"facilitatating redevelopment"

"Please explain why the deal didn't have to be rebid.

Please explain how the $500,000 threshold did not play a factor."

George Hartzman
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"Because it doesn’t need to.

...Based on what I believe you’re talking about, it looks like you’ve confused the $500,000 threshold for construction with what this was – not construction, but facilitatating redevelopment.

The current process allowed the proposer to outline their plans, and you had one proposer seeking to obtain the property and the other requesting that the City keep it.

Bidding is not relevant here.

The RFP process used in the past was optional, and there is no requirement under state law that the City is required to have any sort of process for these proposals.

So to be perfectly clear – this was not a contract to construct or repair and was not a contract to purchase apparatus, supplies, materials, and equipment.

As it was for redevelopment, bidding is not required or necessary."

Mujeeb

S. Mujeeb Shah-Khan
CITY ATTORNEY
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY