Meeting participants approve development agreement with Dogwood Properties for 'Dogwood Fifth Edition'; staff reports project updates

Meeting participants voted to approve a development agreement with Dogwood Properties to develop "Dogwood Fifth Edition," a motion that was seconded and carried during the session.

The motion to approve the development agreement was moved and seconded; the chair called for the verbal vote and announced the motion carried. The meeting transcript records that the city reported it had paid 75% of its share for the fourth edition project and had paid 50% of its share for the fifth edition to date.

Staff provided several routine project updates after the vote. Officials said a project described as the "Veil extension" is moving forward and staff hoped it would be completed before the end of the year. A Centennial demolition contract has been awarded, but staff had not received a start date from the contractor; the transcript notes the demolition must be complete by Dec. 12. The Twelfth Street Southeast two-block reconstruction project, funded in part through state money and administered through the state Department of Transportation (DOT) bidding process, was delayed because the state's bidding website experienced an outage. Staff said the bid opening was postponed to 10 a.m. the following day; after DOT reviews bids, the council will receive the recommended award for formal approval.

The motion approving the Dogwood development agreement and the subsequent staff updates were presented without additional substantive debate recorded in the transcript. No dollar amounts for the Dogwood agreement, specific contractor names for the Twelfth Street bid or an exact start date for the Centennial demolition were provided in the meeting record.

The agenda moved on after the project updates.