Agenda Item Name:
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Fairgrounds Redevelopment Area Offer Letter to US Army
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Presenter:
Sean McLendon, Strategic Initiatives Manager 352 548 3765
Description:
As part of the on-going due diligence of the US Army, this is a request for an offer letter on donating the Fairgrounds Redevelopment Area with conditions. This is not a contract or final agreement between parties.
Recommended Action:
Recommended Action
Authorize the Chair to sign the letter of intent to donate the Fairgrounds Redevelopment Area to the US Army Reserve.
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Prior Board Motions:
At the February 25, 2020 Board Meeting Commissioner Cornell moved the substitute motion to postpone this item to the first meeting in April of 2020 and direct staff to reach out to the Airport Authority for their written input regarding their outparcels and responding to the Board with opportunities to combine those or how having the Army facility would affect those outparcels. Direct staff to contact Weyerhaeuser regarding interest in the land swap proposal. If the deadline will close out the Army facility opportunity then the Board will schedule a meeting to address the matter within in the necessary time frame. Staff to follow the timeline presented to the Board.
The motion carried 5-0.
At the December 2, 2019 Joint Board Meeting Commissioner Cornell moved the following:
1. Direct county staff to present the Board with comparable data to share with the community from other locations where the Army Reserves has located these type of equipment concentration sites.
2. Staff to ask the Army Reserve to help identify the necessary job skills and workforce training efforts to help our community prepare for this.
3. Staff to ask the Army Reserve to review the preliminary site plan and determine if one to three acres on the corner of Waldo and 39th could be carved out.
The motion carried 5-0.
At the May 28, 2019 Regular Meeting the Board Authorized the Chair to sign the Temporary Right ...
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