Hernando County  
Planning & Zoning Commission  
Regular Meeting  
Minutes  
October 7, 2024  
CALL TO ORDER  
The public meeting was called to order at 9:00 AM on Monday, October 7, 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  
Robert Morgan  
Justin Noe  
Title  
Chairman  
Vice Chairman  
Regular Member  
Alternate Member  
Melissa Tartaglia  
Omar DePablo  
Scott Herring  
Assistant County Attorney  
Development Services Director  
Public Works Director/County Engineer  
Agenda Coordinator  
Danielle Nigro  
Regular Members Kathryn Birren and Jonathan McDonald were not present at the meeting.  
Invocation  
Pledge of Allegiance  
Poll Commission for Ex Parte Communications  
Chairman Holmes, Member Morgan, and Alternate Member Noe announced the ex parte  
communications that they had had concerning the quasi-judicial petitions being considered at  
this meeting.  
Member Hickey announced that he had had no ex parte communications 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  
There were no staff announcements.  
APPROVAL/MODIFICATION OF AGENDA  
Motion  
To approve the Agenda.  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
Nicholas Holmes  
Justin Noe  
Holmes, Hickey, Morgan and Noe  
Birren and McDonald  
ABSENT:  
ADOPTION OF THE INFORMATION PACKETS INTO EVIDENCE  
Motion  
To adopt the information packets into evidence.  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
W. Steven Hickey  
Justin Noe  
Holmes, Hickey, Morgan and Noe  
Birren and McDonald  
ABSENT:  
RECESS/RECONVENE  
The Board recessed at 9:10am and reconvened at 9:30am  
PUBLIC HEARINGS  
UNIFIED AGENDA  
CP 1464819 US 98 Residential  
CP 1483668 Cardinal Point Cortez  
Motion  
To approve the Unified Agenda.  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
Justin Noe  
W. Steven Hickey  
Holmes, Hickey, Morgan and Noe  
Birren and McDonald  
ABSENT:  
Poll Commission for Ex Parte Communications  
The Board re-polled the Commission Members for ex parte communications due to a  
microphone error.  
Chairman Holmes and Members Noe and Morgan announced the ex parte communications  
that they had had concerning the quasi-judicial petitions being considered at this meeting.  
Member Hickey announced that he had had no ex parte communications concerning the  
quasi-judicial petitions being considered at this meeting.  
County Attorney Statement  
Assistant County Attorney Melissa 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.  
STANDARD AGENDA  
Rezoning Petition Submitted by Jeffrey Roble (H-24-35)  
There was no public input.  
Motion  
To approve the staff recommendation.  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
W. Steven Hickey  
Justin Noe  
Holmes, Hickey, Morgan and Noe  
Birren and McDonald  
ABSENT:  
Rezoning Petition Submitted by M&R Holdings LLC (H-24-39)  
There was no public input.  
Motion  
To approve the staff recommendation.  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
Justin Noe  
W. Steven Hickey  
Holmes, Hickey, Morgan and Noe  
Birren and McDonald  
ABSENT:  
Rezoning Petition Submitted by Sharon Warthen (H-24-40)  
The Board accepted public input on this matter.  
Motion  
To approve the staff recommendation.  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
W. Steven Hickey  
Justin Noe  
Holmes, Hickey and Noe  
Morgan  
NAYES:  
Birren and McDonald  
ABSENT:  
Rezoning Petition Submitted by Thomas Gaulin and Zamira Romero (H-24-41)  
The Board accepted public input on this matter.  
The petitioner has withdrawn his application.  
Rezoning Petition Submitted by Timothy and Amber Fiori (H-24-43)  
There was no public input.  
Motion  
To approve the staff recommendation.  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
NAYES:  
ABSENT:  
DEFEATED  
W. Steven Hickey  
Nicholas Holmes  
Holmes and Hickey  
Morgan and Noe  
Birren and McDonald  
Motion  
To approve the staff recommendation with modifications.  
(Note: The motion pertained to converting the application to rezoning to AR  
[Agricultural/Residential] as approved by the Planning Department.)  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
Justin Noe  
W. Steven Hickey  
Holmes, Hickey and Noe  
Morgan  
NAYES:  
Birren and McDonald  
ABSENT:  
Rezoning Petition Submitted by Francine, Charissa and Terri Brooks (H-24-42)  
There was no public input.  
Motion  
To approve the staff recommendation.  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
W. Steven Hickey  
Justin Noe  
Holmes, Hickey, Morgan and Noe  
Birren and McDonald  
ABSENT:  
COMMISSIONERS AND STAFF COMMENTS  
There were no issues to discuss.  
ADJOURNMENT  
The meeting was adjourned at 11:00 A.M.  
UPCOMING MEETINGS  
The next regular meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission is scheduled for Monday,  
November 4, 2024, beginning at 9:00 AM, in the Commission Chambers.