good afternoon and welcome to the April 7th 2020 25 meeting of the Orlando City Council um we're going to begin today's proceedings with the invocation and the pledge of allegiance led today by Commissioner Rose commissioner uh
everybody bow your heads who want to pray with us um dear heavenly father thank you for giving us another day to serve the wonderful people here in the city of Orlando i ask for your guidance and protection as we make decisions that impact our community let there be peace and understanding in your name amen
amen to the flag of the United States of America and to the stands one nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all okay let's call a meeting to order madam clerk would you call the role to make a
determination on the 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 uh first order of business is consideration of minutes from the agenda of BNC council meeting of March the 24th 2025 motion by Commissioner Stewart second by Commissioner Ortiz he's all in favor of the motion indicate so by saying I those
opposed motion carries we have no awards presentations and recognitions so that'll bring us into the mayor's update and I just have a couple of things um 407 is or April 7th is 407 day one of my
favorite days of the year it's an opportunity then we get to celebrate our community and the vibrance and all things that make Orlando from our small businesses to our sports teams to the people who are so welcoming it is also important to note that we are in a very
special year um as part of the city of Orlando's 150th anniversary of the incorporation of our city we're partnering with the Orange County Regional History Center on a new exhibit called Orlando Collected it opens on
Saturday and will feature 150 items of our city's past i encourage you to take the opportunity to visit and enjoy the exhibit i have just two items um that I want to specifically note on the agenda today item B1 is uh a item to approve
the Kia center LED display upgrades that are part of our capital improvement project that's funded by tourist development tax um the existing bowl lighting is 14 and a half years old so it is well beyond its use for life and
we can certainly use that upgrade the other one's item B3 which is um a new pilot program that we will have in partnership with the American Medical Response Organization to enhance care and support of individuals with behavioral or mental health needs by
launching behavioral health transport program um we'll use modified vehicles and train professionals to safely transport patients to inpatient behavioral facilities um and then I would like to note that uh Gator hats
are appropriate for wearing inside today so Eric um you're dressed very appropriately if you're not in 407 then Gator guard would be the appropriate wear okay we're going to move on to the consent agenda and next
Collared shirts are not required either um let's see we're going to move on to the consent agenda consent agenda is a number of items active through a single vote of council we give each of our council members an opportunity to comment on the consent agenda as well as
update you on important happenings from their districts we rotate the order that we do that and Commissioner Rose is first up today good afternoon again Mayor Council and everyone here in the audience happy April it has been a very um busy time the last couple of weeks even though
council was two weeks ago um I'm thankful for a wonderful partnership with Metro Health uh we will be bringing geriatric mobile buses to the community to our senior complexes throughout District 5 it's literally outfitted um to be able to take individuals with
wheelchair it's literally a doctor's office in wheels unfortunately it's taken a little bit longer than it was a need in COVID when seniors didn't want to go out but this is our opportunity to meet our seniors needs uh first one we had was at Lake Monadun Senior Complex um grateful for the partnership with
Orlando Housing Authority i did have the honor of joining the Greater Haitian-American Chamber of Commerce we cut the ribbon on a business called House of Mastery which is located at 320 North Magnolia this new space in downtown is more than just a business
it's a bold vision brought to life it's an opportunity for creativity beauty business and wellness um there's opportunities to do for entrepreneurs to go out um do a photo shoot you can go as far as getting your hair done all in one location so again it's at 320 North Magnolia you guys should check it out um
I want to thank United Against Poverty for having me as a guest panelist recently um got the opportunity to sit um to share with uh Orin Henry that serves in our housing department but also Commissioner Russell from Winter Park and so there's this underlying tone
about the the theme was ending poverty ending the cycle of poverty and so it's interesting to hear from a commissioner who sits in Winter Park and hear his perspective of the students that he served because he's also a teacher um I want to congratulate Salt Outreach for opening their new youth and young adult
drop-in center um I want to remind everyone that um the CRA took on building homes in Paramore we are going through construction we about 90% done but I want everyone to
stay tuned um to sign up for the open houses that we will be having in the coming months and get prepared home ownership is the way that we will work on building and bridging the generational gaps the website is downtownlando.com/lifeepmores or you can reach out to my office or the CRA office
