Board of County Commissioners - Regular Meeting

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All right, good evening and welcome to the Osceola Board of County Commissioners meeting for August 17th, 2026. At this time, please stand for a moment of silence, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance led by Commissioner Booth, please.

Commissioner Booth.

Please join me in honoring our flag and country.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you so much. Please be seated. All right, board, that brings us now to our approval of the agenda. County attorney, are there any changes?

No changes, but a note on number 16. The agreement that was attached had a time frame of 18 months for the improvement when actually it's 24 months, but that's what was noted on the agenda. So it's just a change to the attachment.

Thank you, sir. County manager, any changes? No changes. All right, we'll bring it back to the board. Move to approve. We have a motion and a second. All those in favor, state by saying aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion passes unanimously. Before that now brings us to our proclamations, excuse me, recognitions, proclamations, and presentations. Our first is an adoption of proclamation declaring August 19th, 2026 as Kendall Brown Day here in Osceola County. Presented by Commissioner Booth.

And I'm gonna get started. Whereas education is a foundation upon which strong communities are built, and exceptional educators inspire future generations to their unwavering commitment to learning, leadership, and service, Whereas Miss Kendall Brown, an agriculture teacher at Harmony Middle School, has dedicated herself to cultivating not only academic excellence, but also leadership character and a lifelong appreciation for agriculture and natural resources among her students. And whereas through innovative instruction, hands-on learning opportunities, Sorry, I got to try to read all this. And her leadership in middle school's FFA chapter, Ms. Brown has empowered hundreds of students to develop the knowledge, confidence, and skills necessary to succeed both inside and outside the classroom while leading students to multiple state championships and fostering meaningful partnerships throughout the community, including one with her commissioner. And that's not in here, I just said that. Whereas after first being named the School District of Osceola County's Teacher of the Year, congratulations, Ms. Brown earned statewide distinction at the 2027 Florida Teacher of the Year banquet representing the very best of Florida educators and serving as the Kristi McAuliffe Ambassador for Education, meaning she is the State Teacher of the Year. And whereas Ms. Brown's passion for education, dedication to student success, and commitment to inspiring future leaders exemplify the values of excellence, innovation, and service that make Osceola County a place where opportunity flourishes. Now therefore, this is awesome. Now therefore, be it proclaimed that the Osceola County Board of Commissioners does hereby proclaim Wednesday, August 19th, 2026, to be known all over Osceola County as Kendall Brown Day. Done and adopted here at this board meeting. And I'll make that as a motion.

Second. All those in favor, state by saying aye.

Aye. Opposed?

Motion passes unanimously.

Congratulations.

I knew I was getting recognized, but I didn't realize a whole.

You didn't know you were getting a day? Not very many people get a day.

This is a very big deal. Thank you. Thank you. My name is Kendall Brown and I am the 2027 Florida Teacher of the Year. I want to start off by sharing my immense gratitude to the Osceola County Board of Commissioners for this incredible recognition. As a lifelong resident of Osceola County, I am proud to call this community home and even prouder to represent educators, students and families who make it so special. This year I get the remarkable opportunity to serve as the Krista McAuliffe Ambassador for Education to celebrate and honor educators and students across our great state of Florida. I look forward to visiting schools this year and highlighting the seeds educators are planting in students every single day. Osceola County Schools have played such an important role in my journey. I was born and raised here and now I have the opportunity of giving back by teaching in the community that made me who I am. I am incredibly grateful for the educators, leaders, students, and community members who have supported and believed in me along the way. It is truly an honor to represent the district and community I will always call home. Thank you again for having me and I am excited for the year ahead.

I am not a crier, but hold on just a second. I've known Kendall since she was little. Her mom dedicated her professional career to the school district of Osceola County. Her grandfather, who I consider a friend, is an awesome, awesome person. And his name is Amos, which makes him even more awesome. And he is awesome. And I would help him back in the, I'm not going to say what I was doing to help him. I mean, it may be inappropriate for this podium, but I was helping create show cattle for Kendall back in the day. And we just struck up a relationship. You know, my parents spent both over 30 years as Osceola County school educators. I spent six years on the school board. My wife was on the school board for a brief time, now a state representative. So proud of the six years that I spent there. And this board and this superintendent are doing an amazing, amazing job. Let's not forget that. But I do have to go back to the time when I came on the school board. Mr. Thacker and Mr. Wheeler was there and Kelvin Soto was there and Mr. Weisire. I like to think that we got to lay a foundation from the dysfunction that existed at the time to create an environment that this current board could carry forward that allows somebody like Kendall to flourish and let the whole state recognize how awesome Osceola County really is and how good we are at education and how much our community cares about our public education. We really, really do care about public education. And just for it to be embodied in Kendall and for her to get to run around the state for a whole year, getting to tell everybody the story of Osceola County, I think that's amazing. So congratulations to you. Congratulations to you, Dr. Shanoff, and all of our board members, Ms. Clayton, and to you. Thank you all for your continued work. Such an honor to do this tonight. And again, congratulations. Let's take a picture. Come on up. There you go. Sorry. Sure.

