City Council - Regular Meeting

Good afternoon, and welcome to the 10/20/2025 meeting of the Orlando City Council. It's hard to believe it is more than halfway through October. So, happy Halloween to everybody since we won't see before then. It's nice to see so many happy people in the building and for different things, for retirements, for getting checks, for being here to celebrate local governments with the UCF kids. So, to be here. I'm gonna oh, no. We actually need to do some things in the order that we need to do them. So, first is to ask commissioner Stewart to offer the invocation and the pledge of allegiance.

Thank you. Thank you mayor. Today is part of my invocation. I want to reflect a little bit on serving for the past twenty years on this council, especially during this season of gratitude. I'm so grateful for you mayor.

Thank you and this council, our staff, our citizens, and all those who have wanted to make Orlando a better place. It's a great deal of honor that I serve here. I am so deeply thankful for the opportunity to serve. So with that in mind, will you bow your heads with me and take a moment to reflect on our city and our service in today's meeting. Dear Lord, it's with a thankful heart that each of us come to you today to thank you for the opportunities to serve our great city.

I'm especially grateful to this council and our mayor for their selfless devotion to serving others here in the city of Orlando. And as we look at the work ahead of us, we humbly ask for your guidance and your wisdom to do what is right. We are grateful for the thousands of people that we serve and the millions of people who touch our city each year. As we look ahead to today's meeting, we seek your wisdom in striving for the best in our community. Lord, you blessed us with people who are committed to serving each other and that we submit ourselves to your service.

We thank you for this great nation, for the opportunity to give us dialogue with those with whom we agree and don't agree. We ask as we move forward that we will seek the best in each other and always try to understand what we can accomplish so much together than we can separately. And lastly, Lord, we ask that we accomplish these things without seeking the credit, knowing that great things are accomplished when we seek the welfare of each other. You, Lord. We ask these things in your holy and precious name. Amen. Amen.

Okay. Let's call the meeting to order. Madam Clerk, would you call the roll and make a determination of a quorum, please?

Commissioner Gray? Here. Commissioner Ortiz? Here. Commissioner Stewart? Here. Commissioner Sheehan? Here. Interim Commissioner Rose? Here. Commissioner Burns?

Here.

Mayor Dyer?

Here.

Mayor, you have a quorum with all members present.

Thank you, madam clerk. First order of business is consideration of minutes from the agenda review in city council meetings of 10/06/2025. Motion by Commissioner Sheehan. Second by Commissioner Rose. All in favor indicate so by saying aye. Aye. Those opposed and so the motion carries. Okay. I am going to go just a little out of order from what the agenda says because I want to note that on the agenda we'll be voting to approve the appointments of three members of our city leadership team with more than three decades of experience in local government finance and serving as our deputy CFO. Jose Fernandez is well qualified to manage the role of CFO.

We'll be voting on his appointment to that position. We'll also be voting to approve the appointments or make the appointments permanent of Brooke Bonnet as Deputy Chief Administrative Officer and Lillian Payne as Director of Economic Development. So, I wanna commend Jose, Brooke and Lillian for your leadership. We look forward to more great service from all three of you. And one of the reasons I wanted to do this out of order was so I could also acknowledge the appointment of Jason Revolt as our interim fire chief and I'm confident that his twenty four years experience in the department will provide a strong foundation for strong leadership during this transition.

The Orlando Fire Department continues to be a standard of excellence for our community. Please join me in congratulating chief Repolt, and thank you chief Salabar for Okay. And the reason that I did that is because we are honoring a retiring city of Orlando employee today who has served our community for three decades. And he happens to be from the fire department. And that is Ron Glass and I see that a lot of his friends are out here today as well.

So I wanna introduce and call on Chief Revolt to come up and share a few words about Ron.

Thank you, mayor. Council members. Mayor Dyer and commissioners, I'm proud to join you today to help celebrate the impact lieutenant Ron Glass, someone you all have known very well. After twenty nine years of service to our community, Ron is retiring from the Orlando Fire Department. And it's a pleasure of mine for this to be one of the first things I get to do in this position.

For most of my career, Ron has been a superior of mine. And so it's with great humility that I get to do this. Ron has dedicated not only his time and experience to the citizens of Orlando, but he's also done that for the folks that he works with as members of the union and taking care of the firefighters and doing that with a strong conviction and dedication over these years. So with that, Mayor Dyer, will you please read Ron's retirement proclamation? And then if we could take some photos with him.

That would be great. Ron, will you come to the podium, please? Ron, I heard about that open carry. That looks pretty good. Have you had the occasion to use that?

No. A little while. Well, I

have a retirement proc in your honor. Whereas, thanks to the dedication and professionalism of its employees, the city of Orlando provides critical services, programs and amenities that residents, businesses and visitors rely on each day. And whereas the strength and efficiency of our municipal government comes from the City of Orlando employees. And whereas their passion for public service is critical to our collective efforts to ensure that the City Beautiful remains a great place to live, work, and visit while also allowing the city of Orlando to face any challenges that come our community's way. And whereas after joining the Orlando Fire Department in 1996, Ronald A Glass has been committed to keeping residents and businesses and visitors safe.

And, Res Ron is retiring after twenty nine years of service, but the city of Orlando will always be grateful for his countless contributions to our community. Now, therefore, I buddied our mayor of the City Of Orlando and do hereby thank Ronald A Glass for serving our city and extend best wishes for good health and much happiness in the future.

Ron you want to say

a few things?

I didn't really, prepare anything for this, but mayor, they always say that if you, if you have a job you love, you'll never come to work a day in your life. And that's the way it's been for me for, twenty nine and a half years. Everything I have has been because of the city. My dad, who's

sitting here,

was a member of the Orlando Police Department for thirty two years. My mom was a lieutenant with the Orlando Police Department for twenty three years. So everything I have, everything my kid has my kids have, everything my family's had, has been a direct result for this city. I've always fought for my members, but I always appreciate everything I've gotten from this city. So thank you so much.

Okay. Fire personnel activated. Come on. Come on down. Make room for And then everybody else after that.

Yeah.

Put it on your neighbor's back. Tell him It's

good to see Steve, Ron, and Mark. I remember our good old lobbying days, and I just wanna thank you guys for We might have been over served at a couple of events, and the firefighters always make sure that Russell and I got back in one piece. So thank you. Thank you to the three Musketeers. You're all here. Thank you, guys.

I'm sure some pub downtown's about to do some business. Okay. We will move on into the mayor's update, and I do have a few items. Election day for city elections is quickly approaching. In person voting for early In person early voting will start a week from today and go through November 2 at the Supervisor of Elections Office.

