What is it?

[AriaGrandparents2013]

There is a facility located just north on the Pinellas Place intersection with Bonifay Path, opposite the Fernandina Pool and Bonifay Country Club. It appears that within this area is a good sized white covered tank and is surrounded by a landscaped earth mound to screen or hide the facility.

Does anyone know what this is?

[tucson]

It's probably the water treatment plant

[keithwand]

Alien spaceship

[skyguy79]

Alien spaceshipI saw it too and got a picture of it. Is that you at the helm? :1rotfl:

http://www.starshipoverflow.com/contentman/userfiles/Image/ani_spaceship_3.gif

[ajbrown]

http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af146/ajbrown2007/totv/P1030898.jpg (http://s1002.photobucket.com/user/ajbrown2007/media/totv/P1030898.jpg.html)

[AriaGrandparents2013]

I suspect it must be a sewage treatment facility.......????

[rubicon]

I was told it is a new restaurant:doh:

[BobnBev]

http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af146/ajbrown2007/totv/P1030898.jpg (http://s1002.photobucket.com/user/ajbrown2007/media/totv/P1030898.jpg.html)

Looks to me lie a dog in a golf cart..:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

[buzzy]

Soylent green tank

[zcaveman]

The new Villages indoor sports arena.

[Bill-n-Brillo]

It's going to be the new indoor pool many residents have been hoping for. :shocked:

:pepper2:

Bill :wave:

[AriaGrandparents2013]

Enjoyed all the amusing responses....e.g. Aliens space ship, new indoor sports arena, indoor pool, restaurant............but was looking for some serious responses.

If you know what the facility is or where one could find out its purpose......please post as I'd like to hear from you.

Thanks in advance.

[janmcn]

Enjoyed all the amusing responses....e.g. Aliens space ship, new indoor sports arena, indoor pool, restaurant............but was looking for some serious responses.

If you know what the facility is or where one could find out its purpose......please post as I'd like to hear from you.

Thanks in advance.


Have you asked your salesperson? That would be the logical place to find an answer. Or you could call Janet Tutt's office.

[gregntam]

New Kool-Aid storage facility?

[Virtual Geezer]

The Developer's Ft. Knox?

VG

[skyguy79]

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[DougB]

Climate controlled dog park

[Spectreron]

Daily Sun think tank.

[SusanOfWoodbury]

Bank Vault for the Owners of the Villages..

[Hancle704]

Indoor swimming pool.

[batman911]

Senior Roller Derby Rink?

[queasy27]

Sinkhole cover-up.

[l2ridehd]

This person asks an honest question, gets several so called joke replies, asks again very nicely and suggests you only answer if you know, and still gets 20 dumb answers. No wonder people on here sign out forever and leave. A joke or two is fine, but after they ask a second time if you really know, get real.

I don't know the answer but my very best guess is some type of sewage treatment plant. Water is usually in towers or retention ponds. So comparing this to the facility on Buena Vista in Liberty Park, my guess is sewage. Go close and take a deep breath (preferably all the jokers first) and see if I am right.

[CFrance]

This person asks an honest question, gets several so called joke replies, asks again very nicely and suggests you only answer if you know, and still gets 20 dumb answers. No wonder people on here sign out forever and leave. A joke or two is fine, but after they ask a second time if you really know, get real.

I don't know the answer but my very best guess is some type of sewage treatment plant. Water is usually in towers or retention ponds. So comparing this to the facility on Buena Vista in Liberty Park, my guess is sewage. Go close and take a deep breath (preferably all the jokers first) and see if I am right.

Aw, c'mon. A good answer WAS given after the second request: Talk to a realtor or call Janet Tutt. It's obvious the rest are having some fun, and I for one am enjoying the guesses.

[mulligan]

There is only one sewage treatment plant...right next door to the Bacall exec course.

[Janet & Carl]

I love the people on TOTV. You make me laugh. Happy 4th of July to everyone.
Janet

[l2ridehd]

Aw, c'mon. A good answer WAS given after the second request: Talk to a realtor or call Janet Tutt. It's obvious the rest are having some fun, and I for one am enjoying the guesses.

If the OP had not come back and asked a second time for serious answers I might agree. But they did.

[Regor]

It's where they store the road salt to de-ice the roads in the winter.

[Regor]

There is only one sewage treatment plant...right next door to the Bacall exec course.

And the one by Alhambra makes 2.

[l2ridehd]

Again only a guess, but I bet they need one South of 466A. Think this might be it? Houses already sold. Has to go somewhere. Those folks didn't buy homes with out houses.

[gmcneill]

Aw, c'mon. A good answer WAS given after the second request: Talk to a realtor or call Janet Tutt. It's obvious the rest are having some fun, and I for one am enjoying the guesses.

I agree...Tucson provided an accurate response right from the start.

In addition to CFrance's suggestions, a review of a google earth map or a call to VCDD or the Bonifay Restaurant or Pro Shop or an up close and personal detour stop by the facility would confirm that.

