NORTH PORT – Changes in the schedule and fee structure for programs at the North Port Aquatic Center will be the subject of a special meeting of the North Port City Commission at 10 a.m. Tuesday.
Tricia Wisner, assistant director of parks and recreation for the city of North Port, said the proposed changes come from both attendance trends tracked by the city and feedback from users through surveys and other comments.
The surveys were conducted online and live during special events.
The biggest proposed change water park users would notice involves a proposal to open at 10 a.m. instead of 1 p.m., after monitoring officials noted the frequency and time of day the pool had to be closed because of nearby lightning strikes.
NORTH PORT – Developers seeking to quash a bid by residents for the city of North Port to contract city limits and de-annex land west of the Myakka River argued that the process itself is resulting in financial harm that cannot be fixed even if the city of North Port ultimately decides to keep its borders intact.
That’s essentially the gist of the latest statement filed Jan. 15 by attorney David Smolker on behalf of Wellen Park LLLP, Mattamy Tampa/Sarasota LLC, Neal Communities of Southwest Florida and GB WV LLC.
That came in response to the closing argument filed Jan. 7 by Luke C. Lirot, attorney for West Villagers for Responsible Government.
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NORTH PORT – Wellen Park made its case Tuesday to 12th Judicial Circuit Court Judge Hunter W. Carroll in its suit to end the contraction petition process started by residents seeking to separate themselves from the city of North Port.
And while the bulk of the two-plus hour hearing was taken up by the testimony of attorney Jeff Boone – the attorney partly responsible for the land annexations in question, as well as the legislation that created the West Villages Improvement District – Carroll noted that his decision will come down to a concept in Florida law that says all contracts wrap into them all laws that existed at that time.
NORTH PORT – Two of the founders of the West Villagers for Responsible Government have asked the court to allow them to intervene in Wellen Park’s suit to quash an attempt to contract the city of North Port and de-annex incorporated land west of the Myakka River.
Attorney Luke C. Lirot filed a motion on Dec. 10 asking Circuit Judge Hunter W. Carroll to allow John Meisel and David Fernstrum to intervene in the lawsuit.
Once granted that status, Meisel, the president of the group, and Fernstrum, the registered agent when the political action committee was first formed, will file a motion for summary judgment to dismiss the case filed by Wellen Park and its associates that is seeking to either block a proposed referendum on contraction or have the city of North Port consider the matter as part of a quasi-judicial process that would include the developers as part of the process.