At this evening's regular BCC meeting, the board will be approving an agreement with DPZ design, the firm that was awarded the contract to complete a citizen-driven master plan for the 636-acre site in Beulah known as OLF 8. This property, acquired by Escambia County from the US Navy last January after a multi-decade effort, was pursued as an economic development project to create jobs. After many discussions with my counterparts on the board, Navy Federal Credit Union, and nearby residents--the property will now be used to create jobs and for providing community amenities and other potential developments. The board voted on the document that will guide this master planning via a 5-0 vote in late 2018.
The county will be paying DPZ for the work to provide the plan, but these funds will be reimbursed to the county by Navy Federal Credit Union--which was a part of the consideration the county garnered from NFCU in exchange for the sale of nearly 100 acres of this property to NFCU for their use.
Residents have expressed concern and have had questions about where we are in this process--and I would strongly recommend that these residents take a look at this contract and the associated exhibits which will answer many of these questions.
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