Hey. Hey. Hey. Heat up here. Heat. Heat. >> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> Heat. Heat. Good afternoon and welcome to the March 16th 2026 meeting of the Orlando City Council. We're going to begin today's proceedings with the invocation and then the pledge of allegiance led today by Commissioner Patty Sheen. >> Thank you, Mayor Dyer. And I'd like to start the meeting today with Mother Teresa's Anyway poem. People are often unreasonable illogical and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies. Succeed anyway. If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you. Be honest and frank anyway. What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight. Build anyway. If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous. Be happy anyway. The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow. Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough. Give the world the best you've got anyway. You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and your God. It was never between you and them anyway. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America to the reps one nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> Let's call the meeting to order. Madame clerk, would you call the role and make a determination of a quorum, please? >> Commissioner Keane >> here. >> Commissioner Ortiz >> here. >> Commissioner Chapen >> present. >> Commissioner Chiian >> here. >> Commissioner Rose >> here. >> Commissioner Burns >> here. >> Mayor Dyer >> here. >> Mayor, you have a quorum with all members present. >> Okay. First item business is minutes from the February 23rd city council meeting. >> Motion by Commissioner Sheen, second by Commissioner Rose. Madam clerk, my agenda page is cut off. Was it just that minutes from the count February 23rd council meeting? >> Yes, mayor. >> Okay. Um all in favor indicate so by saying I. I. Those opposed. And so the motion carries. Okay. Let's uh go right to the mayor's update. Um, we are approaching the 10-year mark of the Pulse tragedy, but we're making uh progress on the construction of the permanent memorial or in the um things we need to do to make do the construction of the permanent memorial. So, we saw the latest designs um a couple weeks ago. The design team was very thoughtful in making the vision of the memorial advisory committee a reality. Um it really represents a collective effort to create a place where the families and the survivors and the entire community can honor and remember and reflect. So last week the pulse sign um was removed very carefully. On Wednesday of this week, the site clearing will begin. Commissioner Sheen and the entire council, I want to thank you for your support in this effort. Um, while nothing can change the horrific acts that occurred on June the 12th, 2016, I'm hopeful that this memorial will further the healings for the families of survivor and our entire community. March is women's history month and here in Orlando, we are fortunate to have countless women um who have helped shape our city over the years, especially here in city hall. Commissioner Sheen, Commissioner Rose, think about the city council and we want to celebrate the impact of leaders like Commissioner Mabel Butler who passed away last year and Mayor Glenda Hood who we named a park after. And this month allows us the opportunity to celebrate women making history and that includes members of the Orlando Pride who opened their season yesterday and two years ago won the first major league championship for the city of Orlando. As we continue celebrating women, it is fitting that on today's agenda, we have the appointment of Chrissy Martin as our director of transportation. She's smiling there in the back row over there. Um, she has worked alongside her colleagues and regional partners in supporting long-term mobility plans, especially like Sunrail. She's earned a lot of state and federal funding. She brings great passion to keeping our streets safe, and I know that she is going to do a great job. Congratulations Chrissy. Um, I was going to talk about lift station number two, but I decided to skip that one for today, but it's a good thing. Um, what I will talk about is a sale of eight newly constructed single family homes in the Paramore community. Um, in the next few months, they'll these houses will be available um, for sale to firsttime home buyers making between 80 and 140% of the area median income. The CRA is also revising its downtown down payment assistance program to provide additional financial assistance up to about $150,000 in some cases. All part of our Orlando unlocked initiative. Um, one other thing, Commissioner Burns, I know you're extremely interested in moving our small business enterprise program forward, and we have had the first reading, and I had hoped to do the second reading at this meeting, but we will do it at the next one. We're still kind of waiting on the county to um to move forward as well, but we won't wait forever. So, we will bring it at the next meeting. What we would like is that the county and the city are acting in concert with the same criteria so that we can have reprocity between those who apply to the city and apply to the county. And hopefully we'll also include the express authority in that as well. With that, we're going to move on to the consent agenda, which are a number of items acted upon through a single vote of council. We um allow our commissioners to each update you on important happenings in their district and comment also on consent agent items. We rotate the order that we do that and Commissioner Sheen is first up today. >> Well, thank you, Mayor Dyer. And to all of those with Irish heritage, I wish you a very happy St. Patty's Day or happy St. Patrick's Day. That's why I am dressed like a leprechaun. But I celebrate all month because I am proud of my Irish heritage. And um actually a friend did my genealogy back to the 1700s and I was very proud that there was no bad people in that. You know, sometimes that genealology I'm like, "Oh my gosh, who was who was there?" But I was very proud to have people who are part of the Peter Robinson settle settlement that went to to um to Canada. So, it was really interesting to learn my own heritage and I would encourage anyone who who wants to do that. It's really interesting and and so meaningful to do your to do your genealogy. And uh I actually got to stand on the dock when I went to Ireland that my great great great grandparents left Limmerick from and it was very emotional and very special. So, you never know when you're going to, you know, be able to have an experience like that, but I would encourage anyone to do so. And happy St. Patrick's Day. Um the pulse sign removal was very um was very emotional. Um I want to thank Gomez Construction. They did it in a very very um sensitive way. Um people were able to to watch when it happened. Um Mayor Dyer, thank you so much. And city council, I know that is no small ask to do something like this. um in we had to do so after the One Pulse Foundation failed to build a memorial and wasted millions of dollars and then we had to pick up the slack and so I just want to say thank you to everyone on this board. I know there's been lots of nonsense bandied about about misfeasants and malfeasants. You know what um we couldn't do anything with the property until we owned it. We didn't own it until just about a year a little over a year ago. And I am really proud of the board that got together. It was a group of community people who were chosen, who were actually impacted. There are people who worked in the club, family members, people who should have the input. I wasn't on it because frankly it should have been about the community and they did an amazing job coming together. They followed Valencia's Peace and Justice Institute rules of engagement. They really worked together in a very positive and lovely fashion. And I want to thank the committee for their work. It has shown in a very beautiful memorial that's going to be built there. And while we can't change the horrific massacre that happened there, we can honor those young people with you with their memory being amored in a very respectful and decent way. And I would like to get to the point where we are Orlando united again. Not, you know, fighting each other and arguing and all this stuff. I'd like to get back to where we were where people were lining for up for blocks by the blood bank and people were donating millions of dollars to help the families. The original $34 million that we raised went just went to the victims and their families and that's the kind of thing that I want to remember out of this massacre, not the graph that happened unfortunately and the griff