Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
CLOVIS — The city of Clovis appears ready to give away some land, but purchase quite a bit more for renewable energy as the year closes out.
The Clovis city commission is scheduled to meet at 5:15 p.m. Thursday at the Clovis-Carver Public Library’s North Annex with just two agenda items — one a purchase of nearly 633 acres, and the other a donation of two lots to Curry County.
The land purchase, $1.25 million plus closing costs, would go toward the acquisition of Sam and Julie Snell’s land west of Cannon Air Force Base.
The city’s intent is to use the land as an industrial park for the development of solar energy and other eligible economic development projects.
The city’s economic incentive board met on the matter last Thursday, and voted unanimously to approve the purchase with a recommendation that any income from the sale or use of the property be credited back to the economic development fund until the purchase price is matched. Any funds generated beyond the purchase price are recommended to support city water projects.
The lot donation request covers the empty lots designated as 805 and 807 Main Street. That would give control of the entire 800 block of Main to the county, which recently purchased the properties at 817, 819 and 821 Main for about $190,000.
The county plans to convert the land into parking and green space.
The city’s two lots would be a simple transfer, under the conditions the county take the land in its current condition, submit its design to the city building safety department prior to construction, and retain the city’s rights to the billboard on the lots until the county removes it.
The two lots would revert to city control if project funding is not obtained within 12 months or construction isn’t finished within 24 months.
