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August 18, 2026 ·4:00 PM Final

Ocala City Hall 110 SE Watula Avenue Second Floor - Council Chambers Ocala, Florida https://www.ocalafl.gov/meetings

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Agenda — 62 items

  1. 1. Call to Order
  2. 2. Roll Call ▶ jump to 2:21
  3. 2a. New Employees ▶ jump to 2:27
  4. 3. Public Notice ▶ jump to 2:32
  5. 4. Proclamations and Awards
  6. - Public Notice for the August 18, 2026 City Council Regular Meeting was posted on July 7, 2026
  7. 4a. Presentation of the Mayor’s Citizen Recognition Award to Charisse Rivers 2026-2015 ▶ jump to 3:18
  8. 4b. Presentation of the Arts in Health Day in Ocala, Florida Proclamation to Arts in Health Ocala Metro Executive Director, Patricia Tomlinson 2026-1977 ▶ jump to 6:46
  9. 4c. Service Award - Jerry Tafoya - Ocala Fire Rescue - 25 Years of Service 2026-1945 ▶ jump to 10:16
  10. 4d. Service Award - Joseph Dotten - Ocala Electric Utility - 25 Years of Service 2026-1713 ▶ jump to 11:59
  11. 4e. Service Award - Jodie Taylor - Public Works - 30 Years of Service 2026-1694 ▶ jump to 13:55
  12. 4f. Service Award - Major Gregory Martin - Ocala Police Department - 30 Years of Service 2026-1841 ▶ jump to 15:48
  13. 5. Presentations
  14. 5a. Presentation of the Risk Manager of the Year award to Richard Dennis from Public Risk Underwriters of Florida, Inc. 2026-1834 ▶ jump to 22:30
  15. 5b. Presentation of the 2026 Florida Legislative Session Recap and 2027 Legislative Session Preview by Sarah Suskey, The Advocacy Partners 2026-2005 ▶ jump to 26:05
  16. 6. Consent Agenda ▶ jump to 39:00
  17. 6a. Contract for Downtown Ocala signage and wayfinding design services with Walker Consultants, in an amount not to exceed $57,210 2026-1785 Approved Pass
  18. 6b. Additional expenditure under the agreement with Charles White Fence Inc. in the amount of $74,000, for a contract total not to exceed $343,723 2026-1819 Approved Pass
  19. 6c. Additional expenditures for athletic court resurfacing services under the contract with Sports Surface Pros, LLC, for an increased aggregate expenditure not to exceed $30,600 2026-1839 Approved Pass
  20. 6d. Budget Resolution 2026-155 to amend the Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget to accept and appropriate a North Florida Institute of Police Technology and Management grant from the State of Florida in the amount of $33,437 BR-2026-155 Adopted Pass
  21. 6e. Grant funding from the State of Florida North Florida Institute of Police Technology and Management to reimburse overtime expenses for sworn police officers conducting high-visibility education and enforcement in the amount of $33,437 2026-1855 Approved Pass
  22. 6f. Resolution 2026-48 to adopt the Repetitive Loss Area Analysis prepared for the City of Ocala by Black and Veatch RES-2026-48 Adopted Pass
  23. 6g. Appointment of Leighton Okus to the Ocala Municipal Arts Commission for the remainder of a four-year term ending March 1, 2027 2026-1979 Approved Pass
  24. 6h. City Council meeting minutes 2026-2028 Approved Pass
  25. 7. Consent Agenda Items Held for Discussion
  26. 25 page break
  27. 8. Introduction and First Readings of Ordinances
  28. 8a. Ordinance 2026-28 to change the Future Land Use designation of approximately 11.20 acres for property located in the 1700 block of NW Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue (Parcels 25502-000-00, 25502-002-00, and 25491-001-00) from Medium Intensity/Special District to Public (Case LUC26-0002) (Quasi-Judicial) ORD-2026-28 ▶ jump to 39:23
  29. 8b. Ordinance 2026-29 to rezone from M-2, Medium Industrial, and M-3, Heavy Industrial, to G-U, Governmental Use, for property located east of the 1700 block of NW Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue (Parcel 25502-000-00, 25502-002-00, and 25491-001-00), approximately 11.20 acres (Case ZON26-0007) (Quasi-Judicial) ORD-2026-29 ▶ jump to 40:38
  30. 8c. Ordinance 2026-30 to rezone approximately 5.93 acres of property located at 314 and 28 NW 14th Street and 1332 NW Magnolia Terrace (Parcel 2572-018-001, 2572-017-004, and 2572-017-005) from M-1, Light Industrial, and B-4, General Business, to M-1, Light Industrial (Case ZON25-0008) (Quasi-Judicial) ORD-2026-30 ▶ jump to 41:38
  31. 8d. Ordinance 2026-31 to rezone approximately 3.23 acres for a property located at 1501 NW 14th Street (Parcel 25571-000-00) from G-U, Governmental Use, to B-1, Neighborhood Business (Case ZON26-0006) (Quasi-Judicial) ORD-2026-31 ▶ jump to 42:41
  32. 8e. Ordinance 2026-32 to rezone approximately 3.05 acres of property located in the 1700 block of NE 18th Place (Parcel 2649-004-001) from M-1, Light Industrial, to M-2, Medium Industrial (Case ZON26-0010) (Quasi-Judicial) ORD-2026-32 ▶ jump to 43:33
