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uh workshop of the Orlando City Council. Today we're going to be focused on housing as we are most of the time. Housing is a critical topic and remains uh something that the city of Orlando is committed to ensuring that every person regardless of economic status um has
access to safe, highquality and affordable housing. We are committed to working with our regional partners on solutions to homelessness, more affordable housing um with a services first approach and we're committed to in
investing in our community. So uh everybody remember CO the only good thing that came out of CO was the American Rescue Plan or ARPA and city of Orlando received $58 million through ARPA and we did an interesting thing. We
used it to fund some essential government services and we were able to use the revenue replacement category to then use the $58 million we' used for that to invest in Accelerate Orlando. So
we took the entirety of the $58 million in essence from ARPA to use for homeless initiatives and affordable housing initiatives. And today we're going to have a report on that and other activities of the housing department. So I want to call on our director Orin J.
Henry. What's the J for Hen or >> John? >> John. Yeah. >> Orin John Henry. >> Yes, sir. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Uh well, good morning uh mayor and commissioners and uh I just want to mention all of our partners here with the other agencies that we work closely
with and uh the guests here today. Uh I'm uh here to introduce uh Jessica Fry who's our uh housing initiatives manager who will go over the report with all of you and then we're available for questions. So Jessica,
>> welcome Jessica. >> Thank you. >> Okay. >> Well, good morning. Thank you Orin and thank you mayor and commissioners. Today I want to update you on the progress of the Accelerate Orlando program.
So when this funding source was provided, it was during a turbulent time in the city, but not just the city, the world. There was a global pandemic and things were very unpredictable. As the mayor already mentioned, we were able to tap into this once in a generation
funding source and gave us the opportunity to accelerate Orlando's priorities. Once the funtime one-time funding source was established, Mayor Dyer outlined the parameters of what projects should look to achieve. Deliver long-term impact to
support those hit hardest by the pandemic, foster an equitable and resilient recovery, produce measurable results, and then consider the ongoing operational and funding impacts beyond the initial investment. So with guidance provided, priorities
were established which include homelessness, affordable housing, food security, broadband access, economic opportunity, and community violence intervention. Issues notably exacerbated by the pandemic. The housing and community
development department in consultation with the mayor's office focused on identifying projects regarding homelessness and housing, but not to just add more beds and build additional units to really start to look over the homeless care system as it functions and
start aligning our goals with the system in order to better support outcomes. So, this is how it was broken down. The largest percentage of the funding was allocated to affordable housing and homelessness which will be the focus of my presentation today.
Fear not, we do have staff here representing the other investments should you have any questions after this presentation. I do want to mention the last line item. The affordable housing and homelessness projects are complicated. They require diligent legal analysis, ongoing project
management, compliance, and then ongoing monitoring. Additionally, the city uh brought on a owner's representative to help during construction. AECOM as our owner's rep has been instrumental in assisting in getting our partners set up
for success from permitting to construction to invoice reimbursement. This line item also provides some small reserves for projects in case something happens. Unfortunately, given the instability in construction over the last five years, it was wise to reserve
some funding and contingency funding so that we can get our targeted projects over the finish line. So on this slide, we want to highlight our investments. As a result of Accelerate Orlando, we are leveraging over $200 million in investments to our
community. And just to note, this does not include the ongoing investments that our homeless care and affordable housing providers will have be putting into the community as they manage these projects over the next coming decades. So, here are the locations of the AO
projects. I do want to note because it might be a little confusing that the red box highlights the area of the city-owned lots that are scattered throughout the Paramore and Holden Heights neighborhood. As of right now, that particular project's on hold. But next, we will discuss the other projects
highlighted on this map. So, we're going to start with our housing projects. Palm Gardens, once the blighted Ambassador Hotel, now with the help of Accelerate Orlando and one-stop Housing, the hotel has been converted into 150
units. 149 of those are affordable with one unit dedicated to an on-site property manager. 15 of the units are dedicated to 30% of area median income and permanent supportive housing. Palm Gardens provides on-site security. Each
unit includes a new kitchen with full stove and refrigerator and cabinets, inclusive utilities, and ongoing support from OneTop's nonprofit, OneTop Cares. So, we have some action shots. The property was in great disrepair, but
still functioning as a hotel. Unfortunately, as we all know all too well in Central Florida, hotels like this are often the only housing option for folks. So, so with that in mind and recognizing that some of the inhabitants were just there by circumstance, staff
and the one-stop housing team figured out an option to split the project up into two phases in hopes to retain some of the existing residents. This also helped to keep eyes on the site during construction of phase one. Once phase one was completed, the residents were able to move into the
newly renovated units. As you can see in the progression of these images, this was a massive undertaking. The units were completely gutted and upgraded. Here are the final results of that work. We did want to highlight in addition
Kushman and Wakefield and Onetop Cares surprised some of the residents with moveinready fully furnished apartments. There were two grand openings, one for each phase. We had many partners that were a part of this journey. Onetop Housing, OneTop Cares, Orange County
Public Schools, Senovas Bank, and Kushman and Wakefield. They all came together to bring stability to 150 households. Phase one grand opening was May of May 30th of 2024. Phase two was in May of 2025. And although the goal was to provide
housing and stability for residents, that is not the only benefit to the community as a result of this investment. With fully operational, maintain and secure site, crime at this location has gone down significantly. So since the conversion incidents went
from 400 to under 100, all crime went down from 46 to 9 and drug violations went down to zero. You guys, >> thank you Kathy D. All right, the next project, the future
affordable housing development called Residents at Blossom Trail. This project started as a site acquisition that includes four properties located east of Orange Blossom Trail, south of West Jefferson Street, and north of Pulk Street. This site is near an existing
city investment known as Heroes Commons. When this site became available for sale, staff was concerned about the potential future development of this site based on previous uses and zoning of the property. It was determined by staff that maybe city intervention was a good idea.
Three out of four of the properties were purchased in July of 2022. The fourth property was purchased in June of 2024. This last parcel kind of helped square up the development site to make it a little bit easier to develop. The site was already under remediation
for groundwater petroleum contamination, which is common for sites that were previously autocentric uses. The city's decisive efforts to accelerate cleaning this site up for redevelopment included hiring a consultant to finish the cleanup and
remove the debris on the site. You can see on the screen the action shots of that work. So, while prep was occurring, in September of 2024, staff put out a solicitation for redevelopment of the site into affordable housing, something
that would embody what the OBT Next plan envisioned for the Orange Blossom Trail. Responses were due back in October of 2024, and recommendations from the selection advisory committee came to city council in January of 2025.
New York was awarded that development. The project proposes 140 units, of which 10 of them are dedicated to permanent supportive housing at 30% of area median income. The image on the screen shows the proposed example renderings of what the site could look like after
development. The property's disposition agreement with New Rock for the site went to city council December of 2025. The developer is currently in their due diligence period and also working with staff to submit their land development approvals. The developer is also looking into
various funding options to support the construction financing of the project. Want to provide context to the site. So the first image is from 2012. As you can see, there was no movement vacant sitting there with no investment. Over the years, it remained that way until
our intervention. 2025 is what the site looks like right now pending the redevelopment. It's cleared and ready for redevelopment. You can see in the 2025 aerial some of the homes that make us up Heroes
Commons. Heroes Commons was finished in 2018 by the Orlando Regional Realtors Foundation to provide home ownership to six veterans and their families. We anticipate final finalizing the site prep by the fall following with
financing and land development approvals within the next year. This map shows the site's location and proximity to local amenities. To the north of the site is the packing district redevelopment. To the west is Camping World Stadium. To the northeast
is Creative Village, which includes UCF Downtown and Valencia College downtown. Also in the northeast is OCPS's Academic Center for Excellence K through8 school. The next housing project we're going to update you on is the Orange Center
Boulevard redevelopment. As you're aware, phase one is currently on hold. Our existing restrictive covenant on the property will require that 12 of the units once developed shall be dedicated to those at or below 80% of area median income. What I want
to talk about is phase two. This is a property located at the corner of South Tampa Avenue and Orange Center Boulevard. We are working with Lyft Orlando to provide a residential senior development which will be known as Villas of Clear Lake. The development will include at least
10% of the units to those at or below 30% of AMI and dedicated to permanent supportive housing. Additionally, they have committed to providing another 10% of those units to 50% of a area median income. The remainder will be dedicated to those at or below 80% of area median
income. Lyft provided the proposal and we have an agreement with them for the disposition of the property which was approved by city council in November of 2025. They are currently in their due diligence period and we anticipate they will have their financing and land
development approvals finalized over the next year or so. The next AO investment allocation is our housing repair. This funding is an extension of our housing rehabilitation program which assists homeowners with needed repairs to help them safely stay
in their home and preserve their current housing stock. To date, we have provided 23 new roofs. For some residents, a new roof may mean the difference as to whether they can obtain homeowners homeowners insurance. and having homeowners insurance that may
allow them to qualify for additional funds from the city for more extensive home rehabilitation. So moving into um next we will be discussing the projects that support experiencing home the those projects that support those experiencing homelessness. The city has established
an action plan to reduce the presence of unsheltered persons by 50%. To ensure no woman or child spends the night on the streets in Orlando, and that we provide an inclusive and equitable public space management. So, the first project we will discuss that will support those experiencing
homelessness is the Christian Service Center. The agreement for this project was approved December of 2023. The CRA and Accelerate Orlando provided $6.1 million to CSSE to become the city's first comprehensive day center. Using
best practices seen around the country, CSC and their partner agencies are using the city's investment to modernize their site to holistically support the various complex needs of the residents experiencing homelessness. Their 20-year
commitment ensures ongoing critical and complete assistance to clientele starting in the fresh start building and moving around the campus to meet all the needs of a family or individual. From showers to laundry to medical evaluation and pharmacy services to
housing and job placement, CSC has provided assistance to our community members for decades. This investment helps them accelerate their plans to be that robust front door. The first stop for those experiencing crisis on their path to civility and uh
self-sufficiency. We are also supporting the project through our community development block grant program and we anticipate the entire project to be completed by October of this year. The expectations behind these new renovated walls is that they anticipate
serving 350 unique individuals per day and about 3,000 individuals per year. There are not enough slides to show you all the action shots from the this renovation. It's quite robust. You can get out there. I'd encourage you to. All right. So, we'll go. All right. Next,
we're going to talk about the 407 Connect program operated by the Christian Service Center. Two former charter buses were converted into 21 sleeping pods. Each bus cost about $175,000 and are accessible to those uh with disabilities. They have a bathroom
and they provide uh outlets for charging. Currently, both buses are in operation assisting approximately 27 people. The CRA provided three years of operating costs for these buses. This includes case management and housing assistance with approximately a third of
those funds allocated towards moving costs, rental assistance, and reunification. To date, this program has resulted in 44 people being housed. It is our hope that this mobile option may appeal to some of our other Central Florida neighbors to help those
experiencing homelessness in their community. Next, we're going to talk about the Pathways Dropin Center, which is located on 131330th Street in Orange County, just down the street from the city. Their mission is to support those experiencing homelessness that have been
diagnosed with a mental illness. This expansion is to provide a safe and appropriate space to serve up to a 100 clients. In addition, this investment helps diversify where day services are offered and the county provides this project with ongoing operational funding. The agreement went to council
in August of 2024 and then from there, Pathways began their work on their construction plan set and getting their contractor on board. The project is currently under construction and the groundbreaking was held on January 22nd of this year.
