Good point. TWDC has ALL THE MONEY. Maybe it’s the INTENTION of TWDC to drown CFTOD in legal bills to the point the only responsible thing for CFTOD is to give up?
Just stop.
cityoflakebuenavistafl.gov
cityofbaylakefl.gov
Interesting because previously the cities basically had no staff of their own.. and even with this split of websites, public records requests, etc still point to the shared RCID email.The websites for the cities of Lake Buena Vista and Bay Lake will no longer be hosted on rcid.org as of September 5.
The new websites are listed below. It also appears that John Classe is no longer the City Manager for Lake Buena Vista as it is now listed as an open position.
Home - City of Lake Buena Vista
Public Notices The Lake Buena Vista City Council will hold its September 9th and September 23rd meetings at 5:30 pm and its November 13th meeting at 9:00 am in the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District Boardroom, 1900 Hotel Plaza Blvd, Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830. Copies of the agendas will...Home - City of Bay Lake
Public Notices The Bay Lake City Council will hold its September 9th and September 23rd meetings at 5:01 pm and its November 13th meeting at 8:30 am in the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District Boardroom, 1900 Hotel Plaza Blvd, Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830. Copies of the agendas will be...
The websites for the cities of Lake Buena Vista and Bay Lake will no longer be hosted on rcid.org as of September 5.
The new websites are listed below. It also appears that John Classe is no longer the City Manager for Lake Buena Vista as it is now listed as an open position.
Home - City of Lake Buena Vista
Public Notices The Lake Buena Vista City Council will hold its September 9th and September 23rd meetings at 5:30 pm and its November 13th meeting at 9:00 am in the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District Boardroom, 1900 Hotel Plaza Blvd, Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830. Copies of the agendas will...Home - City of Bay Lake
Public Notices The Bay Lake City Council will hold its September 9th and September 23rd meetings at 5:01 pm and its November 13th meeting at 8:30 am in the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District Boardroom, 1900 Hotel Plaza Blvd, Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830. Copies of the agendas will be...
The last special meeting on August 30 was hosted in the Disney Springs parking garage conference room.
Why can’t they host it it the traditional office building?
Cost to rent the conference room may have gone up.
Interesting. For some reason I would have thought it been no charge since they are the board.
No member of the city councils are on the district’s board of supervisors. They’re three distinct entities.
As someone said, it could be something simple like cos to use the room may have not been available to use for that day. On both websites it shows the main meeting room being the regular meeting room at RCID/CFTOD HQ.
That would be interesting if that happened. During the meetings of the cities, they both said they were not reducing their mileage rate and were keeping the police contracts with OCSO, which put them at odds with the CFTOD.
www.wesh.com
That would be interesting if that happened. During the meetings of the cities, they both said they were not reducing their mileage rate and were keeping the police contracts with OCSO, which put them at odds with the CFTOD.
According to WESH,
“WESH 2 News has learned the CFTOD has been trying to take control over the off-duty deputy program. The administrator recommended the cities reduce their property tax millage rates and remove the programs from their budgets so that the district could then assume the program.”
Fight brewing over law enforcement on Disney property
The people DeSantis appointed to the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District want to take over a program that pays for off-duty deputies at the theme parks.
It’s been a topic of discussion here before. It definitely is something that is not off the table by any means.
www.orlandosentinel.com
It’s been a topic of discussion here before. It definitely is something that is not off the table by any means.
The chairman of the board of CFTOD commented that, “
The following day, however, the city councils of Bay Lake and Lake Buena Vista surprisingly voted to raise property tax rates in order to continue paying the bills for security services used by Disney. The CFTOD board remains convinced that a multibillion-dollar corporation is more than able to cover this cost. This peculiar, though not wholly unexpected, development makes it that much more apparent why the new CFTOD board is essential as an independent and honest broker. Until the new board was appointed, Disney enjoyed undue influence over many businesses in the district. It further unduly influences city council members, who rent their homes from Disney.“
This is from the letter to the editor in the Orlando Sentinel by the head of the CFTOD Board.
Letters: Disney district chairman says company still holds too much sway here
Other letter-writers discussed how the Trump indictment is a Democratic distraction and the Democrats’ wariness of third parties.
In terms of how long the cities will continue to exist Is an interesting thought exercise.
1. A potential recommendation to dissolve the cities could potentially be included in a report to the legislature. As part of the Legislation, reauthorizing the district, the district is required to submit a report to the legislature on improvements to the district. It just so happens that the district authorized a contract with a professor at George Mason University to help with this report.
2. The residents of the municipality could theoretically vote to dissolve cities or (take this with a grain of salt because I’m not 100% sure of the specifics) the legislature could dissolve the cities.
3. There is a potential third way that could alter the dynamics of the cities, that I am not 100% sure on. All of the current residents of both cities rent the land from Disney. If there were district owned land in the cities that they(CFTOD) decided to build housing on, would those new residents gain voting rights on municipal elections in the cities if they were résumé for at least six months-year?
It’s been a topic of discussion here before. It definitely is something that is not off the table by any means.
The chairman of the board of CFTOD commented that, “
The following day, however, the city councils of Bay Lake and Lake Buena Vista surprisingly voted to raise property tax rates in order to continue paying the bills for security services used by Disney. The CFTOD board remains convinced that a multibillion-dollar corporation is more than able to cover this cost. This peculiar, though not wholly unexpected, development makes it that much more apparent why the new CFTOD board is essential as an independent and honest broker. Until the new board was appointed, Disney enjoyed undue influence over many businesses in the district. It further unduly influences city council members, who rent their homes from Disney.“
This is from the letter to the editor in the Orlando Sentinel by the head of the CFTOD Board.
Letters: Disney district chairman says company still holds too much sway here
Other letter-writers discussed how the Trump indictment is a Democratic distraction and the Democrats’ wariness of third parties.
In terms of how long the cities will continue to exist Is an interesting thought exercise.
1. A potential recommendation to dissolve the cities could potentially be included in a report to the legislature. As part of the Legislation, reauthorizing the district, the district is required to submit a report to the legislature on improvements to the district. It just so happens that the district authorized a contract with a professor at George Mason University to help with this report.
2. The residents of the municipality could theoretically vote to dissolve cities or (take this with a grain of salt because I’m not 100% sure of the specifics) the legislature could dissolve the cities.
3. There is a potential third way that could alter the dynamics of the cities, that I am not 100% sure on. All of the current residents of both cities rent the land from Disney. If there were district owned land in the cities that they(CFTOD) decided to build housing on, would those new residents gain voting rights on municipal elections in the cities if they were résumé for at least six months-year?