wonderful congratulations our board next up is a presentation by senator kristen errington representative paula stark and representative jose alvarez to the osceola border county commissioners of a check for the state appropriations funding receipt for fiscal year 26-27 welcome

Good evening, everyone. Good evening, Chairman and Commissioners. We're here this evening. I'm proud to be here as your state senator representing all of Osceola County and also as the current delegation chair. with Representative Stark and Representative Alvarez, bringing good tidings, bringing a big check for some appropriation budget requests that we were able to get across the finish line this year. We had multiple requests. All of them did not make it, but we did have three that came through that were very important. We also want to give kudos to Representative Boos and Representative Spencer, members of our delegations that work hard on these appropriations, and others, along with Mark Delagaw from our lobbyist team, and of course, Mike Nicola from your team, Everybody is a dream to work with, and we're happy to bring home $7,250,000 for three projects, but I will turn it over to Representative Stark and Representative Alvarez to talk about those projects.

Thank you. Good evening.

Good evening.

We want to break it down for you just a little bit. I know for the appropriations that came across my desk, it was a total of $7,640,683, and that was 10 projects. Eight of those projects did make it through to the budget, but then when it got to the governor, four of them came off. So the total for the county would have been $6,500,000. But the two that we got specifically for the county totaled $5,750,000, and it includes the Boggy Creek Shoal Vegetation Removal Project, which we all know is very, very important to our community, and a lot of people fought really, really hard for that because it was a hard one to get across, but we were all a little sassy. And I, too, want to thank Mark Delago, Scott Jenkins, and Mike Nicoloquez. I tell you, those guys don't, you can't even talk about how hard they work. And so they're in communications with us on a regular basis. So Boggy Creek, the Boggy Creek Shoal and Vegetation Removal Project, in case our audience doesn't know, will restore the creek's natural flood conveyance capacity, reducing flood risk for upstream communities while improving water quality in East Lake Toho. By removing accumulated sediment and invasive vegetation from The project will enhance ecological conditions, promote native habitat restoration, and support long-term resiliency of the watershed. In addition, the work will restore safe navigability and ensure management access for agencies such as the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to effectively control invasive species. And this is really, really important to us, and it's not just East Lake, it's also West Lake that continues to be a subject for all of us because... We have to continue to look at the quality of our lakes. And I know most of us have lived here a really long time. I'm much longer than the rest of you because I'm a lot older. But I remember when we took it down to the bottom of the lake and cleaned it at one time, which I have to give that lesson to some folks because they don't remember that. The other thing which I am really, really happy that we got across the finish line because it probably was the hardest one to get across was the courtroom at our courthouse. And so it was not on the budget for a while and so there was a lot of background maneuvering and re-sending information over and over and over again to those people in charge of the appropriations project. The courtroom descriptions, the state of Florida recently authorized a new county judgeship to be created in Osceola County. The funds would allow for the court to address the substantial backlog of cases in Osceola County and the Ninth Judicial Circuit through the construction of a new hearing room a judicial chamber in the Osceola County Courthouse. So I want you to know everybody worked really, really hard on that project because it was not one that they were going to easily put on, at least on the legislative side. Senator Arrington might have had an easier time. On the legislative side, we were fighting tooth and nail, and it came across the finish line, and so we're very, very proud of that. And before I send it over to... Representative Alvarez, I do want to say to all of you how much of a pleasure it's been to work with you, work with your staff, and work with Mike and Scott and Mark. They've been wonderful, and I appreciate the opportunity to represent our community, and I thank you very much for that.

Thank you. Thank you for your service.

