What were the most significant items on the Groveland Planning & Zoning Board agenda for May 2026?

· **Second three-ordinance industrial annexation in six months — the pattern is now confirmed:** Gadson Street (Nov 2025) and now Langley Industrial (May 2026) follow the identical template — annex from Lake County + small-scale CPA from Lake County Industrial/Urban-Low to Groveland Employment Center + rezone to Groveland Light Industrial. Two separate parcels, 1.9 acres and 6.24 acres respectively, both moving Lake County industrial-zoned land into Groveland's Employment Center / Light Industrial framework. This is a deliberate industrial-base expansion strategy, not isolated transactions. · **100,000 sq. ft. light industrial warehouse on Republic Drive:** The Langley Industrial Park parcel is Lot 5, fully surrounded by Employment Center and Light Industrial uses on three sides and Industrial on the south. The applicant — Rutland International, owned/represented by Trevor Browne and engineered by RCE Consultants — proposes 100,000 sq. ft. of light industrial office/warehouse space. For a homebuyer or resident reading this, the question is what kind of warehouse activity (logistics, distribution, light manufacturing) Republic Drive is being formalized for. The notable Decoder read: contact information shows Rutland International is also branded as "rollformerusa.com" (rolled-metal forming), suggesting metal-products / building-products manufacturing or distribution. · **The grandfathered-corridor thesis is now operational:** This is the first parcel in this knowledge base where a Lake County Industrial-zoned property is being absorbed into Groveland's Employment Center via the CDC V5 / EAR-era code framework. Whether this approval is read as protected (the Comp Plan policies referenced were adopted before August 2024) or exposed (CDC V5 itself is still being written under SB 180 freeze) will affect every subsequent annexation. · **Christopher C. Ford Commerce Park is the policy reference parcel:** Staff cite Comp Plan Policy 1.1i — "Employment Centers such as the Christopher C. Ford Commerce Park shall…" — as the framing for this rezoning. That park is Groveland's existing employment-center anchor; Langley is being slotted into the same typology. Watch for the Christopher C. Ford Commerce Park as a template across future Employment Center applications. · **Police and Fire LOS Review on the agenda is a direct response to April 2 board input:** Chair Decker raised Police and Fire response time on April 2 as a Level of Service question; on May 7, Police and Fire LOS Review is a formal EAR presentation. The board is steering the EAR amendment in real time, and staff are responding within one meeting. That responsiveness is itself a signal about how this board–staff relationship is functioning despite the interim-leadership and outgoing-attorney conditions. · **Anita Geraci-Carver still listed on the May 7 agenda — succession not yet announced:** April 2 was framed as her last meeting, but the May 7 agenda still lists her as City Attorney. This may simply be a template lag, but if she is in fact still attending or transitioning, that's a different read than a clean departure. Her actual presence (or absence) at May 7 is the signal to track in next month's minutes. · **Chair / Vice-Chair vote at May 7:** A new term begins. With Brandan Dixion seated, Lindsay Crum departing, and Steven Shylkofsky on Council instead of the board, the May 7 leadership vote will reset the board's center of gravity for the remainder of the EAR cycle.

Meeting Reading

Groveland Planning & Zoning Board

May 7, 2026

6 items on the agenda

**Second three-ordinance industrial annexation in six months — the pattern is now confirmed:** Gadson Street (Nov 2025) and now Langley Industrial (May 2026) follow the identical template — annex from Lake County + small-scale CPA from Lake County Industrial/Urban-Low to Groveland Employment Center + rezone to Groveland Light Industrial. Two separate parcels, 1.9 acres and 6.24 acres respectively, both moving Lake County industrial-zoned land into Groveland's Employment Center / Light Industrial framework. This is a deliberate industrial-base expansion strategy, not isolated transactions.
**100,000 sq. ft. light industrial warehouse on Republic Drive:** The Langley Industrial Park parcel is Lot 5, fully surrounded by Employment Center and Light Industrial uses on three sides and Industrial on the south. The applicant — Rutland International, owned/represented by Trevor Browne and engineered by RCE Consultants — proposes 100,000 sq. ft. of light industrial office/warehouse space. For a homebuyer or resident reading this, the question is what kind of warehouse activity (logistics, distribution, light manufacturing) Republic Drive is being formalized for. The notable Decoder read: contact information shows Rutland International is also branded as "rollformerusa.com" (rolled-metal forming), suggesting metal-products / building-products manufacturing or distribution.
**The grandfathered-corridor thesis is now operational:** This is the first parcel in this knowledge base where a Lake County Industrial-zoned property is being absorbed into Groveland's Employment Center via the CDC V5 / EAR-era code framework. Whether this approval is read as protected (the Comp Plan policies referenced were adopted before August 2024) or exposed (CDC V5 itself is still being written under SB 180 freeze) will affect every subsequent annexation.

