2026-10-22 - Land Reuse and Preservation Agency Regular Meeting

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  • Property updates from the agency's attorney: deeds for the donated estate properties need a minor correction because a change in law requires the grantee's signature to accept a deed, and one transfer in a tax-sale purchaser's name still needs confirming. Of the other two donor properties, the owner of 545 Parkway said they would follow up, and the owner of 341 Ring has not responded. Members discussed skipping the pre-closing contact step but kept the current process. See Land Reuse Agency Infill Housing and Property Inventory.
  • August minutes were approved by voice vote; no September minutes were on the list.
  • A review of an expression of interest was moved to executive session.
  • Committee priorities: property management will focus on the recently acquired property and leasing 430 Spruce. For the underutilized properties committee, members proposed inventorying all city-owned property, not only the agency's, separating small side lots from buildable lots, and picking about 10 for infill, including small-house plans offered to developers. A housing grant writer explained that affordable-housing grants favor projects under 50% of area median income but lack rental subsidies, and suggested moderate-income townhomes for first-time buyers. The resource development committee will look at marketing properties, communications, the Housing Development Fund, and models such as community land trusts.
  • Staff updates: the pedestrian bridge has been delivered and crews are installing it and doing groundwork; the green space design is substantially complete. The city has right of entry through eminent domain on the properties to come down, and one property under contract with the agency is being pursued separately. Construction is expected in spring after bidding; the date is not fixed. See Pennsylvania Avenue Demolitions and Green Space.
  • Demolition of three properties on Pennsylvania Avenue has been awarded; a memorandum of agreement with the State Historic Preservation Office is being finalized, with tentative completion in early December.
  • The agency then went into executive session to discuss property acquisition, with no further public discussion.

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00:00I think he's reaching back out to them

00:01to ask them to make contact.

00:05Reviewed the the deeds for the birthday

00:07estate and there I think there's a a

00:09minor change needed on those based on a

00:11a change in law requiring signature of

00:13uh

00:14of the recipient, the grantee, to

00:17accept the deed. Um and there's I I want

00:20to ask about the

00:22dates of the the effective date is it is

00:24October of last year

00:26and then just need to to confirm the

00:28transfer of one of the properties that's

00:30in the name of a

00:31tax sale purchaser and I don't see the

00:34the deed of record but just need to

00:36confirm that. So, we should be getting

00:37that done

00:38presently.

00:39>> Okay. And then we're just waiting on

00:41them what for the other two?

00:43>> Uh the so the the agency's after action

00:46letter is sent out to the potential

00:49donors and tells them to

00:51contact

00:52our firm to begin the process of

00:55examining title and getting a deed

00:57transferred. They They have not done

00:59that so we haven't proceeded.

01:02>> [clears throat]

01:02>> Did get a response from 545 Rockaway

01:05that he would be following up. Um

01:07>> Okay.

01:07>> Did not hear Excuse me. Did not hear

01:09anything from 341 right.

01:15>> Okay.

01:17>> [snorts]

01:17>> Is there any way to make that easier so

01:19they don't have to do that step or is

01:20that just

01:21people are not

01:23>> I we can uh

01:25Yes, we can skip that step and just go

01:27ahead and then try to schedule a

01:29closing.

01:29>> It seems like we're often getting caught

01:31on these things where maybe if we could

01:33streamline a little bit, make them do

01:35less.

01:37>> It's fine with me.

01:38You could

01:39>> [snorts]

01:39>> You could end up having the same problem

01:41when you try to schedule the closing and

01:42then you just record the deed but

01:45>> Well, we don't I mean I guess we don't

01:47want you to do all the title work and

01:48then they don't show. So, if they can't

01:50call you maybe

01:52Okay. We'll just keep it like it is.

01:56>> We can We can make them

01:57>> We can discuss how we can

02:00grease the rails.

02:01>> Okay. All right.

02:04>> That's all I have.

02:05>> Okay.

