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Lakeside Drive flood-prone property acquisition

Description

The county will pursue buying a repeatedly flooded home with $262,082.90 in reallocated CDBG funds, paying appraised value and demolishing it to restore floodplain storage, with the owner able to pursue SHIP funds to rebuild elsewhere.

Impact summary

Removes a blighted, repeatedly flooded home, restores natural stormwater storage, and makes the road passable for emergency vehicles.

Applicant

Address
Lakeside Drive, Pine Lakes/Lake Mack area (Forest Hill Lakes subdivision)

At a glance

Hearings
1
Public comments
0
Total mentions
1

Recorded in the meeting · County Commission

Approved4–1

Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 13, 2026.

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