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	Walt Disney World Resort - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Reedy Creek Drainage District was incorporated on May 13, 1966 under Florida State Statutes Chapter 298, which gives powers including eminent domain to special Drainage Districts.
		After the film, it was explained that, for Walt Disney World to succeed, a special district would have to be formed: the Reedy Creek Improvement District with two cities inside it, the City of Bay Lake and the City of Reedy Creek (now the City of Lake Buena Vista).
		The only areas where the District had to submit to the county and state would be property taxes and elevator inspections.
	www.secaucus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Walt_Disney_World (2134 words)

	Reedy Creek Improvement District - Lake Buena Vista,Florida
		The land in the District (exclusive of about 2,118 acres primarily owned by the District itself, 450 acres owned by the State of Florida) is primarily owned by wholly owned subsidiaries of the Walt Disney Company.
		In the case of the Reedy Creek Improvement District, the major portion of taxes are paid to the District by Walt Disney World Co. and other property owners, who also pay property taxes to Orange and Osceola Counties.
		The District Administrator, under the direction of the Board of Supervisors, acts as the chief administration officer of the District.
	www.rcid.org /AboutUS_main.cfm (404 words)

	Let's Go!
		Reedy Creek, after it was created in May 1966, lorded over its 27,258 acres as a kind of corporate autocracy.
		Reedy Creek operated with no interference from city or county zoning boards or building inspectors or other nuisance government regulators that gum up other big corporate projects.
		Best of all, Reedy Creek was exempt from most local taxes and impact fees, though the impact on growth and traffic and sprawl and government services overwhelmed Orange County and the city of Orlando.
	www.sun-herald.com /letsgo/newsarchive/071301/lg05.htm (573 words)

	UPN33: Disney World's Private Govt. Safe From Company Sale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Ray Maxwell, administrator of the Reedy Creek Improvement District, said it wasn't necessary for the district to face the development of regional impact review process, also known as the DRI process, since it already must submit a comprehensive plan to the state.
		Reedy Creek was unusual in that most special districts created by lawmakers provide single services such as firefighting.
		Reedy Creek was granted authority to a broad range of government services such as drainage and flood control, water and wastewater, electric power generation, solid waste collection and fire protection.
	upn33.com /localnews/topstoriesmia_story_349161304.html (581 words)

	Reason: Beyond Public and Private: Business improvement districts don’t fit our ordinary categories. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The latter is a business improvement district, or BID, a relatively new form of social organization that is alternately praised as a form of decentralized self-help and damned as a miniature model of the unaccountable corporate state.
		The Reedy Creek Drainage District in Florida, for example, is essentially a front for Walt Disney World, while Irvine, California, is a Reston-style town that incorporated as a city.
		Its transformation from sex district to sanitized tourist haven was accomplished in part by the direct and indirect efforts of the local BID.
	www.reason.com /0311/co.jw.beyond.shtml (1212 words)

	Articles - Reedy Creek Improvement District (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Through the District, Disney could construct almost anything within its borders, including a nuclear power plant (which it never built, opting instead for a more traditional plant that supplements power from outside the District).
		Reedy Creek is a natural waterway, the course of which runs mostly through undeveloped territory east of Haines City.
		Its flow, drainage, and destination have been altered over the years by human development: It crosses Interstate 4 and enters Disney property west of Celebration and passes between Disney's Animal Kingdom and Blizzard Beach, meandering north past the western reaches of the Bay Lake city limits and the Magic Kingdom.
	www.hilore.com /articles/Reedy_Creek (1166 words)

	Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
		The District headquarters are in a building in the Lake Buena Vista, Florida City of Lake Buena Vista, east of Downtown Disney (Florida) Downtown Disney.
		The District does not have a police force, instead allowing Orange County, Florida Orange County and Osceola County, Florida Osceola County to respond to incidents.
		Reedy Creek is a natural waterway, the course of which runs mostly through undeveloped territory east of Haines City (FL) Haines City.
	www.mauspfeil.net /Reedy_Creek_Improvement_District.html (1762 words)

