Winter Park City Talk

June 24 City Commission meeting

There will be a City Commission meeting Monday, June 24, at 3:30 p.m., in City Hall Commission Chambers located at 401 S. Park Ave. Below are a few topics of interest. Please visit city website for the most current agenda:

Mayor’s Report

• Check presentation: Kenneth and Rachel Murrah City of Winter Park Tree Fund

• Award presentation: Operational Excellence Award for Swoope Water Treatment Plant

• Award presentation: David York Award - Water Reuse Award System of the Year

• Video presentation: Spring Webisode “Winter Park Country Club & Golf Course”

• Proclamation: Parks & Recreation Month

• Board re-appointment

City Manager’s Report

• Strategic planning session items for discussion

Non-action items

• Discussion of potential redevelopment projects

• Financial Report – April 2013

• Organizational support

• Discuss the process to review demolitions and the city’s historical preservation ordinance

Consent Agenda

• Approve the minutes of 6/10/13.

• Approve Gibbs & Register for site work for the Interlachen Avenue bricking project

Action items requiring discussion

• Mead Botanical Garden lease term extension

• Winter Park electric power supply

• Appoint the voting delegate for the August 2013 Florida League of Cities annual conference

• CRA Parking Study results and recommendations

Public hearings

• Request of Winter Park Memorial Hospital:

• Conditional use approval to construct one story, 8,040 square feet of additions to the existing 14,888 square foot cancer care medical facility office building at 2100 Glenwood Drive.

• Request of the Winter Park Memorial Hospital:

• Final approval of the plans for the parking garage as approved in the Winter Park Hospital master plan.

• Request of First Green Bank:

• Conditional use approval to establish a branch bank location at 862 S. Orlando Ave. within the existing building, and construct new remote drive-thru teller lanes on the adjacent property at 1161 Minnesota Ave.

• Request of David Weekly Homes:

• Subdivision approval to split the property at 250 W. Lyman Ave. into six lots. The subdivision will consist of four duplex lots of 9,000 square feet, fronting on Lyman Avenue and two single-family home lots of 6,000 square feet, fronting on Comstock Avenue.

• Request of Lakeside Winter Park LLC:

• Final conditional use approval for approximately 36,000 square feet of retail, restaurant and office space on the properties at 111 and 131 N. Orlando Ave.

• First reading of the ordinance renaming the portion of Loch Lomond Drive between Glenwood Drive and Mizell Avenue as North Edinburgh Drive and renaming that section of Edinburgh Drive between Mizell Avenue and Dundee Drive as South Edinburgh Drive.

• Second reading of the ordinance establishing hours of operation for state license massage therapy businesses and to prohibit residential use of such commercial and office space.

• Second reading of the ordinance amending Section 42-1, Definitions, and 42-7, Qualification of Candidates and Clerk’s Certification, of Chapter 42, Elections, to add definitions for “Qualification Deadline,” “Qualification Documents,” and “Qualification Period,” and to clarify qualification requirements.

• Second reading of the ordinance adopting the city seal retroactive to the formal adoption of the seal on May 10, 2004.

You can find the City Commission’s full agenda on the home page of cityofwinterpark.org under What’s New > City Commission Agenda.

Olde Fashioned 4th of July

The city presents the 18th annual Olde Fashioned 4th of July Celebration Thursday, July 4, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., in Central Park. Mayor Ken Bradley will lead a special presentation at 9:15 a.m. from the main stage. The annual celebration will feature live patriotic music performed by the Bach Festival Brass Band and Bach Festival Choir, horse-drawn wagon rides, Orlando Cloggers, Rockin’ Roadster Road Show and much more! Children’s activities will include the annual bicycle parade at 9 a.m. (lineup begins at 8:30 a.m.) from City Hall to Central Park, as well as fun games and inflatables. Free hot dogs, watermelon and water will available for all to enjoy, while supplies last.

In addition, The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art will present its Independence Day Open House where admission is free to its galleries from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For more information, please call 407-599-3463.

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