You can see the progression. They currently demolish the old building in the images. And then as a result, Yeah. And then as a result of this expansion, they will be able to serve additional persons per day and have an annual goal to assist around 200
unduplicated persons. Also, they will conduct outreach into the city, specifically downtown. Next, we'll talk about the Salvation Army. In partnership with Orange County and Advent Health, the city is working with the Salvation Army to rehabilitate
the existing men's shelter in order to preserve the critical operations this facility provides to the community. In addition, we have set aside funds to assist with client placement during construction to avoid disruptions of this service. We are moving towards working on an
agreement and anticipate coming out later this summer for your consideration. Next is the homeless services network. HSN is our lead agency in our continuum of care. The agreement was approved in August of 2023 with a brief extension in 2025.
We provided funding to improve their overall business processes and update HSN's business model. We also wanted them to contract with a development consultant and to hire a development director who could better support HSN's ongoing fiscal needs and to increase
strategies to increase funding to the entire homeless response system. This was also to assist in upgrades to their office along with IT and other cyber security expansions. A portion of these funds, about $166,000,
was used to support the development of our region's youth plan to end homelessness. This investment will leverage $1.6 million in additional HUD funding over the next 10 years to further the plan's goals. I did want to note that it says the
project is in process, but they did uh fully expend this funding. All right. So, last but certainly not least, now I present you the new proposed corner for Paramore and AIE. This is a state-of-the-art building curated to
internally support families and women while externally complementing the neighborhood. While we have not brought the funding agreement for your consideration, the city has long publicly committed 10 million towards the modernization. Our
10 million commitment was a catalyst for other funding, including three million from the federal government thanks to Congressman Frost, 15 million from Orange County's community development block grant disaster recovery funds, along with 3.25 million from their CDBG
funds, then many other private and philanthropic commitments, also leveraging for new market tax credits. In addition, the city provided the land for the facility as part of a land swap with the coalition in 2023 in exchange
for their property on West Central Boulevard. The new development will provide better accommodations for all types of families in various stages of recovery. Here are some of the renderings in the site plan showcasing the plan for the new facility.
As of now, they received their land development approvals and are in permitting. We are hoping to have an agreement to bring for your consideration later this year. And so, in summary, as Orlando continues to grow, Accelerate Orlando has infused our community with needed investment to
tap tackle some of the city's toughest challenges. Of course, we cannot do this alone. Each partnership, every dollar, every successful placement provided service helps stabilize and support our citizens and our community at large.
This concludes my presentation and I along with city staff members are available for questions. I thank you for your time. >> Thank you, Jessica. That was a great update and good use of the ARPA funding. Questions or comments? Commissioner Ortiz and Commissioner
Sheen. Thank you, Jessica. Great presentation. I just got a quick question. Back when uh when we were dealing with the Palm Gardens and residents at Blossom Trail, what was the AMI? Do we do the AMI for the whole city
of Orlando? We do we do it just um for the location where this is I mean how we calculate the AMI and then what was the AMI for these two buildings at the time? So there the MSA is what determines the
AMI. So it's not by neighborhood, it's by our three communities, you know, KMI, Samford, and Orlando. >> Okay. >> The AMIs are established based off of what they're providing. And a lot of times with the subsidy that's provided, all of the units that I've talked about
today are all under 80% of area median income, >> which is >> Are you asking what the >> the average medium income is? >> Uh I don't have that off the top of my head. I think it's about uh 60 $70,000 >> area
>> for 80% AMI. >> Oh jeez. >> Does that change it changes on a yearly basis too? >> Oh, has it gone up to 80? >> Yeah. Um >> yeah, I was going to say area median income's around 100,000 for a family of
four. So 80% uh I think uh uh because we look at this like for the homeowner program uh it's around 84,000 for a family of four like 84,300 and then um and and then you know we
have 50% and 30% you know some of the different uh breakdowns that we have like for permanent supportive housing we look at 30%. Okay. That changes on a yearly basis or >> Yeah. In fact, uh usually in April uh we'll get an update. So, we'll see uh
this past year with price increases and such. >> Okay. >> How that might jump up. >> That's it. Thank you. I appreciate it. >> Commissioner Sheen. >> Yeah, I wanted to add to that. So, if it's $100,000, so 30% it means they're
getting 30 they have to make $30,000 and that's the lowest percentage. So anybody below that is are they falling through the cracks? Yes. I mean that's that's something that I you know we keep talking about AMI AMI and there's no such thing as an average median income. You know this is the
problem is that we're not addressing the actual needs of people and there are a lot of people who are making much less than the than this AMA formula. Nobody's talking about it. And so I would really like to see us when we do presentations to talk about this because I think a lot of people think that these needs are
being addressed when they are not. And you know I mean and as you know HUD is transitioning to these you know to this mixed income rate uh like Reese Terrace they're going to be wiping that out soon and oh we're going to do mixed rate. Well you know guess what we're already
mixed we already have a mixed income. Everybody around it can afford to live there. The people in research need to have affordable housing and yet they want to figure out how to make a buck off of poor people. So this is what frustrates me is that we keep building housing for people who don't need it as much as the most needy. That's my
concern. Now not nothing y'all aren't doing anything wrong. It's that the process isn't addressing the real need. and and and I think it would be good instead of just throwing out AMA, we need to put what that AMI is so people go, gee, you know what, that's awfully
high. And you know, my kid, my own kids aren't even making that much money. So, I think that's part of this whole affordability crisis that we need to also um you know, say that out loud, you know, um because I think by by using these um you know, I always say get
initial to death, but by using the initials, we're not they can they can say, "Oh, we're addressing the problem." When they're not, you know, in in terms and and again, nothing that you all y'all are working with in the parameters. My my problem is is that the parameters are not set to help the poor
people. That's that then, you know, that's just um my major concern. >> Commissioner, I'm not following what you're trying to say there. Okay. It's at or below that amount. >> It's at or below, but I still think the percentages need to be higher to help
those most in need because it what if you look >> the most in need would be below be below whatever that mark is. >> They're not. it would be at or below the 30% of area median income. And so with
the permanent support of housing part part of it where we're putting that in there, they are persons coming out of homelessness. So they're going to be well probably well below that 30%. >> Okay. >> But I think that's what you were trying to um >> clear clarify, right?
