No sooner had the previous owners and tenants of three homes the City of Manteca acquired for the footprint of the McKinley Avenue and 120 Bypass interchange moved out, the homeless moved in.Manteca officials responded to complaints from neighbors about the trespassing on city-owned property by dispatching police and sending crews to board up the homes in accordance to municipal law.In July, City Manager Tim Ogden vowed that the city would move as quickly as possible to demolish the structures committing to a September date to get the ball rolling.A glitch, however, developed when the extent of asbestos involved pushed the bids received beyond the amount the council had empowered the city manager to spend.On Tuesday the council is being asked to award the demolition contract to Jim Thorpe Inc. for $139,892 as the lowest responsible bidder. The firm will remove not just the homes but also water wells, septic tanks, vegetation, trees, concrete pads, and any other type of structures.Neighbors are hopeful the demolition of the boarded up homes will stop people from illegally dumping trash on the city owned property.Work is expected to start in October.As city efforts go, the demolition project has been fast-tracked given the hoops such an endeavor has to go through.Not only does that underscore a promise by the city to be more pro-active in reducing homeless problems, but it also re-enforces the high priority Manteca officials have made to snag a major waterpark resort hotel and conference center. The $21 million McKinley Avenue interchange needs to go forward under an agreement with Caltrans in order for a developer to build a hotel larger than 500 homes and a conference center larger than 30,000 square feet on 67 acres owned by the city west of Costco.