All right, we're going to call the May the 5th, 2026 meeting in order. We'll have the pledge of allegiance by Commissioner Kennedy and the roll call. But the invocation will be Teresa Wright with Central Florida
free commute. Come on up. Everybody stand please. Uh, Mayor Johnson, commissioners, city staff, and members of the community, thank you for your opportunity to offer a few words to open tonight's meeting. We are gathered here in early May, a moment that has long been associated
with workers, with labor, and with a question at the heart of civic life. What do we owe one another? It's a good question to carry into a commission meeting because the work done in this room on budgets, on zoning, on public safety, on infrastructure, is ultimately an answer to that question made
concrete. It is democracy not as a grand abstraction but as a Tuesday night. The people of Akoi are counting on that work to be done well. They are families and workers and neighbors with real needs and real stakes in these decisions. May tonight's discussions be grounded in the facts before you and
guided by fairness. May disagreement, when it comes be treated as information rather than opposition. May every voice in this room and every resident not in it be given genuine consideration. And may the work done here tonight be something years from now this city looks
back on with quiet pride. Thank you. >> I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.
Commissioner Kennedy >> here. >> Commissioner Wilson >> here. >> Mayor Johnson >> here. >> Commissioner Fner >> here. >> Commissioner Oliver >> here. >> All right. Got some couple proclamations here. We got one here.
I wouldn't this one I wasn't going to read, but I am because I think it's a real important part of our our city government here at city hall. It's proclamation. Whereas this office of the municipal clerk, a time-honored and vital part of local government, exists
throughout the world. And whereas the office of the municipal clerk is the oldest amongst public servants. And whereas the office of the municipal clerk provides a professional link between the citizens, the local government bodies and agencies of government and other levels. And whereas
municipal clerks have pledged to be ever mindful of their neutrality and impartiality. render an equal service to all. And whereas a municipal clerk serves as the information center on functions of local government and community. And whereas municipal clerks
continually serve strive to improve the administration of the affairs of the office of the municipal clerk through participation in the education programs, seminars, workshops, and the annual meetings of their state, providential, county, and international professionalism organizations. And
whereas it is most appropriate that we recognize the accomplishments of the office of the municipal clerk. Now therefore, the city com commission of city of Voy does hereby recognize the week of May the 3rd through the 9th, 2026 as municipal clerk's week and
further extend appreciation to our municipal clerk Melanie Zibbit and the entire staff of Okcoy city clerk's department and to all municipal clerks for the vital services they perform and their exemplary dedication to the
communities they represent. and witness whereof I have here to set my hand and cause the seal of the city of Okoy Florida be affixed this fifth day of May 2026 Rusty Johnson mayor so would you stand up and everybody give you a hand you're assistant clerk right
now right yep there you GO we got we got another one here I don't want to miss this because he might stop me on the way home in 1962 Two, President Kennedy proclaimed May the 15th as National Peace Officers Memorial Day and the
calendar week in which May 15th falls as National Police Week established by a joint resolution of Congress in 1962. National Police Week pays a special recognition to those law enforcement officers who have lost their lives and line of duty for the safety and
protection of others. And whereas every day our nation's dedicated law enforcement officers put themselves at risk to keep their fellow citizens safe, our officers stand as leaders, educating the community about the importance of public safety. And whereas the city of
Okoya deserves peace officer Memorial Day and Police Week, we pay tribute to the courageous men and women who wear the badge and keep the peace. And whereas we appreciate the extraordinary efforts and sacrifices made by officers and their family members on a daily
basis in order to protect our schools, workplaces, roadways, and homes. And whereas law enforcement officers deserve our appreciation for the work they do, which is to help people on a daily basis protect our citizens and if necessary stand in harm's way for the communities
they serve. Now therefore be it resolved that the city commission the city of Okoy does hereby poke proclaim May the 15 2026 as national peace officer memorial day and May the 10th through the 16th 2026 is national police week in the city of Okcoy Florida and publicly
salute the services of law enforcement officers in the community and in the communities across the nation and witness thereof I have here and to set my hand and cause the seal of the city of Oak Florida to be affixed this fifth day of May 2026 Russ Johnson will Chief and both of you come down. I don't have
the legal copies, but I'm going to give each one of these. Let's get your picture. We'll stand behind. Come on out here, Chief. All right. You w young lady. All right. Hold those up in front of you. All
right. Sorry. >> All right. All right, I see Representative Representative Leonard Spencer, Florida State's House, District 45, is going to give us an update on what's going on in Tallahassee and around us.
