large projects come in the region like 417 or I-4 because it takes a lot of bandwidth of
capacity of construction workers and engineering firms which increases the costs.
Upon Commissioner Dallari's request to elaborate further regarding reaching out to the
Cities about projects, Mr. Slot explained an example of a named project where a city
would come in and help out would be the 426 extension project that is currently in 3rd
Gen. It was initially going to funded by the one penny. Staff took that back to the City
of Oviedo and got them to agree to a 30% share, and they will be helping in the design
and also looking at the potential construction. In response to Commissioner Dallari's
inquiry about the cities coming to the County with their projects, Mr. Gray stated there
was a joint shared project list in the referendum. He and Kristian Swenson, Assistant
County Manger, worked with all of the city managers during that process, and now they
are ready to meet with the cities to look at what joint projects they both agree on and
can move forward, which will come back before the Board. Commissioner Dallari
inquired how the Transportation Master Plan (TMP), which should be finalized the first
quarter of next year, is going to work with this. Mr. Slot responded that they took the
2045 TMP and recasted that as the 2050 TMP to align to the regional planning efforts.
The intent is they will conduct that project through this last quarter and into the first
quarter of next year which will allow them to take all that data and bounce it against
what was in the 4th Gen referendum and say here are additional projects for
consideration based on the new data, which upon direction from the County Manager,
staff would bring back to the Board.
Commissioner Lockhart stated she would like to see additional further collaboration
between road stormwater and water quality. Any time they are talking about spending
money, they need to say this can or cannot improve water quality; and if so, this is how
to do it and pay for it. The Commissioner commented there is a list of projects that
were not reimbursed by FEMA in the agenda backup, and she thinks this further
solidifies the Board's discussion around making sure they have adequate reserves and
funds for things FEMA will not be reimbursing. Upon Commissioner Lockhart's
request, Mr. Jecks advised there were six roads that were damaged and required
drainage mitigation after Hurricane Milton. Those projects will not be getting
reimbursed so a total of about $4 million was paid out of county funds.
Commissioner Constantine stated it is important to make sure that whenever they do
something that they look at other positive results they can do with it, not just going in
and paving the road but looking at what other issues there are in that area and seeing if
they can take care of those issues with or through that project.
Chairman Zembower stated with the ranking of each project, he would like to see if the
environmental impact is positive, negative, or neutral. He thinks that information could
be used by the Board as to what benefits overall should be moving forward.
Motion by Vice Chairman Herr, seconded by Commissioner Lockhart, to adopt
appropriate Resolution #2025-R-94 implementing BAR #25-053 in the amount of
$22,551,777 to realign budgets for existing infrastructure projects.
Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 voted AYE.
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4th Generation Sales Tax Project Priorities (Kristian Swenson, Assistant
County Manager and Tim Jecks, Management & Budget Director)