If you need more info, go to our website or orlando.gov/election. Okay. I mentioned just for a second that we have a very special group of visitors and that is UCF Student Government. We're proud to welcome these student leaders here today. Would you stand and let us recognize you?

Go Knights. So, every year student government comes and spends the day with us on one of our council days and I know you have a full afternoon of activities, so you can leave whenever they're expecting you to tour the rest of city hall and do the other things. But, thank you for being here. We appreciate that. And, hopefully, one of you will be up here someday. So, or in congress or other places. Okay. Another happy thing. Commissioner Gray is getting older, so he has a birthday coming up. And it will be before our next commission meeting. So commissioner Ortiz, could you lead us?

It'll be my honor.

Happy birthday to Happy birthday, commissioner Gray and commissioner Ortiz. What was the song you sang at the Hispanic Heritage Month event?

Golly. That was some Pali Ortega. Was

Can you just give us one just one verse. One little verse.

No. That's it. That's what you get.

Seems like we all just press one. Okay.

We're gonna continue to have fun before we get to the hard stuff. We are approving I'm going to items on the consent agenda today. $4,300,000 in grant awards to 63 not for profit organizations who provide critical services to our community. And we're very pleased to be able to fund the efforts. So many great organizations that do the work that we can't do as a city and we're happy to support you and the work that you do.

Will you all stand up and be recognized as well? Awesome. The heartbeat of our community right voting today on the Canvas Cultural Plan which is a collaborative effort between

the City

of Orlando, the Orlando Community Redevelopment Agency, and Orange County represents the work and voices of over 1,500 residents and outlines a ten year roadmap to strengthen our arts and culture across the community. We are thankful for our partners in Orange County and the CRA in helping to create that vision. We are also approving 2,200,000.0 in funding agreements to 10 economic development organizations. They play a pivotal role in driving economic development and help entrepreneurs and startups and businesses large and small. And I know there are representatives from those organizations.

You may have stood up with the other 63, but why don't you go ahead and stand up again for the economic development organizations. And then I have one more. We are trying to be the best aid friendly community in the entire country and that means making sure that we are watching out for our seniors and especially in the area of housing. So, we will consider providing funding for Legacy Place to expand that housing inventory for seniors of low, very low, and extremely low income. Of the 100 departments proposed, at least 15 are reserved for households earning 30% or less of the area median.

63 for households earning 60% less and that continues our Orlando unlocked housing initiative as we try to create more housing in our community. Okay, we are now gonna go on to the consent agenda which is the number of items act upon through a single vote of council. We give each of our council members the opportunity to update you on important happenings from their district and comment on items on the consent agenda. We rotate the order that we do that. Commissioner Stewart is first up today. Commissioner.

Thank you mayor. Let me say also thank you. Where's Jason? Congratulations Jason. Thank you for your service. We appreciate that. Thank you very much. And lieutenant of course Ron Glass has been a wonderful friend of mine for nearly forever. Couple things I wanna share. First of all, National Night Out, I wanna say thank you to all those.

I got to about 10 parties in about two and a half hours. It was a whirlwind through the district but it was a great chance to spend time with those people who are committed to keeping our community safe. So thank you very much. I also got a chance, there's a lot of anniversaries that we're having. And following College Park's anniversary, a hundred years a hundred year anniversary last year, Park Lake Presbyterian Church celebrated their hundredth anniversary last week.

And so we're honored to be over there and with my good friends Helen and Dan Devovoice. Last Saturday night, we had another wonderful event from the Reed Charitable Foundation. If you haven't had a chance to look them up, please look them up. They are impacting literacy in all of our schools throughout the country and now throughout the world. And then last but not least, I mentioned coming up, tomorrow, I'm sorry, Wednesday, we actually hit the ground running with our Orlando History Makers podcast.

It's a little labor of love that I accomplished and and I'm very excited about getting that out on the and published. So our first episode is Thursday I mean, Wednesday. And the first speaker is a guy who none of us know very well, Buddy Dyer. And I'm so honored, Buddy, that you would be there and be the first and get a chance to talk about our city and what makes our city great. And there'll be nine episodes and they range from county mayors to city mayors to people who just have been involved in our community for a long time.

I hope it continues to go on, so somebody's gonna have to compel me to do it or take it over which is fine with me. But for the announcement, look for the information so you can look it up. It'll be on Orlando's YouTube channel starting Wednesday. Coming up this week, there is tons of stuff that's related to Halloween. Baldwin Park Mass the mini monster mash is up. The College Park Jazz Fest is this weekend. The Churchillon Drive trunk or treat. There's another trunk or treat over at the College Park neighborhood center. There's another trunk or treat over at Rosemont neighborhood center. And then there's the Taste Park coming up on November 6 at the Great Southern Box.

Those are some things that are coming up. There's more on my calendar. On the agenda today, mayor, you for recognizing Brooke and Jose and Lillian. I'm so grateful for them and their service to the community. Thank you very much. I appreciate that. Also, congratulations to Corey Keith and Michelle Bach. I get to make fun of Corey a little bit longer. Thank you Corey for your service and and your promotion and and Michelle's promotion promotion as well. Our city has great people that work in it.

And it's great to honor them and it's great to recognize them. On the agenda today, mayor, you very much. Items 3a four, a five, and a six. Some people may not realize this, but we actually take city tax dollars and we actually give it away back to the city citizens. We do it through our organizations. And today we are doing $3,900,000. And so I appreciate that. Appreciate each of you who have kind of been on the front line. For those who are listening, you get a chance, please go on to the city website and look at some of these things. But I will tell you that it covers everything from from ballet to homelessness.

It covers everything from housing to you name it. Y'all are the lifeblood. The mayor said that you're the lifeblood of our community. And I'm so grateful. And I had an honor sitting out there with you for a while. And so now I have the honor of serving you in this capacity. So thank you for what you do. Also, congratulations to the FOP lieutenants and the FOP Maine and the IAF communications. We have those contract negotiations completed. We'll be approving those today. Thank you all for your service. Thank you for sticking with us and at the same time thank you for your service to our city. So I appreciate that. So thank you very much. And that's all I have mayor.

Thank you.

Thank you commissioner. Commissioner Sheehan.

Thank you mayor Dyer. Well we had a very big weekend this weekend. We had peaceful protests at City Hall and everybody behaved themselves very nicely and wore some of the cutest inflatables I have ever seen. I appreciate the community coming out and expressing their right to free speech in a very peaceful fashion. We also had to come out with pride parade which was incredible.

