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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Selects Park Site-1989 Winter Springs eyes two parcels for park By JOHN HORNER said. She added that the remaining Correspondent 24 acres of orange groves, as WINTER SPRINGS—In a con- Dameron presented, on the north census of the city commission it side of SR 434 at Wagner's Curve decided on two parcels of land of are priced at$795,000 and are zon- about 55 acres costing upwards of ed C-1 commercial. $1.8 million including 1,100 feet on The other parcels presented by Lake Jesup, to survey for its pro- local realtor Tom Binford for the posed superpark. commission's consideration were 25 The properties,some of which are acres at Foxmoor Unit 4 in the city still used as orange groves along SR belonging to former county commis- 434 north of the infamous Wagner's sioner Barbara Christensen at Curve, were selected primarily $22,500 per acre for$540,000 and because of their central location, a possible 31 usable acres of a enough acreage for the recreation 54-acre tract in the Tuscawilla PUD facilities, and finally, were priced owned by the Winter Springs right for prime real estate. Development Corp. The decision prompted Commis- Except for Commissioner Bill sioner Paul Partyka to comment, Jacobs,who urged the city to buy all "That puts us in the real estate of the parcels presented, only one business. . .and I guess that's OK." other favored the Foxmoor proper- A remark about widening SR 434 ty and none indicated an interest in made by realtor Bill Dameron,who the Tuscawilla parcel, as indicated represented the owners of several of by Mayor Leanne Grove's consen- the lots,made the commissioners sit sus. Her scoreboard showed three up and take notice.He stated that the commissioners were for the Prago state Department of Transportation lakefront property and four for the is getting federal funds to get road- Dameron lots at Wagner's curve. widening construction on SR 434 These two combined comprised "back on schedule." what the mayor called Plan "A," Commissioner Art Hoffmann later which the city decided to have said this was his first knowledge of surveyed first. Jacobs kept pushing DOT's decision as the state had for Foxmoor, explaining that previously reported it had run out of Casselberry is planning to develop funds for SR 434. Dameron, a city an adjacent area and he proposed that resident whose new office is in the city consider its community park Longwood,said that Henry Fuller of alongside that of Casselberry. DOT told him that Phase 1 of this project includes four-laning SR 434 from SR 419 to a point near City Hall and straightening Wagner's Curve. One entrance to the proposed park property would be across the railroad tracks where the road makes its 45-degree curve. The lakefront tracts were con- tained in a presentation made by Judith Crago, Altamonte Springs broker, who showed the commis- sioners a "scale" drawing of what the lakefront would look like with its boat ramps and fishing piers,as well as ballfields and tennis courts. This prompted Commissioner Phil Kulbes,who said he had just walked through this area, to ask her about the percent of usable land. She replied about 30 percent is open area. while the lakefront is still heavily wooded. Crago. who said her husband is the architect who drew the map.listed the Lake Jesup property as 35 acres in Seminole County. located on the south shore. north of SR 419. . ."north on Clif- ton on dirt road to Orange Rd." Her letter to the city described it as "1.400 feet of road frontage on county roads with 2.000 feet of lake frontage on Lake Jesup." near the proposed beltway extension. 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