02:06I think we have meetings from or sorry,

02:09meeting minutes from August to approve.

02:12Didn't have any Septembers. Did

02:14everybody have a chance to review and

02:16are there any

02:18edits?

02:20>> I move to approve.

02:21>> Second.

02:23>> All those in favor?

02:24>> Aye.

02:24>> Aye.

02:25Any opposed? All right.

02:28So, we mistakenly included the review of

02:30the EOI on on new business here. We're

02:32going to move that to the executive

02:34executive session

02:36and skip it for now.

02:38But we did want to talk today about

02:39priorities and objectives for the

02:41committees.

02:43A while ago we had a

02:45strategy session and we came up with a

02:47bunch of to-do list items. I know that

02:50we have not seen those lists for a

02:51while, but it'd probably be good to look

02:53back at them. I think we accomplished a

02:55lot of the stuff that was on there.

02:58But we were thinking it would be good to

02:59just discuss as a group what we want to

03:01put on the agendas for these committees

03:04so that they have

03:05something to move forward with.

03:08So, property management, I feel like

03:13we haven't been having trouble because

03:14we kind of have things that we're

03:16working on with that. I mean, we're

03:17working on this property we just

03:18acquired. We're working on the leasing

03:20of 430 Spruce.

03:22Anything else that we want to throw onto

03:24the agenda for that one?

03:32>> [snorts and clears throat]

03:35>> All right.

03:36I think that one makes sense and it's

03:38kind of self-explanatory. Underutilized

03:40properties, it could go a lot of

03:41different ways. I know that you've had

03:43some ideas in the past about what could

03:44happen on that one.

03:46>> I mean, underutilized has a lot of

03:48different meanings. You could take it

03:50really far if you wanted, but

03:51even looking at vacant properties

03:53downtown and putting together some type

03:54of

03:55inventory for that or um

03:58properties along the rail trail we're

03:59not doing anything with that the city

04:00may own or um

04:03I don't know uh but the lots that we

04:05have that we've acquired over time,

04:08maybe we could put together and we

04:09talked about this briefly some plans for

04:12smaller homes

04:13that we could then offer to developers

04:16to build.

04:17There's a lot of different things we can

04:18do in this committee.

04:19>> Um I think we could get started

04:21with sort of everything that we own now

04:24and control.

04:25And we go through that and say, "Let's

04:27Let's pick the top 10

04:29that we're interested in."

04:30>> Well, I think that there are these

04:32resolutions in here about what each

04:34committee does and there's a distinction

04:36between underutilized and property

04:38management. So, property management is

04:40like dealing with everything we already

04:42own.

04:42>> Okay.

04:43>> And I think that underutilized,

04:45if I can find it

04:46>> I mean what city owns that's not been

04:48deeded to us.

04:49So, things that might have been

04:51So, so the odd lots

04:55the lots that are

04:56>> that the city

04:56>> that that we're sitting there and we

04:59say, "Well, there's a lot that we we

05:00could do something on. It's in a vital

05:02neighborhood." And and basically we had

05:04all those

05:06we could say all those odd corner little

05:08lots, maybe we start to contact the the

05:12side yard people and "Would you be

05:14interested in this?" Then the second

05:16piece would be get everything that would

05:19be buildable or

05:21you know, and say, "What are the top

05:2310?"

05:24And is there something we can do with

05:25the top 10? Sort of the small houses and

05:27stuff like that. And then decide if we

05:29want to do that. I mean, I think that

05:31that's at least worth for us to come

05:33together and meet and clear some of that

05:35out. At least have something we can

05:37tangibly work on.

05:38>> Mhm.

05:40Yeah.

05:41>> Especially for infill development. I

05:42don't remember which agency talked to um

05:45who

05:46mentioned that they would sell lots or

05:48grant lots to developers for lower price

05:51or even almost cost-free if they built a

05:55house and then sold it under a certain

05:57value. And that could be part of the

05:59affordable housing that is our mission

06:01if we wanted to do something like that.

