Maitland City Talk

Snow is coming to Lake Lily Park on Dec. 3

Maitland's holiday tradition returns to Lake Lily Park on Saturday, Dec. 3, at 5 p.m. A surprise guest from the North Pole will participate in the lighting of the holiday tree floating in the center of Lake Lily, as well as greet families. New this year, children will have the opportunity to sled on a specially made snow slide in Lake Lily Park. Dommerich Elementary, Lake Sybelia Elementary, and Maitland Middle Schools will provide live music for festivalgoers. Food will be available for purchase. The festivities will cap off with a fireworks finale at 7:30 p.m.

What better way to get the entire family into the holiday spirit then to enjoy the city of Maitland’s Season of Light celebration?

Happy Thanksgiving, Maitland!

City offices will close on Thursday and Friday in observance of Thanksgiving. The Senior Center and the Maitland Community Park office will close during these two days as well. The Maitland Community Park and all off-site parks will remain open from 8 a.m. through 5 p.m. for all to enjoy on these two days. All facilities will return to their normal operating schedule on Saturday, Nov. 26.

A stretch of North Lake Sybelia Drive to reopen

The lift station rehabilitation project at the corner of North Lake Sybelia Drive and Hillman Avenue will temporarily suspend activity for the Thanksgiving holiday. The road will reopen to pedestrians and vehicular traffic from Wednesday, Nov. 23, through Monday, Nov. 28.

New Mobility Fee goes into effect on Jan. 1

Earlier in the fall, the City Council adopted a mobility fee ordinance to replace the existing road impact fees in the City Code. The new mobility fee will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2017.

The soon-to-expire road impact fees focused on growth through vehicular mobility. In contrast, the new mobility fee that will replace the road impact fees focuses on mobility through a combination of walking, biking, public transit, and cars. The mobility fee establishes a funding source for the multimodal transportation system.

The mobility fee schedule creates three tiers of fees. New construction in the downtown area is subject to lower fees compared to construction further from the city center. This encourages redevelopment in the downtown core.

The fees will flow into a fund to pay for transportation capital improvements for bicycle and pedestrian facilities and streetscape programs. To read the technical report, please visit the “Mobility Fee” link on itsmymaitland.com