August 12 Alachua County Commission Regular Meeting

Press release from Alachua County
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Alachua County Commission will conduct its regular meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. The meeting is in the Jack Durrance Auditorium on the second floor of the Alachua County Administration Building (12 SE 1st St., Gainesville). The daytime meeting begins at 11:30 a.m. The evening meeting is at 5 p.m.
The daytime agenda items include:
- Animal Welfare Advisory Committee Annual Work Plan and Accomplishments Report
- 24-Hour Childcare Survey Results and Proposed Legislative Request
- Meridian Healthcare Inc. Annual Report and Funding Request
- Basin Management Action Plan (BMAP) Update
The evening agenda items include:
- Adoption Hearing for Large-Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment on SE Hawthorne Road
- Rezoning on SE Hathorne Road
During the regular meeting, the public can make comments at the meeting in person or call in during the 12 p.m. (noon) comment period. Callers will have three minutes to comment on anything not on the agenda and three minutes to discuss anything on the agenda. Callers can choose either or both. Those commenting on agenda items will not be allowed to comment again on agenda items if attending the meeting in person later in the day.
The call-in number is 1-929-205-6099. When prompted, enter meeting ID 873 5974 1977. Callers can hear the meeting while on hold and can use the system to listen. If you wish to comment, “raise your hand” by dialing *9 (star nine). Once you are called on by the last four digits of your phone number, unmute your phone by dialing *6 (star six).
The meeting can be viewed on Cox Channel 12, the AC TV app (Apple TV, Amazon Fire, Roku), the county’s Facebook and YouTube sites, and the county’s Video on Demand website.

No to rezoning of 82 acre of precious land at Newnans Lake!
We really need a shopping center where the family dollar was. We don’t need no more housing. Just like we have Cynthia Chestnut Park that is basically only being used sometimes on Saturday. Please preserve our trees. Take care of the people that already lives out here