that happened. I want to remember how we came together. I'm I'm really hoping this memorial will bring us back together in a very meaningful way. Um, on the agenda today, I too would like to congratulate Christy Martins in the for transportation management director. Chrissy, you do such a great job and you know, she's kind of been doing it anyway for [laughter] for a long time and uh whenever I've needed help, she's been the best person to go to and I think this is a wonderful appointment and uh you know, I know we'll work well together even though it's very difficult. We've got all this road construction. Everybody's mad. we have to deal with all the complaints, but Chrissy does so in a very professional and and and I we we I can do this attitude. So, I think I can't think of a better person um to take this job over. So, thank you very much. And I'm not just saying this because I've known her a long time. I think she's an excellent choice and I've really enjoyed working with her, which I can't say with everybody sometimes, but Chrissy's been great to work. Fortunately, sometimes, you know, it can be a little it can be a little rough, but she does an amazing job. Um on the on the agenda today also um the crossing guard services. I think we just really need to ensure coverage at all the intersections. I know we had we've had a problem over the past few years but it seems to have gotten better. But that's something very very important. We need to make sure that all the intersections are covered. Um on items 334 um the historic preservation board 215 Central Boulevard. I know we're pulling this to new business. Um, but it was recommended unanimously by the historic preservation board to landmark this um to landmark this building. So, I look forward to the discussion that happens under new business and say that I do support historic preservation. Um, you know, I I live on a I live in a I live in a funky little R2 neighborhood that has old homes and new homes and everything like that. and they're starting to tear down the cottages in my colonial town neighborhood. And the the the prettiest house on the block with a wraparound porch is now going to be torn down for I don't know what's going to be built there. But it's just, you know, we have these beautiful homes with porches and they're historic, but people don't like them because, oh, you know, I'm not big enough and I can't have my sixcar garage and all this stuff. And it's like, you know, when is enough enough? Can we just have something pretty and something nice? And you know, I wish I could have afforded to live in a historic neighborhood because, you know, now my neighborhood's changing. And and I just think we should embrace our history more and realize that bigger and newer isn't always better. And I go to other cities and I look at, you know, I look at these beautiful old ruins and, you know, homes and everything like that. And I think we can do better with our historic preservation. But I just want to say that, you know, we we do lose something every time we lose some of these older homes. And you know, it's also changing the affordability in my neighborhood. You know, these people who are buying these houses and building a six-bedroom, four bath, twocar garage. You know, that's changing the demographic of who can afford to live in my neighborhood. And I just think it's kind of sad. So, we'll see what happens today on this, but I think we should really consider um the impacts of new construction and infill on the overall affordability. And you know what? Historic preservation doesn't bring down the value. Our highest value properties are Lake Yola Heights and Balman Park and they have the most restrictive covenants on them. So I think we should think about tearing down these beautiful structures before we do so. Um on the agenda here also today item 3 I2 Albert Shores septic to sewer project. That's to protect Lake Holden. That's so important. I know people don't like, you know, having to convert to sewer because of the expense, but it's a much greater expense if you don't maintain a septic tank and how that it spills into the lake and does things like that. So, I'm delighted to see that we're working on this project to really keep Lake Holden beautiful and keep it clean. And uh that's all I had. Mayor, thank you so much. >> Thank you, Commissioner Commissioner Rose. >> Good afternoon, um everyone. A couple things. I was a little tardy this morning. Um if you have not put it on your calendar this week we are cleaning up the lakes. I want to thank keep Orlando Beautiful this morning. Um I was encourage I so we have a lot of youth programs in district 5 and six. And so I encouraged our youth programs to participate in one of the cleanups this week. So this morning my brother's keeper and the Mercy Drive kids zones joined me at Airport Lakes Park. Commissioner Eertise I was in your district this morning. Um, and I want to encourage everyone, uh, tomorrow is Curry Ford, Wednesday is Langford Park, Thursday is Barker Park, and Friday is Eagles Nest Park. Come out and do your part. Um, for the high school and some of the colleges, we are doing community service, and this is a way to give back to your community as we keep the city beautiful. Um, this morning also, I want to thank United Against Poverty. They donated snacks to our Northwest um, center. to all of our kids. So this week during our summer programs, kids have to bring their own lunch and so this opportunity to make sure that our kids have food throughout the program. Everybody can't afford as you know we are in um food insecurity in some of our communities. So thank you United Against Poverty for that. Um thank you to uh for those who joined us for the OEP annual barbecue in the park. It was a great opportunity to connect with many of the community leaders and work on strengthening our community. I want to thank the fire department and IFFF 1365 for hosting me and Commissioner Keen for OPS 101 course. We learned more about the day-to-day operations for our firefighters, EMC, and paramedics. Um, thank you for all you do and I do and I'm going to publicly say I want to push for a four-man crew. Um, for those that don't know, we have firefighters who have almost lost their lives um with the three-man crew. So, I really want to push for a fourman crew as we can figure it out fiscally throughout the next couple of years. Um, for those who haven't seen the driverless car, they are Whimo. They are here to stay. So, welcome Whimo to Orlando. Um, they will begin opening um operations for more individuals in the community, but it's a really great opportunity if it does come. When you do join the wait list and get your opportunity, it was a great ride around district 5 last week. I want to congratulate uh Pastor Rolis Frasier from St. John Baptist Church. He has been serving this community for 25 years and I was able to join him for his uh service a couple weeks ago. Thank you for everyone who came out this weekend even through the rain. Um we had movie night at Lake Lana Dune and so y'all should stay tuned for upcoming um movie nights in the park. There is one this Wednesday at Luminary Green Park. We host them twice a month. um every other Wednesday. So, if you guys are not doing anything this Wednesday, come join us at Luminary Park. On to the agenda. Congratulations, Chrissy, on your appointment as the transportation department director. I look forward to continuing to work with you as we move the transportation department forward. Um I want to thank the staff for continued collaboration with Orange County to lay out the policies and procedures for the small business enterprise program and look forward to voting on that uh that item soon. Small businesses are the backbone of innovation, competition, and community growth. When they're included in the procurement process, everyone benefits. Organizations gain fresh ideas and agility. Local economies grow stronger, and entrepreneurs get the opportunity to scale their impact. When we prioritize small business participation, it isn't just good policy, it's smart procurement. Let's keep opening doors, creating opportunities, and building resilience for supply chains together. uh 3A1 um glad to continue to work with the Vista the American Cororbs Vista program. So we have some of the Vista court members that are in um the district and they focus on improving youth literacy, increasing youth awareness, environmental consciousness, promoting healthy futures, disaster preparedness, and addressing hunger. So this is our commitment to programming in our community. 