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Council authorizes city manager to negotiate sale of 15.36 acres for proposed veterans museum
Summary
City council approved a motion to allow the city manager to negotiate the sale of 15.36 acres of city land at Pecos Airport to Reeves County for a proposed veterans museum; councilmembers discussed tradeoffs for parks, fields and walking trails and asked for a joint workshop with county commissioners.
The city council voted to authorize the city manager to negotiate the sale of city-owned land described as 1 through 18 Block 20 (Pecos Airport exempt), a roughly 15.36-acre parcel, to Reeves County for use as a proposed veterans museum. Councilman Arona moved to approve the negotiation authority; the motion carried after a second.
Council members and other speakers said the museum design presented by county architects is large (a figure of about $56 million was mentioned for the museum design presented to the council) and that the county is seeking a larger land package than the single soccer field the parties had previously discussed. Council members discussed possible sale proceeds in the tens of millions and the possibility of exchanges, leases or “services in kind” to cover infrastructure such as roads.
Why it matters: the parcel includes significant green space and community…
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