At a Housing Commission meeting in early October, the topic of auctioning city-owned properties and the start of demolition season was discussed. Pajama photo: Sara Holthouse
Dave Gellert focuses on city-owned property, and his interest is one of the reasons city officials are considering holding an auction of city-owned property.
The auction was discussed at a recent meeting of the city council housing committee. Dave Gellert approached the committee at the meeting and asked for an update on the property at 206 Crown Street. Urban Development Director Crystal Surdyk said initial discussions have taken place, although no progress has been made.
“We have had some internal discussions,” Saadiq said. “All of our departments have to consider every package we sell.”
Surdik said the current plan being considered for the property is similar to a tax auction, but for city-owned parcels that include the property in question. Surdik said the city knows Gellert is still interested, but moving each package one by one is “hard work” and it would be easier and more efficient to group the packages together. he added.
“Dave, the way it works is you have to open it up to everyone,” Saadiq said. “Even if we sell it and we try to sell it only to you, if you put in a bid and say you want to buy it, we’ll make it available to the public and let other people do the same.” But what we can do and what we can do is look at it.”
In addition, Mr. Surdik said, including the fact that Mr. Gellert has been in constant communication with the city about the property and that the city was aware that Mr. Gellert wanted it and has been managing and monitoring it. , said that these kinds of things are very important. Surdik said all of these factors weighed more heavily than the bid amount. Surdik encouraged Gellert to keep in touch with them, adding that he would let them know when the time came for the auction.
Bill Reynolds, chairman of the Housing Committee for the 5th Republican Ward, said the number of lots currently owned by the city was known at one time, and many would be included in the auction. Surdik said it will be more complicated than just the number of lots and their value because there are a lot of lots the city can never sell, or want to make sure they don’t sell because there is some kind of strategic development. Opportunity to be involved. He added that the auction will take longer due to staff shortages and a new government in place this year, adding that he is working more on training and developing new employees and does not want to add anything more to the auction. . There is no list yet.
The committee also discussed outsourcing the auction to an online auction service, but Surdik said it was not yet ready to make that decision. Also discussed were concerns about whether another company could be trusted to do the right thing without going up against a championship favorite.
Briefly discussed by the committee during the meeting was that the city is in the midst of demolition season.
“Most of the demolition contractors are also paving contractors, so we’re going to see more of them in the future,” Saadiq said. “As paving season draws to a close, demolition season is in full swing.”
It is estimated that at least six demolitions have taken place, with more to come. Surdik said he will reveal the exact numbers and breakdown of funding for demolition companies and demolition contractors at the next meeting.
“We’ve found a few more demolition contractors that are somewhat local, which is good,” Saadiq said. “We continue to work to add more contractors.”
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