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Port Orange council and CRA approve incentive for Salty Marine; debate centers on turtle mitigation timing
Summary
The city council and Eastport Business Center CRA approved an economic incentive agreement for Salty Marine Services to relocate to Eastport Business Park. The plan includes using the city's gopher tortoise mitigation bank; councilors debated whether reimbursement should wait for site improvements or certificate of occupancy.
The Port Orange City Council and the Eastport Business Center Community Redevelopment Agency voted to approve an economic incentive agreement for Salty Marine Services Inc., doing business in the Daytona/Ponce/New Smyrna area, to relocate to a lot in the Eastport Business Park.
Tim Burman, the city's community development representative, told the joint meeting the incentive is structured to assist with permitting fees and the cost of relocating gopher tortoises on the 1.4-acre site. "The way the agreement is structured is that the permitting must be done, the relocation must be…
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