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Deputy Mayor R
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au1 L estrand
Adrienne e rry
na ldsL rry, City A vn vstrator
cerv Zambr ity cleektlm
Absent: Becky vo City Attorney
Drk s held at the Iongwood Village I
Lake Street, was called to order by Mayor Hardy at approximately
188'1, when c nstruction w ompleted by J iah Clauser for E
nck, p uth F ailroad and founder of
Dogwood. ai dt thatta that t of local
ity, through the late eighteenvhundreds Sduri ng which tome the
hotel was closed due to the Big Freeze.
Ralston c saying, ing the early n neteen
hundreds the hotel w udrbished a med the 5 orge
tel, and w againssold a tthe O ange and 91ack,e and
became one of sthe finest sporting aand gambling establishments in
ing this period the hotel s ved a estaurant,
National League Umpire school, a boardinghouse andnw tthe
eefoi t nny Tigee". He continued with 19'12 aswhen
during t yr hip oof M Robert S the Longwood
Village Inn was dedicated as an Hv story al dLandmark along the
at that time The Inn served mainly as a restaurant and offices
$250,000 and spent approximately $1,250,000 0
sand this was a tome of unique opportunity for as public ent ty to
acquire toe. 1 aia i a nis goal t ooperate w
ity of Longwooa i oraer tnay c loge xnn wouiatso
able eo be plaoea in haws of to e 1.e ent y
Ralston eob xelley, of roj ect
the r ra t.ion o Kelley explained
tha tone had b ofw the years
ana saia o we r iai ~ egos i Wing ee
ing t mqn ~e t ana n~ai~a oes anahm o~iogwi
ough t deal xegiseer.ae the antis bu.i Laing w
~eaone, ueilicies, wring"eaccesibuity for hana.eappea
persons, etc.
Kelley s ui ld ing w s brought back to tRe
r iginal s ralri tegrity e eplaces
but the. brick work completely collapsedeaand they w ewpermitted t
eliminate them as long as they w e documented, s rthey cou la be
ley s
dayui uiltM and probablyt b ted atherera only
bi ng wood h tel s till r ing i Florida,
Chee lny being one o[ them, and isa id it ,.s a very significantly
Commissioner L and said there w still s saggi ng
floors. Fisher said the beams w e jacked up, a
e jacked up t about as level as they c aid
that a oltl building i not t tally level. a thesdayss tRe
s built the sills w inq approved dimensional lumber
and said studs w e Jiff eeent a e di £ferent. aid
the Superintendent on the job hadaluhmber made to match some oythe
lumber in the bu i.lding.
ing s the hotel (Longwood Village Inn) from the
day i t hasabeen the center of Longwood, geographically a
well as from ra focal s ndpoint. wilding Ras had a
colorful h ory. aid YRe walkway from the building originally
ent o t to the trains station and the building was burlt to make
Longwood a city.
ei ld ing said the hotel, w without a oubt the most
important ybuild ing i ity, a e focus ok t
City and the heart of ethe Hastor is ~astract. ~{e sa Td the
opportunity t the building and u a public u
cellent idea. ingis <he City i
nbque aposition, if they w rtne o acquire f
o~na n granc~eiort~ a tia
d fort e professional s vol~edtio dmpublic
hipn provides the opportu pity Ce the
building, and historical s raiged t
and operated t allover t e publice t them. be tetl
that i also a rement for grant projectsCe that th p lic be
allowetl to visa L.
eiltling continued, saying t tei speaks a lot about
Che i<yY i s booms, busts a aid this i and
will be, t of Longwood va eildi ng HSaid i closing, he
sayct tr he thinks i important to say CRat the City
sed a opportunity i e past t acquire t tel and s
ople f major m Cake a that time. He sa id ma
unique opportunai tyw is here; one more cRa nce.
Mr. Yeilding said he w s here, speaking on his o night,
and said this i opportunity he would hate t e passed by.
aid hard pine c not be bought today, and said othe trees that w
veea to bu,la tn,a beilainq were zao~laa Yaars ola. Mr. Yeilai~n
there, ana Baia cne o says to people, 1 oan feel care that
the city has in mina wnae f name in mina.
eilaing saia ne belie~ea cne m e aeve lopment a
ongwooa would be in this a a because ti He said
by purchasing the building, theeCity makes a furtheroc by
saying w ing h Yeilding said lOm years tago
wntown Orlanao nw a ghostrt M By s ing o a Historic
ict, street-scaping w e feasible and ui the focus
because the City put their m hey into t istrict t aid if the
mailer buildings i Orlando w e not revitalized, Sun sBank, etc.
may not have built in the area.
asked, if the hotel i o public
propertymr whaT.n wi no be t
and, if they a ial is ou la
they still c ing as mwhether tatc helps wspur
development or note ne still believes it is a wise decision for the
icy to pnronaee i a he aia n t believe o blg a ~e toper
will c by s aiier b
doctorsmea neyshee important,
ing is dl ly hb ing a etl antl e
publics and <he rbest way to do uthat is to have rt in the <ity^s
John 9 stline, m oL the c ety o
cal P vation, e Dula like It suggeet otRat tRe
e the building for a
people ecou Sd tle sit ez ety could provide t eu history
of the building, Mayors the City R
chartered, a other sr nteresting chi g that would bring people
into T.Re building.
Mayor Nardy thanked M Ralston and all. guest speakers, and
invited everyone peesent to cake a roue of the building.
TRe meeting adjourned at 8:J5 P.M.
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