All right, we're gonna open up the June 17th, 2000 oco City Council meeting. We'll have the invocation by Mr. Hart. Then we'll have a Pledge of Allegiance by the Boy Scouts of America Group here tonight. Boys and girls, come on up. We we'll give it to you in just a minute. Y'all come up front and do the pledge after the prayer. Come on. Come on up here and stand right here. Just wait for the prayer. We'll get the prayer over with. Alright, Dear Heavenly Father, we thank you through your abundance, grace and mercy, you allow us to come together to conduct the city's business. And Father, we pray that you help us to not only act
with wisdom, but act with compassion as we make our decisions that affect our citizens' daily lives. We thank you for the abundance, grace you've shown us by blessing us to live in this beautiful part of your creation that we call O Coi. And we pray that even though we may disagree, let us not be disrespect or disengage from one another, but to continue to work together as brothers and sisters. And as always, we pray that you'll watch over our first responders, our police, and uh, fire departments. Be with them on every call, and comfort their families as their loved ones. Go over out to watch over us. You will watch over them. We're so careful to give you the praise, the honor and glory you do. And your son Jesus name we pray. Amen. Alright, who's leading All. Okay.
P. Allegiance to the of the United, United States of America. America. And to, to the republic for which it stands, nation, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Great job. Thank you. What troops? Two 14. Two. Commissioner Kennedy. Here. Commissioner Wilson. Here. Mayor Johnson. Here. Commissioner Furner is absent. Commissioner Oliver Here. All right. Presentations, proclamations. First, I would like all of the boys and girl scouts to stand up and see if we can get the camera.
Come on up front. All of you come up here. And in the front, can we get somebody with the camera to come out and take a picture of them? Just line up across tight as you can across the front. Like a square knot. I didn't tell you that would happen. Y'all slide just a little bit more. Come down and center yourself. Come over low, say, there you go. Now Alyssa, Cleo, Alina, scoot forward and everybody else scoot him behind him. There you go. There you go. Brooklyn Finder window. How about it? The phone. Somebody Elijah was f*****g go. Cameron, scoot over two. Closer to,
There you go. Okay. Have you guys all shift a little? That's What I tried. That's what I tried to tell him. You kinda line Yourself, y'all. Hey girls, y'all come over. I camera Come on over. Kind. There. There we go. Elijah on camera. Switch. I know my height. There we go. And just, whatever you do, just don't block that lovely lady behind. There you go. Alright. There you go. Looking good. Smile. Lisa. One more just to make sure. Come on smile. I see that in the back. Alright, perfect. These are not your mugshots. Oh my gosh. He's got it. Don't worry. Thank you very much. Where are you oco or is that OCO
Act? Actually, we are a, our troops located in Winter Park, but um, majority of our scouts are located in OCO and travel over there. All that's great. Thank you. Awesome. Was me. Awesome. No pressure at all. I didn't tell him anything. All right. I got a, um, I'm gonna read the, um, proclamation for the Juneteenth Independence Day. All right. Whereas America's Independence Day movement initiated by the Declaration of Independence in the 4th of July, 1776,
did not include enslaved African Americans as they were not recognized as full human beings. Freedom from slavery was initiated by the enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation on January the first, 1863, and formally announced by Union General Gordon Granger in Galveston, Texas on the 19th of June, 1865. Through the reading of General Order number three to the last group of slaves in bondage create America's second Independence Day, celebration June the 10th, independence Day, reserv on the 19th of June
as the oldest African American holiday. And whereas the 19th of June is the freedom forerunner to the 13th Amendment, which implemented freedom for all slaves in the United States. June the 10th, 10th Independence Day completes the cycle of Independence Day celebrations in America. In 1997 of 105th, Congress of the United States passed Senate Joint Resolution 11 and House Joint Resolution 56 officials officially recognizing Juneteenth Independence Day in America.
And whereas the Juneteenth celebration commemorates the emancipation of southern states blacks on June the 19th, 18th, 65, 2 and a half years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln. The memory of all those who moved from slavery to freedom remains a lesson for all Americans, regardless of their background, race, or religion. And whereas the Florida legislator issued an apology on March the 26th, 2008, expressing profound regret for the shameful history of enslave and black people,
and passed on laws that sanctioned involuntary servitude upon generations of African slaves. And whereas on June the 18th, 2024, president Joe Biden signed into law a bill creating a federal holiday to ate June 18th. Now therefore be it resolved by the city Commission of the city of oco, does hereby proclaim June the 19th, 2025 as Juneteenth Independence Day for all Americans. As a time to learn more about our common past and to better understand the experiences
that have shaped our nation and which is whereof. I have hearing to set my hand and caused the seal of the city of Oco Florida to be affixed the 17th day of June, 2025. Rusty Johnson Mayor, this will be hanging in our lobby out, out in the lobby after the tomorrow. Um, got another little thing here we want to do. Mr. And Mrs. Robert Zorn, would you like to come up front? We going to try to get your picture too. When you come on up front. I'll, I'll do some little bit of talking, explaining. Is anybody else,
uh, melody, get the cameraman back out. Come on up front. I wanna tell everybody Coming. Hey, coming. Good to see you again. See you. Good to see you, sir. You been riding that bicycle? Huh? Did you hear picture? Yes, Ma'am. Just got back. Good to see you. I I wanna say real quick, these two young people, I, I had somebody that called me and wanted to recognize them, but I, I've seen them when I ride by out on the Oko Apopka Road and I've seen 'em out there in the hot sun walking down the road, picking up trash. Now, these are two citizens
that I think deserve a great hand of applause from our crowd here. When I, when I went out to their home and probably interrupted them from doing something, but I know Ms. Orman was at the grocery store. She rode her bicycle over to Publix. It's got a lot more nerves than I do. But I, I give them the coin from the city and I wanted them to come up here and get recognized and not by all the citizens. And let's put it on pictures, get some pictures of you where we can put it in our, uh, on our TV and stuff where people can see you. So, I, I don't wanna say anything about your age, but I'm gonna tell you how do you stand walking down
that road and hot as it is and doing what you're doing? We're that's, that's good. But no, as, as a mayor of oco, I wanna personally thank you for all your time that you do this and take honor and proud, proud to be doing what you're doing for the city of Oco in our I know. Well, I appreciate that very much. I can give you some other streets if you'd like to. Anybody wanna make a comment? Oh, we, We've already broadened our, Our have you territory. Well, how long you been doing it? Well, here, Six years. Six years. But up in Gainesville we
Were doing it. I know. Yep. Well, we're glad you're here now. So we'll get you a picture when it gets made. I'll get a picture for you and, and have it, let's have another with the commissioner standing up here behind too. You come right over and center it up like, we'll not do like the Boy Scout and Girl Scout straighten you out here. There you go. Is there anything to give to them yet, or not? Nothing. I, I already give it to 'em. I went to their house. Oh, okay. Have you step to your right. There you go. Perfect. Vertical one for this. Probably on vertical for that. Alright, we'll get the pictures. Remember, uh, uh, guys, we need to get the pictures when they get made. We'll, we'll bring 'em out to you. You can come back.
Bless you. Thank you. Thank you So much to, Good to see. Yes, sir. Thank you. You you're welcome to come back anytime you want. Thank you. All right. Staff reports. Thank you, mayor. I have a few items this evening. Um, the first one is regarding item number two on the agenda, on the consent agenda approval of the Florida Springs Grant Agreement, um, from Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Um, and this is, this is for the Sewer Connections Project in our downtown.
Um, DEP notified us yesterday that they had a few tweaks to make to the agreement. And so we're pulling it off the agenda and it'll be back on on July 15th. So there's, there's actually nothing negative about it, it's just which one? Item number two. The, the septic to sewer grant from Florida Department of Environmental Protection. We're gonna pull that and we'll bring it back on the July 15th meeting on the consent agenda. Okay. Um, the second thing I have is, is there's a PowerPoint that's on the DS printout for you.
And I just wanna give you the heads up on this. I met with Duke Energy on Monday and this is an, an outstanding program that they offer. They haven't been in our community in a very long time with this program. And it's a neighborhood energy improvement program and it's an income qualified program. And they've identified already almost 2,700 homes in the city that potentially would qualify based on data they have. That's not an exhaustive map in there. I will have them come back first meeting in August to present and they're planning on renting the Lakeshore
Center on August 12th to have a dinner community meeting. Um, and we'll be working with them to promote that, uh, for people to come in and sign up for this program. But on page eight of the presentation, there is a, a lot of value that some of our citizens can get through the program absolutely free, ranging from LED light bulbs all the way to attic insulation being installed. And so we're very excited about it. Wanted to just bring that to your attention. So you know, that's gonna be coming back. We'll have Duke here first meeting in August.
Um, but we're already working with them. And the good news about it is they have budget for this, so they're gonna pay for a, a dinner. Um, they're gonna pay to rent the Lake Shore Center and this is strictly a Duke program for our community. And, uh, they haven't been in ACO and Winter Garden in quite some time. So they're gonna be doing a co in winter garden at the same time. So can you repeat the dates, please? Um, we'll bring back the item and have them do a brief presentation to you. First commission meeting in August. Okay. August 5th. August 5th. And they are tentatively holding the Lake Shore
Center for a booking for August 12th. Thank you. And that would be, they would have their, um, presentation and dinner at 6:00 PM Okay. On the second thing, um, we received the financials for the month of May for Forest Lake Golf, uh, printed out copies on the dice for you. Um, and while we're on Forest Lake, this is just a reminder that RFP number 25 dash 0 0 6 for the lease and operation of the Forest Lake Golf Club is currently open
with submittals due by August 5th. The pre-bid meeting was held yesterday and seven companies intended the mandatory pre-bid meeting held at Forest Lake. Um, also a reminder that during this period there must be no ex parte communication with any companies intending to submit. Um, and the commission will have opportunity to review all submissions along with the recommended short list prepared by the Valu Evaluation committee. And we'll, we'll be happy to, um, continue to keep the commission up to date on that. But August 5th, just around the corner
and we should have some outstanding proposals. Um, the next thing I have, um, is just a reminder that if, in case you haven't seen it, the legislature passed the state budget just past midnight this morning. Um, the budget is $1.5 billion less than last year, and it now goes to the governor to, to sign. He's expected to veto a lot of projects, but we do have a million dollars still in the state budget to go towards the new fire station project. So we're hopeful that maybe he won't veto our project.
