After lengthy public comment, mostly opposed to the proposed moratorium and a PowerPoint presentation by Commissioner Sheehan, the council members read brief prepared statements in opposition. Commissioner Sheehan and Burns were the only 2 votes against and Ortiz was absent for the vote.

According to the State Coordinator for the Department of Certified Local Government, (CLG), in Tallahassee the city’s accreditation as a certified local government is at risk of being decertified due to the removal of the preservation board review component. Decertification will result in the loss of state grants for not only the Downtown Historic District but also the 5 residential districts and 47 landmarks. This will affect over 1800 properties citywide. Over the past decade the agency has granted over $7 million dollars in Orlando.