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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSewage and Water Plants-1984/1994 • Develo A pers gree T o. Buy' . City r\"+i:'By MA3Y Ate,CAMPBELL. • According to GAC, Florida Land Florida Land Com" Seminole spokesman: yi•Y.SW!W t_ , • tom PapY, is a sub- ..lzt bay iclpajam?g- • Y,,.y.gym.."�' . �� Pant and Sun' Devxlepa s e sidiary of Florida Gas. A Florida o the ageeemegt is principal k,an ▪ + ' • Corporation will aiso purchase Gas official '.said there .was an option type`arrangemeng:and ts 1•• OR agreement in principal has , North Orlando's water and xwer agreement,' not to. buy, •but to contingent on engineering, studies,' ;been reached hetween GACAProper- plant for an additional$150,000. Investigate the purchase of two or lc 8 ioq'iegalaa Oe• s. Inc.,. Florida Land-Develop- : local Patting and sub-1 'meat Company and Sun Develop- NORTH ORLANDO is the largest three 'thousand acres located in lions, -' • mea�,Farporatioo,for sak of GAt:'b incorporated municipality m land North Orlando near the Seminole . gird Jordan mid ORLANDO Mayor Clif- Or�do holdings for,-$1.0 area ea in Seminole rangy,Although it Turf Club. No confirmation was`gird Jordan aaid North any con will large in size, much of the ar' '.h ayailprle'from Sun DeveWpm F_'- ••:e,-featly, encourage" any contract a �,tC official announced. undeveloped. _ , �tofgtRn develo purchase. T'iJ:; u 's.. C o n ;off e=t.Corpgrlation. .- i np pers that Water.' ewer . :PI ant Rand and build qua* an d•wer!..�,yeloped;jabs!.is NorNh;Orlaord.o planned development3 w . GAC Is up?RJies '. "If a development is;a high class ' ,FLANS WBRS• announce , last. program,the,city will work with Me, year for a Lugs stale development, ' 'companies where we eat under our'' bps the land development company existing laws_ However, No - withdrew its plats and plea from. Orlando,will not get excited over; consideration by North Orlandor rumors until concrete.Plans are following the city's requirement for submitted,' Jordan added. —..piped drainage and paved streets In About M per Cent id Om undo-. subdivisions:};_ _ 7a 3az • Winter Springs going ahead with plans to buy sewage plant By Terry Osinslti and equipment requires about. $1.28 ac BE mrnxst narF million worth.of improvements to ih- crease the sewer capacity by 900,000 gallons. WINTER SPRINGS — Commission- Lang suggested the city offer $2.2. ere Tuesday decided to forge ahead million for the plant "as Is"rather with negotiations to purchase the than wait for NOWSCO to purchase North Orlando Water and Sewer Corp. the land. He said the land owners in its current condition and assume might prefer to donate the land to the the responsibility of increasing the city because of tax benefits. plant's sewage capacity. Mayor John Torcaso said the City NOWSCO had placed a $3.1 million wants to purchase the Sewer to control price tag on the sewer plant and the growth of Winter Springs. Tor- equipment. The figure was for a plant caso said a lot of new residents are be- that could handle about 900,000 gal- ing turned away from developing in Ions of effluent a day. But City Attor- the city because NOWSCO doge not ney Tom Lang said NOWSCO officials have the capacity to accotgaodate told him the sewer plant can handle them. The city eventually hopes to only 860,000 gallons per day connect to the Iron Bridge rialleind NOWSCO has been negotiating to sewage treatment plant. Only.Cities purchase a 40-acre tract owned by the that own their own utilities can Join Dayrae:Corp., developers of Big Cy- Iron Bridge. press tiolf Course, for percolating The city applied for money to pur- pondsthat would Increase the sewer's chase the sewage plant under the capacity..: state's construction grant project for Stine show that NOWSCO's plant wastewater treatment facilities. The Winter Springs project got a 45 petor- ity ranking June 22 for fiscal 1986. The first 24 projects will receive funds, and the remainder of the pro- jects are considered In the planning stages, said Terry Zaudteke of Conk- lin, Porter and Holmes Engineers Inc. in Sanford. S Yo 7 /A In1 Ire inw . • 9,- e5 ,er plants • is key •tb growth': By Elaine Bennett treatment capacity. Development expected to follow' OF THE Saawer STAFF the completion of the Seminole County beltway and widening of WINTER SPRINGS — If the State Road 434 and Tuskawilla city is going to provide water and Road could be restricted, City sewer services to future building Planner Jackie Koch said. projects, significant improve- City Commissioner Paul Par- ments must be made to the west tyka said the improvements will side plants. help the city "avoid a slow-down Improvement costs are estimat- in development." ed in excess of$3.7 million,which Commissioner Cindy Koehler city commissioners have agreed to added that the city can provide for partially fund by refinancing at a the future "without penalizing lower rate the bonds used to ac- residents." quire the utility. Other improve- Zaudtke said it will cost $1.52 merits would come from impact million to expand the treatment fees paid by developers and usual- system to enable it to treat an- ly passed on to the buyers.No rate other 370,000 gallons a day. The increases are expected. key is what to do with the extra Terry Zaudtke,vice president of treated water. The renovations Conklin, Porter and Holmes Engi- will including piping the treated neers Inc. and the city's consult- water more than two miles to the ing utility engineer, said the west planned Central Winds Park on side sewage plant can treat up to the north side of State Road 434 at 2.25 million gallons of sewage a Wagner's Curve and upgrading day. It now treats about 800,000 pumps, irrigation systems,anfl gallons of sewage, and developers have reserved thy. remaining PJeaae see Bond issue extended 7 years under plan in- SEWER from -1 South Moss Road, Third Street seven years and its face value in- and North Edgemon. Impact fees creased to$8.830 million. would be used to pay for$790,000 The $537,512 annual