The Winter Springs City Commission will consider a proposal Monday to forcefully take 10 acres of the old Winter Springs Golf Club for a new wastewater treatment plant.
If approved, it would start a process where the city could eventually go to court to get the land from the property owner. Winter Springs City Commissioner Cade Resnick previously told Oviedo Community News that the city tried, and failed, to buy the land from the owner.
“We did try to negotiate with him as the owner for the 10 acres, and the city feels that they can get a better price structure for eminent domain than they could for cash,” Resnick said. “We would need 10 acres for that West Wastewater Treatment plant.”…