Council opens hearing to acknowledge expiration of Majestic Oak Partners development agreement; final acknowledgment set for May 19

The Brooksville City Council conducted the first of two statutorily required public hearings to formally acknowledge the expiration of a development agreement between the city and Majestic Oak Partners.

Community Development Director David Hainley explained the agreement — originally entered in February 2005 with a 10-year term — expired in 2015, and state procedures require two public hearings to document that expiration before the city can allow development activity on the site to proceed. "It expired in 2015, obviously, and we are now just catching up to this because we now have had a lot of interest on that site," Hainley said. He told council there are no outstanding commitments that remain under the agreement and described the expiration as "clean."

No members of the public spoke during the hearing and staff advised the council that no vote was required at the first hearing. The council is scheduled to close the process with the second public hearing and formal acknowledgment at its May 19 meeting.

The council clarified ex parte and expert-witness procedures at the start of the hearing and identified David Hainley and City Planner Steven Goldman as expert witnesses for the record. One councilmember announced they would refrain from voting on the item and staff confirmed required advertising and notice to adjacent property owners had been completed.

The first hearing closed with direction to proceed to the second hearing; final acknowledgment will be recorded after the second public hearing on May 19, 2025.