Good afternoon, Commissioners. Chair, thank you so much for having us. Vice Chair, Commissioners, County Manager, even though you allowed me to stay outside alone. Thank you for that. First, I wanted to say, Chair, that your entire delegation worked really hard this year on all the appropriations that you guys had given us, and we were successful in the two chambers, but as you know, what happens, happens, and we move on. At least we're happy with what we were able to accomplish This particular project is very important. This particular project is C-31, which is canal bank stabilization. It's $1.5 million. This request will fund a joint project between South Florida Water Management District and Osceola County to civilize nearly 7,000 linear feet of eroded canal bank along C-31 canal. And Ricky should know about that canal very well. linking East Lake Toho and Lake Toho that will restore the canal to its intended capacity, which is critical to controlling floodwaters during major rainfalls, events, and protecting residents, homes, and infrastructure for years to come. I know that our Senator and our Representative Stark thanked the members that represent the county in Tallahassee when we're doing appropriations. But I also want to send a special thank you. So I sit in the Agriculture Budget Committee. And I want to send a special thank you to Chair Snider. Chair Snider worked really hard to make sure that these fundings were protected from day one. He understood the need that we had, and he was a champion for us. I harassed him so much that when I used to see him in the hallways, he would go, C31. And so he knew. And also our budget, the head of budget of the house, TILL THE END, WHEN THE TWO HEAD OF BUDGETS IN THE TWO CHAMBERS STAYED BY THEMSELVES GOING THROUGH THE APPROPRIATIONS, HE FOUGHT A LOT TO KEEP THIS FUNDING IN PLACE, AND I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR THAT. AND DREW BARLETT WAS VERY HELPFUL ALSO WITH SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT. WE WERE ABLE TO GET A REALLY GOOD BUDGET FOR SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT WHERE I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME PROJECTS COMING OUR WAY THAT OUR LAKE WILL BE TIED TO THOSE PROJECTS. Thank you so much for having us tonight.

Well, thank you all so much for the presentation. And Rep Stark, thank you so much for being an integral part in making all these things happen in your time up there in Tallahassee. Board, you all want to join me down front for another picture? All right, Board, that now brings us to our Hear the Audience section. We have several folks signed up for some items on our later consent, but I'm going to go ahead and take them now so we can go ahead and hear them.

The first item. Commissioner, real quick, do you want to just do the consent 3 through 19 first? I understand.

I was just going to try and put them up front.

You can do however you want.

Okay, perfect. Thank you for that, County Attorney. I appreciate it. The first request we have to speak is Carlos Torres. And Carlos, I believe you have donated some time from Tracy Bordas. Tracy, are you here? Wonderful, Tracy. Carlos, come on up, sir. You have six minutes to speak. If you'll give your name and address for the record.

And while he's coming up here, so 25 and 26 are companion items. Yes, sir. 25 is the CPA, 26 is the ZMA. The ZMA is quasi-judicial, so we can have him swear, and he can talk to both items at the same time if you want to do it that way.

If you do that, will he have six minutes?

Same amount of time, and we'll see how it goes.

Okay. Carlos, if we can go ahead, do you want to? There's only two other people.

We can swear in Mr. Stone as well, and Ms. Brooks on 29. Okay.

Actually, Provost, if you'll raise your right hand in Mr. Fred Stone. If you'll stand up and raise your right hand as well. We're just going to swear you guys in because it's quasi-judicial. And then Amy Brooks. Wonderful. Thank you so much. I'll turn it over to you all.

Please raise your right hand. Do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you're about to give is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? Answer by saying, I do. I do.

Wonderful. I promise the floor is yours to speak on items 25 and 26.

