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EDA weighs sale, long-term lease or demolition of deteriorating community center
Summary
EDA members discussed returning grant funds tied to a proposed multicultural community center and considered alternatives — reallocation to a water tower, sale of the building (with the city retaining land), long-term land leases, or demolition — after consultants found costly repairs and a roughly $3 million funding gap. Staff and members agreed to gather concrete proposals and revisit the site at the December meeting.
The Economic Development Authority spent an extended portion of its meeting discussing the future of a city-owned community center that was the subject of state and federal grant funding for a proposed multicultural center.
Staff said the feasibility work and consultant reports led City Council to discontinue pursuing the project as written; staff will return grant funds and pursue reallocation options, with a new water tower among the options discussed. The city must run grant-funded facilities in the manner originally proposed for a lengthy…
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