Greenwood Board approves multiple contracts, encroachment requests and traffic change; denies one sanitation-fee waiver

The Greenwood Board of Public Works and Safety on March 17 approved a series of construction and maintenance contracts, accepted developer guarantees and granted multiple encroachment requests while denying one request for a courtesy waiver of sanitation fees.

The action-packed meeting opened with routine approvals and moved quickly through departmental requests. The board approved an amendment to the vehicle auction list and a related sale of a 2018 sanitation vehicle to the airport for $19,000. City staff also presented two personnel items: updates to the GIS technician job description and the appointment of Mark Watson to the city works administrator position, which adds supervisory duties over the GIS technician role.

The board approved a seasonal concert series schedule covering final Fridays from March through November and several development items: acceptance of testing and inspection agreements and performance guarantees for the Audi Golf facility expansion (an approximately 9,000-square-foot addition), acceptance of performance guarantees and plats for multiple subdivisions and commercial projects (Scottsdale, Campus Wilkerson/Davis Homes off Genesis Drive, Grand Vista dedication on Griffith Road and others) and conditional approvals for Greenwood Senior Living’s inspections and filings.

Separately, the board granted encroachment approvals subject to standard conditions in several cases: a sign replacement at Sierra Park proposed by Monty Hopkins (to be installed in a drainage easement), a private bridge/encroachment request by property owners Lacey and Jordan Raider to access a landlocked parcel, and a backyard fence encroachment in Greenwood Station…