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Okay, welcome back. Um, this will be our first budget hearing for this year. We are holding our first public budget hearing to adopt the proposed mill rate and establish a tenative budget for fiscal year 2526.
The proposed budget reflects the previous discussions that we've had in our workshop in July and represents a balanced budget that maintains the same mill rate for the 12th consecutive year. And despite the rapid increase in prices and goods and services, we should be
proud that we have yet again a flat property tax rate. And we can confidently say we will provide the essential government services in the most efficient and effective way possible. As we discussed in July, the proposed budget allows us to stay focused on our top priority, public
safety. It includes an addition of 16 new police officers and a new city sponsored paramedic school to train future first responders. And we're also addressing our mobility needs, including the most ever for roadway pavement and rehabilitation.
So, let's get started. This is the first of two public hearings for the adoption of the millage rate and budget for the city of Orlando for fiscal year 2526. At this first hearing, city council will consider for adoption the proposed millage rate and tenative budget. Second hearing, city council will consider for
adoption of final mill rate and budget. Madame clerk, would you read the title of the millage resolution? Resolution of the city of Orlando, Florida establishing the advalorum tax levy millage rate upon the cestrial property and business personal property tax rules of the year 2025.
The proposed millage rate for the city for fiscal year 2526 is 6.6500 mills which is 4.27% higher than the rolled back rate of 6.3774. Is there a motion to adopt the proposed
millage rate? Second. Motion by Commissioner Ortiz, second by Commissioner Sheen. Michelle, on July 14th, city council approved a proposed millage rate of 6.65 mills so the appropriate filing could be made with the property appraiser by the
August deadline set for the trim notification process. The millage rate is within the parameters outlined by state formula, has not changed from the prior year, and is to maintain the city's levels of service. We do not have any requests for public comment on the millage rate. Is there
discussion? Hearing none. All in favor of the mil the motion on the millage rate indicate so by saying I. I. Those opposed and so the motion carries. Madame clerk, would you read the title
of the budget resolution? A resolution of the city of Orlando, Florida, adopting the annual budget of the city of Orlando, Florida for the fiscal year beginning October 1st, 2025 and ending September 30th, 2026. Is there a motion to adopt?
Second tenative budget. Motion by Commissioner Sheen, second by Commissioner Stewart. Michelle, at the July 14th budget workshop, we presented a balanced preliminary city budget. Materials detailing that budget were delivered to each commissioner and
have been posted on the city's website since July 21st. During the July 14th presentation, I noted it was a working draft and revisitions were possible as we received more information and refined estimates. In today's proposed budget, there are only a few changes compared to
what was presented earlier. The total proposed budget is just shy of $1.8 8 billion, which includes a general fund budget of about $739.6 million. This total budget is about $10.3 million
higher than the budget presented at the workshop on July 14th, and the overall increase is primarily due to an increase in water reclamation capital project budgets. The general fund budget is about $3 million less than the budget presented at the workshop and that's
primarily the result of separating the budget for the red light camera program from the general fund into a separate fund. These revised budget details have been posted both through the city council agenda and on the city's management and budget division website.
I have no requests for public comment discussion. Commissioner Burns. Uh yes. Thank you, Mayor. Uh, mayor and fellow commissioners, as you know, I serve as the president and chief executive officer of the healthc care center for the homeless. The city budgets uh the city's budget this year and for several years prior to my
service on the city council has included funds that provided grant funding to the healthc care center for the homeless. None of that money goes towards my compensation. Additionally, these funds would not be granted to the healthc care center for the homeless unless and until the city and the health care center
enter into a separate written agreement. Such agreements will come back before the city council for individual approval in the future. And I want to make it clear that when these specific items comes before the council, I will abstain from voting on any funding and agreement between the city and the healthcare
center for the homeless and we'll fill out the uh proper paperwork required for uh noting this information and provide that information to the city clerk. Duly noted. Thank you, commissioner. Additional discussion hearing none. All in favor of the motion indicates so by
saying I. Those opposed. And so the motion carries and we will move on. This is the first of two public hearings for the adoption of the millage rate and budget for the downtown development board for fiscal year 2526. At this first hearing, city council will
consider for adoption the proposed millage rate tenative budget. At the second hearing, the city council will consider for adoption the final millage rate and budget. Matt, hold on. Madame clerk, would you read the title of the millillage resolution?
A resolution of the city of Orlando, Florida, establishing the downtown development board the adorum tax levy military upon the ancestrial property within the downtown development district of the year 2025. Okay. Second motion by Commissioner Rose,
second by Commissioner Stewart. The proposed millage rate for the DDB for fiscal year 2526 is 1 mil which is 73.68% lower than the rolled back rate of 3.7993
Michelle on July 14th city council on behalf of the DDB set a proposed millage rate of $1 per $1,000 valuation. Like the city's millage rate, the DDB's rate was submitted to the property appraiser by the August deadline for the trim
notification process. The millage rate is within the parameters outlined by state formula, has not changed from the prior year, and is to maintain board delivered programs. Have no request for public comment discussion among commissioners
hearing? None. All in favor of the motion indicates so by saying I. Those opposed. And so the military motion is adopted. Madame clerk, would you read the title of the budget resolution? A resolution of the city of Orlando,
Florida, adopting the annual budget of the downtown development board for the fiscal year beginning October 1st, 2025 and ending September 30th, 2026. Second. Motion by Commissioner Rose, second by Commissioner Sheen. Michelle,
the total proposed budget for the downtown development board is about $4.4 million and has not changed since the July 14th budget workshop. Budget materials detailing this information has been presented to each commissioner and posted on the city's website since July
21st. I have no requests for public comment discussion hearing. None. All in favor of the motion indicate so by saying I. I. Those opposed and so the motion carries. We'll move on to our third public
hearing. This is the first of two public hearings for the adoption of the millage rate and budget for the downtown south neighborhood improvement district for fiscal year 2526. At this first hearing, city council will consider for adoption the proposed mill rate and tenative
budget. At the second hearing, city council will consider for adoption the final millage rate and budget. Madame clerk, would you read the title of the millillage resolution? A resolution of the city council of the city of Orlando, Florida, and the board of directors of the downtown south neighborhood improvement district leving
an adorum tax at the rate of $1 per $1,000 of assessed value on non-exempt real property located within the jurisdictional boundaries of the downtown south neighborhood improvement district. providing certain findings, providing for administrative millage adjustment in accordance with Florida statutes, providing for the collection
of taxes, providing for severability, correction script errors, repeal of conflicting resolutions, and an effective date. So move second. Motion by Commissioner Sheen, second by Commissioner Rose. The proposed mill rate for the Downtown South NID for
fiscal year 2526 is 1 mil, which is 3.87% 87% higher than the roll back rate of 9627. Michelle, on June 11th, the Downtown South Neighborhood Improvement District Advisory Council recommended their
millillage rate and on July 14th, city council on behalf of the Downtown South NID set a millage rate of $1 per $1,000 valuation. Similar to the city's millage rate, that rate was submitted to the property appraiser by the August deadlines for the trim notification
process. The millage rate is within the parameters outlined by state formula has not changed from the prior year and is to provide administration and infrastructure projects within the district. I have no request for public comment discussion hearing none. All in favor of
the motion indicates so by saying I. Those opposed and so the motion carries. Madame Clerk, would you read the title of the budget resolution? A resolution of the city council of the city of Orlando, Florida, and the board of directors of the Downtown South
Neighborhood Improvement District, adopting the fiscal year 2025 2026 budget for the Downtown South Neighborhood Improvement District, providing certain findings, providing certain budget accounting procedures, providing for severability, correction of scrier's error, repeal of conflicting resolutions, and an effective date. So
move second. Motion by Commissioner Sheen, second by Commissioner Stewart. Uh Michelle, the proposed budget for the Downtown South Neighborhood Improvement District is almost 1.1 million and has not
changed since the July 14th budget workshop. Budget materials detailing this information have been presented to each commissioner and posted on the city's website since July 21st. I have no request for public comment discussion hearing. None. All in favor
of the motion indicates so by saying I. I. Those opposed. And so the motion carries. Without objection, I'm going to recess the city council meeting and convene the board of directors for the downtown south neighborhood improvement district. This is the first of two public hearings
for the adoption of the mill rate and budget for the downtown south neighborhood improvement district for fiscal year 2526. At this first hearing, the board of directors will consider for adoption the proposed military and tenative budget. The second hearing, the board of directors will consider for
adoption the final military and budget. Madame clerk, would you read the title of the millillage resolution? A resolution of the city council of the city of Orlando, Florida, and the board of directors of the downtown south neighborhood improvement district levy and addorum tax at the rate of $1 per
$1,000 of assessed value on non-exempt rail property located within the jurisdictional boundaries of the downtown south neighborhood improvement district providing certain findings. providing for administrative millage adjustment in accordance with Florida statutes, providing for the collection of taxes, providing for serverability,
correction of scrier's error, repeal of conflicting resolutions, and an effective date. So move second. Motion by Commissioner Sheen, second by Commissioner Stewart. The proposed millage rate for the downtown south neighborhood improvement district for fiscal year 2526 is 1 mil, which is 3.8%
87% 3.87% 87% higher than the roll back rate of N627. Michelle mayor, all the comments I made earlier are still the same. I'm happy. We will incorporate the comments from the city council meeting to on the same
subject at this point. Um I do not have any requests for public comment discussion hearing. None. All in favor of the motion indicate so by saying I. I. Those opposed. And so the motion carries. Madame clerk, would you read the title of the budget resolution?
