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Lake City council pushes for housing study, public comments sharply criticize outside proposer
Summary
At a Nov. 17 workshop, Lake City Council members backed commissioning a professional housing study via RFP to guide development choices. The move came amid heated public comment criticizing a proposed outside developer, Precept, and pleas from displaced residents.
At a Nov. 17 workshop on housing, Lake City council members signaled support for commissioning a professional housing study and asked staff to prepare a request for proposals (RFP) to identify priorities and guide any public–private partnerships.
"My recommendation that we ... go out to bid and get a housing study done," Council member Carter said, urging the council to hire an expert firm so the city can "substantially prove that it is in the public good" before entering agreements with private developers.
The study push followed a staff presentation cataloguing a large pipeline of projects. Scott, a staff presenter, listed multiple developments the city has in planning or under construction, including projects described on the record as Hunters Creek ("3 35 units" as stated), Baskin Norris Subdivision first phase (125 units), Sweetwater Apartments (120 units), Sugar Mill Apartments (48 units), Legends of Lake City (225 units) and smaller phases of…
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