Agenda Item Name:
Title
Request to Proceed to Negotiate with the Most Responsive Proposer for a Sports Events Center
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Presenter:
James K. Harriott, Jr., P.E., Deputy County Manager
Description:
This presentation will brief the Board on prior steps taken with respect to the unsolicited proposal related to a Sports Events Center and requests direction to proceed to negotiate terms of an agreement with the most responsive proposer.
Recommended Action:
Recommended Action
Hear presentation and direct staff to negotiate a term sheet for the financing, construction and operation of a Sports Events Center with the most responsive proposer. And 2) bring back the results of negotiations for the Board's consideration.
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Prior Board Motions:
At the October 15, 2019 Board Meeting ?Commissioner Byerly moved direct staff to further explore the creation of a Sports Events Center via a partnership with Celebration Pointe Community Development District with the following ordered steps:
1) Determine public funding sources/amounts for the project.
2) Develop architectural designs and construction cost estimates.
3) Conduct a Celebration Pointe parking demand study and determine cost and Funding sources for additional parking stalls.
4) Establish legal parameters for venue funding and ownership.
5) Authorize a Chair letter to the City of Gainesville that provides the economic impacts of the Event Center to the community and request that the City get back to the Board of County Commissioners as soon as they have the necessary information to move forward with the eastern part of the City to move in a parallel path if possible. (5-0.)
At the May 7, 2019 Special Meeting Commissioner Byerly moved the following:
1. That we direct staff to expand Victus Study to include an analysis of the Celebration Pointe Site and include as needed an analysis of the range...
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