Decisions › County Commission meeting of Feb 10, 2026
Approved an $824,269 hotel incentive grant award for Hotel Siena Holdings LLC over a five-year period.
The vote: 5-0
Voted yes: Leslie Campione, Sean M. Parks, Anthony Sabatini, Kirby Smith, Timothy Morris
Motion by Kirby Smith, seconded by Timothy Morris. From the Clerk's official minutes.
In plain words
A hotel incentive grant award to Hotel Siena Holdings LLC for building a 100-room hotel with conference center and amenities in Montverde, under the Lake County Economic Development Hotel Incentive Grant Program.
What changes The County will pay a five-year grant that decreases each year, starting at 75% the first year, if the applicant meets all requirements including specified amenities and a capital investment of at least twenty million dollars.
Who and the money Hotel Siena Holdings LLC in Montverde; estimated fiscal impact is $824,269 (expenditure) over a five-year grant period, estimated to begin in Fiscal Year 2028.
Stated reason (staff, quoted): "The Lake County Economic Development Hotel Incentive Grant program is an incentive program for new and existing hotels in Lake County to enhance economic activity by attracting hotels with high-quality amenities to encourage visitors to stay and spend money locally."
Where Montverde
Why (staff, quoted) "The Applicant plans to build a 100-room hotel with a conference center and other amenities (Project)."
Paid from Lake County Economic Development Hotel Incentive Grant
Backup in the packet: Economic_Development_Incentive_worksheet_Montverde_Hotel (p. 121), LCED Hotel Amenities - The Hotel Siena Holdings LLC - Application - 10-23-2025 (p. 121), LCED - MBC - Hotel Agreement_signed_1.12.2026 (p. 121)
Written from the Board ActionThe Clerk's same-week record of what the County Commission decided on each agenda tab. Vote tallies and discussion come later in the Board Minutes. Clerk of Court, Board Action and Board Minutes on Municode and the staff cover sheet, checked by script: every number appears in the record. Staff memo
From the record
Request from Economic Development to recommend approval of an Economic Development Hotel Incentive Grant Program award for Hotel Siena Holdings LLC pursuant to Section 7-5, Lake County Code, after finalization of an agreement; and for the Chairman to execute the Agreement upon review by the County Attorney's Office. If all requirements are met, the estimated fiscal impact is $824,269 (expenditure) over a five-year grant period, estimated to begin in FiscalClerk of Court, Board Action, Feb 10, 2026, page 3. Open the official document
The Board approved the Consent Agenda, Tabs 5 through 7, pulling Tabs 3 and 4 to the regular agenda, as follows: COMMUNITY SERVICES Tourism Recommend approval: 1, by a vote of 5-0.Clerk of Court, Board Minutes, Feb 10, 2026. Open the official document
The rest of this meeting
- Previous item: Approved declaring a list of County-owned items as surplus, removing them from official fixed asset records, and letting the Procurement Services Director sign the paperwork to dispose of them.
- Next item: Discussed the appeal of the Property Appraiser's Fiscal Year 2026 Budget to decide on next steps.
- All 14 items from Feb 10, 2026
More on growth and zoning
- Oct 27, 2026 Approved a change to the rail-trail extension agreement to hire a professional appraiser to review the value of the rail corridor for about $11,000.
- Oct 27, 2026 Approved a resolution to advertise a public hearing to vacate a portion of the Village Green plat, with a fiscal impact of $2,295.
- Oct 27, 2026 Approved a plan to hold a public hearing to remove driveway, walkway, and cul-de-sac easements on lots 174-177 in Dora Pines, Unit 1, for $2,295.00.
- Oct 27, 2026 Approved vacating a 330.65 feet by 15 feet right of way in the Clermont area, with a fiscal impact of $2,295.
- Oct 27, 2026 Approved a new rule in the Lake County Code requiring property owners to confirm if historical or archaeological resources exist on their land before development begins.