	Reedy Creek Improvement District - Lake Buena Vista,Florida
		Many of the issues that are addressed by the District cross jurisdictional lines, consequently much effort is made to promote cooperation and communication between the District and other public agencies such as the surrounding counties, nearby cities, as well as regional, state and federal agencies.
		District senior management coordinates the daily activities of the District and is the interface between the Board and landowners, residents and developers within the District.
		The general oversight of the utilities operation contracted to Reedy Creek Energy Services, Inc. is also the responsibility of senior management along with the coordination of interlocal agreements between the District and other local governments, state agencies and private parties.
	www.rcid.org /Dept_Administration.cfm (340 words)

	wiki/Reedy Creek Drainage District Definition / wiki/Reedy Creek Drainage District Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Roads - Many of the main roads in the District are public roads maintained by the District, while minor roads and roads dead-ending at attractions are private roads maintained by the Walt Disney Company; in addition, state-maintained Interstate 4Interstate 4 is an interstate highway located entirely within the state of Florida, United States.
		Reedy Creek Creation of the District On March 11, 1966, several landowners, all fully-owned subsidiaries of the Walt Disney Company, petitioned the Circuit Court of the Ninth Judicial Circuit, which served Orange County, Florida, for the creation of the Reedy Creek Drainage District under Chapter 298 of the Florida Statutes.
		Its flow, drainage, and destination having been altered over the years by human development, it crosses the I-4Interstate 4 is an interstate highway located entirely within the state of Florida, United States.
	www.elresearch.com /wiki/Reedy_Creek_Drainage_District (2021 words)

	Mitigation Marketing \| Current Projects \| Florida Mitigation Bank
		The hydrology of the property was severely impacted by the construction of large drainage canals located along the east and west sides of the property.
		These two canals, the C-1 Canal (formerly known as Bonnet Creek), operated by the Reedy Creek Improvement District, and the Oren Brown Canal (formerly the West Branch of Shingle Creek) maintained by Osceola County, serve to drain the majority of SW Orange and NW Osceola Counties.
		This drainage resulted in the drying out of the natural soils, and allowed opportunistic species such as flberry and wax myrtle to encroach into the sawgrass marsh and enable pine seedlings to thrive in the hardwood swamp.
	www.mitigationmarketing.com /cp_florida.htm (464 words)

	Walt Disney World
		The land in the District (exclusive of about 2,118 acres primarily owned by the District itself, 450 acres owned by the State of Florida and 24 acres owned by others) is primarily owned by wholly owned subsidiaries of the Walt Disney Company.
		The charter legislation for the Reedy Creek Improvement District - bolstered by the promise of EPCOT, but not requiring it - passed the Florida Senate unanimously and the House with one dissenting vote.
		The centerpiece of Disney's political blueprint, the Reedy Creek Improvement District, is an independent government entity created by Lake Buena Vista (and its sister city Bay Lake) to carry out most normal municipal functions.
	www.rotten.com /library/travel/walt-disney-world (3991 words)

	About The Reedy Creek Improvement District (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The District was created in 1967 when the Florida Legislature passed an act sponsored by delegations from Orange and Osceola counties which created the Reedy Creek Improvement District, combining within one multi-purpose district many of the various powers then found in limited purpose taxing districts in Florida.
		The Reedy Creek Improvement District introduced the innovative EPCOT Building Codes which are based on a philosophy that encourages new methods in design, construction and materials.
		The Reedy Creek Improvement District has funded the costs for traffic controls and roadway costs at the points of access to the District along state and county roads as part of its infrastructure management system.
	www.state.fl.us /rcid/about.html (1348 words)

	Fun Facts of Disney Parks
		Fire Protection, (Reedy Creek Emergency Services), Water, sewage, Gas and Electric (Reedy Creek Energy Services), Police protection is provided by the Orange County sheriffs office and just like every other town or special district a portion of all tax money goes to State and Local Governments where required by law.
		The Reedy Creek Improvement District is proven by the signs on the Firehouses and at the "borg" like building near the Hilton in Lake Buena Vista across from the Sun Trust Building.
		The concept for the Reedy Creek Emergency Services Headquarters building was "a child's view of a fire house." The result is a practical plan with a bold and imaginative exterior boasting a look of whimsical dalmation spots and bright red bricks.
	www.hiddenmickeys.org /WDW/Property/Secrets/Secrets.html (4732 words)

	Disneyworld - Reedy Creek (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Reedy Creek Improvement District represents an ongoing journey toward the provision of effective and efficient services to the public.Our goal is to
		Reedy Creek is the oldest vineyard in Northern NSW.
		Reedy Creek is located in the University Area on Plaza Road.
	www.disneyworld.gobiggsavings.com /reedycreek (497 words)

	Walt Disney World Resort - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Most of the Walt Disney Company's Central Florida land, and all of the public areas, are located in the Cities of Bay Lake and Lake Buena Vista, located southwest of Orlando and a few miles northwest of Kissimmee.
		Walt Disney World Resort's claim to being the largest theme park resort in the world will be passed on to Dubai Land, to be twice its size, in 2006.
		Disney's Contemporary Resort, Disney's Polynesian Resort, and Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort and Campground were also completed in time for the park's opening on October 1, 1971.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Walt_Disney_World (2085 words)

