[Music] welcome to agenda Edina a program summarizing the actions taken at City Hall that affect you most I'm your host dorothia Marty the city seeks a new developer to purchase and redevelop a vacant site in the heart of the Grand View District since the city's Public Works facility was relocated in 2010 a variety of Concepts have been considered for the 3 Acre property on Eden Avenue most recently a 2022 proposal to build senior Cooperative housing a sitdown restaurant and a public Green Space was unable to secure financing and did not move forward earlier this month the city issued a request for proposals or RFP to find a new developer or team to purchase and redevelop the property the RFP was intentionally written to allow a wide variety of proposals that achieve the best project at the best land price to the city based on discussions by the Housing and Redevelopment Authority the RFP prioritizes a mixed use project with preference for owner occupied housing and missing middle type housing at a variety of price points that is not currently being constructed in Idina we've looked at a lot of ideas on the site over time uh the city council is eager to take a new look this year to work with a new group of developers to see what makes sense in 2025 the city expects to select a developer and consider a binding contract in early summer it is anticipated that the preferred developer would pursue zoning and preliminary site plan approvals through the city's standard processes later in the year construction could begin possibly as early as 2026