A resolution of the city council of the city of Orlando, Florida, and the board of directors of the downtown south neighborhood improvement district adopting the fiscal year 2025 2026 budget for the downtown south neighborhood improvement district, providing certain findings, providing certain budget accounting procedures, providing for severability, correction
of scrier's error, repeal of conflicting resolutions, and an effective date. So move. Motion by Commissioner Sheen, second by Commissioner Rose. Would you like me to incorporate your comments from the city council meeting at this point? Yes, sir. Thank you.
Uh, so done. Done. So, um, no requests for public comment, discussion, hearing. None. All in favor of the motion indicates so by saying I. I. Those opposed. And so, the motion carries. Without objection, we will adjourn the board of directors for the
downtown south neighborhood improvement district. We'll reconvene the city council meeting. And Michelle, do you have anything else? Yes, sir. Thank you very much. Okay, then we will convene again at this convenient time of 501 in two weeks to do the second and final reading of the
budget. Budget staff, thank you for all you've done up to this point. Hopefully, you have an easy couple of weeks between now and then. Um, without objection, we stand to journal you. Part: 2
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All right. Thank you, Mayor. Uh, if you all are so inclined, please bow your heads and join me in a word of prayer. Dear heavenly father, we gather today in humility and service, seeking your guidance, wisdom, and courage to govern for the common good of Orlando's
residents. May our decisions be selfless, just, and mindful of every neighbor today and for generations to come. Give us clarity of purpose so that the decisions are made for the common good rather than personal gain. Courage
to do what is right and grace to listen deeply and together. Today, Lord, we remember Mabel Butler, the first black woman to serve on the Orlando City Council and a fierce advocate for those she represented. Her dedication reminds
us that public service is a sacred trust carried forward by each generation of stewards who follow. Commissioner Butler leaves a legacy of courageous leadership that will continue to guide and and inspire many of us. Her legacy reminds
us to champion uh opportunity for all residents, speak out for fairness and inclusion, and stand firmly for the dignity and worth of every person. Lord, we ask for your comfort during this time for the family and all who were blessed
by her incredible life. Lord, we offer this prayer in the spirit of service and unity. These and other things we ask. Amen. Amen. To the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it
stands one nation indivisibley and justice for all. Okay, let's call the meeting to order. And madame clerk, would you call the role and make a determination of a quorum, please? Commissioner Gray here. Commissioner Ortiz
here. Commissioner Stewart here. Commissioner Sheen here. Interim Commissioner Rose here. Commissioner Burns here. Mayor Dyer here. Mayor, you have a quorum with all members present. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Okay. A first order business is
consideration of the minutes from the city. Second city council meeting and agenda review meeting of August the 11, 2025. Motion by Commissioner Ortiz. Second by Commissioner Stewart. All in favor indicate so by saying I. I. Those
opposed. So the motion carries. Okay. Right into awards, presentations, and recognitions. Each year, the mayor's leadership award helps the city of Orlando recognize staff members who lead with great commitment and passion. And our human resources director, Anna
Palenoa, will you slipped over there, Anna? Will give us some background on the award and also announce the recipient. Yes. Drum roll. Good afternoon, mayor, commissioners, and invited guests. The mayor's
leadership award was established in 2005 and is designed to recognize employees who have demonstrated excellent leadership by upholding the highest ethics, leading in a collaborative manner in enhancing and supporting the city of Orlando's mission statement.
It is my honor to announce that the recipient of the 2024 mayor's leadership award is Katrina Lardman. [Applause]
Now it's time to celebrate Katrina who has demonstrated remarkable examples of leadership and is so deserving of this recognition. Turning it over to Michelle Mcrimman, CFO, who will introduce Katrina and mayor, if you would like to join us uh to present the award.
Thank you, Anna. It's my honor to present this award to Katrina Lottoman, the treasurer of the city of Orlando. Katrina started with the city in the 1900s. Well, technically 1999
and has more than 26 years of service with over 10 years as our city treasurer. The treasury division may work quietly behind the scenes, but their role is absolutely critical. They manage almost $4 billion in cash and investments of the city and all of the
city's retirement plans. Yes, billions. They oversee more than $1.3 billion in outstanding bonds and loans, including working with rating agencies to ensure our high credit ratings are maintained. Katrina played a key role in the TDT interlocal agreement negotiations with
Orange County for uh for securing the financing mechanisms to fund the Camping World Stadium and KIA center improvements. and she also led her team in issuing $400 million in bonds for Camping World Stadium that just closed a
few weeks ago. Uh secured a $60 million line of credit for KIA center improvements and issued $150 million in new water reclamation bonds last fall. That's a lot of activity in just less than a year. And the Treasury team also administers three pension plans and the
city's defined contribution and 457 plans. So that's coordinating all of the pension board meetings, disability hearings, and managing agreements with over 40 investment managers as well as the investment custodian. And Katrina also serves on the the police and fire
pension boards as well. As a treasurer, Katrina manages all of this by leading a small but mighty team of four. She works closely with investment consultants, adviserss, attorneys. But what makes this possible is Katrina's leadership. She empowers,
she mentors, and inspires her team. She entrusts staff with meaningful responsibilities while providing guidance that builds confidence and fosters success. Katrina strikes the right balance of delegation and oversight. She gives her managers opportunities to lead projects
and critical tasks, but always being ready to step in and roll up her sleeves when she's needed. Katrina is also highly effective in communicating complex financial issues. Whether she's presenting to the city's investment or finance committees or to the mayor's executive leadership class
where she explains the city's investments and debt obligations in ways that resonate with her audience. Katrina is hardworking, dedicated, and deeply committed to the work she and her team are entrusted with. And I'm so happy and proud to recognize her
leadership and impact. So, please join me in recognizing and congratulating Katrina Lottoman, recipient of the 2024 Mayor's Leadership Award. Awesome. We'll make it a party. small but mighty. Put the rest of the game.
outside working. Nobody's working. We're doing no finance right now. Hey, they did the budget. It's for tonight. They're going to be here anyway. They did their part. That's right. We just got to ratify it. It's all good.
They're going to be here anyway. Mera, mirror, you gonna have to step up. [Applause] I got you, Jim. Thanks. I got you. Keep going.
There's a song. There's a song. Okay. Uh, Hispanic Heritage Month is coming up. I want to thank um Commissioner Ortiz for his u leadership and I want to thank the Hispanic Heritage Month Committee for all of the
work that they've done in preparing it September 15th through October 15th and I think there's a hundred his uh Spanish countries that all celebrate their birthday or anniversary. I don't think it's quite a hundred commissioner but
it's a lot of them. I I know that. So, uh, Luis Martinez is going to come up and tell us all about Hispanic Heritage Month. Good afternoon, Mayor Dier, city commissioners and residents at Hispanic Heritage Month is observed
annually from September 15 to October 15th to celebrate the histories, culturals, and contributions of Hispanic individuals whose ancestors are from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. To honor the
remarkable contributions of our Hispanic community, this year's National Hispanic Heritage Month theme is collective heritage, honoring the past, inspiring the future, which highlights the importance of celebrating the deep
cultural traditions that shape Hispanics identity while embracing the promise and creativity of future generations. This year's events include the opening reception of the art exhibition on September 17th at 5:00 pm at City Hall's
Rotanda and Teras Gallery which features art pieces by 33 local visual artists and our annual community celebration on October the 8th at 5:00 pm at Dr. Philip Center for the Performing Arts. both
events officiated by Mayor Dyer and Commissioner Ortiz and Latin food, music and life entertainment. We look forward to this event and I hope you can all join us. And for more information about our Hispanic Heritage Month events,
please visit orlando.gov/hispanic heritage. Now I ask mayor Dyer, city commissioners, and the city's employee planning committee and sponsors to join us for a group pictures after mayor present the proclamation.