It's one of the largest events. Julie thank you for your help that you you know thank you for this being the staff person that helps out with that. But I just also want to thank all the staff members that worked on getting our banners and our flags up. That's really important, know symbols like that are very important to the community especially after the crosswalk was taken out. So I just want to say thank you to everyone that worked on That's that you know, symbols are important and it's and it's for people in my community when people wanna erase us.

So thank you for everyone for working to make sure that happened and believe me it was noticed by my community over the weekend, so thank you very much. Absolutely. I too wanna congratulate Brooke, Jose, Lillian and chief Jason. I'm gonna screw your name up and since people have been messing my name up my whole life, we're going to get together and say your name right. Okay, awesome.

So I think congratulations on your promotion and I know you'll do a great job at that. Again, have all of our arts, culture, community grants, thanks for everything that you all do to make our community strong and healthy and beautiful which is so critically important. On the agenda today, I also have for for Lake Eola Gateway, Turner Construction is gonna start working on that gateway project to go into Lake Eola, that's extra bit of land that the what they call themselves the self styled little old ladies donated to to Lake Eola Park, so we're gonna you're just gonna start seeing some activity there. But also today on item three b 12, and I wanna thank Sherry Gottsch for working with me on this. We've got four sculptures that are gonna be going throughout District 4 and some of them are actually gonna be located in other commissioners districts, but they're to celebrate the main streets that are actually predominantly in my district.

So we're gonna have a cow in the Milk District, a dragon in Mills 50, a child in Curry Ford West and a swan in Thornton Park and they're all gonna be stainless steel sculptures much like the beautiful stainless steel sculptures that they have in Tavistock of the dog. Commissioner Gray, we totally ripped you off, we copied you. So these are actually gonna be within the main streets, so they're gonna be iconic and we will get with So to later, have one other district when we start doing the bike trail later on. So those are taking care of all the main streets, putting some iconic artwork in those districts and stainless steel to make sure that they're gonna be there forever and really celebrate the unique character of every main street that's in my district. The only other thing that I've got on the agenda today is on MPP.

We I wanna thank staff for working on the Voyage wine tasting room. That's gonna be a really nice addition to to East Washington Street. And that's all I had, mayor commissioners. Thank you so much.

Thank you commissioner. Commissioner Rose.

Good afternoon everyone. Thank you all for being here and I wanna thank everyone audience for all of your hard work, whether in your organization here at the city of Orlando. District 5 has been very busy. I am a huge football fan and super excited to see United Football League come back to Orlando playing at the InterCoast Stadium, the Orlando storm. Shout out to Jason Siegel in the back for the hard work at Greater Orlando Sports Commission in making that deal possible.

I wanna thank all of the organizations for participating in National Night Out. I attended roughly 12 events all the way to Metro West from downtown all the way over. It's a great opportunity to connect with the residents, hear some of the concerns, but also have do it in a friendly way of fun, and just hear how we can make the district better. I wanna thank chief Smith and OPD for continuing to have quarterly community meetings with our residents to hear their law enforcement concerns and not just hearing them, but actually taking action and solving the making sure that we have safer communities. I had the pleasure of joining Freddie Clayton with Orlando Union Rescue Mission for something called Conversations on a Bench.

So if you haven't, check it out on Facebook. He went live for twenty four hours on Facebook and he brought in different people from around the community to talk about homelessness and how in our respectful own ways we're doing solving homelessness and ways that we can do things that we can do collectively. I want to congratulate City District Main Street on a successful Main Street State the Main Street recently. I want to thank Mike Hess and the sustainability team. So our sustainability team, while they're small in number but large in their work, they go out to the farms throughout our community.

So for those that don't know, much of our community is food desert. So besides our community gardens, they go out to the farms in the community and they do something called gleaning. And for those that don't know, gleaning is when a farm has crop and they take the crops that are eligible to be sold and then they allow community partners to come in and take them. Mike and his team go out. When I got elected last year, was like, Hey Mike, I want to go gleaning.

So he just like When I first met him, he was talking to the different operations. And so I had the opportunity last week to go out to Scott's farm out in Mount Dora, and we gleaned cucumbers, okra, then there was black eyed peas. I want to thank Society of St. Andrew, Sodexo, and Scott's Farms for their commitment to making sure we work together to end hunger. And so we picked the we went out in the field and it was I think for me it was like it was this weird space because the whole adage of like slavery and being in the fields.

But I think in the context of being in the fields, doing something to give back to this community was so rewarding for me. And so not only did I pick the crop, so staff called on the neighborhood centers in the district and were like, hey commissioner's going to drop them off. So they thought, hey commissioner's going to send staff. But like it was it was the staff was so surprised. I came and I dropped it off and we started talking about bagging and how the communities really look forward to it.

So if you have never Mike, if you look up sustainability and you reach out to our sustainability office, you can come out with us when we go gleaning and do your part in making sure that no family goes hungry in our community. As we begin fall, we end the fall session. There are gonna be a lot of Fall Fest, Trunk or Treat events, and activities. I want everyone to be safe, remind and be mindful, and remind remind the kids in the community to be safe while they're crossing the street, reminding kids not to eat unopened candy when they get them, and just to have some fun. I think the fall fests that we're having across this community is really an opportunity for us to come together.

Super excited. If you have not, Art Squared is finally open on the corner of Robinson And Orange Avenue. There is a lot going on in and around District 5. So if you are not, I encourage everyone to follow District 5 on Instagram and Facebook because I could spend all day, and I think Mary wants to get down to business talking about what's been going on. So I'm gonna go on to the agenda. I wanna congratulate all the appointments, but I wanna give a special shout out to Brooke Bonnet. So a little fun fact, I have worked with Brooke. When I first started at the city of Orlando, Brooke was the economic development director. And I'll say this, Brooke is very dedicated in the work that she has done. And so for those that don't know Brooke is hiding right now behind Jose.

But Brooke is the brainchild for those that don't know behind Creative Village. So she's an epitome of like being an employee here in the city or being the employee in any government entity that you can have an idea and a vision and when you steadfast and you let folks see how it really works, how something can become. So like, thank you Brooke for your commitment. Sometimes she'll steamroll over other departments and stuff, but we get that she gets the job done here. So I want to congratulate her especially. On to congratulations to I Love Orlando Cafe expansion. If you have not been, it's on the corner of Washington And Roslyn. It's on the agenda. They are now serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner here in the district. I am glad to see so this has been a long time coming.

There will be some new art installation murals at Lake Lana Doon, and looking forward those. Thank you for all the work that of everyone that's here that we're providing funding for today, the 58 organizations. I also wanna thank staff, specifically Sherry and Mary Stewart because Mary Stewart doesn't get enough recognition for the Canvas cultural plan that we are voting on today. She is very behind the scenes, but art is really she's hiding. Oh oh, Mary's oh, she's right there.