On May 7, 2026, City of Groveland's Planning & Zoning Board agenda lists multiple items for hearing. Item 1: consent. Item 2: procedural / board officers. Item 3: Ordinance 2026-5; Application PLAN2603-0168 — annexation (voluntary, f.s. § 171.044) at Republic Drive, at the southwest corner of Democracy Street and Republic Drive — Lot 5, Langley Industrial Park (Plat Book 63, Pages 48–49); Parcel 30-21-25-1000-000-00500; Alt. Key 3871824. The agenda is the forward-looking civic record — what is on the docket before the meeting occurs. Vote outcomes, public testimony, and final dispositions land in the corresponding minutes record after the meeting.

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City of Groveland Planning & Zoning Board — May 7, 2026 (Agenda)

Meeting Overview

Type: Regular Meeting Quorum: TBD — agenda only; minutes will be produced after the meeting Scheduled: 5:00 PM, E.L. Puryear Building, 243 South Lake Avenue, Groveland, FL 34736 Document type: Agenda + ordinance package (the May 7, 2026 P&Z agenda packet PDF)

Listed Attendance (per agenda)

Board Members: Zach Decker (Chair), Robin Hoover (Vice Chair), Kerry Lambert, Michael Archer, Brandan Dixon, Marty Proctor, Alisha Kissee, Bill Mathias (non-voting)
Other Attendees Listed: Timothy Maslow (Interim City Manager); Andrew Landis (Interim Community & Economic Development Director); DeWayne Jones (Planning & Zoning Division Manager); Alan Booker (Senior Planner); Anita Geraci-Carver (City Attorney — listed on agenda despite April 2 announcement that the April 2 meeting was her last); Maria Ramirez (Recording Secretary)

Agenda Items

Item 0: Consent Agenda — Approval of April 2, 2026 Minutes

Type: Consent
Action: Pending (May 7 meeting)

Item 0.5: Vote — Election of Chairman and Vice-Chairman

Type: Procedural / Board Officers
Action: Pending vote at May 7 meeting (announced at April 2 as part of the new term)

Item 1: Ordinance 2026-5 — Langley Industrial Annexation

Type: Annexation (voluntary, F.S. § 171.044)
Case Number: Ordinance 2026-5; Application PLAN2603-0168
Location: Republic Drive, at the southwest corner of Democracy Street and Republic Drive — Lot 5, Langley Industrial Park (Plat Book 63, Pages 48–49); Parcel 30-21-25-1000-000-00500; Alt. Key 3871824
Applicant: Trevor P. Browne, on behalf of property owner Rutland International, Inc. (10895 Rocket Blvd, Orlando, FL 32824). Civil engineer: Larry Poliner, P.E., RCE Consultants, LLC.
Request: Annex 6.24 +/- acres (rounded to 6.2 in the ordinance text) from unincorporated Lake County into the City of Groveland
Acreage: 6.24 +/- acres (Ordinance text: 6.2 +/- acres)
Staff Recommendation: Approve
Action: Pending Board recommendation
Notable Details:
- Property is contiguous to the City and reasonably compact, meeting F.S. 171.044
- Annexation petition signed by all property owners (voluntary)
- Required public notice (publication + County notification) provided
- Annexation does not create an enclave or unincorporated pocket
- Property is NOT within the Green Swamp Area of Critical State Concern, NOT within the CRA
- Adjacent uses: Employment Center / Light Industrial (north), Employment Center / Heavy Industrial (east), Industrial / Light Industrial (south), Employment Center / Light Industrial (west)

Item 2: Ordinance 2026-6 — Langley Industrial Small Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment

Type: Comp Plan Amendment (Small Scale, F.S. § 163.3187(1))
Case Number: Ordinance 2026-6 (paired with Ordinance 2026-5)
Location: Same parcel as Item 1 (Lot 5, Langley Industrial Park)
Applicant: Trevor P. Browne / Rutland International, Inc.
Request: Amend Future Land Use designation from Lake County Industrial to City of Groveland Employment Center
Acreage: 6.24 +/- acres
Staff Recommendation: Approve
Action: Pending Board recommendation
Notable Details:
- Staff finding: amendment "promotes compatible development with existing Employment Center and Lake County Industrial land uses"
- Comp Plan Policy 1.1i (Employment Centers like the Christopher C. Ford Commerce Park) cited as supporting context

Item 3: Ordinance 2026-7 — Langley Industrial Rezoning

Type: Rezoning
Case Number: Ordinance 2026-7 (paired with Ordinances 2026-5 and 2026-6)
Location: Same parcel as Items 1–2
Applicant: Trevor P. Browne / Rutland International, Inc.
Request: Change zoning from Lake County Light Industrial to City of Groveland Light Industrial
Staff Recommendation: Approve
Action: Pending Board recommendation
Notable Details:
- Proposed use: development of approximately 100,000 sq. ft. of light industrial office/warehouse space on Lot 5

