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Downtown committee to interview top five developers for Riverside Avenue redevelopment
Summary
The Special Economic Community Development Downtown Committee voted to invite the top five developer teams to interview about a proposed Riverside Avenue redevelopment and discussed scheduling, materials and time limits; interview dates will be set and reported to the full board.
The Special Economic Community Development Downtown Committee voted to invite the top five developer teams to interview for a proposed redevelopment of Riverside Avenue.
Committee member Justin moved the motion to invite the top five firms for interviews; the motion passed by voice vote. The chair reconfirmed that staff will set up times and that the committee and staff will coordinate availability for interviews expected to occur in February. The transcript does not include a full surname for Justin or a roll-call vote tally; the committee approved the motion by voice vote during the meeting.
The committee discussed logistics for the interviews, including allowing limited presentation times, providing hard copies of proposals, and possibly scheduling the interviews as a multi-hour session with staggered presentations and a working lunch. Committee members said they would work with staff (Nancy was mentioned) to arrange times; one member noted the process previously took about three hours when multiple interview panels met.
Members also debated whether to bring the full board into the interviews or to narrow the top five to a smaller number (two or three) before asking selected firms to make fuller presentations to the full board. The committee agreed staff will coordinate and report back; the chair said the committee would report the names and scoring of the top five to the full board at its Thursday meeting, but the committee does not plan to discuss candidate names in committee minutes beyond announcing the top five and scoring.
At the meeting the group also accepted the minutes from the prior downtown committee meeting and briefly moved into and resumed from an executive session. The committee adjourned after the developer scheduling discussion.
The committee assigned staff to set interview dates and confirm time limits and submission requirements; staff will report scheduling and logistics back to the committee and to the full board for information.