payment plantatorage tanks. in improvements to the water on the bonds would rennin the The plan would allow residents plant and$380,000 to renovate and same and flee $1A40'million fir and business owners whose prop- lay water distribution lines. improvements, said Gary.Akers, erty abuts those areas to connect The city acquired the west side underwriter for Southeastern.The to the pipeline and use the re- water and sewer plant in 1984 $1.440 million is available because claimed water to irrigate their with money from a $5.035 million the city no longer must establish a land, bond issue, which was refinanced payment account and because the Impact fees — estimated at in 1985 when interest rates bond issue itself has been ex- $1.105 million—will pay for other dropped to between 7.125 percent tended. Instead, the city will buy plant improvements. and 9 percent. insurance to guarantee the annual Plans also call for 20 new hy- Interest rates now are between 5 debt will be paid with revenues drants, construction of a new well percent and 8.75 percent. Under generated from user fees. for water distribution, two new the refinancing plan offered by The city will pay about$240,000 water storage tanks and improve- Southeastern Capital Group Inc., for the insurance, legal costs, un- ments to water distribution lines Orlando,and approved by the city, derwriters' fees and costs to print on Shepard Road, North and the bond issue will be extended the bonds. 9 / o3 i Water mishap leads city to tap into anew system By Elaine Bennett - learn of the Aug..14 emergency for arasawnaar STAFF more than 12 hours after police and firefighters started notifying. residents to boil their water, WINTER SPRINGS — Some After hearing about the problem residents never got the word earli- the next day during a casual con- er this month when water service versation with a neighbor,Ferring was disrupted to nearly 4,000 said, he was unable to obtain any homes in Tuscawilia and residents updated information from a pollee were told to boil their water. dispatcher. He didn't learn of the Although no health problems proper precautions to take for were reported, the city doesn't some time after that because he want to take that chance in the flu Was unable to get through to an tore, so it is revising procedures operator handling calls from the to follow when notifying residents public at the city's water com- ofemergencies. pe4v. The city is not sure what extra. Another resident who serves as steps will be needed. a Neighborhood Watch captain Tuscawilla resident John Fer- ring said he and his family didn't Please see WATER, K-4 Electrical problem caused �� 'uifFR drop in water pressure ; represmitatives WATER from K-1 a l s o were called. Residents •' said she was notified by police,but were asked to that an elderly acquaintance re- boil their water quired to drink large quantities of as a precaution water for a medical condition didn't after an electri- Kulbee . learn of the emblem until several cal panel con- hours after the emergency began. trolling pumps at the water plant "We admit that there was a lack near Northern Way and Cheetah of proper information released at Trail failed and shut off water to the beginning," said Mayor Phil the residents. Rulbes,"but,we are taking the roc Water service was restored at re- essay steps to correct the problem." duced pressure when one pump Police were using radio and tele- was,returned to service about an vision stations to get the word to hour later. residents.Neighborhood Watch rap- Pressure returned to normal thins and homeowners association several hours later. City's water plant to get a new electrical system $y Elaine Bennett At the time of the fire, the 5 plant's electrical system was load- TMamf°sgSWF ed to capacity, said Terry M. rpe Zaudtke,the city's consulting en- WINTER SPRINGS — An up- - gineer.He recently recommended graded electrical system will be that the city upgrade the equip- 'installed at the city's Tuscawilla ment with a system that would ;water plant, where an electrical handle a 20-year planning period '$ire last month shut down the and be designed to serve about 10,000 customers. He estimated 1.Investigators, said the fire was the cost at$178,000. Winter Springs approves 1 paused by a loose electrical con- City Manager Dick Rozansky same tax rate as this year eetion tint short-circuited. They said money is available in the cur- 'said they Suspect the electrical rent budget to pay for the up- WINTER SPRINGS — City trouble started because of a power graded system, which city corn- commissioners Monday night surge when an emergency gener- missioners approved last week. adopted a$18.1 million budget for ator carne on as power was dis- the year beginning Thursday. •z.upteckluring an afternoon than- Meanwhile, the city is continu- While the tax rate will remain at tierstorm ing to look at how it will revise $3,81 for every $1,000 of taxable r The electrical panel, controlling ing procedures to follow when notify- property, homeowners and others ',limps at the water plant near ing residents of emergencies. will pay more if the, value of their Iorthem Way and Cheetah Trail, New procedures were requested property increased, nrnmedi`ttly shut down and dis- after some residents complained The budget includes$11 million ,supted water service to nearly they never got the word when wa- for general operations, $2.53 mil- ;9,000 homes in the community. ter service was disrupted and pen- lion for water and sewer oper- "„ Winter Springs residents were ple were told to boil their water. ations on the west side of the city, `r$sked to boil their water. Water Police were using radio and and $2.58 million for utility oper- pas restored, but at a reduced television stations to warn resi- ations on the east side. Treasure when one pump was re- dents of the emergency. Neigh- In adopting the budget, corn- Rurned to service after about 45 borhood Watch captains and missioners approved money for ;minutes. 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