383. I would encourage if you've never been to the Early Learning Coalition of Orange County, take some time and go reach to our kids. Any little bit of time we can spend with them makes an impact. So glad that we can continue to work with them. 3B18. Um Mercy Drive is growing uh especially with the packing district. So glad that we were adding a main extension. The CRA homes, glad to get some neighbors. I'm even more glad um to add the component for first responders to encourage uh police and firefighters to potentially move into the paramore community. This is the probably for me this is the most exciting part. And so a couple of reasons when we think about our first responders, many do not live in the community. So this is our opportunity to keep our tax dollars right here within our communities. Uh, congratulations to all of our partners who will be receiving um, ESG and CDBG funds today on the agenda. And that is all I have today, Mayor. >> Thank you, uh, Commissioner Commissioner Burns. >> All right. Thank you, Mayor. [clears throat] Good afternoon, uh, fellow commissioners as well as all who are in attendance. Uh, first I'd like to uh give a kudos to uh Daffany Green and the entire transportation uh team for a successful bike to work event. This was probably my third or fourth event uh participating. It was great. It was a great morning. I think all of our commissioners were uh were there. It was a a great great time. Also, be on the lookout for uh Bike District 6 is coming this spring. again, uh, part of our Get Fit District 6 series where we're encouraging, uh, people to get out of their homes and get out into our community and, uh, exercise a little bit to just move around. Also, uh, May 7th, I co-chared the Early Learning Coalition's diaper drive at the Smith Center. We endeavored to collect, uh, 40,000 diapers. Uh, and we exceeded that. We collected over 44,000 diapers. So, uh, thank you to all that they do and, uh, helping our community with that, um, with that need. Also, uh, like to, uh, for on May March 11th, we had our OPD, uh, chief's meeting. We had a great turnout in Metro West. Uh, we believe it was over 150, uh, people who participated. So, I'd like to say thank you uh, to Chief Smith for your continued uh, commitment to our community engagement. Uh, these meetings, I do believe, are making a difference. uh because I and our community really appreciates it. So, thank you, Chief, for for your commitment there. Also, I would like to thank uh Operation Positive Direction, which is a program under the Orlando Police Department focused at uh mentoring our youth and introducing them to uh community service projects uh within within our community. Just this morning, they assisted a uh senior resident in district 6 with some painting and some land, some muchneeded landscaping. Uh again, thank you to all the OPD um officers who give of their time to be mentors for our youth. This is truly a a commitment. Uh you are definitely making a difference in their lives. Um I we do have one to have a I have a staff spotlight. I'd like to welcome uh our new youth employment intern. Kaya Braggs is right here in the front. Uh so welcome to the uh District 6 team. She um is a freshman at uh Valencia and she lives in District 6 and from the Holden Heights community. So we're excited to have you join the District 6 team. Uh a few upcoming events. Uh Thursday, March 19th, we'll have the Poppy Park ribbon cutting uh ceremony in the Carver Shores community. Um also on March uh 20th from 9 to 11, spring cleaning will happen at the Eagle's Nest Park hosted by Keep Orlando Beautiful. uh this spring break cleanups to remove litter from the streets, parks, and the waterways. On uh Saturday, March 21st, uh from 10:30 to 1, we'll have our spring and bloom daddy daughter dance at the uh Smith Neighborhood Center. And this is a brunch theme event with music and dancing to cap off spring breaks. Gives our our fathers the opportunity to dance with their daughters or our grandfathers to dance with their granddaughters. Uh so this will be a great event again happening at the Smith Center. Uh also on March 25th from 11 to 3 I have my satellite office hours. This is a time for uh residents to come meet with me outside of um city hall and this will happen at the uh Elcla Allen Center. Also, uh March 27th, we have our senior connections prom and enchanted garden, uh also happening at the Smith Center. And it's a evening of dance and joy and connection and celebration targeted at our our seniors. Again, uh we're constantly working to bring our seniors together with some uh with some events that would again bring joy and and create those connections. On March 28th, I'm part I'm proud to be partnering with Boris Jackson and Speed Speed Plus Academy to host a Huddle Up Orlando football camp from 9:00 a.m. to 100 p.m. uh at Carver Middle School. And [snorts] this will be an opportunity for youth in our community to come out uh and receive some uh football training uh skills from some of our u local athletes as well as some professional athletes. On March 30th through May 18th, uh from 5:30 to 7, we have Point Set Match, which is a youth tennis program at the Henkins Park Neighborhood Center. Uh a new program for beginner, intermediate, and advanced youth players. Uh to register, please contact uh Thomas Bright um at his office at 246445 4455. Again, this is an opportunity to introduce tennis to uh some of our youth in the community and mayor. On the agenda, I also want to say congratulations and I support 100% the appointment of Chrissy Martin to transportation director. We know that you'll do a a great job, Chrissy. Um also item 33, uh the commitment agreement with the early learning coalition for Orange County, the school readiness program. Uh it's a matching program. I want to uh continue to support that. Uh very supportive of that. Also items 3F1 2 and three CDBG funding agreements for I dignity grant avenue economic development corporation and primrose center as well as uh item 3 F4 5 and six. And these are emergency solution grants to the Christian Service Center, Coalition for the Homeless, First Step Staffing, Harbor House, and Salt Outreach. Many of these organizations play a vital role in providing uh essential services to our community members who may be experiencing homelessness. So again, good uh continue the good work on that area. And mayor, that's all I have. Thank you. >> Thank you, Commissioner. Commissioner Keane. >> Thank you, Mayor. Good afternoon, everyone. I just want to I've got a few short remarks here, maybe a little bit longer than the typical district one. I attended a Lake Nona impact forum. Uh it's a three-day event that Lake Nona out in the Lake Nona area which was uh bring national leaders to our district and to our city and it was a really very impactful forum. Hence the name I guess I attended the fire ops 101 at Valencia College along with commissioner Rose that was very very uh informative and want to thank the uh firefighters local 1365 and and OFD. I attended Lake Nona Fest uh which was a an event sponsored by the Lake Nona Chamber of Commerce um out at the USA campus. I spent the day meeting with residents and talking with local organizations, sharing important resources uh that the city provides. Uh I was joined uh by Chief Smith. Thank you, Chief Smith, for bringing out the community uh affairs group and and for your attendance at that. It was uh the folks out there really appreciated seeing you out there. Uh I attended one of my first uh HOA meetings at Somerdale Park in our district. Uh we talked a lot about State Road 534. Uh last week I attended OFD graduation and was honored to to be there to see the 12 new uh firefighters that we just brought in on onto service. Uh just like the mayor has done and Commissioner Rose, I was fortunate to to take a demo ride in the Whimo vehicle. Was very interesting to say the least. Um, I'm excited about what they bring to the city. Uh, I attended Innovation High School, uh, morning greeting. I want to thank Principal, uh, Davis for inviting me out there for that. I think I I probably saw at least a thousand students come in through that front door and he personally greeted every single one of them, which was pretty impressive. Also attended uh, or visited JetBlue University out at MCO. uh very impressive uh facility they have out there with where they train air crew, pilots, uh flight attendants, ground crew, etc. Uh they have about 3,000 employees here in Orlando and very impressive and fantastic economic uh impact to our to our local area. And then I also visit visited for a hard tour the new hospital that we're building out in Lake Nona, Advent Health, another real gem for our district. uh they're going to bring 500 really high-paying jobs to District 1 when they open here at the end of the year. I also spoke at the Hispanic