Alachua County picks UF site, signs 30‑year, $1M lease for new animal shelter

The Alachua County Commission voted 3-1 on Jan. 27 to enter a sublease agreement with the University of Florida for the county’s future animal shelter.

With Commissioner Charles “Chuck” Chestnut IV absent, the approved $1 million lease will last 30 years.

Interim Animal Resources Director Gina Peebles presented two potential locations for the new shelter: a site at UF or the “Weseman Tract property.”…

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