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	Reedy Creek Improvement District - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In addition to the power of eminent domain outside the District, the one other power that the District was given (that it would not have had if it were simply the two Cities) was the power to ignore any laws, including state laws, about zoning and land use.
		The District does not have a police force, instead allowing Orange County and 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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Reedy_Creek_Improvement_District (1212 words)

	Bay Lake, Florida - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As fully described in Reedy Creek Improvement District, the city has always been controlled by the Walt Disney Company and has allowed them powers that other area attractions have not had.
		Since then, Bay Lake has expanded to fill the original RCID west of Bonnet Creek, but the Reedy Creek Improvement District has expanded to include new land not in the City.
		The RCID had all the powers of the City and more, so there seems to be no reason for a city.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bay_Lake,_Florida (706 words)

	Lake Buena Vista, Florida - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		As fully described in Reedy Creek Improvement District, the city was controlled by the Walt Disney Company and allowed them powers that other area attractions have not had.
		Soon after, the City of Reedy Creek was renamed to the City of Lake Buena Vista to better reflect its new location, which Reedy Creek did not flow through.
		The Reedy Creek Improvement District had all the powers of the City and more, so there seems to be no reason for a city.
	www.peekskill.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Lake_Buena_Vista,_Florida (764 words)

	Reedy Creek Improvement District - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Through the District, the Walt Disney Company 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).
		When the state later established the Development of Regional Impact study process, the Walt Disney Company, through the District, was able to avoid the paperwork and streamline the process to build theme parks and other attractions.
		The District headquarters are in a building in the City of Lake Buena Vista, east of Downtown Disney.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /reedy_creek_improvement_district.htm (1259 words)

	Reedy Creek Improvement District (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Reedy Creek Improvement District is a public corporation of the state of Florida created in 1967 by anact of the Florida legislature.
		Formally, the district is governed by a five member board of supervisors who are elected by the landowners within the districton the basis of one acre, one vote.
		The district has its seat in Lake Buena Vista and its executive organs (serving primarily the WDW parks and resorts) include abuilding inspectorate, a fire brigade with an ambulance service, a planning division, and a comprehensive utilities servicecovering trash collection, energy, and all in-ground systems except telephony and broadband.
	www.therfcc.org /reedy-creek-improvement-district-81315.html (305 words)

	Walt Disney World Resort - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		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.kernersville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Disney_World (2134 words)

	Reedy Creek Improvement District - Lake Buena Vista,Florida (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Reedy Creek Improvement District was created by the Florida Legislature in 1967 to provide a full range of governmental services to an undeveloped Central Florida site nearly twice the size of Manhattan.
		The enabling legislation for the District provided it with many of the responsibilities of a city or county, including emergency services, water control, public utilities, land use, building codes and financial responsibility for the issuance of general obligation and revenue bonds.
		As the District becomes integrated into the expanding Orlando metropolitan area, regional issues like transportation, affordable housing and water quality are being more directly addressed.
	www.rcid.org /AboutUS_History.cfm (458 words)

	Encyclopedia: Reedy Creek Improvement 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.
		These members, high-up employees in the Walt Disney Company, each own undeveloped five-acre (20,000 mÂ²) 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.
		The only residents of the District, also Walt Disney Company employees, live in two small communities, one in each city.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Reedy-Creek-Improvement-District (2503 words)

	Gainesville.com \| The Gainesville Sun \| Gainesville, Fla. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Ray Maxwell, administrator of the Reedy Creek Improvement District, said it wasn't necessary for the district to face the development of a 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.
	gainesville.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041219/BUSINESS/41218023 (584 words)

	About The Reedy Creek Improvement District (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The District is a public corporation of the State of Florida and is located in Orange and Osceola Counties in central Florida, about 15 miles southwest of the City of Orlando.
		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 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)

	The Reedy Creek Fire Fighters Association Local 2117 - Press Releases
		Disney's theme parks and hotels are consolidated within the sprawling, 39-square-mile Reedy Creek Improvement District, which blankets parts of Orange and Osceola counties.
		Reedy Creek officials bristle at the suggestion that they are "Disney's government," arguing that they were a separate entity set up by the state to serve the district's "landowner." But Disney, which owns almost all the land within Reedy Creek, has total control over elections, and thus, control of the government.
		In reality, the question of Reedy Creek's future could be just as much a political question as a legal one.
	www.reedycreek.org /pressrelease_02_23_2004.html (1061 words)

	Reedy Creek Improvement District - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The only residents of the District, also Walt Disney Company employees, live in two trailer parks, one in each city.
		Hydraulic characteristics and nutrient transport and transformation beneath a rapid infiltration basin, Reedy Creek Improvement District, Orange County, Florida (Water-resources investigations report)
		Hydraulic charactertistics and nutrient transport and transformation beneath a rapid infiltration basin, Reedy Creek Improvement District, Orange County, Florida (SuDoc I 19.42/4:95-4281)
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /reedy_creek_drainage_district.htm (1259 words)

	Learn more about Special-purpose district in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In general a special-purpose district is a government district like a municipality, county, etc. (general-purpose districts), but for a special purpose only.
		Special districts are sometimes created to deal with fire protection, sewage, or to manage water resources.
		These districts are usually much more flexible than the more geographically determined municipalities and townships.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /s/sp/special_purpose_district.html (223 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.
		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 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.
	www.rotten.com /library/travel/walt-disney-world (3991 words)