Good evening, Mayor Johnson, commissioner, staff, members of the community. >> Thank you for having me. It is always good to be here in the uh great city of AOY. Um it's my honor and privilege to represent you and other uh members of
House District 45 uh which includes uh parts of the city of Akoi, parts of the city of Windemir, uh the cities of Oakland and Windermir, uh Horizon West, uh the Walt Disney World Resort, uh Celebration, and uh other parts of
Northwest Acyola County. Um, and so again, it's uh my honor and privilege of a lifetime to uh represent all of you. I wanted to take a few minutes and update you on the 60-day legislative session. Um, the session was scheduled to wrap up
recently in Tallahassee. However, it did not u primarily because we're still locked in negotiations over the final state budget. Uh, the session was extended into overtime. Uh, and tonight what I want to do is just give you an update on um from the House floor on
where things currently stand. >> As you may know, my agenda is really built on affordability, opportunity, and innovation. And I want to walk through the legislation that impacts local control, legislation that impacts infrastructure, um, and to also talk about some of the
infrastructure that we championed, um, and our ongoing efforts regarding the state budget. So, I'll start with the debates we had this year regarding local control. We saw significant discussions this session regarding state preeemption of local decision-making. And I
consistently push back against state overreach when it comes to local control. The state legislature should not be preempting local communities and stripping decision-m from power, decision-making power away from cities like Akoi. I firmly believe that you all
are best equipped to manage your own growth and set your own standards within your community. One of the clearest examples of state preeemption this session was House Bill 10001. Now, this bill prohibits counties and municipalities from funding, promoting,
or taking any official action related to diversity, equity, and inclusion, including adopting ordinances, resolutions, programs, or policies. things like Martin Luther King Day parades. It prohibits local governments from
spending any funds to establish or staff a DEI office. Any member of a local governing body who violates these prohibitions commits misfeasants or malfeasants in office, meaning that local elected officials like all of you
could face removal by the governor for actions that were previously well within your authority. This bill represents a significant erosion of local home rule and local authority. And I'm opposed to it because I believe those decisions should remain
with local elected officials and local voters because you vote in your elected officials. I also want to address the redistricting special session that just occurred. The majority party called a special session to redraw Florida's congressional and legislative maps. I
voted no because I I understand and I think a lot of Flityians understand that Florida passed a constitutional amendment that barred gerrymandering to benefit any political party and the maps that passed are drawn to protect political incumbents rather than to fairly represent the communities that
actually live here. Aoy and the residents of this district deserve maps and should have maps that keep our communities together and give every voter a meaningful voice. I stood against these maps because fair representation and the constitution is the foundation
for everything we fight for in Tallahassee. And I'll continue to fight for fair representation for all. We pushed back on preeemption, but we also were able to uh really win some protections for our residents. I co-sponsored House Bill 365, which is
passed and is heading to the governor. Now, this law, it really mandates special training for law enforcement officers when interacting with individuals on autism spectrum. Now, this is a major safety measure because it can help to prevent misunderstandings and protect residents
and police from unfortunate encounters. We also passed legislation allowing high school students, and I see some students here, uh, which is great to see. Um, but we passed legislation allowing high school students to volunteer at polling locations, getting our youth directly
engaged in the civic process. Now, when it comes to innovation, I believe that we need to ensure that as Florida grows, it grows responsibly. So, I co-sponsored House Bill 243 to bring statewide regulation to ebikes. We've seen a
massive growth of ebikes in West Orange County and this bill would cap ebike speeds at 10 miles per hour on our sidewalks when pedestrians are nearby. It would require operators to yield to p pedestrians on shared pathways and it would make violations of these
ordinances a noncriminal traffic infraction. It also launches a statewide crash data collection process so we can finally have some real numbers on where ebike incidents are happening and who is involved. And this is a data-driven
approach and I'm proud to say that we were able to get that one across the finish line. I'm also proud to announce that our office successfully passed House Bill 1093. Um, this is a Vertaort's bill and this bill is to help promote advanced air
mobility within our state. We want to continue to be a leader in this in this space and Florida is going to lay the groundwork for next generation aviation that's designed to reduce urban traffic congestion because I'm sure all of you would like to get back and forth on I4
and 429 a little bit easier. uh but it's designed to reduce uh major traffic congestion around major tourism corridors and it can build traffic networks to serve everyone instead of just paving more highways. Now on the environmental front, we sponsored House
Bill 101019 which is known as a Joe Cassello Act who is a member of the legislature and longtime firefighter of 20 plus years. Now, this bill advances or I'm sorry, this bill phases out the use of firefighting foam that contains a
chemical known as PFAS. It's known as a forever chem chemical. And these components do not break down in environment, and they've been linked to cancers, kidney damage, and other serious health effects. And the bill bans PFAS from foam from non-emergency
use starting uh July 2026. It prohibits its sale by July 2027 and it bans possession outright by July 2029. This requires or this also requires public wastewater facilities to conduct quarterly PFAS sampling and
report results to the Department of Environmental Protection. And this is especially important here in Central Florida when we think about our lakes, when we think about reclaimed water, uh because reclaimed water is widely used for irrigation. So this is really about protecting our
water, protecting our land, and protecting our health of our families. Now, in affordability, uh, which has been top of mind to everyone, um, I co-sponsored House Bill 915, which codifies working people with disabilities program into permanent
Florida law because right now, adults with development disabilities who are enrolled in Medicaid, they risk losing their coverage if they get a job or if they start to earn income. Now, House Bill 915 would raise that income and asset limit so these
individuals can actually get a job and work. They can save for retirement and still maintain their Medicaid eligibility. We also co-sponsored House Bill 1481 to expand housing options for veterans, which is critically important being the father of a veteran and the
son of a veteran. And House Bill 1327 to protect veteran benefits payments was also passed which helps minor clients be able to access um veteran uh benefits. Both of these were able to get across the finish line. And finally, I just
want to finish up uh sharing a little bit about why we're still in Tallahass. And it's because the House and Senate remain deadlock over a budget of more than $13 billion for our state. So there have been no the negotiations have
stalled but I am continuing to fight to ensure that our district re receives its fair share. We're working to secure one a.5 million for the Oakland South Lake Apopka water uh wastewater extension. We're working on 784,000 for the Windmir
roundabout at 6th Avenue and Main Street. We're working uh to drive 678,000 for the Windmir Chase Road and Main Street intersection improvements, 170,000 for the Desire Foundation to combat food deserts in Central Florida,
and 150,000 for the Florida Guide Right Program, which provides youth membership. So, my focus is really around making sure that your tax dollars get reinvested right back into our communities here in West Orange County. The final state budget should be working
for the people who actually live and pay taxes here. Now, finally, I'll be heading back to the capitol throughout this month to finish this work. Uh, but city council Mayor Johnson, I really appreciate your continued partnership. I appreciate your
time today and I want to thank you and I look forward to continuing to work for the city of Akoi. God bless you. God bless the great state of Florida and God bless these United States. Thank you so much. >> Thank you very much. >> Anybody got any comments?
