The owners of the Albert Place Condominiums, located at the corner of Albert Avenue and Bailey Street, have asked for the City Council for 12 of the 36 units to be issued a Class III rental license.

This proposed license would allow either two unrelated individuals or a family to live in the condominium.

“The owners said they were not selling the properties as fast as they liked, and wanted to get some revenue until they could get them sold,” said Howard Asch, director of code enforcement and neighborhood conservation for East Lansing.

Those rental licenses would be conditional, meaning the property would be on “probation for a year,” to determine that the property is being taken care of, which is a relatively common procedure, Asch said.

City Center II petition

Residents who petitioned against financing the public portion of City Center II, a $116.4 million project, only turned in 65 signatures to the city, even though more signatures were collected, said Ted Staton, city manager for East Lansing.

However, the petition will still be reviewed at the work session.

“The city attorney advised the city clerk that the council needed to formally receive the petitions and declare them insufficient,” Staton said.

There still need to be final adjustments to the project’s development agreement before the financial plan can be entirely determined, he said. The current timetable calls for it to be decided before Jan. 1, he said.

Collegeville Historic District

Council will look at two conflicting recommendations regarding modification to the Collegeville Historic District, between Michigan Avenue and Grand River Avenue near Delta Street.

The Collegeville Historic District Boundary Study Committee recommended that 10 properties be added to the district, and city staff recommended removing 10 different properties.

The properties that the study committee recommended include two new apartment buildings on Louis Street, one that is six years old and one that opened this fall, which is the reason for the city staff’s recommendation, said Ron Springer, community development analyst for East Lansing. To be in an historic district, 80 percent of an area’s properties must be older than 50 years.