Dinner on the Avenue returns

By Randy Knight, Winter Park City Manager

April 10 Work Session

There will be a City Commission Work Session Monday, April 10, at 2:30 p.m., in City Hall Commission Chambers located at 401 S. Park Ave., to discuss the Martin Luther King, Jr. Park Master Plan. This meeting is open to the public, however, no public comment will be taken.

MLK, Jr. Park Community Meeting

There will be a public meeting with the city and GAI Consultants’ Community Solutions Group Tuesday, April 25, at 6 p.m., at the Rachel D. Murrah Civic Center located at 1050 W. Morse Blvd., to help shape the future of Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) Park. If you currently enjoy the park, may use the park in the future or have an interest in the development of the park, attendance at this meeting would be beneficial.   

This is the initial public meeting for the MLK Park master planning process. Park planners and designers will:

give an overview of the existing site conditions to help attendees understand the opportunities and constraints for development

identify the public’s opinions, wishes and needs for the park’s future

This first meeting will focus on the overall park and will not include discussions regarding the northwest corner of the park where the future library and events center will be built. The library and events center area of the park will be incorporated into the master planning discussion as it moves forward.

For more information, please call the city’s Parks & Recreation Department at 407-599-3334.

April 10 City Commission meeting

There will be a City Commission meeting Monday, March 27, at 3:30 p.m., in City Hall Commission Chambers. For the most up-to-date agenda, please visit cityofwinterpark.org under What’s New. Below are a few topics of interest:

Non-Action Items

Presentation – Florida Department of Transportation Active Arterial Management Program

Consent Agenda

Approve the minutes for March 27, 2017.

Approve purchase (for a complete list, please visit cityofwinterpark.org/ccpackets).

Appoint Kyle Dudgeon, CRA manager as the alternate to SSNOCWTA to replace Abby Gulden.

Approve a renewal of the Combined Operational Assistance and Voluntary Cooperation Mutual Aid Agreement 2017 between the Winter Park Police Department and the Orange County Sherriff’s Office.

Approve the execution of the HuntonBrady Architects agreement for the design of the new library and events center, and parking garage.

Action Items Requiring Discussion

Appointment of Vice Mayor

Sale of 301 W. Comstock Ave.

Public Hearings

Request of Deshpande, Inc.:

Second reading of the ordinance to amend the “Comprehensive Plan” Future Land Use map to change from a Single Family Future Land Use Designation to Low Density Residential at 524 Country Club Drive.

Second reading of the ordinance to amend the Official Zoning Map from Single Family Residential District to Low Density Residential District zoning at 524 Country Club Drive.

Request of Z Properties Group:

Subdivision or lot split approval to divide the property at 200 Oakwood Way into two single-family building lots.

Resolution – Approving a Party Membership Agreement and its incorporated Interlocal agreement in order to join the Florida Green Finance Authority’s Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Program.

First reading of the ordinance vacating and abandoning a portion of the right of way of Benjamin Avenue, Home Acres (Ravaudage).

First reading of the ordinance relating to Communications Facilities

First reading of the ordinance amending Chapter 62, Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions by creating Article IX relating to drone regulations and privacy protections and creating Section 62-196 regarding drone restrictions and regulations.

Fee Schedule to be effective April 2017.

Remember, if you are unable to attend City Commission meetings, you can watch them live, gavel to gavel, as they happen. During the meeting, simply log on to cityofwinterpark.org/cclive to easily stay tuned-in to official city business.

Park Avenue will be closed for Dinner on the Avenue

The city’s 16th Annual Dinner on the Avenue will be held Saturday, April 8, at 6 p.m. Park Avenue will be closed to all thru traffic from Morse Boulevard to New England Avenue, beginning at 3 p.m., Saturday, April 8. Park Avenue will reopen at 11 p.m. after the event is complete. Thank you in advance for your cooperation and continued support of Winter Park’s community events.

“CALL FOR ARTISTS”

The Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens will sponsor its 2nd Annual “Quick Draw Competition” at the city’s “Earth Day/Arbor Day in the Park” Sunday, April 9, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The plein air, outdoor painting competition is open to both amateurs and professionals ages 16 and up.
During just two hours, all registered participants will set up their supplies in downtown Winter Park and paint or draw their art. Completed artwork will then be displayed on artists’ easels in Central Park during an art stroll from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Registration fee is $35 and space is limited. Sign up at polasek.org/quickdraw by Saturday, April 8, 2017, at 5 p.m.

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COFFEETALK

The city will be hosting a Comprehensive Plan CoffeeTalk, Monday, April 17, from 8 to 9 a.m., at the Winter Park Welcome Center located at 151 W. Lyman Ave. CoffeeTalks are traditionally informal meetings for the public to attend and speak to city leaders in a casual setting to “espresso their thoughts.” This CoffeeTalk will be a similar format, however, will focus exclusively on questions related to the Comprehensive Plan.

On December 12, 2016, the City Commission approved the transmittal of the Comprehensive Plan to the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO). The DEO completed its review and submitted its Objections, Recommendations and Comments (ORC) Report to the city February 24, 2017. City staff will begin CoffeeTalk with a brief presentation of the ORC report and provide an update on the next steps, with the remaining time open for questions and answers. The City Commission has scheduled its second public hearing for Comprehensive Plan adoption Monday, April 24, 2017.

For more information regarding the proposed Comprehensive Plan elements, the adoption process timeline, revisions, and DEO ORC report, please visit cityofwinterpark.org/comp-plan.

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