Agenda Item Name:
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Fairgrounds Redevelopment Area Lease and Donation to United States of America
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Presenter:
Sean McLendon, Strategic Initiatives Manager 352 548 3765
Description:
Approve lease and subsequent donation, with conditions, of the Fairgrounds Redevelopment Area to the United States of America so that the US Army Reserve may build and operate an Equipment Concentration Site.
Recommended Action:
Recommended Action
Adopt the resolution to:
1. Approve and authorize the Chair to sign the lease agreement as an interim step in the donation of the Fairgrounds Redevelopment Area and;
2. Approve and authorize the Chair to sign the necessary documentation to subsequently donate of the Fairgrounds Redevelopment Area to the US Army Reserve at such time as the US Army Reserve is prepared to receive it, with conditions for ownership of the property to revert back to the County as previously approved by the Board.
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Prior Board Motions:
At the May 12, 2020 Regular Meeting the Board authorized the Chair to sign the letter of intent to donate the Fairgrounds Redevelopment Area to the US Army Reserve.
The motion carried 5-0.
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 w...
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