Speaker1: >> Apartment will come forward with the direct this Tanya
Speaker1: Wilson is going to be making their presentation may.
Speaker2: >> And there you'll need to adjourn as the
Speaker1: >> do we do need to turn a withdrawn as a library board,
Speaker1: every competing as the board of County Commission. And with
Speaker1: that Miss Wilson, you're recognized and we fell a little
Speaker1: behind a little catch-up. All right.
Speaker2: >> Thank you. Good morning. Mayor commissioners, country
Speaker2: there, Diamond and be sure to Brooks for the record, Tanya
Speaker2: Wilson and I'm director for the pending environment about which
Speaker2: services department. It's my pleasure to introduce said the
Speaker2: fiscal year 27 budget
Speaker2: in the way of the old 9, 0, be sharing the organizational
Speaker2: chart. Walking you through the 27 fiscal year budget
Speaker2: sharing a few exciting highlights from pads sharing
Speaker2: the capital improvement program. Introducing some key
Speaker2: changes are being proposed for fiscal year 27.
Speaker2: I like all other departments will be sharing some of the
Speaker2: potential risks that we anticipate as a result of that
Speaker2: property tax reduction that's being discussed and then wrap
Speaker2: up with a summary.
Speaker2: So stepping into the organizational chart, something
Speaker2: that the mayor and commissioners may notice since
Speaker2: beginning as director in 2024.
Speaker2: for the first time in 2 years, we actually have a fully
Speaker2: stocked management team. So excited about that. In the
Speaker2: prior years. You've always seen a box marked vacant. So today
Speaker2: it is my esteem pleasure to introduce our stellar
Speaker2: management team starting with or 2 incredible deputy
Speaker2: directors. We have Deputy Director Screven if you could
Speaker2: give away. So the public knows who you are.
Speaker2: Deputy Director Jason Reynolds.
Speaker2: Then from my left, we have or environmental protection
Speaker2: manager Rene Parker
Speaker2: for planning a planning. We have a part of our growth
Speaker2: for the zoning. We have Janet from a role
Speaker2: this cooperation support. We have Franklin Center U.S.
Speaker2: for building safety. We have Alan Kind who, unfortunately is
Speaker2: not here. He's a personal matter that he's dealing with
Speaker2: with the passing of family members. So he's in the
Speaker2: morning, but unfortunately is done here. But I know he's
Speaker2: watching online, but Christine R and or assistant manager is
Speaker2: here to represent,
Speaker2: we have our housing community development manager mentioned
Speaker2: last or and then lastly, our newest addition to the
Speaker2: management to you, we have a misbranded rigors is joining us
Speaker2: as a manager for neighborhood services. It's been such a
Speaker2: pleasure, great delight to be able to lead this very capable
Speaker2: and dedicated team. You know this and last year's budget,
Speaker2: we had a total of 600. So we've slightly reduce the number
Speaker2: moving forward for fiscal year 27. So you'll see a reduced
Speaker2: number and we'll talk a little bit more about that. Why that's
Speaker2: going on. A total of 591 is what we have for fiscal year.
Speaker2: 27. I'm very dedicated committee and I will say very
Speaker2: passionate team of all the work that we do for Orange County.
Speaker2: It's only appropriate to start with our mission statement.
Speaker2: I call this or guiding polls our commitment to the
Speaker2: community. So folks know who we are, what our brand is and what
Speaker2: we stand for.
Speaker2: So mission statement introduced to a strategic management plan
Speaker2: reads Planning and environment and development Services
Speaker2: Department heads. We exist to serve of the public and then
Speaker2: hands the Orange County, Florida community by offering
Speaker2: sustainable growth, protecting the environment, improve the
Speaker2: quality of life for current and future generations. That is our
Speaker2: contract to the public, our commitment that the things that
Speaker2: we do in the commitment that we make to service, certainly
Speaker2: Stern Ridge to plenty of life for Orange County and our
Speaker2: focus. And our main client is certainly the public. We're
Speaker2: citizens the residence.
Speaker2: So stepping into the fiscal year, 27 budget, total
Speaker2: operating budget of 256.1 million. And then I walk you
Speaker2: through a counter clockwise. The 5 components that make up
Speaker2: that budget starting out with the general fund. That's 21% of
Speaker2: our budget. A total of 54.2 million that we have building
Speaker2: safety fund. That's 13% of our budget. 34.1 million. And we
Speaker2: know that's an enterprise fund under the draft section and
Speaker2: this is maybe where we have Iran or entitlement funds for
Speaker2: siplin section 8 cdbg. That's a total of 23% of our budget.
Speaker2: At 59.1 million and then we have the housing trust fund.
Speaker2: That's 34% of our budget. Total of 86.5 million. And then
Speaker2: lastly, we have the other category. That's 9% of the
Speaker2: budget. 22.2 million.
Speaker2: What you'll notice. Mayor and commissioners, if you do.
Speaker2: The quick math is looking at the grounds. One of the holes
Speaker2: in Trump's fun.
Speaker2: That's more than half of our budget. 57 1% of the pens
Speaker2: budget to pass through funds.
Speaker2: So Penn certainly serves as a conduit for these resources
Speaker2: that pass through our department that don't stay like
Speaker2: some of our other internal departments. Much of what we do
Speaker2: is make impact in committee to development and in affordable
Speaker2: housing and environmental protection. And we take that
Speaker2: role very secretly knowing that it's the pump, prince of kids
Speaker2: of the laws for the enrichment of our small businesses said
Speaker2: and security and housing and safety for our residents.
Speaker2: So you'll see a lot of business happening online and
Speaker2: communication happening just to make sure that the public is
Speaker2: aware of these funds that are made available through pets.
Speaker2: Looking at the out of line, some comparing the changes
Speaker2: between fiscal year 26 and just get your 27. We've had a
Speaker2: reduction in our overall budget. So we're going don't
Speaker2: buy 1.4%. That's a total of 2.7 million. I also mentioned that
Speaker2: we've reduced in staffing for fiscal year, 27 sitters,
Speaker2: a reduction on the building safety sytem. We'll talk a
Speaker2: little bit about that in the next slide. So that's a net
Speaker2: change of 9 positions there.
Speaker2: Looking at the stuffing within heads. One of the challenges
Speaker2: that I face coming on board back in 2024, was a very high
Speaker2: vacancy rate. We had a vacancy rate by then, but 12% so
Speaker2: certainly understood the challenge before those making
Speaker2: sure that we have bodies in the positions and the work could be
Speaker2: done. So I'm so excited by the partnership that we forged to
Speaker2: with human resources to get those vacancy numbers reduce
Speaker2: today. We actually have a vacancy, a 51% shines. And
Speaker2: that's it 0.5%. And so we've gone down by about 4% in our
Speaker2: vacancy rate in quickly moving to fill those positions.
Speaker2: The biggest reductions that we've seen thankfully has been
Speaker2: in housing and neighborhood services with the efforts that
Speaker2: we've made for fiscal year 27. We do have one new position
Speaker2: that's being proposed. That's a grant funded positions that out
Speaker2: for the 15, the general fund that's coming from the ship
Speaker2: funds or state funds for a new administrative specialist
Speaker2: position to support that unit
Speaker2: in the building safety division. We are anticipating a
Speaker2: reduction of 10 positions there
Speaker2: really scaling back that air of our operation, recognizing with
Speaker2: Epic a major
Speaker2: partner that we have there and bring that project forward.
Speaker2: We had to expand to be able to meet the needs and know that
Speaker2: that's been successfully completed and open. We're ve
Speaker2: scaling to make sure that we're adjusting our numbers. Sales
Speaker2: here, reduction there and building safety.
Speaker2: The president may be asked, what are you doing? How are you
Speaker2: getting these vacancy rates to levels that you're now seeing
Speaker2: successfully very strategic approach? We've done a lot more
Speaker2: work on the social media site. Thankfully for the iOS that
Speaker2: were key. This is to make sure when positions are being made
Speaker2: available. Those are being posted online. And there's a
Speaker2: lot of traction that you'll see only 10 indeed and other
Speaker2: platforms to make sure that the public knows that these
Speaker2: positions are available.
Speaker2: Training is a big thing with unpaid. So we have our new live
Speaker2: program that started this year. So leadership in training,
Speaker2: many requests from the staff, you know, for emerging leaders
Speaker2: that have indicated through our servies and are looking for
Speaker2: opportunities to prepare themselves to be the next
Speaker2: generation of leaders across Orange County. And we took that
Speaker2: to heart, went to work and put together a training program for
Speaker2: emerging leaders excited across 5 months that we work very
Speaker2: closely with or leadership court within pays to provide
Speaker2: training for that cool. So not just focusing on the attraction
Speaker2: of staff and talent book, focusing mainly on the
Speaker2: retention and making sure that there's a legacy there for the
Speaker2: next generation of leaders. Accordingly, management
Speaker2: training is a staple within pads. Every quarter. We have
Speaker2: professional training for our management team. So that's been
Speaker2: going very successfully over the last 2 years. We have an
Speaker2: internship program that I think is quite a great model for
Speaker2: agency. It's built within or Environmental Protection
Speaker2: Division where we have a volunteer internship program.