uh Chamber of uh Chamber of Commerce business advocacy committee coming up. Uh we've got a chief's meeting just we heard about it already some of the previous ones, but this uh Wednesday uh March 18th from 6 6:30 out at Vista Lakes, Chief Smith and the rest of OPD will be out talking to residents there. We've got a hard hat tour uh scheduled for the Southeast Government Center uh on March the 30th with residents of the Lake Nona District 1 area. We've also got a sign unveiling for the neighborhood watch uh of the year. I think the mayor you were planning to attend that. I'm going to be attending the OEP regional leadership conference um Pinewood Easter egg hunt on March 28th. And in the spirit of uh bike to work day, we have the tour to cure on March 29th in Lake Nona, which will benefit uh the diabetes association. And finally, uh want to wish uh the UCF men's basketball team uh good luck here in the tournament. I know they were beaten by my team, my favorite team, the Cincinnati Bearcats in their tournament, but uh we're hoping that UCF men's team gets goes forward uh in the NCAA bracket. And finally on the consent agenda, just wanted to point out 3B8. It's always great to see some infrastructure projects being done in the district. Um I think that's over $2 million and it's very very important. Uh basin sand replacement project out conserve one. And that's all I have sir. >> Thank you, Commissioner Ortiz. >> Thank you, Mayor Um, congratulations. Mayor, congratulations on selecting such a great leader. She's done a great job for for many, many years. I'm still holding you up to that Lake County Hill project. So don't think it's a easy way out. So um congratulations. On agenda items 3F1 to 3F5, I want to congratulate the recipients of CDBG monies um include I dignity um Grand Avenue Economic Development Corporation, Primrose Center, Christian Services Center, and the ESG funding, Homeless um homeless of Central Florida, First Step Staffing, Harbor House of Central Florida, and Salt Outreach Incorporated. These are institutions that really deserve those funings because they're doing a great job for our community. Okay. On the morning of February 26, I join Mayor Dyer, fellow city leaders and a harbor house of and harbor house of central Florida to celebrate the groundbreaking of our grove transformative housing initiative supporting survivors of domestic violence. Once completed, the project will provide safe transitional housing and critical support services to help families move to uh towards long-term stability and independence. The city will proud to invest 4 million in federal home ARP funds to support this important effort. Mayor, thank you and thank uh your staff for this effort. That evening, uh, I joined community leaders and residents of Orlando City Hall for the 8th annual Ramadan interfaith dinner hosted at in partnership with the Islamic Center of Orlando. The gathering marked the breaking of the daily fast during the holy month of Ramadan and provided an opportunity to reflect, connect, and recognize the contributions of Orlando Muslim community. Thank you to Luis Martinez also for leading this effort. I appreciate it. Also on February 26, we held our first neighborhood leaders council meeting, bringing together community leaders to discuss public safety, education, and civic engagement. Participants received updates on crime trends in District 2 and priorities. Representative from University of Central Florida and the city's nominating board also shared information on educational opportunities and citizens advisory boards. March 2nd, I welcome the Uruasu youth delegation from our sister city of Uruasu, established in 1989 uh through our international affairs sister city partnership. This long-standing relationship continues uh to promote cultural exchange, leadership, development, and global connection. And I got to say, um I was so impressed by these students. They're so interested in the way that we do business, the way we do government, and it's such a great exchange. I hope this continues for years to come. Um on the evening of March 3rd, we welcomed 27 residents to the first um session of our 12week government academy civic leadership program. A session led by Miss Lynn Tipton provided an overview of Florida State government and introduced participants to the pro to the program's goal of offering a behind-the-scenes look at government at the federal, state, county, and municipal levels. And I may say that uh as we continue to teach government, it's impressive to see how we find out that people don't know as much as they we think they do. And and that's probably one of the issues we're we're facing on this nation, people not understanding government. So we sometimes elect leaders based on how pretty they look or the how pretty they talk instead of the actual experience that is so important in order to lead our community. So I like to motivate everybody to take on this academy if you will. Uh is very insightful in terms of government. Uh we teach government from A to Z from government uh from the federal government to the local government and also we cover the local departments um public works um uh even budgeting and everything. So very insightful and combined with the mayor's academy, it really makes quite a team in order to to bring people up to date on what we do as as a city government. And with that, mayor, I'm done. >> Thank you, Commissioner Ortiz. Um, Commissioner Chapen. >> Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, uh, council. Thank you, residents, for coming today. Over the past couple weeks, I've had the opportunity to participate in several events that reflect the strength and health of our Orlando community. I attended my first playground ribbon cutting at Signal Hill Park. Thank you to the Department of Families, Parks, and Wrecks for delivering a welldesigned space for children of all ages. That was a lot of fun to see the kids uh racing towards the Jungle Gyms after we cut the ribbon. um had the opportunity to throw out the first pitch at the uh North Orlando Kuana's Little League game at Blue Jacket Park over in Baldwin Park and toss out the first softball at the girls softball uh uh game as well. So that was fun. They were both strikes right down right down the middle. Um congratulations to the Bishop Moore soccer team for winning the state championship. I look forward to presenting them with a proclamation later this month. Thank you to the College Park Neighborhood Association for hosting Sunday in the Park, an annual event. It was great to see so many families enjoying the day, supporting local vendors, and the College Park Neighborhood Association and volunteers as always did a great job. Uh appreciated Chief uh Smith last week for coming by the College Park Neighborhood Center uh to discuss uh the department, the neighborhood crime stats. Thank you, Chief Smith, uh, and all the, uh, officers you brought with you, including code enforcement. It's always a very informative meeting and always gives residents, uh, firsthand opportunity to get, um, questions answered and kind of uh, direction on where to direct some of those questions or complaints. Um, I would like to congratulate Lou Gardens for celebrating 65 years. Um, the gardens was gifted by the Lou family and continue to serve as a valuable space for public enjoyment and education. To mark the anniversary, Lou Gardens is hosting Legacy in Bloom, a series of events celebrating the gardens and their history. And I was able to join Mayor Dyer for a ribbon cutting. And we ate some um we had some edibles um edible plants that is um in the new edible garden. Edible. Come on. Please, please. Um, I would like to congratulate Chrissy Martin um on her appointment as director of transportation. Uh, you've done a great job getting me up to speed and I've known Chrissy for at least 20 years and we were able to work together uh before our time here at city hall. So, congratulations. Welld deserved. Um, Orlando Health is going to partner with the city to coordinate a mobile maternity clinic and I was uh happy to help them designate the Rosemont Community Center as part of the women's institute. Once open, the clinic will provide comprehensive prenatal and postmortem post-mortem care uh including routine visits, ultrasounds, and support. Um, that's all I've got, Mayor. Thank you. >> Got a motion, Commissioner. Motion to approve the consent agenda. >> Yeah, that's what I was looking for. Motion by Commissioner Chap and second by Commissioner Ortiz. All in favor indicate so by saying I. I. Those opposed. Motion carries. Okay. If you were only here for the consent agenda, now would be a good time to quietly make your way out. Otherwise, we will um without