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8 • The Red and Black / Finals • Monday, March 19. 1990
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CIVIC
From page 7
In reality, the county received
2.7 acres and Holland cited neg
ligence on the city’s part. But,
Athens Mayor Dwain Chambers
denied any wrong doing and said
the county should have known how
much land they were receiving.
Crider said earlier studies on the
civic center proposal recommended
that at least 3.8 acres be required
for the facility. The county then
started looking at other property in
the area to make up for lost
acreage.
Property owners in the area
wanted to sell, Crider said, but
their prices were too high. Some of
the land was condemned after ne
gotiations were unsuccessful.
In order to condemn property,
Crider said the government must
“prove it’s necessary for the project
you’re building.” In doing this, the
county must hire an appraiser and
offer a price within reasonable
range of mir market value.
Prices negotiated
Ernie DePascale, attorney for
Thomas Street Holding Company,
negotiated the purchase of the Flea
Market property and has worked
with the Lampkin property sale.
Both parcels were owned by the
company.
When the county bought the
Flea Market from the company in
1989, the two parties ended up in
special masters court after con
demnation. DePascale said the
county was offering too little for
the land and the building on it.
“Governments don’t have a right
to force people to sell their land
cheap. They have to pay fair
BREAK
From page 1
But another popular resort,
Destin, Fla., is approaching spring
break with a different attitude.
‘The Destin tourism market is
aimed primarily at families,” said
Helen Neel, Community Devel
opment director.
“College students are welcome
— if they’re well behaved,” she
said.
Ginger Mixon, the manager of
De Revere Travel Service, said her
agency has been told that many ho
tels and condominiums in Destin,
Key West and other cities won’t
rent to anyone under 25, and many
of those that will are requiring de
posits of up to $500.
Hilary Chiz, executive director
of the Georgia American Civil Lib-
erties Union, said it sounds like
these hotels and condominiums
may be diserminating against
young people to avoid potential
damages to their property.
“A person between 21 and 25 is
clearly an adult and there’s no
other reason not to rent to them,”
Chiz said.
Nikki Rickett, vice president in
charge of marketing for Hilton
Head, S.C., said Hilton Head tradi
tionally doesn’t have problems
with students during spring break
because the resort is more expen
sive than many places in Florida.
“We certainly aren’t discour
aging anyone from coming at any
time,” she said.
Rickett said she hasn’t been in-
fonned of any hotels or condomi-
niums implementing age
market value,” DePascale said. To
them, it’s worth less than a private
enterprise.”
In special masters court, the
county offered $675,000 for the
Flea Market property. It even
tually had to pay $879,000, but De-
Pascale said the building and
property were worth $1 .1 to $1.5
million.
The county has paid $400,000
for the Lampkin property which is
comparable to a parcel two blocks
sway that the dty bought for about
$750,000, DePascale said. This
tract is where the Palace Theater
once stood.
The Chamber of Commerce
f iroperty was purchased by the ci'y
or $650,000, $25,000 of which
went for moving costs for the
chamber, Crider said.
Property owners Freddy Loef
and Bob Elumberg are headed to
jury court to settle for the last
parcel in question for the civic
center. After the property was con
demned, negotiations in special
masters court didn’t satisfy the
county.
Crider said he had hoped the
county wouldn’t have to go to jury
trial, but when the special master
ordered $522,000 for the property,
county officials decided to take it to
court. The county offered $275,000
for the property.
The county has the title for the
land and has paid the ordered
amount, but hopes to get a sub
stantial amount back, Crider said.
Loef said he’s had no choice in
the matter. That’s the law, they
chose to go to court, we just have to
comply with the law.”
Attempts to negotiate with the
county were futile, Loef said. The
county chose to condemn the land
because it was in its best interest,
he said.
Some of the bigger
condominiums in Ft.
Walton are renting only
to those who are 25
and older. The average
deposit will probably be
around $100 to $250 a
person. Most hotels
will rent to students,
however.
restrictions or requiring deposits
that are higher than usual.
Hilton Head will host events
throughout March and April, in
cluding Springfest, the Family
Circle Cup Tennis Tournament
and the MCI-Heritage Golf Classic
Local travel agencies say most of
their student clients are going to
the Carribean for spring break, but
those that aren’t seem to favor
Florida’s panhandle, especially the
Destin and Ft. Walton areas.
Ft. Walton is getting a lot of the
business that Ft. Lauderdale and
Miami once had, said Stacy Al-
baugh of the Ft. Walton Chamlier
of Commerce.
Some of the bigger condomi
niums in Ft. Walton are only
renting to those that are 25 ana
older. The average deposit will
probably be around $100 to $250 a
person, she said.
But in most of Ft. Walton’s ho
tels, there’s room for both students
and families, she said.