ON THE WATERFRONT WATERFRONT GETS A PLAN


n A N I N T E R V I E W W I T H Bill Spottswood


GUY deBOER


KONK BROADCASTING NEWS DIRECTOR


Bill Spottswood | BS:Tis project has been going on since 1995. Tat is when the federal government first started discussing the transfer of the property to the city and then went through the BRAC [Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission] process in 1997. In 2002, the City of Key West actually filed an application


for an economic development conveyance to the city and was awarded that conveyance. Te filed application was based upon their ability to help tourism and stated that they wanted to build a world- class marina capable of accommo- dating mega yachts. In 2008, the city sent out an


RFP [Request for Proposal] to go ahead and develop the marina. Te article also gave the respondents the ability to make a proposal in the upland areas. Tat was not


only for the marina portion of it, but for the 20 acres left over from the original transfer. Tirty-two acres of the Truman Waterfront were originally transferred with 6.6 acres going to Bahama Village, 2.5 acres to the Assisted Living facilities, about 5 acres to the marina portion and 20 remaining acres were included in the RFP. It said to respond if you had any ideas about the upland areas (so) we responded in two ways. Continued


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