Um, one other item of note is that the legislature has now provided or granted the Governor's Office of Policy and Budget, the ability to review local government budgets as part of it, part of it's Doge efforts, um, in particular when it comes to, um, projects receiving state funding. So, um, there'll be more on that later in the, in those requirements. Um, and then I had two, two final things. We'll try to keep those brief. I wanted to have Mr. Krug from Public Works give you a quick update on the sidewalk program and asphalt repaving.
And then I will call up Jennifer Bowling, our Director of utilities, to give you a very brief update on, um, some of the water, uh, related things coming out of Tallahassee and how we're responding to those in Orange County for that matter. Oh, there, it's, While he's pulling that up, I will also mention that I did meet with Byron Brooks, the county administrator last week, and I covered a number of items including the CRA, um, proposal.
And, uh, we had a good discussion about that and did remind him. Um, and he's been sent a copy of the letter the commission authorized, which you should be receiving tomorrow, um, via email, um, regarding the, the traffic signal at Apopka Violent and McCormick Road. And that is on their radar and we are having dialogue about that. I know Commissioner Oliver's probably gonna mention that too. Alright, Steve. Thank you. City Manager, mayor, commissioners. Um, before I give this quick update on Reservices sidewalks, wanna thanks to scouts for being here. My first experience in public speaking
and project management was on the road, Eagle Scout. And I hate to say it, but it's probably been almost 50 years. I didn't want to figure out the math since I did my citizenship in the community Merit badge. Whew. Time flies. Well, let's talk about some, uh, resurfacing and sidewalk update. Just to let you know what's going on on the website. We maintain, if you looked, these are just snapshots. This is not the active website. If you go to the city website and you scroll down to the, um, common request, you can see where I've circled there a road resurfacing
and sidewalk repairs tab. If you click on that, if you take to the road resurfacing, you can see we've just updated it this, this morning. We update it weekly as we're going through the program. And if we get intermittent updates, we also, as soon as we get new information, just to let you know what's going on with those. Um, you can see on this and it where it says completed McGuire Road, if you scroll down, you would see there's additional information on that. We completed the vineyards. We're in Silver Bend right now. We'll have a little bit of night work Thursday on Bonus Road. And that should wrap it up
and beyond just putting information on the website. The contractor also puts door hangers out. So we're pretty easy. It's pretty concise, easy to track there. Now let's talk sidewalks. Hmm. What I'm showing you here. Um, city manager Chadwicks Champion has asked us to develop something that we can track this because sidewalks are such a big issue right now with what the commission approved for this year. We have digitized and issued work orders for construction replacement
for all the known called in, emailed and gov pilot requests. And you'll see a lot of dots on there. You'll also see in the upper right hand corner, there's a lot of, um, dots. We currently have the team walking through the city, starting on the north northeast corner, going into co uh, clockwise rotation, documenting all the sidewalk issues that no one's ever called in on that aren't known. Now with those, we're hopefully coming back with something in the budget for next year
that we can address. But like each one, with the, because of some of the technology available, we can send team members out with a special app that drops a pin at every location. They can measure it and we get quantities. We can download the list to a contractor and forward it out and get it resolved. So that's what we're working on. Um, this dashboard is not yet available for the general public. It's on our GIS and we're gonna be presenting it also to city manager, get some tweaks. But if you notice that we're not trying to be, uh, particular in a, you'll see District
four has the most right now. That's 'cause that's where they've started locating. But we expect as we go through the city, we'll see a lot of things and then we can track 'em. And with that, do you have any questions? I have a, oh, um, just an example I hit, I meant to bring it up to like, for example, what we're running into, what started all this. Um, we just did a bunch of concrete work on Saal in Prima Vista. We're working in some other areas in district two, but we also realized we did one house where there had been a call. The whole street had a lot of issues. What we've done is gone back
and had the contracts said, we want you to finish out the street. They've called in locates so that they'll have those all done this week and they'll be back in there. 'cause we'd like, we want to complete as many streets instead of just hitting, hitting little areas. And that's what our goal is ultimately. But that's where we're at right now. I have a question. Um, does that include grinding? We're looking to replace, you're looking to, um, generally when we grind, that's more of a temporary. If somebody were to call us and say, Hey, we got an issue. If we could grind it, we will do it. But we know there's a root or some other cause lifting it.
So we'd rather take care of it right now. And on the website, do you still, since you're doing a survey and an inventory, which I think looks fantastic, I love that. Um, do people still need to call public works or do they go to the website and submit? Do you still want They can we, yeah. If they would still call us, we hopefully will also have a digitized shortly. Um, and the goal is so that people, if they, once we get this public, they can look and say, Hey, I, I wonder if I need to call this in. And if they go to the address,
see if they'll see a dot there and say, oh, they already know about it, here's when they plan on getting it taken care of. Or Hey, this says they finished something here. This must be something new. And just to clarify what you said, if I go to my street, say I have something in front of my house and I go to the GIS, when you have it available and there's a dot near my house, you're gonna do that street? Or do I still need to let you know that there's some in front of my house? It wouldn't hurt to call or to submit a gov pilot request. That's the most tractable. Thank you. And we're actually taking the gov pilot request
and when they go out, if there's a, 'cause there's a number associated with that mm-hmm then we can, um, tag it on that and tie 'em all together. Awesome. Thank you. Can you explain gov pilot? Oh, gov pilot is what the city has on their website. If you, it's it, I don't know if it says gov pilot on there. If you want to file a complaint or an issue with the city, you can go to, um, on the city on some of those, submit it site and submit it. It says report a concern. Report a concern. There you go. Thank You. They may, those Teammate, the um, sleepy Harbor Drive, which is off of a
white road or Orlando Avenue goes into it, runs down to the street that goes into the park. That thing's nothing but potholes. I, I know you gonna have a lot of 'em, but this is the older area and it's where all the people go to the park and they all cut down that street on Sleepy Harbor to get to that Park Tiger Miner Park. Mm-hmm. So that also, when you're doing the paving there, and we need the paving done, but you need to put a couple of, um, road stops. What do you call bumps? 'cause it is dangerous there.
The people are flying them through there and a lot of the young people are going down to the park to play basketball or, or pickleball. But that road is a major thing for the people to go to that park. So, and it's full of potholes and one other one is here. Coming off Silver, silver, silver Star Road right here on Lakeshore is completely been that way for I don't know how long potholes and asphalt gone. We plan on doing the Lake Shore replace that area ourselves. Probably you should see that in the next week or two. Alright. But don't forget About, but we'll check on Sleepy Harbor
Drive. Now I know as Commissioner Wilson, I just happened to be standing out there a couple times talking to people when it, it's like a speedway through there and plus you, it's bump bump, bump bump where all the potholes on that street. So I think it's cause of the use. All right. Anybody else? Sure something. Alright, Say that. Welcome to district two. You know, we, yeah, we are the, we are probably the one or more established Yep. Districts in the city. And, um, we have a lot of trees as I'm not telling you anything, but we have a lot of trees, a lot of sidewalks and the trees create issues. So again, I've had a lot reported to me
and I've reported them and I will continue to report them as I see them. I can't walk every sidewalk. So again, we appreciate when the comments come in to let us know when you have issues. Um, I know sometimes we see it, we forget it, and then all of a sudden a month later you remember it, shoot me an email so I can let public works know. 'cause they are very, you know, again, I've got a lot of sidewalks and I've got a lot of old older sidewalks. So please continue to report them to us. It's important that we know them. And again, like the potholes and with that street, it's harbor, H-A-R-B-O-U-R, we like
to compare it to Sleepy Harbor or so again, um, just again, let us know when there's, when there's issues. I appreciate that. Uh, just a couple of questions. Um, um, commissioner Wilson mentioned the, the trees and the tree roots as we have historically been, uh, planting trees right next to sidewalks, trees, trees will continue to grow. So what is the contingency plan to, once we fix the sidewalks, how do we keep the trees from the roots from, uh, resurfacing or, or re uh, uh, um, damaging the sidewalk? Is there, is there a plan in place for that
or is there some type of technique We're using to, to do this? Commissioner, we're doing root pruning when we remove the, um, sidewalk and I'll have to send you some pictures. You'll get a kick out of it with the roots underneath them. But, uh, we p prune the roots and cut 'em back so that when we put the sidewalk back in and back to grade, they won't be underneath to lift up And it won't kill the tree. Correct. Okay. Alright. So, so looking at the, the map that you showed, uh, again, as you, as you mentioned that, uh, sawmill seems to be covered in red.
It has a, a written red rash there. And, and I've walked probably about 80% of those sidewalks myself. And a lot of those have been reported by, by myself or, um, HOA members and also some of the other members there. Um, looking at the budget for this, this, this looks like this is gonna be a a a quite an undertaking as far as budget. The budget is concerned. I know we've already allocated some money last year for sidewalks. Um, you plan on increasing that budget for this budget cycle. Looks like it's gonna be probably almost double what we've already put down there. And if that is the case, um, what is the plan to get
to where we can actually just start doing, uh, preventive maintenance as opposed to just resurfacing sidewalks? Okay, Steve, I'll, I'll, um, that, that's a very timely question because we are getting into the season where we're gonna have to have some, um, very interesting discussions, um, starting next meeting as a matter of fact. Um, what I would like for us to do is budget to try to knock out if we can next year get, get all of them fixed. Okay. Um, that's something that, we're in the middle of budget prep right now and we're doing our own version of, um,
government efficiency studies, um, if you will. But the, the goal is to try to get all of them fixed and under maintenance control, like you said, because that, that actually will bring down, instead of us chipping away at $300,000 a year, we may, I may ask or request that the commission authorize us to maybe dip a little bit into the piggy bank this year. Let's knock 'em all out once and for all. We'll have 'em all mapped. We can have the contractor mapped them while they're repairing them. So that will,
that will strengthen our ability on the back end when people do want to go online and make a complaint. We have somebody that can go out there and just knock that little section out and, and then we're no longer spending the 300,000 a year in the budget to completely redo sidewalks 'cause they're already done. So I, I, I actually am a big proponent of that. A hundred percent. And, and finally, just one quick note. Um, I have one community, I think it was the, uh, Remson Oaks community, uh, working with their HOAI think I I, I submitted a package to you guys last year where they actually,
they actually went out, took pictures and gave, gave, uh, landmarks as to where the sidewalks were. So again, if, if you attend those HOA meetings, encourage them to get involved in this process and, uh, it, it will help, it will help us to identify them quickly, uh, and more efficiently. Agreed. That's all I got. Alright, staff. Let's see. Presentation proclamations. We got, We got one more. We got one more. Are you done, Steve? I'm done. Thank you. Director bowling? Yes. Yeah. Okay. Yay. Right,
Commissioners. Mayor, I'm here tonight to just give you a quick update on what's going on in the utilities department. Uh, first I'd like to update you on fluoride. Um, so there was a Florida Farm Bill was passed and the governor signed it into law. And the bill does not specify that you cannot add fluoride to public water systems. But the language which includes not being able to do additives other than for water treatment, is in the bill. So we are removing fluoride from the water system. We're required to have it out
of the water system by July 1st. We are essentially using up the supply that we have, and we will be in compliance with this by July 1st. I just wanna let you know we've received a lot of calls on this. Yep. Okay. The big one, I'm here to talk to you tonight, is about the drinking water quality report. We also call this the Consumer Confidence Report, CCR. It's got a lot of names. You receive this every single year. It is basically a summary of, uh, the water quality testing and it assures that we are delivering safe high quality water to each resident. And there are new reporting requirements.
