Okaloosa County BOCC — January 18, 2013 — Airpark emails — reading text

Karen Rossi From: John Dowd Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 2:58 PM To: Karen Rossi Subject: FW: Sale of property in Bob Sikes Airpark FYI From: John Dowd Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 2:23 PM To: Jim Curry Cc: Dave Parisot Subject: RE: Sale of property in Bob Sikes Airpark Jim: It is a fairly large parcel, 11.6 acres. We have the option to purchase at the price that has been offered. It has been vacant for the last year and a half. If we don’t do anything for the next 30 days, they will be able to go ahead and close the sale. Basil Bethea called me and | told him that we could not give him an answer prior to the end of this year. Be glad to answer any other questions you may have. Thanks, John From: Zim Curry Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 2:09 PM _ To: John Dowd Cc: Dave Parisot Subject: Fwd: Sale of property in Bob Sikes Airpark John - please see the below and let us know if you have insight on the deed provision. Thanks Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: From: "Dave Parisot" <dparisot@co.okaloosa.fl.us> To: "Jim Curry" <jcurry@co.okaloosa.fl.us>, "Greg Donovan" <gdonovan@co.okaloosa.fl.us> Subject: FW: Sale of property in Bob Sikes Airpark Are either of you aware of this pending sale? Your thoughts? Dave Parisot Okaloosa County Commissioner, District 2 Board Vice-Chairman (2012) Office: (850) 651-7105; Mobile: (850) 855-1042 NOTE: Due to Florida's broad public records laws, this e-mail, including your e-mail address, 1 may be subject to public disclosure. From: Kevin Bethea [kevinb@realtyhouse.com] Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 1:31 PM To: Don Amunds Cc: Wayne Harris; Nathan Boyles; Kelly Windes; Dave Parisot; managerinfo; basiljr@realtyhouse.com; 'Donna Looney’; Realtysales@aol.com Subject: Sale of property in Bob Sikes Airpark Dear: County Commissioners and County Administrator, I am trying to close on 5692 John Givens Rd. Crestview, FL. in the Bob Sikes Airpark and the title search came back that the county has a first right of refusal to purchase. I know you may be on holiday but we are trying to close this property by end of this year to help the seller have the benefit of 2012 taxes. Is there anyway a decision can be made quickly of whether the county would purchase or decline? See attached deed that references a first right of refusal (portion highlighted in yellow) along with a copy of the purchase contract. Thanks for your attention to this matter. M. Kevin Bethea CCIM e-Pro 11 Racetrack Rd. NE Suite H-1 Fort Walton Beach, FL. 32547 850-244-9195 ext. 5 850-664-6622 fax www.RealtyHouse.com From: Greg Donovan Sent: Friday, December 28, 2012 12:00 PM To: Don Amunds; Dave Parisot; Kelly Windes; Wayne Harris; Nathan Boyles; Jim Curry; John Dowd; Mike Stenson; Tracy Stage; Jon Morris; Dave Miner; Sandi Mack; Lori Fox Subject: FW: Sale of property in Bob Sikes Airpark Commissioners: Airport staff just became aware of this pending sale yesterday and after some internal discussion, our department has some facts and recommendations: e The privately held property is not included in the pre-permitted storm water master plan and the storm water infrastructure is not connected to this parcel. e Our familiarity with the property is when Qwest briefly rented the space for storage. The building would need improvement and the site has some topographical challenges. e The airports department did not budget this expense in FY13 and financial performance specific to CEW is not in a position to make this purchase. For FY13 we expect a $419,268 revenue and $889,867 in expenses (with $544,193 going towards debt service on the Gasper property - operating expenses are $345,674 otherwise). As a department, there is more financial depth but we have been trying to compartmentalize each airport to stand on its own. The Gasper property that connected us to HWY 90 was contra to this strategy but the parcel was a rare opportunity to acquire contiguous access for a future main entrance in one piece. e If the airport purchased this property, it would become an “obligated parcel” meaning that we could never sell the property only lease it per FAA grant assurances unless released by the FAA. If it was purchased independently from the Okaloosa County general fund or EDC, then the FAA restriction would not be applicable. e Similar to interest activity taking place at the former EJM property, the airport encourages private companies and developers to make the vertical improvements outside of the airside locations. Ultimately, it is a BCC decision and we relayed the same message yesterday that the county attorney communicated with Mr. Bethea - that this would need to be decided at a future board meeting and is not a staff level decision. If 3@ days pass after formal notification to the chair without a response or agenda item, the first right is waived. As staff, our recommendation to the board would be not to purchase it and allow the private transaction to occur. We do not know what the indented future use is but encouraging industrial activity as defined in the deed needs to be universally applied throughout the county owned industrial park. Greg Donovan, A.A.E.