Hector Lizasuain Jr.

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  www.theledger.com/article/20070913/REPORTER/709130353/1 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 9/13/2007    Last Visited: 9/17/2007  

  "This could really be our last chance to get on board," said Hector Lizasuain, who is the West 192 coordinator for the Osceola County engineering department.Lizasuain, who helped oversee that county's successful beautification effort running from Hoagland Avenue to the east of Black Lake Road, is coordinating the Four Corners Area Council's effort to extend the project to Four Corners.
  
  Lizasuain told the council he was planning to make a presentation to FDOT on the expansion of the West 192 Redevelopment District into Four Corners.FDOT is planning for the widening of U.S. 192 from four to six lanes, and the council hopes to piggyback on that project.
  
  "We're in a time crunch right now with (F)DOT," Lizasuain said."They're going to break ground in 2009, with or without us."
  
  He acknowledged it hasn't been easy getting this project off the ground.
  
  "There have been some stumbling blocks in the past," he said.
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  "This is just going to be such a big deal," Lizasuain said.
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  "We have to tell people it's a great idea, but guess what, you have to pay for it," Lizasuain said.
  
  Lizasuain has spent most of this year sounding out local business owners on U.S. 192 in Four Corners, from Black Lake Road down to U.S. 27, to see if they would support a similar makeover on their section of the highway.He has noted that BeautiVacation grants are available from the state for $300,000 each for which all four counties could apply.
  
  Lizasuain said Osceola County now has a contract with PPS&J, an engineering firm, and he plans to recommend the firm to FDOT for the Four Corners beautification project.
  
  "One of the recommendations we'll be making is installing a phase one - guide markers and palm trees along the route," Lizasuain said."We'll touch on what we have now, and whether it is working.That's what people want to know."
  
  Lizasuain insisted that the current BeautiVacation project has been a big success, making the section of U.S. 192 far more appealing to residents and visitors alike, and making it considerably more pedestrian-friendly.
  
  "If you want to see if this project is working, call me and I'll pick you up and I will show you," he said.

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  Published on: 6/9/2003    Last Visited: 3/6/2005  

  "We had to try to make this area as safe as possible for pedestrians while adding an aesthetic touch to it," says Hector Lizasuain, project coordinator for the West 192 BeautiVacation District.

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  A Highway 50 spruce-up? - Orlando Business Journal: - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/24/2006    Last Visited: 4/24/2006  

  West 192 coordinator Hector Lizasuain told west Orange officials the project -- dubbed West 192 BeautiVacation -- was presented to the Osceola businesses as a marketing tool."My advice to west Orange is to lay your cards on the table, show them the pros and the cons, and let the business owners make a decision," says Lizasuain.

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  Better Roads News Archive I - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/14/2003    Last Visited: 9/16/2005  

  Hector Lizasuain, West 192 project coordinator, says the Florida project may be the largest beautification project in Florida.The project is headed into its third and final phase, consisting of 10-foot-wide sidewalks on both sides of the road, pedestrian lighting for the public's safety, guide markers to help visitors find their way, informational and directional signs, pedestrian plazas and seating areas, attractive covered transit stops, and color landscaping.
  
  The project was made possible through joint efforts of business owners in the area, Osceola County, and the Florida Department of Transportation, Lizasuain says.

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  Billboard deal rescues oaks, palms: South Florida... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/13/2006    Last Visited: 10/13/2006  

  "I'm totally happy with that," said Hector Lizasuain, coordinator of the West 192 Redevelopment District.
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  Lizasuain had a crew begin cutting back the crape myrtles Tuesday in preparation for their removal the next day.The county was to have sawed down the flowering trees, while state road crews would have removed the larger oaks and palms.
  
  But Wednesday morning, Lizasuain opened the Sentinel and read an editorial in which Craig Swygert, general manager of Clear Channel Outdoor's Orlando division, was quoted as saying he was willing to compromise on the number of trees to be cut down.Lizasuain then called his tree crew and halted their work order.
  
  Swygert visited the site Thursday with Lizasuain and decided that the palms and oaks could stay if the county agreed to remove the cluster of 16 crape myrtles in the median.

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  Board Game - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 12/18/2004    Last Visited: 3/5/2006  

  Hector Lizasuain, coordinator of the West 192 Redevelopment Project, has been appointed to the Community Vision board of directors.He will serve on the governance team and as a representative of the community.He also will help to increase leadership development, determine community priorities and set policy for the organization.

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  Community Vision - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/15/2008    Last Visited: 4/15/2008  

  Hector Lizasuain, Project Coordinator - Osceola County W192 BeautiVacation

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  Crown Communities - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 12/1/2004    Last Visited: 1/21/2005  

  Business owners, who faced fierce competition from neighboring Orlando, home of Disney World, also worried about the thoroughfare's poor lighting, lousy signs and unattractive landscaping. ,We had to try to make this area as safe as possible for pedestrians while adding an aesthetic touch to it,, says Hector Lizasuain, project coordinator for the West 192 BeautiVacation District. ,There was no other way to remain competitive.,
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  The assessment requires property owners to pay about $490 for every $1 million worth of taxable property, according to Lizasuain.
  
  ,The property owners funded nearly 100 percent of this project,, he says.Florida DOT also contributed $1.3 million in grants.
  
  Naturally, the proposal to create a special taxing district met with some initial resistance. ,It was sold not as a tax but as a marketing plan that could revitalize the district,, says Lizasuain, who predicts the net effect of the aesthetic and safety improvements will be to strengthen tourism, boost competitiveness and raise property values for the approximately 600 businesses in the district.

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  Florida Department of Transportation - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 9/1/1995    Last Visited: 4/19/2007  

  Hector Lizasuain, ChairOsceola County West 192 Redevelopment District4845 W. Irlo Bronson Memorial HighwayKissimmee, FL 34746
  
  Phone: 407-390-1700

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  Florida Legislation 2006 HB273: Editorials, Columns... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/12/2006    Last Visited: 9/18/2007  

  "This is like waiting for a stay of execution," said Hector Lizasuain, coordinator of the West 192 Redevelopment District."I feel like these trees are strapped in, and they're looking at the clock, and it's ticking.We're waiting for the governor to call and say the trees are saved."
  
  On Tuesday, Lizasuain had a crew begin cutting back a stand of crape myrtles but halted the work after learning Wednesday that billboard owner Clear Channel Outdoor was willing to negotiate how many trees would be cut down.
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  "I've got 2,200 property owners that I answer to, and they paid for this," said Hector Lizasuain, the 192 project coordinator.

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