um I want to thank the five Delta Kappas for celebrating teachers in our community that recently host hosted a lunchon um that I was able to attend with the multicultural affair office um I want to take the time to really thank for those that don't know about Lyft Orlando and the work that
they are doing in the West Lakes community i really want to take the time um to thank them for revitalizing the core of the Westlakes community um they provide services literally from birth until a person is a senior and so it's
rewarding to support their work um if you guys don't know about it you should get involved they have elementary schools they have everything possible in that corridor in the Westlakes corridor so thank you to Lift Orlando for the work that you're doing um this Thursday at the KIA Center Orlando Jobs will have
a big hiring day from 11:00 a.m to 3:00 p.m i want to thank the public works teams um there are newly installed wheelchair ramps that are in the Lake Atlanta Estates um had a resident come over and hug me because she said her brother is blind and he walks the
community so this is an opportunity for him to really cross the street and be able to um navigate through the community so the little things that which may seem little to us they're really huge and impactful to the residents um super excited as Dr phillips Center just unveiled the new
Broadway lineup if you have not seen a show at the Dr phillips Center especially not a Broadway show you really should check it out it's really amazing um there's a lot going on in District 5 so I want to encourage everyone um to please follow the Instagram page the Facebook page to stay in tune with what's going on onto the
agenda as the mayor already start stated great to see the KIA center move forward and I'm also glad uh to see the Rush ESG funding go to the Christian Service Center so that we could help families at risk of homelessness thank you thank you Commissioner commissioner Burns uh thank
you mayor and good afternoon uh fellow council members and those attending in the audience well happy 407 day uh it's definitely a pleasure and a privilege to represent such a uh diverse district but also a diverse and inclusive city so I
really take pride in uh the work that we do here uh so I would encourage everyone to get out and uh support our local businesses our local restaurants our local gift shops again in the spirit of uh representing 407 day uh this past
Friday I had the pleasure of participating in leading the uh ride for the bike to work day uh was joined by uh Commissioner Rose um and it was a great time for us to get out and it was a beautiful morning also I learned that Orlando has received a civil silver
level bicycle friendly community status from the League of American Bicyclists uh so with this recognition it highlights the city's progress in bike safety and connectivity and motivates further improvements to its bicycle network so thank you to our uh
transportation department for all that you do in those areas so I enjoy riding my bike actually I had two events in the district this weekend that I decided to ride my bike to attend uh and and no Commissioner Gre wasn't a ebike it was
it was a regular bike so I I was putting in the work uh because I knew you would had a have a question about that uh but I encourage everyone to just get out and if you have a chance ride your bike or walk but but stay active also Saturday April 5th uh I attended a unity walk uh
with the Richmond Estates Neighborhood Association uh at the Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church we walked from First Baptist to the uh Smithson and it was really in memory of those who've been affected by gun violence and encouraged a community conversation and
we know that together we're uh strengthened uh so we had a good turnout a lot of good uh discussions that happened and actually some ideas uh for for the future of bringing our communities together to combat uh gun violence a few upcoming events uh this
Wednesday April the 9th I'll be having my satellite office hours at the Elclaia Allen Senior Center uh and those are from 10 to 400 p.m so if you would like to meet with me and my staff outside of city hall uh this uh this Wednesday
you'll be able to do do that again at the Elcladia Allen Senior Center also I'd like to just announce or notify everyone that Operation Green Light here in Orange County will be held uh Wednesday April the 9th at the Orange
County Courthouse from 7:00 a.m to 6:00 p.m uh and this is to help customers with outstanding uh traffic tickets and criminal fines establish payment plans to reinstate their driver's license uh so I think this is very important there's a a down
payment uh will be required for a payment plan but it's affordable options will be available uh no appointment is necessary and again that's taking place at the Orange County Courthouse uh on the agenda this afternoon uh mayor I'd
like to recognize uh items 3C5 and 3C8 this is a business assistance program and a small business facade program for Popo's local beastro right here in district 6 and uh it's an American fair
with American fair with a gourmet flare so I encourage everyone to go out and um support Popo's local beastro uh in 407 is a great day to uh support that local restaurant also under housing uh 3F1 uh definitely in support of the agreement
