Winter Park City Talk

Nov. 26 City Commission meeting highlights

There was a City Commission meeting Nov. 26. Below are a few highlights of decisions made:

Consent Agenda

• The minutes of 11/12/2012 were approved with a modification.

• The various purchases, contracts and formal solicitations were approved.

• The request to allow temporary parking for construction workers during the period of construction of the Alfond Inn was approved with a modification.

• The budget adjustment to appropriate accumulated restricted building permit revenues to scan large building plans was approved.

Action Items Requiring Discussion

• The city attorney evaluation form and process was approved.

• The water and sewer rate study rates were approved.

Public Hearings

• The first readings of the Winter Park YMCA requests for the properties located at 1751 and 1761 Palmer Ave. were approved to change the existing designation of Single Family Residential to Institutional and to change the existing zoning designation of Single Family Residential District to Public Quasi-Public District. In addition the construction of an additional zero depth children’s swimming pool and expansion of the existing YMCA parking lot was also approved.

• The request of ABC Liquors Inc. to construct a new 13,550-square-foot ABC Liquors Retail Store on the property at 401 N. Orlando Ave. was approved.

• The first reading of the request of the City of Winter Park to revise the permitted uses for fast-casual restaurants along Park Avenue in the block south of Comstock Avenue was tabled.

• The second reading of the ordinance amending Chapter 58 “Land Development Code” Article V, “Environmental Protection Regulations” Division 6, “Tree Preservation and Protection” was approved.

• The second reading of the ordinance to annex the property at 600 Lee Road was approved.

• The fee schedule was adopted and will be effective Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012.

• The request of Windermere Winter Park Venture, LLC, to amend condition #3 of the conditional use approval for the townhouse project at 434 W. Swoope Ave. was approved.

• The first reading of the ordinance authorizing the issuance of a redevelopment refunding revenue note for the purpose of refunding CRA notes 2003-1, 2003-2, 2005-1, and 2005-2 was approved.

• The first reading of the ordinance authorizing the issuance of refunding notes for the purpose of refunding the outstanding Orange Avenue Improvement Revenue Bond, Series 2007 and outstanding Park Avenue Refunding Improvement Revenue Bond, Series 2010 was approved.

A full copy of the Nov. 26 City Commission minutes will be available at cityofwinterpark.org the week of Dec. 10, pending approval by the City Commission.

Winter Park Tennis Center public feedback meetings

In March 2013, the Winter Park Tennis Center management company contract will expire. If you are a regular customer of the Winter Park Tennis Center or just visit occasionally, the city would like to get feedback on your experiences at the tennis center within the past three years.

Please make plans to attend one or more of the following public meetings at the Winter Park Tennis Center located at 1075 Azalea Lane:

• Monday, Dec. 3, from 11 a.m. to noon

• Tuesday, Dec. 4, from 3 to 4 p.m.

• Wednesday, Dec. 5, from 5 to 6 p.m.

For more information, please call 407-599-3397.

Holiday window contest & wristband promotion begins

The Holiday Window Contest, beginning Saturday, Dec. 1, will feature participating downtown merchants as they transform their storefronts into works of art. The contest will be judged in two different categories, the “Design Excellence Award” and “Peoples’ Choice Award.”

To determine the winner of the Peoples’ Choice Award, the public is encouraged to vote for their favorite window display by 5 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. Starting Saturday, Dec. 1, patrons may vote for their favorite window online at cityofwinterpark.org/HWC

In support of our local business community, the wristband promotion encourages patrons of the “Winter in the Park” holiday ice skating rink to show their wristbands at participating merchants to take advantage of savings that can be a minimum of 15 percent off one item or special storewide savings.

For information click the “Winter in the Park” button on the city’s official website at cityofwinterpark.org and select either the “window contest” tab or “wristband” tab.

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