She's hiding. Stand up, Mary. Mary is Mary Stewart, for those that don't know, she's very like when when you talk about the intricacies of a lot of programs that happen in this community, Mary Stewart, she gets the job done, she does the research. And so I wanna thank her for her hard and diligent work of meeting with all of us, not just at the city, but at the county to hear how we envision art in our community. And I am done. Thank you.

Thank you. Commissioner Burns?

Alright. Thank you, mayor. Good afternoon, fellow commissioners, everyone in attendance. First, I'd like to also say congratulations to Brooke, Jose, and Lillian on your official appointments. I really look forward to working with you all. Also, October 7 was National Night Out. And fellow commissioners, this is the last time I'm gonna say this. But of the three awards for National Night Out, District 6 got first and third place. So, let's give District 6 another round of applause. So, until next year, I have to say we won all three.

So, we got a

second. You got

a We'll sweep next year. But I do want to say congratulations and thank you to all neighborhoods that came together to support National Night Out. It's a chance to get our communities together, interact with our public safety officers. Also, I'd like to say thank you to chief Smith for attending two of the of our events where he presented a check for their award. So again, thank you for all of that.

Also, October 8, I had the opportunity to visit Rock'em Socks with the mayor. Rock'em Socks is an accessories manufacturer located in District 6 founded by Rob Starkman, former student manager for the Knights men's basketball team that offers more than 10,000 designs and collaborations with some of the biggest companies in the entertainment industry. Rockham Sockham has major partnerships with the NBA, Disney, and the NFL. I'm proud that to have this growing business here in my district, and we look forward to them continuing to grow, continuing to represent Orlando and UCF. So if you get a chance, if you need some special socks, please reach out to Rock'em Socks.

Also, on October 9, I had the opportunity to do a walk through of the Carver Shores neighborhood with Corey Knight. I just wanna say thank you, Corey, for always answering my call, but also being willing to go out into the community and see exactly some of the concerns that our residents have when we talk about sidewalks, streets, other infrastructure. So, again, thank you. Thank you, Corey. And we do look forward to the repairs. I don't see Corey. Alright. There you go. So thank you, Corey. Also, I had the pleasure of, on October 10, attending the DPAC tenth anniversary gala.

It was a beautiful event. Lot a nice time, but just was amazed that ten years of doctor Phillips performing arts center serving our community, arts for every life. So thank you to their team for putting on a great event. Upcoming events, Trunk or Treat at Hankins Park, Tuesday, October 28 from six to eight. Candyland Trunk or Treat at Grand Avenue Neighborhood Center, October 29, six to eight.

Also, Trucking in the City at doctor James r Smith Center, the October 31 from six to eight. Also, the twenty sixth annual Veterans Day Parade will be held on November 8 at the Lake Nona Town Center. Looking forward to kinda that change in venue and getting over to Lake Nona. Also, nature in November, Saturday, November 8 from 9AM to one at Bill Frederick Park. Free admission a free admission event where families can enjoy music, hay rides, nature hikes, farm tours, and more.

So please, nature in November on November 8. Also, my satellite hours are will be the second and fourth Wednesday of every month from ten to four, and this is an opportunity for constituents to come and meet me outside of city hall and just share some of their some of their concerns or some of their ideas as well. On the agenda, mayor, I too would like to say congratulations to all of the organizations who will be receiving the arts and CIP funding. Thank you for all that you do. And as the mayor said, you are really the heartbeat of our community.

Also, on item three b two, Orlando after school all stars agreement with the city of Orlando. Great program, really provides our our youth some positive extracurricular activities after school, so very supportive of the work that happens there. Also, item three f one, development and loan agreement between the city of Orlando and Thornton Place Ltd, and subordination agreements. This funding will provide senior housing right here in District 6. So I see former county commissioner Victoria Sipley representing Thornton Place.

So thank you for bringing those units to District 6. And also make sure we get with we get with housing department to make sure that we get some of that gap funding if you if you all need some. Alright? Also, mayor, I'll be declaring a conflict on item three a six. As you know, I serve as the president and chief executive officer of the Health Care Center for the Homeless, and the twenty five twenty six funding recommendations for the community investment program grants for this year and several years have been provided to organization before my time on the council.

None of that money, mayor, goes to my compensation. Additionally, these funds will not be granted to the health center unless and until the city enters into a separate agreement. Such agreements will come before the city city council. Mayor, I have filled out the necessary conflict of interest paperwork. And with that, mayor, that's all I have.

Thank you.

Thank you, commissioner. Commissioner Gray.

Thank you, mayor. In the spirit of of time, most of the events that I've done in District 1, I put on my website, social media. So if you wanna find out what's going on in Lake Nona in the Southeast part of town, please go there. On the agenda, a couple items real quick. I also want to echo my other commissioners. We really appreciate all the hard work that our community service partners do. So thank you very much for what you do and and how you serve our citizens. On the agenda also, three b 15, wanna thank our staff for arranging for replacement of a playground in the Southport community. Long overdue, they needed that replaced. So thanks to the staff for that.

Also wanna mention items c three c three which is the municipal planning board minutes. One of those issues on there was for a convenience store in a neighborhood and some of the neighbors predictably had some concerns. We did a community meeting with applicant and I just want to thank all parties concerned because it was a civil discussion. The residents raised some concerns, ownership to address some of those. The main issue obviously was safety.

And I just wanted to grab the microphone and and publicly state, like everything we do in the city of Orlando, public safety is number one. We will make sure, neighbors that, like everything else, we will protect that neighborhood as the the convenience store opens if we have any problems. So wanted to state that. And finally, the reason I say we can do that is item three k. Mentioned earlier, our contract with FOP, we are very fortunate to have the kind of public safety we have here in the city of Orlando. So I wanna say thank you to their leadership for coming together, get the contract behind us, and get back to the business of protecting our residents. So thank you very much for that. That's all I have, mayor.

Thank you, commissioner. And commissioner Ortiz?

Mayor, I do have a lot to say. The first thing I'm gonna say is when commissioner Stuhr was thanking God and everything else, he didn't thank God for having the mayor one side of me and the other. We kept you straight. We kept you straight. Anyhow, congratulations to the appointees. I'm very excited. Brooke, Bonnet, Jose Fernandez, and Corey, Lillian Scott. Corey, Keith, and Michelle. You guys are just great. And I think the city's gonna continue working at its best.