All righty. It's nice to see you again. I hope I don't see you again. No offense. I'd like you to consider voting no for 25 and 26. Leave that property, the Cooks property, the 27 acres as low density residential instead of industrial. you approve it, then that's going to become the domino effect of that framework road that's proposed to be right through my yard. Now, I've got a couple of concerns about that framework road. That framework road is plotted in one drawing that we've seen. It's at one of the community meetings, shows it higher than the grade of my yard, which means every time it rains, you're going to flood me. Every time that a truck rolls down that road, I will hear it inside my home. There is no information regarding privacy for my property. If I'm sitting out by my pool, I'll see that road. What stops people on the sidewalk, because this drawing I saw has a sidewalk along with that road, from walking right into my yard? We don't know any of that. Nobody has given us any information about that framework road. How can you accept that I'm in favor of it? Now, I understand that it's a developer-funded road. Now, down the road, I'm inclined to say no. Sorry, I don't want that road in my backyard. Now, will the county come back and eminent domain that property from me? You can say no, but no offense, I really don't believe you because I've seen that happen several times already. where the county comes in eminent domains and the land sits there unused for years, or in this case, a developer puts that road through my property. And then I don't know whether that 80 foot wide road is going to take 40 foot of my yard and 40 foot of my neighbor to the west's yard, or is that gonna take all 80 feet from my yard because there's a house, an office, a trailer, and another house within that 40 foot if you go west of my property. So am I going to get stuck giving up 80 feet of my yard? How does that work? Well, nobody has explained that. Nobody's given us any information about that. I understand we've come to these county commission meetings, the planning meetings, the community feedback meetings, been to all of those. Nobody can provide that information. And everything I get told is, well, that's years down the road. You won't see that for 10, 15 years. Then why is it being voted on now? Why is the urgency to change that zoning now? If it's not going to happen for 15 years, approach it in 15 years. I'll be dead by then, and you can do what you want. But that's not what I want for right now. That property I bought, my property, which is right south of the Cook's property is four acres. I like that area. It has eagles, it has wild animals through it. I've had boar in my yard. I've had rabbits, quail, you name it, I have it in my yard, turkeys. You're going to destroy that if you put that industrial development right north of me. Now, you can do what you want, and you probably will. But I want you to know that the residents in that whole area are very opposed to this. Now, you schedule this meeting at 5.30. Most of the people along August Gray and the road that continues up towards Sharp are all working people. They can't take the time off of work to come to a 5.30 meeting. If they work in Orlando, you're lucky if they can get here by 6.30 with the traffic the way it is. Very unfair to them. Tracy Borges put flyers up along that whole road. I don't think there's anybody from that development. They all agree that they don't want it over their fence, but they can't get here in enough time to do anything about it. Now, I've got two minutes. You know, the whole quality of life thing is very important. You guys say it lots of times, quality of life, quality of everything. And here you are putting an industrial development in the neighborhood. Where is that quality of life for the people in that area? Me, the neighbors along August Gray, who are all new, that's a new development. Now I'll be very vocal, I hate that development. Why? It floods my yard every time it rains. Why do I hate it? Because people speed down that road. And if you put that framework road into this industrial park, what's going to control the traffic once that road gets public knowledge that it goes all the way from Neptune Road, cuts across 192, through people's backyards along Big Sky, across my backyard, and all the way up to Parton Settlement? How slow do you think those people are going to be? If you look at the traffic speeds along Simmons right now, Don't stand near the road. They'll kill you. They come flying down that road like a bat out of hell. I really don't want that in my backyard. I don't think any of you would either. And that's what I'm asking. Say no. Push this down the road. Let it be something that's decided when the developer wants to move forward with it. Not now. Let him petition for changing it from low density residential to industrial. and let that be a different discussion, but with some facts, not with just some, oh, it's a framework road. We're going to put it through here. Here's a very small picture. There you go. Off you go. Thank you.

Thank you, sir. And the next request to speak is Mr. Fred Stone. And Fred, you've been donated another six minutes from Barbara Kopp. Barbara, if you raise your hand. Perfect, thank you. I just need to see you're here, that's all. And then Idel Keller. Thank you so much, Idel. Fred, come on up, give me your name and address, and you've got six minutes to speak as well.

My name is Fred Stone, 3036 Big Sky Bowl.

Nine minutes, I'm sorry, Fred, sorry. Go ahead. I'm sorry. I said six minutes. You have nine minutes to speak. I apologize.

