News Reedy Creek Improvement District and the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District

Stripes

Stripes

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Quote from Disney’s continuance filing. Very interesting. LOL!
…the District’s motion for summary judgment argues that, “[p]ursuant to the Development Agreement, any other property owner in the District that wants to further develop its land must first obtain an assignment of development rights from Disney and then obtain written approval from Disney before using those development rights.” Mot. at 8-9 (emphasis added). This assertion only begs questions: Is there any property owner in the District “that wants to further develop its land”? Is there any property owner that could obtain “development rights” to “us[e]”? Some property owners, for example, may be subject to deeds that limit the extent to which new development rights may be received. Because the District has shirked its discovery obligations and Disney has not yet had sufficient time to complete discovery in any event, Disney lacks the opportunity to submit facts demonstrating a dispute as to whether any assertedly “affected” property owner was actually “affected.”
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Figgy1

Figgy1

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DisneyDreamerxyz said:
Does anyone know what will happen to the houses in Royal Oak or Bay Lake Court? Does the City Mayors etc still live in them?
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DisneyDreamerxyz said:
would the new Board fill those roles once the current peoples terms are up? I believe most of those people were selected by Disney.
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Paging @LAKid53. Can anything be done outside of the legislature to change the current municipalities?
 
Stripes

Stripes

Premium Member
DisneyDreamerxyz said:
would the new Board fill those roles once the current peoples terms are up? I believe most of those people were selected by Disney.
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Disney owns the land and leases it to the residents. That continues today. The CFTOD board has zero control over who lives in the district.

CFTOD now has zoning control over the cities, but that doesn’t mean they can control who lives there. Disney still control who lives in Bay Lake and Lake Buena Vista. CFTOD has no power to dissolve the cities. Only the Florida legislature can do that.
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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Stripes said:
Disney owns the land and leases it to the residents. That continues today. The CFTOD board has zero control over who lives in the district.

CFTOD now has zoning control over the cities, but that doesn’t mean they can control who lives there. Disney still control who lives in Bay Lake and Lake Buena Vista. CFTOD has no power to dissolve the cities. Only the Florida legislature can do that.
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What makes you think they won't?
 
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afterabme

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Goofyernmost said:
What makes you think they won't?
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Two main reasons why:

1. Any legislation that is passed to dissolve the cities will be immediately added to TWDC's legal case. The legislature *might be more hesitant to pass any additional laws regarding CFTOD/RCID and Disney because of the ongoing state and federal litigation.

2. There are far more technicalities with trying to dissolve an active municipality.


Why they would:

1. One of the board members in March 2023 had previously stated they were interested in dissolving both cities. But doing so would require an action of the legislature or the city dissolving itself.

2. The CFTOD Board signed an agreement with a Professor from George Mason to study the district and they are required to provide ways to improve the district ( required by the legislation reauthorizing the district). The report could theoretically include a recommendation to dissolve the cities.


There's another, wacky way they could use to alter control of the cities.

Perhaps the CFTOD decides to build their affordable housing units(haven't heard a peep on it in a few months) in Bay Lake and Lake Buena Vista. The people who live in those cities would get voting rights and the right to run for municipal positions like Mayor or City Council. By doing this, it makes it more difficult to main the existing setups within each city.
 
LAKid53

LAKid53

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Goofyernmost said:
What makes you think they won't?
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For one, to dissolve a municipality will have taxing consequences. By both FL Constitution and statute, a chartered municipality can only be dissolved by:

1. Special session of the Florida Legislature, or
2. Ordinance of the governing body approved by voters within the legal boundaries of that municipality.

I don't think there's any will in the Legislature to dissolve a chartered municipality. Especially with an election coming up.
 
peter11435

peter11435

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afterabme said:
Perhaps the CFTOD decides to build their affordable housing units(haven't heard a peep on it in a few months) in Bay Lake and Lake Buena Vista. The people who live in those cities would get voting rights and the right to run for municipal positions like Mayor or City Council. By doing this, it makes it more difficult to main the existing setups within each city.
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The district would need to own available buildable land in those cities to construct affordable housing on.
 

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