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<br />stating their desire to redevelop the property through what is know as an early transfer process. . <br />This process will transfer the property from the U.S. Army, through the City acting as a conduit, <br />to the private market. The net result is the City acting as a controlling agent, between the U.S. <br />Army's sale of the property to a development group, resulting in establishing maximum control <br />on environmental-cleanup, land use, architectural design, creation of recreational amenities, <br />preservation of wildlife areas, and developing a project that maximizes the tax base that can be <br />shared by all of the community. The alternative would be a future sale on the open market that <br />does not involve the City. At that time the City would be in a reaetive position and would only <br />have land use control, but little influence in creating the plan as envisioned in the "TCAAP <br />framework Vision." <br /> <br />2. <br /> <br />The City's involvement at this time guarantees the highest level of clean-up on the TCAAP <br /> <br /> <br />property and accelerates the time period when clean-up will occur. The inclusion of residential <br /> <br /> <br />development assures maximum clean-up based upon State regulations. Ifthe U.S. Army were to <br /> <br /> <br />sell this outside of the early transfer process it could create a scenario where minimal levels of <br /> <br /> <br />clean-up are required if extensive warehousing or other types of industrial development occurred. <br /> <br /> <br />Another seenario would be the U.S. Army selling only portions of the property and holding some <br /> <br /> <br />of the more polluted parcels far into the future until their budgets allow final clean-up. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />3. The development of the TCAAP property, at the level envisioned in the framework Vision <br /> <br /> <br />process, is the culmination of the communities' goals and visions for the past ten years. Some of <br /> <br /> <br />these efforts include: <br /> <br />In 1994 Congressman Bruce Vento called for a special task force to review the entirety <br /> <br /> <br />of the 2,200 acre TCAAP site culminating in the "Vento Plan." <br /> <br />In 1998 the City adopted modifications to the City's Comprehensive Plan, stating <br />guidelines on how the community wanted the TCAAP property to be developed. <br /> <br />In 2002 the City Council seleeted a development group (CRR, Inc.) that had the abilities <br />and sophistieation to work through the early transfer process and redevelop the TCAAP <br />site per the established vision. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Page 2 of5 <br /> <br />IIEarthlPlanninglMisc Fi1eslEDClexecutive summary. doc <br />