Marydia meeting tonight

The community of Marydia will hold a neighborhood meeting tonight at 7 p.m. with state Sen. Gary Siplin, R-Orlando, Osceola County Commissioner Ken Smith and Osceola County Sheriff Bob Hansell scheduled to attend, along with residents and community leaders.

The agenda includes community safety issues and an update on the park and community center. Siplin plans to present school supplies to the children of the community in preparation for their return to school.

The meeting, to be at Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, 2911 Tampa Ave., Kissimmee, is one of many this north Kissimmee community has held in the past two years since being chosen by the Osceola County Health Department’s PACE-EH program. PACE-EH (protocol for assessing community excellence in environmental health) is a program that was developed to help communities to expand or improve the health and safety of their communities. Its aim is to develop and involve community partners to accomplish improvements.

The Marydia community was chosen due to its environmental factors, below-average socio-economic factors and overall poor conditions. Since then, the community has seen new road construction and sidewalks, neighborhood cleanup and demolition of crack houses.

For additional information on the PACE-EH program, visit www.osceolahealth.org.

Workshops planned on Lynx changes

The Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority, or Lynx, has scheduled public workshops on proposed route changes that, if approved, would go into effect Dec. 5.

The workshops are an opportunity for the public to view the proposed changes, some of which are on routes in Osceola County, and to offer comment. Workshops will be held at the following places and times:

• Lynx Central Station Terminal Lobby, 455 N. Garland Ave., Orlando, from 7-11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 24, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 28, and from 3-7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 2.

• Osceola Square Mall SuperStop, 3831 W. Vine St., Kissimmee, from 7-11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 26, and from 3-7 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 1.

Public comments will be accepted at all public workshops and through Sept. 16 at 5 p.m. at www.golynx.com or mailed or delivered to: Lynx Central Station, 455 N. Garland Ave., Orlando, FL 32801.

Interested parties also may view the proposed changes at the Lynx Central Station Administrative Building Security Guard Post from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Local changes include:

• Link 18 – South Orange Avenue/Kissimmee (Orange County/Osceola County). Minor schedule adjustments.

• Link 55 – West U.S. Highway 192/Four Corners (Osceola County). Minor schedule adjustments.

• Link 56 – West U.S. Highway 192/Magic Kingdom (Osceola County). Minor schedule adjustments.

• Link 306 – Downtown Disney Direct (Osceola County). Extending morning service to Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek. Afternoon service will begin at Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek.

• Link 426 – Poinciana Circulator (Osceola County/Polk County). Service will be extended to Village 5.

Federal stimulus projects approved

The Osceola County Commission Aug. 9 approved resolutions relating to receiving additional money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for four road projects. The projects and the amount of funding are:

• Resurface Pleasant Hill Road from Reedy Creek to U.S. Highway 17/92, $2,357,724.

• Resurface Canoe Creek Road from south of Joe Overstreet Road to South Kenansville Road, $1,997,980.

• Resurface Boggy Creek Road from the Boggy Creek Road-Boggy Creek Road intersection to 500 feet west of Narcoossee Road, $946,386.

• Reconstruct Hoagland Boulevard, segment 1, from 5th Street to U.S, Highway 192, $6,766,744.

• Construct a traffic signal at the intersection of Boggy Creek Road and Turnberry Boulevard, $197,053.

According to county officials, the money for these projects “was left on the table” in an initial round of funding through the federal stimulus program. The additional projects to be funded total about $12.27 million.

Kissimmee posts election debates online

The city of Kissimmee has video links available online for the Kissimmee Commission and Osceola County School Board debates.

The following debates can be viewed on the city’s website:

• City of Kissimmee Commission – seat 2

• City of Kissimmee Commission – seat 4

• Osceola County School Board – district 1

• Osceola County School Board – district 4

• Osceola County School Board – district 5

The videos can be accessed from the Streaming Video link located on the homepage of the city’s website at www.kissimmee.org

Select the link entitled, “Archived Access Osceola Video” and then select the link entitled, “Osceola Elections 2010.”

The city’s general election will be Tuesday. The ballot also will include 10 charter amendments. Visit the city’s website for a complete list of the amendments and candidates.

For more information, contact the Office of the City Clerk at 407-518-2308.