Carol Ann Felts
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Top issues during term (20)
Ivy Run residential development
New subdivisions would add traffic and drainage demands on rural roads the county would have to maintain.
Continuance of thirteen land use cases
Preservation of East Manatee tree canopy on Zipperer Road
Comprehensive Plan Update and Affordable Housing
State Property Tax Reform Impacts
Roughly 60% of homestead property tax revenue could be phased out over time.
Form-Based Code for Urban Corridors
Planning Commission Membership Changes
Stipends for planning commissioners would add a modest cost to the county budget, though no amount was fixed.
Four Corners Mine 14-year extension and Master Mining Plan amendment
Mosaic reported $985,000 in community investment in 2025 and pays administrative fees for regulatory costs; no direct county fiscal figure was stated.
Bradenton Estates II subdivision approved
Lone Valley 2,047-home development denied
Lennar's Buckeye Road impact-fee credit agreement, worth millions in planned road improvements, is off the table with the denial.
Lazy C. Ranch development agreement and Rye Road improvements
Right-of-way and easements valued at $3,405,000 (34.05 acres at $100,000/acre) plus a roughly $1.4 million right-of-way credit discussion.
Trevesta commercial expansion
Planning Commission appointment
RVs in mobile home parks rule change
Tree canopy and road concurrency concerns
Flashing stop sign at Sugar Bowl Road and SR 70
Cost of installing one solar-powered flashing stop sign (not stated in the record).
Recovery homes and reasonable accommodation standards
Recreational vehicles in mobile home parks
Anna Maria City Pier rebuild funding
Up to $2 million from tourism tax proceeds — not general taxpayer dollars.
Proposed Terra Ceia cruise port
Unknown — the project is only in pre-application.
Decisions during term (68)
Recorded while Felts was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Approval of LDA-26-01 – Local Development Agreement, Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC (Four Corners Mine)
Adoption of Resolution R-26-005 – Amendment to Master Mining Plan, Four Corners Mine
Table Resolution R-26-004 (SR 64/Uihlein Road denial)
Adopt Ordinance 26-02 (LDC text amendment — definitions, reasonable accommodation, specific uses)
Adopt Ordinance 26-05 (RVs in mobile home parks)
Approve PA-25-11/Ordinance 26-04 (East Manatee Fire Rescue FLUC reversion)
Continue PDR-23-48(Z)(P)/Yort to March 5, 2026
Approve and execute LDA-24-03 — Lazy C. Ranch development agreement
Adopt PDMU-14-22(P)(R4) — Trevesta
Continue PDC-25-01(Z)(G) — Bradenton White Eagle East Commercial
Deny PDR-24-32(Z)(G) — Lone Valley GDP
PDR-25-08(Z)(G) — Bradenton Estates II
Planning Commission appointment — one seat
Consent Agenda approval (minus pulled items)
Anna Maria City Pier repair/rebuild interlocal agreement (Item 12)
Budget Amendment Resolution B-26-043 (Item 13)
Drone insurance equipment changes (Item 9)
Bridge Artificial Reef grant agreement (Item 26)
S.R. 64 landscape agreement / Resolution R-26-016 (Item 28)
Lead Service Line Inventory Project / Resolution R-26-020 (Item 29)
Voting record (22)
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