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SCRIPT for SPECIAL USE PERMIT Application PRELIMINARY
FORUM (S25-06)
Special Use Permit – (S25-06 – Standard Technologies) – Request by Max Valentine and Brian Thompson
with Standard Technologies, applicants, on behalf of H. Phillip Berman, Jr. and Jim Teachey, property
owners, for the use of Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing in an I-1, Light Industrial district
on approximately 34.7 acres located at 4901 Las Tortugas Drive.
1. This is a Preliminary Forum. The purpose of this forum is to facilitate an open and transparent
discussion of the special use permit application and to provide an opportunity for public comments
and questions. Please note per state law, the Planning Board will not be making a decision or
recommendation this evening. Instead, the decision on the application will be made during the Board
of Commissioners’ quasi-judicial hearing, where public participation will be limited to parties with
standing and witnesses providing evidence through sworn testimony. Anyone interested in speaking
in support or opposition of the project should sign in and speak tonight at this meeting, regardless of
standing in the matter.
2. Staff will introduce the application. Then the applicant will be allowed 15 minutes for their
presentation. Following the applicant’s presentation, we will have 20 minutes for public questions and
comments, and then allow the applicant time to address them. The Board members will then provide
their comments and ask questions of the applicant. At the end, Staff will give an overview of next steps
in the special use permit process. We will then close the forum.
3. Conduct forum as follows:
a. Staff introduction
b. Applicant’ s presentation (up to 15 minutes)
c. Public comments and questions (up to 20 minutes – total supporters and opponents)
d. Applicant response to public comments and questions.
e. Planning Board questions and comments regarding the following items:
i. Components of the proposal that are not clear or where additional information is
needed in order to understand the project,
ii. Advice to the applicant on the presentation they will be making at the Board of
Commissioners meeting,
iii. Advice to parties speaking in opposition on what they may want to consider when
preparing for the Board of Commissioners meeting, and
iv. Advice for both parties on potential issues that should be addressed prior to the public
hearing.
f. Staff overview of next steps and the procedures for the Board of Commissioners meeting .
4. Close the Preliminary Forum.