06:03But it'd be

06:03>> [cough]

06:03>> a lot easier if we already have the

06:05plans in place for these lots that

06:07you're going to have to get 1,000

06:08variances for it to build on because

06:10they're too small.

06:11Uh, it's something that we could offer.

06:15>> All right. So, it sounds like looking at

06:17the universe of city-owned properties,

06:21not just the ones that are owned by the

06:22Land Reutilization Agency, correct?

06:24>> Right.

06:24>> Right.

06:25>> Okay.

06:26And I think Marvin has probably the

06:28ability to map that if he hasn't done

06:30that already.

06:32But maybe you could check and see if if

06:34that's a layer. I think he already had

06:35that layer.

06:36>> I do. I do.

06:37>> You do?

06:37>> And I think things that are under

06:40make it a 0.15, 0.1, that's clearly a

06:43side lot issue. Then then we can say,

06:46"Okay, get that list." And then we can

06:48start working through that. And then

06:50look at the ones that are at least a

06:52regular city lot and what those might be

06:54and have those two two poles that we can

06:57at least look at and and pick the best

07:00ones out of this

07:02start the disposition of all the others.

07:04>> Mhm.

07:05I mean, anything where we've had a house

07:07demoed, you can build a house back.

07:09>> Right.

07:09>> So, those are easy. And we've actually

07:12accumulated quite a few of those that

07:13are in

07:15pretty good locations, some of them.

07:16That someone might be interested in.

07:17>> Mhm.

07:18>> So, those we could either try to sell

07:19or, you know,

07:21talk to Habitat for Humanity or anybody

07:23else who wants to come in, a private

07:24developer, private builder uh, who wants

07:26to build under a certain level

07:29price point.

07:30>> [clears throat]

07:30>> Teresa, you guys aren't doing any

07:31building anymore, are you?

07:33>> So, I work a lot with Habitat and well

07:35and I

07:36look at a lot of development for that

07:39affordable housing.

07:40And typically in order to get the most

07:42points for grants, it has to be like

07:44under 50% of the AMI. Which is great in

07:47theory, the problem is that there's no

07:49financial assistance for subsidies to

07:51get the Like you can build the housing

07:53for affordable, but you can't fill the

07:55housing with the families because

07:57there's no assistance available right

07:59now to subsidize rent. Like there's no

08:01vouchers, place makes voucher like

08:04We can build a low-income house, but

08:07your low-income person probably makes

08:09less than $30,000

08:12a year. I think like over 50% of

08:14Morgantown does. So, that means their

08:16max affordability is like $750 a month

08:20high end. So, unless there's a subsidy,

08:23you can't really get a developer to come

08:24in and build the housing and create a

08:26pro forma where they're going to make

08:28enough income for it to be profitable

08:31right now.

08:32There's just no There's The funding's

08:35not there. Like there's not extra

08:36vouchers. There's not

08:39USDA is not within the city limits of

08:40Morgantown. There's a couple of HUD

08:42programs, but you've seen what HUD

08:44funding is doing right now. So, we can

08:46talk about building affordable housing

08:47all day. I love it. In fact, your tiny

08:49home, if we want to do a community of

08:51tiny homes, social security, I've had a

08:53dream about that one before.

08:56Uh but on the scale that you're looking

08:58at, it's hard to put

09:00You can get someone that can get a

09:01grant. If it's donated land or super

09:04low-cost land, they get extra points.

09:07Um they can get subsidies on top of

09:09subsidies to build low-income housing

09:10tax credits, that type of thing. But at

09:12the end of the day,

09:15there's not assistance available to

09:17permanently support the people once you

09:18put them in.

09:20And they have to have a subsidy cuz they

09:22can't afford how much the property

09:25developer would have to charge to be

09:26able to offset the cost of building.

09:29>> Particularly in this interest rate

09:31environment.

