A4 + PLUS >> Rum Island Park reopens Monday, Below NFL NBA Jags turn to Gruden, Playoff games still off McAdoo to aid Minshew due to racial injustice See Page 12A See Page 12A FRIDAY EDITION FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 2020 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $1.00 Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM Motorcyclist killed in crash City eyeing growth Annexation plan would extend to industrial park; lead to lower property taxes. By CARL MCKINNEY
[email protected] A boundary-pushing plan to expand the borders of Lake City is moving ahead in early September, and it could eventually pave the way for tax cuts. The city is looking to annex the North Florida Mega Industrial Park on East U.S. Highway 90, which could gener- Helfenberger ate enough tax revenue to make it possible to decrease proper- TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter ty taxes overall, said City Manager Joe A traffic crash claimed a life Thursday afternoon when a motorcycle and car were involved in a collision at the intersec- Helfenberger. Before that can happen, a tion of Southwest Baya Drive and Southwest McFarlane Avenue at approximately 3:21 p.m. involving a Pontiac Sunfire corridor must be carved out by growing and Harley Davidson sportster. The motorcycle driver was killed as a result of the crash and the driver of the Sunfire was the city limits one parcel at a time. transported to a local hospital. No details were released on the Sunfire driver’s condition and authorities did not release The annexation is “critical to obtain the the identities of those involved in the crash.