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Port Commission receives Pier 70 updates; OKs $750,000 contract increase for EPS and advances Sewell Lot 320 affordable housing MOU process
Summary
Commissioners received an update on Pier 70 phase‑2 planning and an informational briefing on an MOU with the Mayor’s Office of Housing for affordable housing at Seawall Lot 320 Two‑one; the Commission also approved a $250,000 increase to an EPS consulting contract (to $750,000) to support ongoing Pier 70 work (Resolution 13‑43).
The Port Commission heard a series of presentations on the larger Pier 70 waterfront redevelopment and related affordable housing plans, and authorized an amendment to a consulting contract to provide additional real‑estate economic analysis for the project.
Jonathan Stern introduced an informational memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development for Seawall Lot 320 Two‑one. Ricky Tijani, a port development project manager, said the MOU is intended to identify funding and implementation strategies that would allow an affordable housing development on the lot to help offset Pier 70 development costs. “What we are after here… is finding funding to help redevelop Pier 70,” Tijani said, outlining key constraints such as expensive pile foundations, historic‑district…
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