01/08/2008 Ordinances 9155ORDINANCE NO. 9155
An ordinance directing and authorizing the sale of Old Fire Station No. 1 by
Request for Proposals; providing for the giving of notice of such conveyance and the terms
thereof; providing for the right to file a remonstrance against such conveyance; providing for
publication and the effective date of this ordinance.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA:
SECTION 1. The City of Grand Island, Nebraska, will request proposals for the
sale of Old Fire Station No. 1 legally described as:
Lots 10, 11, 12 and 13 of Campbell's Subdivision to the City of Grand Island,
Hall County, Nebraska
SECTION 2. The consideration for such conveyance shall be determined through
a request for proposals and will be evaluated and scored based on the following criteria:
1. Business plan
a. Anticipated assessed value at completion
b. Fiscal responsibility
c. Investment/cost of renovation
2. Schedule of development
3. Aesthetics preservation
4. Benefit to the neighborhood or community
5. Intended use
6. Experience
7. Ability to obtain performance bond
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January 7, 2008 a City Attorney
ORDINANCE NO. 9155 (Cont.)
8. Disposition of the training tower
9. Purchase price
Conveyance of the real estate above described shall be by warranty deed, upon payment and
performance of the consideration pursuant to the terms and conditions of an Agreement for
Warranty Deed between the parties. Proposals must remain firm for one hundred twenty (120)
days from the proposal due date. The City of Grand Island reserves the right to reject any and all
proposals, waive irregularities, and to select the proposal that is deemed to be in the City's best
interest, at its sole discretion. Price is not the sole selection factor and will be considered
together with other factors allowed under Nebraska Law regarding the sale of publicly owned
property.
SECTION 3. As provided by law, notice of such conveyance and the terms
thereof shall be published for three consecutive weeks in the Grand Island Independent, a
newspaper published for general circulation in the City of Grand Island. Immediately after the
passage and publication of this ordinance, the City Clerk is hereby directed and instructed to
prepare and publish said notice.
SECTION 4. Authority is hereby granted to the electors of the City of Grand
Island to file a remonstrance against the conveyance of such within described real estate; and if a
remonstrance against such conveyance signed by registered voters of the City of Grand Island
equal in number to thirty percent of the registered voters of the City of Grand Island voting at the
last regular municipal election held in such City be filed with the City Council within thirty days
of passage and publication of such ordinance, said property shall not then, nor within one year
thereafter, be conveyed.
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2 ' January 7, 2008 • City Attorney
ORDINANCE NO. 9155 (Cont.)
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall be in force and take effect from and after its
passage and publication, within fifteen days in one issue of the Grand Island Independent as
provided by law.
Enacted: January 8, 2008.
Margare Hornady, Mayor
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January 7, 2008 ~ City Attorney