Speaker2: We find the brightest and best from area schools with it to
Speaker2: ensure we're looking at folks from UCF from. We bring them in
Speaker2: as trainees to learn the industry within heads and with
Speaker2: the hope that we would be able to retain these individuals
Speaker2: over time. It's been going on for more than a decade. And
Speaker2: we've seen some of those students matriculate into
Speaker2: permanent positions within pet. So that's been a success for
Speaker2: us. And having that internship program built within a
Speaker2: certification program is something that we started this
Speaker2: year again as a request from our staff asking Lee Upskill
Speaker2: beyond just having degrees. What can we do to of 10 that
Speaker2: are professional development and grew in her coffin? Our
Speaker2: trainings. So we'd out of the car before. And then we said,
Speaker2: OK, we create these incentives for you to be certified and to
Speaker2: be of skilled and train them to return would be that you would
Speaker2: see increases in
Speaker2: the salary most that are given. So there is a a relationship,
Speaker2: you know, an inverted relationship there that as you
Speaker2: increase in your certification and you'll get an opportunity
Speaker2: to be able to move forward in the agency. And then last
Speaker2: Reclassifications, you know, we looked at some of the positions
Speaker2: that were static, some that were dormant and in many of
Speaker2: those cases realize that some of those positions needed to be
Speaker2: reclassified of people are looking to stay with the
Speaker2: organization. There shouldn't be a cap there that hinders
Speaker2: them from being able to move up over time, especially if
Speaker2: they're increasing in certifications, skills and
Speaker2: degrees. That's been very successful. So both on both
Speaker2: sides between retention and recruitment, we're seeing
Speaker2: responses there. We hope that by next year's budget you'll
Speaker2: see at even greater reduction that they consider a throat
Speaker2: pets.
Speaker2: Looking at the budget highlights I'm excited to
Speaker2: share. We launched our strategic management plan last
Speaker2: year and with heads being a front facing customer service
Speaker2: focused apartment. It's not just focusing on the dollars
Speaker2: but understanding the why behind hold the money moves on
Speaker2: what we prioritize. We don't like this as a blueprint.
Speaker2: I mentioned the mission statement before when you open
Speaker2: it is the first thing that you see. So the public understands
Speaker2: the brand that we carry as a department and understand the
Speaker2: priorities that we've outlined for the entire team. So we
Speaker2: consider does our blueprint, our guide that helps in the
Speaker2: decision-making. It's a statement of our purpose.
Speaker2: It's or why that drives our fiscal priorities. We spend the
Speaker2: money. There's a reason it shouldn't just be haphazard or
Speaker2: arbitrary. It's helped us, though, to help to reduce the
Speaker2: silos across the 7 divisions. Oftentimes with then you run
Speaker2: the risk of several parts being separate and moving in
Speaker2: different divisions on different directions. But we've
Speaker2: fallen through the strategic management plan. It's helpless
Speaker2: to reduce those silos and really unified department
Speaker2: across the 7 divisions. So line in the strategic management
Speaker2: plan. Happy this year.
Speaker2: 5 focus areas for us at that apartment talent acquisition
Speaker2: and management, making sure that we're hiring the by just
Speaker2: brightest and best. And we're keeping them here within Orange
Speaker2: County, looking at process improvements that are there
Speaker2: ways that we could improve the things that we do with working
Speaker2: with greater efficiency and timeliness. Many of the
Speaker2: businesses had said time is money. When you take too long,
Speaker2: we waste money. We want to make sure that where reexamining
Speaker2: some of the processes internally and making sure that
Speaker2: we're dealing in a fission's is to be able to deliver top
Speaker2: service to the public. Innovation and technology to is
Speaker2: a great focus for us within pads, always looking for new
Speaker2: applications and will go to conferences. We focus on
Speaker2: finding new innovative ways whether it's I are other things
Speaker2: to be able to deliver our services to the public
Speaker2: communication is another priority for us, making sure
Speaker2: that we have piles and those that are first in that air of
Speaker2: delivering timely, transparent and easily accessible
Speaker2: communication to the public. And then the last house,
Speaker2: a relationship building is one of the most important ones for
Speaker2: us for jingles, right, collaboration, Ys with the
Speaker2: mayor and commissioners understanding the need so that
Speaker2: we can be your eyes and ears, hands and feet and delivering
Speaker2: the directives and delivering the priorities of this board
Speaker2: and also forging those relationships, the right
Speaker2: relationships with our partners in the community, whether it's
Speaker2: locally or at the state level or would say not to federal
Speaker2: level in areas where managing entitlement dollars need to
Speaker2: make sure that we have the right connections there.
Speaker2: Another highlight that we're so excited about this is Archie a
Speaker2: campaign. So the OC Love Stream Campaign was launched this year
Speaker2: will continue on and he's got your 27 so move forward with
Speaker2: the idea of reforest ing and helping to increase the kind of
Speaker2: guy across Orange County. So we're proposing are our
Speaker2: urban forestry Mad Master plan. That's a 25 year kind of your
Speaker2: road map. It will show the areas of can says the areas
Speaker2: where we have greater heat or exposure to the public in those
Speaker2: low income communities that don't have enough tree
Speaker2: coverage. We want to be intentional about my field
Speaker2: where those vulnerable areas are making sure we're spending
Speaker2: the dollars and intentional ways within those vulnerable is
Speaker2: allows us to expand the tree, planting opportunities to not
Speaker2: just planning for it, but on the green infrastructure side,
Speaker2: sometimes eyes local governments. We focus on the
Speaker2: great infrastructure. You know, we focus on the water lines and
Speaker2: we focus on the streets, but so important to make sure that
Speaker2: we're planning intentionally for the green infrastructure.
Speaker2: We consider this cool that we're looking to meet every
Speaker2: year, accounting at least 500 trees within those designated
Speaker2: areas. The benefits, of course, improving shade, creating
Speaker2: cooling our temperatures, keep rising with global warming and
Speaker2: things that are happening, improving the air quality
Speaker2: throughout our community and of course, creating a Habitat for
Speaker2: Wildlife that's here in Orange County,
Speaker2: the Business Resource Office. Another exciting highlight that
Speaker2: we wanted to share what we did. Our surveys surrounding the
Speaker2: strategic management plan, something that came out very
Speaker2: strongly was the business community saying it's too
Speaker2: difficult to navigate. The services of Orange County were
Speaker2: sent to procurement was sent to the business of all. I was sent
Speaker2: economic development, different permitting. It becomes a
Speaker2: labyrinth that we get titled In. Can We have a one-stop
Speaker2: shop? So we heard he responded by creating this business
Speaker2: resource office. One of my deputies often said when folks
Speaker2: come in for permit inspections, they should leave with
Speaker2: resources. So the one stop shop lows for us to build that
Speaker2: relationship with the small Business Committee. We
Speaker2: considered hub for you to find the services of Orange County
Speaker2: where the bulls in together all the different facets of small
Speaker2: business support, throw the Cones east through this front
Speaker2: facing physical office. But we also have a digital presence
Speaker2: online if businesses come in and they want to be able to
Speaker2: find out how to do business in Orange County. So it allows us
Speaker2: to promote or county programs. We also take the programming to
Speaker2: the streets to the boot camp. So not just having the
Speaker2: businesses come here,
Speaker2: but we've partnered with some of the commissioners we
Speaker2: partnered with local agencies like the NEC to be able to
Speaker2: bring that messaging of one Orange County offers to the
Speaker2: public. So we're rolling out who's comes between the summer
Speaker2: and the fall. This is a business robot for navigating
Speaker2: cone to services resources to help scale and grow your
Speaker2: business. So many of you will see a lot of chatter happening
Speaker2: online with those boot camps being rolled out. And we've had
Speaker2: several already in the Pine Hills area. We've had some in
Speaker2: district 4. So we continue to partner with this body to make
Speaker2: sure that the messaging is all here that Orange County is open
Speaker2: for business.