09:31>> Right. Just at this point and at

09:33construction costs, too. I'm sure you

09:34guys know way more than I do. But that's

09:36what I really I get it. I wish that we

09:39if we need deep pockets of subsidies so

09:43that it can And when I say subsidy, just

09:46that difference between how much a

09:47market rate rental is that they would

09:48have to charge to be profitable

09:50profitable versus what the person can

09:51afford to pay. 30% of their income for

09:54rent plus utilities is typically the

09:56most

09:58that HUD is going to say is affordable

10:00housing for someone. And when you look

10:01at the average so many people making

10:0430,000 in this area,

10:06it's just not there.

10:08But, on the flip side of that, and this

10:10is where I was talking to you a little

10:11bit about it, the workforce, middle

10:13income, you're looking at So, you have

10:15to make We use everything on an area

10:17median income basis. So, 100% area

10:20median income is the average income. And

10:22for a family size of four in Morgantown,

10:24that's actually like $103,000.

10:26It's way higher than you think. It's

10:28just there's no that there's a big gap

10:29in the middle. Um and so, there's not a

10:32lot of opportunities for those families

10:34that make say 60 to 80%. Habitat for

10:38Humanity is like 50 to 60%. So, they're

10:41a very narrow margin of eligible

10:43criteria. And they only build I think

10:46they've done

10:47two houses every two to three years in

10:50Morgantown cuz they're flip-flopping

10:51between here and Fairmont cuz Fairmont's

10:53getting the properties donated and

10:55they're getting more points there.

10:57Um and they are amazing among their

11:00board now. So, I'm trying to help them

11:01with expand that part of it. But, I

11:04think there is something with if we

11:06could build maybe like townhomes for

11:09first-time homebuyers that are making

11:12$80,000 a year and build a townhome

11:15that's maybe $300,000,

11:17that's there's nothing there for those

11:19price those families. And they've proven

11:22that if you can create housing for that

11:24higher income, not super high, but like

11:26moderate, medium, it's going to free up

11:29more housing for low-to-moderate as

11:31well, that should cause a

11:34funnel effect or something, some fancy

11:36word that sounds professional.

11:39But

11:40>> So, it sounds like you could still do

11:42infill development. You're just saying

11:44let's adjust like how we think of what

11:46the end goal

11:47>> Right. Well, and a developer, if they I

11:49mean, Huntington has an amazing project

11:51where they converted this huge thing

11:53into a senior housing and they got

11:55funding from West from the State Housing

11:56Finance Agency. So, it happens. It's

11:59just a lot harder to make it happen up

12:01here than down in the South it feels

12:03like because they

12:05grant-wise tend to show more need as a

12:07state.

12:12Just in my personal opinion, thank you.

12:16>> We appreciate you sharing that. That's

12:17why we asked you to come.

12:18>> [laughter]

12:19>> None of us know all that stuff.

12:23>> But I've written a lot of grants and

12:24I've gone to a lot of like developers

12:26and met with the directors who are doing

12:27development in other states and they

12:29have

12:30programs that we don't have. Now, if the

12:32city wants to create some programs

12:35to subsidize long-term,

12:38there could be potential there cuz a lot

12:39of times that is where other states are

12:41getting funding from their county and

12:43from their city and they're able to do

12:45affordable housing. They have down

12:47payment assistance programs and all

12:48kinds of really great programs and we we

12:50don't. Our state just really does not.

12:55And that's why we're trying to appeal to

12:56Charleston too. I've got a whole thing

12:58with other agencies. I've got plans and

12:59dreams and goals.

13:02>> [snorts]

13:02>> Thank you, Teresa.

13:04>> I'll stop now. You don't need to make me

13:05stop talking.

13:07>> No, it's informative.

13:09>> Yeah, it is helpful, but it still sounds

13:11like your plan of sorting and looking

13:13for infill developers is still good.

13:15It's just like

13:15>> I mean, it's not necessarily for rent

13:17either. It would be to sell

13:19under a certain price point, so

13:20>> And and I think it's too case specific.

