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C-1 40 -Wl ' 1 Indian River County, Florida Application to the Office of Tourism, Trade & Economic Development pursuant to House Bill 1439 as it amends Chapter 288.1162 of the Florida Statutes for l the purpose of certifying Dodgertown as a retained spring training franchise facility and obtaining funds to i retain the Los Angeles Dodgers Spring Training ` Franchise in Indian River County (Vero Beach, County i seat). ' Introduction Indian River County, Florida (the "County"), together with the City of Vero Beach, Florida (the "City"), Los Angeles Dodgers, Inc. (the "Dodgers"), Fox Baseball Holdings, Inc. ("Fox") and de Guardiola Development, Inc. (the "Developer") have negotiated several agreements involving (i) the acquisition by the County of the existing spring training facility generally known as "Dodgertown", (ii) the leasing of Dodgertown to the Dodgers and (iii) the rehabilitation and construction of new improvements to Dodgertown. Other than the use of Dodgertown by the Dodgers following the County's acquisition, there will be no private involvement in Dodgertown nor any inurement to any non-governmental entity. In addition to the County's acquisition of Dodgertown, and in a completely separate transaction, the Developer is acquiring certain lands adjacent to Dodgertown from the Dodgers and Fox, on which the Developer intends on developing a new "mini-town",utilizing solely private funds. Other than the fact that neither the County, the Dodgers nor the Developer want their respective transactions to proceed without the other parties' transactions proceeding, these two developments are not inter -related. i The framework for the overall transaction is set forth in a Memorandum of Understanding (the "Memorandum") by and among the County, the City, the Dodgers, Fox and the Developer, which Memorandum was approved by the County Commission of the County and the City Council . of the City on July 27, 2490. A copy of the Memorandum is included in this Application behind 'Cab 'W'. As set out in the Memorandum, the County has agreed to purchase from the Dodgers l_ approximately 64 acres of land in Indian River County which presently constitutes the Dodgers' l spring training facility known as Dodgertown, which consists of Holman Stadium, an eighty-nine (89) unit player housing facility, a conference center with meeting and dining rooms, a clubhouse and weight room, in -door batting and pitching cages, four (4) full baseball practice fields, two (2) hall' baseball practice fields, and related spring training facilities, immediately following the acquisition of Dodgertown by the County, (i) the County will enter into a lease agreement with the Dodgers 1- L