Okay. Fred Stone, 3036 Big Sky Boulevard. Okay. Apologize for not being up to date with all the regulations at hand with the amendments here. But I will say that in consensus of everybody in the neighborhood. We all feel the same way. We had a voting thing saying it was okay to do rezoning. That was not true. And we have a lot of things being pushed around by us, which is the roadway. Why is it that we have to push industrial commercial into our residential area? Why can't we have a peaceful, agricultural, relaxed, residential area. Why is it? Why is it that we have land on 192, which is a highway, a roadway that can handle big trucks over there behind City Life Church, along the river there. All that land is available for industrial, but yet we're going to push it through here. And what's going to happen is, is that built a road from Fortune Road down through to Simmons or down through to Big Sky over to 192. You're bringing traffic through residential area, and those trucks, you might say that they're going to come here and there during working hours, but let me tell you, I've counted and had guys working for my ministry count 80 to 90 trucks going down Big Sky Boulevard, semi-trucks, which it's a lane and a half road that can't handle the weight. And in the area, St. Cloud has already annexed some of our land on our street. And from what I've been told is that St. Cloud can do whatever they want. They don't have to go by Osceola County rules or the state of Florida laws. They can go by whatever laws they want to do with how they're doing construction. And they proved that by putting apartment complexes right next to a residential house. And what Carl said is true. If we let this little bit through our neighborhood, it's going to be a snowball. It's going to be a domino effect. You guys are going to allow it. Now imagine if you guys lived where we do. Imagine the man next to him, he had a house and Carl has a house. He planned on having his whole family there for the rest of his life and hand it down to his family. And now it's going to be all industrial with trucks running through. Look at 192 right now. It took me 15 minutes the other day to get from Big Sky Boulevard just past the Turnpike Bridge. Not even to the Osceola County Sheriff's Department. And this is ridiculous. We're just going to keep adding more and more and more. We're adding more apartment buildings, more houses, and now more traffic. We're putting so much stuff in, but we're not expanding the roads. And in order to do that, you're going to end up expanding the roads in our residential area. You're bringing the business there. You're pushing us out. And we've been fighting this for a long time now. There's no reason why they built all those new homes between Big Sky and Sharp there. And yet now you're going to put major industrial roads right next to them and next to us. What's going to stop it going from Fortune Road, opening up Cinder Lane, and then coming down Big Sky Boulevard? I mean, we have no privacy. We have no residential area there. And every single neighbor I've talked to, every single one of them is 100% against this. It is destroying our property. I've spoke to the news about it. almost everybody I spoke to agrees, and even some of you I've spoke to and have agreed on this. You would not like this if you lived in our neighborhood. And what I'm trying to tell you is that if you bring a residential area, say from Fortune Road down through Fortune Road, down through the farmlands, going to Simmons Road via Sharp, even that is going to cause problems. Okay, I still don't understand why you cannot go down Simmons Road and then apply that to the, either put a circle in or something to go to the light by the shopping center in between next to Zaxby's. There's no reason why you can't do that. And that's the light. You can also put another light over there by, Where you're zoning the industrial area over by City of Life Church on 192 in the canal. That's all industrial. That would be so much easier for everybody to do that. You put a light there. You put traffic there. There's four lane roads. Actually, six lanes. And that can handle it. yet our residential area, you're going to end up pushing into our life, into our future, and into the area. It's going to change the whole area. If you do this, it's going to be a domino effect that's going to change. Our area is going to become industrial. It's not going to be residential. It went from agriculture to residential. Now we're trying to rezone it again. I just don't, I don't agree with this. I know that all of our tenants around us do not agree with this. And I plead you to say no and find another way. We said this at the last meeting, and they said they were going to come up with a plan. I wish you could have gone over the plan before we spoke, but right now, from what I can read, and I'm not an attorney, but I can tell you that there's a lot of things on here that is not correct, and that is You're going to be expanding Sharp Road if you go that way. You're going to go through his property. It's going to flood his property. It's going to disrupt the traffic on Big Sky. We've already got problems with the new housing development that was there. That was supposed to be a back entrance. They come out of there and it's backed up. We can't even get out of there sometimes. It takes us several minutes to get out of there because there's not a light there because it's too close to the other light by the shopping mall. So I'm pleading with you to really consider this and consider the changes that you're making, how you might say yes to this, but you don't know what is gonna change in our future, which is gonna affect your future too. And this is where I'm coming from as far as both of these with the CPA and the other changes you got here, the other amendments. But... Again, this is not correct. You know, I see that St. Cloud's going to end up annexing all this area, and it's already well known that that's what they're going to do. And if they've done what they did with Big Sky, with the apartment complex, and then get away with that and override Osceola County and override the state laws, what are they going to do with this area? When you guys approve this, they're going to run with it. And that's all gonna, it's gonna take off the whole area. There's not gonna be any residential area for us to live in, agricultural, residential, low density, whatever you wanna call it. It's not gonna be possible because St. Cloud wants the income and they wanna make their own, it looks like they're trying to make their own county. And so this is where I'm coming from is that if you let this little bit, it's gonna domino effect If you end up expanding Sharp Road, going through the farmlands from Fortune Road, it's going to disrupt the houses over there on Fortune Road, those wealthy homes. It's going to disrupt the traffic and the homes on Parton Settlement Road. And then you've got churches there. And then what's going to happen going through St. Cloud along the lakeshore? It's gonna do the same thing. Because otherwise you're gonna have to redirect the traffic. Already it's a mess. It cannot handle this much traffic. It cannot handle industrial traffic. It cannot do it. I respect the traffic advisor, but just look at it. It can't happen. It won't work.

Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Stone. The next request we have to speak is on item 29, Amy Brooks. Welcome, Ms. Brooks. You'll give your name and address for the record. You'll have three minutes to speak.

Yes, I'm Amy Brooks in law enforcement. My husband retired in 2004 as a law enforcement officer with the Osceola County Sheriff's Office. I'm here this evening to petition that the adoption of Ordinance 2026-48 for ZMA 260017, requested by Mr. Kunal Patel, owner of AK Properties, be denied for the following reasons. One, this area from the corner of Nolte and Hickory Tree Road west to Old Hickory Tree Road is zoned residential. Separate homes should remain so. CCP, which it would go into, is an open-ended zoning designation. If granted, a single-family home could have a three-story apartment on one side and a bar on the other. This does not promote good communities. Two, it is an old residential area built around the original layout of St. Cloud, a community established after the Civil War for America's veterans.

