The Land Reuse and Preservation Agency directed staff to bring a fully developed sidewalk program to the next property management meeting, and to route a staff survey and recommendation on using the space behind 430 Spruce for the city’s tool-lending library to the property management committee for review. Board members stressed that side-lot program parameters should be finalized before staff returns the wider list of underutilized properties for action.

Staff said Caitlin completed a survey of the area behind 430 Spruce and that staff will forward that survey to the property management committee for consideration. The board agreed the property now owned by the agency should be handled by the property management committee, while parcels not yet owned remain the purview of the underutilized-properties committee; members asked staff to avoid duplicating committee review where possible.

On asset management, staff reported progress toward engaging a broker for Black Diamond to market and rent 430 Spruce; an email exchange with a broker had taken place and staff indicated the broker would use market-rate data to set expectations. The board reiterated the agency’s interest in developing self-funding mechanisms, including selling adjacent vacant or abandoned lots, and asked staff to prioritize any pending transactions.

Operational items: staff said a shared drive for board documents is ready pending two signatures; the agency’s communications team will also move forward on a social-media presence for property and program promotion, with city communications to clarify what the agency’s page can and cannot post. Staff will circulate instructions and a proposed social-media usage list to the board.

Next steps: staff will present the sidewalk program and the 430 Spruce survey to the property management committee, follow up on broker engagement for marketing 430 Spruce, obtain signatures for the shared drive access, and provide communications guidance to the board on social media use.