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City rejects one Memorial Hall proposal as unresponsive; staff recommends searching for professional manager/promoter
Summary
City staff reviewed two Memorial Hall RFP responses and concluded one submission was unresponsive and the other ambitious but financially risky. Staff suggested an RFP for a building manager/promoter tied to Star Bond planning rather than the unsolicited redevelopment plan.
City Attorney Paul Brown and staff reviewed two proposals received in response to the city’s request for proposals for Memorial Hall. One submittal — a large out‑of-market package that referenced unrelated projects and a very large hypothetical development cost — was judged by staff to be unresponsive to the RFP’s scope. The other proposal came from a local group labeled the “Unconvention Hall team.”
Staff summary: The local proposal described a mixed-use vision for Memorial Hall that included small rentable artist studios, a commercial kitchen, event programming and an estimated $10…
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