Winter Park City Talk

CoffeeTalk featuring City Manager Randy Knight

If you have a latté beans to grind or you simply want to espresso your thoughts, CoffeeTalk may be the cup for you. Please join an informal conversation with City Manager Randy Knight, Thursday, December 5, from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., at the Winter Park Welcome Center located at 151 W. Lyman Ave.

This is the last CoffeeTalk of the season where you can sit down and talk with Randy over a cup of coffee and chat about any city issues that are of interest to you. Special thanks to Palmano’s Cafe, Coffee & Wine Bar for donating the coffee for this special series. For more information, please call 407-599-3428.

Dec. 9 City Commission meeting

There will be a City Commission meeting Monday, Dec. 9, at 3:30 p.m., in City Hall Commission Chambers located at 401 S. Park Ave. For the most up-to-date agenda, please visit cityofwinterpark.org > Government > City Commission > Agenda. Below are a few topics of interest:

Mayor’s Report

• Presentation – “Feed the Need”

• Recognition of artist Blair Sligar – “Art in Chambers”

Non-Action Items

• Downtown Parking Update – Part 2

Consent Agenda

• Approve the minutes of 11/11/13 and 11/25/13.

• Approve purchases and contracts (for a complete listing, please visit cityofwinterpark.org/ccpackets).

• Approve the budget adjustment to appropriate $25,000 for street paving materials.

• Approve the Second Amendment to the Native Load Firm Fixed Capacity and Partial Requirements Transaction Confirmation between City of Winter Park and Florida Power & Light Company dated August 12, 2013.

Action Items Requiring Discussion

• Approve two “Notice to Dispose” advertisements of two parcels of land located at 300 N. Pennsylvania Ave. and 321 Hannibal Square West located within the CRA for possible development options.

Public Hearings

• Request of Ramber Arlington LLC:

o Subdivision or Lot Split approval to divide the property at 1280 Arlington Place, Zoned R-2, into two lots.

• Request of Nort Northam:

o Second reading of the ordinance to amend Chapter 58, “Land Development Code”, Article I “Comprehensive Plan” Future Land Use Map so as to establish Commercial Future Land Use on the annexed property at 656 Overspin Dr. and to indicate the annexation of this property on the other maps within the Comprehensive Plan.

o Second reading of the ordinance to amend Chapter 58, “Land Development Code”, Article III, “Zoning” and the official Zoning Map so as to establish Commercial (C-3) Zoning on the annexed property at 656 Overspin Dr.

• Second reading of the ordinance to vacate and abandon a portion of Gaines Way lying between 610 Gaines Way and 1760 Gaines Way, but retaining and reserving to the city a utility easement over the entire area thereof.

You can find the City Commission’s full agenda on the home page of cityofwinterpark.org under What’s New > City Commission Agenda.

“Art in Chambers” exhibition featuring Blair Sligar

The city’s Public Art Advisory Board announces the final weeks of the current “Art in Chambers” exhibition horse magic featuring sculptures, paintings and prints by Blair Sligar, who will be introduced at the City Commission meeting on Monday, Dec. 9, at 3:30 p.m. Horse magic will be open for public viewing from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except for holidays, through Tuesday, Jan. 7. The exhibition features sculptures with a rococo-like intricacy and extravagance that showcase the materials and structure, playful and dark prints with anthropomorphic animals, and paintings that demonstrate his interest in mythologies and canons.

Artist Blair Sligar is a designer and owner of Hog Eat Hog, a design-build workshop based in Winter Park that specializes in using locally milled and salvaged materials to create unique art installations, furniture and home goods. Hog Eat Hog uses a mix of traditional and modern woodworking techniques while sticking to old-time, hand-rubbed finishing recipes. Sligar is a featured designer at West Elm® and his company’s work is in many Winter Park establishments including the Fiction building, Cask & Larder, Winter Park Fish Co., Full Sail University and Rifle Paper Co.

“Art in Chambers,” a project of the Winter Park Public Art Advisory Board, showcases works by local artists or works borrowed from local museums. “Art in Chambers” enlivens Winter Park’s public rooms and exposes residents and visitors to art, highlights the importance the city places on art and culture, provides city support to local artists and studios, and creates opportunities to educate the populace on the value of art and its place in a meaningful life.

For more information regarding “Art in Chambers,” please call 407-599-3498. For information regarding additional City of Winter Park events, please visit the city’s official website at cityofwinterpark.org.

Skate away any holiday stress

Now through Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014, you can skate at the city’s coolest event of the year “Winter in the Park,” the city’s annual holiday ice skating rink in Central Park West Meadow. The West Meadow is located at 150 N. New York Ave., on the corner of New York Avenue and Morse Boulevard, in downtown Winter Park. Snowflakes of all ages and skill levels are invited to chill out as they glide, spin and turn at “Winter in the Park”:

• Monday through Thursday, 3 to 9 p.m.

• Friday, 3 to 10 p.m.

• Saturday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

• Sunday, noon to 8 p.m.

See website for extended school holiday hours.

Snow angels are invited to skate all day for only $10 per skater (skate rental included). For a blizzard of 20 or more people, some cool group discounts are available for all this frigid fun. For more information, please call 407-599-3203 or visit cityofwinterpark.org/WITP.

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