CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY FIFTH COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO. R-22-72 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________
SPONSORED BY: Isaac Benton
RESOLUTION
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Directing That The City Not Approve Any Site Plan For The Low-Density Residential Development At 3525 4th St NW Albuquerque, Known As The 'Brown Property', That Is Inconsistent With What Was Proposed In The Request For Proposals Process (Benton)
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DIRECTING THAT THE CITY NOT APPROVE ANY SITE PLAN FOR THE LOW-DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AT 3525 4TH ST NW ALBUQUERQUE, KNOWN AS THE 'BROWN PROPERTY', THAT IS INCONSISTENT WITH WHAT WAS PROPOSED IN THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS PROCESS.
WHEREAS, 3525 4TH Street NW contains two parcels owned by the City of Albuquerque that were sent out as a Request for Proposals (RFP) for development of affordable housing; and
WHEREAS, an ad-hoc committee comprised of City staff members and community members from the area surrounding the site considered two responses to the RFP and ultimately chose the project titled Calle Cuarta ("the Project"); and
WHEREAS, the Project contains two distinct portions: a medium-density multi-family project at the eastern end of the site and a low-density residential development portion at the west end of the site; and
WHEREAS, the Site Plan for the multi-family portion at the east end of the site has been approved by the Planning Department, is consistent with the RFP submittal, and is not the subject of this resolution; and
WHEREAS, the low-density residential portion of the Project proposed for the western part of the site is not consistent from a design perspective with the RFP submittal; and
WHEREAS, the designs in the submitted RFP, as indicated in Exhibit A to this resolution, depict 19 low-density residential homes, where the southern-most homes were to have their front fa?ade facing Fairfield Street and with one access point from 7th street and another from 6th street; and
WHEREAS, the prel...
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