The majority of the other posters were just having some harmless fun, passing time on rainy afternoons. They didn't deserve a scolding. Consequently, I am sooo glad that I didn't submit my original guess: a large-scale hot tub with a retractable dome for nighttime star gazing, and, perhaps, catered bar service.

[JP]

Nuclear reactor to power all our air conditioners and electric golf carts.

[petenj]

It is a waste treatment plant , same as the ones off El Camino Real, and Buena Visata( north of the Bonita round about).

[CFrance]

I agree...Tucson provided an accurate response right from the start.

In addition to CFrance's suggestions, a review of a google earth map or a call to VCDD or the Bonifay Restaurant or Pro Shop or an up close and personal detour stop by the facility would confirm that.

The majority of the other posters were just having some harmless fun, passing time on rainy afternoons. They didn't deserve a scolding. Consequently, I am sooo glad that I didn't submit my original guess: a large-scale hot tub with a retractable dome for nighttime star gazing, and, perhaps, catered bar service.

Super. How much to join?

[mulligan]

And the one by Alhambra makes 2.

Sorry, I was only thinking about Sumter county.

[villages07]

I enjoyed the humorous replies...but, did want to clear up some of the misconceptions.

I took the Resident Academy class back in Aug 2011. It covers all the aspects of local CDD government and had a segment on the utilities that service us. Some of the maps/charts provided at that time did not extend below 466A, but, can be extrapolated.

First off, all the wastewater treatment (aka sewage) for S of 466A will be done at the plant off of Buena Vista near the Bacall golf course/Liberty Park area. They had a major expansion of that plant in the past few years to handle the new areas. So, the OP's picture is not sewage/wastewater.

What I believe it is, is a water holding tank. Our potable water comes from the Upper Floridian aquifer. There were 19 wells N of 466a on the map I have..no doubt more S of 466a. Water is pumped out of the aquifer then goes to a water treatment plant (like the facility that looks like a giant still at Turtle Mound golf course), then to a holding tank (as the OP described) or one of the tall Water towers then distributed to homes on demand.

There is a whole separate system for irrigation water that involves the lower aquifer, using treated wastewater, storage/retention ponds, pump stations, and distribution. For example, the yellow building on Bailey Trail beyond the gate and before Allamanda golf course is a Pump Station.

Then again, maybe the building is our hurricane/tornado evacuation shelter??? :laugh:

[skyguy79]

I agree...Tucson provided an accurate response right from the start.

In addition to CFrance's suggestions, a review of a google earth map or a call to VCDD or the Bonifay Restaurant or Pro Shop or an up close and personal detour stop by the facility would confirm that.

The majority of the other posters were just having some harmless fun, passing time on rainy afternoons. They didn't deserve a scolding. Consequently, I am sooo glad that I didn't submit my original guess: a large-scale hot tub with a retractable dome for nighttime star gazing, and, perhaps, catered bar service.:agree:

[AriaGrandparents2013]

I enjoyed the humorous replies...but, did want to clear up some of the misconceptions.

I took the Resident Academy class back in Aug 2011. It covers all the aspects of local CDD government and had a segment on the utilities that service us. Some of the maps/charts provided at that time did not extend below 466A, but, can be extrapolated.

First off, all the wastewater treatment (aka sewage) for S of 466A will be done at the plant off of Buena Vista near the Bacall golf course/Liberty Park area. They had a major expansion of that plant in the past few years to handle the new areas. So, the OP's picture is not sewage/wastewater.

What I believe it is, is a water holding tank. Our potable water comes from the Upper Floridian aquifer. There were 19 wells N of 466a on the map I have..no doubt more S of 466a. Water is pumped out of the aquifer then goes to a water treatment plant (like the facility that looks like a giant still at Turtle Mound golf course), then to a holding tank (as the OP described) or one of the tall Water towers then distributed to homes on demand.

There is a whole separate system for irrigation water that involves the lower aquifer, using treated wastewater, storage/retention ponds, pump stations, and distribution. For example, the yellow building on Bailey Trail beyond the gate and before Allamanda golf course is a Pump Station.

Then again, maybe the building is our hurricane/tornado evacuation shelter??? :laugh:

Thank you............this answer seems to most accurately describe the facility. I will take advice from all posters though and pursue if necessary. I originally asked my Real Estate agent and didn't get a satisfactory answer. Thanks again.

[keithwand]

If the OP had not come back and asked a second time for serious answers I might agree. But they did.

And your point is...

[l2ridehd]

And your point is...


That people ask questions here hoping for a valid answer, not a bunch of snide remarks. This person got some answers and some nonsense answers. So they asked the question again and asked people to only reply if they had valid information. But all they got was more nonsenses. That's OK for a bit, but to continue it for over 30 posts when asked not to, is not fair to the OP who asked the question.

So that was my point!!