Whereas the city of Orlando is proud to join in the national recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month to showcase the contributions and accomplishments of Hispanic Americans. And whereas Hispanic Americans have had a lasting impact on the United States, helping to make our nation, state, region, and community
stronger. And whereas in Orlando, Hispanic Americans represent numerous and distinct cultures. And whereas the Hispanic Heritage Month provides us the opportunity to learn about the cultures that have helped to form our country. and where as we celebrate Hisper Heritage Month, our community reaffirms
its collective commitment to ensuring that Orlando remains a welcoming city where every person is valued, respected, and has access to opportunities that help them thrive. Now, therefore, we Buddy Dyer, mayor of the city of Orlando and the entire Orlando City Council, do
hereby proclaim September 15th through October 15, 2025 as Hispanic Heritage Month in the city of Orlando. the employee planning committee and the sponsor. Please join us for a group picture. Thank you.
Here we go. Here we go. Come on. Sorry, don't mess my stuff up. [Applause] I got you.
I'm okay. Okay, that brings us to the mayor's update. And as Commissioner Burns mentioned in the during his invocation over the weekend, Commissioner Mabel Butler passed away. She was 98 years old
and still going strong to the very end. She was a legendary community leader that loved Orlando, never stopped serving. Uh she was a trailblazer. Kakari mentioned she was the first African-American female on the Orlando City Council and the first
African-American on the Orange County Commission. Her advocacy and leadership, Tyrus work ethic made our community a better place to live. I think fondly she would summon me. She didn't invite me. She gently summoned you to her home for
breakfast once a quarter. And I would never leave there without the heaviest sweet pound cake or carrot cake or some delicious thing that everybody in my office expected me to bring back. If you've gone to Maples, you better be coming back with some goods. Um, but she
was a friend and a mentor to so many different people. when I think uh just about everybody that's been around the political world any time in the last 50 years probably has some Mabel story or another and she's going to be missed but
she certainly leaves a lasting legacy. So we send love to her family and to her friends and let's pause for a moment of silence. Thank you. And uh there's a memorial service at the Episcopal Church on the 20th and a celebration of life at the
community center, Claudia Allen Community Center on the 19th. And there's more information on that. Okay. I have a couple items of note um from the agenda today. So items 3B14 and 3B17
relate to the Pulse Memorial. And um it's good to be getting back to the business of the city rather than worrying about crosswalks and storm gutters and doge committees and everything else. Um and we were disheartened that the Pulse Memorial
crosswalk was removed by the state, but it was uplifting to see the outpouring of love and support from our Orlando community. It's certainly clear that the community's commitment to honoring the 49 has not been erased and that commitment includes completing the
permanent memorial on that site. On today's agenda, there are two items that advance the memorial. First is a funding agreement with Orange County. They're expected to take the agreement to their commission later this month. I want to thank Mayor Demings and the entire board of county commissioners for providing
funding toward the creation of the permanent memorial. And I want to again thank our advisory committee for representing the families, survivors, and other stakeholders. And Orange County is participating to the extent of $5 million. So, we thank them for that
contribution. Also on today's agenda is agreement with Gomez Construction who will complete the design and the management of the construction. And we expect that the design will take about nine months and that construction will begin next summer and conclude the
following year uh ahead of uh me leaving office and that is an important thing for me. Um but there it will be a great permanent space for families of the victims and survivors in our community.
Um 3J2 in February, our community also w lost a true servant leader in state senator Geraldine Thompson who was an elected leader, a civil rights advocate, an educator, a historian, um a wife, a
mother, and so much more. And she made an immeasurable impact on Orlando, our entire state, serving every day with dedication and integrity. So on today's agenda is a resolution supporting the U honorary designation of a portion of West South Street as Gerald Dean
Thompson Way. And this is especially fitting because it is right in front of the Wellsbuilt Museum of African-American History and Culture. Uh Commissioner Thompson was a champion for preserving that landmark as an important part of the city's history. I want to
thank state senator Kristen Arrington and newly elected state senator Leavonne Bracie Davis for bringing this forward at the state level. We're joined today by her husband, Judge Emerson Thompson and other members of the family. We thank you for sharing her with us. We
look forward to veiling the street sign. Um and would you join us and we would like to do a photo with you as well. And commissioners, why don't you go just come down? Yeah. Go down. Okay, I'm getting my steps in today. They're just going up and down for the
day. Um that'll bring us to the consent agenda. In the consent agenda, a number of items that are acted upon through a single vote of council. We give um each of the commissioners an opportunity to comment on items on the consent agenda
as well as update you on important things happening in their districts. We rotate the order that we do that. And first up today is Commissioner Picari Burton. Commissioner. All right. Thank you, Mayor. Uh, and first I'd like to say thank you for that um moment of silence recognizing the
legacy of I often refer to as uh Commissioner Emeritus Mayor Butler. I had the pleasure of um her being a mentor to me. Uh I was often times uh inspired, counseledled, uh corrected,
sometimes threatened. Um but it was all in love. And one one of the things that she mentioned to me and I saw it on the news uh over the weekend, they asked her what um what would kind of define her and she said Mayor Frederick said that
she's one that will roll run over you but then pick you up and take you to the hospital and I think that was um that hit the nail on the the coffin. So uh just say you know want to say thank you and as we reflect on her legacy let us recommmit ourselves to the principles
she embodied uh integrity inclusivity service before self and an unyielding belief in the power of collective action that will uplift every community. So again thank you uh mayor for that recognition.
Uh I on August 22nd I had the uh opportunity to host our fifth annual for the children's celebrity golf tournament. Uh on the back nine we got a little rain. Uh but I'd like to say thank you to Commissioner Stewart for participating as well as Commissioner
Sheen for your continued uh continued support. This uh tournament is is designed to raise money for scholarships. So, we will be pro pro uh providing two scholarships during the Florida Classic this year as well as 12 scholarships uh in the spring. So,
again, thank you for for your support. Also, I joined commissioners Gray and Stewart at the Orlando Fire Department's graduation and promotional ceremony um on Friday, September the 5th, and I'd like to just say congratulations to the new graduates. glad to have you um to
join our our great O of FD team as well as uh congratulations to the promoted firemen and fire women. Um upcoming events uh satellite office hours will be Wednesday, this Wednesday, September the 10th at Elclaia Allen Center and this is
a time for uh residents to meet with me outside of city hall in a environment that may be a little more convenient uh for them. So please reach out to my office. Uh we have appointments between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Also uh
Saturday uh the 13th uh the inaugural cle cell awareness walk will be happening at Carver Middle School. So please join the cleickle cell conquerors of central Florida along with hundreds of cickle cell warriors, families and supporters as we walk together to raise
awareness and funds for cickle cell research and support programs. Uh, also Orlando's Lake Cleanup. Uh, join us in District 6 on September uh, September 13th. Also Saturday from 9 uh, a.m. to
11:00 a.m. at Lake Fran uh, with Central Florida Recon. I see u one of our great um, neighborhood association presidents, uh, Miss Shirley Heath. So, we will be coming to clean up Lake Fran. She's always on me about uh, Lake Fran. So, we will be there this this Saturday to help
clean up Lake Fran. but also on September the 26 from 9 to 11 at Clear Lake. Uh and we note that kayaks and boats are encouraged. So please if you want to come out and uh volunteer some of your time, we have those two events to do so. Uh mayor, on the agenda, I
just like to say thank you to the re residents who've agreed to serve on the various citizen uh advisory committees or citiz. We could not operate our great city without your assistance. So thank you for that. Also, I'd like to uh on 3B14
express my support for the project site agreements for the afterchool all-star programs with uh Orange County Public Schools. I just like to say thank you to OCPS for their commitment, for their continued partnership as well as to the great staff. Uh please keep up the great
work because this program uh provides a lot of resources and outlets for our children uh after school. also uh like to express support as as the mayor mentioned support for 3J1 the resolution supporting the uh honorary designation
of portion of West South Street to uh Geraldine Thompson Way in honor of Senator uh Geraldine Thompson who I had the pleasure of going to uh attending church and growing up with her children. Um and that's all I have. Mayor, thank you.
