The City of Daytona Beach voted unanimously on Nov. 19 to approve a sale and purchase agreement with the Florida Department of Transportation for about 117 acres along International Speedway Boulevard adjacent to I‑4. FDOT will pay $3,848,850, staff said — an amount above the city's appraisal — to acquire land for a truck‑parking facility intended to improve regional freight operations.

City staff and the manager said the sale produces several benefits for the city: it provides unencumbered funds for commissioners to allocate, shifts the cost of building a road to FDOT that will later provide access for the city's planned sports complex on its 600‑acre site, and addresses regional truck‑parking needs identified by transportation planners. Commissioners asked whether the state parcel would allow overnight parking for drivers; staff said the facility will be limited to trucks and operated with on‑site staff.

Public speakers asked how the sale affects the city's long‑range sports complex plans and whether property sales would cancel other proposals for the larger 600‑acre vision; staff said the parcel sale supports road construction that benefits the city's project and that sale proceeds are unencumbered and will return to the general fund for commissioner discretion.

The resolution passed 7‑0. Several commissioners asked staff to include an option to consider dedicating sale proceeds to debt reduction during the next budget cycle.