Speaker2: Affordable housing is another exciting area that we've seen
Speaker2: much success in over the last several years. So our housing
Speaker2: trust fund that's budgeted at 86.5 million in terms of the
Speaker2: protected units generated 2,300 new units. That's 542 that have
Speaker2: already been completed. 1261 that are under way,
Speaker2: 500 that are planned for fiscal year. 27 focusing on the rehab
Speaker2: and preservation side. An additional tour is a 50 unit
Speaker2: generated
Speaker2: through the revolving loan fund. And this is a new
Speaker2: initiative that our team has created that I think is quite
Speaker2: successful for those smaller not-for-profit hosing
Speaker2: developers that there's a low interest rate fun were able to
Speaker2: partner with the lending institution. They want to
Speaker2: provide some time, save money or just got fired and sing for
Speaker2: new affordable housing developments. And then lastly
Speaker2: wanted to also highlight the benefit of having impact fee
Speaker2: waivers as being part of moving that needle for affordable
Speaker2: housing. So the impact of 11.5 million under that category,
Speaker2: I would dare say, looking throughout the entire state or
Speaker2: the country, it would be hard to find an example of an agency
Speaker2: that's been so committed in supporting affordable housing.
Speaker2: And it's been quite a success for us to be able to move from
Speaker2: not just the grown breaking, but no, we're actually having
Speaker2: ribbon cuttings, so excited to see that happening. So I
Speaker2: applaud our Housing Committee development team and to lessen
Speaker2: the team for the stellar work that's been done and affordable
Speaker2: housing front,
Speaker2: even though the cdbg Dr Funds are not built within our
Speaker2: general fund. I want to highlight because it's such a
Speaker2: significant source of funding for our community. We've been
Speaker2: able to leverage those federal funds for resilience and
Speaker2: mitigation efforts hurricane and how the border recall that
Speaker2: we received 219 million from the federal government and then
Speaker2: an additional 33 million in Milton funds to date. Just as
Speaker2: an update for the public, we've been able to secure over 400
Speaker2: applications for the end. And that's over 50 for Milton
Speaker2: in terms of folks are cresting dollars for hurricane
Speaker2: mitigation or repair of their properties from that is that we
Speaker2: have approximately 85 projects that are currently under
Speaker2: construction.
Speaker2: And again, just to share some highlights from hold. Those
Speaker2: funds are going to be utilized. So we have the body broke flood
Speaker2: mitigation, infrastructure projects as a new pump station
Speaker2: to she's drainage capacity. The public works Department is
Speaker2: going to be spearheading that that the coalition for the
Speaker2: homeless, the not for profit, that some of the public
Speaker2: facilities category that allows for expansion of shelter
Speaker2: capacity to restore bridge housing. Then we have the road
Speaker2: for Parkway, drainage improvement initiative and that
Speaker2: stuff, great culverts to improve stormwater flow
Speaker2: to live in a drainage bottlenecks and then state of
Speaker2: Hope. Lee Gardens that to housing rehab project to
Speaker2: restore affordable housing for veterans and low-income
Speaker2: residents
Speaker2: in the area of innovation. Like I mentioned before,
Speaker2: it is one of our top 5 priorities within pens that
Speaker2: allows us to be able to enhance service delivery, highlight the
Speaker2: building safety division in particular. Unbelievable what
Speaker2: these are real numbers we receive over 2000 phone calls
Speaker2: each week,
Speaker2: very high number of calls coming in. The call. Volume has
Speaker2: been excess of over the years. The response has been to hire
Speaker2: staff to be able to meet the needs of that growing demand.
Speaker2: But we recognize that through that announcement of AI
Speaker2: technology, there was an ability to be able to integrate
Speaker2: AI systems with our phone system to provide automated
Speaker2: services, not just audited services, but in over 40
Speaker2: languages. 24 hours a day, we've been able to train the
Speaker2: bot to a partnership that we've forged to with AI company that
Speaker2: the Bucs able to know provide inspection information on
Speaker2: information from
Speaker2: colds, information about services or the status of
Speaker2: someone's permit. We've seen a drop in those calls as a result
Speaker2: of being able to utilize that AI technology and augment that
Speaker2: with or customer service efforts, success there that
Speaker2: we've seen of the last 3 months will continue to push forward
Speaker2: with the training of that bought to make sure that we're
Speaker2: able to scale and grow as demand increases for customer
Speaker2: service assistance, rebuilding safety, engage orange to has
Speaker2: been highly successful pod for for us. It's interactive.
Speaker2: It's not just a static Web site. Know we've created a
Speaker2: space where the public contract, both the programs and
Speaker2: projects that are being pushed and funnel through pets.
Speaker2: White's interactive is you can leave questions. You can leave
Speaker2: comments you can interact with Steph through that space and
Speaker2: how timely information and updates. That's something that
Speaker2: we heard a lot in the surveys as well where the public says
Speaker2: we're not hearing enough from kids in terms of the resources
Speaker2: that you have to offer. We're not understanding some of the
Speaker2: programs of the projects that you have. So we heard our
Speaker2: response was to creates that interactive online platform and
Speaker2: that's been it's successful. We continue to look for the
Speaker2: partnership of the mayor and commissioners and pushing that
Speaker2: information out to the constituents. So they know that
Speaker2: resource is available on the automation side as well.
Speaker2: Looking for greater process improvement and access are
Speaker2: working through the assist him with our code compliance team
Speaker2: to provide that timely information for a court
Speaker2: officers as they're in the field, are now able to access
Speaker2: permitting information, are able to connect with the home
Speaker2: base and get real-time information as they're out
Speaker2: there. So that's under construction and should be
Speaker2: coming to a neighborhood near you as of this fall on the DRC
Speaker2: side to hearing a lot of comments there about the need
Speaker2: for process improvement and more time, the coordination
Speaker2: between the left and the right hand. So there's LV a mess
Speaker2: improvements that are being made to our Dear C team as well
Speaker2: and very happy for the willingness of the staff to
Speaker2: step up and be challenged to integrate that technological
Speaker2: advancement with the work that week.
Speaker2: So this is for me, the slide that I called the celebrations
Speaker2: slide. This is where you're able to shake your morale
Speaker2: for the Green plays program. This board back in 2022.
Speaker2: Allocated over 100 million dollars towards the
Speaker2: conservation and protection of sensitive lines. To date over
Speaker2: 81 million has been expended. That's 54 parcels preserved in
Speaker2: Orange County over 3,000, 400 acres of sensitive lined being
Speaker2: protected to this program. We have 18 million that's
Speaker2: pending acquisition. And I believe this past Tuesday,
Speaker2: we had one parcel that was approved by this board to move
Speaker2: forward for acquisitions. So when all of this is
Speaker2: completed, we would have extended every single dollar in
Speaker2: the green phase program. I think that is worthy of
Speaker2: celebrating. I'm really happy for the commitment of the team
Speaker2: and how they've been able to push forward with this
Speaker2: initiative over 4,000 acres. At the end of the last dollar
Speaker2: being spent would have been protected in Orange County is
Speaker2: something that I think is a bragging right for orange,
Speaker2: Tony, and something that I applaud this board for for
Speaker2: having the foresight to see the need to invest these dollars in
Speaker2: the Green plays program.
Speaker2: So moving on also or capital improvement program,
Speaker2: much of what you'll see in the capital improvement side.
Speaker2: A total of 13 million hot and dedicated for capital
Speaker2: improvement are projected for this that you're 27. Much of
Speaker2: what you'll see is mainly in the ear of water. Quality
Speaker2: improvement probably over 80% of the budget in this section
Speaker2: is on the water quality improvement. And then a small
Speaker2: portion for I tried series signage upgrade.
Speaker2: So looking at fiscal year, 27 under the Capital Improvement
Speaker2: program, we have 5.8 million for the little Wekiva storm
Speaker2: treatment area and that's in district 2. This includes our
Speaker2: treatment train consisting of a pump station and live as part
Speaker2: of the rivers flow into sedimentation Basin.
Speaker2: The project is expected to remove nitrates and phosphates
Speaker2: which are pollutants of concern over Kyra Springs on Rock
Speaker2: Springs Run Basin Management action plans.
Speaker2: We also have 4.7 million for water sciences, design and
Speaker2: construction. There's a total of 10 projects that will be
Speaker2: highlighting later in the presentation
Speaker2: that we have 2.3 million for a conservation trust fund,
Speaker2: the land management activities. This includes land management
Speaker2: to this such as mowing prescribed burns, invasive
Speaker2: vegetation and remove all.
Speaker2: Then we have 750,000 for Green Bay's property enhancements we
Speaker2: mentioned before about those acquisitions. So we have money
Speaker2: budgeted for enhancements of those properties that have
Speaker2: already been acquired and protected. This includes 2
Speaker2: projects for trailheads along for pedestrian bridge. And then
Speaker2: last them mentioned about the i-drive illumination signage.
Speaker2: This is needed for easement related cause for 31 signs.
Speaker2: And this includes recording fees title search reports,
Speaker2: legal descriptions and sketches.
