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Mesquite council tables SwitchPoint workforce-housing proposal after members cite lack of information
Summary
The Mesquite City Council on March 25 tabled consideration of a resolution tied to a SwitchPoint workforce-housing proposal after council members said they lacked renderings, financing details and community outreach; SwitchPoint said it is not proposing a homeless shelter and agreed to return with a development agreement and deed restriction.
Mesquite, Nev. — The Mesquite City Council on March 25 voted to table consideration of a resolution tied to a proposed SwitchPoint workforce-housing development, saying council members and residents were not given enough information to approve the project.
Councilman Wanless said the packet provided “the absolute weakest information we’ve ever received” and urged the council to delay action until SwitchPoint returns with renderings, floor plans and financing details. “There’s no way we can make an educated vote,” Wanless said.
The vote followed a presentation by Jeff Quayle, who identified himself as chief real estate officer for Friends of SwitchPoint Incorporated. Quayle said the group’s goal is to build affordable workforce housing — not to open a homeless shelter — and that SwitchPoint has developed about 600 units in Washington County and the…
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