So I wanna also congratulate all the recipients of the Arts and Cultural Organization grants. And as a matter of fact, I was on October 16, I joined the Central Florida Community of Arts in celebrating fifteen years of creative excellence in their Rhythm and Revelry event. They had performance of a choir to big band, youth theater. It was beautiful. So congratulations to the CFC Bart on this milestone.

Congratulations also to the community service organizations. You guys, the reality is that I don't see this as grants, know, it's an investment. Because what you guys do for a community, I mean, the return on investment is is humongous. So, you know, we should put we should all put our money into this, you know. So so thank you so much for what you're all doing. This is great. And the Community Investment Program grant, so congratulations to all of you. I wanna do a big shout out. Mayor, thank you. Thank you.

Thank you for bringing chief Jason Revolt as your interim chief. You know, I'm a stickler for promotion from within and I can say how happy I am because I know that from here on we're gonna continue that that old way of doing business, bringing our own people and preparing them and and taking care of business. Our city of Orlando is very appreciative of our fire department and we're very proud of you guys. And so thank you so much chief. We expect nothing but supreme performance.

So thank you. Thank you mayor. I wanna and the FOP lieutenants and the FOP Maine and the IAFF community, Thank you for coming to the table and getting down and getting these contracts approved. I mean a pass so we can approve. Thank you so much for your disposition.

In terms of items, things happening in the district, the National Night Out as as commissioner Burns was talking about. By the way, commissioner Burns, I hate to burst your bubble. The only reason you won this time is because District 21 and 3 or and four are always winning. You know, we just thought it was time for district six to get a have to play that Messing with you. Well deserved. You guys are awesome. On October 8, Doctor. Phillips Central was filled with energy and pride in honor of the Hispanic Heritage Month. The evening featured vibrant performances, and mine was not one of them. And cultural celebrations that reflect the heart of our city.

More than a showcase, it was a reminder that the importance of preserving culture and passing on traditions that inspire the next generation. And even more than that is the diversity, equity, and inclusion that we have in the city, no matter what anybody at any level of government wants. So on the morning of October 10, we continue celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month. This time we honor the seniors of the Englewood, Dover Shores, and Rosemont neighborhoods. I wanna thank OPD and OFD for joining us and spending time with our seniors.

You helped make that morning super special for everybody. On the morning of October 15, I participated in MetroPlan Orlando blind the blind experience, a humbling opportunity to walk in the shoes of those who navigate the world without sight. This annual initiative brings essential attention to the White Cane Law and the need for greater pedestrian safety. Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know how many of you had the opportunity to go across an intersection blindfolded. It's an I'm gonna say it's an eye opener, but it's it's it's a different experience.

It's something that you really should experience because so many times we ostracize people. I know. Sorry about that. It's it's you know, bad habits die hard, guess. But I apologize for that.

But it it was quite a humbling experience and it tells us that we need to do a lot more for people with disabilities. So many times we ostracize people with disabilities. We don't give them the chance. We gotta make sure that all our, not only public buildings but private buildings have the gadgets necessary in order for people to be able to just have their normal lives like everybody else, you know. And we should give them opportunities when it comes to jobs, give them opportunities in every instance just like anybody else.

They have a lot to give. They're willing, able, and eager to wanting to work and show their capabilities, but yet I don't think we're doing our job. Just foot for thought. Mayor and besides that I just wanna move the move to approve the agenda.

Motion by commissioner Orteez, second by commissioner Stewart. In favor indicate so by saying aye. Aye. Those opposed? So, the motion carries.

Okay. We are going to have about a thirty second recess so that everybody that was here for consent agenda and doesn't want to stay for the remainder of the program can exit. Okay. Without objection, we're gonna recess the city council meeting and we're gonna convene the CRA meeting. David, I don't know what it is.

Everybody left. Presentation must not be that exciting.

I think it's very exciting.

I do too. I'll go ahead and take 3A which is our 4A which is meeting minutes from the September 22 CRA meeting motion by Commissioner Rose, second by Commissioner Sheehan. All in favor indicate so by saying aye. Aye. Those opposed, motion carries. Okay. David, the rest of the show is yours.

Alright. Thank you, mayor, and good afternoon, commissioners. So the next item up for consideration, it was referenced earlier, but it's an exciting time. It's the advisory committee rankings for an authorization for the chief procurement officer for the negotiated procurement process in relation to 30 South Orange, which is the pocket park right there at the corner of Orange And Pine in downtown, as well as our Lake Eola Gateway project. Construction was ranked number one. Warrent Smith was ranked number two. Collage Company's three. And then McCree Design Builders, four. But I'm happy to address any questions of of the council. It's it's in both. So we have it's two but it's half and half.

Is that half? Yeah. Okay. Alright. So we'll we'll split it.

Sounds good.

Okay. Motion by commissioner Sheen, second by commissioner Rose. Discussion?

I have a question.

Question? Commissioner Rose?

So during the State of the City last year, during the rendering for the Pocket Park at Pine And Orange, there was Thomas Chapman Park and I would like for that to be a high consideration in the renaming as we look at naming 430 South Orange Avenue.

So you'll take that under consideration. Further discussion? Hearing none, all in favor of the motion indicate so by saying aye. Aye. Those opposed motion carries. C?

Adam C. Mayor. This is a facade grant. This is for 642 West Livington Street. This is a home in the CRA that's doing some window replacement. Total cost of their improvements is about $61 They qualify for $20,000 of assistance through the CRA program. And the facade committee recommended approval. Motion

by commissioner Sheehan, second by commissioner Rose. Discussion? Hearing none, all in favor of the motion, indicate so by saying aye. Aye. Those opposed? Motion carries. And d.

And item d, this is a DTO restaurant program funding agreement. Excited to have I Love Orlando Cafe, which is right there at the corner of Washington And Roslyn across the street from our signature park, Lake Eola. They had the opportunity to expand, so they're pretty much doubling their space. They were previously just an outside patio. They did a tremendous amount of business. They're expanding over to the north. They'll have some inside seating. With that, they qualify for $14,100 in tenant improvement funding from the CRA, as well as $25,000 in rent abatement for a total award of $39,100

Motion by Commissioner Rose second by Commissioner Sheehan. Is there any questions or discussion? Hearing none on favor of the motion indicate so by saying aye. Aye. Those opposed? So the motion carries. Further business statement?

That is all ma'am.

Then we will adjourn the CRA meeting and we will reconvene the city council meeting. And that brings us to hearings ordinances on first reading Madam Clark. Would you please read the first ordinance?

