Forest Service building purchase, 507 25th Street
The Redevelopment Agency agreed in December 2024 to buy the U.S. Forest Service building for $3.6 million. The council approved a sales tax pledge on Feb. 18, 2025 to back Agency bonds, with a public hearing on bond parameters set for March 18.
Approved
- Type
- Public project
- Location
- 507 25th Street
- Applicant
- Ogden City Redevelopment Agency
- City Council: Public hearing: sales tax agreement for Forest Service building bonds
- City Council: Sales tax pledge for Forest Service building purchase (Resolution 2025-4)
In brief
Forest Service building purchase, 507 25th Street appears on 2 recorded agendas, from the City Council meeting of February 18, 2025 to the City Council meeting of March 18, 2025.
On record, it was approved once.
The most recent decision was approved (7-0) at the City Council meeting of February 18, 2025.
Follow the money and project delivery
Forest Service building purchase, 507 25th Street
- Council action
Approved: Sales tax pledge for Forest Service building purchase (Resolution 2025-4) · Approved minutes Record → · Feb. 18, 2025
- Money in the record
land: $3.60 million — Purchase of the Forest Service building by the Redevelopment Agency Record → · March 18, 2025
- Signed agreement and payments
Execution and project-level disbursements are not verified by this tracker. They require separate records; meeting approval alone does not establish either.
- Work and operating costs
Check the linked records for completion and recurring operating costs; this tracker does not verify them. Record →
Every hearing and vote
March 18, 2025 · City Council
Public hearing: sales tax agreement for Forest Service building bonds
No action
The council held a required public hearing on the sales tax pledge that secures Redevelopment Agency bonds for buying the U.S. Forest Service building at 507 25th Street. Nate Robertson of Lewis Robertson Burningham outlined the remaining steps. No one spoke, and Council Executive Director Eller-Smith said no action was required because the bond parameters resolution was adopted Feb. 18.
February 18, 2025 · City Council
Sales tax pledge for Forest Service building purchase (Resolution 2025-4)
Approved · 7-0
The council approved a form of interlocal sales tax pledge agreement and the issuance of a city obligation as a backstop to Redevelopment Agency tax increment for buying the U.S. Forest Service building at 507 25th Street, and set a public hearing on bond parameters for March 18, 2025 at 6 p.m. The Agency board approved the $3.6 million purchase on Dec. 10, 2024, with a $600,000 budget amendment for earnest money and maintenance, and the earnest money was paid in December. A financial advisor from Lewis Robertson Burningham presented. The Special Redevelopment Agency board adopted Resolution 2025-1 authorizing the sale of the agency's sales tax and tax increment revenue bonds, 7-0, per the meeting results.