Once again, the Orange City Council will talk about spending $8 million on long-range projects. The council will have a public workshop on Thursday, May 31, at 9 a.m. in the Ira Williamson Meeting Room of the Orange Public Library.
The workshop agenda also has “possible action” on the projects.
For three years, City Manager Dr. Shawn Oubre has told the council the city in 2019 will pay off bonds for the police station and fire station on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. The city pays about $500,000 a year on the bonds.
The city could sell about $8 million in bonds and repay them in 20 years for the same amount each year.
At a workshop in April, the council saw drawings for a proposed water park on the current site of the Natatorium. Tearing down the Natatorium and building the park will cost about $1 million.
The city also had an architectural drawing of a possible community center at the old armory site on Meeks Drive.
Other proposals made in the past couple of years have included a covered pavilion at the Orange Boat Ramp, baseball and softball fields, and street repairs.
The council has not had an evening or night workshop to discuss the projects. In April, a councilor asked about having a public survey. Oubre said a survey could cost about $10,000. He said people who answer may not live in the city or be taxpayers.
-Margaret Toal, KOGT-
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