>> Well, this is the thing. Okay. So like we'll just use Palm Garden as an example. So you got 15 units at 30%, you've got 120 at 60 and 15 at 80. >> So that that's my point, mayor, is that you know that
>> we need more at 30. That that's that's my point. Um and you know I mean I'm not trying to fuss at y'all. You're having to deal with the parameters are given. I just wish that the parameters were fairer to poor people. That's all I'm saying. And I think, you know, and we we keep getting we keep getting behind in
terms of the amount of housing that we and I think this is why because we're dealing in these um you know, we're dealing in uh abstractions that aren't really that people can't understand the real problem, you know, and and we're putting a lot of money into it, but I think like like a lot of folks are need
nodding as as I'm looking up and down today, you know, we need to be higher at the lower at the lower percentages. So, um, and and not to fuss at y'all, again, this is just how how it's set up, but I think it needs to be set up to where it benefits more people. And I just want to thank you for your advocacy, um, you
know, and I think that we need to do a better job of communicating what we do and how we do it and, um, and what we've done and also work to humanize this population. I think you all have done some really good jobs in talking about, um, some of the folks who have been who
have been housed. Um, and we need to keep telling those stories. Uh y'all did a really good job on Palm Gardens talking about the the people who were who who needed that housing desperately. Um but you know, as as we saw from the the horrible fight that happened in my district um between the rich and the
poor, which was awful, by the way, um and dehumanized the homeless population and made them out onto criminals and this and that. We need to tell these stories more often to where people cannot dehumanize people who need help because unfortunately in this country, that's happening a lot right now. And we
need to do a better job of humanizing. Not that it's y'all's complete responsibility. It kind of is all of our responsibility, but I'd like to see more um you know done so where you know the stop you know stop shelters people don't have as much um to to we should be
fighting that for on behalf of our most vulnerable population. So anyway, it's not all your responsibility. I think that comes with communications with with all of us at the city. if we're really truly going to be committed to providing these services, we've got to tell the stories of the people that we are trying
to help. But but you all are doing an excellent job. I'm not criticizing what you're doing. I'm just saying that we need to help you more and that we need to tell the story about how, you know, we need to help more people at the lowest lowest end of the of the income spectrum. Thank you, mayor.
>> Okay, Commissioner Keane and Burns and Rose. >> Thank you, Mayor. uh on Palm Gardens and I'm I'm new to this so I'm just trying to understand. These are mostly these are all studios, right? Correct. >> So what's what's the occupancy? One or two persons or can they have a can they have a child? >> It's typically one to two persons. Um
there may be a small family with a baby if that's um but that's not the typical makeup. It's one to two people. >> Okay. Because when I looked at the the metrics or how much we're spending per unit, it seemed like that was the best use of dollars. it was only a little over 107,000
per unit as opposed to some of the others which were north of 300,000 per unit. So to me that that seems like one of the best uh conversions that there is. Hopefully there's some more of those out there that we could potentially get
in the future. Um and then at um at Orange Center Boulevard, again being new, why are these town homes on hold? That is a very long story right now.
>> Yeah. >> The guy that used to sit sit right where you sat questioned why we worked with a particular developer that we did and perhaps he was right. >> Okay. Gotcha. All right. Thank you. >> That's the bridge version. >> Yeah. >> Commissioner
>> pandmic the wild times. >> All right. Thank you. Thank you, May. and Jessica, great job. Thank you for the presentation. But I I want to go back to something that um Commissioner Sheen mentioned. Uh and I agree 100%. Um and I think we as the city when we when
we are uh supporting these developments, we need to push for more a higher percentage at the lower AMI. And I I give you an example in my in my district right now. There's a um a senior development that's coming up almost
finished. I was I'm 100% supportive of it. Uh and we start looking at the 30% versus the 60% AMI. I think it's 92 units. Unfortunately, only 14 of those units are at 30%. Right now, 30% may be
about $640 a month for that they would have to pay for rent. The other units are at 60%. Which then moves their rent up to about a little over $1,000. All right. And so
my my and I've talked to Max um uh Congressman Frost's office about this because one of the issues we have with the AMI, if we're looking at seniors, there's no senior AMI. >> All right? So seniors on a fixed income, you can't really compare their AMI with
someone who's, you know, 40 years old in the in the middle of their career. So I think with us understanding those limitations, we as a uh as a council need to be more aggressive in uh and encouraging more units at that lower AMI
because I think if we don't, we have developers that will, you know, give us 15 units or 14 units when we need the majority of those, especially when we're talking about seniors at that lower AMI. Uh, and so I think that's one of the
things, you know, we can only do so much at this level, but when we're putting money in these projects, I think we can influence that. And I think we have to influence what we can while we advocate at the higher levels to to get some change. So, I'm really pushing for AMI
for seniors. I don't know if that's even possible, but we have to look at uh look at things like that. So, uh, not back to the uh to the pre, I had a couple of questions. Um, I think we've made some great investments. I think when we look back at those investments,
um, 5 years ago, some of the environment has changed. And so my one of my questions is, are we looking at these investments or these commitments that we've made that have not moved uh, to reassess is that what we need? And I and
I think I'm speaking more specifically of the investment into uh the Salvation Army men shelter uh cuz we have uh roughly I think $4 million committed to that project and as I understand there's no movement there and my question is are
we going back to assess you know what we decided 5 years ago we wanted to give this money for this with the the uh landscape changing are we going back to assess. Well, you know what? Especially when nothing has moved. Now, we don't want to make a commitment. They get mid
project and we pull it. We would never we would never do that, but just some some type of assessment. I'm I'm I'm very um you know, just interested because things are changing. And so, that's my one of my questions. Are we going back to reassess those commitments
that have not move forward? >> I'll be happy to address or unless you want to. I I'm in the Salvation Army's budget every day. Uh and you're not wrong. We appreciate you bringing up that question. So, the Salvation Army
during the pandemic was a key partner in providing the tent and helping us to appropriately space people during the pandemic. And as time went on, they did they were working to secure funding for their modernization, which was a, you
know, a building expansion to kind of absorb these issues that we're facing today, right? Pandemics, things like that, more daytime on-site servicing and everything. And as they were working through that, they had leadership change and things just changed. And we've been on top of them the entire time. And we
have been asking them to update their budgets. One thing that I think we need to recognize and understand is that the Salvation Army provides a critical service to the city. Those beds, those hundred beds, we can't lose them right
now. And so, as their partner and as we assessed what their planning was, we determined, look, we need to get this facility up to speed. We need to make sure that these folks have dignity and that this building is conducive to holding people. So, that's what we're
doing. And so as time goes on, they're going to reassess what they need on their campus, but our investment is to secure and and continue this investment so that we can secure those 100 beds and keep them there. >> And and and so so so it's understood I
support Salvation Army and you're correct. They provide a vital vital service. But I you know, when we have these limited resources, the question is how long will we will we hold off? And I'm not sure if they would be adding more shelter beds or was there an expansion or just a modernization
because what when we look at what it what it is that we need, we need more. All right, we need more whether it's more more shelter beds, more housing, more um affordable housing. So, we need more. So, that that's that's my question. uh in reference to the
Salvation Army. Also, uh of the 44 million that we committed um or that we state that we committed to homeless and housing, we've only um committed about 37 37 million of the 44
million leaving about 6 million. Do we have understand if my if my math is correct, do we have a plan for that additional 6 million? What's the discussions? Are we having discussions about what's the best use of that $6
million that had not been allocated? >> So, right now we're just watching as these projects flush out, right? We understand Orange Center Boulevard. We understand residents at Blossom Trail. We're trying to get through as these projects shake out. something may come to fruition. But that's where we're at
right now is that it's mostly encumbered and we're just kind of watching as these big projects move forward if there's any other movement that we have to do to make sure they get over the finish line. >> Right. Cuz one one of the things also we have to while we're making decisions at
this level, we have to also recognize and I know you all and and I know Orin is following this, the changes that are happening within HUD that will severely impact our continuum of care. I think in this community, uh, mayor, we've made some great investments in permanent
supportive housing, the housing first where we've housed, you know, thousands of individuals over, you know, over over years, but we see there's some discussions about that whole system potentially unraveling. you know, we have the
unfortunately we may be faced with 500 up to 500 individuals that we've had stably housed losing that that uh supportive housing funding. And so I think as we're moving forward, especially when we're looking at this $6 million or how we've allocated that we
keep that keep that in mind because we've done a lot here in the city under the mayor's uh leadership and guidance, but for us to potentially lose 500 permanently housed individuals and then they go into the uh back into the
homeless status I think will be a we will take a step back. Now I'm not saying that those that has been um solidified but there things are changing. We are not going to have the permanent support of housing funding that we need. So I I think with with at
the council we funded things previously how you know things were. Now I think we need to step back to say okay what should we be funding now understanding the changes that are happening at the federal level or the changes that HSN you know are experienced. So we I think
we have to really say what's our current role right now. All right. And not just say we've always done this so we going to keep doing this but what is our current role as the city understanding that these that these things are are changing. So th those are um uh my main
points, but I I do want to give the entire housing department kudos uh cuz you all uh do great work. I every time I meet with you all, I'm educated on on some things. But I do appreciate you listening to me and and and us having that dialogue. But I think we have to
continue having those discussions to really see what can we control and how do we influence what needs to happen for our people experiencing homelessness in our community. All right, that's all. Mayor, thank you. Thank you, Commissioner Rose. >> Uh, thank you, uh, Jessica Orin and the
entire housing team. So, I have a couple of questions. When we do incentives for affordable housing, do we have a policy on financial literacy? And how often are we checking that? So, are we requiring tenants who live somewhere to make sure that they're
getting themselves better? Because, and so, while I agree, you all don't live um where affordable housing is. It's literally in my front yard. And so I get the complaints of rent going up drastically and dramatically and people are not keeping up. I get the and I I'm
