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Council questions developer credentials, scope changes for multiple private-sale redevelopment deals
Summary
Council members pressed for more property-specific developer information and discussed amendments to a Broad Belt sale after zoning changes; the council deferred at least one item and advanced others while asking staff for more detailed LOIs and memoranda.
Council members sought more detailed documentation and developer presence for a series of private-sale redevelopment agreements on the agenda (7R2 A–G), and discussed amendments to an existing sale in the West and Central wards after zoning changes.
Councilman Gonzales asked for property-specific memoranda showing each developer’s prior projects and experience, saying the pro forma memoranda provided to the council lacked the needed detail. Council staff acknowledged the request and said additional information would be provided in future agendas.
Item 7R2 A involved a first amendment for Broad Belt to amend project scope and extend completion dates in the West and Central wards. Brandy Daniel, legislative coordinator for economic and housing development, said the amendment reflected zoning changes that required modified proposals for specific addresses. Daniel described the revised scope: at 20 Ninth Avenue, a two-family home; at 38 Orange Street, a multistory residential building with 16 units; at 15 Hector Street, redevelopment of a single-family home; and at 13 Hector Street, a multifamily residential building with 16 units. Daniel said the changes were triggered "as a result of the change in the zoning order." Council members said that explanation was the reason the developer was before the council for an amendment rather than for a new sale.
For 7R2 B (owner-occupied home in the Central Ward), a motion to defer the item was made because the developer was not present; the motion was seconded by Councilwoman Scott Rountree. The meeting record does not show a roll-call or final tally for that motion in the transcript.
Items 7R2 C, D and G (new construction of market-rate homes in the West Ward and Central Ward) were discussed; several council members said they had met with the developers and were comfortable advancing those items. For 7R2 F, involving Noventi Investments and a three-story mixed-use building with two affordable apartments in the Central Ward, the developer later appeared in the chamber (Amin Mohammed spoke about Noventi’s local experience) and a council member removed a prior deferment and asked to proceed.
Council members repeatedly requested more complete LOIs or property-specific memoranda that identify whether other proposals were received for the same parcels and clarify prior work completed by each developer in the city. Staff said some information is available in letters of intent (LOIs) and that additional materials would be shared.
The transcript records motions and procedural steps but does not show final recorded votes for these agenda items during the meeting.
