OLF 8 master plan

Said the new plan 'shall replace all prior regulatory documents,' breaking the county's 2025 covenant promise to preserve the DPZ master plan, and questioned locking the ETI tract in before the development agreement is finalized.

Called major changes — taller buildings and LDC amendments — a breach of contract, demanded an updated property appraisal and independent studies, and asked whether the remaining warehouse is an accessory data center.

Called the plan a bait-and-switch replacing the ten-year DPZ process, citing massive upzoning, no concurrency, and the county letting the developer handle the Triumph infrastructure application.

Said the purchase price was slashed by $14 million while infrastructure burdens shift to taxpayers, and objected to a 5-megawatt data center next to her residential neighborhood.

Described a pattern of planning-board regrets, developer favoritism, and a commissioner calling the developer a 'client'; urged the board rebuild public trust.

Objected to a developer who is not buying the full parcel changing zoning on it, and noted the September 2025 traffic study was never redone.

Chamber CEO endorsed the plan for preserving 170 acres for jobs, comparing it to Community Maritime Park and Navy Federal, and urged the board 'get it across the goal line.'

Warned the site lies in one of the county's worst flooding basins — Eleven Mile Creek — where 160 Bristol Park homes flooded in 2014, and urged use of updated NOAA rainfall data.

Criticized FPL's push to sell power to data centers and said protections were stripped from the plan; 'it's three votes on this board that make things happen.'

Urged best practices and careful review of the plan, noting Amazon's plug-and-play buildings and past warehouse-to-prison conversions.

Said Tri-W's rewrite dismantles the DPZ plan — two-story height increases, warehouses back in, agriculture erased — and quoted DPZ planner Marina Curry calling the process 'shameful.'

Questioned the developer discount and outdated traffic data, and complained the agenda merged OLF 8 and data center topics, cutting public time.

Attorney for the applicant presented slides defending the plan's consistency with the DPZ plan, green space, road standards, and answered Vice Chair Stroberger's written questions.

The developer's representative described the three stakeholder groups — jobs, the Beulah community, and the county as fiduciary — and a plan 'where we all win.'

Vice chair said the developers 'won him over,' defended his engagement with the community, and said he'll support it.

Blasted the revised plan for reinserting warehouse-distribution language, six-story buildings, and up to 32,000 potential units, and questioned who actually represents county citizens; asked the board to pause for independent legal review.

Argued the board can't judge compatibility without knowing specific uses, and asked for more time rather than rushing through two contracts in a year.

Said the item felt like a rubber stamp — a developer presentation followed by public comments nobody listens to — and credited board members who asked hard questions about water retention and infrastructure.

Objected to government involvement in real estate deals, noting the citizens own the field and questioning public-private partnerships, and reiterated his savings-clause advocacy.

Sarcastically questioned the below-value sale price, distribution-center language, and vague 'high-paying jobs' promises, warning taxpayers will absorb infrastructure, school and public-safety costs.

A Beulah realtor who generally welcomed the plan but flagged distribution centers as his biggest concern, saying they bring trucks without jobs and would hurt the walkability that raises home values.

Supported the town center vision but firmly opposed distribution centers and truck traffic on Frank Reeder Road, which she called too small; said trucks could only be acceptable off Nine Mile Road.

Questioned the developer's contract framing, blanket height increases, and who really counts as the three stakeholders, noting citizens own the property.