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Dorr Street Visioning Study
Plan Commission
Thomas Gibbons
Revised
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Authorizing the Mayor to accept and deposit a General Motors on Main Street Grant in the amount of $25,000; authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of same for the purpose of a Dorr Street Visioning Study; authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement with The Collaborative, Inc. for said study; waiving the competitive procurement provisions of Toledo Municipal Code 187; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The City of Toledo owns three parcels of unoccupied land on Dorr Street, between Hoag Street and Smead Avenue ("parcels"). These parcels were previously the site of multiple small businesses until their removal during the urban renewal activities of the early 1970s.
In 2022, Toledo City Council approved the pending sale and the rezoning of a portion of the center parcel, located at the corner of Dorr Street and Detroit Avenue, for the future site of a two-story office and community resource building with a footprint of 4,500 square feet.
In order to explore the possibility of the redevelopment of the remaining parcels as a neighborhood commercial corridor on historic Dorr Street, the Administration applied for a General Motors "GM on Main Street Grant". The City's application was selected for the grant program, which awarded six, $25,000 grants to nonprofit organizations and municipal government entities to implement innovative placemaking initiatives in their local commercial districts.
The City, through its Plan Commission, wishes to engage The Collaborative, an architectural and planning firm, to determine the type of development that can be supported on the parcels. The request to waive competitive bidding is based upon the short period of time allowed to fulfill the requirements of the grant, as well as the firm's familiarity with the community, having recently completed the Swayne Field Visioning Project.
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NOW, THEREFORE, Be i...
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