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Board of County Commissioners PD Workshop Meeting Minutes - Final October 23, 2025 Commissioner Moss questioned staff's suggestion for off-site affordable housing on a different project site. Mr. Sweeney noted this had been suggested by developers, but there was skepticism among staff regarding it being actualized. Commissioner Adams agreed this would be a good tool and suggested involving community stakeholders to hash out viability and enforcement of such a plan. Mr. Stewart suggested collaborations with local non -profits where payments, land donations, or a trust fund model could be considered. The Board agreed with staff s suggested approaches as presented. Minimum project size was the next discussion with staff recommending direction on whether PDs should require a minimum project size, and if that minimum could be reduced or waived for inclusion of affordable/ workforce housing. Mr. Sweeney discussed the time and resources required to shepherd a PD project and suggested a minimum of 40 acres for single-family homes and maximum of 40 acres for mixed-use PDs. Consensus was reached on staff's suggestion for minimum project size. The fifth agenda item concerned compatibility with neighboring properties and uses. Staff requested directions on what types of standards were acceptable or preferred, and asked the Board members to consider either a percentage or specific/defined of additional buffer width for every foot of reduced lot width. As with other items, staff sought to create guardrails to reinforce consistency in decision-making. Under discussion, Mr. Votaw received information from Mr. Sweeney that based on experience, the landscape buffers had to be in separate tracks that were owned and maintained by the homeowner's association (HOA). The Board members agreed with staff's suggestions. The final topic was a catch-all of other procedural items, with staff making three suggestions: requirement of a neighborhood meeting hosted by the developer, encouragement of the conceptual PD process instead of the concurrent conceptual and preliminary PD process, and methods to increase public notice. Mr. Campbell asked Attorney Prado how to handle public outcry against a proposed development. Attorney Prado informed that only residents within a certain radius of a proposed development were considered a legally "affected person". The Board agreed the public meeting should be made a requirement. Administrator Titkanich added that neighborhood meetings encouraged communication at a point where the community's concerns could still be Indian River County, Florida Page 6