Midtown Redevelopment Authority Board of Directors met March 28

Midtown Redevelopment Authority Board of Directors met March 28.

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

1. Call to Order and Introduction of Guests

2. Public Comment

3. Consent Agenda for the Midtown Reinvestment Zone

a. Minutes for February 29, 2024.

4. Consent Agenda for the Authority

a. Minutes for February 29, 2024

b. Monthly financial reports for February 29, 2024

c. Funding to Rice University, Acting By And Through Rice Management Company, pursuant to Development Agreement

d. Annual renewal of Professional Services Agreement with The Goodman Corporation

5. Cultural Facilities Grants

a. Buffalo Soldiers Museum

b. LULAC

6. Midtown Affordable Housing Program

a. Affordable Housing Update

i. Recommendation regarding conveyance of four tracts of land to the Herbert Stroman Foundation

ii. Recommendation regarding conveyance of one additional tract of land to Epic Homes, LLC

b. Affordable Housing Operations Campus

i. Change Orders

ii. 2024 Budget for Affordable Housing Operations Center

c. Development and Purchase Agreement with Lin Development Group LLC for development of single-family homes for sale to qualified homebuyers

d. Grant Agreement with Houston Habitat for Humanity, Inc. for development of single-family homes for sale to qualified homebuyers

e. Grant Agreement with Fifth Ward Community Redevelopment Corporation for development of single-family homes for sale to qualified homebuyers

7. Midtown Capital Improvements Program

a. Caroline Street Reconstruction

i. Change Orders

b. Brazos Street Bridge Landscape Improvements

i. Change Orders

c. Brazos Street Reconstruction

d. Urban Redevelopment Plan – North Midtown Study Area

i. Real Estate Consulting Services Agreement

8. Review of Administrative and Personnel Matters, including legal consultation

9. With respect to the foregoing agenda items, the Authority may conduct an executive session with regards to the following, as appropriate and necessary:

a. Consultation with attorney (Section 551.071, Texas Government Code);

b. The purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property (Section 551.072, Texas Government Code);

c. Personnel matters (Section 551.074, Texas Government Code);

d. Security personnel or devices (Section 551.076, Texas Government Code); and

e. Economic development negotiations (Sections 551.087, Texas Government Code).

Upon entering into the executive session, the presiding officer shall announce which agenda items will be discussed.

10. Adjourn