Speaker2: So stepping into each of the projects that to give a little
Speaker2: bit more detail on that. That 5.8 million for little a
Speaker2: Kailua. Just a trim and should be for this is cash flowed from
Speaker2: the prior year. Total of 3.5 million total project cost.
Speaker2: There is 10.8 million. And again, it's for water, quality
Speaker2: improvement and Wekiva Springs in Rock Springs.
Speaker2: So sharing know under the water signs category,
Speaker2: mentioned before that there's been quite a and this is
Speaker2: through the capital improvement program on water improvements,
Speaker2: nitrate reduction as Fossett reduction. So we have a total
Speaker2: of 10 projects you'll see listed there. The first 3
Speaker2: include newly funded and pending projects that are
Speaker2: already underway.
Speaker2: That will be moving forward for completion in fiscal year 27.
Speaker2: And then the remaining 7 projects include approve
Speaker2: projects that are Castro from prior years.
Speaker2: Stepping in now to our roots and feet updates. This is one
Speaker2: of the requests that we receive from leadership in looking at
Speaker2: the fees throw heads. The first one is the building safety
Speaker2: division fees. This is really to meet a state requirement to
Speaker2: make sure that we're maintaining a healthy fund
Speaker2: balance. Now it's time to require and there which
Speaker2: certainly influenced us in making sure that we are
Speaker2: readjusting the fees to fiscal year 2022 levels. So you'll see
Speaker2: fee adjustments in residential permitting commercial, also an
Speaker2: electrical. And then you'll also see fee adjustments there
Speaker2: in re inspection fees. And again, these are fees that we
Speaker2: had and we're reverting back to from fiscal year 2022. to make
Speaker2: sure that we're maintaining the fund balance to this one.
Speaker2: It's influenced by first at a dairy requirements
Speaker2: sharing also updates that are being proposed to the zoning
Speaker2: fees in critical facts on this one is that the fees have been
Speaker2: adjusted since
Speaker2: 2014. So quite antiquated and outdated in terms of the fees
Speaker2: that we have there for the first for fees. These are
Speaker2: existing fees that are being recommended for increase.
Speaker2: You'll see this on the special exception fees owning stresses
Speaker2: some communication tower fee. The bza we advertise in feet so
Speaker2: Uber and see how those are existing fees that are being
Speaker2: proposed for increase
Speaker2: and then the remaining 4, these are new fees that are being
Speaker2: introduced. And again, the intent here is for cost
Speaker2: recovery the time that it takes to review the fees, what's
Speaker2: required in terms of recouping those costs is what we're
Speaker2: introducing here for a fee updates.
Speaker2: And then lastly, in terms of field days, also introducing
Speaker2: the fees from APD. You see that the first 60's terms of the
Speaker2: Lake Shore Protection permit, both talk construction permit
Speaker2: chile, alteration hardening shoreline, alteration dredging,
Speaker2: but Rahm permit private boat ramp permits semi private.
Speaker2: Those are existing fees that are being recommended for
Speaker2: increase. And then we have new fees under the minor
Speaker2: modification. The boat construction setback waiver but
Speaker2: not construction setback waiver. First one is I mean,
Speaker2: it's traded second. One is public hearing this, too,
Speaker2: is a few that hasn't been updated these fees since 2014.
Speaker2: I'm quite outdated, not in lockstep with what the
Speaker2: industry, the requirements are for these types of reviews,
Speaker2: some of these things. Unfortunately, our reviews that
Speaker2: were being done pro bono without costs, recovery being
Speaker2: built in the proposal that we're introducing for this one
Speaker2: in particular, the Epd is a 50% introduction of the new fees.
Speaker2: And then the remaining 50% would be introduced in fiscal
Speaker2: year. 28. So this one is a 50% recommendation on those DPD
Speaker2: fees.
Speaker2: So for the slide, I will
Speaker2: or the mayor and commission in reading it again, because I
Speaker2: think every department has already introduced the
Speaker2: narrative as to why we're going to be talking about the
Speaker2: potential risk with the threat of the property tax reduction
Speaker2: and what it could mean to art pads services. I mentioned
Speaker2: before with intent and the first slide to that heads is a
Speaker2: conduit that carries the funds that are possible funds from
Speaker2: either the federal government, the state or local sources.
Speaker2: And we finally got back to the public for public services.
Speaker2: That was the intent. Because here on this slide, you can
Speaker2: feel the magnitude of what could happen to me lose those
Speaker2: funds and the detriment or adverse impacts. It could have
Speaker2: on the services the quality of life to safety and security
Speaker2: overcoming it is on a residence on affordable housing side.
Speaker2: We anticipate that no resulting ensure affordable housing units
Speaker2: being constructed are preserved. It may reduce
Speaker2: housing choices. You know, folks
Speaker2: that don't have the means and the resources to be able to
Speaker2: secure housing, whether it's rent holder on occupied in
Speaker2: Orange County is got funds that we provide help to put a roof
Speaker2: over money over families, heads it that then cease to exist to
Speaker2: the housing trust funds or other means.
Speaker2: This could be a matter of
Speaker2: not just hosing security with the choice of jobs that people
Speaker2: select and where they live does drive the types of jobs that
Speaker2: you select, what you're able to do to provide for your family.
Speaker2: So we wanted to highlight here in terms of affordable housing
Speaker2: impact. We do have a charter amendment that required that we
Speaker2: keep the housing trust fund in place in perpetuity. We just
Speaker2: would not be able to fully comply with that in a world
Speaker2: where these funds would be reduced or significantly pulled
Speaker2: away from these program merits a new development services.
Speaker2: We anticipate that there would be the maid service delivery
Speaker2: increase in delays and residential and commercial and
Speaker2: residential commercial times review. There would probably be
Speaker2: a backlog in that review area and a customer support and
Speaker2: would reduce stuffing. It would result in longer response times
Speaker2: safety concerns due to delayed inspections.
Speaker2: There's a health safety and welfare requirement. I mean,
Speaker2: the work that we do in the building safety side, not being
Speaker2: able to expeditiously move and respond to some of the
Speaker2: inspection requests or needs could be a threat to the safety
Speaker2: and security of our residents, a neighborhood grants area.
Speaker2: We provide beautification ground sustainability grounds,
Speaker2: things that in Homs and bring added value and quality to our
Speaker2: neighborhoods with a reduction in these funds. We do expect to
Speaker2: see increasing blight
Speaker2: reduction in property values if you're not enhancing the curb.
Speaker2: Appeal of the extent of the notable impacts, the quality of
Speaker2: life, diminishing of the overall appearance of our
Speaker2: neighborhoods, more money is going to the neighborhood
Speaker2: improvement district in Pine Hills and other areas not being
Speaker2: able to provide that service. We think we'll have a physical
Speaker2: notable difference in our communities
Speaker2: or directive initiatives all throughout the year. We're
Speaker2: receiving directives from the mayor and commissioners.
Speaker2: You know, whether it's related to the tobacco ordinance or
Speaker2: things related to the homeless services, whatever it is,
Speaker2: we get our directives from you and we turned those things are
Speaker2: on expeditiously with reduction in staff thing. There would be
Speaker2: a delay
Speaker2: or the inability to be able to carry out some of the
Speaker2: directives from this body
Speaker2: and by rental services side, the environmental issues that
Speaker2: are not addressed in a timely fashion, there could be
Speaker2: implications, their regulatory implications, health
Speaker2: implications, the issues with pollution. These are things
Speaker2: that our team is not responsible for and provides
Speaker2: oversight drilling down a little bit deeper.
Speaker2: Some of these state mandates are unfunded mandates. So
Speaker2: looking at a total maximum daily load, the risk that we
Speaker2: anticipate there and meeting a regulatory requirements,
Speaker2: national pollutant discharge elimination System, PDS.
Speaker2: These are requirements that we have the state level cold
Speaker2: updates that were required to be able to come highway.
Speaker2: The inability to do this prevents presents a risk
Speaker2: meeting our requirements lower response times for permit
Speaker2: compliance activities and inspections. We're just
Speaker2: creating delays in investigations and resolutions
Speaker2: of citizens, environmental complaints.
Speaker2: They would have to be a scaling back of public education and
Speaker2: outreach programs. Risti municipal separate storm,
Speaker2: water, sewage system
Speaker2: reduction in the protection of our lakes and rivers in our
Speaker2: wetlands and our groundwater resources. These are real
Speaker2: threats. These are not things were making. That stop is
Speaker2: presenting to you the areas that we have oversight of what
Speaker2: could happen in a world where there's a reduction or
Speaker2: elimination of the funds that I recall to satisfy these areas
Speaker2: of need there to effects on the environment and our residents
Speaker2: increasing elicit pollutant discharges. But this isn't
Speaker2: residents increase unauthorized shoreline, clearing illegal dot
Speaker2: construction and open burning activity. We anticipate an
Speaker2: increase in impairments over waterways, adversely impacting
Speaker2: our ecosystem, our pets, human life and the local economy
Speaker2: reductions. The residents ability for recreation and open
Speaker2: space. It is the big appeal for orange cones and a central
Speaker2: Florida Aires. The natural means and the inability to be
Speaker2: able to protect and preserve what I think is our competitive
Speaker2: advantage puts us in a very precarious place.
