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Groveland council approves consent items, annexation and land‑use ordinances; records Ocado termination repayment obligation
Summary
On June 1 the Groveland City Council approved the consent agenda including a School Resource Officer agreement, a termination agreement requiring Ocado to reimburse $802,917.10 by July 31, 2026, and a utility agreement reserving water and sewer capacity for the 330‑unit Grove project; three related Langley ordinances were approved as recorded.
At its June 1 meeting the Groveland City Council approved the consent agenda and several land‑use ordinances.
Consent items approved included: Resolution 2026‑31, a School Resource Officer agreement with the Lake County School Board that continues assignment of one SRO at Groveland Elementary, one SRO at Cecil E. Gray Middle School, two SROs at South Lake High School and one certified crossing guard, with the School Board reimbursing the City for the full cost of those services; Resolution 2026‑24, a termination agreement with Ocado Solutions, USA, LLC that—per the agreement recorded in the minutes—requires the grantee to reimburse the City $802,917.10 no later than July 31, 2026 (interest to accrue per referenced Florida Statutes if unpaid); and Resolution 2026‑32, approving a utility agreement with CVAD Phase I, LLC reserving potable water and wastewater capacity for a mixed‑use project called The Grove, described in the minutes as 330 residential units and commercial uses on property south of State Road 50 near Montevista Road.
In Old Business the Council read and approved three related Langley Industrial items: Ordinance 2026‑5 (annexing about 6.2 acres into the city), Ordinance 2026‑6 (a small‑scale comprehensive plan amendment changing the future land‑use designation from Lake County Industrial to City of Groveland Employment Center) and Ordinance 2026‑7 (rezoning to Groveland Light Industrial). Each motion was recorded as passing unanimously with no public comment.
Clerk Virginia Wright read titles and motions into the record and the minutes show unanimous approval for the consent agenda and the ordinances. The Ocado termination agreement includes a repayment timetable and statutory interest language; council minutes note the Kroger project closure in November 2025 prompted Ocado’s cessation of operations and the termination agreement’s repayment requirement.
The Council’s approvals reserve water and sewer capacity for The Grove for one year subject to payment of impact fees to encumber capacity. Staff did not provide additional engineering details at the meeting; developers or staff will need to complete impact‑fee payment and implementation steps before capacity is encumbered.
The Council passed the listed items; no further public hearings on these items were recorded at the June 1 meeting.
