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Alachua County and City of Gainesville Settlement Agreement and Agreement for Interlocal Cooperation and Joint Planning Agreement (B)
A request to approve or amend an agreement with Alachua County to settle the challenges they have brought in regard to two annexations approved by the City Commission.
Explanation
On Tuesday, October 3, 2017, the Alachua County Commission approved a settlement agreement between the City of Gainesville and Alachua County. The County contested two annexed properties: one based on their premise of enclave creation and one based on consistency with our Comprehensive Plan. Within the last week, city and county staff have been working on a “settlement” agreement. The pace of the drafting has been remarkable and continued into late in the day on Monday, October 2, 2017.
In summation, the agreement will have the county withdraw the contested status of both properties based on an agreement to share (75/25 county/city split) mobility fees (transportation fees, not transit fees) that would be collected when the property develops within the City and to apply those funds to building certain specified projects. The fees will be used to help fund the construction of SW 8th Avenue corridor between Tower Rd and SW 20th Ave, and beyond these projects if sufficient collected funds remain to complement the funding for the County’s proposed widening of the SW 20th Avenue bridge generally between SW 61st Street and SW 52nd Street.
The funds will be paid to the County on a reimbursement basis after road construction work has been completed. If the construction work has not been completed within six years of the funds having been received by the City the funds will remain with the City.
Background: On February 16, 2017, the City adopted Ordinance No. 160216, which, at the request of the property owner, annexed approximately 100 acres of property into SW Gainesville, commonly referred to as Finely Woods.
On February 28, 2017, t...
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