Thank you, Commissioner Gray. Thank you, Mayor, very much. Um, a couple announcements and then uh some agenda items. Uh, on the 18th of August, I had the good fortune of uh attending the uh opening of the UCF Dr. Phillips uh nursing school in Lake Nona. Uh,
again, a great example to me of partnerships, which we talk about a lot here, a need for nursing students. Uh, UCF had the expertise to do it and Dr. Phillips provided the funds along with some others to to to uh to fund that. So, a great opening. That means they
will be training about a hundred nurses a year and statistics tell us 80% of those nurses stay right here in Central Florida. So that's an exciting time. Uh on the 19th um the mayor gave the state of the city and uh mayor congratulations. You did a great job and
and look my takeaway is we certainly are not perfect by any means but there's a lot to be proud of in the city and we're going to continue to work together as a group to make it even better. So, um, mayor, thank you for for putting us in a good light and, uh, we've got a lot of
great things going on in this city. Uh, on the, uh, 29th, u, the Lake Nona, uh, Chamber, uh, hosted a group for called Rise of Sports Beyond the Scoreboard, where we had some guest speakers including Shelley Wilks of the Magic, Caesar Lopez from Orlando City Soccer,
and Steve Hogan from Florida Citra Sports. uh but continue to reinforce the fact that we all know that sports play a big role in uh our our economy in helping provide exposure to Central Florida. A factoid that I didn't know.
It's hard to believe. I wouldn't know this one. But according to Steve, you know, we have one of the the bowl sponsors is the Pop-Tarts Bowl, which I think some people thought was a novelty at first, but because of the gentleman jumping out, the Pop-Tart guy, according to the folks in Pop-Tarts, they sold
more Pop-Tarts in the following week of that bowl game than they had in the entire year before. So, um, what does that mean? Uh what it really means is what I continue to say is these sporting events provide uh a national audience to
showcase Orlando and Central Florida. And uh we're lucky to have some of the sports groups here, including the Orlando Sports Commission. They do great work as well to just show off what we have to offer and to create awareness for companies and individuals to say, you know, maybe I ought to take a closer
look at Central Florida as a place to move my business or to move my home. So, um, thanks to those guys for coming out and, uh, as Commissioner Burns said, uh, it was a treat to, uh, attend the OFD graduation on Friday. On the agenda, real quick, I wanted to mention 3B21 and
3D13. Um, that is, uh, parks maintenance in both East Park and Southport. Want to thank Lisa Early and her team. Um, it's amazing how expensive maintaining parks is these days, but um, her team worked hard to find a way to value engineer
that. And so Lisa, thank you and your team for uh doing that and uh I know the neighbors are excited about that. So thank you. And then finally, um again, Commissioner Burns mentioned it, but After School Allstars is a great youth development program. If you have not heard of it or looked into it, please
do. Uh it's a great partnership between uh OCPS and our afterchools Allstar program, and it helps a lot of kids. Uh and we're lucky to have it. So that's all I have, Mayor. Thank you, sir. Thank you, Commissioner. We'll move on to Commissioner Tony Ortiz. Thank you, Mayor. Um, let me start by
I'd like to express my deepest condolences to the families and friends on the passing of Honorable Commissioner Emmeritus Mabel Butler. There's one word, Commissioner Burns, you you described her greatly, but there's one word we forgot is unwavering commitment.
That woman had a unwavering commitment to our community. Uh she was like the mayor said a trailblazer dedicated community advocate and a committed public servant. Through her leadership she shattered barriers and brought about meaningful lasting change in Orlando and
beyond. Not only to the black community I think to every community because she she set an example for everybody to work together. So her enduring legacy will continue to inspire all of us. Um let me go ahead and jump into that particular item you were talking about. uh
Commissioner Gray which is our afterchool allstars something very peculiar and I had the uh the opportunity to experience this is what the afterchool allstars program and the and the kids zone have done for our community which is um cannot be compared
to other communities because we have done so well and we see it in the in the crime stats how crime has gone down because these kids are busy they're busy out there by the by the end of the day they're so tired they just go to sleep and next we catch him again and we we keep him busy
and we have seen great leadership arising from this program. So makes us very proud to have a program like this. Mayor, you took on this program um years ago and you have taken to the next level. Our staff, our commission and uh the people we we have working on this
particular program is they're just wonderful and they're really dedicated. The their whole heart is is on it and uh that's what we need. We need more people to to be um dedicated and committed to our communities and to our kids like we have in our after school allstars program. So um congratulations
congratulations to all those renewals and thank you Lisa. Thank you for everything you also do that program and and and Tyler and the whole staff. Um in today's highly technological world uh seniors have increasingly become targets
of cyber crime. those that like to venture into computers. And uh on the morning of August 12th, the Orlando Police Department hosted the Hispanic Senior Safety Summit at the Englewood Center. The event focused on empowering seniors residents by sharing essential information about neighborhood safety,
practical tips, and crime prevention and cyber crime and guidance on accessing local resources to improve their quality of life. And I want to keep inviting our seniors to be part of our community and and getting involved in this particular programs. And I want to continue to congratulate our Orlando Police
Department that, you know, in their mission to to better our community, they never stop thinking about everybody, including our kids, our seniors. So, they're engaging everybody. So, thank you for that. In keeping with our community about uh community projects, community leaders met at the Dover Shore
Center in the evening of August 13th to discuss concerning concerns regarding the South Comry Road improvement, which has been very controversial. But I think as it has come towards the Anna, people are really liking what they're seeing. Most of of the people, there's always, you know, a couple people that are not
totally satisfied. But u I want to congratulate um the Department of Transportation, the Florida Department of Transportation for listening because they had ways of doing certain things, but uh they listened to our community and our community transformed that department and they're utilizing a new
style of addressing the community because of what they experienced with our community. They really saw that the engagement with the community brought better results and we came up with a much better plan. So kudos to them in in their approach. On the evening of August
14th, District 2 in partnership with the Orlando Police Department proudly hosted the National Night Out Kickoff event rocked the house. This annual gathering provided an excellent opportunity for residents to connect with their neighbors and our dedicated Orlando Police and FAR teams. Attendees enjoy
various activities including fire uh free food giveaways, bounce houses, and live entertainment. We sincerely thank everyone who participated and contributed to making this event a success. We continue to strengthen and promote a safer community. And I have to
I have to brag a little bit about this because I have my leazison officer pulling some stats from back 2008 in terms of um residential burgies and uh and recent residential burglaries. And if I told you that um burglaries have
gone down 75%, would that be a shocker? That's a shocker. And and and vehicle uh burglaries also 70%. That's a big number. So that's why the commu when the community comes together, that's the kind of stats you get. So on August 15, we attended the annual
conference of the Florida League of Cities at Bonnet Creek where the 202425 board of directors convene to discuss numerous topics and and initiative. A huge subject this year is uh property taxes and uh please pay attention to our
we're going to put in our uh social media anything and everything that has to do with property taxes. You know the the true story about property taxes and how they help our communities and in the city of Orlando and I know the mayor have said this a number of times. We get
a revenue of approximately 48% of our budget comes from property taxes and and just between the police department and the fire department we spend about 51%. So that give you an idea if we were to get rid of property taxes, what would happen? How would we replace that money? What would we have to do? So, and that's
just one of the many of the many things that we have to discuss and we want to make sure that our community is well aware because as Thomas Jefferson used to say, you know, when the people are well informed, you can trust it with the government. So that's what we want. On August 18th, the Elboskeario de la
project that translated in in English is faith community forest project officially began in the Aelia in the heart of Aelia Park. We're honored to partner with the Renaser Foundation which is spearheading this vital initiative to develop an urban
ecological corridor. This project aims to strengthen environmental restoration, mental health, and spiritual well-being through faith-based community action to enhance the quality of life within our community. Planting the first tree symbolizes a commitment and drive of this initiative to create a vibrant
environment for all our residents. On August uh 19th, my fellow commissioners and I attended the mayor Dyer state of the city address. As Commissioner Gray said, mayor, that was that was awesome. It was um great message to our community and and just indicates our commitment to
our community and also the the uh commitment of the community to continue working together all of us right I think that's why we stand out and that's why I think we have so many other cities being so jealous of us but anyhow that's just between you and and and us here at the
uh city council today nobody else right on August 21st we held our bimonthly council or community leaders meeting at the Englewood Center special thanks to Greg Hudson from OU, Monica Lopez from code enforcement, Dr. Jose Rodriguez,
and Mr. Hur Kahika for presenting the Elbos Commun project. Additionally, our police leaison provided an update on the district crime stats. On the evening of August 25th, I attended UCF human rights initiative event which focused on educating the public about patients uh
rights within the mental health system. The initiative also allows leaders to advocate for justice and raise awareness. August 27, the Orlando Police Department hosted a woman's personal safety awareness presentation at the Dover Shores Neighborhood Center, aiming to educate and empower community members