So PFAS per and POLYFLOR alcohol substances, uh, we know this as forever. Chemicals, um, are heavily discussed. So we are required now to do some initial testing for this. We've gone through several testing and we did come up with, um, some concentrations that are above a contamination level that will require additional treatment. So in your drinking water quality report, you're gonna see this table and it's, uh, it's just basically called unregulated contaminants. So I wanna assure you though, that we are committed
to high quality, safe drinking water. Um, many utilities are, are working on plans and programs to address this. So the current rule requires compliance by 2029. Um, the federal government has indicated that it will be by 2031. So what are these? P-F-A-S-P-F-A-S is a very large category of chemicals that we are exposed to in our everyday life. Right now, the primary focus has been on public drinking water systems, but it is in, as you can see, a lot of these products, many of you know this
as it initiated in Teflon. Mm-hmm. So what are we doing about it? So we conducted the initial monitoring. Um, we are reporting it and we are doing additional testing. So there are a lot of options that you can look at. There are treatment options, but before we go down that path, we're doing additional testing in the wells. Um, sometimes these are, you can find them in the upper Florida and in the more shallow well. So there's opportunities to just drill a lower well. Um, those little green things right there. Um, those are called G systems, granular activated carbon. They look like minions. Um, they're basically used to filter out the water.
So we're looking at treatment options for that as well. But right now we are in full compliance with the law and we are just in the early phases for additional testing. We are on target, um, to meet the 2029 deadline, even if it is extended. I wanna give you a quick water conservation update. Um, you're gonna see our program ramp up for many reasons. Uh, one we've really concentrated coming out of COVID in, um, establishing a stronger relationship with our community and our customers. Uh, this spring into conservation event is pretty popular. We hold tables at picnics. I just wanna let you know that we're gonna be sending out
high water user notifications. These are just notifications to let you know you're one of our 50 highest water users. We have programs in place that can help you. Um, we're also gonna be continuing. We have a continuous use notification in case any of you have received those. We do once a week run a report on our meter system. If we see that there is continuous use, we will reach out to someone. We leave a door tag and we let them know, check your faucets, um, check your, uh, sometimes leaky irrigation systems that the solenoids are stuck. And that's really been a pretty popular
program and helped a lot. You'd be surprised how large your bill could be when you don't get those. Um, the irrigation rule, which is the days and times that you can irrigate that applies to potable water. We are required to maintain this program per St. John's. So we will be reaching out to those that are, um, irrigating on the wrong day and time. The high water users. We have a water conservation coordinator that is available to do irrigation evaluations and also to assist with the irrigation controller. And last but not least, I'm pretty excited about this one. We are developing a pilot program
for a smart irrigation controller, and it would be a rebate program. There are opportunities that we're exploring with the water management district. In this case, we are opening the program up to reclaim water users as well. This is, um, one of the measures that we're trying to put to assist customers with using less water as we work through the irrigation rate hike. So that's gonna be coming your way. We have an irrigation controller. It's a ao, it's a control that you actually do not have to have a subscription for. You can see everything on your phone, um, and it's pretty easy and user-friendly.
We have actually tested this at the utilities department. We traded out our irrigation controller to make sure that what we are providing to residents is something that's user-friendly. And that's kind of your update right now. Any questions? Thank you very much. That was great. Yeah, you can, Yeah. I just hope that residents understand the census program where you can go on and watch what water your usage every day. Um, I find that fascinating. I don't know if a lot of people are registered to receive that. If you're on orange, not on coy water. Gotta make sure, 'cause some of our folks are on county, but that census program to where they can look
and see what you, what you're using every day, I think it's fascinating to look at your household consumption. It's an invaluable program that we hope residents will really take advantage of. Um, we only have so much staff to can contact someone when there's continuous use, but a bill could easily be a couple hundred dollars, um, just from a leaky toilet. Well, if I didn't have that, I mean, I wouldn't have found the leak in the house that we had to repre plumbed, but it's the aspect that you just see what you're using and every day when you look at what you're using, I find that fascinating. Again, you can even tell like when you're using the washing machine a lot and one day, all
of a sudden the bars just go up. So it's an interesting, um, app to, to look at When your irrigation controller goes wonky and it's irrigating every day, it can let you know that you're trending to high usage. So Sign up for it real quick. Just crazy question, how much money do we save when fluoride gets cut Out? Is it 2020 5,000, 35. 35,000 a year. There you go. We that spend that on, uh, tide wall building. You building new sewer facilities money. Well, hopefully we'll have more projects
coming your way on that too. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. That It? Yep. Thank you. All right. Let's see. Um, staff report. You did that, didn't you already? That's It. Thank you. All right. Public comments. I have one paper filled out here. Doug Gober. Where is this? Mr. Where's supervisor? Doug Gober. 4 0 5 Misty Meadow Road. Uh, good evening commissioners and staff
and fellow citizens. I have just one request. About two months ago you guys came out with a program that was absolutely brilliant called Encompass 2 0 4 5. We've heard virtually nothing about it since then. I was wondering if we could get an update as to when, how is this gonna be implemented? Sometime before I die? It seems like it's just gone away. Mayor, if I could, I'd like to ask, um, Ms. Corless to come forward. Um, that's a good question. Um, from Mr. Gamber, uh, when we transmitted that document, we, we sent it out for review by a bunch of agencies
awaiting, you know, their comments and Ginger's gonna give you an update on the schedule. Ginger Coral is development services director, uh, work site about 2045 as well. We had to by state statutes, of course, submit it to the state as well as to our agencies that are surrounding us, the municipalities as well as the state agencies. With that, we've had very few comments coming back from the standpoint of questions or issues even from the state. We're still missing a couple that we're waiting on for clarification, but we are planning to bring back the 2045 to the commission
at the July 15th, 15th right date, um, for adoption. Awesome. So we're excited. So once we get that adopted, then we will also be doing outreach to our community to continue to let us know what we're gonna be doing with that. So we have a lot of plans as it relates to making sure people are aware of it. So thank you. Any questions on 24 5? I Does that include the, that's the comp, That's the comp plan. I'm sorry. The 2045 vision is the company Development update, is that Finalized? Okay. What we're working on, in fact tomorrow night we have a a PZ planning
and zoning commission meeting and we're going to be having a dialogue with the board as it relates to some of the, kind of the overreaching as it relates to, um, looking at types of zoning areas, looking at the districts, taking what we have for the 2045 comp plan, how does it apply to LDC? So we'll be having a dialogue tomorrow as it relates to that. So we'll be coming back later this summer to the commission to provide an update in full. So we're still working on it very hard. Thank you. And we'll, we will requesting, you know, authorization
to have another community meeting about the land development code like we did for the comp plan. Correct. Awesome. Okay. All right. Um, that, like I said, that was the only public comment. Fill paper fill out. We'll go to the consent agenda. Remember number two's been pulled. So we, we only have one number, one motion to approve motion made by Commissioner Wilson to approve. Do I hear a second? I'll second it. Second. Um, second about Commissioner Kennedy was passed on the gun there. All right. Any more comments? Let's vote. Motion carried un unanimity with
Commissioner Furner in Portugal. All right, let's go down. Skip first read of orders, nothing. Second read of orders, public hearings. Number three. Second reason of avoidance was for 5 2 4 5 1 8 and 5 0 8 Woodson Avenue, legacy Homes. LLC, annexation and rezoning from Orange County, Florida. Our planner. Azar Azar. Yeah. Okay. And you can read that. Okay. So good evening everyone. Tonight I'll be presenting on the legacy homes F-L-L-L-C,
annexation and rezoning. Further property is located at 5 2 4 5 1 8 and 5 0 8 Woodson Avenue. For issues. It is whether or not the Honorable Mayor and City Commission should rec, should make an approval of the proposed annexation from Orange County into the city of Ocoee, as well as the rezoning from Orange County, R one to City of Ocoee, R one A. So some background on the properties, they're all located west of Woodson Avenue and south of Center Street. In total, um, all three lots are about 1.11 acres.
The properties are eligible for annexation because they're adjacent to other city properties eligible for city water services, as well as reduce the amount of existing enclaves. They're also consistent with the JPA future land use map, which is low density residential. Here we have an aerial of the three lots. This is our surrounding zoning map showing those R one A city properties. And this is our future land use map, again showing the low density residential designations. So for recommendations, the Development Review Committee, as well as the planning and zoning commission,
reviewed the applications and are making a recommendation of approval for the annexation and rezoning. And similarly, staff is also making a recommendation to the Mayor and City Commission to approve the proposed annexation and rezoning from Orange County R one to city of VA Coia, R one A for the legacy homes, FL LLC properties located at 5 2 4 5 1 8, and 5 0 8 Woodson Avenue. And that concludes my presentation. Thank you. Okey doke. You ready? I am. This is a handful, as shall recall. First is the annexation ordinance for 5 24 Woodson.
