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The Board of Water Commissioners for the City of Detroit, Water and Sewerage Department Approves the Real Property Purchase Agreement and Assignment of Sale Proceeds between the City of Detroit, the Great Lakes Water Authority, and the Detroit Brownfield Redevelopment Authority for Part of 11900 Freud and 11900 E. Jefferson, Detroit, Michigan; Waives the Great Lakes Water Authority's Sixty (60) Day Notice Requirement to Dispose of Property; and authorizes the Director to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
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Agenda of March 15, 2019
Item No. 19-0081
TO: The Honorable
Board of Water Commissioners
City of Detroit, Michigan
FROM: Gary Brown, Director
Water and Sewerage Department
RE: Sale of Detroit Water and Sewerage Department Parcels Near Connor Creek Combined Sewer Overflow Facility to Detroit Brownfield Redevelopment Authority for Transfer to FCA, US
MOTION
Upon recommendation of Gary Brown, Director the Board of Water Commissioners for the City of Detroit, Water and Sewerage Department Approves the Real Property Purchase Agreement and Assignment of Sale Proceeds between the City of Detroit, the Great Lakes Water Authority, and the Detroit Brownfield Redevelopment Authority for Part of 11900 Freud and 11900 E. Jefferson, Detroit, Michigan; Waives the Great Lakes Water Authority's Sixty (60) Day Notice Requirement to Dispose of Property; and authorizes the Director to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
BACKGROUND
On February 26, 2019, Mayor Mike Duggan announced that the City of Detroit and FCA, US, LLC (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding giving Detroit 60 days to, among other things, gather a sufficient number of parcels of land that FCA will use to convert the Mack Avenue Engine plant into a new assembly plant and to expand the existing Jefferson North facility. This $2.5 Billion investment project wil...
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