Ordinance number twenty twenty five dash thirty five, an ordinance of the city council of the city of Orlando, Florida vacating, closing, and abandoning approximately 240 feet of the easterly portion of West Compton Avenue, generally located North Of West Ileana Street, East Of Joseph Street, West Of Taylor Avenue, and South Of Michigan Street as described in the John W. Burke subdivision plat as recorded in plat book four, page one thirty five, and in the Carlton Terrace plat as recorded in plot book o, page 38 in the public records of Orange County, Florida, and comprised of 0.27 acres of land, more or less, providing for conditions of abandonment, the execution of affecting documents, severability, correction of scrivener's errors, and an effective date. Motion

by commissioner Singh, second by commissioner Rose. I don't have any request to speak on this item discussion. Are you known all in favor indicate so by saying aye. Aye. Those opposed? Motion carries. Okay. That'll bring us to hearings ordinances on second reading a 12 a.

Ordinance number twenty twenty five dash 36. An ordinance of the city council of city of Orlando Florida relating to outdoor storage uses. Amending chapter 58 part four j, land development code entitled outdoor storage uses and storage facilities, amending chapter 66 of the land development code entitled definitions, providing for severability, codification, correction of scribner's error, and an effective date.

Second. Motion by commissioner Sheehan second by commissioner Stewart. I don't have any requests to speak on this item. Discussion hearing none all in favor the motion indicates aye. Aye. Those opposed motion carries. Alright. 12 b madam clerk.

Ordinance number twenty twenty five dash thirty seven an ordinance of the city council of the City of Orlando Florida amending chapter five article three city code by adding a new section 5.23 amending article four by authorizing the placement, installation, or contracting for placement or installation of traffic infraction detectors at specified intersections, providing legislative findings, providing for severability, codification, correction of scrivener's errors and an effective date.

Second. Motion by commissioner Sheehan, second by commissioner Stewart. So on this one, the Orlando stops traffic safety program is requesting that city council approve ordinance 25 dash 37 traffic study data to add six fifty five red light camera intersections to the existing 25 which would then total 80 high risk intersections identified by the traffic study pursuant to Florida statute 316.0083. The city council must confirm that these locations show a heightened safety risk and require added enforcement. Our goal is to reduce dangerous red light crashes and move toward our vision zero mission to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries on the city streets by 2040.

Ray Rodriguez with Orlando Stops will provide report highlights followed by our public hearing. Ray?

Good afternoon mayor Dyer. Good afternoon, city commissioners, Orlando citizens, members of the public. And I wanted to say my fellow UCF alumni's butt.

They

vacated. My name is Raymond Rodriguez. I'm the manager for Orlando Stop Traffic Safety Program. I'm here this afternoon to present the red light camera traffic study data for the City Of Orlando's ordinance number two thousand twenty five thirty seven. The ordinance allows the City Of Orlando to expand red light camera safety programs from the existing 25 intersections to an additional 55 intersections for a total of 80 intersections.

This presentation I'll briefly speak about the state statute, the city ordinance requirements, and the statutory requirement of heightened safety risks. And of course, a summary of the findings of the study itself. The state statute in question that we're talking about is, as you said, Florida statute three sixteen zero zero eight three parenthesis four parenthesis a one. The purpose of this presentation before you today is to satisfy the public presentation of the city council to consider traffic data before installing traffic safety cameras as required by Florida statute. The statute states municipalities must consider traffic data and other evidence supporting the installation and operation of each traffic infraction detector.

Municipalities must also determine that the intersection at which the traffic infraction detector is to be placed or installed constitute a heightened safety risk that warrants additional enforcement. The city ordinance I'm gonna go through the whole thing. The city ordinance 02/2537 chapter five article section five twenty three states, and it has the same requirements as the Florida statute. Consider evidence presented at the public hearing supporting the installation and operation of traffic infraction detectors on certain roadways within the city's jurisdiction. The intersection must constitute a heightened safety risk that warrants additional enforcement measures.

So getting into getting into the study itself. The study reviewed 2,006 crashes involving red light cameras. This was a five year study and it encumbered January from January 20 through December 2024. The study group concentrated on crash types that are most associated with red light running. Those are left hand turn crashes, right hand turn crashes, of course, and the angle crashes.

The data that was obtained was within the intersection of 250 feet of the intersection. The study includes crashes that occurred in public roadways, which means no parking lots, no limited access facilities were included in this crash study. For an intersection to be considered a highest heightened safety risk, it must meet one of the following criterias. Criteria number one, red light cameras are recognized at intersections with a high and safety lift, and these are intersections that have already been installed in the city of Orlando, and there's 25 existing intersections at these red light that are red light cameras throughout the city of Orlando. Criteria number two, at intersections where there was a result of death, fatality, attributed to red light running is automatically considered a heightened safety risk.

Criteria number three, intersections that reach a composite crash score of 20 or higher derived from the weighted score of red light crashes is also considered a heightened safety risk. Criteria number one, this is the list of existing intersections with red light camera systems. There exist there are currently 25 existing red light cameras throughout the city of Orlando. Criteria number two, the study found 12 intersections with crashes resulting in death. The remaining 10 are proposed new intersections.

Red indicates existing red light camera intersections where there was a fatality. Number four, Colonial And Maguire, and number 10, Kirkman And Vineland Road. The last criteria, crash composite score. The crash composite score threshold is 20 or higher derived from the weighted score of the red light running crashes are considered high in safety risk. Now, if you look at the far left, have vulnerability score.

The vulnerability score plus the severity score equals the crash composite score. The vulnerability score, these are vulnerable users of our roadways. That includes senior citizens, pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists, in other words, people who lack protection. And the next criteria is the severity of injuries. Crashes that result in death or serious physical injuries, priority given to more severe injuries and crashes.

That will give you a composite score. A score of 20 or higher depicts frequency of severity of red light running incidents. Like I stated before, a score of 20 or higher indicates that it is a high safety risk. And criteria number three, you see the intersections that are highlighted in red indicates existing red light camera intersections and black indicates proposed new intersection locations that have resulted in death. The summaries of finding.

80 signalized intersections are deemed to have a high and safety risk and warrant addition enforcement. As a side note, there are three intersections that meet or fit all three criterias. That is that it's an existing intersection, there was a deficit intersection, or a composite score of 20 or higher. 25 intersections I mentioned before are existing intersection throughout the city of Orlando. 12 intersections have recorded a fatality or at least one related death for one.

And 58 intersections have a composite score of 20 or higher. The following slide shows the the total number of 80 intersections. Of course, 25 are already existing and 55 are the new locations. The following slide shows a map illustrating intersections by commissioner district. So the red existing dots, of course, are existing locations.

