Bonnet Springs Park receives $1 million donation from Allen & Company
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Lakeland OKs zoning change for Lakeshore Landings near Lake Parker
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LAKELAND Lakeland officials got down and dirty Tuesday morning as they decided how to divvy up the millions the city will receive in federal funds.
City commissioners agreed to set aside $17.8 million of the $22.7 million, or nearly 80% of what Lakeland is expecting to receive through the American Rescue Plan Act, to tackle an overdue infrastructure project. We found out we have a $20 million problem in sewage and wastewater, Mayor Bill Mutz said Tuesday morning. Yes, it s a dirty problem.
Bill Anderson, the city s director of water utilities, said a major gravity-fed sewer line that serves a portion of southwest Lakeland is in dire need of replacement. It s roughly 2.7 miles of pipe that starts west of Lake Hunter, near Westside Park, moves southeast to a corner of the lake, then follows a portion of Harden Boulevard before traveling around Beacon Hill.
The city s Financial Director Mike Brossart said, if approved, he believes the city will need to borrow closer to $55 million to achieve its goals.
Nearly one-quarter of the bonds, or about $13 million, would be used to finance several city capital improvement projects. One of these would be to set aside approximately $3.5 million for Lakeland officials to purchase 106 acres of vacant land in the southwest area of the city to be used for a multi-purpose recreational fields and park, according to the resolution The idea of a southwest park has been out there for a long time, City Manager Shawn Sherrouse said at Bond Committee meeting earlier this month. Now, its just a case of us cobbling it together.