City of Davenport City Commission: August 17, 2026

Meeting Overview

Type: Regular Meeting, Commission Room Quorum: Yes (5 of 5 members present; "Mayor Fellows-Coffey declared a quorum present") Duration: Approximately 38 minutes (7:02 p.m. to 7:40 p.m.)

Actions and votes are from the minutes. The agenda (https://www.mydavenport.org/vertical/sites/%7B96FA7459-A704-43EF-A44D-7BFA732F5D2E%7D/uploads/August_17_2026_-_Regular_Meeting.pdf) and the amended agenda (https://www.mydavenport.org/vertical/sites/%7B96FA7459-A704-43EF-A44D-7BFA732F5D2E%7D/uploads/August_17_2026_-_Regular_Meeting_(Amended).pdf) give the item wording; the amended version adds New Business Item 6, the community grant applications.

Attendance

• Present: Mayor Donna Fellows-Coffey, Vice-Mayor Jeremy Clark, Commissioners Tom Fellows, Linda Robinson, Frank Rivera
• Absent: None recorded
• Staff Present: City Manager Kelly Callihan, City Attorney Elisabeth Crane; Utilities Director Mike Stripling spoke to Item 5

Agenda Items

New Business Items 1 and 2: Ordinances No. 1456 and No. 1457, 220 Davenport Boulevard

• Type: Future land use amendment and rezoning (paired)
• Case Number: Ordinance No. 1456 (land use); Ordinance No. 1457 (zoning)
• Location: 220 Davenport Boulevard
• Owner of Record: Enoch Living Trust (as printed on the agenda: "(OWNER OF RECORD: ENOCH LIVING TRUST)")
• Request: Ordinance No. 1456: "assigning the land use classification to 220 Davenport Boulevard from City Commerce Activity (CAC) to City Manufacturing Warehouse (MW)." Ordinance No. 1457: "assigning the zoning classification to 220 Davenport Boulevard from City Downtown Business District (DBD) to City Manufacturing Warehousing (I-1)."
• Current Zoning: City Downtown Business District (DBD); land use City Commerce Activity (CAC)
• Proposed Zoning: City Manufacturing Warehousing (I-1); land use City Manufacturing Warehouse (MW)
• Action: Deleted from the order of business. The minutes: "Motion by Vice Mayor Clark and seconded by Commissioner Robinson to approve the Order of Business deleting Items 1 and 2 under New Business."
• Vote: "Motion carried unanimously."
• Notable Discussion: The minutes record no discussion of the two ordinances and give no reason for the deletion.

New Business Item 3: Ordinance 1460, Sale and Conveyance of Property at 119 West Market Street

• Type: Other (property conveyance ordinance)
• Case Number: Ordinance No. 1460
• Location: 119 West Market Street
• Request: "Authorizing the sale and conveyance of property located at 119 West Market Street"
• Action: Approved on first reading
• Vote: "Motion carried unanimously" (Fellows moved, Clark seconded)
• Notable Discussion: The City Manager "explained that this was the property on Market Street with J&N Stone" and, asked by Commissioner Robinson, said "the applicants were still moving forward with the proposed project" and that the City "simply needed to complete the required process which included the two readings of the ordinance before the project could proceed." The public hearing opened and closed "with no public input."

New Business Item 5: Scrivener's Error Correction to Ordinance No. 1454, Vacation of McConnell Street and Lake Side Drive Right-of-Way

• Type: Other (right-of-way vacation, correction)
• Case Number: Ordinance No. 1454
• Location: McConnell Street and Lake Side Drive right-of-way
• Request: Correct the ordinance text
• Action: "Approve Ordinance 1454 correcting the error"
• Vote: "Motion carried unanimously" (Clark moved, Rivera seconded)
• Notable Discussion: Utilities Director Mike Stripling explained that "the text indicated Lake Shore Drive not Lake Side Drive and all corrections have been made to the Ordinance."

Public Hearings Summary

• Number of speakers: Zero at the public hearings held (Ordinance No. 1455 and Ordinance No. 1460 each opened and closed "with no public input"). No one spoke under Public Comment.
• General sentiment: One resident, from the audience at the close of the meeting, thanked the Commission for approving a community grant.
• Key concerns: None raised on land-use items.

Key Signals

• The 220 Davenport Boulevard conversion was deleted from the Commission's order of business. The amended agenda carried first reading of Ordinance No. 1456 (City Commerce Activity to City Manufacturing Warehouse) and Ordinance No. 1457 (Downtown Business District to I-1); the Commission approved the order of business "deleting Items 1 and 2 under New Business," unanimously.
• Land moving to industrial categories appears across the region in the same weeks. Groveland's City Council approved Ordinances 2026-13 and 2026-14 on second reading on September 8, moving Sampey Road Parcel 2 (15.41 +/- acres) to Employment Center and Conservation and to Light Industrial and Conservation. Minneola's Planning & Zoning Commission agenda for September 14 carries Ordinance 2026-20, the Grassy Lake Industrial Rezoning of 14.52+ acres east of US Highway 27 and south of Citrus Grove Road from PUD-C to PUD-I. Apopka's City Commission agenda for August 19 lists Ordinances No. 3160 and 3161, moving 5.23 +/- acres on E. Keene Road from Commercial to Industrial and from C-C to I-L for "Warehouse storage (enclosed car storage)." Davenport's is the one the Commission deleted from its order of business, after the Planning Commission's recommending motion failed 2-3 the same evening.
• A property sale on West Market Street advanced. Ordinance 1460, authorizing the sale and conveyance of 119 West Market Street, passed first reading unanimously; the City Manager identified it as "the property on Market Street with J&N Stone" and said the applicants "were still moving forward with the proposed project."

Raw Notes

• Routine items: consent agenda (minutes of August 3) approved unanimously; Ordinance No. 1455 (Police Officers and Firefighters' Retirement System, benefit multiplier from 3% to 3.25%) approved on second and final reading; 2025/2026 community grant applications approved (six organizations, $300 to $1,000 each).
• Discussion only, no action: a proposed resolution opposing the property tax Amendment 3. City Attorney Crane reported that the Amendment would raise the non-school Homestead Exemption to $150,000 in 2027 and $250,000 in 2028 and reduce the non-homestead assessment growth cap from 10 percent to 5 percent; Commissioner Robinson and Mayor Fellows-Coffey spoke in favor of a resolution.
• City Manager, before adjournment: the Holly Hill Road lighting project from Horizons Elementary to South Boulevard is complete; about 250 feet of sidewalk is planned along the west side of Holly Hill Road; cameras and flashing lights at Forest Lake are installed.
• The Planning Commission met at 6:37 p.m. the same evening on the same two ordinances; its record is 2026-08-meeting-PC.md.