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Alachua County directs staff to negotiate High Springs CRA repayment plan and sunset provisions
Summary
After a lengthy presentation and questioning about a forensic audit and missed trust‑fund deposits, the county commission voted unanimously to have staff negotiate repayment, a base year/millage, and sunset terms with High Springs before approving any long CRA extension.
Alachua County commissioners on May 24 instructed county staff to negotiate terms with the city of High Springs before approving a proposed extension of that city’s Community Redevelopment Area (CRA).
The full‑day presentation by Amanda Rodriguez, executive director of the High Springs CRA, described a proposed 30‑year renewal of the CRA with projects aimed at downtown economic development, sidewalks, facade grants and a rails‑to‑trails segment. Rodriguez said the board had prepared amended language after earlier joint meetings with county staff and CRA members.
Commissioners pressed city and county staff for…
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