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Town hears downtown master-plan update; council adopts mitigation strategy and hears wastewater progress
Summary
The Central Florida Regional Planning Council presented a downtown master-plan draft and schedule; the council adopted an updated local mitigation strategy (one councillor recorded a 'No' vote), welcomed a new town-attorney team, and received a status update on the wastewater plant noting contractor manpower and a leaking south carousel delaying completion.
The Town Council received a high-level update on the downtown master plan from Jennifer Cotto Salisbury of the Central Florida Regional Planning Council, who summarized public-input themes including walkability, mixed-use development, streetscaping and preservation of local character. Salisbury said a draft plan is expected online in early March with further public workshops and a routing to the town website for comment.
Council members and the public also welcomed the new town-attorney team introduced by Cliff Rhodes, and several residents used the public-comment period to press for prioritizing resident input in town decisions.
On emergency planning, staff presented an updated five‑year local mitigation strategy to maintain FEMA mitigation-assistance eligibility. The resolution to adopt the LMS passed after the council added a requirement that the town attorney review the final document; one member voted 'No' because she had not seen the referenced exhibit A.
Project manager updates on the wastewater plant reported the contractor is behind schedule because of manpower shortages; staff increased status meetings to twice monthly and said they would provide a detailed progress and risk update at the next council meeting. The council emphasized the need for a comprehensive cash‑flow and closeout schedule to align loan and grant timelines.
What’s next: planner staff will post the draft downtown plan and continue outreach; utilities and finance staff will provide consolidated project statistics and cash-flow projections for council review in March.