The yellow are new locations, and this pretty much is to indicate where the cameras are gonna be located throughout the different districts. This slide shows the number of intersections with red light camera by district. The distribution of signalized intersections by commission of district, if you look at the one on the far left as compared to the one on the far right. So the one on the far left indicates a total number of 475 intersections, which is the approximate number of intersections that are signalized throughout the city of Orlando. You compare it to the one on the far right, the expanded red light camera with all 80, you can see that the numbers have been equalized when it comes to the districts of the commissioners.

And of course, the central one is is the existing 25 intersections. So recommended action. To approve the 80 intersections presented and deemed high in safety risk, to support the expansion and installation of the operation of additional infraction detectors. This concludes the red light camera traffic safety presentation.

Questions for Ray, Commissioner Sheehan, and Commissioner Rose.

Well, I just wanna say I'm a thousand percent behind this. I think it's really helped with crashes and everything like that Ray and I want to thank you for everything you all have done because when people get a red light run a ticket they're not happy but they did something wrong and they didn't pay for it. But there's one thing at Colonial And Mills and I don't know if the cameras will be able to deal with this behavior but there's no left turn at Colonial And Mills as you're heading north because there's not enough roadway capacity for a turn lane. And what happens is people start turning left and it is a very dangerous situation. Now I know the red light cameras only deal with the running the red light but is there any way for the cameras to address illegal turns like that?

I don't know. I mean, was just curious whether that was an option or whether that was something that the cameras could detect and potentially give an infraction for.

Yeah. At the present time, if the signal is in fact green, we wouldn't be able to address that.

That's what I was concerned about, yeah. But that might be something that we could look at in the future if they're making illegal turns and stuff like that. Because I know that is a factor at the Colonial And Mills Intersection with people making that illegal left turn and you know people behind them get upset because there's no turn lane and it just creates, so it helps to exacerbate the problem. So thank you.

You're welcome. You're actually on point because we get a number of phone calls on the same issue.

Commissioner Rose.

A couple of things. Are the funds, one, where do the funds that are received, how are they distributed through the city and how are the funds used?

So the funds are used of course to support the program and then any monies or funds that are left over, it goes into traffic safety program projects.

Do they stay distributed based on the way the distribution of the cameras are? So right now District 5 has 36% of the cameras will be placed in District 5 which is a higher we have higher pockets poverty throughout District 5. So are the funds gonna be distributed the way the cameras are as far as the way our communities the lot we get a lot of questions and concerns with speed humps in District 5. I just wanna know the distribution if it's gonna stay the way the cameras are distributed.

Hello. Laura Hardwick, the Safe Mobility Manager for the Transportation Department. So I oversee the Vision Zero program. And after the funds from the citations are collected and paid for the operations of Orlando stops, they come through the transportation department for our safety fund. That's usually about 400,000 to $700,000 a year.

And so at this point, they are directly mimicking the number of citations from the cameras per district. Coming out soon is our Vision Zero progress report which shows our safety projects throughout receive other funding than just safety funds. So we play a delicate dance of making sure we get safety projects made, whether it comes from the red light camera program or other sources. But when we get a project that might be eligible for the safety funds, we look at five factors to make sure that it's a good use of the funds. One of those is proximity to red light cameras. So we wanna have projects that are within a mile of our red light cameras.

Okay. Thank you.

Was that it? Commissioner Rose?

That was.

Commissioner Stewart?

Thank you. Thank you Ray and thank you for your work. Appreciate it. Quick question. I got a call from a constituent who wanted to The opportunity to see if there's a way we can send warnings out to people as opposed to violations. I'm not sure the state statute allows us to send a warning versus a violation. You either violate or you don't. And But I I didn't know if there's any way that we could see if that affects behavior somehow. Yeah.

So there is a thirty day period where we can send warnings out.

The first thirty days that

the Installation.

Inspection is open? Yes.

First thirty day when a camera is in place. So there is a thirty day warning period that's allocated in the statute for such situations.

In general, once it's up and operational, there's not a way to determine what's a warning, what's not a warning. It's a violation or it's not a violation.

Yeah. That is correct. Although I'm a fan of what you're saying. Another

question. The stats are important to me. Think we always discuss that. Do we have some real, kind of before and after stats that we can share to when we begin to talk about this more in public? I mean, we've seen, we've seen crashes go down so many points. So we've we've seen, deaths go down so many. We've seen mean, those are the kind of things I think that that the community, when they hear their next door neighbor got a red light camera violation, we wanted we wanna be able to reinforce that with, yes, we know you got one, but you know what? An intersection has got zero, you know, fatalities where a year ago it had five, you know.

Yeah. Absolutely. So the so the especially when you before you put a camera up, when people are aware that there is a camera in fact, you take those numbers and then you compile them with when the when the camera is up and running, you'll see that the the numbers go down as far as speeding, as far as also red light running goes down tremendously. Yeah.

There's a lot of people who are arguing around the state that this is just a way to get revenue from people who are in the community, and there's not really a safety impact and they claim that there are just as many crashes at these locations as before and some of those crashes end up being rear ending because somebody stops all of a sudden. I think the key part of it is whether that is true or not, we see clearly that fatalities have gone down.

Yes. Absolutely.

And people are not going to the hospital as often cause they are either slowing down or they're paying more attention to the intersection. That's really what we're trying to do, is trying to save lives out there.

Yes. Absolutely. And as far as rear end collisions, that's been disproven. That's basically people on their phone distracted driving.

Yeah. They look up and

they slam on the brakes.

All of a sudden, I agree. I'm just What gets out in the public may or may not have any truth to it. But I wanna be able to show that we're focusing on our message which is saving lives.

Thank you, sir.

Thank you. Thank you for your work, Ray.

You're welcome, sir.

Okay. I'm gonna open it to public comment. I have one request to do so. Patrick Panza. Patrick, if you could come up and give us your name and address and then you'll have three minutes.

Thank you. Patrick Panza. Address is 100 East Pine Street. It's Orlando, Florida 32801. I'm here representing Bike Walk Central Florida.

I just wanted to quickly really speak in favor and and in support of the Red Light Camera Ordinance, the program expansion. Thank you to the city and to all of you for continuing to work towards safety on the roadways. And it's very encouraging to see progress and commitment in pursuit of the mission that the city has dedicated itself to in support of the Vision Zero actions. So really just wanted to kinda say thank you there. We are one of the one of those groups that was approved in your consent agenda today that is out there working with the public.

So I wanna thank you again for your continued support there. We work in safety for pedestrians and all those users of the roadways. We know through our program specifically, we don't have the benefit right now of being able to have before and after data for red light cameras specifically. But we know the impact that enforcement can have on driver behavior and pedestrian behavior and safety. So we look forward to seeing the future here and the potential impacts of this expanded program.

