Request for Statements of Interest for Lease/Renovation due 6/11/10

City has just issued a Request soliciting letters of interest (RFI) from qualified individuals or organizations (for-profit and not-for-profit) to lease, restore, and utilize a City-owned property including the Fisher Mansion and associated carriage house. Information obtained from any letters of interest will help the City decide the timing and scope of an RFP for the actual lease, renovation and use of the property. In addition to requirements regarding how the buildings must be restored, it is required by the City that some portion of the project be identified for use by the community.

In addition to contact information for the individual, organization or group of organizations submitting, letters of interest should provide:
• a “high level” description of your level of interest,
• the general type of use you envision,
• how the use relates to the City’s priorities (identified in the RFI),
• your anticipated level of restoration, and
• your financial ability to commit to the renovation if you were to be selected through such an RFP process.

Please forward this notice on to any individual or organization you think might be interested.

The RFI available here.

Letters of interest are due 3 pm, June 11, 2010.

Final Historic Structure Report

Click here to be directed to a pdf of the full final Fisher Mansion HSR.

A Happy New Year for the Fisher Mansion

The Fisher Mansion will continue to shine in 2010 as the City moves forward with the restoration and preservation of this historic property. The structural evaluation report by the SEAU will be finished today and then the final draft of the Historic Structure Report (HSR) will be distributed later this week to the Partners Team for final review. Next week the Partners Team and the conultants will meet to discuss the findings of the HSR and next steps for the mansion and carriage house.

This year decisions will be made on how to allocate the funding secured from the Save America’s Treasures program. There is also the potential for additional funding through the Capital Facilities Grant that the city applied for last year, which would be utilized for the structural upgrade and roof replacement of the carriage house.

Planning for the annual Celebrate the City event will be kicking into high gear soon to prepare for the two-day event to be held at the Fisher Mansion in May. Look for more details soon.