Title
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN A LETTER IN SUPPORT OF ADVANTAGE SITES
Summary
The Baldwin County Economic Development Alliance is moving forward with renewing the Advantage Site program for the Foley Beach Express Industrial Park. They have requested two letters. One letter is a general letter of support from the Mayor and the second letter is a letter that identifies the agreed to sale price for property in the Industrial Park. This price is required to be honored for two years after placed in the program. The letter must be sent from any owners of the property which includes the City of Foley and the IDB.
The intention of the discussion is to verify and determine the pricing that both the City and the IDB must agree to and authorize staff to draft letters for the Mayor's signature.
Budgetary Impact:
Non-Capital Item:
____ Budgeted under account #_______________ (discussion item)
____ Not budgeted, requesting transfer of $__________ from Account #______________ to Account #_____________.
____ Not budgeted requiring increase to account #___________ in the amount of $____________.
Capital - Departmental
____ Budgeted under account #______________ for $___________ and described in budget as __________________________________.
Additional amount needed, if any: Increase in budget of $_____________ OR, transfer of $___________ from Account #____________ to Account #_______________
____ Not Budgeted - account #____________ requires budget increase of $_____________.
Capital Project - **THE PRE-PROJECT CHECKLIST AND BUDGET CHECKLIST MUST BE ATTACHED TO THIS FILE**
In current year Capital Projects Plan:
_____ Yes, planned amount $___________, requesting $_________ as total project estimate, including contingencies, under account #_________________
_____ No, requesting $___________ as total project estimate, including contingencies, under account #____________________
Body
WHEREAS, the City of Foley supports the Advantage Site program and is moving forward to the next step in submitting the documentation to the State of Alabama "EDPA", and
WHEREAS, the Advantage Site program requires a price per acre for the available acreage in the Foley Beach Express Industrial Park.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Foley, Alabama, as follows:
SECTION 1: Authorizes the Mayor to sign a letter of support for the Advantage Site program and authorizes him to sign an additional letter defining the price per acre at the Foley Beach Express Industrial Park East and West at a price of $50,000.00 per acre for a two year period.
SECTION 2: This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption as required by law.