with the Christian service center for the Russ EHG uh ESG funding uh that will provide funding for rapid rehousing as well as homelessness prevention uh funding and that's all I have mayor thank you thank you Commissioner we'll move on to Commissioner Gray thank you
Mayor i'll be brief i just wanted to uh mention a couple of things to thank some folks on April 2nd uh I joined the mayor and commissioner Stewart for the opening of our wetlands visitors center and uh if you have not been out there it's a ways out there in Christmas on the east side of town but it really is a
spectacular u venue uh and and really uh just kind of solidifies our our dedication to um conservation so uh it was a great event i encourage everybody to get out there the uh wetlands visitor center uh and then on the 5th um this
Saturday excuse me I want to thank OPD we did a paper shred event which you normally wouldn't think would be too excited but I tell you for three hours people came by and they were so grateful that we were taking all their old papers and shredding them up so thanks to OPD uh we had a full team from from U police
officers out there helping folks it was great to see neighbors so thank you guys for doing that that was that was well uh received on the agenda I just wanted to mention things that haven't been um uh and under transportation 3K um continue to get federal grants um from the from
the government to expand our airport and improve our airport as we all know airport is oftentimes the first impression people get of uh Central Florida and Orlando and the last impression they get and the more we can improve that and make it a positive
experience for our guests I think the better it off better off we are so um that's a full support to that and uh that's all I have mayor thank you thank you Commissioner Ortiz thank you Mayor since Commissioner Gray brought that in let me start with that one 3k yes I do approve but the first
impression might be the airport but the second one is district 2 so just to let you know that and the and the and the last one before they leave is also district two so let's make sure that that they continue doing so and we continue helping our community to to strive so from the 26th and 20 from the
24th to the 26th of March um Commissioner Stewart myself and I saw Commissioner Burns also in Tallahassee went to Tallahassee to make sure we advocated for laws that are coming down the pipe um so and let me mention some of those legislations that are going on
in Tallahassee that I would definitely ask you to get involved because uh we are the ones creating change around here is affordable housing making sure that money continue from the Sodasi fund keeps being allocated to uh housing especially now more than ever electric
vehicles enterprise fund transfer and extr territorial search charges um that's basically where the league supports the preserving municipal authority over utility revenues and the ability to realize a reasonable rate of
return on utility assets we depend on those returns property taxes i know there's a big bill over in Tallahassee has to do with eliminating property taxes the property taxes basically pay for services like law enforcement and firefighters and and it's not even
enough we only get 48% of the revenue is applied towards police officers and firefighters it cost us about 51% to pay for those two particular uh departments in the city so um just so let you know and there's no way that they can um we
can create another revenue source that would be help able to help us because if they go for sales taxes they'll have to increase sales taxes to about 20% and from prior experience in other countries seeing other other countries what happens is an underground economy starts because people don't pay but in
cash in order not to pay for taxes so I think it's going to be a little difficult to to um take care and provide the services that we provide uh if the property taxes gets taken away uh sovereign immunity they're trying to increase is a little crazy from 200,000
which is per case to a million dollars if everybody starts suing the city I guess we will have no money to go ahead and and do government annexations the Florida League of Cities supports legislation that facilitates a municipal annexation of unincorporated areas in a
manner that respects municipal boundaries as you you all have seen you know in the past year we had had some issues with that so I hope that this comes about impact fees um local business taxes one water and
public safety recruitment and retention please if you get a chance you can go to the Florida League of City site and get the particulars on each one of these uh legislations or you can call my office and we can discuss them um I just want to um pretty much give kudos to three
particular people dr roberts car uh Byron Brooks from Orange County and Lorraine Watt for instruct our our academy uh government academy we teach we have a 12 weeks academy US government I mean a government as a whole we teach from the US government to the local
government and it's pretty interesting because you get to learn how to navigate the system uh I also will entice or ask people to attend the mayor's academy because you learn everything and anything that has to do with the city so if you have any questions on that Please
