Housing Successor Agency
MEETING DATE: 10/28/2015
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Timeline Extension for 69-Unit Mixed Use Development
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FROM:
Leisa Lukes, Economic Development Manager
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the City Council direct the City Manager to prepare and execute an amendment to the Property Transfer Agreement and Escrow Instructions approving a 5-month extension whereby Close of Escrow is to occur on or before May 2, 2016, with Project construction to be complete by May 25, 2017, and stipulating that no further amendments will be granted.
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BACKGROUND:
The City of Cathedral City as the Successor Housing Agency to the Former Redevelopment Agency of the City of Cathedral City ("City") approved a Property Transfer Agreement ("Agreement") with Thermal Land, LLC, in August 2013 to disperse of an approximate 2-acre site located at the southeast corner of East Palm Canyon Drive and West Buddy Rogers Avenue. This is property that was acquired by the former Cathedral City Redevelopment Agency to meet affordable housing needs and is to be developed for housing purposes. A percentage of the units are to be available to, and occupied by, moderate income households at affordable rent. The Agreement includes these requirements and additionally requires that the Project include approximately 5,000 square feet of commercial space. This mixed use development is contemplated to be a desirable addition to the City's downtown core. The terms of the Agreement and associated Amendments are to conclude on February 28, 2016, with completion of Project construction.
In November 2014, the City approved an assignment of the Agreement and associated Amendments to Saxony Living, LP ("Developer"). In February 2015, the Developer requested an amendment to the Agreement to accommodate unanticipated pre-design work needed to complete the architecture and engineering drawings necessary for project submittal to the City to e...
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