Who will Serve on the BCC/NFCU Selection Committee for the Master Planning of OLF 8?

A recent rendering of the actual wetlands boundary on OLF 8 (above) indicates that a significantly smaller portion of this 636 acre parcel is wetlands.  This increases the acreage that can be developed, which increases the value of this land.  Soon, the county will begin the process of master-planning this parcel working in conjunction with Navy Federal Credit Union

The Board of County Commissioners will select three members of the seven-member committee that will be tasked with narrowing down the firms that compete for the contract to master-plan OLF 8.

The solicitation will have been on the street for 30 days and will close in the second week of April--and shortly thereafter this committee will start to meet and will begin the selection process of a master planner for OLF 8--for which NFCU has agreed (under certain reasonable terms) to pay up to $2 Million for AND for which the BCC will have the final say and decision.

Navy Federal Credit Union has identified their 4 members:

1. Kim Aderholdt
Supervisor, Facility Planning & Project Management
Navy Federal Greater Pensacola Operations

2. John Porter
Vice President
Corporate Facilities and Support Services
Baptist Health Care


3. Virna L Reynoso
President/CEO
REYCO Contracting Solutions LLC

4. Brian Wyer
President/CEO
Gulf Coast Minority Chamber of Commerce

The full BCC will discuss and select the county's three members for this committee at our upcoming meeting on April 4th.  While the full board will have final say on these three members, the initial slate of three candidates from the BCC, a slate for which I will advocate and support and which staff has been considering, will be:

1. Scott Luth
Executive Director 
Florida West Economic Development Alliance

2.  Andrew Holmer or Horace Jones
Development Services
Escambia BCC

3.  David Forte
Division Manager, Transportation and Traffic Operations Division
Escambia BCC