County-City joint workshop Tuesday

County and city commissioners will meet in a joint workshop Tuesday morning to tackle a variety of mutual concerns — primary among them expected to be infrastructure development in West Augustine and the future of the Willie Galimore pool.

This public workshop will be held in the St. Johns County Auditorium located in the County Administration Building at 500 San Sebastian View in St. Augustine, between 9:00 a.m. and noon, Tuesday May 24, 2011.

Although the workshop is open to the public, it is not a public hearing and public comments are not expected to be entertained.

While West Augustine is largely outside the city limits, the city’s water and sewer service extends through the area.

A stumbling block has been coordinating city utility work under West King Street with county redesign and paving of the street. A larger stumbling block is finding funds for the project, estimated as high as $21.5 million.

The county’s responsibility for the Galimore pool will end in September — saying that they are unable to stretch the recreation budget to cover both the Galimore pool and the new Calhoun Center.