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File #: 2026-0190   
Type: OHPAB Agenda Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 10/24/2025 In control: Historic Preservation Advisory Board
On agenda: 11/4/2025 Final action: 11/6/2025
Title: COA25-0033; 35 SE 1st Avenue all units – Historic Landmark
Attachments: 1. COA25-00033 Staff Report, 2. COA25-0033 Application, 3. COA25-0033 Site Plan, 4. COA25-0033 Supporting Document, 5. COA25-0033 Examples of Downtown Ocala Historic Markers

COA25-0033; 35 SE 1st Avenue all units - Historic Landmark

•                     Petitioner/ Property Owner:   Austin International RLT, LLC 

•                     Agent:                                                                                    Paul Stentiford

•                     Project Planner:                                          Charlita Whitehead, Economic Development Project  

Coordinator

Applicant Request:                     To install a new historic marker titled “Elvis in Ocala, Tom Petty Inspired” on the northeast corner of East Silver Springs Boulevard and NE Osceola Avenue, commemorating the 1961 visit of Elvis Presley to film Follow That Dream and its influence on a 10-year-old Tom Petty.