- April 25, 2024
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The Ormond Crossings community redevelopment agency district has been extended until it sunsets in 2034, per a unanimous vote by the Volusia County Council at its meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 21.
The city of Ormond Beach was given the authority by the county to create the CRA district in 2004, with funds to be slated on public infrastructure. Clay Ervin, county director of growth and resource management said the economic recession caused the plans at Ormond Crossing to stall initially, but that the opening of Security Firt’s new headquarters has rejuvenated the project.
In July 2010, the council replaced all previous extension resolutions (issued in 2007, 2008 and 2009) with one that limited its obligations to a maximum of $4 million or a 10-year period from the commencement of appropriation, according to county documents. It additionally extended the CRA for five years, and the same was done in 2015. Rather than ask for five more years, Tomoka Holdings LLC asked for the county to allow the CRA to exist until its official sunset in 2034.
Ormond Beach Mayor Bill Partington submitted a public comment to the virtual meeting, writing that the primary purpose of the CRA is to encourage the development of job-producing land uses in Ormond Crossings. He wrote that the city supported Tomoka Holdings LLC’s request for the extension.
“This request is being made in order to accommodate the time frame necessary for such an intense infrastructure project,” Partington wrote.
The vision for 3,000-acre Ormond Crossings includes a business park, a lifestyle town center and residential neighborhoods, according to the city website.
County Councilman Ben Johnson said this is “well-spent money.”
“I feel like it’s one where the CRA is doing what it’s supposed to do.”
A total of 47 inmates at Tomoka Correctional Institution, a men’s state prison located in Daytona Beach, tested positive for COVID-19, resulting in increased safety measures for all — including staff — as well as the transfer of 60 inmates to Columbia Correctional Institution in Lake City. These inmates were asymptomatic and have had no contact with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 cases, according to a press release by the Department of Corrections.
All services, including meals, are being providing within the inmates’ dormitories. All symptomatic patients are being tested, and staff and inmates are required to wear cloth face coverings. Symptomatic inmates have been placed in medical isolation.
Volusia County Schools announced on April 18 via Twitter that buildings will remain closed the remainder of the school year, in response to the state’s recommendation.
The decision came after Gov. Ron DeSantis and Commissioner of Education Richard Corcoran recommended all Florida public and private K-12 schools continue distance learning through the remainder of the 2019-2020 academic year.
