Hernando County  
Planning & Zoning Commission  
Regular Meeting  
Minutes  
August 11, 2025  
CALL TO ORDER  
The public meeting was called to order at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, August 11, 2025, 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  
Jonathan McDonald  
Mike Fulford  
Title  
Regular Member, Acting Chairman  
Alternate Member  
Nicholas Holmes  
Xenia Pino  
Regular Member  
Alternate Member  
James Lipsey  
Michael Cowan  
Omar DePablo  
Kay Griffith  
Ex Officio Non-voting Member (School Board Rep.)  
Assistant County Attorney  
Development Services Director  
Planning Manager  
Michelle Miller  
Todd Crosby  
Scott Rimby  
Veda Ramirez  
Danielle Nigro  
Victoria Via  
Planner III  
Interim Public Works Director/County Engineer  
Utilities Development Services Supervisor  
Health and Human Services Director  
Manager of Administration  
Agenda Coordinator  
Chairwoman Birren, Vice Chairman David, and Member Noe were not present at the meeting.  
Member Holmes was not present when the meeting began.  
Member McDonald served as Acting Chairman for this meeting.  
Invocation  
Pledge of Allegiance  
Poll Commission for Ex Parte Communications  
Members Fulford and Pino announced that they had had no ex parte communications  
concerning the quasi-judicial petitions being considered at this meeting.  
Acting Chairman McDonald announced that he had had ex parte communications concerning  
the quasi-judicial petitions being considered at this meeting.  
County Attorney Statement  
Assistant County Attorney Michael Cowan 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  
Planner Michelle Miller announced that the application regarding, The Home Depot (H2521),  
was advertised, but withdrawn by the applicant prior to publishing the agenda; that Member  
Holmes would be recusing himself for Item No. 16241 [Rezoning Petition Submitted by  
Hernando County on behalf of YouThrive (H2530)], and that citizen correspondence for Item  
No. 16236 [Rezoning Petition Submitted by Society Hill Capital Partner LLC (H2420)] was  
provided to the Board.  
APPROVAL/MODIFICATION OF AGENDA  
Motion  
To approve the agenda.  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
Mike Fulford  
Xenia Pino  
McDonald, Fulford, Noe and Pino  
Birren, David and Holmes  
ABSENT:  
ADOPTION OF THE INFORMATION PACKETS INTO EVIDENCE  
Motion  
To adopt the packets into evidence.  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
Mike Fulford  
Xenia Pino  
McDonald, Fulford, Noe and Pino  
Birren, David and Holmes  
ABSENT:  
PUBLIC HEARINGS  
UNIFIED AGENDA  
CP 1497705 Waverly Grove  
There was no public input.  
Motion  
To approve the staff recommendation.  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
Mike Fulford  
Xenia Pino  
McDonald, Fulford, Noe and Pino  
Birren, David and Holmes  
ABSENT:  
CP 1498214 Rolling Rock  
There was no public input.  
Motion  
To postpone to a date certain of September 8, 2025.  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
Mike Fulford  
Xenia Pino  
McDonald, Fulford, Noe and Pino  
Birren, David and Holmes  
ABSENT:  
CP 1494521 Seville Phase 1  
There was no public input.  
Motion  
To postpone to a date certain of September 8, 2025.  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
Mike Fulford  
Xenia Pino  
McDonald, Fulford, Noe and Pino  
Birren, David and Holmes  
ABSENT:  
STANDARD AGENDA  
Rezoning Petition Submitted by Society Hill Capital Partner LLC (H2420)  
The Board accepted public input on this matter.  
Member Holmes joined the meeting.  
Alternate Member Pino temporarily left the meeting and returned shortly thereafter.  
Alternate Member Fulford temporarily left the meeting and returned shortly thereafter.  
Motion  
To deny.  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
Mike Fulford  
Xenia Pino  
McDonald, Fulford, Holmes and Pino  
Birren, David and Noe  
ABSENT:  
RECESS/RECONVENE  
The Board recessed at 11:40 a.m. and reconvened at 11:55 a.m.  
Conditional Use Permit Petition Submitted by Robert Grange (SE2502)  
There was no public input.  
Motion  
To postpone to a date certain of September 8, 2025.  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
Nicholas Holmes  
Mike Fulford  
McDonald, Fulford, Holmes and Pino  
Birren, David and Noe  
ABSENT:  
Special Exception Use Permit Petition Submitted by Old Florida Forever, LLC, Joseph  
Conrad (SE2506)  
There was no public input.  
Motion  
To approve the staff recommendation.  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
Mike Fulford  
Nicholas Holmes  
McDonald, Fulford, Holmes and Pino  
Birren, David and Noe  
ABSENT:  
Special Exception Use Permit Petition Submitted by Cynthia Tarapani, Tarapani  
Planning Strategies (SE2508)  
There was no public input.  
Motion  
To approve the staff recommendation.  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
Xenia Pino  
Mike Fulford  
McDonald, Fulford, Holmes and Pino  
Birren, David and Noe  
ABSENT:  
Special Exception Use Permit Petition Submitted by Chinwendu Calis Nnagbo (SE2509)  
There was no public input.  
Motion  
To approve the staff recommendation with modifications.  
(Note: The motion pertained to Modified Performance Condition No. 5 as approved by the  
Planning Department.)  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
Mike Fulford  
Xenia Pino  
McDonald, Fulford, Holmes and Pino  
Birren, David and Noe  
ABSENT:  
Special Exception Use Permit Petition Submitted by Joseph and Sonja Regan (SE2510)  
There was no public input.  
Alternate Member Pino made the following Motion:  
Motion  
To approve the staff recommendation.  
The Motion died for lack of a second.  
Alternate Member Fulford made the following Motion:  
Motion  
To deny.  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
Mike Fulford  
Nicholas Holmes  
McDonald, Fulford and Holmes  
Pino  
NAYES:  
Birren, David and Noe  
ABSENT:  
Rezoning Petition Submitted by Ady Garcia Rabeiro and Samuel Medina Rivera (H2519)  
There was no public input.  
Motion  
To approve.  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
Nicholas Holmes  
Xenia Pino  
McDonald, Fulford, Holmes and Pino  
Birren, David and Noe  
ABSENT:  
RECESS/RECONVENE  
The Board recessed at 12:55 p.m. and reconvened at 1:00 p.m.  
Rezoning Petition Submitted by Casey Cane, Trustee, 6191 Lockhart Road Land Trust  
(H2520)  
The Board accepted public input on this matter.  
Motion  
To deny.  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
Mike Fulford  
Nicholas Holmes  
McDonald, Fulford, Holmes and Pino  
Birren, David and Noe  
ABSENT:  
Rezoning Petition Submitted by Hernando County on behalf of YouThrive (H2530)  
Member Holmes recused himself from voting due to a conflict of interest resulting from his  
business ownership of property.  
The Board accepted public input on this matter.  
Motion  
To approve.  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
ADOPTED  
Xenia Pino  
Mike Fulford  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ABSENT:  
RECUSED:  
McDonald, Fulford and Pino  
Birren, David and Noe  
Holmes  
COMMISSIONERS AND STAFF ISSUES  
Commission and Staff discussed various topics.  
Alternate Member Pino temporarily left the meeting and returned shortly thereafter.  
ADJOURNMENT  
The meeting was adjourned at 1:35 p.m.  
UPCOMING MEETINGS  
The next regular meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission is scheduled for Monday,  
September 8, 2025, beginning at 9:00 AM, in the Commission Chambers.