>> I have a question or two >> if you don't mind. Thank you for being here and uh for your comments and taking the time to inform us. Um we here pretty much universally really
support u the fight against preeemption of local control and home rule. And when you started on that I thought you were going to talk about the big elephant in the room which is live local. >> Yes. And while you were speaking, I
looked up and saw that you supported, you didn't mention it, HB675, which looks to strengthen and augment live local and require all incentive money in live local to go strictly to
affordable housing. And so my question, and I don't want to be inhospitable, like I said, I'm grateful you're here, >> but I'd like to know since that's the number one issue that we have currently with the with the state and with
preeemption. Um, can you square that or what's your opinion on that? Because we believe strongly that live local is preempting our zoning and planning and development rights to have the city that we want. um and to and to focus on uh
high-end uh apartments, um single family homes, retail that fits the community. Some retail establishments don't fit the community, and that comes from our local citizen-led planning and zoning board and our staff. So, to me, that's the number one fight you could have on our
behalf about preeemption. Thank you. >> Yeah. So, if I could respond, thank you so much for that. And I want to continue to fight, you know, for the city of Okoy and for what the citizens want. I know one of the things that, you know, prompted the discussion around live
local is, you know, trying to find a balance between affordable housing, which I hear every day from constituents. They can't find a place to live. They want to stay with their family where they grew up, and they just they can't afford it. And so that's been a huge thing that we're trying to find
the right balance on. I hear you. I want to work with you. I would love to have some more conversations around how we can find that right balance between finding affordable housing and creating affordable housing, but also making sure that, you know, we can have the communities that we want. So, I welcome
the discussion and I want to work with you. >> Thank you. I appreciate >> Yes. >> Anybody else? >> Go. Appreciate it. >> Thank you so much. >> Thank you. Uh let's see. All right. We have the
Oakway Youth Council Program 202526 year to review and recognition of OYC for U Municipal Records Coordinator Justice. Good evening, honorable mayor, city commissioners, city manager Shadrix, Miranda Justice, municipal records
coordinator, and one of our OIC or OCO Youth Council coordinators. Each member of the youth council has selected a community event or department um to highlight. They will share their experiences with the community and summarize what they learned from the departments that they had the privilege
to shadow. I will begin by introducing OIC member Zachary The Koi remembers reception. It's an annual event hosted by High Point Church and the city of Akoi to remember the victims of the Koi massacre. Starting in 2022, this event provides the victim's
descendants a sense of peace in a way which allows them to honor their loved ones and for all of us to reflect on how far we have come since the tragic event. The co- youth council was proud and honored to be part of the reception and the memorial w ceremony beforehand at
Unity Park where we were able to hear empowering stories and assist with laying roses along the memorial. I will now introduce OIC member Demetrius. While at the youth council summit in Dan, we committed our time to learning about the servant leadership, team
building and advocacy. We participated in activities that covered each topic which were led by the summit speakers and we worked together to create and give a presentation to the other youth councils. And I will now introduce OIC members Luciana and England.
During Operation Santa, the Akcoa Youth Council partnered up with the Akoi police and fire departments to pass out candy to residents all over Akoi. We were able to hang out with Santa and right around time in his sleigh. All throughout the city, we spread holiday cheer while blasting Christmas
tunes and collecting gifts for the police department to toy drive. It was a pleasure to see the joy on so many children's faces. And I will now introduce members Julia and Daniel. >> Assisting the Koi Police Department was a great time as we organize toys for the
children and we also organized bicycles. And it's great when we get an opportunity just to help out anybody we can. Afterwards, we hadn't had the pleasure of going to the police station and working alongside Officer Gonzalez to sort and store toys for children. Some
of the toys are so cool that even I wanted to receive them as gifts. Overall, the toy drive was great a great way to enrich our community and help children in need. Thank you, OPD, for allowing OIC to have a role in our city and have the chance to make people happy. I'll now introduce uh Julian
again. The Jolly Jambbury was a fun event where we assisted with the kids zone, the eye slides and the rides and the all the different games that they had. The event was a good impact on our community as it brought everyone together and it brought um smiles to everyone and just made
everyone had a good time. And I will now introduce OIC member Demetrius. At the Martin Luther King Jr. parade, we helped place signs and set up the lineup so participants knew where to go. During the MLK Junior Day parade, we learned a
lot about Dr. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and everything he advocated for, equality, peace, and standing up for what's right. Implementing it without the use of violence. It was an experience that was conducive to celebrating his legacy. The parade made
us think about how far we've come, but also how far we still have to go. Overall, it inspired us to be kinder, speak up against unfairness, and try to make a difference in our own way. I will now reintroduce members Jimmy and Miley.
