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Read. Follow. Verify.Proposed Economic Development Agreement Amendment for Springfield MF Partners
Record date · June 10, 2025
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What This Bill Does
This ordinance proposed an amendment to an economic development agreement between the City and Springfield MF Partners, LLC. The amendment sought to authorize the final payment of a completion grant and remove a '' provision that would have required the developer to return grant funds if the project parcel was sold.
The ordinance was withdrawn, meaning the city's existing economic development agreement with Springfield MF Partners remains unchanged and the proposed grant payment terms and removal were not enacted.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Springfield MF Partners, LLC
The company is the counterparty to the economic development agreement that would have been modified by this ordinance.
City taxpayers
Taxpayers are affected by the city's financial commitments and grant distributions to private developers.
Key Facts
- The ordinance was officially withdrawn by the City Council on June 10, 2025, by an 18-0 vote.
- The ordinance was previously withdrawn by the Finance Committee on June 3, 2025, by a 6-0 vote.
- The proposed amendment would have authorized the payment of the second and final tranche of a completion grant.
- The grant payment was proposed to trigger at the earlier of one year from project substantial completion or 60% tenant occupancy.
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- The proposed amendment would have eliminated a clawback provision regarding the sale of the project parcel.
- The ordinance was introduced on December 10, 2024.
- A public hearing was held on January 14, 2025, pursuant to Chapter 166, F.S. and C.R. 3.601.
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This bill did not become law - Withdrawn.
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Withdrawal of Developer Concessions
The city moved to withdraw an ordinance that would have relaxed financial clawback requirements for a private developer.
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