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Committee OKs moving updated lease with Northwest Landscape Services to council after 157% rent increase
Summary
The Parks and Public Works Committee voted to forward to council an updated lease with Northwest Landscape Services (NLS) that would raise rent from $1,917 to $4,932 per month following a real-estate appraisal; committee members requested confirmation about past increases and renter concurrence before final council action.
The Parks and Public Works Committee voted to forward to the full council an updated lease with Northwest Landscape Services LLC that would raise monthly rent for the company’s yard next to the city wastewater treatment plant from $1,917 to $4,932, a 157% increase based on a recent appraisal.
Phil Bennett, Deputy Director of Parks and Public Works, told the committee the original lease took effect in 2016 and an appraisal shows the property’s rental value “has gone up significantly, 157%…
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