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Fruita council approves development agreement with 2 Forks Ventures for riverfront 'Launch' project
Summary
The Fruita City Council approved a development agreement with 2 Forks Ventures to redevelop decommissioned sewer lagoons into a phased riverfront park and mixed‑use project; the agreement structures property transfer, a promissory‑note repayment model and performance requirements and passed 6–0.
Fruita — The City Council voted unanimously to authorize a development agreement with 2 Forks Ventures that aims to convert the decommissioned sewer lagoons into a phased riverfront park and mixed‑use development, city officials said. Planning Director Dan Karas described long‑running planning that dates back to 2017 and emphasized the project's constraints — significant floodplain, hundreds of thousands of cubic yards of fill, off‑site utility extensions and the relocation of a lift station — which the public‑private partnership is designed to address.
The term sheet approved by council lays out a structure in which the city keeps title to public improvements and certain public parcels while 2 Forks Ventures receives privately developed…
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