Board of County Commissioners, March 2, 2026
Votes on Proposed Orange County Infrastructure Sales Surtax (referendum consideration)
What happened
The Orange County Board of County Commissioners held a special meeting on March 2, 2026, to consider a proposed infrastructure sales surtax (half-cent or full-cent, 10/20/30 year) that would fund conservation land, transportation/transit (LYNX BRT, SunRail/Sunshine Corridor), sto…
- Jurisdiction
- Orange County, FL
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- March 2, 2026
- Decisions
- 1 zoning decision
- Outcome
- Deferred
Free sample: decision 1 of 1
Proposed Orange County Infrastructure Sales Surtax (referendum consideration)
The Board discussed whether to advance an infrastructure sales surtax (half-cent ~$379M/yr or full-cent ~$758M/yr) to the November 2026 ballot to fund conservation lands, parks/trails, transportation core/safety/mobility, LYNX bus/BRT, SunRail/Sunshine Corridor, stormwater ($925M in needs),...
Meeting Summary
The Orange County Board of County Commissioners held a special meeting on March 2, 2026, to consider a proposed infrastructure sales surtax (half-cent or full-cent, 10/20/30 year) that would fund conservation land, transportation/transit (LYNX BRT, SunRail/Sunshine Corridor), sto…
Key Decisions (1)
Proposed Orange County Infrastructure Sales Surtax (referendum consideration)
Development Activity (4)
SunRail extension to OIA and Sunshine Corridor (OIA to Disney)
Infrastructure
LYNX Bus Rapid Transit corridors and bus improvements
Infrastructure
Green Place environmentally sensitive lands acquisition program (expansion)
Other
Horizons West Regional Park phases 2 and 3
Other
Market Signals (7)
Infrastructure
Orange County has no infrastructure sales surtax and identified over…
Infrastructure
Road resurfacing has fallen to a ~37-year cycle (goal 20…
Infrastructure
County stormwater capital program would take over 100 years to…
Who Spoke (30)
On the record: the mayor, 6 commissioners, 6 staff members, the clerk, an attorney, a witness, and 13 members of the public.
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