Speaker2: So lastly wrapping up with their summary. What you heard
Speaker2: today for the fiscal year, 27 budget heads has a proposed
Speaker2: budget of 256.0. 1 million that's broken on the team.
Speaker2: Personal services. 69 million in operating for 189 Million.
Speaker2: We are here to celebrate with you. Some exciting things with
Speaker2: the Orange Tree loves campaign. The Business Resource Office
Speaker2: that says we're open for business is affordable housing
Speaker2: investments that were so happy we're able to provide to our
Speaker2: public to provide that level of security and quality of life.
Speaker2: And then 13.9 men. And that was mentioned for water, quality
Speaker2: improvements in the capital improvement for conservation.
Speaker2: Also mention that series signage improvement. Then the
Speaker2: fee updates for that cost recovery costs, recovery
Speaker2: improvements for the work that's done. And those 3 heirs
Speaker2: of building also looking at what's being proposing, the
Speaker2: environmental protection and also in zoning. And then lastly
Speaker2: has shared with all the other departments, the sharing very
Speaker2: kindly, some of our future funding challenges and the
Speaker2: implications associated with a world where would see a
Speaker2: reduction in our funding and that mayor and commissioners
Speaker2: come to my presentation for Pence. Thank you.
Speaker1: >> All right. A great job with that. We'll open it up for
Speaker1: conversation by questions from members of the board. We'll
Speaker1: start with Commissioner Wilson followed by Commissioner
Speaker1: Summer.
Speaker2: >> Thank you so much. I am incredibly grateful for the
Speaker2: work that you have. I mean, top down year, the teams that are
Speaker2: in front of us today, but many, many people behind the scenes
Speaker2: are actually out in neighborhoods today that are
Speaker2: making sure that our lakes are being clean and that our
Speaker2: neighborhoods are safe. I just I feel really strongly about
Speaker2: the invisible
Speaker2: I would say success of a lot of the pets programs that have
Speaker2: ramped up or been implemented for the first time over these
Speaker2: last few years. I will also say that we talk very early on in
Speaker2: my tenure about making sure that each of the divisions and
Speaker2: parties have the opportunity to directly communicate with the
Speaker2: public
Speaker2: and I believe had just made the best use of that additional
Speaker2: resource and advocacy
Speaker2: on part of the sport. I think the engage
Speaker2: website, the ability for people to directly interact. It is
Speaker2: amazing. I've been trying really hard for motive. I will
Speaker2: say
Speaker2: I got some of the feedback about a case that was coming
Speaker2: through from some of the residents. Incredible right
Speaker2: came directly off that through my office. So it's not just
Speaker2: external communication, also internal communication with my
Speaker2: office. So thank you so much for that. If it's a case is
Speaker2: coming to the whole board, can I request that that
Speaker2: communication not just come to the commissioner whose case the
Speaker2: district it's in. I think there was some examples on Tuesday of
Speaker2: cases that feedback was given about a potential development
Speaker2: project and rightfully the feedback him directly to my
Speaker2: office, which is amazing. But if they didn't, I think
Speaker2: send it to the entire board. It may not have necessarily
Speaker2: then.
Speaker2: And I don't get to talk down the line and tell them because
Speaker2: of sunshine. So just to have that overall, I think awareness
Speaker2: of the impact of projects, the fee updates long overdue and
Speaker2: much-needed. I think to the point of what I'm concerned
Speaker2: about in our public pork sector with the storm, water fees and
Speaker2: I want to thank epd for working so closely with them on that
Speaker2: research that we have the information we know the fee is
Speaker2: needed. And
Speaker2: so we're going to have to work around some of that shortfall
Speaker2: until we figure that out. But these fees make the most
Speaker2: sense because they also incentivize following our code
Speaker2: following our comprehensive plan, which we've also worked
Speaker2: very hard to do race. If you're going to come in with 12,
Speaker2: very its requests wave, then then just know it's going to be
Speaker2: cheaper. If you just look at the reason why that was put
Speaker2: into the comprehensive plan, there was a reason there was an
Speaker2: overall reason, I think is a lot of pressure to work around
Speaker2: those those plants. And in just the whole line is hard for you
Speaker2: all. I know that. But we support that. That's a plan
Speaker2: that was put into place by the sport.
Speaker2: So I'm I'm grateful for that. I do want to ask a question
Speaker2: about the decrease in staffing for building safety.
Speaker2: Obviously, there's a lot of concern about building safety.
Speaker2: There continues to be conversations specifically
Speaker2: district. One concerning a of a relatively new building was
Speaker2: built in 2014 that had to be evacuated due to safety
Speaker2: concerns. Structural safety concerns. Our building safety
Speaker2: people or they're out know the night trying to make sure they
Speaker2: were getting all the information and doing that work
Speaker2: into hearing that there's going to be a decrease kind of had a
Speaker2: visceral out of this response to that. And then also in your
Speaker2: code officers, they are they're doing hard work. They're out.
Speaker2: They're up against what I would say are some of the most
Speaker2: difficult day-to-day challenges in need the most support.
Speaker2: So have a follow-up question for them. After the first one,
Speaker2: the first was about the building safety reduction in
Speaker2: staffing her.
Speaker1: >> So that's something that certainly we talked about
Speaker1: internally with Allen plan in terms of the stuffing, making
Speaker1: sure that it was sufficient for the needs of the community.
Speaker1: And as I mentioned in the presentation with epic being a
Speaker1: very large project with rapid timelines and very hard time
Speaker1: lines, we needed to scale up to be able to meet the needs of
Speaker1: that project. So with it now being completed, we're really
Speaker1: going back to what we were that was that those are dedicated
Speaker1: staff. Yes, it's a readjustment is what it is. So it's plans
Speaker1: examiner building inspectors, largest portion of that.
Speaker1: But we certainly do have the right number of stuffing here
Speaker1: in place to be able to meet the needs of Orange County
Speaker1: community.
Speaker2: >> That's coming there to do.
Speaker1: >> That seems to just pointing out that that is in the
Speaker1: process. So it is driven directly by the amount of that,
Speaker1: Kitty. So that to the current decreases the revenue to
Speaker1: support
Speaker1: decreases as well. So that's the fine balancing act that
Speaker1: they must manage all the time to ensure that that revenue
Speaker1: source is supporting the folks and that work. And that's by.
Speaker1: That's one of the areas that the fees specifically are
Speaker1: designed to address that cost. Yes, this is not supported by
Speaker1: the fund.
Speaker2: >> Yes, the center for us. And that's that building safety
Speaker2: component specifically give her money. Okay. And then so
Speaker2: distinctly from that will move into just some what I would
Speaker2: want to know about supporting our code enforcement. Again,
Speaker2: I just my heart is with that entire. They are out there
Speaker2: doing the hard work. But oftentimes when things go
Speaker2: a medicine that I think, you know, there's been
Speaker2: recently some some cases where things were being
Speaker2: warehouses. We use for things that shouldn't be
Speaker2: we can't be everywhere at once. And how are we trying to make
Speaker2: sure that there is some empowerment on behalf of that
Speaker2: of those those staff members to be able to potentially
Speaker2: without there having this tragedy on the side. Right.
Speaker2: I think about what happened with the fireworks stores.
Speaker2: I think about what's happened with this law
Speaker2: slaughter. All right. Where had there been the potential for
Speaker2: more oversight? We would have
Speaker2: unable to prevent a potential tragedy. And I don't know if
Speaker2: there's no.
Speaker2: Yeah, yeah.
Speaker1: >> Yes, summer is a little bit unique. That's good. Because
Speaker1: the facility wasn't in Orange County either will know the
Speaker1: retail or that the storefront was it. So some of the word
Speaker1: speeds. Yes, so I'll see.
Speaker1: Code enforcement is a chimes area within neighborhood
Speaker1: services. I'd consider them. The unsung heroes are safe is
Speaker1: the vicious dog 0 here in the heat of the moment. So they're
Speaker1: doing the best with the limited stuffing that they have.
Speaker1: We have a lot of trainings that are offered to that team to
Speaker1: make sure
Speaker1: our folks are skilled and ready to be able to meet the
Speaker1: challenge and demands that they face out there in the
Speaker1: community. We do have our new manager here, Brenda Jaggers
Speaker1: that comes with a very heavy layer of zoning expertise.
