Winter Haven staff preview development plats, developer incentives and multiple infrastructure amendments

City staff on Monday summarized a slate of consent-agenda and resolutions that the Winter Haven City Commission will consider, including development plats and incentive agreements, a 10-year lease for data-center space, engineering amendments for septic-to-sewer designs, change orders on a lift station project and proposed procurement manual edits.

Bridal Hart (presenting as public-works lead) and other city staff described a 10-year lease with IF and D Data Suites LLC (Inland Fiber) for expanded data-center cage and cabinet space. The lease begins this fiscal year with an annual cost of $37,500 and a 3% annual increase, funded from the city’s internal service fund, staff said.

Staff also noted travel and training items: a request for Mayor Pro Tem Pritam Yates to attend the Florida League of Cities Federal Action Strike Team fly-in (Feb. 3–6 in Washington) and a retroactive ratification for Mayor Birdsong’s attendance at a Florida Regional Councils Association policy-board meeting.

On downtown development incentives, staff described two items previously considered by the downtown CRA advisory committee. The first is a residential TIF rebate for a Derek McWaters project off 7th…