objection recess the city council meeting and convene the CRA meeting. The first item of business is uh meeting minutes from the January 28th advisory board meeting. >> Second. >> Motion by Commissioner Rose, second by Commissioner Sheen. All in favor indicate so by saying I. I. Those opposed? Motion carries. Item B is meeting minutes from the CRA February 9th, 2026 meeting. Motion by Commissioner Rose, second by Commissioner Sheen. All in favor indicate so by saying I. I. Those opposed. Motion carries. David, do you want to take over with C? >> Absolutely. Thank you, mayor, and good afternoon, commissioners. So, item 4 C. Uh, mayor, you mentioned this in your opening remarks. This is the CRA's infoing down payment assistance program. Uh, so we're on to phase three uh of our infoousing program now. And as such, we're ready to deliver another eight homes uh for home ownership into the Paramore community. Uh wanted to make some updates uh to the program to make sure that they continue to be affordable. Um as such, uh we're proposing uh this is the first time I should say that we actually have two different model uh of homes. In our previous phases, uh they all were the same, though they looked different from the exterior. They had different elevations. The interior model layouts were the same. Uh we have two uh this time because we had two different lot sizes. So, we al are also proposing two different uh uh down payment assistance program amounts uh that all equate to the same effective rate that someone would uh pay for the homes, which is $225,000. So, uh for our model A homes, we're proposing a rate of $140,000 in down payment assistance. For our model B homes, it's $155,000. And again, that brings them down to the same affordability level. And then as Commissioner Rose referenced, in addition to that, uh there's an additional $10,000 that's being offered to our first responders uh if they do choose to make uh one of these homes uh their home. So uh we anticipate having these on the market uh in in the next several months. Uh but I'm happy to address any questions. >> Okay, questions. Motion by Commissioner Rose. I'll second it or >> second. >> Second. Um, all right. Public testimony. Um, sorry, getting ahead of myself. Uh, motion by Commissioner Rose, second by Commissioner Burns. All in favor of the motion indicates so by saying I. I. Those opposed. Motion carries. And the last one, uh, item D. >> Thank you, mayor. Uh, so item 4 D, this is a DTO restaurant program funding agreement, uh, for Hoola Moola. Hula is a Hawaiian inspired all day cafe. Uh that's actually going to be right on the corner of Church Street and Orange Avenue next to our downtown information center or Discover downtown. It's 2700 square feet. They've signed a 10-year lease uh for that space. And the owner actually uh is coming from out of the country. They have owned uh several different establishments in several countries and actually won some awards uh in Germany for their Hawaiian inspired cuisine. They are spending about $770,000 uh on improvements to that space for which they qualify for $146,355 from the CRA's program. Uh 50,000 of that is in the form of rent abatement and I'm happy to address any questions. >> Second. >> Motion by Commissioner Rose, second by Commissioner Sheen. >> Um discussion hearing none. All in favor of the motion indicates so by saying I I those opposed. Motion carries. >> David, further business? There is not mayor >> and we'll stand adjourned as to the CRA and we'll reconvene the city council meeting which brings us to new business and the item that we moved off the consent agenda which is case number HPB 2025-10297 which was heard by the historic preservation board and recommends the nomination of the Luba House situated at 215 East Central Boulevard as an Orlando historic landmark. Um, since there will be discussion, we will have some background on this from Jason Burton, our city's planning division manager. Jason, >> thank you, Mr. Mayor and Commissioners. My name is Jason Burton. I lead the city planning division for the city. It's pleasure to be here finally today. Um, I'm going to give a quick overview about the Luba House and it's Luba like tuba when you're having your discussion about it, just to pronounce it correctly. Um, this is filed under HPB 20225-10297. Just a little bit of a background on this particular home. The original residence um had a building permit that was pulled on July 7th, 1930. The house cost at the time a total of $12,000. The original residents were John and Helen Luba were the original residents. They were immigrants hailing from northern Germany. about the building. PC Samuel was the architect and Charles Sidler was the contractor. The architect assisted Hendrickk Berlag in designing the Amsterdam stock and commodities exchange which is still standing today is used as an event center in Amsterdam. This is not in a historic district and it's not an individual landmark. Hence, it was nominated by a concerned citizen that and I'll go over that shortly. The Lubies Lubas immigrated in 1889 um from Germany. John was from Edelak Levig Holstein which is the most northern state in Germany next to Denmark. Um Helen Luba was from Braymond Germany like my own great-grandparents. And um she was born in 1869 and he was born in 1863. They have two they had two childrens and they died somewhat before they almost reached adulthood. Um, one of them lasts a little bit longer, but they also traveled frequently around the world. And you see their passport from 1923 there. Um, a little bit about the building itself. This is a Florida master site file photo from 1991 on your right. and the Sandborn map from 1956 showing the location of the house next to the old Masonic building which is the city center building that um is con is also owned by the CRA and the prior um building that used to be that art deco 7-Eleven building that was on the corner and its relationship to the Rosalyn club. You can see that um just so you know the applicant for nominating the project was Raymond Cox who's president of the Orange Preservation Trust. He, my understanding, is not available today um for this discussion. But once you um nominate it, there's a two-step process that I'm going to go over on a little bit later, but the historic preservation officer prepares a factf finding report for the nomination. That report went to our historic preservation board on March 4th, 2026. The HPB forwarded an unanimous recommendation approving the nomination. Um, also on your last city council CRA meeting, um, the CRA approved contracts on that will allow the comprehensive assessment of the building for asbestos structural integrity and ADA standards and other important issues. A little bit about the two-step process for nominating and designating a historic landmark in the city of Orlando. The first step is the nomination. So there's a when there's a proposal to nominate, the HP evaluates whether the building is eligible for a nomination. Um and it's a rather brief report about some of the basic items about um the facts of the building itself. That nomination recommendation is forward to the city council where you are at today. The second step is the designation process. If it it successfully goes through that process, um the item returns to the HPB at its May 2026 meeting at its earliest for full designation report and recommendation. That tends to be a more detailed style report. The designation recommendation from HPB could be considered by the city council at its earliest in July 2026. Um, there's also an ordinance that two readings and a hearing for the ordinance adoption would be necessary following that recommendation and that acceptance. Um, and I'll go over this, but there's a twothirds vote that would be likely needed in order to accept that nomination, make it a historic landmark. Um, I'm going to read this real quick. This is the historic landmark designation criteria from the land development code. The criteria for evaluation. Council may designate by ordinance any site, building, structure, or object as an historic Orlando historic landmark only when appropriate documentation demonstrates significance in history, architecture, archaeology, engineering or culture. And it possesses integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association. and a associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history or b associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. I like to call these two criteria historic significance. Um C is embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period or method of construction or that represents the work of a master or possesses high artistic values. In other words, architectural