Morning Notes for Nov. 12: Public safety, Today and this week, Around town

Weather: Today: Mostly cloudy, 79°F. Tonight: Mostly cloudy, 60°F. Friday: Mostly sunny, 71°F. Friday Night: Clear, 47°F. (NWS forecast)

Public safety

• PUBLIC NOTICE – Collective Bargaining Negotiations – Communications COLLECTIVE BARGAINING NEGOTIATIONS – Communications ECS and Supervisors Date: November 18 , 2026 Time: 9:00amLocation: 2500 West Colonial Drive, Orlando Florida This is notice for (Orlando Police Department)

Today and this week

• Call to Artists: Birds in Focus - District 3 12 Nov 2026 Orlando photographers are invited to submit images of birds captured within District 3 that reflect the district's distinctive natural character. (City of Orlando calendar)
• Call to Artists: Painted Payphone Kiosks 12 Nov 2026 The City of Orlando is calling on local artists to transform three retired payphone kiosks into one-of-a-kind public artworks. (City of Orlando calendar)
• Seniors First at Claudia Allen 12 Nov 2026 The Seniors First program offers a welcoming environment where older adults can enjoy nutritious meals, engaging activities, gentle exercise, games, and meaningful soci (City of Orlando calendar)
• All Day Senior Program at L. Claudia Allen 12 Nov 2026 Come and spend the day at the L. Claudia Allen Senior Center and enjoy the All Day Senior Program. (City of Orlando calendar)
• Gentle Be Moved (Thursday) 12 Nov 2026 Come join this Orlando Ballet instructor led class. Slow, graceful movements lead to BIG healing and refreshment. You won't be disappointed that you tried this! (City of Orlando calendar)
• Points of Impact by Jefrë 12 Nov 2026 Points of Impact examines the ways public art enters the life of a city. JEFRË’s monumental works are created in response to the communities, histories, and environment (City of Orlando calendar)
• Water Aerobics for Claudia Allen Seniors 12 Nov 2026 Enjoy a refreshing, low-impact water workout designed to encourage movement, flexibility, endurance, and strength while being gentle on the joints. Offered at Smith Cen (City of Orlando calendar)
• Arts and Crafts Hangout 12 Nov 2026 Absolutely no agenda here but to have fun! Bring your own project and work on it with friends. (City of Orlando calendar)

Around town

• UCF Doctoral Student Wins 2nd Place in Global Quantum Computing Hackathon The electrical engineering student’s framework identifies themost reliable and efficient routes for transmitting quantum information across a network. (University of Central Florida)
• UCF Graduate Students’ Class Project Helps Reveal Unusual Shape of Large Asteroid A project for an observational astronomy course led UCF graduate students to contribute data to a larger study revealing the unusual, potentially three-lobed shape of asteroid 44 N (University of Central Florida) Morning Notes is a daily digest of what Orlando’s public bodies published, linked to the original. Have something for tomorrow’s Notes? Send a news tip.