City Council Highlights- February 10, 2025
Last updated on February 10, 2025
Pulse Memorial Advisory Committee Meeting Recap
As you know, over the past six months, the Pulse Memorial Advisory Committee has dedicated countless hours to deeply emotional meetings and challenging conversations to help guide this important effort to build a thoughtful, permanent Pulse Memorial. Their hard work has brought us to today where they have made a recommendation on a conceptual design.
It’s been nine years since the tragedy, when 49 angels were taken from our community, and we want to express my heartfelt gratitude to the committee members for their unwavering time, commitment and compassion. At the core of this journey has been the voices and experiences of the victims’ families and survivors, whose strength has shaped this process.
We are looking to have a workshop on February 24 where we can commend the committee’s work and discuss the next steps in selecting a design and build firm for the Pulse Memorial.
J#2 – Sunshine Corridor PD&E Survey Funding
There’s no question that our region’s traffic problems will only get worse if we don’t embrace transit and offer more opportunities for people to move throughout Central Florida without needing a car. On today’s agenda is an item that would provide funding to support FDOT’s project development and environment study to bring SunRail to the airport and other key locations.
This study is needed in order to request funding from the Federal Transit Administration to make the Sunshine Corridor a reality. This rail service would help residents get to and from their jobs at places like the airport, convention center, hotels and theme parks. It would also help get visitors to the region’s popular destinations. This would support more frequent service, including nights and weekends.
We want to thank the Florida Department of Transportation and District Five Secretary John Tyler and his team for their collaboration with this important project.