significance. And finally, D that has yielded or may be likely to yield information important in prehistory or history. That's archaeological significance, if you will. A little bit about the historic landmark designation process. If a property owner objects to our historic landmark designation, a twothirds majority of the vote of the city council is required and the council must find that historic landmark designation advances a clear and convincing substantial public interest. And just for your information, the CRA purchased this property in March March 2025 as a rare opportunity to anchor a comprehensive expansion of Lake Eola Park without the designation. The CRA is currently evaluating the condition of the structure and its potential use in the future development of the Lake Eola Gateway and seeks flexibility and reuse of the structure. Therefore, at this time, the CRA does not support the nomination of the site as a Orlando historic landmark. There are some couple um site photos that I have in the presentation if you need reference to them. These are the sides of the building that you don't see like you saw those earlier ones from um Central Boulevard itself, the very rear of the property and of course the front of the property. A little fun gate detail. And with that, I'm available for any questions. questions. Uh, Commissioner Rose, >> are we speak? >> We are. >> We taking any votes right now? >> No. >> Just if you have a question for Jason. >> No, I don't. >> Anything about the presentation? Certainly. >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> Uh, no questions. Then we do have four requests that we move from the agenda review meeting um to the council meeting for um comment. And they are the same four that I called out. So we'll go Mark Line, Connie Geller, Joy Wallace Dickinson, Tana Porter in that order. So you'll have if you'll come up, state your name and address. You'll have three minutes to address council. >> My name is Mark Line. Uh my address is 548 South Higher Avenue, Orlando, Florida 3281. I come before you as a member of three historic organizations. The Orlando Land Trust, the Orlando Preservation Trust, and Orlando Remembered. These are made up of longtime citizens of Orlando. Even though I cannot represent personally uh these organizations, I believe their members would advocate would would support me in advocating on behalf of the historic home. The matter before us today is the future of the Lubby House which has been presented to you for landmark designation. Oh, we thank the mayor for his statement. There is no intention to demolish the Lubie Luba house. Uh but the mayor expressed concern over landmarking the property. We hope to help the mayor and the commissioners today see the benefits of the landmark status. The biggest of which is grant receiving from the state of Florida. An example is the Black Bottom House of Prayer, which received landmark status by you, the city commissioners. Shortly thereafter, the roof collapsed and only because of the landmark status, the church received a half million dollar grant from the state of Florida and today is an active historic church in Paramore. What Landmark does not do is to restrict ADA requirements does does not restrict remodeling of the insight, excuse me, [clears throat] of the property or restrict in any addition to the building. Landmark does allow for exemptions for some building codes that results in lower remodeling costs. A good question is how can the Louvy House be repropo repurposed for appropriate use? We encourage the downtown development staff to join with these three historic inst institutions that I referenced to devise a best use for the Lubie Luba home. One such consideration is an Orlando History MU history museum with artifacts and stories of the community. Orlando remembered might consider supporting the repurpose with resources. It was the partnership between the downtown development board and the Orlando Land Trust that made it possible to purchase the property on the corner of Central and Roslin. And that allowed for the downtown development board to to purchase the other two properties that open up the park to downtown. With the demolition of the old old Masonic temple, the opening to Lake Eyola will be accomplished. And with the preservation of the Luba home, it supports the DDB's mission to strengthen downtown Orlando as an economic and governmental and cultural center. Thank you. >> Thank you very much, Connie Geller and then Joy Dickson. >> Um, good afternoon, mayor and counselors. My name is Connie Geller. I'm from 204 30th Avenue South, Jacksonville Beach, Florida. And I've given to you um four printed pages of my mother's photos. Um, I'm the daughter of Lillian Smith, a court recognized heir to the Luba estate. I'm the great niece of Helen Luba, known to my family as Tanta Helen. She and her husband, John Luba, Uncle Hans, were deeply loved by my mother and her sister. I'm here in strong support of the landmark status for the Luba House. This home represents the quintessential American immigrant story. Uncle Hans, a math teacher in Germany, crossed the ocean in 1889. Helen arrived in 1890. They married in New York City. Three of Helen's sisters followed her to America, including my grandmother, Hermina. The Lubis built a successful life with grocery business and real estate transactions, but they also endured profound loss when both of their children died of tuberculosis. In the 1920s, they wintered in Florida. They traveled through Germany with Orlando, proudly displayed on their car. Early ambassadors for this city. Having sold their New York properties, they could have settled anywhere. They chose Orlando. And in 1930, they built this outstanding residence, creating a sanctuary on Lake Eola and welcoming family. On the back of a living room photo, Tant Helen wrote, "Vel, come see for yourself." In 1932, my mother's family traveled to Orlando. Those memories stayed vivid for my mother and aunt the rest of their long lives. The Lubis remained connected to their extended family. They spent summers visiting Helen's sisters on Long Island. Their Lake Lake house anchored our family stability for decades. It reflects the Luba's resilience, their success, and their belief in Orlando's future. As you consider the new gateway to Lake Eola, I ask that this house become the anchor of that gateway. An authentic regional destination requires authentic history. A city that values its future must first respect the people who shaped its past. The Luba House is an immigrant story in brick and mortar. Prosperity earned, resilience proven, legacy built. It deserves to be honored, protected, and celebrated. Thank you. >> Thank you, Joy Dickinson. And then Tana Porter, and I also have um Diane Martins. >> Hi everyone. It's wonderful to be here. My name is Joy Dickinson or Joy Wallace Dickinson. And for 23 years, I wrote a weekly history column in the Orlando Sentinel about Orlando history. And one of the things I learned uh during that time is so many of my stories ended up back at Lake Eola because it really sort of is for so long been the heart of Orlando. And I love being here because I see that on the seal. It's right here in front of Mayor Dyer, the the city seal with with Orlando. But I think you all know how important Lakeola is. But I I'm also here because uh in 1949, my grandparents bought a house that's about a less than a half a mile from where the Luba House stands at Lake Eola. And I have uh driven by that house. And I I live in that house now. And I've driven by there and thought about it and looked at that beautiful structure my entire life. And it is such an important visual statement on central boulevard as you come into downtown Orlando down central on main thoroughfare you pass the lake and there's this house that has so much history that speaks to the story of people who came to Orlando who invested in it uh who hired a distinguished architect architect to make a beautiful home on the lake and it is in fact uh the asked really representative of of homes that faced the lake and the the homes that are around it for so long and told such a great story. So, um because it is the last surviving lake lakefront house on Lake Eola, I think it's such a rare link to the city and before it had the skyline that that we have today. Um, landmark designation isn't intended to freeze a building in time. What it does is recognize that a place matters and ensure that future plans take that value into account. Uh, in Orlando and many other communities, that landmark designation has helped make preservation possible, as Mark said, by opening doors to incentives and grants. So we our our group the Orange Preservation Trust started really