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

[GoofGoof]

Is there a link somewhere to the actual document referenced? They said it was public so should be out there somewhere.

 

[rezzyk]

That's pretty much it. The DeSantis team COMPLETELY ignored the RCID board meetings during their victory lap.

And absolutely no one who was paying attention said anything about it, which is amazing. Not even a local news company reporting on it? Fantastic.
Edit: I do remember somewhere (maybe even this site) posting about the future state hotel/park "plans" for 10 years out that is on the page following the one with this information. And yet still nothing about the previous page

 

[wdwmagic]

Is there a link somewhere to the actual document referenced? They said it was public so should be out there somewhere.

Its linked in this article

Parts of Disney's last-minute agreement with Reedy Creek that may render the new DeSantis board powerless are valid until 21 years after the death of the last survivor of the descendants of King Charles III of England

Parts of Disney's last-minute agreement with Reedy Creek that may render the new DeSantis board powerless are valid until 21 years after the death of the last survivor of the descendants of King Charles III of England

www.wdwmagic.com

 

[MagicHappens1971]

Just a funny thing to note, but the president of RCID at the time ended the meeting to approve these plans with this quote: "Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man."

 

[lazyboy97o]

Indeed. I take back much of my harsh criticism of Disney’s inaction from a few weeks ago (though I still would have preferred them to fight this out as a matter of principle).

I think they still very much deserve the criticism. Disney remains silent on the supposed instigating issue which the state is set to expand through rule making authority.

Someone just said to me, "The state was playing checkers, Disney was playing chess"

I really don’t think they were. This agreement would have kept things in place if the District was devolved to the counties.

 

[MagicHappens1971]

And absolutely no one who was paying attention said anything about it, which is amazing. Not even a local news company reporting on it? Fantastic.

RCID took out two different ads in the Orlando Sentinel regarding this meeting, and has notarized documentation that they exist. I don't know what grounds the governor and the new board have for saying what Disney did was illegal aside from their partisan and biased issues with Disney.

 

[LivinDISLife]

That's pretty much it. The DeSantis team COMPLETELY ignored the RCID board meetings during their victory lap.

I really can’t wait to see what late night skits come of this! I can’t stop laughing just reading through the pages here on the forum.

 

[GrumpyFan]

I think they still very much deserve the criticism. Disney remains silent on the supposed instigating issue which the state is set to expand through rule making authority.

Disagree. I think they executed this superbly keeping it behind the scenes and not causing more public backlash. Chapek exposed them to a lot of public criticism with his reckless moves and this was done just as it should have been.

 

[MagicHappens1971]

A lawyer in one of the articles about this development said a court battle would likely take case in federal court. If true, that could help avoid at least some partisanship.

I don't know much about contracts but this makes it seem as though this will be dealt with in Orange County.

 

[Big_Shakalaka]

And absolutely no one who was paying attention said anything about it, which is amazing. Not even a local news company reporting on it? Fantastic.
Edit: I do remember somewhere (maybe even this site) posting about the future state hotel/park "plans" for 10 years out that is on the page following the one with this information. And yet still nothing about the previous page

I've worked at local municipal meetings and I can say... often contracts and such aren't read aloud or even shown to attendees. They are often just referenced generally, then voted on, unless there are motions for further detail. So, to those in attendance, it can look as just general day-to-day stuff with little fanfare. It sounds like these contracts were done in much a similar manor.

 

[Chip Chipperson]

Has DeSantis put a bounty on Harry’s kid yet?

He declared war on "woke England."

 

[V.i.n.c.e.n.t.]

Desantis just got owned by a Mouse!!!

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Lol. Good point. I should have said that at least a federal court would keep it out of DeSantis’ cronies hands.

…objection: overruled

 

[BrianLo]

I love a good happy ending.

 

[lazyboy97o]

I love a good happy ending.

This still isn’t necessarily a happy ending. The Board currently seems willing to spend Disney’s money litigating the land development agreements. They can also still do things like fire plan reviewers to drag out the permitting process. Or send in the fire department to aggressively enforce the Florida Fire Prevention Code. Or exercising their new powers regarding ride safety.

This agreement would have committed the counties to a level of service they were likely to not want to maintain. It would have staved off the apathy or disfunction of a split board. It impairs but does not stop a hostile board.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

The only shocking part is how long it took for them to find out

Is it shocking?

From the land of “woman married dog to gator in front of church group…details at 11.

Ten day first look weather calls for Hot…to be followed by Hot through next weekend”

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I love a good happy ending.

…what you do on your lunch break is your business

 

[Tha Realest]

TLDR, but Disney is now free to build all of the things it wasn’t going to build in the first place

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

This still isn’t necessarily a happy ending. The Board currently seems willing to spend Disney’s money litigating the land development agreements. They can also still do things like fire plan reviewers to drag out the permitting process. Or send in the fire department to aggressively enforce the Florida Fire Prevention Code. Or exercising their new powers regarding ride safety.

This agreement would have committed the counties to a level of service they were likely to not want to maintain. It would have staved off the apathy or disfunction of a split board. It impairs but does not stop a hostile board.

Political retribution for profit is still the big Risk for Disney.

It’s still a potential mess

 

[castlecake2.0]

TLDR, but Disney is now free to build all of the things it wasn’t going to build in the first place

Correct, but now no one else can build anything either.