going to this is going to go to my second question. So I guess I'm going to stop there. Do we have any policy in place that requires financial literacy for any affordable housing dollars that we're getting to make sure that a person who comes in 30 who moves in at 30% can grow into the 50% the 80% etc. until
they're out of poverty? Okay. I'd like for us to consider one moving forward because I get the calls probably daily about not being able to afford their rent as the rent increase goes up. >> Yeah. And I do want to mention that we do work with partners that we do hope that they do continue that ongoing. But
you want a formalized policy is what you're asking for. >> We can't live on hope. We can't we can't say that we hope that they're doing the best thing. If we're giving our dollars, we need to mandate. You need to be doing some sort of financial literacy. We as a city, we pour into a lot of these organizations. There's a lot of groups that do financial literacy. If we're
going to truly get people out of poverty, it has to be something that's mandated. We can't assume that they're going to do it. The federal government has made it mandatory. If you're getting certain assistance, you got to do certain things. Whether you're looking for work or you or you're doing community service, we need to be doing the same thing as a city so that we're getting people and helping people
because if we say here's a unit, right? We're getting you out of home. I mean, Commissioner Burns just mentioned that people are going to be coming out of permanent support potentially. If we're not in the space of helping them to become more financially stable, then all we're doing is giving them a hand out. We're not doing a hand up. >> I do want to mention that the permanent
support of housing units specifically do have ongoing case management. So, they will that's the whole idea is that we know that this works. housing first works and them being able to have that ongoing case management, but if you're talking about somebody at 60% or 80%, we
don't typically monitor that. We do have monitors that do monitor the facilities and we do try to have them work with their tenants, but yeah, there there's not a formalized one that we are necessarily monitoring their ongoing,
you know, financial options. Now, again, Palm Gardens has one-stop cares. We try to work with folks, especially if there's a home ownership product that we're working with folks that do have that, you know, first the initial uh certificate that they need to get like
down payment assistance and stuff like that and then them being successful and that the organization that put them there is also following that along. And there's usually uh less attrition in those kinds of products for for sale products. But I understand where you're coming from is that things are getting
very tight. Is there some way to better support that? Yep. Thank you. >> So I like to look at that policy. So the second you mentioned you provided crime statistics for one specific development. I would like for the last five years of housing of affordable housing dollars
that we've given. I'd like for us to do the same crime statistics data and I would like for us to figure out collectively with OPD how do we collectively work to bring the crime down. This data looks great for one complex but it does not look the same for all the other complexes in the community. And the data will show that
we had to have to collectively come up with solutions that create safer communities, not just a dumping hole for people to come and live. But how do we provide how do we because we continue to provide great buildings. And I would implore you go to visit some of the buildings that we've put financial assistance in. They don't look like
brand new buildings anymore. How do we put policies in place that preserve the dollars that we spend but preserve the communities that that these buildings are being placed in? There are people who I get calls consistently, they don't feel safe in these affordable housing complexes that we're funding. So, I
would like for us to look at the last five years of pro um of projects, developments that we have funded, and I'd like for us to compare crime statistics and let's come up with um real wholehearted true solutions on crime prevention and how we create safer communities. Thank you,
>> Commissioner Chap. And then Commissioner Ortiz. >> Thank you. Uh, I would like to uh applaud the department and appreciate this um great presentation. Um, I would also like to thank the mayor and the city council prior to my joining that
you decided to use these funds for a a critical probably the most critical need in our community. Um, I'm I certainly uh appreciate the discussion on AMI. I appreciate um the financial prudence you're putting into this plan
withholding back some funds and as as fast as as things are moving with inflation and cost of goods that that we are making commitments that we know we can keep. Um I hope that we are uh to Commissioner
Keane's point always focusing on uh bang for our buck in terms of units cost per units. Um, so I think that needs to be clear when we're going through RFP processes that that's got to be the the top of the list in terms of how uh those
things are scored. And I don't need the answer today, but I would just be curious what some of the other communities around our country use some of these funds for. Uh, because I think we certainly picked uh the area that was is is probably the most critical and
most important. So, thank you, >> Commissioner Ortiz and Commissioner Sheen. >> Thank you, Mayor. Um, I would like for our staff to at some point, maybe we need to have a workshop so you guys can
explain to us. Um, not only the process, but also the other elements that are involved on on these developments that we do. when a when a developer comes here and they try to do an affordable uh housing project, it's not only the
city cooperating in a sense of housing fund which we had to create funding housing funding uh for the city of of Orlando because of the lack of the Saddoski fund coming to our city and al Orange County had to do the same thing. But most people don't understand that
there's a whole procedure here. It takes from Saddoski funds, CDBGs, it takes low-inccome housing tax credits, all these elements that play a role on this in order for some for a project to convey to have the uh ability of uh
allow for whatever percentages are. We would love to see all these percentages to be as low as possible so people kind of but there's some u some restrictions that we have based on the funding that these developers can get from the different levels of government. So I
think we need a workshop just to explain like you guys explained to me at one point you know took me by the hand and I think we need a workshop to explain each one of the levels in order for people to understand better the challenge that we confront here and but the challenge is not mainly ours. is more so in in what
we are able to obtain from the federal government and the state government which right now are totally against this. I just heard that CDBGs are at risk right now. We we possibly be uh losing some of that because of the present administration we have is is looking in a different direction. Plus
what's happening in Tallahassee in terms of how this Sadduski fund the sale and the ship money is being utilized, you know. So so all these different things we need to I think we need to discuss. So for people and and our public to understand the challenges as a city see on a daily basis. That's what I have.
Thank you, >> Commissioner Sheen. >> I I just have a quick followup. Um after Commissioner Burns spoke, I thought, you know, we can get a senior senior AMI. You would think based on the social security average. So if we could get that senior done off the social security
average instead of the AMI, which rent increases as AMI increases. I know my mom kept complaining about her rent keep continually going up >> because she because again she moved over near Hannibal Square. It was a low-income area as it gentrified the AMI went up and her rent increased. So if we
could get it based on the social security averages as opposed to the AMI for seniors that would really help seniors. So boom. Yeah. >> Because you were talking I thought that would be a good thing for us to work with Congressman Frost on. Thank you mayor. >> I agree. Thank you.
>> Thank you. great presentation and to Commissioner Chapen's point, ARPA funding had great flexibility >> in it. Um, and other cities, not so much in Florida, but cities around the country, their operational budgets were
impacted significantly during CO if you're weren't um if you were relying more on sales tax than on property tax, which by the way is a good reason not to be tampering with property tax. But we didn't have to supplement our operational budget. A lot of cities did
have to supplement their operational budgets. And then there were some other interesting uses that were made of ARPA funding. Take a look at the inventory and you'll see that I think we were pretty wise in where we used it. So, thank you for that great report and our
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6, 2026 regularly scheduled meeting of the Orlando City Council. We're going to begin today's proceedings with the invocation of the Pledge of Allegiance. today led by Commissioner Shan Rose. >> Good afternoon everyone. Um, thank you all for being here. If you don't mind
bowing heads, I want to respect everyone's religion. But if you want, I'm going to pray. Heavenly Father, we come before you today with grateful hearts, especially on this Easter season, a time of renewal, hope, and new beginnings. Lord, we thank you for the opportunity to serve our community. We
ask that you guide this council with wisdom, unity, and compassion as we make decisions that impact the lives of so many. Let this season remind us that even in challenging times, there's always the promise of renewal and the hope of coming together for the greater good. Help us to lead with integrity,
listen with open hearts, and act with purpose. Bless this meeting, our city, and all those that we serve. May our work reflect fairness, progress, and care for every resident. In your name we pray. Amen. Amen. I aliance to the flag of the United
States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all. [clears throat] >> Okay. Is it colder in here than it normally is? All right.
>> It's going to rain outside, I think. So, get ready for that. >> All right. Let's uh call the meeting to order. Madame Clerk, would you call the role and make a determination of quorum, please? >> Commissioner Kane >> here. >> Commissioner Ortiz >> here. >> Commissioner Chapen >> here. >> Commissioner Sheen >> here. >> Commissioner Rose
>> here. >> Commissioner Burns >> present. >> Mayor Dyer >> here. >> Mayor, you have a quorum with all members present. >> Thank you, Madam Clerk. First item, business, consideration of minutes from the March 16th agenda review and city council meeting. Motion by Commissioner
Sheen, second by Commissioner Ortiz. All in favor indicates so by saying I. >> I. Those opposed. And so the motion carries. We move into awards, presentations, and recognition. And we are going to start today's
meeting by celebrating a very significant honor received by a member of our city team. And our community is fortunate to have committed, professional, and compassionate first responders. And OFD Lieutenant Ron Hugginan epitomizes that dedication. And
he was recently awarded a very prestigious honor, statewide honor. And Chief Pvolt is going to share more about the lieutenant and the award. Chief Good afternoon, mayor, council members. It's with great pride when I come to you
and with one of our personnel who have gone above and beyond and was recognized. Lieutenant Ron Hugnan was recognized as a Florida professional firefighter of the year. There are more than 30,000 professional firefighters in the Sunshine State and
the Orlando Fire Department is proud to have the best of the best. Lieutenant Ron Hugenan who proudly serves the District 5 community from Firehouse 2, the pride of Paramore. On February 9th, Lieutenant Hugenan was selected by the Florida Professional
Firefighters of the Year and was honored in March by Governor Ronda Sanders and Chief Financial Officer Bla1 Engolia, sorry. Lieutenant Hugnan has proudly served the city of Orlando for almost 20
years, moving up through the ranks to lieutenant, where he is now stationed at one of the busiest firehouses in the country, Firehouse 2. Lieutenant Hugan is also a proud member of the Orlando IIAF 1365 where he serves as the union treasurer. His tireless efforts through
the Orlando Firefighters Union have helped ensure the voices of his fellow firefighters are heard and their needs are met. His work of servitude also extends beyond Orlando as Lieutenant Hugan is a member of the Florida State Guard. His
dual commitment to his city and his nation exemplify his selfless spirit and un unwavering dedication to protecting others. It is no wonder why he was selected and stood out amongst the rest of the state.
