12-01-25 JDA WS - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Commissioner Weber asked if the County had funding to build a district wide energy source. Director Mitchell reported the County did not have funding in place for a district wide energy source. Commissioner Weber stated this was the first time he has heard that the County was working with the Army on the TGRS system in the past 11 years. Commissioner Jebens-Singh explained she did not recall previous conversations about the width of the spine road taking into consideration the pipes that would be needed for the energy system. Director Jagoe reported the 140 feet of right of way for the spine road does not include the district energy corridor. She indicated the district energy would be an additional private easement outside of the private easement. Ms. DeWalt stated a final decision has not been made on this topic. Commissioner Weber explained the information for Building 116 addresses the concerns he had at the last JDA meeting and noted the order of this information was a concern to him. He was of the opinion the information on Building 116 should have been provided to the JDA prior to the plans for the spine road going forward. Chair Wicklund asked what the JDA’s appetite was for solving the Building 116 issue. He believed solving the issue could be solved by doing nothing, by moving Building 116 or by covering it up. He questioned how the JDA wanted to proceed. Commissioner Monson indicated she had concerns with the timing of the air sampling and inquired if air samples could be completed now. Ms. DeWalt reported the Army does not want to complete the air samples until the full optimization has been approved, but the Army was required to complete the sampling before anyone was on site. Commissioner Monson stated there would be nothing worse than the spine road project being ready to begin and the air sample testing could hold up this project. She urged the County to push for this testing to be completed sooner rather than later. She questioned when the decision was made to not have Building 116 included in the TGRS system relocation. Chair Wicklund explained, historically, Building 116 has been viewed as being so complicated due to the numerous layers of governmental approval, that the JDA made Building 116 the developer’s concern. Commissioner Monson commented over the past two years the developer has stated Building 116 was a problem and the JDA was never explicitly asked to do something with it.