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June 8, 2012
- City News |
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Mayor's
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Dear Friend,
With two named tropical storms already this
year and this Tuesday's quick storm that knocked
over several trees, I don't think I need to
remind you that we are officially in hurricane
season. Now is the time to get prepared, and I
urge you to review your emergency plans.
While it has been several years since we have
experienced a hurricane, it is important that
our community not be complacent. For us to
be prepared, it is critical for everyone to do
these three steps:
- develop an emergency plan
- ensure that you have the supplies in your disaster kit
- keep informed when a storm is approaching
As a City, we too are reviewing our plans and
training so that we can respond should a storm
come our way. Just last month, I attended a
table-top exercise with my department directors
to walk through an event and discuss our
necessary responses. We do these every year and
each one allows us to fine tune our process,
update our plans and discuss different
scenarios.
For more information and hurricane
preparedness tips, you can visit the
City of Orlando Emergency
Management website. As an example of
ways we improve our response, you can now follow
our
Emergency Management Office on Twitter or
Facebook.
Don't be caught by surprise. Now is the time
to prepare for hurricane season.
Sincerely,
Buddy Dyer
Mayor
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Emergency Information
Center Training
The City of
Orlando is currently recruiting volunteers to
operate the Emergency Information Center (EIC)
toll-free hotline. The hotline is activated at
the time of an emergency to provide Central
Florida residents and visitors accurate and
up-to-date information regarding an emergency or
disaster situation that will impact the Central
Florida region.
Formal training
is mandatory for all phone line volunteers.
Training will be held at the Emergency
Operations Center (110 Andes Avenue) on the
following dates:
- June 20: 1 - 3:30 p.m.
- June 21: 9 -
11:30 a.m.
- July 17: 9 -
11:30 a.m.
- July 19: 9 -
11:30 a.m.
For more
information or to RSVP for a training date,
please contact Julie Tindall at 407.246.3275 or
Julie.Tindall@CityofOrlando.net.
National Night Out
Celebrate the
29th Annual National Night Out Tuesday, August
7.
National Night
Out is a time for communities to come together
and take a stand against drugs and crime in our
neighborhoods. The most common celebrations are
block parties and pot lucks. One of the goals of
National Night Out is to assist in the
strengthening of neighborhood spirit and
police-community partnerships by sending a
message to criminals that neighborhoods are
organized.
This year's theme
is “Celebrating Safe Communities.” To register
or for more information,
click here or call the Orlando Police
Department's Neighborhood Watch Unit at
407.246.2369. |
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Last
Chance to Register for Tomorrow's Emergency
Preparedness Workshop
 Topic: Is Your
Neighborhood Prepared for an Emergency
Date and Time: Saturday, June 9, 9 a.m. - 12
p.m.
Location: Orange County Internal Operations
Center I, 450 East South Street, immediately
west of Channel 9 TV Station
Are you prepared
for a natural or man-made disaster? Are your
neighborhood residents prepared to potentially
take care of one another for the first 72 hours
following a major community disaster? This
workshop will provide basic guidelines to help
you be better prepared and the tools necessary
for your neighborhood to put together a
Neighborhood Emergency Response Plan (NERP).
Registration:
visit eventbrite.com/event/2671068237or call the
Orange County Neighborhood Preservation and
Revitalization Division at 407.836.0035.
Association Tip: Use Meeting Ground Rules
Setting
association meeting ground rules is important to
how your association will make your meetings
productive and successful.
