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Micro Village homeless project delayed; city staff says site work done, community center bid must be rebid
Summary
City project staff and Mayor Frank Scott Jr. told the Board on March 4 that the Micro Village homeless services project has progressed through soft-cost work but remains delayed because of architectural changes, federal funding conditions and a required rebid of the community center contract.
City project staff and Mayor Frank Scott Jr. told the Board on March 4 that the Micro Village homeless services project has progressed through soft-cost work but remains delayed because of architectural changes, federal funding conditions and a required rebid of the community center contract.
The project had a groundbreaking about a year and a half ago, staff said, but drivers passing the site have not seen heavy construction because the city completed civil engineering tasks, topographic surveys and other pre‑construction work while resolving contract and funding issues. Staff said the city removed bathrooms from inside individual micro homes during redesign and must rebid the community center contract after the city attorney’s office raised procurement questions tied to the federal TIPs grant.
Mayor Frank Scott Jr. said staff would have started construction earlier but “due to some recent changes with state law on how you select a particular contractor off the TIPs program, we had to double back and restart that bid process and add more time to the clock.” He told directors the awarded bidder for site grading has been notified of a strict timeline and the city will move quickly to execute a contract once the board approves the bid and legal review is complete.
Project staff described planned shelter capacity in the community center. “We will have a section for men and women. So we have 16 available beds for women and 16 available beds for men,” a project staff member said. The staff member added that the community center would function as a low‑grade emergency shelter where individuals can be housed nightly.
Next steps: staff said it will present the community center bid and a formal contract for board approval; once site grading is complete and a construction contract is executed, staff will provide a more definite construction timeline. Staff and the mayor said finishing construction by the next winter is possible but that finishing by the end of the current year would be aggressive.
