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Committee transfers 127 Sundbury Street to Providence Redevelopment Agency with affordable-housing preference
Summary
The committee approved transferring 127 Sundbury Street to the Providence Redevelopment Agency and directed staff to include an affordable-housing preference in the public solicitation; neighbors were contacted and no formal opposition was recorded.
A City Council committee voted June 3 to transfer 127 Sundbury Street to the Providence Redevelopment Agency and to include an affordable-housing preference in the solicitation.
City staff told the committee they will make affordability a preference in the public listing and that outreach to neighboring property owners had been performed. Councilmember Pierson moved approval; Councilwoman Graves seconded and the committee approved the resolution by voice vote.
Committee discussion noted the lot is in the third district and staff said they will flag the solicitation with an affordable-housing preference for community development partners. No member of the public rose to oppose the transfer during the item.
The transfer moves the parcel from city ownership to the redevelopment agency so that the agency can manage a public solicitation under its standard procedures. The transcript recorded no specific funding amounts or timelines for development.