call my office 2462899 and uh last but not least I want to I had the privilege of attending the fundraising gala hosted by Youth Orchestra United which will become the district 2 orchestra soon in event uh an event designed to support and celebrate
the extraordinary talents of young m musicians this evening was highlighted by inspiring performances offering a platform for youth to showcase their musical abilities we continue uh pushing the arts and making sure that our youth are very involved these are
our future and that's all I have mayor thank you thank you Commissioner we'll go to Commissioner Stewart thank you Mayor and um appreciate uh the the t-shirts that we got thank you who whoever did these was very sweet
except my extension extension is 321 mine area code is 321 so that's okay but I'll take 407 um we did 321 too didn't we um couple of things I want to just share with you briefly um the first is uh um the uh this past couple of weeks
we've had a chance to spend some time with the Melo group with a fabulous um evening with fabulous friends of Melo it's great we had an opportunity commissioner she and I were there and had the chance to honor former mayor Glenda Hood for her role in helping to
start the Midell Museum and and it was been neat to be able to to kind of catch up with her hadn't been had been for a while for me um also the Four Roots fundraiser is continuing they're trying to raise money to complete their master plan over there and we're seeing a lot
of really neat stuff that's happening uh excited about that that was a good opportunity um and then I just have to say go Gators i know that's probably not appropriate but Oh it is appropriate there's there's one uh so it's good to I got the other day I got accused of being
a Gator fan and I said "Y'all must be mistaken i'm actually went to the University of Florida." Um thank you Jim for mentioning the um um the Wetlands Alando Wetlands Visitors Center it's been a long time coming i guess probably four or six years in the
midst of all that but if you have a chance to go out there please go out there and get a chance to go through it uh it is uh it is a wonderful center number one number two is that it's a it's a great teaching tool and it's also a great meeting facility so if you get a
chance please go out there uh that's a it's a good place um and Commissioner Ortiz thank you for the legislative update we had a chance to go spend some time with some of our legislators uh last week a week before
last I should say um uh and there's a lot of of of turmoil up there i guess probably because what happens is that a lot happens in a compressed two months um but I will tell you candidly I have not seen such an assault on the local
cities that I've seen in this particular session in the 20 years I've been doing this uh they have continued to try to reach out and take away the rights that y'all have in our local city and that's uh it's it's I believe it's illegal i wish I had all the money in the world i
would probably sue them over it um but uh I don't think the state ought to be doing that kind of stuff we want decisions made and the principles that we go up and present is we want decisions made as close to the people as possible uh and I promise you that there's probably only a handful of people in here who've ever actually
talked with their state legislator uh and and they don't come to your community meetings unless they're running for office so uh I think that's um um it's a little embarrassing on our system so I think you have to trust us to listen to you to make the right decisions and when we make the wrong
decisions trust you to help correct us um so anyway I just so much for the Steuart lecture 101 um I want to mention that we have a lake cleanup coming up over in Lock Haven Chain of Lakes this Saturday as well as
welcome the Sparrow Sparrow Boutique and Baldwin Park this Saturday as well uh mayor thank you for your comments i appreciate the that you mentioned i also want to share um a congratulations and support for the Rush ESG funds for the
Christian Service Center i think that's important and I also want to mention today we get a chance to extend our Holocaust agreement um and they are working hard on their financing this is a chance to give them a little extra time to accomplish that task gordon could see in you and thank you for your service to our community and your
service to make sure that people are treated fairly uh at every at every occasion can't think of something that is more important to do now than what you're doing so thank you very much for that uh and that's all I have mayor thank you thank you Commissioner
commissioner Sheen thank you Mayor Dyer and uh the evening with fabulous friends was amazing commissioner Stuart was giving me a hard time telling me he was bidding against me on on an item found out he was watching the game the whole time so yeah he he acted like he was
supporting the museum but he was watching that Gator game as was half the people that were at the event but uh congratulations Gators so uh and also Commissioner Gray I appreciate the shred event i had a whole my mother was a secretary and she kept every piece of paper and I've been going through that
for the last three years since she passed away going through trying to figure out what's what and I got finally got to the last of it and so it went to your shred of head so thank you because I love my mom but oh my god the stuff that she kept but now it is finally gone on and I
