TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: A. Jerome Fletcher II, ICMA-CM, MPA, City Manager
TITLE: A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of North Port, Florida, Authorizing the Purchase of +/- 17.31 Acres of Real Property Located on Pan American Boulevard and Described as Portions of Sections 29, 30, 31 and 32, Township 39 South, Range 21 East, A Portion of Real Property Bearing Sarasota County Property Appraiser Parcel Identification Number 0996001000; Incorporating Recitals; Providing For Filing of Documents; Providing for Conflicts; Providing for Severability; and Providing an Effective Date.
Recommended Action
Approve Resolution No. 2022-R-39, authorizing the purchase of +/- 17.31 acres of real property located on Pan American Boulevard bearing Sarasota County Property Appraiser Parcel Identification Number 0996001000 for the Utilities Administration and Warehouse Facility.
Background Information
On February 25, 2020, Resolution No. 2020-R-06, authorizing the acquisition of the Talon Bay property for the Utilities Administration and Warehouse Facility, was rejected, and Commission directed staff to re-evaluate properties previously considered as well as alternative properties not previously evaluated and recommended staff review possible alternative means of acquiring properties, such as a land swap.
Stantec identified four sites that had been previously evaluated along with one additional site suggested for further consideration and analyzed the five sites. During the City Commission Workshop held on December 7, 2020, Stantec presented the Addendum to the Site Selection Report to the Commission, which provided a summary analysis and ranking of the five properties under consideration. Based on this analysis, Commission recommended that the City Manager direct staff to move forward with negotiations for the purchase of the site identified on Pan American Boulevard.
On September 14, 2021, Commission approved a Due Dilig...
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