phase I] being moved to the Standard Agenda.)  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
Robert Morgan  
W. Steven Hickey  
Holmes, Hickey, Birren, McDonald and Morgan  
Noe  
ABSENT:  
ADOPTION OF THE INFORMATION PACKETS INTO EVIDENCE  
Motion  
To adopt the information packets into evidence.  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
Kathryn Birren  
W. Steven Hickey  
Holmes, Hickey, Birren, McDonald and Morgan  
Noe  
ABSENT:  
PUBLIC HEARINGS  
UNIFIED AGENDA  
Special Exception Use Permit Submitted by Carlos Hernandez (SE-24-05)  
This item was pulled and voted on separately.  
Special Exception Use Permit Submitted by Astley Blair and Elfreda Blair (SE-24-08)  
This item was pulled and voted on separately.  
CP 1441384 Augustine Park  
The Board accepted public input on this matter.  
Motion  
To approve the staff recommendation.  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
Jonathan McDonald  
W. Steven Hickey  
Holmes, Hickey, Birren, McDonald and Morgan  
Noe  
ABSENT:  
CP 1479496 Sunrise Phase I  
This item was pulled and voted on separately  
STANDARD AGENDA  
CP 1479496 Sunrise Phase I  
Motion  
This item was tabled for the applicant to discuss the findings in the Hernando County School  
Board's presentation.  
RESULT:  
AYES:  
ABSENT:  
TABLED  
Holmes, Hickey, Birren, McDonald and Morgan  
Noe  
Special Exception Use Permit Submitted by Carlos Hernandez (SE-24-05)  
There was no public input.  
Motion  
To approve the staff recommendation.  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
NAYES:  
ABSENT:  
ADOPTED  
Kathryn Birren  
W. Steven Hickey  
Hickey, Birren and McDonald  
Holmes and Morgan  
Noe  
Special Exception Use Permit Submitted by Astley Blair and Elfreda Blair (SE-24-08)  
The Board accepted public input on this matter.  
Motion  
To deny.  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
Robert Morgan  
W. Steven Hickey  
Holmes, Hickey, McDonald and Morgan  
Birren  
Noe  
NAYES:  
ABSENT:  
RECESS/RECONVENE  
The Board recessed at 10:55 a.m. and reconvened at 11:15 a.m.  
CP 1479496 Sunrise Phase I  
The Board accepted public input on this matter.  
Motion  
To approve the staff recommendation.  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
NAYES:  
ABSENT:  
ADOPTED  
Kathryn Birren  
Jonathan McDonald  
Holmes, Birren and McDonald  
Hickey and Morgan  
Noe  
Rezoning Petition Submitted by NVR, Inc., Barbara Zellmer, Regional Land Entitlement  
Manager (H-24-53)  
Member McDonald temporarily left the meeting and returned shortly thereafter.  
The Board accepted public input on this matter.  
Member McDonald temporarily left the meeting and returned shortly thereafter.  
Motion  
To approve the staff recommendation.  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
NAYES:  
ABSENT:  
ADOPTED  
Jonathan McDonald  
W. Steven Hickey  
Hickey, Birren and McDonald  
Holmes and Morgan  
Noe  
Rezoning Petition Submitted by Melissa Truckenbrod on behalf of Brooksville Landing  
LLC (H-24-44)  
There was no public input.  
Motion  
To postpone to a date certain of January 13, 2025.  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
W. Steven Hickey  
Jonathan McDonald  
Holmes, Hickey, Birren, McDonald and Morgan  
Noe  
ABSENT:  
Rezoning Petition Submitted by Harvey Schonbrun, as Trustee (H-24-56)  
The Board accepted public input.  
Motion  
To approve the staff recommendation.  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
Kathryn Birren  
W. Steven Hickey  
Holmes, Hickey, Birren, McDonald and Morgan  
Noe  
ABSENT:  
Master Plan Revision Petition Submitted by GB3 Partners, LLLP (H-24-57)  
The Board accepted public input on this matter.  
Motion  
To approve the staff recommendation.  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
Jonathan McDonald  
Kathryn Birren  
Holmes, Hickey, Birren and McDonald  
Morgan  
Noe  
NAYES:  
ABSENT:  
Master Plan Revision Petition Submitted by Eisenhower Property Group LLC (H-24-58)  
The Board accepted public input on this matter.  
Member McDonald temporarily left the meeting and returned shortly thereafter.  
Member Birren temporarily left the meeting and returned shortly thereafter.  
Motion  
To approve the staff recommendation.  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
W. Steven Hickey  
Jonathan McDonald  
Holmes, Hickey, Birren and McDonald  
Morgan  
Noe  
NAYES:  
ABSENT:  
RECESS/RECONVENE  
The Board recessed at 1:50 p.m. and reconvened at 2:00 p.m.  
Rezoning Petition Submitted by Exempt Per Public Record (H-24-61)  
The Board accepted public input on this matter.  
Motion  
To approve the staff recommendation.  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
Kathryn Birren  
W. Steven Hickey  
Holmes, Hickey, Birren, McDonald and Morgan  
Noe  
ABSENT:  
Rezoning Petition Submitted by Dylan McLeod (H-24-62)  
The Board accepted public input on this matter.  
Motion  
To recognize the Petitioner's withdrawn application.  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
Jonathan McDonald  
W. Steven Hickey  
Holmes, Hickey, Birren, McDonald and Morgan  
Noe  
ABSENT:  
Rezoning Petition Submitted by Charles F. Rummens and Caryn S. Rummens (H-24-67)  
There was no public input.  
Motion  
To approve the staff recommendation.  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
W. Steven Hickey  
Kathryn Birren  
Holmes, Hickey, Birren, McDonald and Morgan  
Noe  
ABSENT:  
COMMISSIONERS AND STAFF ISSUES  
There were no staff issues addressed.  
2025 Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting Schedule  
The Board gave consensus for the 2025 Planning and Zoning Meeting Schedule.  
ADJOURNMENT  
The meeting was adjourned at 2:20 p.m.  
UPCOMING MEETINGS  
The next regular meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission is scheduled for Monday,  
January 13, 2025, beginning at 9:00 AM, in the Commission Chambers.