It is historic.

Actually, St. Cloud is historic itself, the city. Three, Nolte Road was not built for a heavy volume of traffic, i.e. commercial, i.e. start and stop. It is to move traffic easily from one end of the county to another. When violated, we have bottlenecks. Right now it's Vermont and Canoe Creek Road. And finally, we need a shift in our thinking about residential development, especially after 2020. We don't want our residential areas to resemble 192. We want our young families to prefer St. Cloud and Osceola County to other counties in Florida. in which to raise their families. Or they might move to other states that surround the Gulf of America, such as Texas, Louisiana, and the other two states. Florida is just a great state, and we want to keep it that way so families come here and enjoy it. It's a blessing to be here. And thank you for hearing this petition to deny the zoning change. Thank you.

Thank you, ma'am. Board, that is all the requests to speak that we have this evening on our entire agenda. We're going to go ahead and close our Hear the Audience, and now we'll move to our Consent Agenda, which is Items 3 through 19. Are there any items the Board would like to pull for separate discussion and or a vote? If not, the Chair will entertain a motion.

Move to approve.

We have a motion. Second. We have a second. Seeing no further discussion, all those in favor state by saying aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion passes unanimously. Before that now brings us to our, excuse me, one second, let me get there. Goodness, our community development consent, which is items 20 through 35. Are there any items the board would like to pull for a separate discussion and or vote? If not, the chair will entertain. 34?

35, all right. I don't necessarily need to remove the items.

Okay.

For a separate vote, if you just want me to make the comments now.

Feel free to make the comments now. Yeah.

Well, mainly, hold on. Let me turn my, is my mic on? Yes, sir. All right. I don't hear very well, so I apologize. Yeah. First of all, speaking with attorney, I need to declare ex parte communications with Mrs. Brooks because we did have a lengthy phone conversation the other day. And I'll just make a comment on number 29. And this is what I told Mrs. Brooks. I said, St. Cloud didn't build Nolte Road as a four-lane road to not have anything on it. I mean, and those future land use designations that were put forward, Dave, what, 25 years ago? They do hold a lot of weight in the court of law. Also, I think speaking with many of the city council, all of their four-lane frontage, whether it be, I know because we have some disagreements on Narcoossee Road, but Narcoossee Road, Nolte Road, even East 192, they're all looking for commercial roads. there on that road. I'll also just briefly make a comment on 2526. I don't need to pull it. But you're right, sir, about the domino effect. You're 100% correct. And I think that's Commissioner Arrington and I kind of joined together on this when it first came forward a couple years ago to say, wait a minute. The domino out there is the future land use was LDR. And it was just going to end up being a bunch of houses just like what you have over on Big Sky. And for me, and that's what I've spent a lot of time fighting up here is having a domino effect of a bunch of houses in an area where The Turnpike is about to, well, at some time in the future, going to put a full interchange. And when Turnpike, you know, when you have a full access to a major highway, that's when industrial makes sense. I mean, we can talk about the road all you want. If you know about the framework roads, that's a picture on a map. Things change over time. I haven't been involved in a case where we've had an adversarial imminent domain. Usually wait for those properties to come online and then fill it in. Briefly, I want to talk about connectivity, too. The problem that we have with some of this traffic, and I want to thank Dave Tomek for my conversations when I first came on this board, is that some of the old development patterns, not just in Osceola, but all over the United States of America, is that we didn't connect residential neighborhoods. And that's a problem. That creates That creates bottlenecks in traffic that pushes people all out on one major highway. I know nobody wants anybody else driving by their house. I get that. But if you do that, if you don't have connected roads, you end up in the situation that we are. We're fighting to to overcome is building connectivity throughout the whole the whole county. And that's what we're trying to do. So you're right about the domino effect. I don't want the domino effect to be a bunch more houses. I'd rather the domino effect be something that the community can have and that benefits the community with a full turnpike interchange. And by the way, working with staff, able to preserve a lot of the rural enclave that's there. Maybe not necessarily your property, sir, but a lot of the properties ray if correct me if i'm wrong nod your head we we protected a lot of the real enclave properties which is important to me as we move forward in this so that's all i have to say on that all right thank you sir um we've removed item 35. oh commissioner jr excuse me i apologize

it's already the mic is on do you guys hear me okay um yes i just want to disclose ex parte communications on items 25 and 26 that has been provided to the clerk for the record i had meetings with um the the applicants and their representatives all right thank you for that

Okay. All right. Thank y'all for that. So we've removed item 35. So is there a motion for 20 to 34? We have a motion. And a second. All those in favor, state by saying aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion passes unanimously. Item 35. Commissioner Green?