through self-defense training. Ladies, we're going to continue doing that. So, pay attention so you can come up and spend some time with us while learning how to a few defensive tactics there, keeping those guys away from those who have bad intentions away from
you. Anyhow, an extra the Spanish Government Academy is approaching its halfway point. Uh the next opportunity will be available on February 20 uh 2026. Remember that this um this academy provides you with extra credits,
continued education credit from UCF and you don't get to pay a scent. So that's a good thing. So and that's all I have here. Thank you. Thank you, Commissioner. And we'll move on to Commissioner Stewart. Thank you, Mayor. I'm off. There you go. Thank you, Mayor. I appreciate it. Um, let me um also
express my condolences to Mabel and her family. Um, we we all have wonderful stories about Mabel. I had an opportunity to work on her 1984 campaign when she ran for office, which was kind of nice. So, she and I became good friends. Um, but in that process, I will
tell you that the the highest honor I can give you is that Mabel and I were friends and she was my friend, I was her friend. and um uh that's the the highest honor that I could offer. So, uh I'm going to miss her a lot. Um and that
leads us to Gerald Dean Thompson. It's I've had an opportunity to spend some time with Emerson this past week uh and and and have him reflect on um on Senator Thompson and and reflect on their life and their influence and impact in the community. And it was just
a wonderful time for us to to reminisce about about our community and the things that we've accomplished together. Uh, and so I really appreciate that. So I'm honored to support that. Mayor, um, I had the opportunity to listen to the state of the city address uh, while I
was in a um, airport in Amsterdam. Thank you for allowing me to uh, get away for my 49th wedding anniversary. As I've said ever since I've joined this city, I uh, I've been married for 49 years and can't imagine a woman that would stay with me for 49 days. Uh, and so I'm so
honored and and everybody agrees, including you, smart Alec. Yeah. Finally, we have something unanimous. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. But we had a great time. We did a river cruise in Europe and it was a wonderful time. I'll do that. Say congratulations
to um to Katrina. Uh I had the opportunity to work with Katrina on the uh finance committee. Mayor, thank you for giving me that opportunity. She has been wonderful over the course of the past 10 or 12 years. I've had a chance to work with her more p more closely and I'm so honored to that she she is so
deser deserving of that award. Um let me mention just a couple quick things um going down the list uh of things coming up. Albert Park, we are doing a groundbreaking of our renovation in Albert Park tomorrow at 10:30. Uh it's going to be kind of a one for two. We're going to do it Albert Park, but it's
going to be for both Albert and for Dartmouth. We're making some renovation changes over there. After getting a lot of input back from the community several years ago, we've now started to move that forward and I'm so thrilled about that. That's going to be great. And we got some special surprises tomorrow. So, if you have an opportunity to come,
please come. Uh, also tomorrow uh we're cutting the ribbon over at the Sparrow, our new restaurant in district uh three. We're excited about that. Tomorrow evening is also our Edora Drive phase one or phase A of the uh Edora Drive
task complete streets project. We're going be talking about the roundabout we're going to put at Lake View Street and Edgewater Drive. So, we're excited about that. There's a lot of safety issues down there. We want to make sure we take care of those as soon as we can. Uh Lake
Ivano cleanup is coming up on the 16th. Um ribbon do we're doing doing a ribbon cutting at the Virginia Drive parklet which is great on the 18th. Um Lock Haven Cleanup is on the 20th and then Virginia Drive Live is also on the 20th.
Um, let me say a special thanks to uh the o the the Atlanta Fire Department. Did get a chance to see the graduation. And uh yesterday or Saturday afternoon, I went over to the ice den for the OFD and uh Orange County
Fire Department um hockey match. And um I I left after the score was three-0 and and OFD you had to score. Uh, so I left and I think they did pretty well after I left. Maybe I was a bad luck charm, but it was a fundraiser for Amanda Adams.
And today later on we'll talk about um doing some designations with the road a name and note for Amanda, but it was a got a chance to reconnect with their family there, old Orlando, and I had a chance to visit with them. So that was really kind of neat. Um, I went to Lady
Luck, our new store in Ottbon Park this past weekend. That was great. and we went to High Point Climbing. The mayor and I did over to see the grand opening for High Point Climbing. Um the um mayor jumped up on one of the walls. I appreciate that, Mayor. We uh No, he
didn't because it's quite a race, Commissioner Stewart and I did that Olympic speed course. Yes. Yes. Yeah, we got we got on the first level, which is like on the level you fall on. That's is whoever got there first one. Uh but it's a great new
facility and it's one of the top in the southeast United States. So it's really neat. On the agenda, uh let me mention on 3A1, our advisory boards uh uh we have a couple of people from district 3, several others in district districts. It is important that our community get involved and engaged in our city and
this is one way that you can do that and I'm so grateful for those people who want to do that. 3B9. We're doing a uh Rosemont project in North Rosemont. Um uh called uh the area called Rosemont Septic U to sewer project. Um have about
a hundred I guess maybe 89 there and we have about 56 who've agreed to go ahead and do this and we're moving forward with that project today. That's we're awarding the contract on 3B9 today. Then of course uh 3J2 on Gerald Dean Thompson way. I'm so grateful for
that. And then last but not least um atrical allstars. We mention them all the time. I I love what they do. I love the impact they have on our on our community and our young people and uh and love spending time with those guys. So I appreciate so much what they do. And that's all I have. Mayor, thank you.
Thank you, Commissioner. Commissioner Sheen. Thank you, Mayor Dyer. Thank you, Mayor Dyer. Um, I al too would would like to add my condolences to the the family of Commissioner Mabel Butler. And uh, she was really a character. She always had a smile on her
face and she would say the funniest things. Um, one time she said to me, "An environmental issue to your to you white folks is a turtle. An environmental issue in my area is a refrigerator in a retention pond." She she and she'd say stuff like that
all the time. She was just an absolute character. Um, she will definitely be missed. I got to I worked with Renee over at the state of Florida and uh you know and she had a wonderful family, wonderful service and uh she'll be missed by many many people but not more
so than her family. So and and friends. So my my sincere condolences to everyone who was close to her. Um had a lot of had had a lot of um rock and roll last week I did in my district um at the Pulse crosswalk. I am very angry that this meaningful memorial was blacked out
by the Florida Department of Transportation without any warning. Um, I just want to make it clear though, Mayor Dyer did file a letter of exception on the removal. There's been a lot of misinformation out there, folks running for office wanting to run their mouths, but the city did the right thing
and we did file a letter of exception. We did not have much time, however, we we concentrated on the Pulse crosswalk. We did not have a lot of time to deal with all the other ones. Um, but we did file the exception on that one. Um, the Florida Highway Patrol has been
arresting people for chalking the colors in. I can't think of a bigger waste of state resources because we certainly weren't going to arrest people for that. So, again, it's just been a ridiculous overreach by the state of Florida. Um, they also this is this this also
impacted crosswalks, bike lanes, school crossings all over Orlando and the state. What a stupid and unsafe idea. You don't wear dark colors at night for visibility. You certainly shouldn't put dark colors on a crosswalk for
visibility. It makes no sense. And it's just ridiculous this overreach of state government. They also made us take out street art that had nothing to do with crosswalks. They just don't like to see anything be beautified. Um they also targeted our storm drains with this was
a business district main street program in conjunction with the city. They also wasted business district money not just city dollars. They also wasted money from our main streets on doing this. And the real irony is we started this whole art program because FDOT would not fix
their traffic control boxes that were full of graffiti and obscenities and they refused to paint over their own work. So, we came up with this art program to fix FDOT's problem because they wouldn't do their work. They wouldn't come in and fix a problem when
we had one, but they certainly brought in officers to arrest people. It's the most ridiculous overreach of state government I have ever seen. Beautification should be a issue of local control. We know our communities. The state of Florida does not. So, I
think this again was an absurd overreach. Um, I'm hoping our appeal is successful. Although they even said on the appeal that on on all the other Crocs talks, they said, "Hey, you can appeal, but we're not but you're not going to win." They were that awful in
how they treated a partner, which is the city of Orlando. And and they also threatened $35 million in funding. They didn't just say, "If you if you don't do this, we're going to pull all your state funding," which would have impacted the city for a decade. How disgusting. What
a disgusting overreach and power grab that was. Um uh but you know at least today we're we're talking about the Pulse Memorial and this is a funding agreement between the city of Orlando and Orange County to build this memorial. It's an important
thing to do and I also have to be clear that there is a big difference between the one Orlando fund was when we originally raised money to help the families the victims and we all that money went to the families and the victims. One Pulse Foundation formed a private foundation. They were the ones
that wasted all their money and never got anything done and they finally sold it to the city of Orlando last year and now we're finally in this process to where we can build the memorial. I really appreciate Mayor Demings, Heather and I went over to Orange County. We brought the families. We brought
advocates. We talked about why this was so important. And I'm I'm going to be honest, we were kind of worried about how Orange County was going to react and then they were all fighting about who was going to make the motion. But I really want to thank Mayor Demings. He was there that that entire week with us.
