Annapolis (December 9, 2004) - The Office of Planning Zoning (OPZ) has issued written approval for the David Taylor Research Center Site Plan in accordance with the Redevelopment Agreement. The site plan was submitted by Annapolis Partners, LLC on April 14, 2004. After a preliminary review by the OPZ Regional Team, a revised plan was presented to the David Taylor Redevelopment Advisory Committee in June. As prescribed in the Agreement, the Committee was responsible for reviewing landscaping, screening and buffering, signage and parking. The Committee concluded its review in July, 2004. Based on this approved site plan, the developer, Annapolis Partners, LLC may now move forward with the building and grading permit application process for Phase I, the Hilltop Campus. At this time, the County has not received these applications. “Now that the site plan has been approved, Annapolis Partners may now move forward to fulfill the goals of the original Reuse Committee,” said County Executive Janet S. Owens. “The redevelopment of this site will bring jobs to our County and convert an environmentally unsound property into one that supports current stormwater laws and best management practices. I look forward to the day when this site, which has more community safeguards than any other in the history of this County, is home to high-quality jobs and a significant source of revenue for our tax base.” Consistent with the Redevelopment Agreement, Annapolis Partners has proposed to redevelop the 46.7 acres site into a 630,000 square-foot campus consisting of office space, a 100-room inn and supporting retail service. The redevelopment project is projected to provide the County with approximately $3 million a year in property and income tax revenue at full build-out. The redevelopment will restore or create up to 1,958 high-tech jobs in the County, reduce total impervious surface on the site from 58.2% to 40.4%, provide a stormwater management system for the first time ever, and demolish the existing 86 deteriorating, environmentally unfriendly buildings and replace them with 13 “state of the art” buildings with less impact on the land. Further, the plan establishes a vegetated buffer within the Critical Area that previously did not exist-reducing the impervious area in the buffer by 50%. History In 1995, a Congressional Base Realignment and Closure decision mandated David Taylor to cease operations. In December 1999, the Navy officially closed the research center, with the loss of approximately 1,400 jobs and a potential 46.5 acre deteriorating piece of property. The David Taylor Reuse Planning Committee went through an extensive planning process to evaluate potential reuse alternatives that would both return high paying jobs to the County and clean up the site's environmental problems. The Reuse Planning Committee's economic feasibility analysis indicated that to meet the Committee's goal of a full redevelopment of the site into a high-quality business park, a public subsidy of more than $18.4 million might be required. In May 2000, Annapolis Partners was selected as the Master Developer of the David Taylor Site. The successor to the Reuse Planning Committee, the David Taylor Redevelopment Advisory Committee, reviewed the Annapolis Partners concept plan and the redevelopment agreement between the County and the developer during many public meetings. The Advisory Committee endorsed the concept plan and the redevelopment agreement by a vote of 15-6 in late April 2002 Coucil Bills 55-02, 56-02 and 57-02 were passed, permitting the transfer to take place. | 
