Houston County commissioners were presented with a request to transfer ownership of county-owned land intended for a distribution park to the Industrial Development Board of the City of Dothan.

"At the recommendation of the Chamber of Commerce, and the, and the industrial development board who's also in agreement with this, recommendation is that we transfer the ownership of that property to the industrial development board," the Chair said.

County staff said the distribution park parcel is not inside Dothan city limits but that the county has historically partnered with the Dothan Industrial Development Board on developing the property. The Chair noted possible partnership opportunities with the Houston County Water Authority for improvements and reported recent activity on utility infrastructure: a waterline extension is expected to be completed and there has been interest from a potential tenant for the distribution park.

A commissioner confirmed the site being discussed is the industrial park near State Line Road. County staff mentioned that the waterline would be extended and finished and that there may be a future request to expand the sewage treatment system, but the details and any formal transfer terms were not included in the excerpted transcript.

The Chair asked whether there were objections to placing the transfer request on the meeting agenda; none were raised in the provided transcript. No formal vote on the property transfer is recorded in the available excerpt.