	JimHillMedia.com : Welcome! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Reedy Creek, that is. Jim Hill hears that Florida state representatives are already looking into what might become of the Reedy Creek Improvement District, should the Walt Disney Company fall victim to a hostile takeover attempt.
		Thanks to the powers that the state had awarded to the cities of Bay Lake and Reedy Creek as well as the Reedy Creek Improvement District, Disney was basically free to call its own shots.
		This whole Reedy Creek Improvement District question is going to wind up being a HUGE issue as the Disney acquisition talks roll on.
	www.jimhillmedia.com /mb/articles/showarticle.php?ID=182 (1219 words)

	The Disneyland Report - Disney News - Fitch Ratings gives A- to Walt Disney World's Reedy Creek Improvement District
		The district's ratings are higher than the ratings on Disney (currently rated 'BBB+' by Fitch with a Stable Outlook), due to the importance of the theme park and resort segment to Disney's financial operations, along with the district's adequate financial position.
		The district is governed by a five-member board of supervisors elected by the district's land-owners.
		The district has an option on a 9% share of an 800 mega-watt, coal-fired plant being considered by Florida Municipal Power to diversify its power-sourcing away from exclusively natural gas.
	www.disneylandreport.com /disneynews/050428waltdisneyworldreedycreekimprovementdistrictrating.html (787 words)

	Reedy Creek Improvement District (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Reedy Creek Improvement District is a public corporation of the of Florida created in 1967 by an of the Florida legislature.
		Formally the district is governed by a member board of supervisors who are elected the landowners within the district on the of one acre one vote.
		The district has its seat in Lake Vista and its executive organs (serving primarily WDW parks and resorts) include a building a fire brigade with an ambulance service planning division and a comprehensive utilities service trash collection energy and all in-ground systems telephony and broadband.
	www.freeglossary.com /Reedy_Creek_Improvement_District (550 words)

	The Reedy Creek Fire Fighters Association Local 2117 - Press Releases
		The Reedy Creek Improvement District is still rejecting offers and proposals from the firefighters union, Local 2117.
		The District's final proposal for a contract was unanimously rejected by the union who is trying to keep safety standards high and ensure safe working conditions.
		The District's contract with the union expired on December 31, 2001.
	www.reedycreek.org /pressrelease_02_13_2004.html (298 words)

	State: Legislators want peek at Disney-run district
		Rep. Andy Gardiner, R-Orlando, asked that the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability determine what powers the district has and what would become of the district if Walt Disney Co. is sold.
		Florida legislators created the company-controlled government in 1967 at the request of Disney officials, who said the county couldn't handle the infrastructure needs for such a development at the time.
		Except for law enforcement, the company provides all of the district's services from fire protection to road building.
	www.sptimes.com /2004/04/13/news_pf/State/Legislators_want_peek.shtml (254 words)

	Business Wire: Fitch Lwrs Reedy Creek Imprv District, Florida ... @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Reedy Creek is a special district that was created to provide governmental services to the Walt Disney World Resort.
		The district is governed by a five-member board of supervisors who are elected by the district's landowners.
		The district's higher rating and Stable Outlook on both the ad valorem tax and utility revenue bonds is justified by the importance of the theme park and resort business segment to Disney's financial operations, along with the district's healthy financial position.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:94530349&refid=ink_tptd_np (376 words)

	Reedy Creek
		During one recent inspection Reedy Creek’s success rate was 97.9% with 190 of the 194 test calls being answered within 10 seconds.
		Fire department employees work for the Reedy Creek Improvement District, a totally separate entity from the Walt Disney World Company, The District is a government agency that was created in 1967 by the Florida legislature to provide public services for Disney World.
		The District has experienced less than $100,000 total structural fire loss in the past 10 years in a complex that contains over 20 million square feet of floor space and hosts millions of workers and guests every year and where new building projects are continuing all the time.
	www.mcjackie.com /theCreek.html (1635 words)

	Walt Disney Travel Company (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Reedy Creek Drainage District, later renamed the Reedy Creek Improvement District, was incorporated on May 13, 1966 to manage the land owned by the Compass East Corporation.
		Reedy Creek Energy Services, Incorporated, originally known as Reedy Creek Utilities Company, Incorporated was merged into the Walt Disney World Company on September 30, 1999.
		According to the Kansas City Public School District records, Disney began attending the Benton Grammar School in 1911, and graduated on June 8, 1917.
	www.wwwtln.com /finance/199/walt-disney-travel-company.html (1488 words)

	Talk Disney - Disney's government approves contract with firefighters
		The district also agreed to increase training and health monitoring for firefighters in a special operations unit that would deal with hazardous spills and rescues.
		Union officials had complained that the uniqueness of the Reedy Creek Improvement District, which was created by the Florida Legislature in 1967 to serve as Walt Disney World's government, made it impossible for the firefighters to exercise their full rights as public servants.
		The firefighters argued that Reedy Creek's board was not a genuine legislative body elected by voters because Disney selects its members.
	www.talkdisney.com /forums/showthread.php?t=22775 (605 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Reedy Creek operates the FIRE/EMS system for Disney World and they are a type II system ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Walt Disney World/Reedy Creek Improvement District Trunked Radio System Note: "Reedy Creek Improvement District" is the governmental jurisdiction authorized by the Florida Legislature which Walt Disney Company controls (unofficially).
		On the Security talkgroups, the Reedy Creek Ambulances are referred to as "Alpha Units"; that is, "Alpha-13" is "Ambulance-13".
		AirCare-1 is often heard on the Reedy Creek fire/EMS talkgroups coordinating response/service.
	www.swl.net /cflg/distrunk.txt (973 words)

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