Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute all documents necessary to execute an Exclusive Negotiating Agreement with Westland Real Estate Group, for the development of 6101-6141 Atlantic Avenue, Assessor Parcel Number 7125-036-900.  (District 9)
Emotion carries. Okay. Item 15 Report from Economic and Property Development. Recommendation to execute an exclusive negotiating agreement with Westland Real Estate Group for the development of 6101 through 6141 Atlantic Avenue. District nine. Councilman Richardson. Thank you, Vice Mayor. This is an exciting step for the ninth District as this lot has been vacant for more than ten years. Entering into this new new agreement with Westland makes a lot of sense for our community have been very invested in the Uptown Renaissance, particularly very strong participation in our Uptown Business Improvement district. We look forward looking forward to beginning this site to to best determine the best use, the best use for this site. And since Westland owns the other half of the block, this is a real opportunity to leverage that into one consolidated full block retail development that will revitalize the middle portion of the North Atlantic corridor. So thank you so much and I encourage your support. Thank you. Councilmember Richardson, Councilman Gonzalez. I'm very supportive of this. My counsel colleague in the North, it's really exciting that we'll start to see some more good development in North Atlantic. And I know he's been working very hard on this as well. And thank you to Mike Conway for all of your work in this as well. Thank you. Thank you. Is there any member of the public that wish to address the Council on item 15 saying none? Members cast your vote. Councilman Andrews. Motion carries. Okay. Thank you. We appreciate that. We're going to go back into item number 13, which is an item by Councilwoman Gonzales, Madam Clerk.