ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. \u2013 Orange County leaders signaled Tuesday that they are ready to close the door on a condominium complex with a checkered past.<\/p>\n
Commissioners directed county officials to schedule a vote to be taken at an upcoming commission meeting on the future of Tymber Skan on the Lake.<\/p>\n
If approved, the vote would kickstart a process to terminate the Tymber Skan\u2019s condominiums, utilize a third-party agency to sell the property, and offer services to impacted residents.<\/p>\n
\u201cSadly, we\u2019ve been dealing with this for far too long,\u201d said Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings.<\/p>\n
Problems have plagued Tymber Skan for decades. Once regarded as a luxurious condominium complex in the 1970s, issues began to emerge in the 1990s, according to an Orange County presentation at Tuesday\u2019s meeting.<\/p>\n
Jason Reynolds, the deputy director of the county\u2019s planning, environmental & development services department, gave the presentation to commissioners Tuesday.<\/p>\n
He said the decline of Tymber Skan started in the 1990s due to mismanagement of funds and poor administration by the condo association.<\/p>\n
\u201cTymber Skan, as we know, is plagued by public safety concerns and residents live in unsafe and precarious conditions,\u201d Reynolds said.<\/p>\n
The complex has been host to notorious crimes, fires, and other incidents. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe majority of the buildings are demolished,\u201d Reynolds said. \u201cThe existing buildings are unsafe, dilapidated, fire hydrants are unmaintained.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reynolds said the county became involved in the complex in 2014 when Tymber Skan\u2019s water bill to OUC was past due, prompting residents to appeal to commissioners for help.<\/p>\n
Today, Orange County owns 38% of the condominium units, most of which have been demolished. <\/p>\n
Some of the residents who remain in Tymber Skan do not have running water, Reynolds said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know when I see something that\u2019s unsafe,\u201d Demings said of the complex. \u201cAnd this is it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Demings and other commissioners acknowledged that any sale of the property should not transpire without the relocation of residents.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose people who are living there deserve to have the opportunity to get out of there,\u201d Demings said.<\/p>\n
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