2026-09-14 - City Council
Summary
- Meeting opened at 2:05 PM with all members present; minutes of August 10 City Council, Workshop, and Agenda Review meetings accepted 7-0 on motion by Tony Ortiz, second by Roger Chapin.
- Hispanic Heritage Month Proclamation recognized 20 years of City celebrations; Commissioner Ortiz was recognized for leadership; Luis Martinez, Community Engagement Manager, reviewed planned events.
- Mayor’s update noted a $350,000 Urban Sustainability Directors Network grant for tree removal/pruning contracts, the Piedmont Yard Apartments development expected to create 75 low-income apartments, and a $10 million Accelerate Orlando grant for the Coalition for the Homeless new Center for Women and Families.
- Consent agenda approved 7-0 (Shan Rose/Bakari F. Burns); notable items included tree service contracts, Metric Engineering Church Street engineering services not-to-exceed $1,267,277.32, Job Order Contracting amendments totaling $13,500,000, Conserv II awards to L7 Construction ($6,199,700 and $4,727,000), Tetra Tech CEI services $1,613,137, Piedmont Yard consent, and the Coalition for the Homeless grant.
- CRA session approved CRAAB and CRA minutes, the FY2026-2027 CRA budget resolution 6-1 with Commissioner Patty Sheehan voting no, related DDB/CRA cost share and City Services agreements, Downtown Orlando Inc. funding not-to-exceed $100,000, and an on-demand transportation services contract with BeeFree LLC not-to-exceed $807,537 per year.
- NID Board approved the Downtown South Neighborhood Improvement District City Services Agreement, a DSNID funding agreement with South of Downtown Orlando Main Street, and DSNID Advisory Council minutes.
- Informational hearings were held on the FY2025-26 Red Light Camera Annual Summary Report and on Greater Orlando Aviation Authority FY2027 preliminary budgets.
- Second-reading ordinances adopted 7-0: Ordinance 2026-23 (Cambria Suites Planned Development), Ordinance 2026-24 (AIPO Conservation rezoning), Ordinance 2026-25 (2019 W. Church St. Event Center), and Ordinance 2026-26 (Rockmont Court partial abandonment).
- First reading of Ordinance 2026-27, a roll-off container franchise for Incident Management Solutions, Inc., approved 7-0 (Tony Ortiz/Patty Sheehan).
- General appearances included Linda Coffin, Val Mobley, Nicholas Natale, Xavier Hernandez, Dr. Jim Moyer, and Chris Stalder; Chief of Police Eric Smith addressed technology and department practices.
Issues discussed
- Roll-Off Container Franchise Ordinances
- FY2026-27 funding agreements for homeless services providers
- CRA Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Budget
- Piedmont Yard Apartments Affordable Housing Development
- Coalition for the Homeless New Center for Women and Families
- Red Light Camera Program Contract Amendment
- MCO and Executive Airport update
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