Mayor Lieutenant L. Thank you, [applause] [applause] Mayor and uh commissioners. Thank you very much for uh this acknowledgement today. It truly means a lot uh to represent the Orlando Fire Department in
a in a positive way. Um, I'm a product of the environment of the Orlando Fire Department, which always pushes to raise the bar and and try to pursue excellence in all that what we do. So, it's an honor to receive this award. It's an honor to represent
District 5 to also to uh represent station two as well. And uh I'm just one of many of my brothers and sisters on the department who uh do uh these types of do these do these types of things on a day-to-day basis in and out and will
continue to. >> Well, we are proud to have you representing the Orlando Fire Department and by extension the city of Orlando and all of its residents. So, thank you for your service. [applause] >> [applause] >> Mhm. [applause] >> Yes.
>> [applause] [clears throat] >> Okay, that brings us to the mayor's update and we have a birthday to celebrate. Uh, Commissioner Keane's birthday is April 9th. How about that? So, Commissioner
Ortiz, could you lead us, please? >> Happy birthday to [singing] you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday, dear. >> Happy birthday to you.
[applause] So before Commissioner Keane's birthday is April the 7th, 407 day, which happens to be our area code. >> So during COVID, we started recognizing
407 day as a time to celebrate our community and primarily then it was to celebrate our small businesses that had been impacted through COVID. But now we celebrate everything that's authentically real
um unbelievably real I suppose about Orlando. So it gives us an opportunity to celebrate our main streets and everything great about Orlando. So I encourage you tomorrow to go out and shop and eat small and share what you love about Orlando on social media.
Uh last week was a great week for our sports scene. We announced that the Jacksonville Jags are here for a year. So, they will be playing the entirety of their uh 2027 home season here in
Camping World Stadium. And when I say the entirety, uh they will probably have a couple games that go to London as they do every year, but we will have all of the games that would have been played in Jacksonville, we've played here in Orlando. So that's going to be somewhere
uh between five and seven home games. So that'll be important. So everybody will need to feel fill their closets with teal, which I when I looked in my closet, I did not have a whole lot of teal to tell you the truth. Um but we
also want to make sure that we sell out our stadium. So think about that. Uh coming up uh on the agenda today, uh item B1 and 4C is a contract with Jacob's Engineering related to the next
phase of the Church Street Festival Street Project um to make it more flexible and pedestrian friendly. And then um items D5 and 12A relate to the small and local business enterprise
program. Commissioner Burns, understand you've raised a couple of issues about that. So, what I'm going to do is defer both of those items to the next meeting. >> Um, I don't necessarily dis dis or agree with your issues, but I would rather
work them out and have an opportunity to do that. So, but I don't want you to take my willingness to defer them to mean I agree with you. Okay. >> I I appreciate the uh opportunity to discuss. >> Okay. Then that would be if there's no objection that's item D5 and 12A.
Okay. Now we'll move on to the consent agenda which are a number of items that are worked acted upon through a single vote of council. We give each of our commissioners the opportunity to comment on items on the consent agenda as well as update you on specific uh happenings
in their districts. We rotate the order that we do that. Commissioner Rose is first up today. Again, good afternoon everyone. Um, so I do have a question mayor. Since we deferred, are we hosting a workshop to talk through the concerns? >> Uh, maybe.
>> Okay. >> We'll see. >> Okay. >> Uh, I think Commissioner Burns had also expressed an urgency in trying to get this done so that we could start using it and part of our procurement. And I think the county has finally moved on their >> Yeah, they voted
>> part of it. So, we I'll think about whether we can do it. um a presentation in conjunction or maybe we we end up working out the details, but we'll get it one way or the other. >> Okay, that's fine. Thank you. Um couple
updates. Um congratulations again to uh Lieutenant Ron for winning the state of Florida Professional Firefighters of the Year. I've had the opportunity to work with Lieutenant Ron um and IFFF um in the community and working on improving the quality of work for the men and
women who serve in Orlando Fire Department. So, congratulations. Um as mayor said, super excited about the Jaguars. So, Mayor, you took words out of my mouth. Everyone should worry about changing their closets to teal, black, and gold to be prepared for season 2027. Um, for those who don't know, spring
football has officially kicked off here in the city of Orlando and I want to make sure that you all know about it so you all can come and enjoy. The football games are extremely affordable and they're a lot of fun. Um, hopefully we can bring home some championships. So, we have the Orlando Storm that are
playing at Inner Co, the soccer stadium. And then we have the Orlando Pirates who are playing at the Kia Center and they both started off with a strong season. Um, Orlando Storm has won their two first games at home and the Orlando parts won their game last night. So, make sure you get your tickets today. Uh, I want to do a special thank you to
SVDP Cares for their commitment to housing veterans. Recently, I joined them um and what's like they do a large movement special where they bring the veterans and their families and they get a sponsor who gives them house goods um as they transition into living on their own. So, it's a really great
organization if you want to get involved. Again, it's SVDP. Um, I want to take the time to publicly thank the National Entrepreneur Center, BBIF, and Rally, uh, for their unwavering commitment to helping
entrepreneurs. If you've not followed them on social media, been to their website, visited their website, they are truly committed to helping individuals become entrepreneurs and committed to those individuals who have built businesses and run businesses how to be stronger. We pour into them. Um, and so
this is the opportunity for anyone looking to say, you know, I'm ready to retire and move into the next phase or I have this great idea that I want to make a a reality to be able to help the community. I really recommend going to the going to check out one of the three organizations. Um, they offer like
in-person virtual training. They meet you where you are. So, I really recommend checking them out. Um, the role government plays in our community is complex. There are multiple layers and moving parts that keep everything functioning. That's why I created and
started uh it's called Straight from Rose Podcast to break things down, highlight the work being done in the community, and have real conversations with leaders shaping our community. Recently, I had the honor of sitting down with uh the wonderful Mayor Linda Chapen. It was truly inspiring to
connect with someone who has been such a trailblazer and advocate in our community. Um so, make sure on Wednesdays at 7 on all your major platforms. It's called Straight from Rose podcast. And what I'm also doing is um like I truly break down some of the concerns and questions that I get from my office so people really understand
how government functions from potholes in our streets to calling 911 and how we truly create a safe community and some of the complex like long hard conversations that we have up here. I want to extend a sincere gratitude to Electronic Arts, also known as EA. Um,
last week they provided a sneaker donation. Because of their partnership, some of our young people in the community now have comfortable quality footwear, something that truly makes a difference in their confidence, health, and daily lives. Some of our kids are literally changing um and trying on they were had dirty slides on their feet that
they're going to school with. And as you know, like some of that stuff can lead to fighting, anger, bullying, etc. And so, it's just a small token and I want to thank EA for that. Um, I want to thank OPD for coming out this past weekend. we had an Easter egg hunt at ZR Raleigh Park.
Um, expungement clinics play a powerful role in helping individuals and entire communities move forward. They allow second chances and fresh starts, access to employment, housing stability, and reducing recidivism. Please join me this Saturday at the Northwest Center at
10:00 a.m. for an expungement clinic with our partners, community legal services, state attorney, um commissioner, uh the clerk's office, as well as other community partners. Um mark your calendar. We're having a community cleanup April 19th at 9:00
a.m. at the soccer stadium. Um we started doing so I have three or two and a half as uh others have said, two and a half u main street. So we have Church Street, uh, West Lakes and Paramore, and we come together once a year for Earth Day celebration, and we do one massive cleanup. So we clean up throughout the
Paramore and the downtown Orlando area. So if you could mark your calendars and come out on April 19th. On to the agenda, I want to congratulate um, and thank those from district 5 and the surrounding areas for recent appointments and reappointments to our
advisory boards. Um the CDB the CDBGDR naturebased solutions for flood mitigation planning grant. Um this will this study will evaluate and develop standards for integrating green
infrastructure such as the wetlands retention ponds, urban forests and permeable services to reduce storm water runoff. U mayor already mentioned Jacob Engineering and that's all I have. Mayor, >> thank you Commissioner Burns. All right.
