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Committee approves design contract, $10,000 budget transfer for Waffle House site parking lot
Summary
Committee authorized a design/survey contract with EDT for a parking lot at the recently acquired Waffle House property and approved a budget amendment moving $10,000 from transportation engineering services to engineering services to fund the work.
The Homewood City Finance Committee voted 3-0 on June 2 to authorize design and survey services from EDT for a new parking lot on the city’s recently acquired Waffle House property and approved a $10,000 budget transfer to fund the work.
City Manager Mister Smith said the city has closed on the property and plans to convert the site to a parking lot. EDT will provide design, landscape, electrical and survey services and will perform construction administration while the city will advertise and manage the bid. Smith said the city expects to begin construction in the fall pending timelines and budgets.
Council members caught an initial misstatement of the contract price during discussion: staff and the consultant corrected an earlier figure of $39,500 to $35,900 for the EDT design and survey contract. The committee also approved a resolution to move $10,000 from transportation engineering services into general engineering services to fund the contract work.
Staff said EDT will include consideration of a possible pedestrian connection from Cobb Street to the new commercial area when drafting designs. The consultant will evaluate site circulation, utilities and landscape needs; demolition of existing structures will come to the committee in a subsequent cycle.
Next steps: staff will finalize the EDT contract at the approved amount, proceed with survey and design, include final estimated construction costs in the FY2026 capital planning, and return to committee with bid-ready documents.