  33. 8f. Ordinance 2026-33 to change the Future Land Use designation of approximately 0.52 acres for property located in the 700 block of NW 14th Street (Parcel 25785-000-00) from Neighborhood to Public (Case LUC26-0005) (Quasi-Judicial) ORD-2026-33 ▶ jump to 44:24
  34. 8g. Ordinance 2026-34 to rezone approximately 9.94 acres for property located in the 700 and 800 blocks of NW 14th Street and the 1400 block of NW 17th Place (Parcel 25768-000-00, 25775+000-00, 25784+000-00, and 25785-000-00) from R-2, Two-Family Residential, to G-U, Governmental Use (Case ZON26-0012) (Quasi-Judicial) ORD-2026-34 ▶ jump to 45:28
  35. 9. Public Hearings / Second and Final Readings / Adoption of Ordinances
  36. 9a. Resolution 2026-49 to abrogate portions of 30-foot-wide rights-of way for two roadways: NW First Avenue and NW 13th Street, associated with Parcel 2572-018-001, approximately 0.24 acres (Case ABR25-0003) (Quasi-Judicial) RES-2026-49 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 46:46
  37. 9b. The sale of beer and wine for on-premise consumption for Pane Vino E' Caffe', LLC, doing business as Via Panini, located at 725 E. Silver Springs Blvd. (Parcel 2820-047-003) (Quasi-Judicial) 2026-1826 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 49:43
  38. 9c. Ordinance 2026-27 to amend Chapter 106, Section 105 - Housing Incentive Fund revising criteria pertaining to affordable housing loan programs including length of terms, applicability, administrative process, and interest rates 2026-2016 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 52:46
  39. 10. General Business
  40. 10a. Agreement for Professional Services with JLC AirShow Management, LLC for the production and management of the Wings Over Ocala, Florida Airshow at Ocala International Airport 2026-1440 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 56:41
  41. 10b. Resolution 2026-50 to accept a Federal Aviation Administration Airport Improvement Program grant for the construction phase of the Runway 36 Safety Area Grading Project in the amount of $427,542 RES-2026-50 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 66:19
  42. 10c. Budget Resolution 2026-156 to amend the Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget to appropriate $406,165 in grant funding from the Federal Aviation Administration and transfer a match of $21,377 from the Airport Reserve for Projects account for the construction phase of the Runway 36 Safety Area Grading Project for a total cost of $427,542 BR-2026-156 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 66:57
  43. 10d. Second Amendment to Agreement with Oniram Productions, Inc. for the final two-year renewal of concert series production and management services in an amount not to exceed $300,000 2026-1764 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 67:33
  44. 10e. Successor collective bargaining agreement between the City of Ocala and the International Association of Firefighters, Local 2135, Firefighter and Officer Bargaining Unit, for the period October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2029 2026-1896 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 20:12
  45. 10f. Resolution 2026-51 to supplement Resolutions 2002-80 and 2015-57 by removing Occupational Taxes (now known as Business Tax Receipts) as security for the City’s Capital Improvement Refunding Revenue Certificate, Series 2015 RES-2026-51 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 21:16
  46. 10g. Renew property, casualty, liability, and workers' compensation insurance policies for Fiscal Year 2026-27 and authorize the Human Resources/Risk Management Director to execute the corresponding insurance policy applications with a projected expenditure of $2,566,079 2026-1897 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 69:13
  47. 11. Internal Auditor's Report
  48. 12. City Manager's Report ▶ jump to 72:29
  49. 13. Ocala Police Department Report ▶ jump to 76:42
  50. 14. Ocala Fire Rescue Department Report ▶ jump to 79:03
  51. 15. City Attorney's Report
  52. - Update on Fraud Incident
  53. 16. Public Comments ▶ jump to 81:22
  54. - Soft open date for Parking Garage #2 expected for September 2026
  55. 17. Informational Items and Calendaring Items
  56. - Downtown Trolley ribbon cutting ceremony on August 28 at 10am
  57. 18. Comments by Mayor ▶ jump to 109:44
  58. 19. Comments by City Council Members
  59. 20. Adjournment ▶ jump to 114:43
  60. - Ryan Panzagraft, 5705 SW 108th St, expressed his concerns over lack of City response to his inquiries
  61. - Serena Mojica, 520 NE 1st Ave, thanked Council and Mayor Marciano for the support to understand the difference between pure leaf and synthetic Kratom
  62. 59 Kibbie Fulton, 520 NE 1st Ave, co-owner of Muddy Lotus Tea,