Each year, the Youth Council travels to participate in an educational um networking event called Youth Council Legislative Action Day sponsored by the Florida League of Cities. We are grateful for Mr. Brett from Planning who drove us to and around Tallahassee. This year, the events focuses on how our
contributions within our community can lead to social change throughout the state of Florida. >> During this during the seminars, we enjoy learning about how to identify core leadership values and build self-confidence. >> During our legislative days trip, we discussed the importance of community
leadership development and the impact we can make in our city. Our group came up with innovative ideas for the kind of community we envisioned and how to bring those ideas to life. Even after long days of collaborating, we continued our discussions as a youth council, focusing
on plans to improve our city in response to the situations we face today as a society. This trip was special to us because we not only gained an understanding of why community matters, we also formed amazing friendships along the way. Our the Alcoa Youth Council volunteered at the spring into
conservation event in March. Our members assist the vendors and various city departments with setting up and we oversaw the sunshine seed starter booth. I enjoyed this event because it was fun to see all the kids and family enjoy their time together. Overall, spring
into conservation is one of my favorite events each year. Now, I will introduce OIC member Juliana. When career shadowing with GIS, we went hands-on with the EZRI survey 123 software using iPads. Mr. Louise from GIS helped us complete a mock post-
disaster damage assessment. Each OIC member was assigned five to six properties to survey and assess using the same product the city currently utilizes after hurricanes and other uh disasters. I will now introduce OIC member England. During our career shadowing day with
utilities, we tried out various equipment and devices used to locate water, sewer, and reclaim lines. We learned about the importance of tracking these pipes and how their location affects surrounding construction. We also learned about how the utilities GIS division updates the pipes pipe tracking
software, which benefits the crews in the field. I will now reintroduce OIC members Julian and Daniel. One of our favorite experiences was our time at the Koi Fire Department. Deputy Chief Vanamp explained to us how the department functions and we also learned
about the task that they do on a daily and how they live as being a as working at a fire department. Not only do they handle fires, but they also handle medical emergencies around the city. Captain Chansy gave us a really cool
tour of the fire station, showing us where the firefighters sleep, cook, work out, store their gear, and perform various duties throughout the day. He also showed us the fire engine, rescue, and battalion vehicle and marine rescue. And he told us about the firefighter recruiter program. I will now introduce
OIC member Demetrius. During our career shadowing experience with the police department in March, OYC had the privilege to watch a SWAT demonstration. Officer Gonzalez along with um Sergeants Addio Diaz and Munoz and detectives Hutchinson and Hall
worked with nearby agencies to give us the full experience and we were very grateful for their support. We even got to try on the ballistic gear and sit inside the SWAT vehicle which was very exciting for us. While shadow shadowing the police department, the youth council had an
opportunity to observe K9 demonstration. We learned about high level high level the high level of training, trust and dedication required between K9 and its handler. Officer Schilling made sorry, Officer Schilling also showed us body cam footage of an actual apprehension K9
Kane recently made. It was a valuable experience that showed us the important role they play in keeping our community safe. I will now introduce oh reintroduce Miss Miranda. >> This concludes the annual report presentation for the Okoya Youth Council. I will now briefly highlight
the youth council scholarship program which was approved by the city commission on December 5th, 2023. OIC members are eligible to receive up to $250 per year of participation with the youth council provided they meet the scholarship qualification guidelines for that year. Each member received an
outline of the program when they joined and was informed that additional criteria might be added as the program develops. For the 2025 2026 school year, I am pleased to announce that uh our OIC members contributed a total of 450 volunteer hours to the OOI community and
our six seniors have qualified for scholarships. Let me introduce the seniors to the city commission and then I would like to invite you to present them with their scholarship checks. Daniel Idu is graduating from Wakiva High School and he is a super scholar
who will be attending MIT. Demetrius Molina is a is graduating from Wakiva High School as well. He has spent the past three years as a member of OIC. Jimmy Wyn is graduating from Wakiva High School. He is also a super scholar and
is Wakiva's valadictorian. He will be attending the University of Florida. I apologize. Demetrius will be attending Stson University. Luciana Arce Cervantes is graduating from Legacy High School in Okoi. She will be attending Florida International
University. Miley Zumeda is graduating from Legacy High School in Okoi. She has also been a member of OIC for the past three years and will be attending UCF. Zachary Lauro is graduating from Orlando Science High School and he will be
attending Florida State University. In closing, we would like to say to the city commission, thank you for your continuous support of the Okoa Youth Council. >> Yes, >> we'll come down there. I want all uh before we do that, I got here Ashley
Clark. She's one of our past youth council members and she wanted to say a few words. Then we'll get everybody's picture down front. >> Um hello everyone. Um, my name is Ashley
Clark and uh, six years ago um, if you were to ask me uh, if I were going to go to college on a full ride scholarship all because of my contribution to volunteering on the Yakoa Youth Council, I would have said that you are crazy and
you've lost your mind. Um, but I did and I actually just graduated three days ago um from Tennessee State University debtree with my psychology degree. Thank you. Thank you. And so, uh, my
message to the graduating seniors of this current day, Akoa Youth Council, I just want to say, um, have the faith to ask, "What if I can?" Um, and know that you have a whole community of people supporting you and rooting for you and
cheering for you. And it is so easy to doubt yourself and doubt the places that you can go. But I'm living proof of the way that you help others. it comes back to you in big ways in in ways that you can't possibly imagine. So, I just want
to say congratulations again and yes, we're all here for you and we're excited to see where you go. Thank you. >> Line up front. You got something you want to talk to, >> sir? >> I think we're I think we're here.
