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Staff outlines Imagine North Magnolia updates; committee asks for options on grant-match changes
Summary
Community development staff reported progress on Imagine North Magnolia, Willoughby-lot remediation and committed public Wi‑Fi at the neighborhood park; members asked staff to return with budget options about changing residential/commercial grant match percentages.
Roberta Ellis, economic development manager, briefed the North Magnolia CRA Advisory Committee on May 29 about project updates for Imagine North Magnolia and other CRA activities, and she reviewed proposed changes to grant programs and committee procedures.
Ellis said the consultant for the Marion Heights single-family lots is nearly ready to finalize plats but staff is waiting on a title-opinion response from the city attorney for one parcel that has an outstanding judgment. She reported that Ocala Fiber has committed to adding public Wi‑Fi at a neighborhood park adjacent to the Imagine North Magnolia project and that a recent Phase I environmental study on a city-owned parcel near Temple Cemetery found three on‑the‑ground storage tanks; procurement staff will scope work to remove the tanks and solicit a contractor.
Ellis updated the committee on the Willoughby…
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