We also know that automated traffic enforcement can reduce strain on law enforcement. We work with law enforcement partners here in Orlando. We know the struggle that they face. We know it can reduce crashes without compromising mobility, which is important for users of the roadway all around. So, really just wanted to say thank you for your continued commitment, express our support for the expansion of this program, and encourage the city to continue on the track that you are, investing in roadway and pedestrian safety.

As you do so, see this as an opportunity that as you do see some increased revenue from this program, it's great to see that it is earmarked for transportation and safety programs, and improvements. And there is an opportunity here to invest wisely, continue investing wisely in those safety projects in such a fashion that sustains safe habits through design, engineering, and enforcement, and education. But there's a great opportunity here so that in the future you're less reliant on enforcement and reaping the benefits of safer behavior from all of our roadway users.

Thank you. Okay. Discussion? Hearing none, all in favor of the motion indicate so by saying aye. Aye. Those opposed? So the motion carries. That'll bring us to ordinances on first reading. Madam clerk, 13 a.

An ordinance of the Ordinance twenty twenty five dash 38. An ordinance of the city council, the city of Orlando, Florida amending the city's growth management plan to change the future land use map designation for certain land generally located North Of West Central Boulevard, South Of West Washington Street, East Of Wilby Avenue, and West Of Jamil Avenue, comprised of 2.5 acres of land, more or less, from residential low intensity to residential high intensity, changing the property zoning designation from residential low intensity to mixed residential office, providing for amendment of the city's official future land use and zoning maps, providing for severability, correction of scrimmage errors, permit disclaimer and an effective date.

Motion by commissioner Rose second by commissioner Sheehan. I don't have any request to speak on this item discussion. Hearing none all in favor of motion indicates that by saying aye. Aye. Those opposed.

Mayor Dyer, you do have a speaker on this item.

Sorry. Have it on 13 c.

My apologies. It's it's 13 c.

The mayor was right once. Okay. Let's see. Did we vote?

Yes. Yes.

Okay. 13 b.

Ordinance number 2025Dash39, an ordinance of the city council, the city of Orlando, Florida amending the city's adopted growth management plan by updating figure c I dash five to be entitled twenty twenty five dash twenty thirty capital improvements fund schedule, amending policy c I point two point two point one four and the capital improvements element providing for severability correction of scrivener's error and an effective date.

Motion by commissioner Ortiz second by commissioner Stewart. I don't have any request to speak on this matter. Discussion? Hearing none. All in favor of motion indicates so by saying aye. Aye. Those opposed? Motion carries. And 13 c.

Ordinance number twenty twenty five dash 40. An ordinance of the city council of the City of Orlando, Florida amending the city's growth management plan to change the future land use map designation for certain land generally located South of Lake Nona Boulevard at the intersection of Boggy Creek Road and New Hope Road comprised of 0.58 acres of land, more or less, from Orange County's rural to City Of Orlando's urban village, changing the property zoning designation from Orange County's agricultural to City Of Orlando's planned development with the aircraft noise overlay district, further amending the city's growth management plan to create sub area policy s point four two point one providing for amendment of the city's official future land use and zoning maps providing for severability, correction of scrivener's errors, permit disclaimer, and an effective date.

Move to approve.

Motion come by commissioner Graves, second by commissioner Ortiz. I do have a request to speak on this matter. Sunshine Grund. Miss Grund, I think you know the procedure,

right? Thank you.

And I heard thirteen. You were right. Am I? Okay. So good afternoon, counsel. My name is Sunshine Grund. 8577 As I trust you may know, I'm a candidate for District 1 and hear about ordinance twenty twenty five forty as it will obviously impact the people there. Over the past few months, I've talked to hundreds of neighbors, and they've said something very loud and very clear. No more development, not until we can catch up. They're not exaggerating.

Traffic on Nercoossee Road continues to make headlines for all the wrong reasons. Residents continue to lack infrastructure to support their daily living. Parents can't get their kids to school in appropriate time, people avoiding stores near their own homes because the traffic is unbearable. And it's just not the traffic dynamic. It's a safety issue, which I remember your state of the city, that was the number one priority you shared, and that's what I heard continuously throughout our community.

I'll spare our fire department accreditation issues that I do feel is connected. We'll share that yesterday, someone shared that a medical professional told them in our community, if you have a heart attack, you will probably die if you're in Lake Nona. Those are not my words. Those are medical professionals because we lack While we do not lack medical facilities, emergency vehicles can't get through the traffic. It's unacceptable, especially for a medical city corridor.

This ordinance before you is small and yet still impactful. It's changing land from agricultural to planned development. Here's the thing, cows don't call 911. They don't use our roads, and if they do, someone's probably calling for help. Cows don't need fire services, trash collection, or recycling pickup, but people do.

And we keep approving these changes without accounting for the real cost to our services on the people now. We're approving developments one by one while our infrastructure is broken. Please consider these things. First, the people have asked to institute a development moratorium on the corridor in District 1 until we complete a comprehensive traffic study that accounts for all approved and pending projects, not just individual ones like the one before you now. Second, ensure every new development funds proportional infrastructure improvements.

Turn lanes, signal timing, intersection upgrades make developers who profit from growth pay for the growth. Third, inter government task forces. Our residents don't care about jurisdictional boundaries when they're stuck in traffic, and I believe our our commissioner is working on that. There's going to be a cost to changing farmland to high density development, a cost to our roads, fire services, emergency response time, but the true cost, as I've said before, is to the people. We have to do better. The people deserve better. Commissioners, mayor, please consider the consequences of these choices on the people, the people who hired each and every one of you. Thank you.

Thank you. Okay. That's all the requests that I had to speak. Discussion Commissioner Ortiz.

I just wanted to clarify something in terms of the fire department and the accreditation. What's important with the fire department is the ISO which is the insurance service office which evaluates community fire protection and assigns a public protection classification score from one to 10. Ours is one. The score which is a key factor in determining homeowners insurance premium is based on four main criteria, emergency communications, the fire department's capabilities, water supply and community efforts to reduce fire risk. So now people are not gonna die in District 1 because of the accreditation. If the ISO was affected, that's a whole different ballgame.

Thank you commissioner. Further discussion hearing none, I'll pay the motion indicates so by saying aye. Aye. Those opposed? And so the motion carries. Alright, I'm gonna disappoint you guys. I hate to do it at the end of the meeting. But we have no request for general appearance. So there will be no general appearances today. So we will without objection stand adjourned.

We have Tony Singh.

Already did twice as enough for it.