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Talent council narrows process for selecting tenants at 49 Talent Ave., seeks final approval step for inaugural leases
Summary
City staff outlined a plan to market 49 Talent Avenue as a multi-tenant community resource center; council set the selection process so provisional tenancy recommendations will be presented to council for approval and moved a food-distribution funding priority lower in decision criteria.
The Talent City Council on June 4 agreed to move the provisional tenant-selection decision for 49 Talent Avenue to a council approval point and adjusted priority criteria for prospective tenants.
The decision follows a staff update from Alex (staff member), who told the council a purchase price in principle had been agreed for the building and that staff planned to solicit tenant interest. Alex said the city has “an agreement in principle on price with Assante of $1,160,000 for purchase of the building” and that closing could occur in August if the parties proceed.
Council members said they wanted the council, not staff alone, to sign off on the final tenant choices for this initial tenancy round. Councilor Panomares moved to change the process so “the provisional tenancy decision and rationale would be shared with the council for council approval,” and the motion passed on a roll call vote (Cooley: yes; Penomares: yes; Medina: no; Byers: yes; Parra Miller: yes).
Why it matters: 49 Talent Avenue is intended as a community resource center with…
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