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File #: 15-6952    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Business Item Status: Approved
File created: 11/12/2017 In control: City Council Business Meeting
On agenda: 11/13/2017 Final action: 11/13/2017
Title: Scaleybark Development Agreements Amendment for Extension of Time
Title
Scaleybark Development Agreements Amendment for Extension of Time

Action
Action:
A. Approve a 90 day extension to the General Development Agreements with Scaleybark Partners, LLC ("Developer") to extend the development completion obligations to March 30, 2018

Body
Staff Resource(s):
Mike Davis, Engineering & Property Management
John Lewis, CATS
Pamela Wideman, Housing & Neighborhood Services


Explanation
* In June 2007, City Council approved a Purchase and Sale Agreement, and additional related agreements, with the Scaleybark Partners, LLC for the sale of 16 acres of land to construct a transit-oriented development (TOD) at the LYNX Scaleybark Light Rail Station. The Developer closed on the property on February 29, 2008.
* The original scope of the development agreements included:
* Completion of 80 affordable housing units to serve households at or below 60% of the area median income,
* Completion of a temporary Park & Ride facility for CATS riders,
* Completion of a permanent Park & Ride facility for CATS riders,
* Installation of open space at Linear Park, and
* Completion of streetscape improvements along South Boulevard bordering the property.
* To-date, Scaleybark Partners, LLC has accomplished the following:
* Master-planned the development to include office space, retail, hotel rooms, and multifamily and townhome units,
* Completed the temporary Park & Ride facility,
* Completed the Linear Park open space,
* Completed the streetscape improvements along South Boulevard,
* Completed, in cooperation with the City, a master storm water detention pond.
* The outstanding items the Developer must deliver are 80 units of affordable housing and the permanent Park & Ride facility.
* Staff requests a 90-day extension in order to renegotiate the existing deadlines with the Developer and finalize the vision for the Scaleybark Development.
* Once negotiations are complete, staff will return to Council on or before March 30, 2018 to review and approv...

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