Speaker1: And I think that's been such a great addition for that team.
Speaker1: They're really enforcing our regulations and we have someone
Speaker1: that is quite first in the county's regulations and
Speaker1: zoning. So expert, he says they're on the staff. Trainings
Speaker1: have been around top. So certainly we continue to
Speaker1: operate. I think I'm a successful level. How can we do
Speaker1: more? Yes, which is why as mentioned with Lda miss,
Speaker1: there's a lot more that we're doing on the technology side to
Speaker1: upgrade that ability for the cause. Officers to have
Speaker1: accessed or permitting citizens get somewhat of a disconnect,
Speaker1: right, know that when they're in the field, they're blinded
Speaker1: their night, seen what the folks at home Central are
Speaker1: seeing. So I think that the best response in terms of
Speaker1: improvements in efficiency is going to be seen on the
Speaker1: technology side. So it's a wait and see is what I'm offering
Speaker1: since the work is being done. A lot of technology side here
Speaker1: that that you'll see that you'll be a cold because I
Speaker1: think you did a much better job of describing my concern.
Speaker2: >> Which is that they are out there a little bit operating in
Speaker2: the dark and sometimes relying on a neighbor's testimony or so
Speaker2: having that ability to get
Speaker2: frequent, reliable, inconsistent information from
Speaker2: home base, if you will, if I think it's critical and I just
Speaker2: want to support them, right, we understand that the task that
Speaker2: we gave you all was a herculean task to come back to this
Speaker2: budget with 0 increases, right? And that's that's tough to do
Speaker2: when their neighborhoods being
Speaker2: put up overnight that we have to make sure that the buildings
Speaker2: are safe, that people are operating
Speaker2: as they should be, that the our Commerce continues. So it's
Speaker2: just a Herculean task. And I appreciate hearing that that
Speaker2: there's creative efforts to try to make up on the other side.
Speaker2: I think the last question I had was, of course, being placed
Speaker2: program near and dear to our hearts that this board has.
Speaker2: Yeah, the sport has really has worked really hard these last
Speaker2: years to try to make sure environmental protection is a
Speaker2: priority. We understand our vote. It's believed that the
Speaker2: citizens advocate for as much as we do and I
Speaker2: so the funding that was dedicated in 2021, we
Speaker2: understand that that is winding down. That's been used for its
Speaker2: purpose. It is incredible to see the outcomes of
Speaker2: deliverables in that program. What next?
Speaker1: >> Good question, commissioner. Yeah.
Speaker2: >> And the board is and the board and commissioners,
Speaker2: it was a loaded question, but they're not listening to me.
Speaker2: So, yes, it's it's a question that we asked internally as
Speaker2: well that the team, these are your true blue environmental
Speaker2: stewards. We take that work very seriously and that the
Speaker2: team continues to get requests and offers. And folks from the
Speaker2: community saying we would like to be able to dedicate or sell
Speaker2: this to Orange County at the future. The to the interest is
Speaker2: still there in private property owners. I'm giving line for
Speaker2: protection and preservation.
Speaker2: We are open on poised and ready to come tonight. The state's
Speaker2: position that I've taken since we knew that this was happening
Speaker2: and we spoke with trust for public land about some some
Speaker2: financing structures.
Speaker1: >> There are options available. This board decided not to
Speaker1: pursue the infrastructure sales tax, but there are still
Speaker1: options available. And I'm going to continue to state that
Speaker1: if we don't have a plan for that, continued some kind of
Speaker1: continued funding for for our acquisition of replaced
Speaker1: properties of conservation land properties. We are going to be,
Speaker1: you know, it will diminish the I believe, connectivity that
Speaker1: we've been able to establish. So we've made a tremendous
Speaker1: impact. But there's a lot of work to be done until we have
Speaker1: to make some tough decisions about that type of financing.
Speaker1: I think it's worth it. The voters have said it's worth it
Speaker1: over and over again. It may be that I have this conversation
Speaker1: all over again a few months with some new people that will
Speaker1: continue to need the support of the leaders that are here today
Speaker1: in making sure that our community stays on track to
Speaker1: prioritize those,
Speaker1: but I believe are critical environmentally sensitive
Speaker1: areas. Thank you all so much for your high demand in the
Speaker1: agree.
Speaker2: >> Okay.
Speaker2: We follow him again. We still have utilities that were trying
Speaker2: to get him before we do the break. So I want to ask the
Speaker2: board members kindly if you can get to your questions and and
Speaker2: then staff, if you can respond, Verus is simply we're going
Speaker2: move the commission of some rare followed by Commissioner
Speaker2: your rebate, then commissioner of the list could there and
Speaker2: then Commissioner Scott.
Speaker1: >> Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Tania think you just have 3
Speaker1: questions and just very quickly on slide. 31, if you could,
Speaker1: please go to the side. It has the impact of potential
Speaker1: programs that could be cut or reduced regarding the outcome
Speaker1: of property tax reform.
Speaker1: And one of the things that I just wanted to ask is I I
Speaker1: understand that these are
Speaker1: how it impacts your department. Could you please express for
Speaker1: anybody who's watching and for us to have the facts when we
Speaker1: talk to people,
Speaker1: how do these the right column hear how did these translate
Speaker1: into taxpayers live? So, for example, if we reduce the
Speaker1: protection of lakes, rivers, wetlands and groundwater
Speaker1: resources and worst, how does that impact people outside of
Speaker1: this building? What do they start to see and they're likes?
Speaker1: What do they start to smell? And that explains what does
Speaker1: that look like for them?
Speaker2: >> Yeah, in the hypothetical sense, you know, we think about
Speaker2: the fact that we service stewards, we provide that
Speaker2: oversight. We make sure that there's monitoring to make sure
Speaker2: that there's permitting with not having the proper staffing
Speaker2: in place to be able to perform those tasks in a timely
Speaker2: fashion.
Speaker2: I imagine a world where there would be great to pollution.
Speaker2: They would be
Speaker2: greater violations.
Speaker2: There would be physical.
Speaker1: >> Definition of our waterways and lakes in systems that it is
Speaker1: it dangerous to have you dirty lakes, rivers and water bodies.
Speaker1: Is that dangerous to people? It's a health threat. It is a
Speaker1: health threat. Thank you. And then
Speaker1: in terms of risk, meeting regulatory requirements are
Speaker1: there are threats, safety threats to people when we mess
Speaker1: regulatory requirements. Yeah. Their safety threats and
Speaker1: are also financial threats because there are penalties
Speaker1: that we could face misstep lines. Taser 100 cities.
Speaker1: Yes. Who pays them?
Speaker1: The county would pay those tools whose money doesn't come
Speaker1: from U.S.. Taxpayers its taxpayers. Right? So it can
Speaker1: cost taxpayers money as well. In terms of this slower
Speaker1: response times for permit and compliance and such. How does
Speaker1: that impact community and people?
Speaker2: >> I would imagine you'd start to see violations if it takes
Speaker2: too long. Then folks run the risk of just moving forward
Speaker2: with construction are moving forward with projects or
Speaker2: activities without following the proper process. It
Speaker2: undermines our regulatory process. I think.
Speaker1: >> Absolutely. And most of that regulatory framework, I'm
Speaker1: understanding are for reasons of public safety and quality of
Speaker1: life crowd, safety and welfare.
Speaker1: Thank you. And then I had a question regarding
Speaker1: if the property tax reform because we can see like in the
Speaker1: first year, it's at
Speaker1: it continues to increase in the year 2. I think it goes up to
Speaker1: like 200 and 50,000 this I would. So it increases over the
Speaker1: course of time. So my my question is, is that could this
Speaker1: property tax reform actually incentivize local governments 2
Speaker1: instead of approving affordable housing that would have a lower
Speaker1: tax base to approve instead luxury housing?
Speaker2: >> And that's a difficult question. A difficult question.
Speaker2: It's not really a case of approvals. I I think it hinders
Speaker2: their ability to be able to subsidize developers that are
Speaker2: in the market of providing affordable housing. So you'll
Speaker2: probably see a reduction from the market because it's just
Speaker2: not buildable at that price.
Speaker1: >> Exactly. Thank you. And then lastly is is that I remember
Speaker1: from yesterday's session we collect approximately 9% in
Speaker1: impact fees. What percentage of your budget comes from
Speaker1: developer impact fees?
Speaker2: >> I have to get back with you on. Yeah, I don't know the
Speaker2: exact number.
Speaker1: >> Because I think it's important to point out that to
Speaker1: do some research on.
Speaker1: I think it's important to point out because we didn't we
Speaker1: and is that it is you can get your number. We can better than
Speaker1: that.