And I should point out that staff has arranged this so that the northernmost property goes first because that is the one that is contiguous. Yes. And we work our way down south, an ordinance of the city of Ocoee Florida, annexing into the corporate limits of the city of Ocoee, Florida. Certain real property containing approximately 0.35 acres, located at 5 24 Woodson Avenue on the west side of Woodson Avenue and south of Center Street. Pursuant to the application submitted by the property owner finding said annexation to be consistent with the Eco comprehensive plan,
the COE city code and the Joint Planning Area Agreement, providing for and authorizing the update of official city maps, providing direction to the city clerk, providing for severability prevailing in the event of any inconsistency and providing for an effective date. The next one is the rezoning ordinance for 5 24 Woodson, an ordinance of the city of Ocoee, Florida, changing the zoning classification for Orange County. R one, single family dwelling. District two City of Ocoee are one, a single family dwelling district on certain real property containing approximately 0.35 acres, located 5 24 Woodson Avenue on the west side
of Woodson Avenue and south of Center Street. Pursuant to the application submitted to the pro, uh, by the property owner, finding such zoning to be consistent with the Ocoee comprehensive plan, providing for and authorizing the revision of the official city zoning map, prevailing in the event of any inconsistency providing for severability and providing for an effective date. The next is the annexation ordinance for five 18 Woodson Avenue. An ordinance of the city of Ocoee, Florida annexing into the corporate limits of the city of Ocoee, Florida. Certain real property containing approximately 0.38 acres, located at 5 1 8 Woodson Avenue on the west side
of Woodson Avenue and south of Center Street. Pursuant to the application submitted by the property owner finding said annexation be consistent with the COE comprehensive plan, the COE city code and the Joint Planning Area Agreement, providing for and authorizing the update of official city maps, providing direction to the city clerk, providing for severability prevailing in the event of any inconsistency and providing for an effective date. Next is the rezoning ordinance for five 18 Woodson Avenue, an ordinance of the city of Ocoee, Florida, changing the zoning classification from Orange County, R one single family dwelling district to City of Ocoee.
R one, a single family dwelling district on certain real property containing approximately 0.38 acres, located at 5 1 8 Woodson Avenue on the west side of Woodson Avenue and south of Center Street. Pursuant to the application submitted by the property owner, finding such zoning to be consistent with the eco E comprehensive plan, providing for and authorizing the revision of the official city zoning map, prevailing in the event of any inconsistency prevailing for severability and providing for an effective date. Next is the annexation ordinance for 5 0 8 Woodson Avenue, an ordinance of the city of Ocoee, Florida,
annexing into the corporate limits of the city of Ocoee, Florida. Certain real property containing approximately 0.38 acres, located at 5 0 8 Woodson Avenue on the west side of Woodson Avenue and south of Center Street. Pursuant to the application submitted by the property owner finding said annexation to be consistent with the e Coe comprehensive plan, the COE city code and the Joint Planning Area Agreement, providing for and authorizing the update of official city maps, providing direction to the city clerk, providing for severability prevailing in the event of any inconsistency and providing for an effective date.
Finally, the rezoning ordinance for 5 0 8 Woodson Avenue, an ordinance of the city of Ocoee, Florida, changing the zoning classification from Orange County, R one, single family dwelling District two, city of Ocoee, R one, a single family dwelling district on certain real property containing approximately 0.38 acres, located at 5 0 8 Woodson Avenue on the west side of Woodson Avenue and south of Center Street. Pursuant to the application submitted by the property owner, finding such a zoning to be consistent with the, with the O COE comprehensive plan, providing for and authorizing the revision of the official city zoning map, prevailing in the event
of any inconsistency providing for severability and providing for an effective date. That is it. Alright, what we're gonna open for the public hearing. Anybody have any questions on item number three for the, uh, read of TIS for 5 2 4 5 1 8 and 5 0 8 Woodson? All right, I'll close the public hearing and bring it back up to the dos. Anybody have any comments? If not, what we'll do is do the planning, zoning, I mean the, uh, we'll do the, uh, annexation first and then the zoning. I'll make that motion. Alright, motion made. And that includes all three. We have to say it, We have to do it
Separately. I'd like to do 'em separately because they're all separate ordinances. Okay. Six. Alright, It's gonna be six of them. I'm sorry. So, Alright, first is five. Oh, let's see where am at. 24. Let's start with five. 5 24. I'll make that motion for 5 24. Motion made for Commissioner Wilson for, uh, annexation. Do hear Second. Second. Second by Commissioner Kennedy. Any more comments? No more comments. Let's vote. Alright. We do five 18 for annexation. Do hear a motion? I'll, I'll make that motion. Second. Motion made by Commissioner Wilson. Seconded by Commissioner Kennedy. Any more comments?
If not, let's vote. All right. 5 0 8 annexation. Do I hear a motion? I'll make that motion. Second. Motion made by Commissioner Wilson. Seconded by Commissioner Kennedy. No more comments. Let's vote. All right, now we're gonna go back to 5 24 ZO for ZO rezoning. We hear a motion? I'll make the motion. I'll second. Motion made by Commissioner Kennedys. Go hear a second. I'll second. Seconded by comm. Mr. Wilson, any more comments? Not Let's vote all five 18 for rezoning.
I hear a motion. Motion Made. Motion made. Commissioner Kennedy, do I hear second? I'm giving something else the opportunity. I'll second. I'm giving Commissioner, Let's stick with the program. I commissioner. Stick with the Program here. Second. Commissioner Wilson. No sir. No more comments. Let's vote. I'm just giving others the Opportunity. I need a motion for 5 0 8 for rezoning. Rezoning. I make The motion. Motion made by Commissioner Kennedy. Here. Second. I'll second it. I get It by Commissioner. Commissioner Wilson. Alright, let's vote. Vote on that one. Boy, that's a long one. Yeah. Did you, you agreeable in this? Oh Yeah. Welcome to district Two. Did all votes come
in system going down there? Hmm? Did all the votes get through there? Yes. Okay. All right. Thank you. Public hearing. We have none. All right. Item number four. Regular agenda, approval of code enforcement board reappointments, and discussion on changing meeting and day. All right, you, you Up? I'm up. Good evening, mayor. Commissioners. So the um, staff report before you tonight is two part. The first part, um, of the staff report would be for the reappointment of the, um, board members. We have three regular member seats who, um, terms are set
to expire at the end of this month. Uh, the three members two have submitted an application for reappointment. That would be members Joe Bander and Lonnie Kos. Uh, I did provide their, um, attendance for 2024. Um, member Vander did attend all scheduled meetings and Member Schultz attended eight of the nine meetings. So for that we would just need a motion, um, for a reappointment for another three year term. Alright. To hear a motion, I'll make that motion For both of 'em. Right? For both
of them. Motion been made, uh, for you need to name 'em off. Uh, melody real quick in the motion. So this would be a motion to approve the reappointment of Joe Bander and Lonnie Kos to the Code Enforcement Board for another three year term to end June, 2028. Alright, Commissioner Wilson made that motion. Do we hear a second? I'll second it. Second it by Commissioner Oliver, any more comments? I have A comment. Oh, Um, I, I noticed when I looked at the roster, um, we're not following what we're doing on other boards
with representation from each district. There's no one from district three on code enforcement. I have two. Uh, George has two, Rosemary has three. Uh, commissioner Furner doesn't have any Well that's his responsibility really to put 'em on there. We, we talked to him about it for you last couple meetings. So I think we, we let him pick them. Well, there's no, we're filling up the, the slot. So if we, uh, I, if we appoint Reappoint Schultz, that's three from two.
I I did wanna just add member William Mann is also up. 'cause there were three, he did not respond back. So that'll be a vacancy. So that would be a vacancy if he, we don't receive anything. And I, and I do have a applicant for that slot. Do you? Yes. And then we have two vacant alternate positions, which, um, if You put the new name on there, Ravi new one. Yes. Yeah, last month we had, I'm sorry, last meeting, um, Robbie, um, Beck room was added. Yeah. And he is on the roster.
So I just don't think, no offense, I don't think two should have three members when everyone else has two and he doesn't have any, it's just not following what we've done with the other Board. But if you don't bring someone forward, then you find interested parties. So I, you know, I, we have all, we have alternate members that could go vacant positions, so they could come from three, but we don't seem to have a lot of folks that come from district three that join our boards. So you have to fill the positions with folks who are willing to serve Well, and I agree with that. I think my point would be that it appears from the history
that that board has had a hard time making quorum and holding meaning. So I don't know that I, I would say willing to serve means showing up. Well, Ms. Schultz has been eight of the nine meetings, which I think is quite a bit. Um, But that, and Mr with respect, that includes the ones where they had meetings because they had quorum, but they've not had meetings 'cause they can't get quorum. Do we know if those people, uh, were available for quorum when that was checked? 'cause if so, I'd agree with you. Yes. So, um, I did attach to the staff report, the,
um, code enforcement attendance. It says attendance for 2025. But what I had the um, board clerk do was put an N for no, couldn't make it or y for yes, they would be able to make it. So for Mr. Bander, he did announce, um, at the October meeting that he would not be available at the January meeting, but for February he responded he would be available. And for March he did not respond. And for Lonnie Schultz you'll see that she responded January, February, March
that she would be available to attend. Okay, well Thank you. Some of those I don't have a district I could appoint people that's not in the district. Any district. So what's, what's your person? I I I think that's more than fair. 'cause again, we have two vacant. You, you are at large, so you're right. You should be able to point that's I understand. Yeah. Members from any districts. So it may be, it may be overloaded on one district or another. So your point will be a moot, moot point. If you appointed two people from one district, it's still gonna be overload. Either way it goes. So Fair Enough. Uh, the point, the
point of it is, is having somebody for that, if we have people that are open and able to do it and the district's not doing it, then we, we can, I think we need to fill it because planning zoning board is one of the major boards. I think side ours too, but I don't, I I think we need to appoint people. If I know, um, Mr. Uh, ner is having a hard time getting somebody down there. So, you know, we, we put somebody on there, we can't afford not to have somebody on there. So
It's very important we get our alternates in there also so that we don't run into the same situation. Each ones. So who, who's on the list that we could put on there? We, those two that you just called out, is there an opening after we put those two on there, There, there would be the opening of, um, Mr. Man, William man seat. Um, and I know Commissioner Oliver said he has an application currently. I don't have any other applications other than the website that Turned in. We, He's not turned yet, but, um, he's ready to turn an application in. Alright. And, and there's still, We need to recommend alternates
So they're still vacant. Yeah. Okay. Fair enough. Thank you. Good discussion. Alright, so bring that, give that to, alright, we need to vote on by the end of the week. We need to vote on the two. We just got Ms. Schultz, Ms. Schultz and Ms. Vander. Yep. Correct. All let's vote. Okay. Alright. It carries you unanimously with Commissioner Firster also going to Spain. The, the second half of the staff report was, um, just a discussion on at the May 20th meeting. There was discussion on the cancellation of the November
and December meeting and I think there were concerns due to the cancellation of those meetings. What I did was just provide the history of Go ahead. I I I got a question about That. Um, I provided the history of one, the meetings started being canceled by the board. Um, but we were proposing that if the commission wanted those meetings to continue as scheduled, um, you can consider changing the meeting day to the third Thursday of each month to avoid the conflicts with the holidays. Well, I think we need to do it. I mean, the only time we're gonna cancel if it's the holiday falls right on our meeting time.
