Tuesday, July 30
Orange County Administration Building, 201 S. Rosalind Avenue
Board of County Commissioners Meeting
2pm – Public Hearing on the Rural Boundary Amendment
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ to voice your support for the Rural Boundary Amendment. The BCC will be taking their final vote on putting this amendment on the November ballot.
If you are unable to attend the meeting, ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ. Your email needs to be addressed to all of the Commissioners and the Mayor and it must include your name and address at the bottom of your message.
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Mayor@OCFL.net, District1@OCFL.net, District2@OCFL.net, District3@OCFL.net, District4@OCFL.net, District5@OCFL.net, District6@OCFL.net
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๐ข๐๐๐ ๐ต๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก?
The Rural Boundary Amendment aims to protect rural lands by adding rules and language in the County Charter to make it harder to develop land in unincorporated Orange County that is outside of urban service areas. The new rules would require a โmajority plus oneโ BCC vote for any land-use changes that would increase usage densities.
The rural boundary concept is modeled after similar initiatives in Seminole and Alachua counties.
๐โ๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐ถ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐?
- It helps prevent urban sprawl, which is cheaper for developers but costly for taxpayers in the long run.
- Urban sprawl leads to increased costs for infrastructure, which taxpayers must bear. This includes maintaining roads, schools, and other services.
- Sprawl can cause flooding, environmental destruction, loss of wildlife habitat, and increased pollution.
- Sprawl can result in higher costs of living, increased taxes, crowded schools, and increased crime.
- Orange County faces a $22 billion deficit in existing transportation needs. Each new road outside the urban corridor costs taxpayers $25 million.
For more information about the Rural Boundary Amendment, its history, and its importance to the Lake Avalon Rural Settlement, please refer to the write up in the Save Orange County Petition here: https://saveorangecounty.org/petitions/