13:22Like right you got to Teresa's talking

13:25about we got all of these different

13:28alternatives that

13:30and we can look at

13:32depending on the property.

13:34>> Mixed use has been very successful in a

13:36lot of the other places, too. Doing a

13:38commercial residential combo with market

13:40rate land low income.

13:42We'll do X amount under 50% AMI, but you

13:45can still and you integrate the

13:47communities and it's supposed to be

13:48better just

13:51revitalization-wise.

13:52>> And the commercial helps the

13:53performance.

13:54>> Right. That's because they're able to

13:55charge for the commercial it offsets the

13:57>> cost of it.

13:58>> Yeah.

14:03>> That would require a much larger

14:04footprint.

14:05>> Future dreams and goals. I'm telling

14:07you, I'm thinking way long term.

14:08>> And the total zoning overhaul as well,

14:10so

14:10>> That's you know, one day at a time.

14:12>> We're working on

14:13>> Rookie's got nothing to do, right?

14:15>> [laughter]

14:16>> I mean, the zoning overhaul is happening

14:18>> you're working on it, so yeah.

14:20>> [clears throat]

14:21>> Okay.

14:23I mean, that sounds like a good start to

14:25me for underutilized. I feel like that

14:26would take you a minute to get through

14:28all that.

14:29So

14:29>> Yeah, Seth, if you if you can provide I

14:32mean, we can work together before the

14:34meeting, get the documents out to folks,

14:36and we can we can accomplish something

14:38in an hour.

14:41>> All right. So, now let's talk a little

14:42bit about the resource

14:45development committee.

14:48Yes, that's what it's called.

14:50Um

14:52the people that are running that one

14:53aren't here, but

14:56I think we want to talk a little bit

14:58about how we market the properties that

14:59come to us.

15:01Um we haven't really ever had to do that

15:03yet, but I think we're going to. It'd be

15:05nice to have a plan in place for that.

15:08Um

15:09I know Brad has like gotten on to the

15:12communications a little bit and he's

15:14been proactive on that front, but it'd

15:15be nice to ask him to that meeting and

15:18touch base on a regular basis on the

15:20comms and too, I think.

15:23Seeing more things come out was would be

15:25good. What other ideas do you guys have?

15:34Are you trying to hold your idea in? You

15:36can do it sometime.

15:40>> I haven't really thought about this one.

15:41>> [cough and clears throat]

15:54>> Well, that one I may be piggybacking on

15:56what Teresa said, is having a

15:58conversation with the Housing

16:00Development Fund.

16:02About I mean, they they exist. They

16:05They have almost half a billion dollars

16:08in reserves. I mean, they have the

16:10ability to start a program in a couple

16:13of places, at least a pilot,

16:16to to see what can we do. I mean,

16:18because in this interesting environment,

16:21if we can get repayment, not worried

16:22about having to make the interest like a

16:24bank does, you can help families. You

16:27really can, you know, that's one of the

16:28the bigger costs. But, it may be that,

16:31you know, we have some conversations

16:33about what's possible, or there's some

16:34pilot programs they might consider

16:37within the city limits of Morgantown,

16:39making sure that we know the houses are

16:41going to the right income brackets and

16:43that kind of stuff. It's at least worth

16:44a conversation.

16:46>> Yeah, I think so.

16:49>> Yeah, no doubt. I mean, I

16:51you know, just

16:52spitballing because I haven't thought

16:54about this one much, but um

16:57uh

16:58if you force me to,

17:00um

17:02I think I I mean, I think what are like,

17:04what are the needs and what's

17:06what's what's being effective in other

17:08communities? What to your point, what

17:11like Dave said, I mean, what what are

17:12other cities and counties in other

17:14places doing?

17:17I I having an inventory of those things,

17:19a list of those things, and then what

17:22are the what are the organizations and

17:24resources that we have available here,

17:26where are the gaps?

17:28I mean, I think that just starting there

17:30would be a very useful exercise.

17:32>> Mhm.

