4970 CITY HALL BLVD  
NORTH PORT, FL 34286  
City of North Port  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
Community Economic Development  
Advisory Board  
Tuesday, April 19, 2022  
10:30 AM  
City Hall Room 244  
1. Call to Order  
Chair Worden called the meeting to order at 10:30 a.m.  
Roll Call  
5 -  
Present  
Absent  
Board Member Worden, Board Member Pankiw, Board Member Van Bergen, Board  
Member Sautbine and Board Member Gortz  
2 - Vice Chair Garafalo and Board Member Van Salisbury  
Also Present  
Economic Development Manager Mel Thomas, Market Research Analyst Randy Bowling,  
Staff Assistant Kaitlyn Stelzer, and Recording Secretary Susan Hale.  
3. Pledge of Allegiance  
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by the Board.  
4. Public Comment  
There was no public comment.  
5. Approval of Minutes  
22-2612  
A.  
Approval of Minutes for the March 15, 2022 Community Economic  
Development Advisory Board Meeting.  
A motion was made by Board Member Gortz, seconded by Board Member Pankiw,  
to approve the Minutes as presented. The motion carried unanimously on a voice  
vote.  
6. New Business  
22-2721  
Discussion and Possible Action on Impact Fee Deferral  
A.  
Chair Worden introduced the item.  
Ms. Thomas addressed funding source, repayment of impact fees, deferment options,  
and Cape Coral model.  
Discussion took place regarding deferrals basis, assessed value of impact fee vs. amount  
paid, default liens, shell company impact fees, small start-up businesses, qualified  
employees, Small Business Association (SBA) programs, deferral criteria, ranking  
categories by number of employees, and retaining local employees.  
There was a consensus to reorganize Ordinance No. 2021-23, Section 58-110 Impact  
Fee Eligibility Criteria by eliminating Category 3 in its entirety.  
Discussion continued regarding subsidized childcare and housing, subsidized, "extra"  
credit point system, recruiting and retaining employees, supplemental benefits, and  
Commission Workshop discussion regarding affordable/attainable housing.  
There was  
a consensus to restructure Ordinance No. 2021-23, Section 58-110  
Impact Fee Eligibility Criteria by combining Categories 1 and 2, to read:  
1. Establish new jobs to employ more full-time employees (or a number of full-time  
equivalent employees so as to constitute more full-time employees) in the City;  
2. Deliver, perform, offer, or engage in mechanical, personal, professional, or trade  
services. These operations must take place at a single fixed industrial, commercial,  
or professional facility located or co-located, if an existing business, in the City;  
3. Receive less than 25 percent of its revenue from retail sales.  
To remove the resident requirement, allowing the supplemental criteria to show  
value if something is benefiting the community and/or environment.  
Chair Worden requested a motion.  
A motion was made by Board Member Gortz, seconded by Board Member Pankiw,  
to combine Categories 1 and 2, remove Category 3, remove the residential  
requirement, and to ensure the supplementary criteria is benefiting the community  
and the environment. The motion carried unanimously on a voice vote.  
7. Updates  
22-2716  
Activity Centers 1-5 and 8 Permitted and Prohibited Uses  
A.  
Chair Worden introduced the item.  
Mr. Bowling addressed the edits being incorporated in Resolution No. 2022-R-25  
including renaming the Activity Centers, adding legislation for personal storage facilities,  
businesses being allowed in an Activity Center by Special Exception, and light and heavy  
industrial language being reviewed.  
22-2717  
Current Project Pipeline (Mel Thomas)  
B.  
A
motion was made by Board Member Gortz, seconded by Board Member  
Sautbine, to postpone Items 22-2717, 22-2718, and 22-2719 to the May 17, 2022  
meeting. The motion carried unanimously on a voice vote.  
22-2718  
22-2719  
22-2720  
Review of Development Map  
C.  
D.  
E.  
This Item was postponed to the May 17, 2022 Community Economic Development  
Meeting.  
Mobility Fee (Mel Thomas)  
This Item was postponed to the May 17, 2022 Community Economic Development  
Meeting.  
Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Budget Process  
Chair Worden introduced the item.  
Board Member Pankiw provided a review of the Commission Budget Workshop including  
Economic Development's portion.  
Ms. Stelzer spoke to the remaining public budget meetings.  
Ms. Thomas addressed economic projects and developments in progress.  
8. Future Agenda Items  
Future agenda items included postponed Items No. 22-2717, Current Project Pipeline;  
No. 22-2718, Review of Development Map; and No. 22-2719, Mobility Fee, a review of the  
draft Impact Fee Ordinance, and review of Commission response to Memo.  
9. Public Comment  
10. Adjournment  
There was no public comment.  
Chair Worden adjourned the meeting at 12:06 p.m.  
___________________________  
Nicholas Worden, Chair  
Minutes were approved on the ___ day of _________, 2022.