4970 CITY HALL BLVD  
NORTH PORT, FL 34286  
City of North Port  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
Environmental Advisory Board  
Monday, March 6, 2023  
5:30 PM  
City Hall Room 244  
1. Call to Order  
Chair Lafler called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m.  
2. Roll Call  
7 -  
Present  
Chair Lafler, Vice Chair Holland, Board Member English, Board Member Hall, Board  
Member Therrien, Board Member Rodriguez and Board Member Robinson  
Also Present  
Environmental Technician Jeremy Rogus and Recording Secretary Susan Hale.  
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Board Member Therrien.  
There was no public comment.  
3. Pledge of Allegiance  
4. Public Comment  
5. Approval of Minutes  
23-0326  
A.  
Approve Minutes for the February 6, 2023 Environmental Advisory Board  
Meeting  
A motion was made by Board Member English, seconded by Vice Chair Holland, to  
approve the Minutes as presented. The motion carried unanimously on  
vote.  
a voice  
6. Presentation  
23-0461  
An Overview of the City's Conservation Officer's Duties (Tony Donohew)  
A.  
Chair Lafler introduced the item.  
Officer Donohew presented an overview including purchase of Orange Hammock Ranch,  
hunting/camping/dumping issues, process of adding a new position, training, duties and  
parameters, officer responses vs Code Enforcement responses, certifications, State  
resources, trail cam usage, Commission support, and emails for Tony Donohew and  
Dominick Caravella.  
7. New Business  
23-0428  
A.  
Discussion and Possible Action Regarding the Environmental Advisory  
Board Recommendations for the Unified Land Development Code (ULDC)  
Chapter 11 Dated June 7, 2021  
Chair Lafler introduced the item.  
Discussion ensued regarding navigating the Unified Land Development Code (ULDC), tree  
protection section, and Board suggestions being incorporated.  
Public Comment  
Allain Hale: a presentation by Jennifer Krajcir and uses of tree fund money.  
23-0466  
B.  
Discussion and Possible Action Regarding Finalizing the Board's Annual  
Report to the Commission.  
Chair Lafler introduced the item.  
Discussion  
ensued  
regarding  
independent  
review  
of  
waivers,  
addressing  
recommendations at the Commission Workshop, bee pollinator garden project,  
pesticides used in Sarasota County, tree canopy software, and highlights of today's  
Commission Workshop.  
Public Comment  
Allain Hale: assigning Board Members to "chair" an environmental task, clarification on  
the pollinator gardens, and a bee station located in the Myakka State Forrest.  
8. Updates  
23-0460  
A.  
Inviting a representative from Parks and Recreation Advisory Board to  
provide an overview of their board. (Jeremy Rogus)  
Chair Lafler introduced the item.  
Mr. Rogus received no response from the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board.  
22-3262  
B.  
Recommendation to the City Commission Regarding Potential Uses of  
Tree Fund Monies (Jeremy Rogus)  
Chair Lafler introduced the item.  
Board Member Hall read the request into the record concerning rescheduling  
Commission Tree Workshop.  
a
A motion was made by Board Member Therrien, seconded by Vice Chair Holland,  
to send the Board's memo request to the Commission through the City Manager.  
The motion carried unanimously on a voice vote.  
22-3581  
C.  
Draft of the Unified Land Development Code (ULDC) Chapter 1 - General  
Provisions Relating to the Adoption of the ULDC, Zoning Districts and the  
Official Zoning Map, Concurrency Management, and Transfer of  
Development Rights  
Chair Lafler introduced the item.  
Discussion ensued regarding the original discussion of the item, Board Members to read  
the chapter during the month, and inviting someone from Planning and Zoning to present  
an overview to the Board.  
A
motion was made by Board Member Therrien, seconded by Board Member  
English, to invite a member of the Planning and Zoning Department to a Board  
meeting to review Chapter 1 of the Unified Land Development Code (ULDC). The  
motion carried unanimously on a voice vote.  
22-3597  
D.  
Commission Response to the Environmental Advisory Board's Formal  
Request to be Included in the Review of Requests for Waivers to Open  
Space and Park Requirements Contained in Section 37-14 of the Unified  
Land Development Code (ULDC) (Jeremy Rogus)  
Chair Lafler introduced the item, spoke to no waivers coming through the pipeline for this  
month, and no formal response was received pertaining to the Board's request regarding  
waivers.  
22-3754  
Recommended Uses for the Tree Fund Monies (Jeremy Rogus)  
Chair Lafler introduced the item.  
E.  
There was a consensus to continue Item No. 22-3754 to the next meeting.  
9. Future Agenda Items  
Future agenda items included Item No. 22-3754, to send three goals to Mr. Rogus for  
review next month, and to finalize the Board's Annual Report to the Commission.  
10. Public Comment  
11. Adjournment  
There was no public comment.  
Chair Lafler adjourned the meeting at 7:05 p.m.  
_________________________  
Jackie Lafler, Chair  
Minutes were approved on the ___ day of __________, 2023.