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Agenda Item - 3. <br />City of Garden Grove <br />INTER -DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM <br />To: Scott C. Stiles From: Lisa L. Kim <br />Dept.: City Manager <br />Dept. <br />Subject: Willowick Golf Course Status Date <br />Report and approval to <br />proceed with a Request for <br />Qualifications and Proposals <br />to solicit a Master Developer <br />for reuse of the Willowick <br />Golf Course. (Action Item) <br />OBJECTIVE <br />Community and Economic <br />Development <br />1/29/2019 <br />The purpose of this report is to provide updates of the Visioning and Economic <br />Analysis process, and to obtain approval to proceed with a Request for Qualifications <br />and Proposals process to solicit a Master Developer for reuse of the Willowick Golf <br />Course. <br />BACKGROUND <br />In December 2017, the Cities of Garden Grove and Santa Ana held a Joint Study <br />Session to discuss the potential reuse of the Willowick Golf Course ("Property"). <br />Both City Councils directed staff to undertake further due diligence in the areas of <br />visioning and economic analysis of the Property. Subsequently in April 2018, the <br />City of Garden Grove approved an Agreement with the City of Santa Ana that <br />provided for both Cities to further implement the exploration of the property <br />redevelopment by retaining independent consultants to help create a vision of future <br />development and to work with the community to determine both the community <br />needs and conduct a general market assessment. In August 2018, the selection of the <br />Visioning and Economic consultants was completed through a request for proposals <br />process. <br />DISCUSSION <br />To date, a summary of the visioning and economic analysis is provided below. <br />SWA (Visioning Consultant) <br />SWA facilitated four (4) Envision Willowick Community Workshops in 2018 (August <br />30 , September 27 , October 2 and 25) to solicit community input and feedback. <br />Page 3 of 73 <br />