working on landmarking the Louvy House a long time before we a long time ago because of its importance. So it's it stood there for nearly a century and we hope it can continue to stand and we see landmarking as as a way that would help that and and not leave some you know not maybe leave some money on the table that could come from grants. Thanks very much. >> Thank you Joyce. boy. Uh, Tana Porter. Thank you. Uh, my name is Jana Porter, 4304 Edgewater Drive, and that's uh, Orlando 32804. and I am speaking with the Orange uh preservation trust and our position is that landmarking is necessary to ensure that the loop house survives. That is too remarkable a place to lose. Um what does the city lose if they lose that house? Well, the city loses an outstanding well-designed and well-built house. An example of Moorish architectural style. A little different for Orlando. It loses the structure specifically designed and built to fit the parcel of land it occupies on Lake Eola. It loses the last large residence on Lake Eola where impressive mansions once lined the lake. It loses one of only three known structures in Orlando designed by internationally famous Dutch architect Peter Samuel. But not all the losses are so tangible. The city loses opportunities. The opportunity to create a firstass restaurant in a firstass historic building in a firstass location. The opportunity to open a unique wine bar in a unique old house. The opportunity for tea parties, art galleries, small historical exhibits, chamber concerts, seminars, meetings, and much more. All in a historic setting. The city loses educational opportunities to show residents and visitors a little bit of how Orlando once lived and looked to agitate Orlando to the values of their old structures using a living example to show craftsmen how such building was done in earlier times to examine the way wealthy Orlando lived at the start of the Great Depression. The losses are impossible to accept. Therefore, we support saving the Luba house by landmarking it to protect it from demolition. Thank you. >> Thank you. And Diane Martins. Good afternoon. I'm going to remember to say my name this time. Uh, my name is Diane Martins and I live at 229 East Amelia Street in Orlando, Florida and I live in Lake Yola Heights Historic District. Um, I'd like to share some biographical information on myself before I begin. My husband and I moved to Orlando in 1977 and moved into the Lake Yola Heights district in 1979. When we moved into our home, it was seven units and it had running water in every room but the kitchen. But we had a vision and we started by downsizing the ability to build highrises and everything in our neighborhood and I didn't uh remember the right word but at any rate um we proceeded to help create the historic district there which was completed in 1985. That designation has preserved the structures there ever since that time and will continue to save them forever. This is the story of North Yola. While South has changed dramatically over the same period of time, I've watched hundreds of historic treasures in South destroyed one by one in the name of progress. Around Lake Eola, we are down to two homes. One is the Eola House which is the maintenance office for the city park and it's currently owned by the city of Orlando and it is protected with landmark status. The other home is the Luba House which is now threatened. Let's preserve this last gem of history left at the park sandwiched between the Rosland Club and the Spir Fountain. give it landmark status so it's protected forever because of its rich history and it's the last remaining structure to save as everything else historic or near the park has been destroyed or demolished. Please preserve Orlando's past and let's keep the Luba house and um I appreciate your time. Thank you very much. >> Thank you and thank you all for your testimony. Commissioner >> Rose ahead. Um, >> no. Okay. It's your district. >> I tell you what, I'm going to go ahead and offer a motion and put us where we can have discussion. Um, while I'm mayor, this isn't going to be demolished. We're going to figure out the best use for it. I would like the city to have the flexibility to figure out the best use moving forward. I think it would cost us more if there's a historic designation mark that's placed on it. It's been there for a long time without it and I can tell you that we're not demolishing the building, but give us an opportunity to figure out the best use for it. There may be enough appropriate time for a historic designation, but we will involve any group that wants to be involved in helping us to figure out repurposing. We've looked at the restaurant aspect of it. It's a lot of money to retrofit it for any type of restaurant. The building is not in great shape. It hasn't really been occupied for the last several years. So, it does need repairs for any particular use. So, I'm going to make a motion that we decline to nominate this site as a Orlando historic landmark at this time. >> Second by Commissioner Rose. Discussion. >> Yeah. Um, you know, this is this is a situation where the historic preservation board gave unanimous consent and and unanimous um approval to nominate this and it's usually kind of extraordinary when we go against the, you know, the n any um actions of our boards. Um, you know, I was told this building was going to be torn down and I was very upset and that was done without any public hearing, without any public process. And, you know, I can't blame the folks from Orlando Preservation Trust for trying to save it when there was decisions to tear it down. And I was told it was going to be torn down and there's already been talk about um, you know, how much it's going to cost to fix and this and that. And that was all done without a public process. And you know, I mean, the Orlando Land Trust helped. If it had not been for the Orlando Land Trust, we would not have been able to purchase that exist that additional property. They were the ones that the the the women and men of the, you know, Eugenia and Lynn and the people who served on that Orlando land trust and Ted Hannock, they came forward and they figured out a way to to get the property owner to reduce his cost, his the cost of the property. They did an amazing job to figure out how to make this possible for the city of Orlando to buy the additional parcel. So now to say, well, you know what? It's really great that the community had this interest in helping, but now let's just throw their interest out the window. Let's just throw the com the citizen board recommendation out the window, and we're going to do whatever we want. I just don't think that's fair. So, um, I appreciate the sentiment of wanting to keep it, but we have no asurances. And I I you know um I just I would just like to have an assurance somehow that this is not going to be torn down, especially since staff has made um statements to me that it's going to be torn down. And I do think it's significant. I do think it's beautiful. I do think it has distinctive characteristics. It does have high artistic value. It does have the things that apply to an historic landmark. And yes, when um Black Bottom uh House of Prayer was falling down, we made the historic designation after the fact to help save it. So, if we can do that in one district, why can't we do it in mine? It's just it seems like it's it's it's there's never enough money to do the right thing. And I I just don't think that's fair. So I if we can't put a designation, I would at least have some kind of a um restrictive covenant or something to make sure that we are going to save this building just because it it's gone through this process. It's gone through the proper process and we're just not going to accept the recommendation of our historic board. I think we should at least figure out some way to codify the fact that this building is not going to be torn down. And I'll be voting against the motion. Commissioner Chapen. >> Uh, so nothing precludes us from Sorry. Nothing precludes us from uh applying historical designation to this building in the future. >> Correct. >> And we really have no idea what we could use it for today. >> I've heard um wine bar, restaurant, art center, meeting space, history center. Um, we don't we have just a a cursorary view of what could be wrong with it structurally or asbestos or ADA compliant. We we've not had any real in-depth review. >> Correct. >> Okay. Thank you, >> Commissioner Rose. >> So, the DTO vision plan has been in place since 2015. The revitalization of Lake Eola has always been a part of this process. The images have always floated around and we have always as a community collectively been a part of where we are going downtown. The