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25 <br /> • To ensure that the use of the property is for active recreation purposes, or if desired, more <br /> specifically for a soccer field complex; <br /> • Some degree of public and local government access to the future soccer fields; <br /> • Provision of a trail corridor through the property to connect south and north to current and <br /> future open space; <br /> • As per a 2024 rezoning action, re-routing of the access easement on the property to the <br /> adjacent Acer, LLC property and low-impact recreation area be addressed in any <br /> approved site plan and plat; and <br /> • If sold to a nonprofit, including a restriction that the property reverts to the County if it <br /> ceases being used as a soccer field complex. <br /> Options for the Board to consider to facilitate this outcome given the procedural requirements for <br /> a potential sale might include: <br /> • A private negotiated sale of the property, which once completed would be announced and <br /> scheduled for action at a future Board meeting. The property sale would be accompanied <br /> by binding conditions placed on the property and benefits to both parties that would be <br /> signed prior to or during the closing. <br /> • Enter into a lease of the property of up to ten (10) years in length (the time limit allowed <br /> by law)for the purposes defined. The lease must be structured in such a way that it is not <br /> an attempt to circumvent the statutory prohibition on leases. The prohibition is that any <br /> lease of ten (10) years or longer must be treated as a sale. <br /> • The County could enter into a structured agreement with another party to contribute to the <br /> costs of upgrading the property to support a soccer complex, and contract with that party <br /> to manage the facility for a term with multiple renewal options. <br /> • The County could sell the property without conditions under the negotiated sale upset bid <br /> process, with no memorandum of understanding and no control or say on the future use <br /> of the property. <br /> • The County could retain ownership of the property, either for the present or permanently. <br /> At this point, the County has not received a formal offer for the property, so opening the door to <br /> solicitation of the same would be the first step required. <br /> Staff requests the Board's direction as to 1) whether to entertain offers to purchase the property <br /> or a portion thereof, 2) whether to retain the western natural resource lands in County ownership <br /> for now, and 3) the manner of sale or lease process as outlined above. <br /> David Stancil, DEAPR Director, introduced the item. He reviewed the property maps for <br /> the Board and the background information as described in the abstract: <br />