Sorry, I wasn't looking to, it wasn't a poll. I just wrote down the wrong number. So it should have been one through 35. So I'll just make a motion to approve 35, which is just a continuance. How about that?

We approved it as a continuance. Yes.

County attorney, does it work for you, whatever? But you've got to vote on 35. It will be a continuance.

So I vote to approve 35, which is a continuance.

All right. We have a motion and a second. All those in favor, state by saying aye. Aye. Motion passes unanimously. All right. That ends our regular agenda. Board, constitutional officers. I don't think anyone else is here to speak that has already spoken. County Attorney, anything to add today? Nothing to add, thank you. Thank you very much. County Manager, anything to add today?

Chair, board, just one item, something that we rarely do, but it's a recognition of a lot of hard work that was done. The board's familiar with the story, I won't dive into it, of retired canine officer recon and the situation that animal got into right after retirement with a dangerous bite. All those facts aside, who really needs to be complimented in this is Wally Krujak and the animal services team, Lee Massey, deputy county manager, Beth Knight, COO, that constantly pushed to try to find a solution that worked for everyone. One of the things we're getting hit a lot on this, but we're driven by state statute and some mandatory treatment of the animal. But I really want to thank in particular Frank Townsend, county attorney in his office, because when Beth called him up kind of demanding help with a solution, Frank overnight was able to come up with one that led to the result of this animal that served this community very well. into the right type of facility down in South Florida. The Big Max group, K9 Rescue, was a big part of that as well. But just wanted to thank Frank and his team for figuring out a solution to this. That is all that I have. Thank you.

Beth demands very nicely, though.

Thank you. She demands stuff from me all the time, Frank, so I know exactly what she means. Yes, ma'am. Whatever you need.

Well, thank you all for getting to a good resolution on that item. Commissioner Janer, you want to start us off tonight?

Sure, just a couple of quick things. We had a great special Senior Fun Day. It was a packed house. Unfortunately, our community center isn't big enough and some seniors stayed outside and weren't able to participate. So, always stay tuned to our pages for the next Senior Fun Day and I guess just get there early. Next. There was also a great senior painting class initiative that was held. And finally, there's our next Fit and Be Fit coming up on Tuesday, August 25th. That's all I have.

Thank you. Thank you very much. Commissioner Green.

Sure. Thank you so much. First up, we had the ribbon cutting for UCP, which is now located on Oak Street, very close to Osceola HCA Hospital, which is great. You can also see our chairman there, his wife, the senator. Just an excellent, not just event, but the facility itself. We got to do a tour. It is an amazing facility. Mike Steigerwald was there. He talked about how his son early on attended UCP. but the stories, the families, the kids that they're able to help. It's just an all-inclusive school, and so glad that we have it here in the Kissimmee area. Next, we had the U.S.-Korea Conference. There was a VIP reception. Unfortunately, it started a little late. They actually put them in one of the buses that SRS had their radars on. So they got to experience that, but they also got to experience our traffic here in Osceola County. So hopefully someone will come up with a solution there and bring it back. As you can see, there was a ton of delegates that were there. I don't know if anyone here was part of the golf tournament that was sponsored, but from what I understand, it was an excellent event, more technology-oriented. Don spoke. Don, do you want to say anything about the conference itself?

You're covering it fantastic. Thank you so much.

But again, just showing that relationship that we have built between Osceola County and Cree in general. Next, we had Hurricane Bingo, which was a ton of fun. I got to pop in, say hello, do a little dance with one of the folks that won a raffle. And we had almost 100 people sign up. It was at the Hart Memorial Library. Of course, early voting was going on, so we had it downstairs. Hard to stay a little quiet with that, but it was a great event. And then speaking of that, next up, our next bingo is Country Road Bingo on September 9th. I'm not sure what Country Road Bingo is exactly, but if you want to attend, sign up. early and come on out. That one is also at the Hart Memorial Library. Thank you so much. Oh, we have one more. Not slides, but I'd like to reappoint Tom White to the Toho Water Authority Board. I serve with him.

Wonderful. We have a motion, a second. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion passes unanimously.

Thank you so much.

Thank you. Commissioner Childer, anything to add tonight?

Yes. First, I wanted to nominate for the Osceola County Lakes Advisory Committee, Kimberly LaMaranda. All right. No, I don't.

All right, we have a motion. That would be my second. Perfect. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion passes unanimously.