So I think if that's not falling on their meeting times, why would we not have it Thursday the third Thursday? Huh? You Said the third Thursday. The third Thursday. That's the red light hearing It. This would be in the evening. Evening. Okay. In the evening. Yes. So I, I think historically their meetings filed the week of the holiday because it's on a Tuesday. It didn't fall on the actual holiday just that week. Mm-hmm. Alright. Well I I'm agreeable to that. I think it's, um, very disrespectful to our neighbors who have issues that come up in October and they're not addressed till January.
And if any of you live next door to someone who may not be, who may be an issue, you find out that you're waiting three months. And that's, um, I think that's something that we need to rectify as mission. So I'm in favor of us changing the meeting date and hopefully that's gonna work with the folks who are on Yeah, the code enforcement board. They can adjust their schedule, um, to do that. Alright. You Commissioner Oliver? Yes. Alright. Do you full favor. You want somebody need to make a motion to that then I'll be happy to make the motion to change the, um, meeting date. Can
I for Code enforcement? I'm sorry, Do I need to say this? Um, we do have a meeting this coming up this month for code enforcement. So I will get with staff so that we can transition them into, um, that Thursday, should I say as soon as possible that you can fit that Because if we run with these dates, the issue comes when I November and December. So should I just say as soon as possible? Yeah. So that you gives you some leeway to, for folks to also change their schedules. I think that would be Okay. You made the motion. Yes. There. Second. I'll Second. Seconded
by motion made by Commissioner Wilson. Seconded by Commissioner Kennedy. Any more comm comments? Let's vote. Motion carries You Unanim. Commissioner Furner out. All right. Number four. Nope, I we're on number five. Discussion and direction on plan actions in reference to code enforcement and parking concerns. Police Chief Ogburn. Well, Good afternoon, commissioner, uh, mayor and commissioners. Uh, this item is brought before the commission tonight In response to, uh,
concerns raised on the May 6th commission meeting, uh, during which the commission highlighted the need to strength and deterrence against, uh, motors who disregarded the no parking signage and, uh, failed to comply with the existing traffic management measures. Uh, since that time in collaboration with other staff members, uh, we've conducted a review of best management practices and developed a comprehensive, um, set of policy and enforcement recommendations. And, uh, these recommendations are designed to enhance the parking compliance and improve the overall effectiveness of code enforcement efforts.
So, One, I would like to summarize the current park and enforcement ordinances. Um, highlight re relevant sections of from code of ordinance and land development code, identify enforcement authority and procedural steps and seek recommendations, uh, from the Commission for consideration. Currently under, uh, city Ordinance chapter 1 68, the Chief of police is author authorized to report violators with three or more unpaid citations to D-H-S-M-V.
The violators may be blocked from renewing vehicle registrations according to Florida State Statute three 20. That means you put a lien on their registration. They cannot renew their tag until they come into compliance with their, um, parking violations. The police department issue citations. We handle the towing and the mobilization and the accessible lien liable fees. Uh, many times parking violations take place within both public and private areas. Code enforcement is primarily responsible for the parking violations on private property, and the police department is responsible
for violations within the road, right of ways or on public property. Uh, the prohibited parking areas. There's no parking on unauthorized zones on public or private property. Uh, it's illegal to occupy unimproved surfaces or block required open space. And the enforcement includes warning, citations, towing or immobilization. Overnight parking of RVs, trailers, or boats is prohibited unless permitted. As you can see right there, the tongue of the RV is on the sidewalk. Uh, parking must not interfere with required open space or visual aesthetics.
The home occupation parking rules, no excessive traffic or heavy equipment associated with home businesses. All parking must be on site and screen from view and parking in the right of way or on sidewalk is prohibited. So, recommendations And our next steps. Currently the parking fine violation is $40. We're recommended the commission to consider increasing the minimum of fine on parking citations, second citation being $75, the third one being $100. And the fourth citation $250,
which also can include the towing or the mobilization of the vehicle at the owner's expense. Recommendations also for the commission to consider when parking violations and no parking areas give you two options. One is we could put the 48 hour sticker notice on the window, uh, issue a parking citation after that 48 hour time deli, uh, period. And after that, you can either mobilize or tow the vehicle or option B 48 hour sticker. Notice after the 48 hours, we would tow it or immobilize it in.
Both of those. Tow and mobilizations will be at the owner's expense. Code enforcement recommendation. Recommendations, pardon me. Uh, a new snip sign strategy, uh, of multiple daily scans of corridors with weekend support from the patrol officers. Uh, recommended commission authorize the staff to conduct sweeps of all areas, beginning with the downtown redevelopment area. And thirdly, recommend commission to authorize code officers to seek maximum fines for all violations currently, uh,
up to $250 for their first offense. Second offense is $500. And the third of, I'm sorry, first offense. First offense is two 50. Second is two. Uh, we misty here. I'm getting confused here. Second is 500. And, and the last is irreparable or ir. Um, is $5,000 for the third fund, a revamp foreclosure program, which would, um, take the foreclosure from the code board and give it to the commission to make that approval. And these are just some of the issues that we encounter
or the calls we get. Mm-hmm. And Mike, you wanna add anything? That it, that's it. That's end of my All right. I think we're gonna have some discussions. I hope I'll let any commissioners want to talk first before I, um, anybody wants to start it A lot to talk. I'll start It. Alright. We'll start down here. Commissioner Kennedy. Um, I want The highest level of enforcement and the most punitive level of fining. Um, I got a red light camera ticket the other day.
It was 158 bucks and I accidentally got caught hamstrung and had to run the light downtown. Um, I think that'ss completely different than intentionally and deliberately parking in a no parking zone. And so the fine should be at least that much. Uh, I like the 48 hour notice with the fine. And I like the immobilization and the towing and um, I don't know if there's a statutory maximum, but whatever it is, I recommend that
A statutory maximum of what? For the no parking in the state. I dunno if you have a limit. I don't. We're doing, you're doing 100 in the speed zone, right? Yes. And 1 58 on the red light. So it should be more than the red light. So that would be adjusting Mike groomer, assistant city manager. That'd be adjusting the first parking ticket afforded in the city ordinance, which is presently $40. Raising that minimum to what? The extent by statute, which may be an up to number. Okay. Got That. That's my recommendation. Okay. But I only ask on his suggestion.
But when you, when you do the red light tickets and, and like some of these people don't pay the 40 or whatever it is, they don't get their license held, you'll get your license held if you don't do the red light camera. So how do we re how do we enforce, how do we enforce that? Is it by, by taking, going through the state and taking their tag or something? Or what? We would have to create a, um, a spreadsheet in which we would supply that to D-H-S-M-V and we can put the hole on it just like we do with red light cameras. Right. 'cause that's what's gonna have to happen. 'cause we won't get, Won't be Paid. We're
looking at, we would be using a spreadsheet initially, but we're looking at software that would integrate within the, the police's, um, you know, citation software management system so that we could issue those reports directly to the state. But in the immediate interim, we'd be doing spreadsheets. You got any more Commissioner Kennedy? No, sir. Commissioner Wilson. Okay, let me make sure I understand this. You wanna go from 40 to 75 for a first offense? That's what he was proposing. That's what you're proposing is the 40, from 40 to 75 for parking violation.
Is that after we give the 48 hour notice? Yes. The 48 hour would be the first, first 48 hour notice then Sticker on the window. Yes ma'am. If They don't move it After 48 hours. And what happens when that person, okay, today they move it tomorrow, they come back and park it again in the same place. And we end up, oh, we now we give another sticker and restart. We've gotta stop that because we know we have repeat offenders. We know that people, if they, you didn't catch me today, you don't catch me tomorrow. But then I move the car and I come back. That will be the importance of that spreadsheet.
And, and to hopefully later on, um, research and procure some software that would let us know that once we arrive to the vehicle, put the license plate in, we, we will be able to tell us the second or third violation. The second or third offense that they were given. A Citation. A sticker? No, after the, the, the sticker. They can remove the sticker is what you're saying. And then they come back and park it again tomorrow. That's, that's a second violation. That's The second. That's so they're, they're noticed on the first one that still continued. It's not that I took the car and moved it. People like to play games. Yes, we know that.
And they think they, you, you're not gonna get me. You know, it's the idea that, and they annoy neighbors. They park up on the grass, they park up, they again, I know you're handling code enforcement. Um, okay, I'm gonna agreement what's the 500 and a thousand or 5,000 Gimme Yeah. Kind of remember, come back on that one a little bit. There's two actions. There's parking in the right of way and there's, then there's parking on private property. Parking on private property is code enforcement. Correct? It's just under the code enforcement umbrella. Any code fine tall grass. The first code, the first si first violation, the code board
or the magistrate can find up to $250. The second offense would be up to $500. Okay. Those fines are set by the code board or the magistrate. So what, one thing that the chief's gonna implement now that they're over code enforcement is a staff recommendation that the maximum fine be assessed across the board per violation. So that's, that's the 250. And if the issue is irreplaceable or in, in, in such a hazard, the fine can go up to $5,000.
