Okaloosa County BOCC — July 19, 2016 — ecwr email

Jason Autrey From: Mitch Robbins <mwrobbins@mmm.com> Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2016 8:18 AM To: Jason Autrey Subject: RE: ECWR Leases Good Morning hope this finds you well. I am pasting a copy of a letter that is going to the Cily manager per his request on our actions concerning the Island property lease. As I indicated to you we have no desire to hamper the county in the development of this property. We are requesting 4 months to either put forth a real plan of development or make arrangements with whomever else may want this property. I am meeting with some big money donors to try and organize the money and plan. Thank You and please see below. Mr. John Hofsted County Manager Okaloosa county Shalimar, Florida Dear Mr. Hofsted: Following our meeting Tuesday afternoon | talked with our board of directors and they agreed for me to send this letter of request concerning the lease the Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge has on property on Okaloosa Island. We realize our lease is running out; however, we have been hampered in the past with problem of ingrfess and egress to the property as well as problems with an adjacent leaseholder. Also, our past board of directors and staff directed all efforts towards getting access to the almost-ready-to-move-in Destin YMCA property. Our new board is now ready to move forward with developing the island property. We hereby ask that our lease be renewed for a period of 10 years and granting us 4 months to come up with a development plan to be submitted to the Commission for consideration. Let me assure you that we are extremely aware of the cooperation we have received in the past and we wish to move forward with permanent development that will be an attraction for residents and visitors alike as well as state of the art facilities for caring for our wildlife. We will be glad to meet with anyone representing the county whenever needed to explain our intentions for future development. Sincerely, Jerry Melvin Vice President ECWR Board of Directors Science. Applied to Life.” Mitch Robbins | Senior Account Representative 3M purification Foodservice 6364 Old Harbor Ct Gulf Breeze, FL 32563 Mobile: 850-454-6189 mwrobbins@mmm.com ©@O®® O © |en From: Jason Autrey [mailto:jautrey@co.okaloosa.fl.us] Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2016 2:34 PM To: Mitch Robbins <mwrobbins@mmm.com> Subject: [EXTERNAL] ECWR Leases Mitch, I wanted to follow up with you regarding the meeting the ECWR Board was planning to have on the 10", | am going to have to provide the Commissioners with an update on the Okaloosa Island parcel, but want to do so having a full understanding of what ECWR’s plans are. With that, do you have anything you could share? Thanks in advance for your time, Jason Jason T. Autrey, P.E. Public Works Director - Okaloosa County 1759 S. Ferdon Blvd - Crestview, FL. 32536 - 850-689-5772 Please note: Due to Florida's very broad public records laws, most written communications to or from County employees regarding County business are public records, available to the public and media upon request. Therefore, this written e-mail communication, including your email address, may be subject to public disclosure. 3M security scanners have not detected any malicious content in this message. Click here to report this email as spam