He saw things that will had that changed him as human being. He the things that those law enforcement officers and those kids saw were things that men who go to war don't see. So it's very very important that we honor the people that were impacted, the people that were lost
and when it this is the right thing to do. So again this is a it was very difficult for us to do fundraising after one pulse messed it up. So, we're putting city dollars, and I appreciate Michelle and all her group putting finding a way to to to to put
the money aside for this. 7 million from the city, 5 million from the county, and we're going to get this done. And we also have the Gomez construction, you know, uh process on, you know, the the award of the contract to them as well. So, I want to thank this city council
for your support. Um many of you were there with that me that morning and you remember what it was like. Um, it was a horrible time and um, and we need to do the right thing by these families to build a memorial place because you know who wants a Burger King or something? I mean, I'm sorry, but who wants a
anything else? There's nothing else that's appropriate to go on that site except for a memorial. So, I appreciate all of you for your support on that. Um, and, uh, on the agenda today, I had an actually a happy thing. Hopefully the the state won't get a hold of it and try
to take take this out too. But uh we have a contract for a mosaic at Colonial Town Community Center. Uh Lisa Family Parks Recreation. This is going to be a really lovely thing. It's kind of a uh it it kind of looks bad all the time and we're going to This is actually an entryway and we're giving this to artist
Jakita Johnson. If anybody was downtown, she had her own um United Arts. She had her own gallery downtown and she was the she's the mosaic artist and she does amazing work. So, she's going to be putting a mural over at Colonial Town. If you have not met Joa, she is one of
the most inspirational and cool people you will ever meet. She's a person who has had so much adversity in her life and has come back and just decided to create beauty and she's just a really inspirational person. So, it's my pleasure to sponsor this this uh this
the mosaic that she's doing and give her a chance to really do something special for the city of Orlando. And that's all I had. Mayor, thank you. Thank you, Commissioner. Commissioner Rose. Good afternoon everyone. Happy September. Um I want to thank the mayor and others at um who have expressed
their condolences to Commissioner Mabel Butler. Mom as I called her, baby girl as she called me. She was not just a trailblazer for black women in this community. But she was a trailblazer for the ent as being the first elected, but she was a trailblazer for everyone. Um
she her doors were open to everyone. She'd mentor to everyone. Um, as mayor mentioned, if you got summoned uh for breakfast, you were in trouble. You did something. Um, didn't matter if you didn't matter who you are. Um, she'd create she created a lot a lot of
successful businessmen and women in this community. Um, from um, MWBE within our city, within our government and municipalities. She brought Classic Weekend here to the city of Orlando when Tampa no longer wanted it. Um, the MLK parade. So, I think it's
going to be a little different because she's normally the grand marshal at the end of um end of the MLK parade. Um Meals on Wheels. The list is uh endless of the her commitment to this community. Um and I don't know who sho who's going to fill those shoes. They're they're big
shoes. Uh we will be looking at a couple of locations in the community to do a mural in her honor um in the next couple of weeks somewhere in the district. I don't know, Commissioner Burns, we might want to work on that one together. Um, we are collectively working the city and the county to just kind of see if we can
put a comprehensive um, list of some of the accomplishments that we can kind of incorporate in the mural so folks know she's not just that not just who she is with some of the projects. Um, on behalf of the mayor and council, I kicked off African Heritage Month right here downstairs in the ratunda. During this
month, we honor the richness, resilience, and brilliance of African heritage. From ancient traditions to modern innovations, African culture continues to shape the world through art, music, language, science, fashion, and storytelling. Let's continue to uplift the voices, celebrate the legacy,
and acknowledge their profound contributions of people of African descent, past, present, and future. Uh, college has officially started. I was able to welcome students on both the UCF downtown campus as well as the Valencia main campus. I have three Valencia campuses in District 5. So, I kicked off
at Valencia um with Pre President Pollinsky. Um the City of Orlando Youth League football season has officially kicked off. So, if you are not doing anything on a Saturday starting at 9:00 a.m., come to Emery Field, 790 Fair Villa Road. I'm looking forward to
District 5 team making it to the Ravens. Oh. Oh, yeah. That that too. I'm looking I'm looking forward to one of the district five teams making it to the championship. We celebrate our children and we allow them a big platform. So the Sunday after classic um the classic
football game the Sunday whoever makes it to the championship the kids get to play in camp and world stadium like real football players. Um so commissioner student and I you know we go out there with the kids. But this year I'm hoping that District 5 brings it all home. Um if you're looking for something to do
with your youth um Tuesdays and Thursday evenings in District 5 I want to thank one of residents Antron. He started a program called Take a Jit to Fish at Barker Park starting at 5:00 PM. Um there's some STEM opportunities but also fun. Um you know the old old adage is if
you teach a man to fish and um you they'll be able to feed for a lifetime. So it's a great opportunity for your children if you're looking for something to do. I want to thank St. John's Baptist Church attorney Camaro Williams, attorney Artavia Simmon, and resident district 5 resident Wanita Black for
hosting an estate planning workshop. This is critical um free opportunity to prepare our community for the inevitable. There's a lot of things going on in and around District 5 and we've been here for a while. So, if y'all could follow the District 5 page on Instagram and
Facebook for exactly what's going on, that would be great. On to the agenda. I want to congratulate District 5 residents David Wheeler on his appointment to the Historic Preservation Board and Tangia Michael on her appointment to the Family Parks and Recreation Board. For those that don't
know, I highlight that because it's really important that our community has representation in our advisory boards which guide the way our city is going. 3B 14 and 17. I'm glad that we are moving forward with the postmemorial. I think Commissioner Sheihan said it
great. Uh, we can't continue to look back. We are moving forward with a great Pulse Memorial to memorialize the the lives that were lost. 3B20. I'm super excited for the John Jackson Neighborhood Center playground and obstacle course to be underway.
3H1. I'm glad that we are supporting Children's Safety Village of Central Florida. For those who have never visited, it is a great um compound. They do swimming lessons. It's just a great addition in district 5 um for safety for our children in the community. 3J2,
I am glad that we are honoring Senator Geraldine Thompson with the designation of a portion of West South Street. Um and we're going to rename it Geraldine Thompson. But I'm more proud that on 554 West Church Street, we are doing an
honorary mural for Senator Geraldine Thompson. We will be unveiling I think Flynn is here. I think this Saturday, September 13th, we will be meeting and we will go there are a lot of murals that are going into within the Paramore community. So, we will do be doing tours
and kind of visiting some of the artists as they wrap up. That's one of them. We have some and as I mentioned, we have some wonderful murals being painted in Parore through one we have two different funding sources. a Main Street par main street beautifification grant that's with the paramore main street and then a
$1 million Bloomberg Philanthropies public art challenge grant. So this Saturday I want to encourage everyone to meet us at 11:00 a.m. at 618 West Church Street. So there is one mural that I am super proud of. Um again on 554 West
Church Street in collaboration with Senator Thompson. I am also memorializing Thomas Chapman Jr. Um, for those that don't know, Thomas is my former boss. So, I used to work upstairs in the CRA. He was also a mentor and he's someone who truly listened to the concerns of how to make downtown and the
CRA Paramore community better. So, I want to encourage everyone to stop by, take a picture, and tag the District 5 Orlando page. But again, um, this Saturday we're going to be going and looking at a bunch of the murals. That's all I have. And I move to approve the consent agenda. Motion by Commissioner Rose, second by
Commissioner Sheen. All in favor of the motion indicate so by saying I I. Those opposed and so the consent agenda passes. Um if you were here just for the consent agenda and that's all you interested in I would encourage you to stay for the GOA budget presentation.
But actually we're going to take a 30 second break so that anybody that was just here for consent agenda can make their way out. Okay, commissioners. If there's no objection, I'm going to stray from the order of the agenda and go ahead and take the hearing related to um the
preliminary budget for the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority for fiscal year 2026. Um, I'm going to open the public hearing with respect to that. And represented today here we have three of our board members. Uh, Stephanie Copaloosus who is
the chairman. Raise your hand Stephanie. Joe Nunziata who is the vice chairman and Dan Giardano who is our treasurer. So with me that gives us a major or a quorum board members here. So I think that may be the first time we've had
that. Um, Kathleen Charman is our CFO. she'll be giving the presentation. Mary Dennis is the deputy chief financial officer. You want to raise your hand so everybody can recognize you? And then Angela Stark, senior vice president, public affairs and community relations.
