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For Acquisition of City Property at Northwest Corner of W. Hillcrest Drive and Blackhawk Road A Request for Proposals (RFP) has been released for the acquisition of a 4.87-acre City-owned property at the northwest corner of W. Hillcrest Dr. and Blackhawk Rd. The property consists of three parcels at 1011-1017 W. Hillcrest Dr., 1015 Blackhawk Rd. and a parcel immediately north of 1015 Blackhawk Rd. The property is vacant. All foundation material from demolished buildings has been removed. Those submitting proposals must describe their interest in the City parcel and the community objectives that will be achieved by the acquisition and redevelopment. This property consists of three parcels as follows: PIN 08-15-151-014. Formerly Hunter Hillcrest. 1011-1017 W. Hillcrest Drive. 2.05 acres. PIN 08-15-151-011. Formerly Campus Cinema. 1015 Blackhawk Road. 2.42 acres. PIN 08-15-101-103. Formerly Andreacchi Trust (unaddressed parcel immediately south of Fanatico Restaurant). Blackhawk Road. 0.4 acres. All questions or comments must be directed through the City manager's Office in writing or via email. Response to questions will be assembled into an addendum to the original RFP and distributed to all responsive parties and posted on the City's website. Phone calls are discouraged in an effort to ensure a transparent process for all interested parties. All persons desiring to submit a proposal under these contract documents must contact the City of DeKalb and provide an email address to which notices can be sent and received by the interested party. This address will be used for official communications with the City. The method of contractor selection has not been determined at this time The City reserves the right to make clarifications, corrections or changes in this Request for Proposals (RFP) at any time prior to the deadline for submittals. All interested parties that register with the City will be informed of said clarifications, corrections or changes. During the RFP process, the City reserves the right, where it may serve the City's best interest, to request additional information or clarification from proposers, or to allow proposers to correct errors or omissions. At the discretion of the City, vendors submitting proposals may be requested to make oral presentations as part of the evaluation process. All proposals shall be accompanied by a certified check in an amount not less than 20% of the total proposal price. The certified check of the successful proposer will be retained by the City and applied towards the purchase price. In the event that the successful proposer fails to close on the sale of the Property for any reason following the public opening of the proposals, the 20% deposit shall be forfeit to the City as liquidated damages to cover the City's costs of advertisement and its conduct of the RFP process. The certified check(s) of all unsuccessful bidders will be returned after the City Council selects the successful proposer.