	Reedy Creek Drainage District Definition / Reedy Creek Drainage District Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Reedy Creek Drainage District Definition / Reedy Creek Drainage District Research
		Disney had revenues of 30.8 billion USD in 2004, and it is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
		After a period during which some minor landowners within the boundaries opted out, the Drainage District was incorporated on May 13...
	www.elresearch.com /Reedy_Creek_Drainage_District (313 words)

	Wastewater Irrigation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		These effects reflected the combined influence of the applied water quality and evaporative capillary arise from the saline "aquifer." After the simulated "aquifer" was withdrawn, soil saturation extracts indicated equilibration with the applied waters after 0.5 to 1 yr, the rate being greater under leaching with aqueduct water.
		The saturation extract and drainage effluent for the soil receiving aqueduct water became more dilute, producing calcite dissolution and increasing exchangeable Ca, with a consequent decline in sodicity.
		The deep groundwater was subject to evapoconcentration prior to drainage system installation and has been displaced downward (to depths greater than 6 m) in the groundwater system.
	www.nal.usda.gov /afsic/AFSIC_pubs/qb93-55.htm (12645 words)

	Encyclopedia: Walt Disney World Resort (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		// Creation of the District A map showing all the land that the Walt Disney Company has bought southwest of Orlando, and the current boundaries of the District On March 11, 1966, several landowners, all fully-owned subsidiaries of the Walt Disney Company, petitioned the Circuit Court of the Ninth Judicial...
		Creation of the District A map showing all the land that the Walt Disney Company has bought southwest of Orlando, and the current boundaries of the District On March 11, 1966, several landowners, all fully-owned subsidiaries of the Walt Disney Company, petitioned the Circuit Court of the Ninth Judicial...
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	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Walt-Disney-World-Resort (7408 words)

	Encyclopedia: Reedy Creek Drainage District (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
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		These members, high-up employees in the Walt Disney Company, each own undeveloped five-acre (20,000 m²) lots of land within the District, the only land in the District not technically controlled by the Walt Disney Company or used for public road purposes.
		Environmental Protection - Many pieces of land have been donated to the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation and the South Florida Water Management District as conservation easements, and the District collects data and ensures that large portions remain in their natural wetland state.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Reedy-Creek-Drainage-District (1222 words)

	TimesDispatch.com \| Race in 9th District is open contest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		All three candidates in the Nov. 2 election said they want to fix the district's problems with drainage along Reedy Creek and would work to build the community center that Hedgepeth fought to get started by the Broad Rock Sports Complex off Warwick Road.
		He suggested the city issue bonds to fix the Reedy Creek drainage problems and to build and modernize fire stations citywide.
		He criticized Mason, the 9th District's representative on the School Board, for votes last year against a proposed one-half percent raise for teachers and for a $24,000 bonus and raise for Superintendent Deborah Jewell-Sherman.
	www.timesdispatch.com /servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031778657517 (990 words)

	Walt Disney World Resort biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		After the video, it was explained that, for Walt Disney World to succeed, a special district, the Reedy Creek Improvement District, would have to be formed, with two cities inside it, the City of Bay Lake and the City of Reedy Creek (now the City of Lake Buena Vista).
		Construction of drainage canals was soon begun by the Improvement District, and the Walt Disney Company built the first roads (though part of World Drive is now public) and the Magic Kingdom.
		Along with the theme park, the Contemporary, Polynesian and Fort Wilderness resorts were finished in time for opening date, October 1, 1971.
	disneyworld.biography.ms (1562 words)

	Hunters Creek Apartment Orlando, Hunters Creek Apartment Orlando resources
		The city is best known for the tourist attractions in the area, particularly the nearby Walt Disney World Resort, which is in the Reedy Creek Improvement District.
		Parks at Hunters Creek is brought to you by Rentals Inc., the leading online rental resource for both renters and property owners and...
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		There is a tree farm on-site, so that when a mature tree needs to be replaced, a thirty-year-old tree will be available to replace it.1 billion on payroll and $478 million on benefits each year.
		Walt Disney World also was to be a sort of "Disneyland of the future" where breakthroughs in science and technology could coexist with the original Disney vision of themed entertainment.
		To create the District, only the support of the landowners within was required.4 million visitors Disney-MGM Studios, 8.
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	Walt Disney World Resort -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The land within Walt Disney World is part of the (Click link for more info and facts about Reedy Creek Improvement District) Reedy Creek Improvement District which allows the Disney Corporation to exercise quasi-governmental powers over the area.
		In most cases, the owners were happy to get rid of the land, being mostly (Low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog) swampland.
		The (Click link for more info and facts about Florida Supreme Court) Florida Supreme Court ruled in 1968 that the District was allowed to issue tax-exempt bonds for public projects within the district, despite the sole beneficiary being The Walt Disney Company.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/W/Wa/Walt_Disney_World_Resort.htm (2457 words)

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