Did I miss anybody running around out here? Okay. All right. Um on August the 20th, 2025, GOA adopted a resolution approving its fiscal year 26 preliminary budget. The preliminary budget for the Orlando International Airport is
$979,494,000. And the preliminary budget for the Orlando Executive Airport is 7 million 700 million. No, 7 million. Sorry, I'm so used to dealing in hundreds of millions. It's
just 7 million. 7,885,183. In accordance with section 12 of the city charter, YOA has submitted the preliminary budget to the city council for review during a public hearing. Notice of the hearing was advertised on August 29th, 2025. The hearing isformational and city council does not
take action. Kathleen, take it away. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Good afternoon. U Mr. Mayor and members of the city council. Mr. The mayor said, I'm Kathleen Charman, the CFO of the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority. Unfortunately, our CEO, Mr. Lance Little, could not be here. He's
traveling. But on behalf of Lance and our chair, Miss Stephanie Capaloosis, our vice chair, Joe Nunzi, and our treasurer, Dan Giardo, who are all here today, as the mayor said, I am very pleased to present a summary of the Greater Orlando Aviation Authorities's fiscal 2526 budget at this public
hearing. A more detailed preliminary budget was made to at the GOA board on August 20th uh and it's August 20th meeting. This public hearing is required by state statute and city code as part of the GOA budgeting process and it's required before GOA board acts to
finally adopt our budget. The board will be considering this budget at its ne next board meeting scheduled for September 17th, 2025. So a budget is really a business plan to allocate resources needed to overcome the challenges of running our operation.
Our budget here includes ensuring safe and secure environment while maintaining aging infrastructure. Continuing to enhance our the customer experience. These are our challenges and retaining and attracting employees to handle passenger demand while keeping salaries
and benefit benefits competitive with the Central Florida employment market and keeping pace with rapid technology changes. Highlights of this budget include an increase in the police budget, as well as resources for additional safety and risk management initiatives, an increase in contractual
services, including additional funds for customer experience ambassadors to assist with navigating through crowded terminals and parking garages, as well as an increase in funding for technology to support our initiatives. So, we believe that these resources will meet
our objectives. And what it really means is for 26 um results in rates and charges that are fairly similar to 2025. The proposed budget for 26 does include an 8.4% increase in operating and maintenance expenses over the prior
year. However, our budgeted cost for plane passenger or CPE remains competitive compared with other large hub airport peers. And notwithstanding the fact that in the fiscal 26 budget, we've um accounted for resources to
include the opening of eight additional narrowbody gate access positions that will be opened in the spring of 2026. So, here's where the money comes from and here's where the money goes. As the mayor said, it's a 979.5
million in total revenue, 614.5 million in operating expenses for fiscal 26. You will notice there's no local tax dollars used to fund the airport's operating and maintenance budget and less than half our revenue comes from
the airlines. In fact, net of revenue sharing, it's about 43% of revenues that come from our airlines with the other 57% coming from non-eronautical sources. And you can see the largest non-eronautical revenue generator is parking and ground transportation, then
followed closely by rental cars. Um with respect to operating expenses which was 614.5 an increase of 47.5 million the largest budget percentage of our budget is our people at 23% next is maintenance at 17% followed by professional services
at 13%. So because the airport ratemaking process is based on cost recovery the budget is what drives our airline rates and charges 979.5 million of revenue an increase of 38.2 2 million split pretty much between non-eronautical and aeronautical
revenue. um $20 million increase um in in airline payments mostly resulting from that increase in O and M our operating and maintenance and the drivers again were salaries and benefits including 18 new
employees increase in insurance increase in technology the customer experience initiatives and then you will notice a decrease in our PFC supported debt service that's what kind of keeps the rates equal the takeaway here is that you can see our remaining revenues um
are over 209 2.9 million up from 27.1 million um in the prior fiscal year. And we've used the remaining revenues for three things. First and foremost, to keep our assets in a state of good repair. Next, to fund um our capital program. And third, to share with our
airline partners to help them reduce their cost of operations. All the legal debt service coverage requirements are projected to be met under this budget. In fact, we far exceed our legal requirements, which puts us in an excellent position as we go um next year to fund the new um capital program,
which the board will be looking at at um our September meeting as well. Um moving on to the executive airports, very very important as the MCO um reliever airport revenues of 4.4 million, expenses of 4.6
million for slight operating deficit of 239,000. um than you can see on the screen here. So in summary, the budgets are fiscally responsible. Um they uh fund staff services to support our airports in a
safe and secure manner, delivering enhanced customer experience while keeping rates as low as possible to encourage additional air service that will bring both businesses and leisure travelers to the region, ultimately creating more business for our non-airine partners and the greater Central Florida community. This
concludes the prepared remarks, but as the mayor said, we do have our chair, Miss Capaloosis, and our vice chair and Mr. Nonzaniano and Mr. Diojano, our treasurer, also in the audience. This point will be happy to answer any questions or take any comments. Okay, I don't have any requests for
public comment. Do I have uh questions or comments from the commissioners? Great job. Okay, fabulous. Thank you. Um, no vote required. Nope, I don't think. Commissioner Ortiz, I just want to make a quick comment. Thank you for everything that's going on
at the executive report. You guys are doing a wonderful job and I'm looking forward to the uh to new concessions and new businesses to come over to the area. Thank you for lifting up the five-year kind of a limit contract and uh that's going to give us greater opportunity and I'm really looking forward to see more
aerospace companies to come to that area. So, thank you for your comment. Oh, thank you guys. Awesome. Okay, you're free to go. Thank you. Make them stay around. We'll re revert to the order of the
agenda. So, we will move on to the CRA um or actually we'll um recess the city council meeting and we will convert convene the CR meeting. Let's see David.
Uh I will take the first two CRA meeting minutes from July 14th. Second motion by Commissioner Rose, second by Commissioner Sheen. All in favor indicate so by saying I. I. Those opposed. Motion carries. CR meeting
minutes from August the 11th. Motion by Commissioner Stewart. Second by Commissioner Rose. All in favor indicates so by saying I. I. Those opposed. And so the motion carries. All right. C. Yes. Thank you, Mayor. And good afternoon, commissioners. Item C under
CRA. This is adopting our budget resolution amendment two for fiscal year 2425. Effectively what is occurring in this amendment is $1.7 million is being moved from a capital improvement line item to a CRA line item. Uh that was initially CRA money. There also are two projects
uh that came in under budget uh of about $19,000. Uh so the total budget amendment is 1 million 718,710 just being returned to the appropriate CRA line items. And I'm happy to address any questions. Second. Motion by Commissioner Rose,
second by Commissioner Sheen. Discussion hearing none. All in favor of the motion indicates so by saying I. Those opposed. Motion carries. D. Thank you, mayor. Item D. This is approving fiscal year 2526. Uh the CRA budget and budget resolution. Total
amount is $49,76,31, which is about a 1% decrease from last year. Uh happy to address any questions of the board. Second. Motion by Commissioner Sheen, second by Commissioner Rose. Discussion hearing none. All in favor of the motion
indicates so by saying I. I. Those opposed. Motion carries. E. Thank you, mayor. E is approving fiscal year 2526 city services agreement between the city of Orlando and the CRA. This is effectively the amount that the
CRA will pay to the city uh for administrative support uh and staff support. The total amount of the agreement is1,750,395 and I'm happy to address any questions. 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. F. Thank you, mayor. Item F. Uh, this is approving the fiscal year 2526 uh downtown Development Board or the DDB and Community Redevelopment Agency cost share agreement. So effectively this is the amount that the DDB will pay to the
CRA for administrative support and services. Total amount is 1,141,321. Second motion by Commissioner Sheen and second by Commissioner Stewart. Discussion hearing none. All in favor indicate so by saying I. I. Those opposed.
And so the motion carries. G. Thank you mayor. Item G. This is our 2526 agreement with Downtown Orlando Inc. or the Downtown Orlando Partnership. As many of you know, the Downtown Orlando Partnership was founded in 1961. It has more than 200 corporate
members here in downtown Orlando and seeks to come alongside us uh and move downtown forward. U this agreement allows us to fund two of our long-standing programs, which are state of downtown as well as the Golden Brick Awards, uh for a total of $100,000 for this next fiscal year.
