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City weighs sale and reuse of Center Street Public Works site; commission leans to medium‑density rezoning and further study
Summary
Staff outlined three disposition paths for four Center Street tax lots: sell as‑is, moderate mitigation, or full cleanup and demo (estimated $400,000–$500,000). Commissioners signaled support for rezoning to medium density (R‑3.5), asked for Phase I/II environmental and title reports, and discussed packaging parcels to enable workforce‑housing partnerships.
City staff gave the commission a detailed briefing on four tax lots that make up the Center Street Public Works property and asked for direction on zoning and how much remediation and site work to do before sale or redevelopment.
"This site is about 1.07 acres," Public Works Director Dana Webb told the commission, describing the main operations yard, the Cameron Building (a separate 0.13‑acre tax lot), and two adjacent parking lots. Staff said parts of the site are constrained by a 250‑foot landslide buffer and by recorded easements (a public sewer lateral that runs under the structure and a 2020 overhead power…
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