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Wekiva Island Spring Fling and Paint Out Special Event Permit -Consider a Special Event Permit for Wekiva Island Spring Fling and Paint Out on Sunday, February 23, 2025, through March 1, 2025, and March 16, 2025, through March 20, 2025 (12 days); located at 1014 Miami Springs Dr. Longwood; (Mary Sue Weinaug, Applicant) District3 - Constantine (Kathy Hammel, Planning and Development Division Manager)
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Development Services
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Authorized By:
Jose Gomez, Development Services Director
Contact/Phone Number:
Mary Robinson/407-665-7339
Background:
The Applicant is requesting approval of a Special Event Permit for the Wekiva Island Paint Out and Spring Fling 2025. The event will include Artist’s painting outside on the grounds of Wekiva Island, and the paintings will be displayed in the gallery and offered for sale. Additional activities include an art auction, quick draw, and gala with a live band.
Amplified sound is proposed on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, for an art auction from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. under the Solar Array. Additionally, amplified sound is proposed on Saturday, March 1, 2025, with a quick draw (a timed drawing contest between the professional artists and registered guests) from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. and the annual gala with a live band, performing on the back deck of the classroom building from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
The Applicant is requesting that the Wekiva Island operating hours be extended by two hours from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on the weekdays for the dates scheduled for the Special Event. Operating hours on the weekend dates will be 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., consistent with the Wekiva Island Development Order.
The number of guests attending at any given time will be 395.
The request for the number of guests and hours of operation is consistent with the Board of County Commissioners approval of the 2024 Special Event for the Wekiva Island Paint Out and Spring Fling.
This is the first Special Event Permit of the calendar year. Per Development Order # 17-20500038 Section (3) t., four (4) Special Events are allowed per year, not to exceed a total of sixty (60) days. The Paint Out and Spring Fling Event will be twelve days (12), leaving forty-eight (48) days remaining for other Special Events.
Requested Action:
Staff requests that the Board approve the Wekiva Island Paint Out and Spring Fling on Sunday, February 23, 2025, through March 1, 2025, and March 16, 2025 through March 20, 2025 (12 days), subject to staff’s recommendations included in the attached Special Event Permit.
Note: The Special Event Permit Conditions of Approval (i.e., full details of the above conditions) are contained in the Special Event Permit in this Agenda Memorandum to be issued by Seminole County, if approved by the Board of County Commissioners.