[clears throat] Uh thank you, Mayor Dar, and uh good afternoon to all who are in attendance. I first want to start off by saying uh also congratulations to uh Lieutenant uh Hugh Hunu. How do you say that? >> Hugh. >> Hugh uh for for being selected as the uh
Florida Professional Firefighter of the Year. But I just want to say thank you for representing the uh the fire department, but more specifically representing uh the city of Orlando. So again, thank you and and keep up the good work. Uh Mayor, on March 18th, um
had the privilege of joining you and the FPR leadership uh for the ribbon cutting of Poppy Park. Uh the Poppy Park went through it's a neighborhood park in the Carver Shores community. Uh went we received some uh redevelopment of the park, brand new equipment, and I see our
uh president in in the audience here. So again, thank you, mayor, for your for your support of of the redevelopment of Poppy Park, but I'm understanding there's uh other parks that we will be redeveloped in District 6. We have Henkins Park that's on the uh on the
schedule as well as um the Willie Maze Park. So again, thank you, mayor, for for your commitment to our parks. Also, um had the opportunity to attend the Tri League of uh cities general uh membership meeting uh hosted at the
Orlando office. uh got a chance to network with some of our uh local elected officials throughout the uh throughout this tri county area. Also on March 24th um I attended the Florida Citrus Sports Road 226 reception and the
Road to 26 is a US-based international soccer match series created to showcase the world's top national teams. Uh these games celebrate our communities to abil our community's ability to deliver a ruralass experience whether it be
soccer, football or concerts. And I just like to say thank you to Steve Hogan and uh Ricardo Velar for their vision in bringing these um very well attended soccer matches here to uh to Orlando. Uh also on um March 27th, I had the uh
opportunity to attend OEP's regional leadership conference. So, thank you to uh Tim Giuliani and and his OEP team. They put on a great uh a great conference. Also, um on March 30th, uh last Monday, I attended the youth tennis
program at Henkins Park. I'm excited for this new program. My uh middle daughter is actually participating. Uh and this is a uh a tennis clinic that's being put on by volunteers. they uh have some uh they came and came to uh approached the
city about getting our youth uh introduced to tennis and uh so it's happening every Monday for the next seven weeks. So if you have children that are interested, please uh come out to the Henkins Park and you can sign up right there on site. Uh, also I want to
encourage everyone as mayor said to go out on tomorrow full 7 day and support our local businesses uh because we know uh that our local businesses are often times the backbone of our local economy. And then mayor on the agenda um I wanted
to highlight 3B8 uh and express my support for the rooftop solar that will be placed at the Dr. James R. Smith Center. And then mayor, just real briefly as as it relates to the uh small business and
local business enterprise, one of the main things is I just want to ensure that the ordinance and the policies and procedures uh get us to the intent of ensuring that our local and small businesses actually are guaranteed a opportunity to
participate. When I read through the policies and procedures, I just had some major questions. Uh, so I do look forward to us being able to work those out to ensure that our small and local business have the opportunity to contract with the millions of hundreds
of millions of dollars that the city spends uh, every year. So, uh, that's all I have, Mayor. Thank you. >> Okay. Thank you, Commissioner Keane. >> Thank you, Mayor. And good afternoon, everybody. I'd like to start out uh been very busy the last couple weeks, but start out by thanking the mayor for his
uh attendance and helping us unveil the neighborhood watch of the uh of the city of the year uh out at Story Park a couple weeks ago. Appreciate that, mayor. Um been attending multiple CDD and HOA meetings and there's been a consistent theme and it's about ebikes
and scooter safety. So, I want to uh thank OPD for their work so far and helping to create some safety brochures and we'll continue to work uh with them as uh as we tackle that issue. I was also able to talk to school board member Salom Monica as well uh because
obviously this is an issue that affects schools and the city uh together. Was able to uh tour the National Entrepreneur Center and as Commissioner Rose said we, you know, we've got resources to help new business owners. We want to make sure that uh that they're given all the resources so they
can succeed. Uh also toured the south the new southeast government center for a hardat tour with uh residents from district 1. I want to thank Lorie Brooks for organizing that. I was a starter at the tour to cure in Lake Nona uh benefiting the American Diabetes Association. It was it was a fun event
and wanted to thank Kim Wade for her invitation to go out to that event and get everybody started at 6:00 a.m. in the morning on a Sunday. uh sixth and jazz program over at Dr. Phillips was uh was exceptional. I want to thank Katie Bower for that. Um
bringing all the sixth graders from across Orange County and I think a couple other counties as well uh for just an outstanding jazz program that they put on. Uh also in the arts uh world, I was able to tour the Orlando Ballet Company and see what uh what world-class facilities that they have
and thanks to Brad Rener there uh for allowing me to do that. And then my last uh visit with Jennifer Daland from the Harry P Gardens was exceptional. We got to view plans for the new welcome center and it's it's pretty exciting some of the things that they're doing there. U
even though it's not in District 1. Uh and finally for the uh things from last week, I wanted to thank uh Chief Smith for his visit to uh for district one for his uh district meetings. Upcoming we've got uh some exciting things. I'll be at the 407 day of volunteering as well with
with some of you all. I'm sure we're going to go out at Wetland um in East Orange County with Innovation High School and keep Orlando Beautiful. Take a tour of the facility out there. Uh we've got the Lake Nona Chamber State of Lake Nona Summit this Friday. Uh kind of
fun. We've got after school all-star fundraiser coming up, golf tournament this weekend. And finally, on uh upcoming things, I'm going to be reading books to uh the at out at the YMCA for healthy kids day at the uh North Park YMCA. On the consent agenda, I just want
to echo Commissioner Burns looking at the rooftop solar. We live in the sunshine state and it's always good to see us taking uh advantage of the sun here in our beautiful state. With that, sir, that's all I have. >> Thank you, Commissioner Ortiz. [clears throat]
>> Thank you, Mayor. Um, let me start by congratulating Lieutenant um, Huganine. Huganine. Do you guys realize there's there's over anywhere between 22,000 and
25,000 firefighters in the state and he was selected the number one firefighter. So, go uh, Lieutenant, good job for the city of Orlando. Uh on the evening of March 19th, Chief Eric Smith did his quarterly presentation at uh the Doors
Community Center. About 44 people attended the event. He was well infor he was um he informed everybody about the um the progress which includes uh in in crime trends which include a 3% increase
in violent crimes 52% reduction in shootings um compared to 2025 uh which was 29 I'm sorry 2020 14 in 2025 compared to 29 in 2024 one homicide
in 2025 with 100% % clearance rate. Officers also conducted over 10,000 traffic stops and issued more than 2,000 citations. I'm pretty sure that's a part that we don't want to hear about, but it's uh sometimes it's a way of um diminishing
uh traffic accidents out there. So, thank you, Chief Smith. I don't see him here. Is he here? He left. Anyhow, and thank you to every commander and every uh deputy chief in the Orlando Police Department. You guys are doing a great job. On the morning of March 28th, our
annual Easter egg hunt, brunch, and carnival brought the community together at the Englewood Community Center. Um, children eerily participated in the egg hunt with a few lucky participants discovering the golden eggs and um taking home special prizes. Family also
enjoy a light brunch and variety of festive uh festive carnival games, creating a fun and memorable experience. is always good to have all these families in this huge space that we have at the Englewood Center and the community coming together. So, um, next
item, just like everybody else have said, we're proud to have the Jaguars here. Hopefully, with the 75 million visitors we got in the Central Florida region, they might, I don't know, decide that is much better to be down here than being up in Jacksonville. But not, you know, not in a compet uh, what is it?
Competitive way. just saying, you know, that we may hopefully we'll fill the stadium every single time and they may like it so much that, you know, they may want to redo the contract. Anyhow, just good wishes, right? April 4th, um, with summer around the corner and I don't
know if you guys realize that in the state of Florida, the number one cause or one of the first, let's say, causes of, uh, children child death is drowning. Children from one to fourth. Um, so Dover Shores Neighborhood Center
hosted April Pool Cool, um, which provided residents with the opportunity to focus on water safety, family engagement, introductory swim lessons, and access to valuable resource information. Dr. K from Orange County
Health Department has a campaign. Uh and recently uh I believe he was um um Representative Escammani passed some sort of legislation uh to assign some funding for this particular cause. So
things are moving in that direction and I think we should just be aware and be conscious about these things that are happening you know with our children. But the uh on agenda items um 3B10, congratulations to Dumont Carpenter for
service authorization continuing civic and storm water engineering services for the Ventura Lake Roper flood risk reduction which is basically we're talking about couple of years ago when uh hurricane Ian came over that was one
of the most affected areas in the city and through some funding of the state and through some funding from the federal government I believe where Congressman Soda was involved. Um we are ready to uh work in that area which consists of an upgrade pump station with
backup generator along with floodp proofing upgrades that consist of floor barrier while extending across the southern property border of the doside condominium. So thank you Marjgery Bionis Cory Knight and the whole team from public works. You guys are amazing.
uh on 3D1 MPB. Um I'm proud to support the DT outlook part 3 2026 amendment which include among many things deciding reconstruction of Church Street from Garland Avenue to Orange Avenue. Support
the optimal functioning of Magnolia Avenue through strategic improvement. Uh support the reconstruction of Robinson Street. Reconstruct Orange Avenue and Roslin Avenue. support the redesign roadways, changes along Pine Street, design and construct church street, and
it goes on and on. We have a lot of things going on downtown, uh, beautifying and bringing downtown up to par for better business to come to the area and make downtown a great place for our families. Um,
I want to also congratulate the United Abolitionist on being the recipient of $5,000 donated by OPD. United Abolitionist, led by Thomas Laris, works with community partners to fight human trafficking, which is a big issue still
in our nation. So, and they have been in existence since 1993. That's uh 33 years. So, good job. on item 3D5. U Mayor, I was ready to support that item. I think we we're ready. I'm a little disappointed that we're postponing a
little bit here, but I'm I'm pretty sure that you know, we want to make sure that uh everybody's on board. Uh so, Commissioner Burns, um I don't know if you Well, I guess did he go? >> I thought he was here.
um because I'm ready to move forward with this to make sure that our our small uh businesses start moving forward, start getting um what they deserve. So, with that being said, that's all I have, Mayor. Thank you. >> Thank you, Commissioner Commissioner Chapen.
