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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Reviving this post to see if anyone thinks it’s a possible solution to the CC debacle. I don’t believe the school board has condemnation authority, but the county board does. I know the acquisition costs would be high, but there seem to be no suitable parcels left anywhere else. Maybe the clubs could be combined?[/quote]

There is no money in anyone’s budget for land acquisition. This isn’t happening.[/quote]

What if other county or school board-owned sites were sold? (I realize I’m blurring SB/CB lines, just spitballing here).[/quote]

Like what? What sites have enough value to get that kind of money and yet aren’t suitable for developing into schools?[/quote]

I swear I saw a list on the most recent mega-thread but now I can’t find out. I want to say it was 160+ properties.[/quote]

You’re missing the point. Parcels that have enough development value that someone would pay a substantial sum for them but that couldn’t be developed into schools. See the challenge?[/quote]

We don't need enough land from a golf course to build a school.  We DO need an easement from AMNC to provide access to Hoffman Boston site, where there is a great deal of open field space just begging for greater use.[/quote]

What are you talking about? There isn't enough open space on that site for another building, the most they could do is an addition to the existing school and they don't need an easement for that. Further, it couldn't just be an easement because there's no open space at the county club over there to use for access. If you force them to demolish part of their golf course to provide access to the Hoffman-Boston site, that would be a taking.[/quote]

There is a ton of land there.  They have 6 developmental soccer teams practicing at the same time, paired up into three groups and each group has plenty of space and is nowhere near running into the other.  On top of that, there is open field space with absolutely nothing happening on it.  This is all behind and to the right of the building, and does not include the tennis courts and basketball courts and playground space in back next to the building.  Talk of an easement for additional emergency access has come up before; so this isn't a new and improbable idea from someone unfamiliar with the site.[/quote]

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