435-Veterans Administration MedMEMORANDUM
TO: City Manager/2~Y
FROM: Director of Engineering and Planning
SUBJECT: Veterans Administration Medical Center, Memorandum of
Understanding
DATE: January 5, 1~89
Mr. Faison:
Veterans Administration letter of December 21, 1988 requests a
written offer by City of Sanford to donate 50 to 75 acres to the
Veterans Administration as a medical center ~ite. This offer must
remaih available through September 1990. The attached Memorandum
of Understanding, similar to the one developed for the Federal
Prison System, has been prepared for approval by the City
Commission and execution by the Mayor.
It is requested that this item be placed on the City Commission
agenda for January 9, 1989.
WAS:mca
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
REGARDING VETERANS ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL CENTER
WHEREAS, the City of Sanford, [lorida received a letter
dated December 21, 1988, from the pnited States Veterans Adminis-
tration concerning their interest in locating a Veterans Adminis-
tration Medical Center in the Sanford area, and
WHEREAS, the facility is described as.a Medical Center
requiring a minimum of 50 to 7~ acres whfch must be available
through September 1990 to be donated to the Veterans Administra-
tion; and
WHEREAS, the Veterans Administration has requested a writ-
ten expression from the City of Sanford of its support for the
facility, and
WHEREAS, the City has reviewed the request and at a regu-
lar City Commission meeting held on January 9, 1989, authorized the
preparation of an appropriate memorandum of understanding express-
ing the City's support and willingness to cooperate with the
Veterans Administration including donation of the parcel identified
on Attachment A, or a mutually agreeable alternative parcel within
the City property shown on Attachment ~.
It is, therefore, the City's intent by this ~morandum to
express its support for the project and its understanding concern-
ing the rights and responsibilities of the City and the Veterans
Administration as follows:
1) The items recited above are true and correct and are
incorporated herein.
2) The City of Sanford will donate the Medical Center
site land as described in Exhibit "A" in consideration of
agreements that the Medical Center facility will obtain water and
sewer service from the City Of Sanford and will agree to take back
and reuse public access quality reclaimed water for irrigation.
3) The Veterans Administration will be responsible for
the design, permitting, and construction of necessary pipelines
ser~e the. prison site, connecting toexisting_or pl~n~ed_Ci~y uti
lity lines within City of Sanford, for potable water, wastewater,
and reclaimed water, only if these lines have not already been
built or committed for construction by the Federal Bureau of
Prisons.
4) Following construction of the utility lines, they will
be donated to City of Sanford for ~wnership ~nd operation.
5) This memorandum is not intended to be a contract, but
is an expression of positive interest and intent on the part of the
City of Sanford. If continued discussion produces an agreement to
proceed with the project by the Veterans Administration and the
City of Sanford, it is contemplated that the items contained in
this memorandum together with other terms and conditions yet to be
discussed and agreed to by the parties will be incorporated into a
formal contract.
Dated at Sanford, Flork~a, this ~ day of~~/
A.D. 1989.
ATTEST: CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA
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