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Committee approves dozens of demolition contracts; staff warns bond funds nearly exhausted
Summary
The committee approved a batch of emergency demolition and site-restoration contracts and discussed funding: PROPIN bond dollars that funded an 8,000-residential demolition program are down to under $2 million, meaning future work will rely more on general fund/blight dollars and likely reduce annual demolition volume.
The Public Health & Safety Standing Committee on Oct. 6 approved a large set of emergency demolition and site-restoration contracts and heard detailed questions about how those projects are funded.
A cluster of items (6.3–6.26 and related 6.28–6.29) covering dozens of emergency demolitions, backfill and site-restoration contracts — each with contractor names and line-item amounts read into the record — was moved to formal with recommendations to approve after members called for clarifications on funding…
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