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

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afterabme

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castlecake2.0 said:
What’s the meetings about Bay Lake and Lake Buena Vista going to be for?
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Unknown at this time. It's a case of could be nothing or could be something.

It could be nothing because they held special meetings in 2020 and 2021 without anything being too particular. The 2021 Special Meeting for Lake Buena Vista per the offical document: "CONSIDERATION TO ADOPT Resolution Number 178, to establish an Auditor Selection Committee pursuant to Section 218.391, Florida Statutes, which establishes required procedures for the selection of auditors to perform financial audits."


It could be something because one of the newly appointed board members of the CFTOD/RCID had talked about dissolving the cities ( but you need the approval of the Legislature for that) and " wants the district to oversee all of those cities’ law enforcement contracts or ensure the cities cannot supersede the district’s building codes or land-planning powers."

The cities had previously canceled their March 8 meetings.
Part of this is quoted from https://www.bizjournals.com/orlando...disney-reedy-creek-new-board-1st-meeting.html

But whatever happens, will be interesting.
 
UNCgolf

UNCgolf

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Cooper & Kirk handles First Amendment cases (and a lot of constitutional cases in general) so yeah... maybe something actually is brewing here.

I can't think of any other reason (at least off the top of my head) a local Florida municipality would need to hire a DC constitutional law firm (that's not all they do, but it's one of their main focuses) with significant appellate and Supreme Court practice.

I'd guess they are either expecting Disney (or someone else with standing) to sue over what's already happened, or they have plans to do something new that they think could draw lawsuits. It's also possible they could be planning to file suit over something, but I have no earthly idea what.
 
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castlecake2.0

castlecake2.0

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UNCgolf said:
Cooper & Kirk handles First Amendment cases (and a lot of constitutional cases in general) so yeah... maybe something actually is brewing here.

I can't think of any other reason (at least off the top of my head) a local Florida municipality would need to hire a DC constitutional law firm (that's not all they do, but it's one of their main focuses) with significant appellate and Supreme Court practice.

I'd guess they are either expecting Disney (or someone else with standing) to sue over what's already happened, or they have plans to do something new that they think could draw lawsuits. It's also possible they could be planning to file suit over something, but I have no earthly idea what.
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Could this be in case they potentially try to dissolve Bay Lake and Lake Buena Vista? Also question for @lazyboy97o, if the district is able to dissolve these municipalities, what becomes the “host city” for WDW?
 
castlecake2.0

castlecake2.0

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afterabme said:
Unknown at this time. It's a case of could be nothing or could be something.

It could be nothing because they held special meetings in 2020 and 2021 without anything being too particular. The 2021 Special Meeting for Lake Buena Vista per the offical document: "CONSIDERATION TO ADOPT Resolution Number 178, to establish an Auditor Selection Committee pursuant to Section 218.391, Florida Statutes, which establishes required procedures for the selection of auditors to perform financial audits."


It could be something because one of the newly appointed board members of the CFTOD/RCID had talked about dissolving the cities ( but you need the approval of the Legislature for that) and " wants the district to oversee all of those cities’ law enforcement contracts or ensure the cities cannot supersede the district’s building codes or land-planning powers."

The cities had previously canceled their March 8 meetings.
Part of this is quoted from https://www.bizjournals.com/orlando...disney-reedy-creek-new-board-1st-meeting.html

But whatever happens, will be interesting.
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Was curious to what would need to be done to dissolve the cities. Hoping the governor got his 15 minutes with this already and will move on.
 
lazyboy97o

lazyboy97o

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castlecake2.0 said:
Could this be in case they potentially try to dissolve Bay Lake and Lake Buena Vista? Also question for @lazyboy97o, if the district is able to dissolve these municipalities, what becomes the “host city” for WDW?
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The District itself cannot dissolve the municipalities. That has to come from the state legislature.

Walt Disney World can exist within unincorporated Orange County just like SeaWorld Orlando and Universal Orlando Resort South Campus.

Reedy Creek Improvement District wasn’t mired in litigation. That they’re going on a hiring spree is definitely interesting. At a minimum, it shows Disney’s foolishness. They’re now paying for a bunch of expensive lawyers to do something and they have absolutely no say in these contracts.
 
Tha Realest

Tha Realest

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lazyboy97o said:
The District itself cannot dissolve the municipalities. That has to come from the state legislature.

Walt Disney World can exist within unincorporated Orange County just like SeaWorld Orlando and Universal Orlando Resort South Campus.

Reedy Creek Improvement District wasn’t mired in litigation. That they’re going on a hiring spree is definitely interesting. At a minimum, it shows Disney’s foolishness. They’re now paying for a bunch of expensive lawyers to do something and they have absolutely no say in these contracts.
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It’s like a divorce, except one party is paying for attorneys on both sides.
 
lazyboy97o

lazyboy97o

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EPCOT-O.G. said:
It’s like a divorce, except one party is paying for attorneys on both sides.
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It’s not even like that. If there are any shared assets there would be no reason to end that arrangement and if there was it doesn’t need to be litigated, especially as a matter of constitutional law.
 
castlecake2.0

castlecake2.0

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New board member Ron Peri wants the District to fight the lagality of previous measures put in place by the las board. Thinks it gives Disney too much control.
 
flynnibus

flynnibus

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castlecake2.0 said:
@lazyboy97o since you have the most knowledge on the subject, why would the new board care about long term land use agreements other than to stick it to Disney? What is their play here?
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CONTROL

The entire premise here was to consolidate power... such agreements that subtract from that are a thorn in their side.

This is the problem with a model that plays with someone else's money... why would they NOT fight it? Spending just means raising fees and costs to their constituents who can't do a god damn thing about it.
 
castlecake2.0

castlecake2.0

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flynnibus said:
CONTROL

The entire premise here was to consolidate power... such agreements that subtract from that are a thorn in their side.

This is the problem with a model that plays with someone else's money... why would they NOT fight it? Spending just means raising fees and costs to their constituents who can't do a god damn thing about it.
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Is this the fight Disney was waiting for? Isn’t the Districts job to manage water canals and garbage trucks? If the district starts getting crazy does this give Disney the legal battle they want? *edit* What a mess.
 

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