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Agreement relating to the Law Enforcement Training Center by and between Sedgwick County, Kansas, the City of Wichita, Kansas, and the Wichita State Innovation Alliance, Inc.
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Recommended Action: Approve the agreement and authorize the Chairman to sign.
On June 6, 2016, the parties, along with MWCB, LLC (the developer) signed a Letter of Intent memorializing their desire and understanding with regard to the development, construction, and operation of a Law Enforcement Training Center (LETC). In that letter of intent, Sedgwick County (County) and the City of Wichita (City) agreed they would purchase from MWCB a turnkey LETC facility, to be located on the Innovation Campus at Wichita State University. Upon purchase of this turnkey facility, the City and County agreed to assume MWCB's 99-year sublease of the land upon which the LETC will sit at the Innovation Campus.
The County, City, and the Wichita State Innovation Alliance, Inc. (WSIA) further agreed that WSIA would contribute the following to the LETC facility: (1) all storm water, utilities, paving, landscaping, irrigation, and fiber network; (2) construction and maintenance of approximately 200-250 dedicated parking spaces; (3) full utilization of all other University facilities; and (4) all operating and maintenance costs of the LETC facility for the first five (5) years of the LETC's operation.
This agreement merely serves to memorialize that Letter of Intent in binding contract form.
Alternatives: N/A
Financial Considerations: N/A
Legal Considerations: The authority for this action is K.S.A. 19-101, fourth, under which the County can make all contracts and do all other acts in relation to the concerns of the County. Approval is by simple majority vote.
Policy Considerations: N/A