CRA which includes this council stepped up and purchased the Luba House. No one else from the community did along with several other properties. They were all dormant and they were purchased with the intent of revitalizing downtown. We had a vision. We had images. So why a year later? Fiscal responsibility should always come first when making decisions that impact our community. Designating the Luba House as a historic landmark may sound very appealing, but it could cause and place an extremely long-term financial obligation on the taxpayers and limit the responsibility the responsible development that benefits Orlando residents today. We must carefully weigh the cost of preservation against the real needs of our city, infrastructure, and growth. Protecting our future means making thoughtful, fiscally responsible choices with public resources, which is why I support at this time not um uh declaring a historic landmark. >> Okay. Further comment then we will call the question. Commissioner Sheen. >> Well, I'd just like to say that, you know um it's it's okay to be fiscally responsible when the money is being spent in another district. So, it's just it's just it's just not fair. And um you know, I'm not I have never advocated for fiscal irresponsibility. What I've advocated for is to make sure that we have a beautiful park, which by the way, the CRA had not taken care of for many, many years. And I'm glad the CRA has basically adopted like Yola Park because it was a, you know, 20 years ago, it was a dreadful mess. Um it was dirty. You couldn't, nobody wanted to go there. and I'm delighted that now it has become a destination because of the investment the CRA has made with my support. So that's not it's not that I don't want to see Lakeola used in a fiscally responsible way. Um what I'm advocating for is that we do it in a um in a responsible way to make sure that it's a beautiful and respectful place and that we respect the people in the community who do want to work on on preservation. And I think that is an important I I you know I think that is an important um I think I think it's an important thing to do. I don't think it's unimportant to to try to preserve our history. So I don't think you don't have to have one or the other. You don't have to fiscal responsibility or or or historic preservation. And besides something else, we require everyone who's in a historic preservation district to do special things like windows and you know they they can't do certain things to their house without permission because we want to keep that historic integrity. And people complain sometimes they say, "I bought a house and now I can't do whatever we want." Well, you bought a house in a historic district, so you have to follow some guidelines. And while this isn't a historic district, unfortunately, I wish it was, um, I think that we could show the same level of commitment and investment by saying, okay, we make the folks in Lake Yola Heights do special things. Why can't do we do something special for the community as well? And that's all I'm I have never advocated for fiscally responsibility on advocating for historic preservation. And those two things do not have to be mutually exclusive. Okay, I'm going to close on this and we're not adversaries here. We want the same thing. We want to do what's best for the house. There was a rumor out there that it was going to be demolished. That's why you're all here. It's not going to be demolished. It's not going to be demolished, Commissioner Sheen, despite whatever you might have been told by some point. Well, it's not. >> I just want to clarify. I was told by staff. >> Okay. You've said that a couple of times. So, it's not going to be demolished. and we will um have community input on the best use. Probably not a restaurant, probably not a wine bar, but we will figure out a good use and how best to um upgrade the the building itself. We do want to have a beautiful new southwest entryway. That was the reason that we purchased the property to begin with. It was actually a um group of four properties throughout the course of downtown. The two city center building and the Luba house and then um two other pieces that aren't associated with Lake Eola. Um city center building will be coming down so that we can make way to have a beautiful southwest entrance. And I think everybody has the best interest of both um subjects there. the having a new entrance way and preserving the luba house. So with that, I will um all in favor of uh not accepting the nomination indicate so by saying I. >> Those opposed? >> No. >> Okay. 61. Thank you for coming and expressing your opinion and your desire here today as well. Okay. We have other business. We are going to move to Madame Clerk, you are up >> hearings ordinances, second reading 12A. Ordinance number 2026-2, an ordinance granting petition of Beachline South Residential LLC establishing and naming the Daen Central Community Development District pursuant to chapter 190 Florida statutes, providing findings describing the external boundaries, the functions and the powers of the district, designating five persons to serve as the initial members of the district's board of supervisors, providing a separ separability clause, and an effective date. >> So moved. Motion by Commissioner Keane, second by Commissioner Rose. Um I don't have any requests to speak on this. Madame clerk discussion hearing. None. All in favor of the motion indicate so by saying I. I. Those opposed. Motion carries. 12B. >> Ordinance number 2026-3, an ordinance of the city council of the city of Orlando, Florida, amending chapter 65 of the Orlando City Code parts 1 2 3 and 5 to conform with section 177.0. 071 Florida statutes relating to administrative review and approval of plats and replplats codifying the prior city council resolution designating the city planning division and planning official as the administrative authority providing for procedural and conforming amendments technical revisions clarification correction scriveners error severability and an effective date >> so move motion by commissioner Ortiz second by commissioner chapen I don't have any request for public testimony discussion hearing none All in favor of the motion indicates so by saying I. >> Those opposed. Motion carries. Okay. On to ordinances on first reading. Madam clerk. 13A. >> Ordinance number 2026-4. An ordinance of the city council of the city of Orlando, Florida, amending the city's growth management plan to change the future land use map designation for a portion of certain land generally located south of Le Vista Boulevard, east of Shadowidge, Shadow Ridge Drive, north of Butler National Drive, and west of Shaw Creek Drive from neighborhood activity center to industrial and changing the zoning designation for a portion of the property from neighborhood activity center with the aircraft noise overlay district to general industrial with the aircraft noise overlay district providing for amendment of the city's growth management plan and zoning maps providing for severability correction of scrier's errors permit disclaimer and an effective date. So move >> second >> motion by commissioner Ortiz second by commissioner chap and I don't have any request to uh for public input on this matter discussion hearing none all in favor the motion indicate so by saying I I >> those opposed so the motion carries 13B >> ordinance number 2026-5 an ordinance of the city council of the city of Orlando Florida amending the city's land de development code to update references consistent with the goals policies objectives and figures of the city's updated ated growth management plan providing for legislative findings, codifications ofability correction scrier errors, and infective date. >> Move second. >> Was that Commission Ortiz? >> Second by Commissioner Burns. I have no request for input on this matter. Discussion hearing none. All in favor of the motion indicates so by saying I. I. >> Those opposed. And so the motion carries and 13C. Ordinance number 2026-6, an ordinance of the city of Orlando, Florida, granting Florida Dumpsters Pros LLC a non-exclusive franchise to provide rolloff container collection and disposal of solid waste within the city of Orlando, outlining franchises duties and providing the terms and conditions under which such franchise shall operate, providing for servability and an effective date. >> Move to approve. Motion by Commissioner Burns, second by Commissioner Ortiz. I don't have any request to speak on the rolloff container. So those in favor indicate so by saying I. I. >> Those opposed. Motion carries. >> Okay, that's the end of our formal agenda. Ed, would you get us ready for general appearance, please? Heat. Heat. [music]