>> I think we're here. I don't know. See my not being here. I think >> he's present or whatever. >> Is him up. Congratulations. Thank you. And Miss Justice, we want to thank you
very much for y'all's efforts and time you put in. Okay, I got a couple more. Mr. Subers. Jim Subers. Thank you, Mayor Johnson, distinguished commissioners, city officials, and members of the community. First, let me say I want to be part of the Okcoa Youth
Council. That was awesome. Congratulations to those young people. Um, I'm the CEO for a nonprofit in Orlando called Vision Orlando. And we've been around 30 years. You may know us primarily as a group that does the Orange County Prayer Breakfast, but we
work with with um marketplace leaders, government leaders, and church leaders to connect to work for the flourishing of our community. And um as you guys probably know across the nation, I think it's a little bit serendipitous that you
honored and recognized the National Peace Officer Memorial Day tonight because um right now I think we all know that the threats happening in places of worship across the nation create increasing challenges for churches for
their security. So, we um we've noticed that a lot of pastors are seeking help in how to protect their congregations, how to increase security. I I've uh reached out to a number of law enforcement officials who are friends of
mine and asked if we could do a a lunchon for pastors in our community, Akoi, Greater Orlando to uh come together to learn some of the current threat assessments and some of the current uh strategies to protect their
congregations. And we'd love I'm looking for partners. We'd love to have the city of OK Okoi as a partner because you have a great facility, the Lakeshore, the Lakeshore facility to host this lunchon. I'll be working to raise the funds to provide a lunch, but uh I would love to
ask for your help in providing the facility. We've got uh uh we're going to have four key speakers and specialists in different areas of security kind of doing 20-minute TED talks and then we're going to have a panel discussion. In that panel discussion, uh we'll have the
ability for the the uh those in the in the audience to ask questions and uh including we want to have on the on the panel discussion um your own chief Ogden Agburn, right? Chief Ogden, my friend,
asked uh Chief Ogd A O A O A O A O A O A O A O A O A O A Oburn if he would be willing to be part of the part of the panel discussion as well. So that's my request. We would just like to be able to use your your uh w with a waved fee of your facility.
>> Yeah. Uh the chief from Whitmir gave me a sent me an email and I talked got the chief our chief to talk to them and talk to you guys and see if we could do that and bring it tonight where we can get everybody's approval up here on the thing. I have no problem with it. I was hoping everybody else would be okay with
that. We've got uh I think three chaplain or four chaplain chief on our on our staff. So is it do we need a vote on it or can we do a consent? >> So we we consent said Jeff. So you can get a hold of uh the department. Patty is a young lady's name that you need to
talk to and we can get the chief and I or somebody. We'll set it up and awesome. >> Get with you. Okay. >> Thank you very much, Mr. >> We'll keep your phone number and then we'll get it all set up. >> Very good. Thank you so much. >> Thank you, sir. Appreciate it. >> And we have a date. It's July 29th. It's
>> July 29th. We got a Have you checked that date, Chief? It's already reserved. >> Okay, good. That's what we got to do. All right. Thank you. Thank you very much. >> All right. We got Let's see. I got uh Mr. Steven
Lewis, our Stingers Chamber person. Fantastic. Thank you so much, Mayor. Uh, good evening, Mayor Johnson and Commissioners. As Mayor mentioned, my name is Stephen Lewis, president and CEO of the West Orange Chamber of Commerce,
and I'm here this evening just to share our sincere thanks for the continued partnership and your support in helping us bring FESFest 2026 to life last month at the Okoy Lakeshore Center in Bill Breeze Park. Uh with more than 60 vendors from across West Orange County,
including strong representation from here in the city of Okcoi uh and nearly a thousand attendees from throughout Central Florida, the event was a true celebration of our local business community. And it provided a great opportunity to highlight the city's beautiful waterfront venue and welcoming
spirit on what turned out to be a fantastic evening. Uh, city manager Shadrix, I want to personally thank you and your team for the collaboration and responsiveness throughout the permitting and logistics process. Your partnership made a meaningful difference and helped ensure that the event ran seamlessly.
The West Orange Chamber of Commerce deeply values our relationship with the city of OKOE and we are grateful for your ongoing support of this event and the West Orange Chamber of Commerce. We look forward to building on this momentum and continuing to work together on events and initiatives that strengthen our community and support
local businesses, helping us to live our mission to advance community collaboration and leadership. Once again, thank you very much for your hospitality and your commitment to making events like this possible for our community. Thank you all.
I will say that was a great event. There's a lot of uh different stations there you could get filled up real quick like on the before you made the full stops. Thank you, Steve. All right, Dr.
Jim Moyer. Good evening. Happy Cinco de Mayo. Happy Asian-American Herit uh Pacific Islander Heritage Month. My name is Dr. Jim Moyer. I'm the elected orange and water conservation
district 2 supervisor and my presentation as always is mine and for my district alone. uh in less than nine weeks this country is going to be 250 years old
and one of the founding fathers a frugal one uh was Ben Franklin who said waste not want and in honor of Ben Franklin and the 250th anniversary I'm launching a challenge a wood
challenge I'm calling D2C3 the C3 stands is for number one change. Create two new habits. And I'm I'm making this very simple. Just figure out
one thing that you're doing right now that you can change every day that will conserve water. For example, do you run the water while you brush your teeth? What about when you soap up in the in the shower? What about when you're doing
the dishes? Just pick one thing and every day conserve water. The second the the third C3 I'm calling clean and this is to prevent things going into the
storm water drain. Things that you may not even think about that trash on the sidewalk in your neighborhood that could end up in the storm drain. If you wash your car in your driveway instead of going to a car wash, that can
end up in the storm drain. If you're not taking care of your car properly and the oil and the other chemicals are leaking onto your driveway, that could go into your storm drain and eventually pollute
our waterways. So, Ben Franklin also said, "Tell me and I forget. Teach me." and I may remember involve me and I learn.
So step two, tell your friends, family, etc. neighbors, teach them to be part of this challenge. Involve them and organizations to be part of the D2C3 water challenge.
If you have any questions, comments, please contact me. I created a new email address just for this initiative. Uh, thank you so much. Take personal responsibility. You have certain habits now. Make
changes. Thank you so much and God bless all of you. All right. Now, we get down to the um consent agenda. Staff reports. >> Huh? >> Staff. >> Where's it? Oh, there he is. Yeah, staff reports first.