Is that stopping the, like the two 50 a day? That's the two 50 a day. That's the maximum fine. Per Day. Maximum It goes to a thousand a day, Then it can go up to five. The second offense up to 500 per day. And then after that it would be a $5,000 fine per day? Yes. If it's, if it's egregious, it doesn't say third offense in our city ordinance. So we're looking at all these wordings as well. For instance, as chief said, going back, that's code enforcement shifting back to parking. I want to make sure I summarize. For instance, there's a parking citation for $40. Mm-hmm. The chief was saying in his presentation, let's do a first,
second, third raise the fee. Commissioner Kennedy said No, the parking is the maximum we can do by state law for the first fine. Yeah. I don't Think 40 or 75 Is enough. Went second. And then the mayor had said, right now the chief after three can notify DMV. Yes. We don't have a, we do not have a software and track that. We're gonna create that tracking. The mayor should potentially do away with the three that goes to, if they don't pay the parking, it goes to the DMV and then they, So We'll, we'll look at that as well. Yes. A lot of good feedback. Yes. Okay. Alright. Yeah, no,
it just gets a little confusing. 'cause we're mixing Yes. The parking on the street with the police versus, which I know you've got code enforcement now. Yes. And the code enforcement on private property, they're both under you, But under that scenario, if they're parked in their yard, which we have 'em up there that's got 3, 4, 5, and, and a motor home, Yes, You write 'em up, but it's their home that they get where they don't have to pay it because all the other code enforcements issues, if it's their home place, they don't have
to pay you till they sell the house. They get $5,000 liens at. So I mean, it's not solving the problem up there when you do that because they don't care. They're not gonna sell their house. We got a guy up here on the, on the north side owes over a million dollars. Yeah. So I'm gonna cover liens program. So item four here, and Mike, you're gonna cover that in more detail. But, um, we'll be bringing back, currently there are $3.6 million in outstanding non-homestead liens that we're gonna bring back and propose a, a plan, um, to the commission
after working with the attorney to try and collect on that. Um, but part of what Mike was gonna talk to you about is the foreclosure process is very important. And that's a way to send a message because it, once you foreclose on a couple of them, the word will get out very quickly. And state law prohibits anything homesteaded from being considered for a foreclosure. But we've scrubbed all those out of the database and there's still 3.6 million. So What, what about the rentals? If, if, if it's not a homeowner Absolutely living it's a rental. Correct. Those are, those are fair game for foreclosure.
We just gotta follow through on those. Yes. The other problem is they're riding those cars and trucks and motor homes across our sidewalks that are getting broke. There again, money comes back to the city. Uh, I, I'll let Commissioner Kennedy thought that I'm, I got a couple things I want to say. Well, I well now no, I agree with Commissioner Kennedy's assessment of, of, of the maximum fines for the parking. Um, I agree with that wholeheartedly. The thing that kind of caught my attention is the foreclosure. There, there was a mention in the presentation, uh, toward the end, uh, the, uh, revamping of the foreclosure program in in, in putting
that responsibility back on the commission. I disagree with that. That that's a legal matter. I think that should be a part of, of the magistrate's decision, um, uh, as we go through that process. And so you revamping it, I would recommend taking the commission out of that and leave that, that legal matter to a magistrate. Okay. One Commissioner Oliver, uh, remember residential is done by the code board. The commercial is done by magistrate. In our review of these ordinances and looking at the different properties that have liens, they are a majority, if not all residential.
The, the concern that can be raised, if, if we go forward with looking at those liens, we've already taken the ones out their homesteaded, we've gotta look at those properties and see which one may have a, a mortgage or something ahead of ours. So we don't want to go to our foreclosure and not be first in line. The problem is a, a potential problem is right now the code enforcement board for residential has the right to do liens. They could require, they could get at a meeting and initiate liens on 10, 12 houses, which all have costs which are not budgeted.
So if we let the code enforcement board say we want to lien this house, then the staff is then has to start that lien process, which there's cost of liens. So the thought is if we bring it, take it from the magistrate and the code board or under the, just the residential, the code board, bring it to the commission, then you're authorizing going forward with that lien issue, which could be foreclosure and then the expenditure of the funds in order to do that, which requires attorney time and, and all that. Which, which again, uh, we're only authorizing the attorneys to move forward.
That that is that what we And expending those fee funds to do that. Yes. And you also mentioned that, uh, um, being first in line, most of the houses are gonna have in conferences anyway, so it's gonna be hard to, unless you're HOA to even get that first slot. So then it, it, it, it brings us back to the same issue of being able to collect on it until they sell the home. So that goes back to the mayor's Point that's under this process. Staff would be coming to the commission and saying, commission, we've done the background work. We feel pretty solid that there's, we're first in line, if we handle this lien,
we'll see the f the fruits of that labor. Mm. Right Now the code board could initiate that at any time, any meeting the chairman could call a specially called meeting. And we have no control of when, how many properties they say to go forward and lien. Think I've covered it. I don't think I missed anything there. No. So, so, but, but we can't take residential to the magistrate because they, the, the magistrate doesn't hear residential As long as there's a legal component in there. If we are just approving, uh, the, the ability to move forward, uh, given the attorney the ability
to move forward in a, uh, foreclosure process. Yeah. I I I get that. That's fine. But as far as us, I just wanted to make sure it wasn't us. I don't feel comfortable making any kind of decision on foreclosing on anyone's home. So without legal counsel doing it. Yes. Question Commissioner, can you walk through that in more detail in the process? Would that be a consent agenda item reviewing a staff report? Or would we be having code enforcement hearings at the commission meetings on foreclosing? Yeah. Well, so we have not let facilitated a,
we have once on a commercial property facilitated a foreclosure and that was done. Uh, I have to go back and check, but that was Done on the agenda. I agree with that. Yep. That was to actually finalize the foreclosure. Yes. But you're saying to evaluate whether to lien, We would do that as a internal policy process. Now that's gonna, one of the steps we're gonna take, we have this list of liens that was 11 million we've gone through and taken Time out. Yeah. Um, process wise that would go through the appropriate, um, jurisdictional entity,
whether it's the code board or the magistrate. Okay. Um, for the foreclosure action though, there were authorizations we had to seek regarding that commercial property located in our downtown that came before you. And what we are saying is, and, and I'm sorry this got kind of mixed in, but this is part of a multi-pronged code enforcement approach, is getting tougher with properties that have accrued significant fines and liens. And so sending that message, that's really a separate item we're bringing
because we've got this 3.6 million that we, we've had one meeting with Attorney Geller about it. We're gonna propose, we're gonna send these letters out. This is how we're gonna handle it. We're gonna show you some research from how other jurisdictions handle these and we're gonna seek direction at a subsequent meeting. The purpose tonight was to kind of give you an overview after taking a look at the parking requirements in response to comments that the mayor and, and I believe Commissioner Kenny brought up that meeting in May. Um, and it's really a total approach, um,
utilizing both police power and code enforcement power to try to address cleaning up our community. Um, because we hear the complaints, um, like you guys also. And so that item four is really something that's gonna come back to the commission. But those are very valid points as far as, you know, the way it sits right now is that nothing happens until they decide to sell their property. Okay. And we have the ability to, to, to execute those things at any time. We just haven't taken the, taken the opportunity to do so. And that's one of the things we just generically,
we'd like feedback from the commission tonight that hey, we do wanna get tougher and make a couple of examples outta these. Obviously, you know, with attention to what the law allows, because you know, the law rightfully so, doesn't allow you to foreclose a homesteaded property. But there's plenty of other non, non-homestead properties that have liens accruing right now. And, uh, and those would, would possibly be good to make examples of if you chose to do that. Um, and we do know that other communities that have done,
that have experienced, um, longer periods without major violations occurring over, over or accumulating the way they do here. Alright. I have one more if you don't mind. Okay. Uh, I have a lot of experience, uh, leaning commercial properties and uh, and residential properties. And I know that, for example, an HOA can lien a rental property. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. And that, to Commissioner Oliver's point, that doesn't create an eviction
for the people living in the home. Correct. And that creates a garnishment on the rent. Yep. Is that what you're looking at? Because I think Commissioner Oliver is right. I don't think we want to be voting to evict people from residence and we wouldn't with the non, with the homestead people. But rental residential rental properties are basically commercial properties in, in a sense. Right. It's a commercial activity. And you can lien and garnish the rents to pay back the lien in a, in an HOAI would be all for that.
Yep. So if you're gonna bring, if you would look at that, and I, I like what you said. I agree. Let's deal with the parking, the no parking zones, the code code enforcement, strengthen code enforcement. If you wanna bring back recommendations on revamping the foreclosure, I think that would be great. Thank you. I support that. Alright. I haven't talked yet. Hold your horses here. Here's the thing. Why we're talking about this. Let's talk about all of it. One of the things that, if you ride around our town, we got places in town that are way out of,
out of code issue. We have got to put a stop to those places. If we want to take this town and clear the streets up and clear the areas up, they move in saying they're gonna do one thing and then they do something else. You, I don't wanna call any names out on 'em 'cause everybody will do what they want, but I'm just telling you, we've gotta get places where they are in the code. I'd rather have the code on somewhere to stack certain things in, in public and cars and everything else. Then we let go out and so somebody's got a sign, we gonna stick 'em a code issue. When we got places around town here that has
to be coated in its commercial. This, this, like when you got a picture of the guy that moved in, first thing to do is park in the retention ponds. Mm-hmm. Another one's doing it over here you go, tell 'em they can't park in retention ponds. They're parking there anyway. So we've gotta have some kind of enforcement that'll make 'em understand when you tell 'em they gotta move. There's a guy that parks his trailer down here and chief, you know how many times I've called you? He does it anyway. And there he is parked downtown with semi trailer right on the side where the sign say no parking, but he's still doing it.
So somewhere along the line, if it's gonna be enforced for me that I can't park something in front of my house, I don't want him doing it. But I, and I'm not trying to be mean to citizens, but it, you go up on the hill, I call it the hill off of Silver Star Road. There's 4, 5, 6 cars parked and parked in the front yards. And they'll go by and write somebody up with a no tag, but they don't write that guy up with six cars parked. And there is an ordinance here that says you can't do that. May I agree with you whole A wholeheartedly. And, uh, we are looking at revamping. That's why we brought these recommendations
for the, for the commission tonight. But we are, we are on it. I I know everybody doesn't have to take pride in where they live. I do. And I, I expect that if we're getting calls about people not doing this, then everybody's gotta get along and get along in the process. Because any of the businesses that are here, that needs to be coded, coded because then we can address the issue with court issues. I know one, we dropped the fine years ago on somebody and it's right back like it was before, you know, and it, it, it, it never gets solved. There's a house up on Willow Creek, Willow, what is it?
