Extend Point Molate development proposal deadline and modify housing requirements
In Plain English
The city is giving developers more time to submit proposals for the Point Molate site and changing two key rules. If approved, no housing can be built on Drum Lot 2, and two-thirds of all residential units must be affordable housing. The city will hear presentations from developers in February.
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Votes
Allow Councilmember Martinez to present a PowerPoint
5 to 2
Suspend the rules and allow Councilmember Martinez to change the order of the item and present his PowerPoint immediately
5 to 2
Direct staff to keep the existing Request for Proposals (RFP) and resend it to the original larger list of companies originally contacted, along with the comprehensive Point Molate vision; and include provisions for no housing on Drum Lot 2, mix of affordable housing with goal of 2/3 to be moderate to low income, evacuation and transportation plans, self-funded infrastructure costs with no additional costs to Richmond taxpayers and no bonds backed by the city, and include Councilmember Recinos' stipulations regarding evaluation criteria
Accept staff's recommendations to extend the deadline for responses to the Point Molate Master Developer Request for Proposals (RFP) to January 28, 2019; issue a modified Request for Proposals to the eight shortlisted developers making minor revisions to the following requirements: a) no housing on Drum Lot 2; and, b) two thirds of the residential units need to be affordable housing; and schedule a special meeting on February 12, 2019, to receive presentations from respondents
4 to 3
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