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Recommendation to approve an amendment to the Revised Long Range Property Management Plan to change the permissible use of the property at 2175 Atlantic Avenue from Future Development to Government Use. (District 6)
DISCUSSION
The City of Long Beach, as Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Long Beach (Successor Agency), currently owns the property located at 2175 Atlantic Avenue (Subject Property) (Exhibit A). The Subject Property is approximately 13,990 square feet and is currently unimproved. Formerly owned by the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Long Beach, the Subject Property is included in the Successor Agency's Long Range Property Management Plan, which was approved by the State of California Department of Finance (DO F) on March 10, 2015 and amended on June 24, 2015 (Revised Plan). The Subject Property has been categorized with a permissible use of "Future Development," allowing for the disposition of the Subject Property through a Request for Proposals (RFP) process for development consistent with the vision and intent of the Central Long Beach Redevelopment Project Area and its guiding documents. As further required in the Revised Plan, the Subject Property has been conveyed to the City and is now a City-owned asset.
An RFP to purchase the Subject Property was advertised in the Long Beach PressTelegram on February 18, 2016, and 6,924 potential proposers specializing in purchase and development opportunities were notified of the RFP opportunity. Of those proposers, 78 downloaded the RFP via the City's electronic bid system. The Purchasing Division notified 733 Long Beach vendors to submit proposals, of which three downloaded the RFP and none submitted a proposal. The RFP document was made available from the Purchasing Division, located on the seventh floor of City Hall, and the Division's website at: www.longbeach.gov/purchasing. An RFP announcement was also included in the Purchasing Division's weekly update of Open ...
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