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Board members press for open bidding after CDC developer path used for Villa LaAnse phases

5745051 · September 10, 2025
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Commissioners at the Community Redevelopment Agency’s Sept. 9 budget workshop sharply questioned the procurement path for the Villa LaAnse affordable housing project and pressed staff for assurances that future phases would be competitively bid.

Commissioners at the Community Redevelopment Agency’s Sept. 9 budget workshop sharply questioned the procurement path for the Villa LaAnse affordable housing project and pressed staff for assurances that future phases would be competitively bid.

Commissioner Dr. Spiritis said he believed the CDC’s procurement rules included a “loophole” that allowed the project to be awarded to a single general contractor without a public bid and urged the CRA to require the CDC, as a condition of any CRA funding, to follow the CRA’s and city’s procurement…

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