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The Communications Department has launched the city’s official Instagram account at cityofwinterpark.org/instagram, adding one more tool to the city’s social media toolkit. Make sure to “like” us on Instagram!

May 11 City Commission meeting highlights

Mayor’s Report

• The Winter Park High School State Championship teams and individuals were recognized for their exemplary achievement:

— Girls’ Cross Country

— Competition Cheerleading

— Special Olympics Unified Basketball

— Boys’ Crew

— Girls’ Crew

— Girls’ 4 x 800 Meter Relay Team

— Rafaella Gibbons for becoming the 4A Individual Cross Country State Champion and 3,200 Meter Run Track State Champion

— Ninan Kumar and Will Smyrk for becoming the Doubles Tennis State Champions

• The life of Ella Mae Talbert in “The Sage Project” was recognized and honored.

• Proclamations were issued for Women’s Lung Health Week, Building Safety Month, and Emergency Medical Services Week.

• The 2015 Advisory Board appointments were approved with exception to a couple of nominations to the Historic Preservation Board.

Consent Agenda

• The minutes for April 27, 2015, meeting were approved.

• The purchases and contracts were approved (for a complete list, please visit cityofwinterpark.org/ccpackets.)

Action Items Requiring Discussion

• The request for an extension of the vehicle sales agreements at 1891, 2250 and 2286 W. Fairbanks Ave. was approved.

Public Hearings

• Request of Fifth Third Bank:

— The second reading of the ordinance to amend the comprehensive plan Future Land Use Map to change from Single Family Residential to a Parking Lot Future Land Use designation at 453 N. Lakemont Ave. was approved.

— The second reading of the ordinance to amend the official zoning map to change from Single Family (R-1A) District to Parking Lot (PL) District at 453 N. Lakemont Ave. was approved.

— The conditional use approval to develop the properties at 1851/1861/1871 Aloma Ave. and 443/453 N. Lakemont Ave. for a one-story 3,500-square-foot branch bank with drive-through tellers and 5,715 square feet of professional office was approved.

• The resolution extending the reversion period of the Loren Avenue right of way vacation was approved.

• The resolution to extend the sunset date of the Golf Course Strategic Plan Task Force to Saturday, July 25, 2015, (two additional months) to allow them to complete their presentation was approved.

A full copy of the May 11 City Commission minutes will be available at cityofwinterpark.org/ccminutes the week of June 8, pending approval by the City Commission. Remember, if you are unable to attend the 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.

City and Keller Williams to host RED Day

Keller Williams Winter Park Market Center in partnership with the city of Winter Park Fire-Rescue Code Compliance Section will host RED Day Thursday, May 14. Agents and staff from the Market Center will be painting, making needed repairs, removing unwanted items, and landscaping two Winter Park houses for homeowners who are physically or financially unable to do so themselves. Introduced in 2009, RED Day, which stands for Renew, Energize and Donate, is Keller Williams Realty’s annual day of service and the city is proud to be a partner.

The pool is open!

The Parks & Recreation Department of the city of Winter Park is pleased to announce the pool at the Winter Park Community Center, located at 721 W. New England Ave., is now open for the 2015 season. For pool hours, events and swim lesson information, please visit cityofwinterpark.org/wpcc.

Upcoming events at the Community Center pool this month also include:

• Monday, May 25, is Memorial Day and the holiday hours are noon to 5 p.m.

• Friday, May 29, is Dive In Movie from 7:30 to 10 p.m.

These events are free with family or individual swim pass or $2 without pass.

For more information regarding the Community Center pool, please call 407-643-1650.

“Click It or Ticket” returns

The Winter Park Police Department (WPPD) will be joining NHTSA and law enforcement agencies all across the nation for the 2015 Click It or Ticket seat belt enforcement wave. Stepped-up law enforcement activities will be conducted from Monday, May 18, through Sunday, May 31. Local law enforcement officers will be on the lookout for those not wearing their seat belts or transporting unrestrained children.

In 2013, nearly 59 percent of passenger vehicle occupants killed at night (6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.) were not wearing their seat belts. In 2013, there were 638 children 12 years of age and younger killed in vehicle crashes. Of those fatalities, more than 38 percent were unrestrained. Your child seat can be installed by certified WPPD personnel by appointment. This is a service that the department has been providing for years at no cost to the public.

WPPD encourages everyone to wear their seatbelts and use proper child safety equipment at all times, but is asking drivers to have a heightened sense of awareness during the busy summer travel season. The agency is encouraging compliance in lieu of having to issue citations as costly reminders of a law that everyone should be following every time they are in a vehicle.

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