appreciate you for that um on the agenda today um very glad to see item 3B11 the Greenwood Cemetery caretaker agreement we had lots of problems at the cemetery with people breaking in and causing problems since we've had this agreement it has worked out great for the city so I'm thrilled to see that we're continue
that agreement um also on item 3C1 glad to see the historic preservation training on home edition these are is it's a very important board and glad to see that we're doing training with them we really appreciate Jennifer and all she's doing um also on housing the Lake Davis Apartments affordable housing in
Lake Davis area that is so very important i'm glad to see the keep they're keeping those cottages and also on on I guess they're finally working on a terminal C walkway yay over at the airport so very glad to see that and
also um just sad to say that Bob Wesley passed away between the last council meeting and this one he was our former public defender and uh just an absolute great guy make sure that people got justice and were treated fairly he was a really funny guy very nice man and uh he
was also a constituent of mine and um I got a call from him one day and during one of the hurricanes and um a tree had fallen on his house and he goes "Patty it's not the tree that's bothering me it's the bees that were in the tree and the honey that's in my house now." So and he goes "I don't mind the honey it's
the bees that are driving me crazy." So I know parks that was an unusual call that day it's always something crazy from district 4 but Bob you will certainly be missed you did a you did a great job for us and many people that were in need over many years of public service and you'll be missed and with
that mayor I will move the agenda today motion by Commissioner Sheen second by Commissioner Rose all in favor the motion indicates so by saying I those opposed and so the motion carries okay if you were just here for the consent
agenda and would like to take your leave that would certainly be fine and we'll wait for about 15 20 seconds go Gators go Gators okay we will u recess the city council
meeting without objection and we will convene the CRA meeting i think I can handle A and B so first item is CRA meeting minutes from February 10th move it second motion by Commissioner Sheen second by Commissioner Stewart all in
favor indicate so by saying I i those motion carries second is CRA meeting minutes from February 24th motion by Commissioner Stewart second by Commissioner Rose all in favor indicate so by saying I i those opposed motion carries c david yes thank you Mayor and
good afternoon commissioners uh item three or item C for the CRA today is another facade grant uh it's an agreement with the condominious condominium association at 100 South Eola they're doing some upgrades to the exterior of that property doing painting
ceiling uh and just improving the overall appearance total amount that they're spending is just over $1.6 million uh uh for which they qualify for the maximum of our funding program which is $100,000 from the CRA it did go to our facade re grant review committee on
March 17th and they recommended approval and I'm happy to address any questions so move second motion by Commissioner Sheen second by Commissioner Stewart discussion hearing none all in favor of the motion indicates so by saying I i those opposed motion carries david any further
business come from the CRA that is all mayor then we will stand adjourned as to the CRA we will reconvene the city council meeting that brings us to hearings ordinances first read madame clerk number 11 A ordinance number
2025-10 an ordinance of the city council of the state of Orlando Florida amending the city's adopted growth management plan to assign the industrial future land use map designation in part and the conservation future land use map designation in part to approximately 428 acres of land generally located south of
State Road 528 and east of Monument Parkway further amending the city's growth management plan to establish a new sub area policy for the same property to provide a maximum development program and required land development regulations providing for amendment of the city's official future land use maps providing for servability
correction of scrier's error and an effective date move to approve second motion by Commissioner Gray second by Commissioner Ortiz i don't have any request for public comment uh discussion hearing none all in favor
of the motion indicates so by saying I those opposed motion carries all right madame clerk 11B ordinance number 2025-11 an ordinance of the city council of the city of Orlando Florida designating certain land generally located south of State Road 528 and Alfa
Trail west of Innovation Way and north of the Oyola County jurisdictional lines and comprised of 390 acres of land more or less as urban reserve in part and conservation in part on the city's official zoning maps providing for amendment of the city's official zoning
maps providing a disclaimer providing for severability correction of scrier's error and an effective date move to approve motion by commissioner gray second by commissioner Stewart again I have no request for public participation discussion hearing none all in favor of
the motion indicate so by saying I those opposed motion carries all right commissioners this ordinance requires a public hearing after 5:00 unless we vote by a super majority to hold second hold the second public hearing at our normal city council meeting staff recommends that we hold the second public hearing