>> All right, mayor. Um, couple things um that I promised to report back on. Um while I'm doing this, I'll I'll ask um the fire chief, deputy fire chief to come up um and they're going to provide a an update on our AED program.
The regarding the fire station, I'll be providing you with a more detailed timeline u via memorandum, but uh we are on track to be at 90% plans by August of this year. Just as a reminder, we started down the path uh well almost two
years ago um with a P3 and we could not come to terms due to the pricing which triggered that we had to shift gears and go through a see them at risk process. um we are on track um and have not wasted any time and we should be on
budget and I will provide you a more detailed update like I said via memorandum um couple other quick things um traffic calming update uh refurbishment installation uh we've repainted and
restriped nine existing speed tables um including Russell Drive Jamela Kimble um we've installed called three new speed tables on Ruis, Flewelling, and Sabrina. And we um are scheduled this week for new rumble strip installation on
Jamaima. Um and we have speed studies currently taking place. I know the gentleman's talked to a couple of you um in the Windstone um at Okoi neighborhood along Elara Drive, Anacosta Avenue, and Canyon Trail Lane. and I'm gonna turn it
over to, you know, Chief Smothers to provide a very brief y >> update on our AED projects. >> All right. Thank you. Good evening, mayor and commissioners. Uh, city manager did ask me to give you guys a brief update on the AED projects that we've had in our city parks. So, uh,
basically I'll kind of go through our presentation that we did u last year around the same time uh, just to kind of catch you up here and and, uh, we've integrated what we've, uh, done since then. But um just to recap um everybody really knows what the AED is. It's ex
automate automated external defibrill which is very important in life-saving measures. Um the importance of the AED is increase the chances of survival for cardiac arrest victims. Ease of ease of use with its voice and visual instructions and provides an immediate
response before emergency medical services arrive. Uh, having these AEDs readily accessible in parks ensures a safety a safe environment for our residents and visitors. Oops, there we go. And and just to recap again here where it falls in the uh
chain of survival. So, early recognition of someone that's um in in medical need, early CPR, high quality CPR, early defibrillation, and then post resuscitation care. uh during this project that started um
during the 23 24 budget year and um we worked toward getting AEDs uh installed at all of our city parks and um I want to thank Martha for being here again uh due to her generous donation from Parent Heartwatch. Um the staff last year was
able to install AED towers and wall-mounted uh AEDs into five of our parks. Uh and that was through a a great donation through parent heart work heart watch that uh donated five of the AEDs and the wall
mounted cabinets uh that they go into. Um some of the factors that are involved in that is finding the parks that we want to get it into. We got to have electrical access and security of it. So all of these devices that we're putting out into the parks, they are monitored
devices. So, if anybody opens up uh an AED, we get an alert that the uh cabinet or the stand has been opened up. If somebody takes the AED out of it, we get an additional alert that that's been uh moved there and our personnel know to
respond there right away. And just to recap, we um last year we put uh a unit here that you can see pictured at Wellness Park, uh Central Park, Gym Beach Soccer Field,
Freedom Park, and Prairie Lake Park. Um, thanks to Commissioner Kennedy's uh, donation, we've already ordered the cabinet and the AED, and we found out yesterday from Martha that the cabinet has arrived. So, and we already have the
AED. So, um, as soon as we get that here uh, in in the city, we will um, reach out to facilities and get that uh, installed. But that one that we've got uh, that we're going to be installing next will be at the Forest Lake Golf Club. This will be one of the
wall-mounted ones. Um, so it should be easy to get that uh uh installed uh relatively quickly there. Power is right there. Um, we had discussed with um parks about potentially putting one out somewhere in the center of the golf
course and that's still in our talks to do. But with the changes that are coming, we're going to wait uh because we do need power uh for these units here. So that might be one of our obstacles there. Um, with this addition, that leaves us just these six parks that we do not have those uh units installed
at. Unity Park, Tiger Minor, which Tiger Minor, we have one. Oh, no, I'm sorry. Tiger Minor, Vignetti Park, Venetti Park, we have one inside the fitness room. So, there's one uh in the close vicinity, but somebody has to be able to get it from inside because it's not a
secured box. Uh, Coventry Park, Sornson Park, same as Vignetti. We've got one located inside, but we'd like to get one that's a uh secure box that we can have outside so that uh uh it can be readily available should uh nobody be available to get the one that's inside. And then
Montgomery Park will uh close us out on the parks in the city. Uh here's a little map. It's a little hard to see here. Um but um it shows you all the green dots are AEDs that we have throughout the city and then the the six red dots at the parks that do not have
them yet. But in this map it shows you all the uh city buildings as well that have these uh AEDs readily available. Um and um I'll go over those in just a second, but the AEDs uh are part of our fire department's uh budget and um we
conduct quarterly physical checks on those and um each year we budget to replace 10 of the AEDs and which um last commission meeting I believe it was, you guys gave us authorization to seek a grant uh to get some additional AEDs. that uh grant process has not opened up
yet, but we're in the waiting phase to uh uh uh apply for a grant to get some additional AEDs replaced. And then just to recap here, city hall, we have three AEDs here. We have one on the main floor here and uh one on each
uh the second and third floors as well. public works. They have one at the Fleet Bay water treatment plant at Beach. Uh Northwater Treatment Plant on Hackne Prairie, South Water Treatment Plant in Meguire, and in their office building, Park and Leisure has uh one at the
Lakeshore Center, Maguire House, Ice Center, uh the one I just mentioned at Vignetti Park, that's inside. Uh the Beach Center that's inside, Central Park, Bulldog Field, and then again, Sornson Field has one in inside, but we want to get one outside. And then the
Bill Breeze Parkway over near the B uh boat dock is one that we've uh installed here a couple years ago as well. Um public safety facilities, we have one in our lobby at the fire station and the police department has one in their lobby as well. And then all fire department uh
staff vehicles have them as well. Our command staff, each one of us have one in our vehicles. The inspectors have them in their vehicles. Uh our administrative vehicles have them and we have got those mounted in our MSU 25 bus as well.
