Winter Park City Talk

Aug. 10 CRA meeting

There will be a Community Redevelopment Agency meeting Monday, Aug. 10, at 2 p.m. in City Hall Commission Chambers.

Aug. 10 City Commission meeting

There will be a City Commission meeting Monday, Aug. 10, 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 under What’s New. Below are a few topics of interest:

Mayor’s Report

• Advisory board discussion

• Replacement of member on Development Review Committee

Non-Action Items

• Financial Report – June 2015

Consent Agenda

• Approve the minutes for July 27, 2015.

Action Items Requiring Discussion

• Undergrounding of Duke Energy’s 69 kV transmission lines along Harper Street

Public Hearings

• Request of Dr. Randall Loy for the property at 1500 S. Orlando Avenue:

— Second reading of the ordinance amending the Comprehensive Plan to change the Future Land Use Designation of Institutional to Office and Professional Future Land Use.

— Second reading of the ordinance amending the zoning and official zoning map to change from Single Family (R-1A) District to Office (O-1) District.

— Conditional Use Approval to redevelop the St. John’s Lutheran Church parking lot with a two story, 15,000-square-foot medical office building.

• Second reading of the ordinance adopting parking garage design guidelines governing the construction of parking garages, providing for review procedures; appeal procedures and for a resolution of interpretations regarding such guidelines.

• Appeal by Rollins College of the Jan. 14, 2015, Historic Preservation Board (HPB) decision to deny the Certificate of Review request for the demolition of the duplex at their property located at 483 Holt Ave.

• Fifth Third Bank development agreement

• First reading of the ordinance amending Chapter 22 to incorporate the Florida Building Code with certain administrative and technical amendments, which include a fire sprinkler requirement as the Winter Park Building Code; designating applicable wind design criteria; updating the property and building maintenance code with amendments.

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.

Citizen budget comments

The proposed Fiscal Year 2015-2016 budget can be found at cityofwinterpark.org > Quick Info > Budget Documents. If you would like to share input on the budget, citizen comments are scheduled during the City Commission meetings in August and September. Your input is valuable and welcomed.

Join Vice Mayor Sarah Sprinkel at CoffeeTalk

This year marks the 10th anniversary of CoffeeTalk where the community can talk one-on-one with city leaders. On Thursday, Aug. 13, citizens can join Vice Mayor Sarah Sprinkel for her CoffeeTalk at 8 a.m. at the Winter Park Welcome Center located at 151 W. Lyman Ave. Make plans to join Vice Mayor Sprinkel for a cup of conversation and great coffee provided by Barnie’s Coffee Kitchen. For more information, please call 407-599-3428.

Save the date: Visioning event Aug. 20

The Vision Winter Park team invites the community to hear internationally known speaker and author Peter Kageyama on Aug. 20 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Alfond Inn located at 300 E. New England Ave. Space for this special event is limited so please make reservations at [email protected] or 407-599-3324. Deadline to register is Friday, Aug. 14, at 5 p.m.

On June 10, Vision Winter Park began its year-long process with the launching of its official website visionwinterpark.org. Within the last two months, hundreds of people have already participated in community talks and online. You can join the conversation about the future of Winter Park at visionwinterpark.org, [email protected] or 407-599-3665.

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