>> Thank you, Mayor. Um I too would like to congratulate uh Lieutenant Hugenan and the Orlando Fire Department and our professional firefighters union. um we uh appreciate it and uh are excited about the award and how you're sharing
that with the entire city and all of our residents. So, we're we're all very proud of you and uh to to Commissioner Ortiz his point uh was a big field. So, congratulations again. Um, last week I was grateful to attend the ribbon cutting for Orlando Health's new
maternity mobile clinic, which will be stationed at the Rosemont Community Center for the next several months. This initiative will bring accessible care directly to pregnant women and new moms, removing barriers such as child care and transportation. Uh, thank you to the
physicians and the dedicated leadership team at Orlando Health for stepping up to meet this need. Um, like many of you have said, I'm ex very excited about the Jacksonville Jaguars uh coming in 2027. Um, I think we're going to have the
Dolphins and the Bucks might even be on that schedule at home, which is going to be pretty incredible. And if the Jags play like they did last season, maybe we'll get a playoff game or two out of it, which would just be amazing. I think the NFL has the opportunity to bring a
whole different level to these events. Um, I know it doesn't look like it, but I can remember the days of uh of getting the magic and the uh World Cup and us all gathering at uh Church Street Station at the Cheyenne Saloon for those
big events. So, it was very nice for the Dr. Phillips Performing Arts Center, our new front yard across the street to uh host us the next day. and it's obviously now become uh our our new front porch for for those type of events to celebrate.
Uh in the spirit of growth in downtown, I enjoyed attending the Orlando Economic Partnership Conference along with several of my fellow commissioners. Uh it was truly eyeopening to hear about the economic activity and momentum we have in our area. I hope that everyone
enjoyed the Easter weekend. I loved hearing about all the Easter egg hunts. Uh we didn't have any golden eggs at our Easter egg. Uh but those sound like a bonus. Um uh I was especially happy to sponsor the hunt at Mitchell Nutter Park
in Ottabon Park. Uh I would like to give a special shout out to the Department of Solid Waste for their hard work collecting yard waste over the past several weeks. After the freeze in early February, many of us experienced an increase in down branches and vegetation. This led to yard waste
volumes far exceeding what we're used to handling and I think it actually caused the leaves to start coming down earlier than normal. So then that created even more of a backup. Um I know the the crews have been working overtime double
shifts on the weekends. I think Allan you might even gotten on the back of a truck this weekend I heard. So be careful of that back. Um, but I I'm told that the amount of yard waste that we've collected has has surpassed some of the major hurricanes we've seen. So, I
appreciate uh the residents uh patience as we work to get back on track on yard waste. Um, upcoming events. This Thursday, the city will host a meeting at the College Park Neighborhood Center to gather
public input on the 2026 bike plane bike plan. As many of you know, I'm a big fan of biking around District 3, and I'm also super excited about the future of bikeability in Orlando, and this will be a great opportunity uh we're sharing that meeting with District 4,
Commissioner Sheen, uh uh for residents to give valuable feedback. On the consent agenda, I too would like to uh point out uh the excitement around the solar panels going in at uh College Park Neighbor Association. And that's all
I've got, Mayor. Thank you. Thank you, Commissioner. Commissioner Sheen. >> Uh, thank you, Mayor Dyer. And I'd like to thank Corporal Rosado for being our Easter Bunny escort. And yes, the golden eggs are a big deal. I got to tell you, those kids are all trying to find that golden egg. And they are competitive.
So, uh, and it is a badge of honor. They were for many years out. I got it last year. So, you got to have golden eggs, commissioner. I'm just telling you. Um, I too would like to congratulate uh, Lieutenant Hugan as well on his award as well as for his service in the National Guard above and beyond what you do.
Thank you very much, sir. You're definitely the embodiment of service. So, thank you very much for your for everything you do for us. Um, I too would like to to talk about a little about yard waste. It's three times the normal volume. Um, usually when we have this kind of volume after a hurricane
and we are in hurricane volumes right now, we can get a disaster declaration and get extra trucks. Well, we can't we don't have a disaster declaration. So, these folks in solid waste working 11 hour days, six days a week. This, you know, it's that's a lot for them to do.
And you can assist them by bundle and bagging. And yes, they missed me sometimes, but you know what? That's an awful lot. And the other thing people don't take into consideration is not only do are the trucks filling up faster, there's a line at the dump to get in as well. So, it's not that we're not trying. There's just a lot of yard
waste out there. And again, you can help us out a lot by bundling, by bagging. I'm doing my part, too. Everybody says, "Why do you always put your stuff in bags, Commissioner?" I'm like, "Because it's easier for them to pick it up that way." So, I'm trying to lead by example, too. But I know I've put out a lot more than I put out even during hurricanes.
that was the leaves and as well as everything that died. And I'm a green thumb, which you know, my yard is terrible right now and it's all brown. It's all in bags in front of my house. So, I know everybody's having a everybody's impatient, but the bottom line is the the solid waste folks are trying. And again, I'm just really
concerned. If you're worried now about us not having a disaster declaration without assistance, I'm really concerned what's going to happen with if we don't have FEMA funding to do the same thing in the future if we have a hurricane. So again, these are all things that we have to consider that we have to think about
at the city council level and understand that we're trying uh to get this picked up as soon as as soon as we can. But and I also want to again shout out to the solid waste collectors. They're really working hard right now. Um on item 34 slide, Columbia Street improvements,
pedestrian improvements by the hospital. Very, very important. Um I am a huge solar proponent as many people know. I'm glad to see College Park and and the Smith Center are getting it. And uh I know there's been real concerns about how solar moves forward with with OUC's changes. If you get a percentage of your
bill done and you don't have to sell back to the to the utility company, that's the best way to do solar right now. And I I know that it's been a huge disincentive at the federal government and a huge disincentive with OU in terms of putting solar on rooftops, but we still need to do our part. I have solar
backup batteries. I have solar panels. I live it. Um and I think it's very very important for us to do sustainable energy in the future. And we need to talk more and more about this being disincentivized. It's just wrong to disincentivize clean [applause] energy. So, you know, it's it's what we should
be doing [applause] for our for our planet and for future generations. Um I'm a little concerned too about um the what we've had to do with MWBE replacing it with this small business enterprise. We should be giving minority businesses an opportunity and it's really sad that
the federal government is shoving this on us. Um, and and you know, I I wish that we could go back to what we're doing is making sure women, minorities had opportunities, too, but this is the this is the really unfortunate, horrible climate that we find ourselves in. And unfortunately, this is what we have to
do, but I'm hoping that in the future we'll have some changes in leadership and going back to doing the right thing by people. Um, I want to thank Fire Chief Jason Revolt. He's probably going to kill me for this, but um keeping me informed. Anything anytime something happens in my district, it's great to
get notified. There was even a toaster fire at Neores and I have to call the poor charge. Is there a fire at Neores? And he goes, "It was a toaster commissioner." So, I really appreciate getting that level of information. Um it's really great to be able to call the chief and get that information immediately. Really appreciate that. And
with that, I will move the consent agenda. >> Second. Motion by Commissioner Sheen, second by Commissioner Rose. All in favor, the motion indicates. So by saying I I those opposed. And so the motion carries. Okay. If any of you were here just for the consent agenda, now
would be good opportunity to sneak out. The rest of us are going to move on to the CRA. So without objection, I will recess the city council meeting and we will convene the CRA meeting. And I'm going to ask Kristen Holmes, our
assistant director, um, in David's absence to come to the podium. I'll handle 4A for you. How about that? First one is, uh, CRA meeting minutes from February the 23rd. >> Motion by Commissioner Sheen, second by Commissioner Rose. All in favor
indicates save by saying I. I. Those opposed. And so the motion carries. All right. I'll let you handle the rest. 4B. >> Okay. All right. So, good afternoon. So item B is the acknowledgement agreement with SEDD development. This is a companion item to 3D2 which was under
the consent agenda today. There are no changes to the incentive agreement that was approved by the city and CRA back in April of 2024. So this agreement just acknowledges that SEDD created a CDD and the incentive payment will go to that entity. So I'm happy to answer any
questions for that item. >> Motion by Commissioner Rose, second by Commissioner Sheen. Questions or discussion? Hearing none. All in favor of the motion indicates so by saying I I those opposed motion carries. Okay. 4 C. >> Okay. Item C is a service authorization with Jacob's Engineering Group for
Church Street Festival Street project which Commissioner Ortiz has mentioned. Uh this is another companion item and it is for 3B11 under the consent agenda. The goal for the project is really just to transform Church Street as we've said many times before into a festival street
in alignment with our DTO action plan. The purpose there is just to support some of the improvements we're planning to have to support some increased mobility and connectivity for those who come into the beautiful downtown Orlando. And this phase of the project is going to focus on the tracks to
Orange Avenue. And the city is going to use the existing professional service agreement that we have with Jacob's Engineering Group. And as far as the budget, we are planning to have a budget not to exceed about $728,000 for this project. Second
>> motion by Commissioner Rose, second by Commissioner Sheen. Discussion or questions? Hearing none. All in favor of the motion indicates by saying I. I. Those opposed. So the motion carries. 4 D please. >> Sure. 4 D is a report and proposed finding a necessity and blight
resolution. So the item includes the findings of necessity report and everything in this report is actually consistent with David Burrilla's workshop presentation on February 9th. So no changes there and happy to answer any questions for that item. >> Second
>> motion by Commissioner Rose, second by Commissioner Sheen. Discussion hearing none. All in favor of the motion indicates so by saying I. I. >> Those opposed. So the motion carries for E. >> Okay. E is the DTO outlook plan
amendment and resolution for 2026. Again, this information was presented to you on February 9th by David and that information is the same. Since that presentation, MPB has reviewed and provided their approval on March 17th. And just a highle recap, the amendment
includes the general updates to the DTO outlook as well as the proposed expansion area and happy to answer questions on that item as well. >> Motion by Commissioner Rose, second by Commissioner Sheen. All in uh discussion hearing none. All in favor of the motion
indicates so by saying I I those opposed the motion carries. And for F. >> So for F, this item is amending the ordinance to include the proposed expansion area and include a reference to the 2026 amendment and happy to answer any questions for that item.