Willow Creek over there, off South Russell. Mm-hmm. That house has been empty over 25 years. Nobody take, make, nobody's in it. Nobody. It, it has got grown. It's been growing up all around. And how do you like to live beside that for 25 or 30 years in your neighborhood? And we don't do anything about it. Somehow or another, there's no, there's no homeowner living in it. So why don't we go after that property and get it cleaned up and then sell it where somebody can live in a nice house and the neighbors don't have to live with it. I I drive by it over there all the time
and I, every time I arrive it, somebody says to me, why aren't you doing something about that house? But it is empty and been empty for probably 30 years. And, and we, there's, I don't see it ever come in for us, before us or before the code board, you know, but I I, I'm not trying to be hard on citizens, but I'm, I'm telling you, we, we get asked all the time, and I I always say this, you can't go and look at semi-truck parked down there. Now we got 'em parking at the mall, which I don't know, is that legal If they, we gotta find out if they gave them approval. That's the hard part. That's private property right there. That's private property at my house.
But you still can't park six cars on it. So I mean, You would call us mayor. We, huh? We, we know you would call me if they, they weren't here. Yeah. Hey, listen, but that shopping plaza, Hey, I, I, I brought a guy real quick. I know we got lawyers fit over here. I, I bought a, the guy, I didn't buy it. The guy gave me a camper one time. It, it was 20, 22 foot long. I bought it. I didn't buy it. He gave it to me. I drove it to the house and the next morning I had a ticket about it. I was illegal. It didn't take 'em long to figure me out. So I said, and we do have a thing
that says you get two days, I think it's two days hours, 24 hours or 48 hours, 48 to, to move it. But no, I, I just think we've gotta maybe sit down with the staff and come up with, I'm, I'm with all Commissioner Ken. How much, if you charge them $10 and $20, you might as well ain't never going to do nothing. But we have gotta be able to take that tag or do something that, that put a stop to it. And then this, this businesses have the code. People go find out what the problem is. They're, they're, it's out in our roads.
They're out in our road where they're at and everybody, we just keep letting it go on and on. Mm. The guy down on the corner of that, uh, I think we might have bought that and I don't know for sure, but on the corner there by Lee Road and, uh, uh, uh, Franklin is this high with grass. The other ones are where they're putting people, putting businesses in places all around, no permits. You know, so that's, I I, I'm sorry. I just think code enforcement, we, we got a beautiful town. I like to keep it that way and I know citizens like to keep it that way. So we've gotta come up and get stronger on it. I think when you get it out and get the rules
and get the fines, like he's talking, commissioner King's talking about, I think we can start making them understand what we're trying to do. So I'll let the lawyer talk now. Go Ahead. Sure. I, I don't know if I'll be able to shed some light on a few things, but first I wanna address the game playing where someone's caught on. They're having all the cars parked on the, on the yard. They, they, they, they shouldn't be there. And then they get moved and then they get put back and, and, and we're, and we're playing a, a cat and mouse game. Uh, in, in the code right now, it says if the code inspector notifies the board or special magistrate and the board
or special magistrate, so fines that a repeat violation has been committed, the board or special magistrate may issue an order requiring the violator to pay a fine not to exceed $500 for each day. The repeat violation continues beginning with the date. The repeat violation is found to have occurred by the code inspector. Uh, so that's, that's one thing. The the second thing I, I really like the idea of garnishing rents. I do, and I'll need to research this. It may be that we have to take the existing, um, hopeful.
Well, the procedure is that when the board or the special magistrate issues an order assessing fines, once that is recorded with the comptroller, that then becomes a lien on both the personal property and the real property of the violator. I do not know whether we have to get that reduced to a final judgment in order to then get a rid of garnishment. That may be the, the process. But I'm going to confirm that. That was a really good thought. The, the last, um, item and just, um, there, there was a, a lot of, there's a lot moving on, uh, going on here.
But the, the, uh, the $5,000, and let me find the language on that, but it is a, here it is. If, if, if a code enforcement board finds the violation to be irreparable or irreversible in nature, it may impose a fine not to exceed $5,000 per violation. So that might be a case where let's say you have some landmark protected, beautiful live oak that someone just tears down that can, that that's irreparable.
That that tree is not, cannot be replaced, you know, for a hundred years or 200 years. Uh, so that would be an example where you would, you would apply a $5,000. Fine. Appreciate the thoughts. One, one more quick thing. Um, oh, and even with what he's talking about with the fines on the parking, how about the fines on these commercial places where we charge them 250, why not charge them $500 a day up the fines? We're gonna make them understand what we're trying to talk about. Yep. Because I know these people got, they don't care. These, these commercial places, they don't care.
Make the find where it is going to hit their Old, that's mayor, if I could, that was exactly the purpose of this item was to have this dialogue, you know, um, we have an opportunity moving forward to to, to make a statement about taking care of our community. And that's what I was looking specifically for direction on. Yeah. Is, you know, and then we will was there, we'll be bringing those, those back. Um, but like he said, Hire put it higher on the commercial Necessary. But we already, as Rick said, we have the a lot of tools in the code already Yeah. That were not being used.
So I wanted to seek an affirm affirmation from the commission to move forward in that way. And one of the items that was on the recommendations that we haven't really talked about was doing code sweeps. Those are very valuable. You have to be equitable and fair across the board when doing sweeps. But we would recommend that we start in the downtown redevelopment area first, um, because there are a number of noticeable repeat violations going on over there. And, um, and then by layering on the feedback that we've received from the commission tonight,
that will actually enable us to move from point A, which is where we've been stuck for a very long time. Uh, can I ask one More thing? Yes, Sir. Uh, the point about people, uh, committing a violation and then moving and then doing it again. Mm-hmm. And all of that, that's why you're bringing up the spreadsheet. Correct. Because historically you haven't tracked, so organizationally, you don't know if they are a multiple repeat offender. That's how you're gonna solve that with the tracking sheet. That is correct. Perfect. And
Hopefully eventually software Perfect. And this $50 a day, you're not gonna make a point. I hate to say it, when we say $50 a day, you don't make a point with people. No. That, you know, I mean, what, a thousand dollars a month? They're not. If they're not cleaning up, they're not a thousand doesn't mean anything to them. Well, and that their fees Will mean something to them when it starts adding up. And that'll be standardized now with the recommendation to the code board or the magistrate will be the maximum. Yeah. And if we need the equipment that goes with that, then we need to look at that too. It updated monitor equipment that they can use to do this,
uh, following this stuff. I guess. Same as what you do in the police car where you tap in and they can get it Correct. You know, we need, we need to know they code. People need to know We're gonna get 'em some software. I just think we're not trying to be mean to anybody, but it ain't fair to neighbors that live by it. No. Can't be the center of goodling. Yeah. Okay. Um, Do y'all need a motion or A motion For feedback tonight? Just come back. I, this, you come Back. I think we'll come back with, with the pro proposed procedure based on tonight's feedback. That'll be very proper to do. And, and we'll go
And we'll do that in two weeks. Yes. Yes. Okay. Thank You. All right. Thank you, sir. Thank You'all. Nice job. All Right. Yeah. We're down to number six. Oak approve of way Remems event. November the first 2025 Arks. There he is. Assistant Recreation Director or whatever that new name is. Arks and Leisure Services, Dougie Gaines. Doug Gaines, deputy Director of Parks and Leisure Services. Good evening Mayor and Commissioners. We're here for discussion of the city's a co of members event scheduled for Saturday November 1st. For the last few years, the city has handled this event
to pay tribute to the descendants of the 1920 election day massacre. We've been in the early stages already of planning to try to get ahead with logistics for this year's event due to declining attendance over the years. We have planned a memorial wall remembrance ceremony at Unity Park, which is open to the public this year. This will be followed by a reception at the Lakeshore Center, which is invitation only for descendants and their families, plus the commission, the HRDB board members and others that have been invited in the past. One quick note, if you look at the options that we have
for both events, the Memorial Wall and the KO Center, those are all options. And upon further discussion, we have decided to remove the caricature artists from the reception. We asked Pastor Tower of High Point Church if he'd be willing to say the invocation before the Unity Park ceremony. He agreed and was pleased with the program we developed for this year. Uh, as he and High Point Church have facilitated this event over the past several years. So he was happy with what we have done. He's probably happy that he is getting out of, uh, big work this year too. Pastor Tower and staff also agreed
that we have developed a great relationship over time with the descendants through these events. Uh, during this planning phase, we unexpectedly and without prior coordination heard from the Alliance for Truth and Justice or A TJ via email that they were planning their own event, including inviting the descendants to the Orlando Museum of Art, the KOA Christian Church for a service, then a ceremony out our own Unity Park. They asked the city to partner with them. We kindly let them know that we were planning our own event, but would get back with them when we had a final decision. So we're seeking direction from you to fulfill the wishes.
Your wishes and staff is recommending that the Honorable Mayor and City Commission authorize staff to move forward with the koya members event as we proposed. Alright. Uh, we can have a little discussion before we do it or we can have a motion to do it. What staff recommends. I have A question. Okay. Um, do you have any guidance or insight into what the definition of partner, the offer to partner with the A TJ was? And have you dis, has the HRDB discussed that at all? Are they aware of that? Did they have feedback
or anything for you? Well, the HRDB is no longer handling events since they were condensed. It's, uh, it's all city events. Yeah. Okay. Um, so we've done that for the last three years. They did not give a definition of what partnering means, but they had an entire program already set and done. So they ended at our Unity park and we said, hold up, wait a minute. We're doing our own event here. And is that on it? It mentioned Sunday. Is that on the second that We're gonna be No, it's Saturday the first. And they were also planning theirs on Saturday the first. Okay. This says, uh oh. That's the history. Got it.
Thanks. Nevermind. I saw November 2nd there. I didn't know they were doing Yeah, they just emailed us out of the blue. And I like what you come up with. I think that's a good, good process in the church. I talked to the pastor before too, and he's, he's all in favor of that. Yes, He is. So, um, I I, I think it's our duty to do this. Do the one I think I, I, I feel that way. So They're more, they're more than free to join us after their service at the Koi Christian Church. Alright. So I'm, I'm in favor of what we're doing
with the adjustments you've made. Um, if people wanna attend a TJ events, that's their choice. But we as a city are planning our events and our park and our Lakeshore Center. Um, I don't know if anyone else has any more comments, but I'll be happy to make that motion to approve what They're doing. I do have, I do have a comment. Uh, when we started doing this, uh, in, in 2000, I'm sorry, 2020, um, most of, you know, I wasn't pleased with, with how it, how it turned out. I, I, I was not pleased. And I, I was very boisterous about how, how it turned out.