And that's pretty much a recap right now. Um welcome to bring any questions if anybody has anything. >> I want to say appreciate it. Thanks to Martha and their >> Oh, absolutely. Yeah, >> we appreciate it very much. >> All right. Thank you. >> Thank you.
>> Nothing further. All righty. Now we'll get down to the uh consent agenda. >> Motion to approve. >> Motion's been made by Commissioner Wilson. Do I hear a second? >> I'll second. >> Seconded by Commissioner Kennedy. Any
more comments? Let's vote. All right. Nothing on the first reading of ordinance. So we'll go to second reading of ordinance is public hearings. Second reading of an ordinance prohibiting urination and defecation in public. Chief police chief
an interesting one. >> Mhm. >> Good afternoon mayor and commissioners. Um my officers have encountered on several different occasions uh individuals taking part in these activities. Hence that's the reason why we uh requested this ordinance. By having this ordinance prohibiting public
urination and defecation serves uh practical, legal and community based purposes, human waste can carry bacteria, viruses, and parasites that pose health risk, especially in hightra areas. An ordinance such as this can help reduce exposure to contaminants
that can spread disease, particularly in parks, sidewalks, and in shared spaces. Having a clearly defined ordinance give law enforcement and code enforcement officers a consistent legal framework for addressing these types of complaints. Public urination and defecation negative
impact the appearance and cleanliness of a city. This type of ordinance reinforces community standards and addresses behaviors that can lead to broader disorder concerns. And that's the reason we would like to have this ordinance installed
or implemented. >> All righty. ready for me to read? >> Yeah, go right ahead. >> An ordinance of the city of Akoi, Florida, adopting a new title 60 of the Akoi code of ordinances titled miscellaneous offenses prohibiting public urination and defecation,
providing definitions, providing penalties provided for cotification, conflicts, and an effective date. >> That's it. >> All right, we'll go open the public hearing. Anybody in the public have any comments on item number
nine. All right, I'll close it and bring it back up. We need a more comments or a motion. >> I just think it's very sad that we have to have this type of ordinance, but it's necessary, but it's just sad that we have to have it. >> I don't think they have it in Los Angeles. >> No.
>> I'll make a motion to approve. >> Motion made by Commissioner Kendall. I hear a second. >> Second. >> Seconded by Commissioner Aler. No more comments. Let's vote. public hearing. Let's see. Approval of Maguire Plaza large scale preliminary
final site plan. Director Lip, there he is. Good evening. Uh Nick Le here uh to ask for approval of the Magguire Plaza largescale preliminary final site plan.
Um, so the issue is, uh, we're looking for, uh, should the honorable mayor and commissioners, uh, choose to approve this large-scale site plan for Meguire Plaza located at property address 51 Maguire Road, uh, with a signed parcel number 1822800
096. Uh, so a little background, this is located in district 3. It's 3.63 acres. um parcels now are currently combined. As you're seen on the map, there's two of them. It's zoned industrial uh restricted manufacturing warehousing. Currently,
uh here's an aerial of the the area there just south of Meguire and south of uh Franklin Street. Uh you can see with the new property appraisers, that parcel has now been combined. Um the surrounding future land use, there's industrial to the south, commercial to the north, Circle K, and
then commercial across the street. The zoning also is consistent with the future land use with uh industrial to the south, industrial to the west, commercial to the north, and commercial across the street to the east. Um what they're proposing here in the
final site plan is uh three one-story flex space commercial offices totaling 42,750 ft. Uh there's on-site parking, uh storm water, and also supporting infrastructure. The access will be on Meguire Road, but there's also a design for a future connection that will
connect it to Franklin Street to the north as the development to the west uh comes forward. Uh here's a more detailed view of that site plan um with the parking and with access all the way around. And then here's some renderings uh looking at the
building view uh coming from the east uh across the street from Guire and the kind of the back of the building. As you can see, there are large doors that open up but from the ground floor. So, you'll not have the large trucks and the loading uh with the heightened uh access doors.
Here's another one of the larger building as you would be looking from the north and then the backside looking at the uh larger industrial doors. So, as this is in the plant street district, um we had that architectural design guideline to make it look more retail uh in the
commercial, but then it will act as more of that flexindustrial as it kind of gets built out. Uh it's consistent with the plant street character district. Um the transportation access on Meguire Road with a planned future connection on Franklin Street will serve it um quite well with the transportation and safety.
Utilities is there with the water and sewer and reclaimed water. There's on-site storm water treatment and the architectural design is there consistent with that plant street character area. So, the planning and zoning recommended uh unanimous approval on April 14th. Uh
we're looking uh for recommendation that the board uh approve the preliminary final site plan for Meguire Road located at 51 Meguire Road parcel ID, which I've already read into the record. So, I'm here to answer any questions and so is the engineer.
We want to read the nothing to read motion to approve. >> We don't need to open the public on it. >> I'm going open the public. Anybody in the public have any comments on item number 10? Approval of McGuire Plaza large scale preliminary final site plan.
