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Commission asks for public workshops on future of City Hall site as leases and tenant moves create a window for change
Summary
City Manager Mortel told the commission July 14 that shifting tenant leases at the Wells Fargo and adjacent cancer-center complex create a near-term chance to move commission chambers and staff and to develop options for the City Hall waterfront parcel.
City Manager Mortel briefed the commission on July 14 about the long-running question of using the City Hall waterfront site for redevelopment or public space and about an emerging window of opportunity resulting from current tenant timelines at the Wells Fargo/cancer-center complex.
History and legal constraint: the commission’s use and disposal of waterfront parcels in places that front the Saint Lucie River or tidal creeks is governed by an ordinance that requires a public referendum before conveying or leasing related real property longer than 10 years. The commission has considered multiple concepts and held public workshops over the last two decades — proposals have ranged from hotel-and-parking concepts to mixed-use buildings and expanded downtown green space — but the body…
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