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Village Area COMMISSIONER of rec
reation. Charles Rowell,
Gets Deed requests all to give sup-•
port, to help maintain the
area, to assist with clean-
Clear in6 up[he area and to come
Free, forward with suggestions
By MARY A.
CAMPBELL I aYd heand to he donate recr athe i
NORTH ORLANMI time.
Acing in behalf of [he
Ceremonies recreation North Orlando Company
the deed to the recreation was Frank FComptroller
area from the North Orlage
Company
do Company
to the Village Robert Peck. Village rep-
resentatives were Mayor
were held recently. David Tilson and Council-
This area, given to the and
men Charles Rowell.clerk
Village "Free and clear;' Jay Ne[z, Village
consists o[ 12/z
acres, front- Helen Green was present
ing on North Third Street and coffee and donuts were
Edger" served.
and North An announcement was
Avenues, and is valued at also made by Tilson that
$JThe the North Orlando Com-
The deed restricts use o
pany has made arrange-
the area..to "recreational menu to make available to
eriod of 20 the Village one acre of
purposes for a p Longwood -
years. land on the g doss
This action was termed
or North Oveido Road and
"shot in the arm" goad, for construction f a
Orlando. - municipal building. a fine-
Mayor David Tilson, ac- When the Village
Village the deed for the Pions and acrange-
was I lizes P are
P d stated he menu for financing
pleased to accept this gift developed, the V ill a g e
from the company,
and was I will receive the properly.
extremely "gratified" they and construction can begin.
This choice property,
saw fit to make the offer. with valuable highway
Tilson added: "The
corn-
pang seems genuln ely '' trontage , is valued at
romoting the $10.000. Village plans are
interested x P area„
growth of the hoped to be finalized in [he
Tilsan expressed a hope near future.
to provide better facthtte
in the Future than in the
past.
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-City close sale;
of,.bonds for park
By Prakash Gandhi • ®..
or 1,E 9FMMFLSTN � .'
'WINTER SPRINGS—The mayor,three city com-
missioners and the city manager left for.New York
City on Tuesday to sign documents for a{o million
bond issue to build the proposed d u �r
The P being paid of$190,000 that the
city is paying he bonding agent, Southeastern Mu-
nicipal:Bond s Inc. of Orl ando, to handle the bond
sale,said city finance director Harry tir Hoff-
maim, Leanne Grove,commissioners ka Arthur Hof f-
maim, Bill Jacobs and Paul Partyka
Dick Rozansky will return Thursday'Martin
saiCity Attorney Frank Rruppenbacl�tew York assis-
tant,Tom Lang,were due to fytq
Neither could be reached for comment Tuesday.c
.: .About$4 million worth of bonds will be sold to pay
for land and to
"pfdtyiallthat.
mild .palm h�l‘tlelds Picnic
will iacluQaamenL4?s•esc ,
areaso al . to
_pay total the 275 deillion�inesaid.If:funds ava abl the bond debts,
evailable�the rill,may use some o[the:money,t+orp
the bond sale for a new fire station,he said:. .!^. 'U-k
sign
Martin said city officials went to New rk to e s be
;documents.'"rhere are certain things that
'done up there-that can't be done,down here".he
said Four other city bond closings have been in New
1 have Art4:
York. ' r s the bond company
He said the fees the city Pay ,
come from bond sale. )1.1.:. Rulbes
Commissioners Cindy Kaeliler l -and Phil
r,who didn't eS
didn't travel to the Big App said the trip'didn't go
t t because she i 's extra b because the bonding company
cost the city extra the ess.of
would have charged the same amount regardless
whether city officials had made the.tI:43:i,,;; tyi;f,,n
Hire road consultant .
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Cortu!dssienerb a r r {
WINTER SPRINGS—Com is inner Paul ...
wants the city to hire a consul r!9 ".
h p a to
range plan for State Reed 494 ant_along
allow piecemeal'development_
g g 434 ,Pa�rtyka said the city should be trying to de-
velop a long-term vision for thecorridor.4
Ultimately,'I kould like to see'something that Is
nice,pretty and will be a model totn!at, he told cm-
garr�� it corn-
.
wrist's-pre-
mature Mayor Ptdl Rulbes,thougtM
Cant and commissioners took
no',"�r Le 6aaggeation:.7, 4 a`•::"..
IIO Ort Olt ���.._._.-�•�..-.^.1 "
yos.t y
Winter Springs stuck
with $300,000 ipearthough,tab told
OF
By Elaine Be
nneN corninissioners, that the lift station
and force main are ward than indi-
OF____nsalarur Winter Springs Boulevard
is available from Sp GS—City commis- sated and easy
Wei are stuck with paying up to the roadway
snorters are There is no reason sontto have
TuscaW0 a year h recently three piece of property,"Zaudtke said. Tao
Bredthey parks including idingto ens they P Sundstrom,an attorneySundstrom
weed teee supp sed to ie. one they lahassee law firm of Rose, not sing
were never supposed to get. and Bentley, agree,he said."We did."
