**UNITED STATES GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION**

# NOTICE OF DETERMINATION OF HOMELESS SUITABILITY AND AVAILABILITY 

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# AND NOTICE OF SURPLUS DETERMINATION FOR FEDERAL REAL PROPERTY

**September 28, 2007**

**Former B&M Railroad Depot**

**City of Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts**

> **GSA Control #.: MA-6261-1**

**HUD #: 54200730015**

Notice is hereby given that the subject property has been determined
suitable and available by the Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) for homeless use and published as such in the Federal
Register on Friday, September 28, 2007, HUD \# 54200730015. **[If no
expressions of interest for homeless use are received within the
specified timeframe, then the property will become available for
disposal as surplus property according to the regulations cited on the
following page.]{.underline}**

The property consists of 0.14 ± acres improved with one two-story
building containing 11,200 square feet. The building was constructed in
1876 and is subject to Historic Preservation covenants.

Under Title V of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act
(McKinney Act), as amended, public bodies and eligible nonprofit
organizations concerned with providing assistance to the homeless may
apply to lease Government property determined suitable by HUD for
homeless use. Also, States and their political subdivisions and
instrumentalities, tax-supported institutions, and nonprofit
institutions which have been held exempt from taxation under section
501(c) (3) of the 1954 Internal Revenue Code may apply to acquire
Government property determined suitable by HUD for homeless use by deed
under section 203(k) of the Property Act. Interested parties will have
60 days from the above date to submit a written expression of interest
and obtain necessary application forms from the Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS). Public bodies and eligible nonprofit organizations
wishing to apply for the property for homeless use, contact:

Department of Health and Human Services

Division of Health Facilities Planning

Parklawn Building, Room 5B-17

5600 Fishers Lane

Rockville, Maryland 20857

ATTN: Mr. John G. Hicks, Chief

*The General Services Administration (GSA) administers a program for the
donation of Federal surplus personal property through a network of
individual State Agencies for Surplus Property (SASP). A pamphlet
describing the surplus property program will be included in the
application package provided by HHS.*

**NOTICE OF SURPLUS DETERMINATION**

Notice is hereby given, furthermore, that the subject property has been
determined to be surplus Government property and is available for
disposal pursuant to the provisions of the Property Act

(116 Stat. 1062, 40 U.S.C.543) as amended with certain related laws and
applicable regulations. The applicable regulations provide that public
agencies (non-Federal) shall be allowed to submit a formal application
for surplus real property within 60 days of the date of this Notice.
Disposal of this property may be made to public agencies for the public
uses stated below, and that disposal is authorized by the statues and
applicable regulations as follows:

STATUTE TYPE OF DISPOSAL

40 U.S.C. 550 (h) Historic Monument

40 U.S.C. 550 (c) Education

40 U.S.C. 545(b)(8) Negotiated sale to public bodies for public purposes

Any public agency wishing to acquire property for historic monument
purposes should submit a written notice to:

Alisa McCann

> Architectural Historian
>
> National Park Service
>
> 200 Chestnut Street
>
> Philadelphia, PA 19016

Any public agency wishing to acquire property for education purposes
should submit a written notice to:

Peter A. Wieczorek, Director

> Federal Real Property Assistance Program
>
> U.S. Department of Education
>
> 33 Arch Street, Suite 1140
>
> Boston, MA 02110-1424

For negotiated sale, submit to:

U.S. General Services Administration

> Property Disposal Division

John E. Kelly, Director

10 Causeway St., Room 925

Boston, MA 02222

Such written notice shall:

1\) disclose the contemplated use of the property;

2\) contain a citation of the applicable statute under which the public
agency desires to procure the property;

3\) state the length of time required to develop and submit a formal
application for the property

(where a payment to the Government is required under the statute,
include a statement as to whether funds are available and, if not, the
period required to obtain funds); and

4\) give the reason for the time required to develop and submit a formal
application.

Upon receipt of the written notice, the public agency shall be promptly
informed concerning the period of time that will be allowed for
submission of the formal application.

In the absence of a written notice, or in the event a public use
proposal is not approved, the regulations issued pursuant to authority
contained in the Property Act as amended, provide for offering the
property for sale according to its highest and best use.

If any public agency considers that the proposed disposal of the
property is incompatible with its development plans and programs, notice
of such incompatibility must be forward to the Regional Administrator,
U.S. General Services Administration, 10 Causeway St., Boston, MA 02222

It should be noted that interest may have been expressed by federal,
state, and local governmental units and eligible nonprofit institutions
in acquiring this property for public uses. Occupied properties are
subject to current occupants vacating the property according to schedule

For information contact: John L. Dugan

> Program Specialist
>
> GSA/Property Disposal Division

10 Causeway St., Room 925, Boston MA 02222

617-565-7299 or email: <john.dugan@gsa.gov>