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Parks department used open-space impact fees to buy land next to Lake Chautauqua; purchase amount unclear in transcript
Summary
Clearwater acquired a parcel west of Lake Chautauqua using money from an open-space recreation impact-fee fund; the department said the fund held about $4 million and the property will expand public access and could support a canoe/kayak launch, but the meeting transcript does not clearly state the purchase price.
The Clearwater Parks and Recreation Department purchased a parcel adjacent to Lake Chautauqua and briefed the advisory board on the acquisition at its Jan. 28 meeting.
Director Art Decatur told the board the city has an open-space recreation impact-fee fund established in 1983; the fund balance discussed at the meeting was about $4,000,000 and — under the rules that applied to the money — those funds must be spent on land acquisition. Decatur…
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