Unknown to to the city whenh t we didn't mess up," nbaeh"r
packs were deeded ti the city Despite the fouluP, Keep e Parks.
bought Seminole ihties from Gulf- said the city is stuck that proper-
get to
Commissioners rt Corp.d been hoping b�a the city closed on the utility,
see out in of the park costs.ownership to side- he said. "The issue would not hold up
steptyAttoney iats. basher in court."
pug,said thiweek Frank the hepPan would Sundstrom said he and other city of-
have n,said this we t city' facials were made aware in fyJanuary
case no our to stand on" if it took the that two additional parks
to court. attorney were to be included
with $12.3 i million e purchase maSse of
Also, an engineer and an the utility
who represented e the the
ars should the never money the city rmiari-
City commissioners, though,
said one of the parks should nd a ager and city attorney said, t ugh,
have been included Sandstrom and en- that they didn't learn the until
.Creek Trail William of the purchase price
Terry Zaudtke said the Bear were part bought the utility.
strip t pk flail Park than a nature walk Win-- after the city sev-
e of land less than v acre in Win Sundstrom said the city agreed the
ter Springs Boulevard rn the eral months ago to buy all assets
have been community as an as et of the utility,which included entrances into
ed by Gulfstream,the utili- Tuscawilla, medians, Trotwood Park
have been listed as an asset of the aril- and Sam Smith Memorial Children's
ity as claimed Park. The attorney said those parcels
co former owner.
Gulfsnwam officials have declined to are considered assets because they comment. engineer with Conklin, proposed wastewater from the utility.highly Zaudtke,an, an lm treated a orate located on *acre
Porter and during the to parcel at Trotw Boulevard gelds.
said that during of about 3 and buy the park,representatives the city aide for Gulf- Northern Way, k consists
stream said the city would Smith Par
fare main access the utility.a lift station and acres acres off Winter SPrkig@]3ou1 .
force main to the uhlily.
9 ao9
Join superpark bandwagon,
commissioners tell colleague
By Elaine Bennett Springs'park would cost nearly$2 million.
OF THE searm¢srefx Commissioners agreed'that should include clear-
ing and grubbing about 40 acres of the park on the
WINTER SPRINGS — If Christopher Columbus roue shore of Lake Jesup,just north of State
had as many questions about Road 434.
World as Commissioner Paul Partyka has the New Phase softball,I also soccer r have four ball fields for baseball
small
city's superpark, the Pew hu about the and softball, a soccer Held and playground for small
home. explorer never would have left children,,
That was the analogy Cmamissioner Arthur Hoff A caretaker's home, tennis courts and an all-pun
man gave to describe Partyka's comments at a work Pose pkaygrobe would be eliminated, pure a T-ball
night to set recreation priorities for the first phase of that could be used by Young soccer pla-vPUrPose Held
the city's 59-acre park. Partyka said Phase I also should have a combina-
tion bandshell and arts pavilion, and either six ten-
Commissioners unanimously approved a list, but
not before four of them chastised Partyka for playing nis courts for league competition or none at all.
devil's advocate. He has objected to a junior-size, Olympic-style
Partyka d he resented"being perceived as some swimming pool proposed in the master plan, saying
was of bad guy." He said he supports the park but it isn't cost-effective and "doesn't fit into my idea of
city leaked a specific plan on hp,w a master plan."
to spend the$2 million earmarked for the first phase. Commissioner Cindy Kaehler, who is organizing
He also said he was concerned about when and. volunteer residents and sports enthusiasts eager to
how the city planned to raise another$3 minion ex- raise money and donate time toward the park,urged
Pected to be needed to build the type of park con- Partyka not to be"such a downer.We are generating
rnrssloners wanted• enthusiasm for the city park and you keep throwing.
If there isn't a plan on how to raise money for a mud balls at it."
specific program, that activity should be eliminated As for the arts pavilion,Raehler told
from the park,Partyka said. is that important, PYoukg.get e
W you raise the money. You get the
He oleo.said commissioners had overestimated money for it.You seem to have the drive for it"
how much money, supplies and time volunteers Mayor Leanne Grove reminded Partyka that the
would donate to the park. superpark was for all the city and that the pool he
Commissioner Phil Rulbes said that while the city opposed was third on a priority list of what residents.
can't depend on volunteers to build the park,volun- said were recreational needs in the city,
leers had raised money to build a four-field ballpark She said Partyka's recommendation for a pavilion
on County Road 419 in unincorporated Seminole "wasn't even on the list.
County. "If it takes three years or even 30 years"before we
More volunteers,he added,had raised money over get all the activities we want in the park,at least the.
three years to build.Lake Mary's civic center. children will have BO acres where they can go,"
Designer David Barth said Phase I on Winter Grove told Partyka.
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