Committee continues two Providence redevelopment parcel resolutions

Providence — The Committee on City Properties voted Jan. 8 to continue two agenda items that would authorize conveyance or disposition of parcels identified for residential redevelopment.

Nick Ciccatelli, the city’s director of real estate, told the committee the parcels — including the parcel described in the record as Assessor Flat 98, Lot 26914 (Alaska Creek) and the parcels at 14 Alaska Street and 107 Summit Street — are on a list the city has identified as appropriate for residential redevelopment. Ciccatelli said there is an unresolved request from a ward councilor about the final disposition of those properties, and the council office asked that the items be continued to a date certain.

The continuance gives council members and staff more time to resolve outstanding concerns raised by the ward office before the committee acts. Ciccatelli said the two parcels “are both parcels identified on the city rules that would... be right for redevelopment of residential housing.”

Councilor Pedro Espinal made the motion to continue; Councilor Andrew Veil seconded. Chairman John Gallandoff took the voice vote; the committee recorded three members present and two absent and the motion carried.

The committee did not set the new hearing date on the record during the discussion. No final disposition or sale terms were presented before the continuance.

The continuance preserves the status quo while the council office and city staff work toward resolution of the ward-level questions that prompted the request to delay formal action.