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Committee authorizes RFPs for Kempton and William H. Taylor school properties
Summary
The Committee on City Property determined the former Horatio A. Kempton School and William H. Taylor School properties are not needed for municipal purposes, authorized offering them for sale or lease, and instructed procurement to issue RFPs substantially similar to the drafts provided to the committee.
The New Bedford Committee on City Property moved to offer two former school properties — the Horatio A. Kempton School at 135 Shawmut Avenue and the William H. Taylor School at 620 Brock Avenue — for disposition and development, and authorized issuing request-for-proposal (RFP) processes for each site.
The committee voted to determine both school properties "are not currently needed for municipal purposes," to authorize offering them for sale or lease, and to instruct the purchasing department to issue RFPs substantially similar to the draft documents presented. The recorded committee votes on the set of motions were unanimous where recorded (motions passed 8-0 for determinations and for offering/issuance actions in committee roll calls).
City staff described the procurement approach and considerations for how the parcels might be marketed. Josh Amaral…
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