at the regular scheduled city council meeting the next regularly scheduled council meeting beginning at 2 a.m sorry 2:00 p.m um do I hear such a motion motion by Commissioner Stewart second by Commissioner Burns all in favor of the
motion indicate so by saying I i those opposed and so the motion carries okay 11c ordinance number 2025-15 an ordinance of the city council of city of Orlando Florida amending the city's adopted growth management plan to
assign the urban village urban reserve and conservation future land use map designations to approximately 7,797 acres of land generally located north and south of State Road 528 south of Alfa Trail west of Innovation Way and north of the Oyola County jurisdictional
lines further amending the city's growth bond management plan to establish sub area boundary area 41 sub area policy S.41.1 and sub area policy S.41.3 providing for amendment of the city's official future land use maps providing preservability correction of
scrier's error and an effective date move to approve motion by Commissioner Gray second by Commissioner Ortiz i have no request to for public testimony discussion hearing none all in favor of the motion in case by saying I i those opposed motion
carries okay 11d ordinance number 2025-17 an ordinance to the city council of the city of Orlando Florida designating certain land generally located south of State Road 528 and east of Monuway Parkway and comprised of 428 acres of land more or less as plan
development and conservation providing a development plan and special land development regulations of the plan development district providing for servability correction scrimmage error permit disclaimer and effective date move to approve motion by Commissioner Gray second by Commissioner Stewart i have no request
for public testimony discussion hearing none all in favor of the motion indicates so by saying I i those opposed so the motion carries this ordinance also requires a public hearing after 5:00 unless we vote by a super majority to hold the second public hearing at our
normal city council meeting time staff recommends that we hold the second public hearing at the regular scheduled next regularly scheduled city council meeting beginning at 2 p.m do I have such a motion motion by Commissioner Stewart second by Commissioner Rose all in favor of the
motion indicates so by saying I i those opposed motion carries okay let's move on to hearings ordinances second read uh 12A ordinance number 2025-12 an ordinance of the city council of the city of Orlando Florida relating to zoning districts and uses amending
provisions of the land development code to clarify location requirements for freestanding emergency rooms permitted uses in the public use zoning district and amending definitions providing legislative findings and for severability codification correction of scrier's error and an effective date
move to approve second um motion by Commissioner Burns second by Commissioner Sheen i have no requests for public participation discussion hearing none all in favor of the motion indicate so by saying I i those opposed motion carries okay let's go to
ordinances on first reading 13A ordinance number 2025-13 an ordinance of the city of Orlando granting SJP Enterprises LLC DBA Prince Containers a non-exclusive franchise to provide rolloff container collection and disposal of solid waste
within the city of Orlando outlining franchises duties and providing the terms and conditions under which such franchise shall operate providing for servability and an effective date motion was that she or Rose Motion by Commissioner Sheen and second
by Commissioner Stewart i have no uh request for public comment discussion hearing none all in favor of the motion indicates so by saying I those opposed motion carries okay and the other roll off ordinance 13B ordinance number
2025-14 an ordinance of the city of Orlando granting Earth Hall LLC a non-exclusive franchise to provide rolloff container collection and disp disposal of solid waste within the city of Orlando outlining franchises duties and providing the terms and conditions
under which such franchise shall operate providing for servability and infected date second motion by Commissioner Stewart second by Commissioner Burns i have no request for testimony discussion hearing none all in favor of the motion indicate
say by saying I i those opposed motion carries and 13C madam clerk ordinance number 2025-16 an ordinance of the city council of city of Orlando Florida designating certain land generally located north and south of State Road 528 south of Alfao
Trail east and west of Innovation Way and north of the Oyola County jurisdictional lines and comprised of approximately 4,700 acres of land as plan development on the city's official zoning maps providing a development regulation plan and special land development regulations of the plan development district providing for
servability correction of scrier's error permit disclaimer and an effective date move to approve motion by Commissioner Gray second by Commissioner Ortiz again I have no requests for public testimony discussion hearing none all in favor of the motion indicates by saying I i those opposed
and so the motion carries and that concludes the regularly agenda business of the Orlando City Council if we could get ready for general appearance