17:34>> And I can make the the APA, the American

17:36Planning Association, teamed up with the

17:38National League of Cities recently to do

17:40a housing study, and they came up with

17:41this accelerator program where they

17:43looked at cities large, small across the

17:45board and came up here like a five seven

17:47things that are doing across the board.

17:49We can share that and start there to

17:50your point. That'd be a good way to

17:52>> Yeah, that sounds great.

17:56Community land trusts, shared

17:58appreciation models. There's some pretty

18:00cool stuff out there.

18:01>> Yeah, that's definitely been tossed

18:02around a lot lately. Was Council

18:04bringing that up?

18:05>> Mhm.

18:07>> What What are you guys thinking about

18:09that? I mean, just they

18:10>> I mean, that we'd love to do.

18:13We'd love to do it. It's just, you know,

18:15where do you

18:16where where do we finding finding the

18:18right opportunity? And I mean,

18:21if we look at what what what tools do we

18:23have in the toolbox, and then, you know,

18:26looking at each individual property or

18:28opportunity, well, what's what's

18:30appropriate? What's the fit?

18:33So,

18:35you know,

18:36we we we've talked about it in the

18:38context of kind of the housing study

18:41that we

18:42the development services presented

18:45earlier

18:47this year or late last year,

18:50but but anyway, presented recently, and

18:53that's, you know, one of the one of the

18:56opportunities that we I think there'd be

18:58a lot of interest in us pursuing.

19:00>> Mhm.

19:01So, could you maybe in that committee

19:04meeting give us a rundown of what that

19:06looks like so I think

19:08I need a little education on that.

19:09>> Sure. And and if you haven't seen the

19:12the the housing and they Land Reuse

19:15hasn't seen the housing we can assess

19:18that you all you know put together Ricky

19:20that might be good to share with

19:22everyone.

19:28>> Any other ideas for that one?

19:33I also just want to say since we're in a

19:35public meeting can Seth can you briefly

19:37go through the updates that you provided

19:39in writing form on the green space and

19:42the bridge?

19:46>> Uh just to provide updates. If you go to

19:49page seven in your packet

19:52just a summary of updates of some of the

19:53reports and things that we've kind of

19:55been gathering for this week.

19:57Since Jamie was unable to be here Damian

19:58was also unable to be here this

20:00afternoon.

20:01Got a quick note from Jamie that the

20:03pedestrian bridge has been delivered in

20:05Lower Greenmount and that crews remain

20:06working on installation and necessary

20:08groundwork for that project. And that

20:10the green space design has been

20:12substantially completed. I did confirm

20:14that there is not an updated copy I

20:16don't believe but there is one

20:17forthcoming and we'll make sure that you

20:18have it when it's finalized.

20:20>> Okay, cool.

20:22>> And then regarding the Lower Greenmount

20:24space and finalization of some ownership

20:25items need to be resolved before that

20:27can be sent out to bid and constructed.

20:29That's what Jamie sent me on that.

20:31>> Before you continue Ryan what's the

20:33status of the title issues on those? Are

20:35you doing

20:36>> On which one sorry?

20:37>> On the properties that need to come down

20:40for the green space.

20:44>> Um

20:45there are no there are no title issues

20:47in those.

20:48>> Sorry. Um but you were doing like

20:49eminent domain or something?

20:52>> Yeah the

20:53so but the city has acquired right of

20:55entry for this land and property through

20:56eminent domain.

20:58Rush property has been acquired.

20:59>> Okay.

21:00>> So the city has let's let's call it the

21:02feasible title for the selling property

21:05but it's using a method by which it's

21:08permitted now to enter the property and

21:09demolish.

21:10Like once it does that, it has to go

21:13through with the purchase at whatever

21:15the value is that's assigned by the

21:16commissioners.

21:17>> Okay.

21:18So, it's all in process to happen.

21:21>> Oh, yeah. The The city's clear to move

21:23forward and has been for some time.