Speaker2: >> Of the impact from this. And we don't have any impact
Speaker2: fees that us
Speaker2: that support pets.
Speaker1: >> They collect collect them. But then though, the
Speaker1: transportation school a lot of areas.
Speaker2: >> Maybe I'm in a state of fees. Yeah, it's it's okay.
Speaker2: It's because it and I just want to I just want to summarize
Speaker2: with just with with our impact fees. A couple of weeks ago,
Speaker2: we opted not to study whether or not developers are paying
Speaker2: 100% of their impact fees and they do go to important
Speaker2: critical things like schools like roast like infrastructure.
Speaker2: And I still just think that it's important that some point
Speaker2: in time the sport goes back and says that everybody pays their
Speaker2: fair share and that includes developers and I want to thank
Speaker2: you for all that you do and I firmly support extending a
Speaker2: great place funding. Commissioner Wells, thank you,
Speaker2: commissioner. You may be.
Speaker1: >> Yes, I appreciate the updated information. There's 2
Speaker1: things. There's one ice on the building where it said
Speaker1: reinspection permit fee which I believe that's a new fee.
Speaker1: Guys are
Speaker1: you're doing?
Speaker1: So that was on slide this one. 25. Yeah. Now is that
Speaker1: you can you walk me through that a little because I had a
Speaker1: particular project in my district about 2 years ago
Speaker1: where the inspector, although there were sealed plans,
Speaker1: Chrissy inspector did not want to follow the sealed plans.
Speaker1: The county done and cause a reinspection,
Speaker1: right. So
Speaker1: this this to me is very broad because there's
Speaker1: there's this and then there's the reality that happens on the
Speaker1: field. So just curious to know.
Speaker2: >> Commission or inspection fees are going from 38 to 76
Speaker2: based on a time study and the cost of providing the service.
Speaker2: The fee for reinspection and 2014 was $30 and our costs have
Speaker2: risen significantly.
Speaker1: >> No, that's my question. I I know you're having go up.
Speaker1: I'm talking about when the re inspection fees caused by the
Speaker1: actual county and not the applicant because we've had a I
Speaker1: I've had one where they follow the seal plans and then the
Speaker1: inspectors said, I don't care with those seal plan say
Speaker1: I want it changed. So they had a, you know, get another
Speaker1: inspection. So is is there
Speaker1: this industry is not black and white, OK? And I think that's
Speaker1: what's really important because permitting you the zonings and
Speaker1: variances, there's just some human nature. You just can't
Speaker1: make it every every every plot of land was sizes. Same in.
Speaker1: Every developer says it would be different.
Speaker1: I worry about this because we hear about this on the field
Speaker1: from people who are actually trying to do a correction or
Speaker1: they wait around all day and they they're waiting for an
Speaker1: inspector. An inspector doesn't show up. And so you've got
Speaker1: people who,
Speaker2: >> like I don't mind a fee. I just think that we need to
Speaker2: be.
Speaker1: >> Just as respectful to that person who's waiting for an
Speaker1: inspection of come in and it doesn't come because they get
Speaker1: thrown off and then things like that. So it goes on both that.
Speaker2: >> Commissioner, if our inspectors are not able to make
Speaker2: it that day, we
Speaker2: do not charge them a re inspection. No, that's not.
Speaker2: That's not. The question is I think you're free.
Speaker1: >> Kind of in the context of the thousands, literally
Speaker1: thousands. There they are. And certainly of those rare
Speaker1: instances that there may be some conflicts in terms of
Speaker1: it was in the plans of the on the field. But that I think if
Speaker1: you look at it in the context of the numbers, I don't have
Speaker1: the numbers off the top of my head. I know I get the monthly
Speaker1: report of those inspections. We're going to say this.
Speaker1: There may be those those a rare. This is where they're the
Speaker1: conflict. But those get address, those get addressed.
Speaker1: Sometimes we understand that frustration by feel when you
Speaker1: look at their numbers of the one, that's the number that go
Speaker1: through. Folks get addressed. We identify where those
Speaker1: conflicts there to be this resolutions. But also they
Speaker1: taken some great strides in terms of their responsiveness
Speaker1: and feel now that I think if they want to talk, they can
Speaker1: talk to, you know, it's that time perhaps. But they could
Speaker1: talk a bit about some of those changes that have occurred over
Speaker1: that two-year period of time. Some of those changes that have
Speaker1: occurred to be more responsive to those activities in the
Speaker1: field. And I know that there's a litany of things that has put
Speaker1: in place
Speaker1: as well. But they'll be more than happy to come and go
Speaker2: >> into some of the well into my. My whole point is I've had
Speaker2: this happen in my district where they've had a truck ready
Speaker2: to go do concrete and the inspectors like I don't care.
Speaker2: And this person lost a lot of money because it wasn't just
Speaker2: the inspection fee. It was a concrete being poured. It was
Speaker2: in closing off a street. Was all of those things in.
Speaker2: It does happen quite a bit.
Speaker1: >> With people who do, okay, okay. I don't.
Speaker2: >> I don't know. But it makes you wonder why they're
Speaker2: privatizing the line. People are opting to private eyes
Speaker2: because of this issue they're having. But it's okay. I'm
Speaker2: gonna move on. And I
Speaker1: >> really, really have an issue with the dramatic increase on
Speaker1: Botox. Okay. I've made this. I brought this up to your
Speaker1: staff.
Speaker1: I brought it up to my NAV. Mine at board meeting is got
Speaker1: involved and my communities got really involved. And so I have
Speaker1: my team do research to the surrounding counties and cities
Speaker1: and and this is this is a lot to go from $182, too.
Speaker1: $1308 win
Speaker1: the city of Orlando,
Speaker1: Osceola County, Seminole County, the city of a pop-up
Speaker1: are nowhere near in this in this realm. And it and it
Speaker1: really is bothersome because this is what I share is this is
Speaker1: when we start getting preempted.
Speaker1: When we go from 182 to 1300 hours when we go from 100 and
Speaker1: 82 to $3400 when we go from 182 to $4900
Speaker1: on residents who live in this town.
Speaker1: That's that's a major. It's a major thing. And and I really
Speaker1: think that
Speaker1: my what I what I was told was, well, no one wanted to do it
Speaker1: for 20 years. So we're just going to slam it on the
Speaker1: residents right now. And that's not responsible. And that's why
Speaker1: we keep getting criticized about taxes in Homestead.
Speaker1: And us being accused of overcharging and overspending
Speaker1: is when you see something like this, this is this is very
Speaker1: disheartening. And I think that we have not been public enough.
Speaker1: I have a lake town hall meeting on Tuesday where we're going to
Speaker1: let people know. But but I did to my research and it and it's
Speaker1: really appalling to me. When Orange County went from one,
Speaker1: 82 Seminole County's $30, the city of Orlando, $62,
Speaker1: city of Osceola County is $85.
Speaker1: Granted, we have additional steps and I get that. But I've
Speaker1: also I've also mentioned, why are we modernizing the system?
Speaker1: Because what I was told primarily was amount of labor,
Speaker1: right? Somebody submits an application and it's not
Speaker1: complete. And the team requires a lot of time reviewing an
Speaker1: application. Didn't say it's not complete. So you've just
Speaker1: been and I'm sure are very talented team is not being paid
Speaker1: $15 an hour.
Speaker1: So when I look at the labor costs, but when you also look
Speaker1: at technology, I tell people I get on and I make a payment.
Speaker1: If I didn't put my,
Speaker1: you know, date of expiration my credit card, it doesn't go
Speaker1: through
Speaker1: like we really should not be a waste in the talent of this
Speaker1: team. Looking at an application that's incomplete. If it's
Speaker1: incomplete, you know, because this is very of Hollywood,
Speaker1: it looks at us and as Orange County's as residents, we pride
Speaker1: ourselves wanting, you know, when I go to my nap or other
Speaker1: trying to do is get their lakes clean, they're trying to see
Speaker1: how much they can leverage or and this to you. I mean,
Speaker1: I have an issue going on in Fern Creek because the U.S. to
Speaker1: use of we're not going to lock your gate anymore. So now I
Speaker1: have people hanging out on the lake and drinking
Speaker1: in a residential area because they want to pay $6200 because
Speaker1: their value in every single penny that goes into the
Speaker1: protection of our waters. But didn't we do something like
Speaker1: this is just not reasonable?
Speaker1: This is not reasonable to me. And I think it's very unfair to
Speaker1: take 20 years and put it on one year.
Speaker1: And I really feel that we need to be much more open with the
Speaker1: public and we need to go to all of our NAV Fords and we need to
Speaker1: talk turn, of course, and we need to talk to residents
Speaker1: before we do that.
