Page 4 June 2, 2010
The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
Real Estate Today
Authorities remove abandoned
boats from Kings the city of Crystal River, the
Bay
Your Realtor Has Important Information For You
A Guest Commentary by Darryl Diamond
Working in conjunction with the Sheriff s Office and
board of County Commission Public Works Department took part in removing two aban-
One good reason to use your real- sions. I consider this high tech information
doned boats from Kings Bay on Thursday.
tor is the information they are able to pro- overlay to be potentially
The sheriff s office dive team took the lead in the operation, and the county fur-
vide. The last few years has seen numerous good stuff, but never for-
nished equipment and personnel from the Aquatics Service and Road Maintenance divi-
improvements to the amount of information get the old “low tech” in-
sions.
your realtors MLS (multiple listing service) formation methods.
The abandoned boats have been an issue for some time, and Commissioner Den-
One of my clients
has to offer. In addition, numerous data bas-
nis Damato had been working with the other agencies to find a solution to the derelict boats
es such as county public records have done a wanted to purchase a par-
and mooring issues. The state fund to remove such derelict vessels has not had money for
better job of providing useful data for buyers ticular investment home
removal for a number of years, and so the local agencies decided to come together, with the
and sellers. In the technology section of this in a nearby town. They ran all the info they
sheriff s office spearheading the action, to remove the boats themselves. Both boats were
months’ “Realtor Magazine” we have what could find on the property through pub-
removed, demolished and on their way to the county landfill by midday.
may be the next step of “information over- lic records with everything looking good.
Damato and County Commissioners Gary Bartell and Winn Webb were on hand
While visiting the property they did what
lay”.
to observe the operation. Damato, who represents the Crystal River area in District 1, said
This overlay refers to a process I taught them which was to speak to the
he was very pleased. “It went extremely well. It was very well executed.” He praised the
where information from MLS is combined neighbors. After speaking with the neigh-
sheriff s office for the coordination and speed of the operation.
with all other available information. This bors, these buyers found out a registered
County Aquatics Director Mark Edwards, who represented the county on the water,
material is expected to eventually include predator moved onto the block just yester-
said he too was elated with how the operation went. “I m jubilant that the sheriff s office, the
prior sales transactions, zoning restrictions, day. The sexual predator website was not
city, BoatowU.S., Pete’s Pier and the county were able to work so well together.
school district data, future land use guide- updated as to this information. This example
“ The citizens were the winners. We saved them at least $80,000 through a coopera-
lines in the area, and transfer tax informa- shows that, no matter how good high tech
tive effort that removed boats that have been eyesores, environmental concerns and naviga-
tion. “Overlaying” this information onto methods get, low tech investigation will still
tion dangers for more than two years.”
the multitude of sales data already available have its place. So even though the “one click
There are currently 46 vessels anchored in King’s Bay. Since January of 2010, the
through MLS should enable your realtor to full property analysis” is on its way you still
CCSO has issued approximately 60 citations related to vessel registration and safety equip-
be more productive, and they in turn will be have to be careful out there. I’ll see you
ment violations.
able to help their clients to make better deci- around “The Campus”
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After Thursday’s cleanup, there are no longer any derelict vessels in King’s Bay;
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