Presentation A: EAR Update — Police and Fire Levels of Service Review

Type: Presentation (continuation of the April 2 EAR Amendment Update arc)
Substance: Levels of Service review for Police and Fire — directly responsive to Chair Decker's April 2 question about whether the historical 7-minute response time is still acceptable and whether capital improvement is being factored into LOS standards

Public Hearings Summary

Number of speakers: TBD (agenda only)
Notable: All three Langley Industrial ordinances are noticed as quasi-judicial public hearings via the consolidated public-notice text in the agenda packet ("The City of Groveland proposes to adopt Ordinance 2026-5, Ordinance 2026-6, and Ordinance 2026-7")

Key Signals

Second three-ordinance industrial annexation in six months — the pattern is now confirmed: Gadson Street (Nov 2025) and now Langley Industrial (May 2026) follow the identical template — annex from Lake County + small-scale CPA from Lake County Industrial/Urban-Low to Groveland Employment Center + rezone to Groveland Light Industrial. Two separate parcels, 1.9 acres and 6.24 acres respectively, both moving Lake County industrial-zoned land into Groveland's Employment Center / Light Industrial framework. This is a deliberate industrial-base expansion strategy, not isolated transactions.
100,000 sq. ft. light industrial warehouse on Republic Drive: The Langley Industrial Park parcel is Lot 5, fully surrounded by Employment Center and Light Industrial uses on three sides and Industrial on the south. The applicant — Rutland International, owned/represented by Trevor Browne and engineered by RCE Consultants — proposes 100,000 sq. ft. of light industrial office/warehouse space. For a homebuyer or resident reading this, the question is what kind of warehouse activity (logistics, distribution, light manufacturing) Republic Drive is being formalized for. The notable Decoder read: contact information shows Rutland International is also branded as "rollformerusa.com" (rolled-metal forming), suggesting metal-products / building-products manufacturing or distribution.
The grandfathered-corridor thesis is now operational: This is the first parcel in this knowledge base where a Lake County Industrial-zoned property is being absorbed into Groveland's Employment Center via the CDC V5 / EAR-era code framework. Whether this approval is read as protected (the Comp Plan policies referenced were adopted before August 2024) or exposed (CDC V5 itself is still being written under SB 180 freeze) will affect every subsequent annexation.
Christopher C. Ford Commerce Park is the policy reference parcel: Staff cite Comp Plan Policy 1.1i — "Employment Centers such as the Christopher C. Ford Commerce Park shall…" — as the framing for this rezoning. That park is Groveland's existing employment-center anchor; Langley is being slotted into the same typology. Watch for the Christopher C. Ford Commerce Park as a template across future Employment Center applications.
Police and Fire LOS Review on the agenda is a direct response to April 2 board input: Chair Decker raised Police and Fire response time on April 2 as a Level of Service question; on May 7, Police and Fire LOS Review is a formal EAR presentation. The board is steering the EAR amendment in real time, and staff are responding within one meeting. That responsiveness is itself a signal about how this board–staff relationship is functioning despite the interim-leadership and outgoing-attorney conditions.
Anita Geraci-Carver still listed on the May 7 agenda — succession not yet announced: April 2 was framed as her last meeting, but the May 7 agenda still lists her as City Attorney. This may simply be a template lag, but if she is in fact still attending or transitioning, that's a different read than a clean departure. Her actual presence (or absence) at May 7 is the signal to track in next month's minutes.
Chair / Vice-Chair vote at May 7: A new term begins. With Brandan Dixion seated, Lindsay Crum departing, and Steven Shylkofsky on Council instead of the board, the May 7 leadership vote will reset the board's center of gravity for the remainder of the EAR cycle.

Raw Notes

Source: May 7, 2026 P&Z agenda packet PDF (docs.civicengage / groveland-fl.gov AgendaCenter, file ID _05072026-1425).
The May 7 packet is approximately 7.5 MB and includes the full ordinance text for 2026-5, 2026-6, and 2026-7, the application support documents from Rutland International and RCE Consultants, public notice documents, and supporting maps and exhibits.
Public notice text in the packet ("The City of Groveland proposes to adopt Ordinance 2026-5, Ordinance 2026-6, and Ordinance 2026-7") confirms all three ordinances will be heard together.
Comp Plan policies cited in support of the CPA include Policy 1.1i (Employment Centers).
This is an agenda document; minutes for May 7, 2026 will be produced in a future packet (likely the June 2026 P&Z agenda packet) and should be harvested then under filename 2026-05-meeting-PZB.md.

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