Subject:
Title
Staff Direction, Re: Transfer of Lori Wilson Park to City of Cocoa Beach
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Fiscal Impact:
$5 million is budgeted in the Beach Improvement fund 1442/293100
Dept/Office:
Tourism Development Office
Requested Action:
Recommendation
It is requested the Board of County Commissioners provide staff with direction to develop an Interlocal agreement for the transfer of ownership of Lori Wilson Park to the City of Cocoa Beach, including obtaining any necessary approvals from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the National Park Service. The interlocal agreement will be brought back to the Board for approval.
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Summary Explanation and Background:
The Board of County Commissioners, in regular session on November 13, 2018, approved advertisement of an RFQ for design/build renovation project at Lori Wilson Park, a 32.43 acre park with 1,145 feet of ocean frontage. There is currently $5 million in the Beach Improvement Fund to fund that renovation. Since that time, the Tourism Development Office received an unsolicited proposal for a public/private partnership from Driftwood Acquisitions and Development, LP and its affiliates ("DAD") regarding the renovation. But prior to responding to the proposal, transferring the ownership of Lori Wilson Park to the City of Cocoa Beach, Florida has been proposed. At the November 19, 2019 Cocoa Beach City Commission meeting, it was voted that the City was interested in entering into discussion with Brevard County regarding the transfer of the park and the City Manager was directed to begin work on an Interlocal agreement with Brevard County.
Staff is seeking permission to work with the City of Cocoa Beach to draft an interlocal agreement which would transfer the ownership of the park to the City, along with the $5 million to fund the renovation. This request is consistent with the goal of conveying selected County owned parks within municipalities with no loss of service to the resident and visit...
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