Chamber Day at City of Apopka City Council
Date and Time
Wednesday May 1, 2024
1:30 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
May 1, 2024
1:30 (4:00 PM)
Location
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Charles Chambers
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Chamber Day at City of Apopka City Co...
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CHAMBER DAY
Chamber Day at City of Apopka City Council
May 1, 2024
May 1, 2024
Celebrate a Chamber Day at the City of Apopka Council Meeting!
We need your voice at the next City of Apopka council meeting. As the largest and oldest business member organization in Apopka (111 years), it is time to share our voice!
If you would like to speak you must fill out a green speaker card once you enter the council chambers. You will then be called up by the clerk when it is your turn. If you want to support the chamber, but do not want to speak, you are encouraged to attend as a chamber business supporter.
See suggested topics to speak about during public comment (4 minutes max).
Members, before you speak on your topic of choice below, please follow the first 4 steps. #ChamberStrong
- Say your name and address for public record.
- Name of business
- Number of years you have been a chamber member.
- What the chamber means to you and your business, or a success/support story.
2) The Apopka Area Chamber of Commerce building lease agreement with the City of Apopka expires in 2025. The chamber building sustained massive water damage from Hurricane Ian in September 2022. The building damage has forced staff and members out of the building due to the high mold and delays in remediation. Extensive damage to homes across Florida created insurance processing delays. The chamber has replaced the roof, removed mold and water damaged interior, and it is now time to rebuild. Due to the high cost to rebuild, coupled with the funds that have already been spent for roof replacement and remediation, the total chamber investment will reach over $300,000 by the time the rebuild is complete. This is why the chamber is requesting to secure a 30+-year lease from the city, prior to investing more. The chamber paid for the building addition that took place in the 90's too. Without the protection of a 10-year lease agreement with roll over renewal of 10 years to ensure the Chamber has a secure location for years to come, it does not make good business sense to commit to a large SBA Disaster loan to perform repairs for the "Act of God/Unavoidable Casualty" repairs on the city owned building, without a long-term lease in place.
Help us to secure the chamber location for generations to come.
3) Apopka Building Apopka is an initiative that began January 2023. On February 16, 2024, the Apopka Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors voted in support of increasing local bid preference from 3% to 10% (with limitations) and creating a minority, and veterans bid preference policy.
Review the municode link as an example, which explains in detail the limitations that can be put in place to understand how this serves the business community in Apopka, Central Florida, and the State. If you support an increase to local bid preference and developing a bid preference for minority and veteran owned businesses, then we would love for you to join us on May 1. Chapter 7 - PROCUREMENT CODE | Code of Ordinances | Orlando, FL | Municode Library
We look forward to seeing you at the May 1 Apopka City Council Meeting at 1:30 PM.
We will head over to Three Odd Guys after everyone speaks.