Speaker1: I do believe costs have gone up. I'm not saying they haven't
Speaker1: to go. 1400 1% increase on people who live in this town is
Speaker1: I think very responsible. I need to be open to looking at
Speaker1: with corporate our companies are involved because it tends
Speaker1: to be more company or lack of knowledge on a resident
Speaker1: that's just does not seem like the best course of action.
Speaker1: What we do when we have so much invested in Mst isn't so much
Speaker1: people who live on the lake love those lights choose to
Speaker1: live on those lakes and contribute. And you know,
Speaker1: much more to, you know, must use are more than just people
Speaker1: in the lake. My neighbors across the street who can't who
Speaker1: don't have access to the lake
Speaker1: pay into that. And I think we really need to be a lot more
Speaker1: respectful to the residents. Sullivan, this just like we
Speaker1: treat parks and everything else. And I I really wish that
Speaker1: this board will consider that and actually get some real
Speaker1: feedback from the community.
Speaker2: >> It really gets to students on on the decline, less of it.
Speaker2: And let's bring that back full board discussion and we can
Speaker2: look at those fees, C what may be an appropriate line item but
Speaker2: doing movies for other questions. Commissioner,
Speaker2: you're e-bay.
Speaker1: >> Everything is everything is going. So thank you.
Speaker2: >> All right. We're going to go to Commissioner Gomez Cordero.
Speaker1: >> Thank you, mayor. And thank you. Missed any of full your
Speaker1: presentation and for youth team that directors everyone.
Speaker1: I mean, they have been so accessible to this report have
Speaker1: helped me so much. So I have to say thank you. I cannot believe
Speaker1: what he's saying. Thank you. And I have to say also thank
Speaker1: you to leave and who was in the front receiver and the staff
Speaker1: there is that they have been helping but helping and
Speaker1: assisting in a good way to his spending that comes and doesn't
Speaker1: have a clue what they have to win. He and the rest in the
Speaker1: front would be helping. So thank you for and also to land
Speaker1: about that is accessible to me to connect those small business
Speaker1: to Orange County. So thank you. Thank you. I mean, I will not
Speaker1: do this if I do have you all because is a lot of work.
Speaker1: But anyway, thank you. And I just want I have 2 questions.
Speaker1: One in slide. Number 9, you said about reclassifying
Speaker1: position. Can you give me an example?
Speaker2: >> So particularly in areas like building safety, we've had
Speaker2: opportunity is with our inspectors are a plans.
Speaker2: Examiner is where we'd be able to reclassify, too, the next
Speaker2: level within the chain of that positioning so that we the
Speaker2: person is uncapped just that. That's either though they're
Speaker2: able then to go to level one level, 2 level 3.
Speaker1: >> Ok, 3. Okay.
Speaker1: Okay. And then
Speaker1: and my other question is
Speaker1: and okay in this instance in the summary is says that the
Speaker1: proposed budget total is 256.1 million.
Speaker1: Is that the the the some of the personal services and operating
Speaker1: the ones that didn't? It's OK, so is 208 minutes. Just
Speaker1: that's it's okay. Yeah, Asian. Get a person. But when you use
Speaker1: it is 200 and you add it is 258 Million.
Speaker1: It's not 256.1. I just got more money. So, yeah, money that's
Speaker1: going on and that it was just all the people that know,
Speaker1: you know, the plenty of spending for. Okay. And that's
Speaker1: it. Thank you, Commissioner. Thank you. Thank you,
Speaker1: Commissioner Scott.
Speaker2: >> Thank you, Mayor Time. Thank you for that
Speaker2: presentation. As you know, we've had a
Speaker2: it challenges over the past couple years. More recently,
Speaker2: the slop World and then Commissioner
Speaker2: Wilson talked about the warehouse inspections. Can you
Speaker2: I know is all their fresh? Is there anything that you're
Speaker2: ready to share? Just got this conversation is to address
Speaker2: either one time inspections by code enforcement cease-fire
Speaker2: separately during the meeting to discuss to try to mitigate
Speaker2: or prevent some of those things happening either. And in a
Speaker2: warehouse that has fireworks a warehouse as animals that
Speaker2: should be should be there.
Speaker1: >> I mean, but friendly.
Speaker1: She wants to share some of the exciting things that the team
Speaker1: is working on.
Speaker2: >> Brandy, listen, I know you still in the kitchen cooking
Speaker2: added some seasoning and stuff like that. So to share, which
Speaker2: are ready to share. I know this is a process and it's going
Speaker2: require a lot of partners, not just our staff and all the
Speaker2: other agencies, whatever you're comfortable ish or not need,
Speaker2: you're going to be tough. You're not ready.
Speaker1: >> Good morning. Commissioners of Rangers manager,
Speaker1: Neighborhood Services Division
Speaker1: to Cook plans is limited by where we can. Actually that's
Speaker1: what we can do.
Speaker1: So if we can see you from the right away or from an area that
Speaker1: were legally allowed to be,
Speaker1: then we can you right up the violation if we see it with the
Speaker1: issue at the warehouse is is that we can't go into those
Speaker1: private properties and this may gives us access either the
Speaker1: owner or an occupation. So
Speaker1: violations are in response to callers calling in.
Speaker1: We're about 50 for 50, 50 right now on callers calling in
Speaker1: violations versus inspector observed.
Speaker1: That's where are our biggest hurdle is in getting access
Speaker1: inside of those buildings. And if they don't pull it
Speaker1: appropriate for me, it's so
Speaker1: in the case of the warehouse was off or they had not pulled
Speaker1: any permits to change the use of that building
Speaker1: that use wasn't allowed in that building. And so no one knew
Speaker1: what was going on to it inside that building. It was, is it
Speaker1: essentially built to store cars? That's it.
Speaker1: And so that's where our hurdles, 6 now, fire rescue has
Speaker1: access that we might get to gain access that way. But until
Speaker1: we have some that can allow us into that building, we can't
Speaker1: then go in and issue new violations.
Speaker2: >> And then so is a follow-up to that. If someone were to
Speaker2: report something they've seen, you guys would maybe try to
Speaker2: work with other agencies to communicate that information
Speaker2: who might have. That's what this fire rescuers say. Hey,
Speaker2: we received this complaint and, you know, may have more
Speaker2: authority or or resource to be able to address it through
Speaker2: other means.
Speaker1: >> Yeah. And there's some recent cases that you may be
Speaker1: familiar with. We partnered with the health Department,
Speaker1: the fire department, the sheriff's department, you know,
Speaker1: wherever we can find a resource to help us, you know, bring
Speaker1: that property into compliance or give us access that we need
Speaker1: to in order to ensure the safety of the community.
Speaker1: They we're partnering with those organizations
Speaker1: trying to bring that to a resolution.
Speaker2: >> Commissioners, mayor, one of those partnerships out they've
Speaker2: got 2 years or so ago, Code Enforcement.
Speaker1: >> Fire Department, building health departments.
Speaker1: And I feel like I'm this is someone the sheriff's office
Speaker1: several age, 22 apartment complex where they have rats
Speaker1: roaches even sue, which is coming out into a playground is
Speaker1: the Cayden apartments. And so you have it where the owner
Speaker1: he's in one state, the management groups, another
Speaker1: state, the attorneys here, no one's response and so really
Speaker1: truck and took us a concert effort of all those agencies to
Speaker1: be able to just get any type of relief. And we still have Jones
Speaker1: today. So they've done a great job. I don't have any other
Speaker1: questions. Just thank you. Time you you may not know this
Speaker1: may be your staff tells you, but when it comes to Brandy,
Speaker1: Jason, Jennifer, Melissa.
Speaker2: >> You would think that they were or when the warranty or
Speaker2: I'm calling you for your loan approval of the way I call
Speaker2: them.
Speaker1: >> And they answer because I love them at least 2 or 3 times
Speaker1: a day, sometimes 4, 5, times a day. And they are always
Speaker1: responsive with the team is responsive. And so from my a
Speaker1: customer service to me for nominal or 2% from a customer
Speaker1: service to the residents, phenomenal 100%. I don't know
Speaker1: how you still Franklin from us, but it's okay. Still in the
Speaker1: team just in another room. So frankly, I appreciate you as
Speaker1: well. But I thin grateful all of your TPP, the whole why I'm
Speaker1: grateful they kidnap me kidnap me for about 2 and a half hours
Speaker1: and took me out and I think it becomes keto. So that was
Speaker1: great. But it was great experience. But all you guys
Speaker1: have just been phenomenal to work with. I am super super
Speaker1: grateful and thank you.
Speaker1: All right.
Speaker2: >> Thank you to the U.S. for the presentation. We don't move
Speaker2: rapidly to try to get utilities up and down with them. Maybe 30
Speaker2: to 40 minutes. Let's try to get through this one.
Speaker2: Was it a ghost