Winter Park City Talk

CRA Board Meeting

There will be a CRA Board meeting on Monday, Nov. 14, at 2:30 p.m., in City Hall Commission Chambers.

Nov. 14 City Commission meeting topics of interest

There will be a City Commission meeting immediately following the CRA Board meeting on Monday, November 14, at 3:30 p.m., in City Hall Commission Chambers located at 401 Park Ave. S. Below are a few topics of interest:

Mayor’s report

• Keep Winter Park Beautiful Awards for the Post Office landscape improvements and Azalea Lane Volunteer Project.

• Proclamation - “National Hospice and Palliative Care Month”

• Recognition of the Winter Park High School’s 500th football victory

• Presentation of Winter 2011 Webisode produced in partnership with Full Sail’s SPARK program

• Appointment of Martin Luther King Jr. task force members

• Board appointment: Winter Park Police Officers’ Pension Board

Non-action items

• Financial Report — September 2011

Consent agenda

• Approve the minutes of Oct. 24.

• Approve piggybacking the City of Sanford contract with Florida Bearings Inc. for repair of electric motors and pumps, and authorize the mayor to execute the piggyback contract

• Approve the Civility Code as recommended by the ethics board.

• Cancel the Dec. 26 commission meeting due to the Christmas holiday.

• Approve the On-site Energy Audit Services Program Master Agreement with Progress Energy Florida (PEF) and authorize the mayor to execute the agreement.

Action items requiring discussion

• Discussion of “Today in America” television show

Public hearings

• Requests of the City of Winter Park to revise the public notice requirements for citywide notices to streamline the zoning approval process:

o Second reading of the ordinance revising the application and approval procedures for zoning amendments and conditional uses, revising the submittal requirements for conditional uses, and the extension or re-establishment of conditional uses

o Second reading of the ordinance adopting new public notice and adoption procedures for amendments to the comprehensive plan, goals, objectives and policies document and substituting for the current amendment procedures

• Request of Bank First Realty Inc. on behalf of McDonald’s Corporation for Conditional Use approval to construct a McDonald’s Restaurant with a drive-thru service at 1282/1288/1302 West Fairbanks Ave. and 1281/1289/1301 Gene St., zoned C-3. QUASI JUDICIAL PROCEEDING

• Request of Surrey Homes to modify the Development Agreement for Windsong. QUASI JUDICIAL PROCEEDING

• Equalization Board Hearings - Dixie Parkway and Williams Drive: 5 p.m.

o Resolution - Declaring that the city is to fund capital improvements to underground electric/CATV (BHN) facilities along Dixie Parkway and Williams Drive and declaring that the cost be paid by special assessments levied against real property specifically benefitted by said improvements.

o Resolution - Confirming the special assessments for the undergrounding of electric/CATV (BHN) facilities on properties adjacent to Dixie Parkway and Williams Drive.

• Discussion of the state office building exchange agreement with Progress Point LLC.

• First reading of the ordinance regarding the exchange agreement between the City of Winter Park and Progress Point LLC for the State Office Building property.

City Commission reports

• Commissioner Leary

• Commissioner Sprinkel

• Commissioner Cooper

• Commissioner McMacken

• Mayor Bradley

You can find the commission’s full agenda and information on specific agenda items by logging on to the city’s official website at www.cityofwinterpark.org and by clicking on Government > City Commission > Packets.

Last CoffeeTalk featuring Commissioner Tom McMacken

If you have a latte beans to grind or simply want to espresso your thoughts, please join Commissioner Tom McMacken for the last CoffeeTalk of the season on Thursday, Nov. 10, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Winter Park Welcome Center located at 151 W. Lyman Ave.

This is your opportunity to talk to your city leaders in a more casual, informal environment.

Special thanks to our coffee provider Palmano’s Roastery & Espresso Bar.

Left over Halloween candy?

If you have too much candy to physically consume or are looking for a great cause to donate the sweets to, don’t forget about Operation Gratitude. You can drop off candy and letters of appreciation for our American service men and women who are currently deployed in the hostile and remote regions of Iraq and Afghanistan. Items are accepted between now and Saturday, Nov. 12, at one of the following Winter Park locations:

• Station 61 > 343 West Canton Ave.

• Station 62 > 300 South Lakemont Ave.

• Station 64 > 1439 Howell Branch Road

• City Hall > 401 Park Ave. S.

• Winter Park Public Library > 460 E. New England Ave.

Operation Gratitude will also be at the Winter Park Veterans Day Celebration on Friday, Nov. 11, at the Winter Park Community Center, located at 721 W. New England Ave. if you would like to donate at that time as well.

The collected items will be shipped to American service members in order to lift morale and put smiles on the faces of our soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines currently deployed overseas.

Thank you to 15-year-old resident Andrew Weinstock, who has organized this worthy cause since 2009.

For more information, please call 407-454-0878, email [email protected] or visit www.operationgratitude.com.

Qualifying In process Nov. 1 - 8

Qualifying for the purpose of electing a mayor began Nov. 1 at noon and will end Tuesday, Nov. 8, at noon.

For more election information, please call the City Clerk at 407-599-3277, visit the city’s website at www.cityofwinterpark.org and click on the Election Button, or the Orange County Supervisor of Elections website at www.ocfelections.com.

WPPD launches Click It or Ticket

The Winter Park Police Department will be joining state and local law enforcement agencies and highway safety groups in supporting an aggressive national “Click It or Ticket” seat belt enforcement campaign. Stepped-up law enforcement activities will be conducted during the 2010 “Click It or Ticket” mobilization period from Monday, Nov. 14, through Sunday, Nov. 27.

Seat belts are the single most effective piece of safety equipment in a vehicle, yet Winter Park’s seat belt usage is typically measured at around 80 percent, leading into enforcement activities such as “Click it or Ticket.”

Kids have to be buckled up, too. Your child seat can be installed by a certified police officer at WPPD by appointment. This is a longtime service that has been provided for many years at no cost to the public.

Seat belts clearly save lives. When worn correctly, seat belts have been proven to reduce the risk of fatal injury to front-seat passenger car occupants by 45 percent, and by 60 percent in pickup trucks, SUVs and minivans.

WPPD 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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