No comments. We close it. Bring it up to the DIS. Anybody on the DIS have any comments? >> I just have one question. Did I understand correct but clarify that when something is built on the Franklin side there will be an entrance there? >> Yes. So as it's built on the west side in that larger industrial we're looking
for that connection uh that will actually line up with Bonus where it came out of the Silverstar uh study and looking at the roundabout there. So uh this connection will connect to that um access street >> access. >> Okay. Just clarifying that. Thank you.
>> All right, Mr. Kennedy. All right, I need a motion. I'll make a motion to approve. Motion made by Commissioner First here. Second. >> I'll second. >> Seconded by Commissioner Wilson. No more comments. Let's vote.
Motion carries unanimously. All right. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, sir. Great job. Public public hearing approval. No, let's see. Regular agenda. Got it. Mayor's announcements. All
right. May events HRDB community speaker series covering creating supportive spaces will take place Thursday, May the 7th at 6:15 p.m. in the commission chambers. Attendees will explore how environments
and communication styles influence performance, engagement, and collaboration. All are welcome. Visit okcoy.org for more information. Senior Scam Prevention Event happening on Tuesday, May the 12th from 8:00 a.m. to 200 pm at Oakcoy Lakeshore Center.
This free event will feature guest speakers from several agencies including Oakcoy Police Department to help you recognize, prevent, and report fraud. Lunch is being sponsored by Centerwell. Register by May the 10th at okcoy.org.
Asian Culture Festival will be held on Sunday, May the 17th from 3 PM to 8:00 PM at Oakco Lux Shore Center and Bill Breeze Park. Admission and parking are free. Attendees will enjoy live music, dance performances, food, culture
vendors, and more. Memorial Day ceremony happening on Thursday, May the 21st at 11:00 a.m. at Oakway Lakeshore Center. The ceremony is open to the public. Refreshments will be provided after the ceremony.
All right, Commissioner Kennedy. >> I probably shouldn't, but I'm going to. >> Have you heard that before? >> I'm not going to comment. Um, I appreciate and respect uh the diversity and the inclusion of
having the free thought group here to uh read an inspiring word and I agree with most of it or all of it. Um but it it breaks my heart in a way when we
gather here and we say the pledge of allegiance and we have troops overseas and uh we don't pray for God to protect them and we don't pray for him to comfort their families and give them
peace while they're protecting us and our law enforcement officers and our fire department. So, I don't know if we can do both on those when they ask. They I know they ask and and the mayor graciously uh lets them come and I think
that's the right thing to do. But, uh I don't maybe we can uh also pray when we do that. Um and nobody has to respond, but I just wanted to share my comment. That's it. >> Real quick comment. I had somebody had to leave an emergency. So, Okay.
>> All right. Mr. Wilson, >> I just want to take a moment. Um, we it was mentioned the AEDs that we have around the city and I guess I want to just a shout out to Martha Lopez Anderson who from the very beginning was instrumental in us having acknowledgement, understanding what an
AED is. She used to hold screenings in our old Lakeshore Center and um for the community and out of her tragedy came Parent Heartwatch and Martha has been she was a resident of AOE. She's still in our heart. Um, and she had was very
instrumental in our AED program and still is. So, just want her just again, she was in the back, but she didn't we didn't get her to come up, but Martha has been in our hearts for many years over this and the AED program. Thank
you. >> Uh, Commissioner Fner, >> no. No comment. >> Commissioner Oliver. Well, um I just got a couple of comments. Actually, really one one comment. Uh over the past month or so, I
received um calls that were really just kind of heartbreaking to me as uh we've had uh two students uh from McCoy High School commit suicide and it happened within 30 days and it just kind of broke
my heart and um I I reached out to the principal and contact uh some folks at the school board to talk about uh mental health programs in the schools and found out that um the mental health counselors have been removed from our schools or
school system. So, a lot of our our kids, our youth don't have that outlet to be able to talk to mental health counselors in our school system. So, then it leaves me with the question as to how do we actually um reach our youth and be able to talk to them about uh
their mental health and get them to understand uh how important their mental health is to prevent uh suicides. also looked up here in the state of Florida that uh from 2020 from 2011 to 2020 suicide rates in Florida for youth more
than doubled between uh the ages of 10 and 14 and increased by 40% from the ages of 15 through 19. Uh mental health crisis increased by 20% uh for high school students surveyed in 2023 reported seriously cons considering
suicide in the past year. uh 9% had attempted suicide. Um 1% is is is is too much as far as I'm concerned. So um you know we have these two um students. I don't know what we can do. Um but I am
now on a crusade to try to find out what can we do to help our youth. I know a lot of youth are gone. Maybe some maybe youth be may hear this. But uh again um I am on a crusade to try to figure out uh how do we I don't know if we can get it back in the schools or at least have
somewhere that kids can reach out and uh speak to somebody anybody about uh their their mental health, their well-being and uh the things that they're thinking about. So I think that is super important. And um I'm I'm going to leave you with this. Um
this may sound familiar to some of us. Promise me you'll always remember. You're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think. Christopher Robbins from Winnie the De.
It's all I got. >> All right. Thank you. Um I just want to say that last Friday night we had the Cinco de Mayo U event here downtown in Okoy. It was well attended. Everybody seemed to have a great time. had a few rides for the children to get on and
didn't have to pay. So, that was a great thing. So, it was a good turnout for the uh for the event. Once again, let's all keep in my minds and hearts about everybody who the firefighters, police officers, first, anybody in, especially
soldiers over in the war zones. Keep them in your prayers that everything is is safe. Believe me, if you're in a place like that, you you want the prayers to come to you. So, let's let's remember that. Once again, thanks to the
staff for that last Friday night, Craig, give them a >> Thank you. >> a good call, a good hand. They do an excellent job. And uh see everybody in a couple weeks.