21:25>> Okay. So, do you know the timing of the

21:27green space? Like when the construction

21:28will happen?

21:30>> I do not.

21:31>> What does that depend on?

21:34>> Getting the land getting involved.

21:36I should say there's There's one of the

21:38properties that is was not targeted for

21:42for that part of the for the CDBG

21:43project because it was at the time under

21:45contract with the land use agency that

21:47we are

21:48are still

21:49working on acquiring.

21:51I mean I mean

21:52It's been authorized by city council,

21:54but

21:55we're not getting that file.

21:57It was something we were looking at

21:58using those

22:00those upper

22:01floors, [cough and clears throat]

22:02but due to

22:04timing and uh

22:06some sub award constraints

22:08and the

22:10the limitation of the agency in

22:13not having eminent domain powers as the

22:14city does have them that

22:17that's why those ARPA funds are shifted

22:20to demolition.

22:22Just [snorts] trying to uh

22:24acquire that property through eminent

22:25domain with other funds.

22:27>> Okay. But basically that's the hold up

22:29on the green spaces. We need to get that

22:31taken care of before the green space

22:32starts construction.

22:34>> Before it starts construction, yes. But

22:36that I mean the construction is not

22:38going to start anyway until next spring.

22:43>> Okay. Thanks. That's what I was trying

22:44to get to.

22:46Everyone in the neighborhood wants to

22:47know, so.

22:48>> Mhm.

22:49Yeah. That that property acquisition is

22:51not delaying the construction timeline,

22:53I don't think.

22:54>> Okay. It's already set for the spring.

22:57>> That's my understanding.

22:58>> Like this coming spring or next spring?

23:01>> [clears throat]

23:03>> This spring.

23:04>> It's spring.

23:05>> It's spring. Kind of TBD.

23:05>> I mean, I I I don't want to put you on

23:07the spot, but also why is this question

23:08so hard? Like, it should be a fairly

23:11easy question.

23:13We We have the money. We have the plan.

23:15What Why don't we know when it's

23:16starting construction?

23:18>> Well, I mean, I mean, it has to be bid

23:20it out, too. I mean, it hasn't been bid

23:21out, so

23:27It has to be designed and bid. I think

23:29the plan is

23:30>> to expend those funds in the spring.

23:33>> Okay. All right. Thanks.

23:36All right. I think we have already

23:37covered the other stuff

23:39on this list. Did you have anything

23:41else?

23:41>> Uh Ricky was going to touch on the

23:42demolitions briefly, but I do think we

23:44covered the property updates for 341

23:46Ring, 545 Parkway. Uh just to reiterate,

23:49I did hear back from Mr. Harris um

23:52last Friday regarding 545 Parkway. Said

23:54that he would reach out and follow up

23:56with Ryan. I

23:58That was last Friday, so I can send him

23:59a just kind of ping him again before the

24:01day before I leave here

24:03to say, "Hey, if you haven't done that

24:04yet, please follow up."

24:06>> Okay. Thanks.

24:07>> The other I have not had any success

24:08contacting the owner of 341 Ring.

24:15>> Um in terms of the demolitions, the

24:17contract's been awarded um to get the

24:19three properties on Pennsylvania Avenue

24:21demolished, and we're finalizing some of

24:23the MOA requirements that we have with

24:25SHPO to

24:27be compliant with our agreement to

24:29demolish those structures. So, it's

24:31moving forward. Uh tentative completion

24:33would be the beginning of December for

24:35the demolition.

24:36>> [cough and clears throat]

24:37>> Okay. Cool.

24:39Anyone have any more questions on that

24:42update section?

24:45All right.

24:51I think that is all for the regular

24:53session.

24:55So, now I move that we go into executive

24:57session to discuss acquisition of

24:59property and related things under the

25:02sunrise, something that Tim used to

25:04recite.

25:05Um, do we have a second?

25:08>> Second.

25:09>> All right, we will not be coming out for

25:11further discussion after that session.

25:13So