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Council approves amendment to Inglewood School site IGA to remove previous developer and clear path for new developer
Summary
Coos Bay authorized a second amendment to the intergovernmental agreement for management and cleanup of the Inglewood School site, removing Northwest Housing Alternatives as the developer and allowing transfer of the deed to the city so a new developer, Compass Communities/Englewood LLC, can move forward with site prep and potential housing build.
The Coos Bay City Council approved a second amendment to the intergovernmental agreement governing management and cleanup of the Inglewood School site, a long-running redevelopment project. The amendment removes Northwest Housing Alternatives (NHA) from the agreement and authorizes steps to transfer the deed to the city so a new development team can proceed.
Nicole, city manager, recapped the project’s history: the county foreclosed on the property for unpaid taxes, the city provided funding through the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) sponsorship option to pay for cleanup, and Northwest Housing Alternatives had originally been the developer seeking low-income housing and Head Start. NHA subsequently passed its interest to another developer, and government staff met a new development team from the Albany–Corvallis area identified in the meeting as Compass Communities/Englewood LLC.
Nicole said the county board of commissioners approved the amendment on Friday and that the city would finalize a draft agreement among the city, Northwest Housing Alternatives and Compass Communities before completing a deed transfer to the city. She added the new developer expects to do site scrub work to prepare the property over the winter and to return in spring to move forward with development; the developers estimated a possible build of about 34–40 homes on the site but said details remain to be determined.
Councilor Crimmins confirmed the amendment before the council was limited to removing NHA from the contract to make room for a new partner. Councilors moved, seconded and voted to approve the second amendment and to authorize the city manager to sign the amendment and the final agreement approved by all parties.
The amendment does not itself authorize construction; it adjusts the parties to the IGA and sets steps for deed transfer and subsequent developer agreements and site preparation.