>> Second. >> Motion by Commissioner Rose, second by Commissioner Sheen. Discussion hearing none. All in favor of the motion indicates so by saying I. I those opposed. Motion carries. All right. Did we just do that one
twice? >> No. >> No. >> They seem They're all related. >> Okay. 4F. >> Okay. That is all. >> Okay. >> All right. You might as well stay there. >> Yes, sir. Uh without objection, we will
adjourn the CRA meeting and we will reconvene the city council meeting and do it all again. So we're going to move to hearings item 9A. Madame clerk, would you read the resolution on the first
public hearing, please? A resolution of the city council of the city of Orlando, Florida, relating to community redevelopment, finding the existence of light conditions in an area of the city of Orlando, making certain findings and determinations, providing an effective date. >> Okay, we're going to do what we just did
at the CRA as a city, but this time we're going to have a little presentation. >> Yes, we will. All right. So, for this presentation, as stated previously, all information in the finding of necessity report is consistent with David's presentation to you on February 9th. And
we have also received a copy of the full um findings of necessity report as well. So, part three, chapter 163, Florida statute provides local governments the power to revitalize deteriorated area within their communities if slum or blighted conditions exist. Community
solutions group JI Consultants, Inc. conducted a finding of necessity study to determine if the approximately 47 acre area adjacent to the Camping World Stadium contained slum or blight conditions that warrant such expansion areas inclusion into the downtown
redevelopment area. The map that you're looking at right now, the yellow shaded area is our current downtown CRA boundaries and the blue shaded area on the left side of the screen around Camping World is the proposed area for expansion.
This is the blighted area conditions matrix and it shows those blighted areas of conditions that were outlined. So blighted area just means an area in which there are substantial number of deterioration or deteriorating structures and which two or more of the
factors must be present. And as you can see on this chart on the right side there are X's to indicate that these conditions have been observed. So conditions are present in the expansion area which are detrimental to the sound growth of the city of Orlando
and which substantially impair or arrest the growth within the expansion area and adjacent territory. The rehabilitation and redevelopment of the expansion area will allow the elimination of conditions of blight that are detrimental to and endanger public health, safety, morals,
and welfare. The resolution provided as part of the city council agenda makes a finding of blight and necessity of redevelopment based upon data compiled and analyzed by CI Consultants, Inc. As the city grows, developing into a world-class destination for sports
culture and quality, community life is a priority, and the expansion is key to leveraging the renovation of Camping World Stadium's economic development potential in spurring area improvements. Pursuant to the 2007 venues interlocal agreement, the resolution's
effectiveness is contingent upon approval by the Orange County Board of County Commissioners. >> Okay, I'll open the meeting for public comment. Madame Clerk, we don't have any cards for public comment. Is that right? >> No, speaker. Then I will close the public uh portion of the public comment
and I will ask for a motion to approve the report, adopt the resolution and authorize the mayor and city clerk to sign the resolution. Motion made by Commissioner Chapen, second by Commissioner Rose. Is there discussion hearing? None. All in favor of the
motion indicate so by saying I. I. Those opposed. So the motion carries. That brings us to uh hearings 9B. Madame clerk, would you read the resolution for the first public hearing on this resolution?
>> A resolution of the city of Orlando, Florida, rel relating to community redevelopment, making findings, approving and adopting a community redevelopment plan amendment, authorizing implementation of such plan amendment, providing an effective date. >> Okay. Motion and a second to approve the
2026 amendment. Adoption of the resolution and authorization for the mayor and city clerk to sign the resolution. Authorize staff to correct scriber and formatting errors, punctuation, clarifications to not change intent, correct page numbers, and
references to figures within the plan amendment. Is that your motion and second? >> Yes. >> Okay. Um Chris Kristen, would you uh provide us the rationale? Sure. So for this, there we go. Thank you. So
the downtown Orlando community redevelopment area plan is the method by which new activities are identified and prioritized for implementation and funding throughout the redevelopment area. Changing conditions and development readiness coupled with key staff research findings necessitate the
periodic updating of the plan. The original downtown redevelopment area plan was adopted in 1982 and has been amended in 1990 2000, 2007, 2010, 2015, and 2023. The current 2026 detail outlook part 3
amendment includes plans for the expansion area, projects, initiatives, and strategies outlined in the detail action plan supporting general plan update information, including maps. There were no changes from the version presented at the February 9th, 2026 city council CRA workshop and MPB reviewed
and a the amendment and found conformity with the GMP. >> We have no requests for public comment. Um we have a motion and a second. Are there questions or discussion? Hearing none. All in favor of the motion indicate so by saying I. I. Those
opposed. And so the motion carries. All right, Kristen, we're going to move on to 11A. Madame Clerk, would you um read the title of the trust fund ordinance amendment? Ordinance number 2026-7,
an ordinance of the city of Orlando, Florida, pursuant to section 163.387, Florida statutes, parentheses 2022, amending ordinances enacted on July 12th, 1982, June 18th, 1990, October 23rd, 2000, June 25th, 2007, February
22nd, 2010, February 10th, 2014, June 15, 2015, and August 14, 2023. Creating a community redevelopment trust fund for the downtown Orlando community redevelopment area. Providing for the deposit of increment revenues attributed to the expansion of the downtown Orlando
community redevelopment area. Providing for the calculation of the increment revenues attributed to the expansion of the downtown Orlando community redevelopment area. Amending references to the community redevelopment plan for the downtown Orlando community redevelopment area to include the plan amendment approved by the city council
on April 6, 2026, providing for an effective date. Second. >> Okay. Um, Commissioner Rose moves to approve the ordinance 2026-7 upon first reading and request that the
mayor and city clerk present the draft ordinance for second reading and public hearing at the next reg city council meeting. Commissioner Sheen has seconded that motion. Kristen, would you uh give us the rationale? >> Sure. The TIF trust fund provides the
deposit of incremental revenues in the CRA district from the various taxing authorities. City council adopted the trust fund ordinance on July 12th, 1982 and has amended the ordinance upon the expansion of the downtown redevelopment area in 1990 and 2007 the adoption of
the 2000, 2010, 2014, 2015, and 2023 amendments to the CRA plan. The amendment to the trust fund ordinance amends references to the downtown Orlando community redevelopment plan to include the 2026 plan amendment and provides for the deposit of any
increment revenues generated within the 2026 expansion area into the trust fund anticipated to be $0 due to the expansion area being publicly owned. >> Okay, we have no request for public comment. Do we have discussion or
questions? Hearing none. All in favor of the motion indicates so by saying I I those opposed and so the motion carries. Okay, great job Kristen. >> Thank you. >> We will move on to hearings ordinances on second reading. Um earlier we
deferred item 12A to the next meeting. So madame clerk would you read 12B, please? Mayor Dyer, I believe for noticing purposes, we may have to open the hearing if we can >> say that again. You want us to go ahead
and read that and then >> I believe so. Yes. Because because it's already been advertised. >> Okay. Let's move back to 12A then. And Madame Clerk, would you go ahead and read the title of the of ordinance 2025-47? Ordinance number 2025-47, an ordinance of the city council of the
city of Orlando, Florida, relating to procurement of goods, services, and supplies providing for the creation of a small and local business enterprise preference and the suspension of chapter 7, article 11, section 7.1101 and chapter 57, articles 2 and three, related to the minority and women
business enterprise and providing for severability, codification, correction of scrimmers errors, and an effective date. >> Okay, without objection, we will defer that to the next meeting. Okay, you want to read the next one? Ordinance number 2026-4,
an ordinance of the city council of the city of Orlando, Florida, amending the city's growth management plan to change the future land use map designation for a portion of certain land generally located south of Lee Vista Boulevard, east of Shadow Ridge Drive, north of Butler National Drive, and west of Shaw Creek Drive from neighborhood activity
center to industrial. and changing the zoning designation for a portion of the property from neighborhood activity center with the aircraft noise overlay district to general industrial with the aircraft noise overlay district providing the amendment of the city's growth management plan and zoning maps providing preservability correction
discriminators errors permit disclaimer and an effective date >> motion by commission Ortiz second by commissioner sheen we have no request for public comments on this ordinance is there discussion hearing none in favor of the motion indicates so by saying I I
those opposed. So the motion carries. 12C. Madam clerk. >> Ordinance number 2026-5, an ordinance of the city council of the city of Orlando, Florida, amending the city's land development code to update preferences preferences consisted with the goals, policies, objectives, and figures of the
city's updated growth management plan providing for legislative findings, codification, servability, correction, discriminators error, and an effective date. >> Second. Motion by Commissioner Ortiz, second by Commissioner Chapen. Again, we have no request for public comment. Is
there discussion? Hearing none, all in favor of the motion indicates so by saying I. I. Those opposed. And so, the motion carries. And that concludes the regularly scheduled business for city of Orlando today. Ed, would you get us
prepared to um do general parents? [music] [music] Heat. Heat. [music]