Land Bank Watch

Board meeting, May 10, 2022

Board meeting, called to order 10:04, adjourned 11:18. Records we hold: agenda, draft minutes.

Dispositions heard: 2 approved, 1 tabled.

Who was there

From the minutes' roll call, and from the transcript where it records someone leaving. These are counts and names of what happened; the record does not say why anyone was absent.

Not at roll call
Richard DeMarco, Joshu Harris
Arrived after roll call
none listed
Left early (where a transcript says so)
none listed

Agenda items

Every item in the minutes, with the outcome and the vote as recorded. Dispositions link to their project. Fewer than six approvals is no decision, not a denial.

ItemWhatOutcomeVoteSpeakers / letters
1Roll call; executive session held before public session
2Minutes of April 12, 2022 meeting (text prints 'April 12, 2021' once)Approved
3Executive Director's Report: Turn the Key program; Land Bank issued/awarded 3 RFPs (63 parcels) in phase one, issued 8 more RFPs (149 parcels) due May 20, 2022; about 35 RFPs packaged; new RFPs monthly toward 1,000 parcels; Fadullon: progr…
4.AAmendment to Res. 2022-9 (Civetta 1, LLC, Haddington RFP): remove 533, 539, 541, 543 N. Conestoga St (Memorial Garden lots) from disposition; units 45 to 41; price $3,200 to $2,800Approved with amendmentsunanimous9 / 6
5.A.1Proposed disposition of fourteen properties to Civetta Property Group, LLC for mixed-income homeownership (9 affordable at 80% AMI, 5 market rate); TABLED because of unresolved feasibility questions; referred to as the Point Breeze disposi…Tabled
5.B.1Grays Ferry - Wharton et al RFP: 25 properties to Civetta Property Group LLC; 25 three-bedroom 1.5-bath units, max sale price $230,000 to households at or below 80% AMI; bid $2,500; sole qualified bidder; 15-year affordability; EOP, power…Approvedunanimous10 / 1
6Public comment (old and new business): Jihad Ali says Land Bank process flawed, urges more transparency, reset, and MBE/WBE seriousness1 / 0
7Adjournment

Documents

  • Meeting package (PDF, 84 pages; coming online soon)

Executive session topics: Information about the agenda and the potential tabling of one agenda item

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