[CPEO-BIF] Durango-Georgia Paper Co., St. Marys, Florida

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

LandMar wins nod to clean Durango

By GORDON JACKSON
Florida Times-Union
November 15, 2006

ST. MARYS - The City Council agreed Monday to support legislation to 
help Jacksonville-based LandMar Group pay for the environmental cleanup 
of the Durango-Georgia Paper Co. site.

Charlie Smith, a St. Marys attorney representing LandMar, told City 
Council members the resolution is the first step toward creating a 
tax-allocation district that will lead to the development of the 
750-acre industrial site, which has been deteriorating since the paper 
mill closed four years ago.

Smith said the Camden County Commission and the county school board will 
also have to approve similar resolutions for the General Assembly to 
approve local legislation supporting the tax-allocation district. The 
final say, however, will come in June when Camden County residents vote 
on a resolution supporting the legislation.

If the referendum is approved by voters, the cleanup costs, estimated at 
$15 million to $25 million, will be generated through property taxes 
paid by new residents moving into the community as it's developed, 
instead of going to the city, county and school district. Smith said it 
could take as long as 12 years for taxes from new residents to pay for 
the cleanup.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/111506/geo_6239622.shtml

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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