Second um first Commissioner Rose were you first over there? Um motion by Commissioner Rose, second by Commissioner Sheen. Discussion hearing none. All in favor of the motion indicates so by saying I.
Those opposed. So the motion carries. H. Thank you, mayor. Item H. Uh this is our 2526 agreement with the healthc care center for the homeless uh as well as HSN or the homeless services network for the hope team. Uh those are two individuals
uh they wear red shirts and walk around downtown Orlando really trying to connect uh the less fortunate are street residents with a variety of services uh so they can be less impactful on downtown and get them to self-sufficiency. Uh the total cost of this agreement to the CRA is
$116,974.36. There's an additional $35,000 that HSN contributes. Uh and then the healthc care center for the homeless absorbs the rest of the costs of the program. Happy to address any questions. Motion by Commissioner Stewart. Second. Second by Commissioner Sheen. Discussion. Commissioner Burns.
Yes. Thank you, Mayor. Uh, as you all are aware, for a number of years I have served as the president and chief executive officer of the healthcare center for the homeless for several years. The city has provided grant funding to HCC and HCCH will again be receiving grant funding through this
agreement. I'd like to note that none of my compensation will come from the funds received pursuant to the funding agreement and that I have not participated in any manner in any way. Additionally, I have filed a form uh 8B memorandum of voting conflict with the
city clerk and will be abstaining from this vote on this item. Thank you, commissioner. Further discussion hearing? None. All in favor, the motion indicates so by saying I. I. Those opposed? Motion carries. I. Thank you, mayor. Item I. This is our uh
well, amendment three to our contract with Universal Protection Services uh which provides us with our ambassador services for downtown Orlando. Uh this year we've really streamlined those services and reduced costs by approximately 60%. Uh the total uh cost of this agreement is one year or the
term is one year and the cost is 1,2,925. Second. Motion by Commissioner Rose, second by Commissioner Sheen. Discussion hearing none. All in favor the motion indicates by saying I. Those opposed. Motion carries. And item
J. Thank you. Final item for the CRA is item J. It's approving a settlement and release agreement uh between Olrich Construction, the city of Orlando, and the Community Redevelopment Agency. Uh this was the contractor that we were working on Art Squared uh with uh that
we parted ways late last year. This agreement releases both of us from um any claims about the project and allows us to move forward with the project hopefully later this year. Uh total cost of the settlement is 700,000. uh just shy of 200,000 of that was retainage uh
that was already due to the contractor and I'm happy to address any questions. Second motion by Commissioner Rose, second by Commissioner Sheen. Discussion hearing none in favor of the motion indicates so by saying I. Those opposed and so the motion carries.
David further business come before the CRA. That is all mayor. Then we will stand adjourned. We'll reconvene. Nope. We will convene the neighborhood improvement district board of directors meeting and we have two items of business there.
Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman, members of the board. The first item we have for you today is uh for the downtown Seth Neighborhood Improvement District is a continuing service contract for engineering and design services for what's known as the O line. The O line
actually will run on the east the west side of the railroad tracks from Gore to Colombia. It is a project that was in the master plan that the community put together and it is to help stimulate economic development on the west side of
the railroad tracks. We have several large developers that are starting to look into those parcels in that area. Basically what this project will do is create a multimodal trail in that area as kind of phase one and it will also give a second front door to uh the
development in that area where cafes etc could be built. Um so with that project the request for the engineering plans is $569,23655 which was approved and recommended by the advisory board. I'd be happy to answer any questions you may have on
this item. So moved. Second. Motion by Commissioner Sheen, second by Commissioner Stewart. Questions or discussion? Hearing none in favor, the motion indicates so by saying I. I. Those opposed. So the motion carries.
Item B. Item B. So item B is the this coming fiscal year's city service agreement between the NID and the city of Orlando. Um the cost estimate for these services is $2,656. So motion.
Motion by Commissioner Sheen, second by Commissioner Rose. Discussion hear none. All in favor of the motion indicates so by saying I. Those opposed. So the motion carries. Further business come for the NID. That'll be all. Then we will stand adjourned.
Thank you guys. We will reconvene the city council meeting. We will move on to hearings ordinances on second reading. Stephanie, you awake over there? I am. All right. 12A.
Ordinance number 2025-22, an ordinance of the city council of the city of Orlando, Florida, amending and restructuring the city's growth reinment plan to update the plan's data and analysis, vision statement, definitions, elements, and figures, providing for legislative findings, providing for
conflict, severability, correction, discriminator error, and an effective date. So, motion by Commissioner Shei and second by Commissioner Rose. I don't have any requests for public comment, discussion hearing. None. And all in favor of the motion indicates so by saying I.
I. Those opposed. Motion carries. Item 12B. Ordinance number 2025-27, an ordinance of the city council of the city of Orlando, Florida, relating to a street name change renaming Shaw Creek Drive, which is described in the plat of
Lee Vista Center 436 West Phase 1, Plat 1, according to the plot thereof as recorded in plot book 18, page 85 of the public records of Orange County, Florida, generally located between Lee Vista Boulevard and Butler National Drive to Amanda Adams Drive, directing
amendments to the official maps of the city of Orlando, Florida, providing for server ility correction scriptors errors and an effective date. District two district two. Um motion by commissioner Ortiz, second by Commissioner Sheen. I don't have any
requests for public comment on this item. Discussion hearing none. All in favor of the motion indicate so by saying I. Those opposed. So the motion carries. Item 12 C. Madam clerk, ordinance number 2025-30, an ordinance of the city council of the
city of Orlando, Florida, amending the city's adopted growth management plan to change the future land use map designation for approximately um 11.12 acres of land generally located south of Carter Street east of Aenddale Avenue and north of Murphy Street and west of Interstate 4 from residential medium
intensity to res residential high intensity on the city's official future land use maps. Providing for amendment of the city's official future land use maps, providing for severability, corruption, discriminator errors, and effective date. Motion by Commissioner Rose, second by
Commissioner Sheen. I do have one request to speak. Lana Gellzer not see Miss Gellzer in the audience. You don't look like Miss Gellzer. Oh, I'm sorry. I thought you said scales. Sorry. Start over.
All right, Miss Scales, I have you down. Your general appearance. That's couple of more items away. Thought I'd been into the vodka early today. Okay. Uh discussion hearing. None. All in favor of the uh well hear none on favor the
motion indicates so by saying I I those opposed motion carries 12D. Ordinance number 2025-32, an ordinance of the city council of the city of Orlando, Florida, reszoning certainly and generally located south of Carter Street, west of South Division
Avenue, east of Aenddale Avenue, and north of Murphy Street, and comprised of 11.1 acres of land, more or less, from medium intensity development with a traditional city and Paramore Heritage Overlay districts to plan development with a tra traditional city and Paramore heritage overlay districts providing a
development plan and special land development regulations of the plan development district providing preservability, correction of scrier's error, permit disclaimer, and an effective date. Second motion by Commissioner Rose, second by Commissioner Sheen. One request to
speak, Lana Gellzer, not Miss Scales. Um, I still don't see her in the room. So, discussion hearing none. All in favor of the motion indicates so by saying I. Those opposed. So, the motion carries. And item 12E,
ordinance number 2025-33, an ordinance of the city council of the city city of Orlando, Florida, vacating, closing, and abandoning Dunbar Court in a portion of Callahan Drive, generally located south of Carter Street, west of South Division Avenue and east of Aenddale Avenue, both described in the
Griffin Park plat as recorded in Plat Book Q, page 72 of the public records of Orange County, Florida, and comprised of 1.3 acres of land, more or less, providing for conditions of abandonment, providing for the execution of affecting documents, severability, correction of scrier error, and an effective date.
Second. Motion by Commissioner Rose, second by Commissioner Sheen. Again, the only request is Lana Gellzer. Discussion hearing none. All in favor of the motion indicates by saying I. I. Those opposed? So, the motion carries.
Commissioner Ortiz, thank you, sir. I just and I apologize for uh when we address 12B. I was reading something else and I missed it. But I want to go ahead and congratulate the uh fire department for making sure we rename Shaw Creek Drive to Amanda
Adams Drive. Uh I think it's is becoming and I definitely proud of of having her name on our district, you know, representing our fire department and and what she u means to our community. So, thank you guys for doing that. and I
think is is the second one we get in district two. We also have down by the uh communities by the I'm sorry the training center of the police department police officers. So it's is quite an honor. I just wanted to state that. Thank you. And could you get us ready for general
appearance? [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Hey. Hey. Hey.