County transfers Triangle Park to Saint Cloud; county to provide $405,000 for upgrades

Council received a staff briefing and endorsement to accept ownership of Triangle Park from Osceola County under an existing interlocal agreement that requires the city to take ownership of several county parks. Scott Davidoff, deputy city manager, said the city and county had negotiated the transfer as part of a joint-powers agreement and implementing interlocal agreement the city signed earlier. “The city was actually supposed to take ownership of this property back in 2021. It's taken a good while to get through that process…now it's at that point where both parties are ready to go forward and complete the agreement that the city had entered into back then,” Davidoff said. As part of the transfer the county will provide $405,000 to cover agreed park upgrades and identified work. Davidoff also said the city would assume the county’s existing concession arrangement for the airboat vendor at the park and would receive that revenue going forward. The city has been receiving park impact fees that the county collected tied to the park area since the original agreement. Councilmembers thanked county staff for their cooperation; staff said Triangle Park will provide a public boat ramp and add an access point to the Westlake/Tohopekaliga area once the transfer is complete. The consent agenda item authorizing the transfer was moved as part of the consent agenda and approved by the council during its roll-call vote. Staff identified some deferred maintenance and said the $405,000 would be used to address upgrades before full operation under city management. No further council action beyond the consent approval was required that evening.