Steve Pohlman
Steve Pohlman
acquire close cost costs expanding island kids master north park parks people pine plan space
It cost $6,000 to $10,000 a lot to acquire park space in 2002, 2003. Now it costs $90,000 a lot. The parks master plan put the (total) costs at $70 million. That's not even close today. People want their kids to play soccer. There isn't even a playground, not one, north of Pine Island Road. That is an expanding part of the city.
create easily people
It would create a campus-type atmosphere. People could easily go from one place to another.
acquiring city meet needs property today
It's really a long-range issue. We're acquiring the property today to meet the needs of the city in the future.
market
We just want to see what the market does.
absorb looking
We're all here to be sponges. We're here to absorb what it is you are looking to see.
lose
We don't want to lose any more uplands.