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Ropen Nalbandian - Alternative Site for the One Stop Homeless Assistance Center (B)
This item involves a request from Mr. Ropen Nalbandian and his agents to consider the Gains Property as an alternative site for the One Stop Homeless Assistance Center.
Explanation
On February 18, 2010, Mr. Ropen Nalbandian requested that the City Commission hear a presentation on the Gains property as an alternative site for the One Stop Homeless Assistance Center (Center). On April 16, 2009, the City Commission approved the ranking of the properties for the Center and authorized the City Manager to negotiate and execute the contract to purchase the top ranked property. The ranking included the ADC property and the Gains property. The Gains property was second in the ranking, behind the ADC property, and would have been considered if negotiations were not successful with the top ranked property.
On February 15, 2010, the City Manager executed a contract to purchase the ADC property. The One Stop Homeless Assistance Center Workgroup, as well as City staff, evaluated and ranked all the properties based on the information available at the time. After the properties were ranked and approved by the City Commission, City staff began the negotiation with the ADC property owners and no new information was reviewed or evaluated for any of the other properties previously ranked.
Mr. Nalbandian would like to provide the City Commission with additional information that he believes would have changed the decision making process if the information had been presented to the City Commission.
Fiscal Note
The City has entered into a contract with the owner's of the ADC property in the amount of $452,350 for the purchase of 9.784 acres subject to the zoning being approved. The design and development phase has begun.
Recommendation
The City Commission hear a presentation from Mr. Ropen Nalbandian and his agents on the Gains property as an alternative site for ...
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