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CITY OF RIVERSIDE REDBVBLOPMBNTAGBNCYMIMORANDUM HonoraMe Mayer and Agency Board Date: October 16, 2001 Item No.: 5 Subject: Request for Authorization to Issue a Request for Proposals to Move a Hi.toric Honse Located at 2039 University Avenue - Funds Transfer m ckk round Redevelopment Agency staff has been in contact with the Perrone Family Trust for the lest six months in order to assess the logis~cal challenges with moving a historic single family house located at 2039 University Avenue in the Eastside Neighborhood ("House"). The House, designated as Structure of Merit #160 by the City of Riverside, is a 2,614 Square Foot structure in the Colonial Revival/Classic Box style. The Perrone Family Trust would like to see other opportunities develop as a result of moving the house off-site. Current Issue Staff has devised the attached Request for Proposals (RFP) to move the House, and is requesting authorization from the Agency Board to begin distribution and advertising. As an incentive to move the House in Riverside, staff is requesting that the Agency authorize no more than $20,000 to be encumbered into a project account to pay for City permit fees related to the moving of the structure. Permit fee monies would be kept as an internal account, with permit fees charged-off through staff approvals. The House will be sold by the current owners to the successful RFP applicant for One Dollar ($I). This RFP has been read and epproved by the Planning Department and the Agency's construction consultant, DLC Consulting, Inc. Analysis The House is in poor condition, and is in imminent danger of destruction by fire. In addition, the House no longer has residential zoning, and is an inconsistent use with the surrounding businesses. The RFP gives incentives to move the house within the City of Riverside, especially the Downtown area, but does not preclude moving the house elsewhere. Residential reuse is promoted, but other reuse proposals (legal offices, etc.) are permitted. The House has previously been used as a business. Agency staff proposes to call together an RFP review committee to consist of Agency staff, Planning Departxnent Staff, Cultural Heritage Board members, the House owners, and the area Councilmember, in order to review and award a winner from the pool of RFP applicants. Staff will return to the Agency Board with report at the conclusion of the RFP process, and to award a successful applicant with the House. At that time, $20,000 will be appropriated from the project area to which the house will be moved. Moving the house will entail a nine to twelve month planning and Iogistical process. Fiscal Impact The Agency's subsidy for this project includes the costs of display advertising in the Riverside Press Enterprise (see attached example), RFP mailing and distribution costs, legal fees to draft an eventual contractual agreement, and the $20,000 in permit fees. It is not the intent of the Agency to pay for rehabilitation of the House, nor for land and/or moving costs. A complete estimate of costs, including legal fees, is $25,000.