Thank you. And okay, so the first thing is the back to school. I know we all did distributions and everything. I joined the Salvation Army and visited some of the schools in District 1. I wanted to thank the Salvation Army for all the donations of the backpacks that they distributed straight to the schools. We went to visit. The teachers were very appreciative. So this is going to go obviously to the students that once they started school, if they need any of those supplies. They also brought some other stuff like shoes and some other items that also helps within the pantries within the school. So thanks to the Salvation Army for that. The next thing is there was the grand opening of the West Osceola Transportation and Operations Facility on August 6th. I was not able to attend, but I know it was great. And it's some fun facts I think people should know. It's the school district obviously did this opening on the west for the transportation operations. It was the facility supports about 100 bus routes and can accommodate 200 buses, which is actually more than half of the district's fleet, which I didn't know. I thought it was really cool to know. The campus includes a full service bus maintenance, garage, driving training classes, has the CDL license certification, meeting spaces, and so forth. and an employee health center expected to open later this fall, which I think is good, another place that they can go. And this facility joins the district existing, one of the Kissimmee and the Eastern Osceola County, creating three hubs now where it's designated for transportation services. So, I think this is great, another great location that we had to implement for the school. Okay, so the next thing we have is obviously our student committee is now hard at work actually doing the anti-bullying event. They've started to plan everything, putting things together for November. So I'll be bringing a lot more information on that. But if any student wants to help plan an event and get volunteer hours, they could look me up and just come to the meetings. And of course, the next thing is we have the date. So it's November 7th on Saturday for the sixth annual anti-bullying event. For those who have never attended, it's a great event to join the students and parents and share kindness the entire evening. And it is a glow-in-the-dark event. We've got sponsors like Walmart, the Salvation Army, and others that partner and do it with the students. And it's really, truly just to advocate with them and showing that kindness does really matter. So it's a really fun event. I definitely encourage everyone to attend. That's all I had.

Thank you so much. Commissioner Booth, anything to add tonight?

Yeah, I only have one slide, but I do want to comment on some of the other stuff that I heard, which is, first of all, which is, by the way, UCP, the people that work with those children, they're like the salt of the earth. They're the most amazing people in the world. And so I want to give them props. I wasn't able to attend, but thank you, Commissioner Grebe. It's just a wonderful organization they do wonderful wonderful work staying with the school board theme we opened the east side transportation last year uh or the year before but uh now there's west side and then there's central we used to just have the one in the middle right there off of uh simpson and uh man taking a lot of bus miles off the road um at the end of the day and the beginning of the day. So good job. Country Roads, by the way, that was the theme song for the soccer team. That's probably why they picked that up. Every time they played a game, they had John Denver, Blair, and it was good. And then I want to make a comment real quick before I go on my slide, which is I know we're pretty close to getting the lakes committee full. We may have one more seat to appoint. But if we could go ahead and start those meetings, that would be wonderful because my two guys are really itching to have a lakes advisory board meeting. So I think we're almost full, so it would be great. I mean, county manager, up to you, obviously, but no further direction from the board. But I would love to get those meetings underway and get them started. Just because the theme of my day today, I guess it's been Ms. Kendall Brown, just wanted to bring up that we've finally broken ground on the Harmony Ag facility that our taxpayer dollars through the Betterment Grant, through my Betterment Grant fund, has help to fund now i got to keep owing them that was the deal we made and i told him hey you know things may change but uh but if they don't we'll continue to fund this until the very end uh through the betterment grant funds through my office so congratulations to them thank you to specifically dave sharma the facilities director at the school district who has just been on the ball on this And now that Kendall's the teacher of the year, he just basically has to give her whatever she wants, so it doesn't matter. But anyway, congratulations to her and to the school district in carrying all this forward. So that's it.

Wonderful. Thank you, sir. Just a couple quick things, Borg. I as well went around in my schools in District 3 giving out our backpacks and a couple of notepads as well. It's great to see. How far we've come from 2021, making the rounds where schools didn't have full staffs. It was much more, it seemed a lot more apprehensive and confusion going on. Meanwhile, every school I went to was fully staffed. They were really behind our school district administration as well. So it's great to see such buy-in. And it's always good to give back to our kids as well, making sure they've got their supplies. On Sunday, I went and sweated along with the priest and the bishops. And their garb is when we broke ground on the St. Rose of Lima facility that was built down there. They've been working on trying to get this going now for about 10 years and finally raising up money. So they're going to have a nice, wonderful facility to help social service needs down at District 3. So very excited to see that. Kudos to those members. And then also our senior initiatives coming up. Once again, come on out and play. I was amazed at some of the turnout you had and some of y'all's pictures. I mean, that's unbelievable, both of y'all's photos of the turnout. So obviously it's a hot ticket, so get out and get early. And with that, that's all I have. Thank y'all so much, and we are adjourned.