Marquette City Commission votes on how to handle unused, city-owned land

MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) – 3 plots of city-owned land in Marquette have been up for debate Wednesday evening.

The Metropolis of Marquette decided not to offer these loads to non-public builders.

First on the agenda was a lot found at 600 W. Spring St. This large amount is located adjacent to the Steve Mariucci Household Beacon Residence, the identical entity wanting to obtain the plot of land from the Town of Marquette.

Town of Marquette Commissioner Evan Bonsall amended the first proposal for the Beacon Household to acquire the 1-acre good deal. Bonsall’s amended proposal in its place gives the city the authority to post a request for proposal to establish economical housing on the site. The amended proposal passed with a 5-1 vote, with Commissioner Frederick Stonehouse the lone ‘no’ vote.

Bonsall included that he wants the metropolis to commit to much more affordable housing developments going forward.

“I hope that we can have a further meeting like this in the near long term with the aim of establishing a list of properties that we can direct metropolis employees to put out requests for proposals particularly for cost-effective, workforce housing developments,” Bonsall exclaimed.

Then came time for the town to make your mind up what to do with a portion of Heartwood Forestland close to Marquette Mountain, not inside the town restrict. The city commission voted unanimously not to market this ton to developer Curran & Business.

“It is doing particularly what that house was intended to do and that is remaining a recreational site,” City of Marquette Commissioner Jessica Hanley stated. “Seeing that it is not going to help the city tax rolls in any way considering the fact that it is not in the city, I see no upside to marketing this home.”

The city’s remaining decision was on a plot of land at 601 S. Lakeshore Blvd. in South Marquette. Hanley instantly jumped with a movement to deny the proposal to provide this plot of land to Marquette Possibility LLC.

The town fee voted unanimously not to promote this internet site to the developer. The commissioners said they unanimously concur that Marquette does not require any much more developments on the lakeshore.

Subsequent, the city is prepared to update its grasp plan. The metropolis aims to post a ask for for proposal for a contractor to enable with this endeavor, which is prepared to go out in early July. At minimum two city commissioners are pushing for the current master strategy to strongly aim on developing a lot more inexpensive housing in the city.

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