But from where we've come from then to now, we have actually made leaps and bounds and I am proud of what we've done, uh, to, uh, memorialize and recognize the descendants of the O Coy massacre. So, uh, with, you know, this, this, or I guess the Alliance of Truth and Justice coming in and wants to do their own thing without, I mean, they, they created a whole program without even, you know, consulting with us. So I, I, I agree with what we have in place. It looks good. Uh, and we are, we're moving forward with this. So I agree with that. Let's stick with what we got. And, uh, if they wanna, if they wanna prove some money
and come in, you know, in second place and say, Hey, we'll follow your lead, then fine. But other, other than that, let's stick with what we have and let's move forward with what, what the program that we've already, uh, put together. Alright. If you wanna make that motion, I'll second that. 'cause I think it's, I think what we've done is appropriate and very, very honorable. It's a memory. And if they want to use a facility or something and we want to help them do that, we can do that later or something. Yeah. For a private event. Yep. Absolutely. So I, I, I will make that motion that we move forward with the program as it stands.
Alright. Motion made by Commissioner Oliver to go with the city's proposed. November the first. I'll second. I'll second. Seconded by Commissioner Scott Kennedy. Any more discussion? Let's vote. I'm pleased. Motion carries Unanim with Commissioner Furner out. Thank you. Okay. Comments from commissioners Commissioner Oliver? Uh, yeah. Uh, one of the things, uh, we had Habitat for Humanities come before us, uh, a few months back to talk about their restore program.
Uh, I know they've had some, some hiccups, um, or the past few months with the funding. I believe their funding is, is, is back in place. And now they have, uh, openings for, uh, individuals, homeowners with the older homes that may need some repainting, some. The Restore program allows you to, uh, fill out application, uh, with habitats for humanities, which is right in Winter Garden. It, uh, allows for like a painting, minor painting, landscaping, um, uh, weatherizing your home and some minor repairs. So that program is now open and they're accepting applications, uh, for homeowners
that may have older homes, or you may have, uh, uh, elderly, uh, homeowners that just cannot get this work done. And, uh, they can call habitats from humanities at, uh, 4 0 7 9 0 5 0 4 0 6. That number, again, is 4 0 7 9 0 5 0 4 0 6. Um, I had the opportunity to, um, uh, um, to participate and actually attend the, uh, the comp plan meeting we had a few weeks ago. And I must say, uh, looking at the comp plan
that we have right now in place, the proposed comp plan that's gonna be coming for us, uh, as I mentioned, the, um, um, comp plan, uh, 2045. It is an excellent plan. Uh, if you have not had the opportunity to take a look at that, once this is proposed, please go to our website. I think it's gonna probably be on our website. Take a look at that plan, because this one thing that, that, uh, um, I, uh, had been talking about for years is a vision and a mission for the city. This comp plan actually identifies a vision for our city, and it also establish a mission as to how we're going to get things done, uh, over the next few years.
So, please, uh, if, if you have an opportunity, look at this plan. I think it's something you'll be proud of, be proud to look at. And, um, I, I'm, I'm very proud of that comp plan as we went through, uh, that meeting a few weeks ago. Um, I'm also gonna continue to harp on this traffic light thing at McCormick and, uh, at McCormick and Apopka Violent Road. Um, I'm requesting, uh, a, uh, a copy of the, the approval that we, we made. Uh, they stated, uh, I think it was, uh, the developer along with the county, they say that
that light would actually be installed at 50% of capacity of that community, uh, at that corner. Uh, they're well over 50% right now because they're already selling in, in the last phase of that, uh, subdivision. So I would like to get a copy of that. And I would like to hold the developer and the county accountable for putting that light up. It's a dangerous intersection and we really need to get that light installed. So, uh, if you can get me a copy of that plan, um, I'll go and put it back into the, the developer's face as well as the county. Say, Hey, this is what you said,
and, um, we need you to, to, to hold up your end of the bargain. We, we'll, we'll send a copy out to the commission. And, um, the county's been provided it, and I spoke to Byron and he's looking into it right now and should be getting us an answer about schedule, timing, that kind of thing. Yeah. Awesome. So, uh, keep in mind, I'm, I'm gonna keep talking about this until we get something concrete. Some dates. No, it's good. Uh, from them. Um, and the last, but least all I have is my, uh, my last comments. And it says, um, challenges, challenges, challenges, challengers. Challenges. A challenge are like gifts that forces us
to search for new center gravity. Do not fight them. Just find a new way to stand. That's all I got. Alright. Before I go to you, I'm going to read. Read. There You go. I'm tongue. I was waiting for that. I was waiting for that. Well, first all, we have the Florida League of Annual conferences at, uh, Signia, uh, Hilton, Orlando Bonnet Creek in Orlando on August the 14th through the 16th. All right. Who's going? Anybody? We're on, I know you and I do because we're on the board. Huh? Which one? It's the, um,
Le Legal City's annual Convention on, uh, August the 14th through the 16th. Uh, we take my granddaughter to college. Oh, that, that's a good thing. Also, we need to vote delegate now. I usually do it as the mayor, so it's up to y'all to decide. I'll make that motion to make you the delegate. That's Wonderful. Sure. Absolutely. Motion may be Commissioner Wilson was there. Second, second, second by Mr. Kennedy. We need to vote on vote, I guess. Okay. Sure. I don't have to get up for that. All right. Motion carries. Um, the other things I'll read off, this made mayor announcement, June events, cookies,
and milk with a cop. Summer series story time were held on Fridays, June the 27th and July 11th and 25th from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM West Oaks Library Branch Restoration is required. Visit oko.org or the classes and events page on the Orange County Library System website to register July events. July the 4th of July, block party and Lakefront Fireworks. Friday, July the fourth, 5:30 PM through 9:00 PM Fireworks at nine 15 Block party on McKees Street
to include, include live music rides, vendors and food trucks. Fireworks to follow on Start Lake at Bill Breeze Park. Family Recreation Date, Saturday, July the 19th, 11:00 AM through 2:00 PM Jim Beach Center, 1820 AD MEMS Road, hosted by Greater Vision Resources for a back to school B filled with food fund and the entertainment for the whole fan of men. Last year, they were packed up there. Oak Coy Police Teen Academy, July the 21st through the 24th, 9:00 AM through 3:00 PM Oak, coy, lake Shore Center Restorations are required.
Visit Oak coy.org to register. Participants are required to be between 13 and 18 years old with no criminal history and must have transportation. Other restrictions may apply. Mr. Wilson, You missed one. Where Is it? I'm gonna let you have that one. Oh, you Let me have, I knew you was gonna bring that up. I guess we kinda compete here as to who's gonna have the comments for the month of what's going on July. We're, we're not going the meeting for July. Let me check that here. July 1st Yep. Is canceled, canceled, canceled.
So save your energy and come to July 4th celebrations. Um, the other thing is, you know, this Saturday I stopped at the casting with a cop event they had down here at the lake. And it was really neat to see so many families down there. They had a great turnout. And again, there's a lot of opportunities within the city of Ocoee that are fun, family centered, that, um, are great to attend. So please watch, um, as the mayor mentioned, a lot of 'em that are happening coming up. And also there's flyers in the, um, lobby here that tell you all the events that's happening. And again, over the summer
and throughout the year, our different departments run wonderful events that are family, family friendly. So please attend. I think that's all that I have to say. Oh, good. You gave me one. Hey, gotta help. A little bit of help here. Commissioner Kennedy. Thank you, mayor. Um, I just wanna, uh, thank Commissioner Oliver for his comments regarding OCO remembers. And, uh, and I wanna say to former commissioner ages Hart, I think that prayer that you keep making is working. Um, because I sat on the HRDB,
I joined the HRDB right after 2020. And, um, and there was a lot of disagreement, um, about the program and what was going on. And, uh, we didn't do a good job of disagreeing without being disagreeable all the time. Um, and I played a very active role. I actually volunteered for the subcommittee for OCO members, and then when I became a commissioner, proposed a lot of the, uh, changes and reforms to the HRDB. And I'm just very pleased. And I wanna say thank you for, uh, recognizing
that I think we do have both of those, the event and separating it and, and just the status of the HRDB where they should be. And it feels good. And, um, the only thing I had, I know was an issue last year, uh, when we unveiled the memorial, uh, wall, was there was some confusion about whether that event was public or private. And I think this event is gonna be public. And I would just encourage you if you haven't been over to Unity Park and seeing the memorial, and, um, if you want to come out to that event,
it's actually a really touching, uh, I dunno what to say. It's just a very, it's something you should do and, um, uh, you should learn, uh, the facts of what happened and more importantly, appreciate what we've done since and what the city has become, and particularly what it is today. And, uh, I think the unity that we do have today is outstanding and everyone in the city is a part of that. So you should participate.
Um, the only other thing I wanna talk about, less heavy subject, uh, thank you very much, uh, for the financials on Forest Lake Golf Club. Um, I've already dissected them and have a lot of feedback for staff. Uh, but this is tremendous. And for us to see, uh, where the money's going, where it's being spent, and that there actually are profits, uh, there, uh, to recover our money is fantastic. I'm very excited. I wanna say thank you for that. That's all I have, mayor.
Alright, thank you. Um, I went out to the ground, uh, uh, opening of the backyard last week before I went out of town. Uh, that place has been packed all the time out there, so I will tell you, take you a little fan with you though, because it is hot. And, but there, they've got a great setup out there and they're super nice. They people, a lot of, they have food trucks, you get the food and then they have other things you can buy out there. But it, it was a packed crowd. The chamber was there also, so it should be in the paper this week. I didn't get a chance to look yet,
but they, they did a great job with it. The other thing is, um, I'm gonna, I'm gonna do a little personal thing here. My, my, um, my family's, my, my, um, I had a, my son passed away a couple weeks ago and I, I just wanna thank the city of OCO and the city, some of the people not even in the city of that, the respect and the, and the kindness that they, uh, did. It is a warm heart feeling to have people that'll call you and say things to you and send, send, send flowers, and if the flowers just let you remember.
But the main thing I wanna say is it's a, this town is why I love living here. Because of what they did and what they've been doing is addressing to me and my family about our, my son. It is a, um, it, it's a hard thing to go through and it, it makes you want to just kind of not do anything for a while, but with the people of OCO and surrounding area with what their comments were, it makes it worth, you can handle it and keep going. So I just wanna say thank you and especially to the city for their thoughts and stuff.
So I just wanna say God bless you to the city and to the people that send that comments. All right. That's it. Thank you.