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CRA Project Summary August (NB)
Explanation
As a regular informational item on CRA agendas, Staff provides a brief update on selected referrals, redevelopment projects and development agreements under review. This monthly update is typically a limited sampling of the CRA’s many on-going projects, as opposed to a complete list.
CRA Wide
Façade Grant, Project Manager, Jessica Leonard - The Façade Grant program is a competitive matching grant program that is designed to encourage reinvestment in building facades, specifically those located on highly visible target corridors within each district. Staff is enthusiastically expecting the approval of multiple façade grants in each district as a continued effort is placed in concentrated outreach and community engagements to help aid in awareness of the program. Staff is delighted to announce that we have four (4) façade grants that will be presented to the Fifth Avenue Pleasant Street Advisory Board for the first time in over four years. We currently have multiple façade grant projects underway across the four redevelopment areas.
Community Vitality Report, Project Manager, Ori Baber - On the Agenda
Eastside Redevelopment Advisory Board (ERAB)
Heartwood, Project Manager, Michael Beard - In May 2017, Staff worked with the City’s Purchasing Department on a public solicitation for a site contractor in the form of an Invitation to Bid. The contracted site work would include utility infrastructure, wetland improvements, paved streets, curb and gutter, sidewalks, and pad ready sites. There were three responsible and responsive bids received; all being over the budgeted amount of $1.7M. At its June Meeting, the CRA Board approved O’Steen Brothers, Inc. as the lowest most responsive and responsible bidder. At that meeting, CRA Staff presented a recommendation to move the project forward after collaborating with City Budget and Finance and a third party financial services partner which included ...
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