If you already have a core set of ground rules,
association members should vote to accept or not
accept each rule. If your association doesn't
have a set of ground rules, begin with defining
what a successful association meeting is and what
is important to members in regards to acceptable
behavior at your meetings. Brainstorm a list and
then talk through each item to ensure members
have a clear understanding and can abide by that
rule. When you finalize your list, get
confirmation from members by having them vote by
raising their hand to physically acknowledge
they agree to abide by the meeting rules. Here
are examples of meeting ground rules:
- Start and
end the meeting on time
- Turn off or
silence cell phones
- Be present,
both physically and mentally
- Have a
prepared agenda with an objective and
expected outcomes
- One person
speaks at a time
- Respect the
members' time and keep comments brief and to
the point
- Listen
actively and carefully
- Participate
openly and honestly
- Treat
everyone with courtesy and respect
- Complete
action items as committed
Share your
events, photographs, best practices and
processes that are working in your neighborhood
with other neighborhood organizations throughout
the City. Contact Cindy Light with the Office of
Communications and Neighborhood Relations at
Cindy.Light@CityofOrlando.net. |
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Volunteers Needed
 Orlando Cares' Path
Finders program has been so successful that we're doubling in size for our
summer sessions. That means that WE NEED YOU! We are actively recruiting
volunteer Career Coaches for Path Finders, our student career exploration
program. Volunteers who have a job that they'd like to share with a student at
Memorial or Howard Middle School are needed. Volunteers will be required to
fulfill a one-hour shadowing experience and two class sessions. Available class
session dates and times are listed below.
- Memorial Middle
School
- July 9:
1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
- July 16:
1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
- July 23:
1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
- Howard Middle
School
- July 10:
1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
- July 17:
1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
- July 24:
1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Click here or call us at 407.246.3507 to learn more!
Not quite the right
volunteer opportunity for you? Many more volunteer opportunities are available.
Visit
OrlandoCares.net and get involved today! |
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High Tide Harry's
Monday, the Orlando City Council approved a Business Assistance Program
application for High Tide Harry's, a casual seafood restaurant located in
District 2.
The Business Assistance Program helps to off-set permit and impact fees for
assists new and existing businesses within the City limits.
Amway Arena Demolition Contract
Monday, City Council approved an amendment to the Amway Arena demolition
agreement that will allow the City to move into stage II of the demolition,
which includes removal of the concrete floor. |
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Did You Know? |
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Downtown Information
Center's Spotlight Gallery Features the Work of
Donna Dowless
Donna Dowless,
the Ambassador of Love, is currently a featured
artist at the Downtown Information Center's
Spotlight Gallery (201 South Orange Avenue,
Suite 102). Dowless' art focuses on love and the
symbol she feels best conveys and represents it:
the heart.
Save the date for
Wednesday, June 27, from 12 to 4 p.m., to visit
the Downtown Information Center for a meet and
greet with Donna Dowless.
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Mayor in the
Community |
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Nathaniel's Hope Make'm
Smile Walk
Saturday, Mayor Dyer
took part in the Buddy Stroll, an event at the
9th Annual Make'm Smile Festival, and proclaimed
June 2, 2012 as Make'm Smile Day in the City of
Orlando. Nathaniel's Hope is an Orlando outreach
organization dedicated to sharing hope with kids
who have special needs and their families.
Florida Forward:
Confronting Homelessness
Tuesday, Mayor
Dyer took part in a panel discussion on
confronting homelessness in Central Florida.
Other panelists included President of the
Coalition for the Homeless in Central Florida
Brent Trotter, Coordinator of Seminole County
Public School Families in Transition program,
Beth Davalos, St. Petersburg State Legislator
Darryl Rouson and Destiny Raynor, a once
homeless Central Florida teen who has testified
before Congress on the issue.
Urban Land Institute
Florida Summit
Thursday, Mayor
Dyer spoke at the Urban Land Institute (ULI)
Florida Summit with City of Jacksonville Mayor
Alvin Brown, City of Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn
and Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos A. Gimenez
about 21st century Florida cities. The Summit
focused on what the state of Florida can do to
promote regional collaboration to ensure the
future economic competitiveness and livability
in one of the fastest growing states in the
nation.
2012 Hispanic Business
Expo
Today, Mayor Dyer
will celebrate the grand opening of the 2012
Hispanic Business & Consumer Expo, the largest
business expo targeting the Hispanic Market in
the nation. The Expo provides an environment to
strengthen economic development and community
integration between businesses and the Hispanic
community in Central Florida. |
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Upcoming Events |
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City Hall
400 South Orange Avenue
Orlando, FL 32801
Phone: 407.246.2221
Fax: 407.246.2842
Email:
Buddy.Dyer@CityofOrlando.net |
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