Commission approves supplemental design agreement to convert Port Ridge Mall parking lot into a street
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Summary
The commission authorized a supplemental professional-services agreement to redesign a planned Port Ridge Mall parking-lot project as an actual roadway, continuing the design phase with ANZ Engineering.
The Redevelopment Commission approved a supplemental agreement with ANZ Engineering to change the scope of a previously authorized design contract: instead of designing a parking lot at Port Ridge Mall the city will proceed with design work for a public street that will serve as a first block of a future downtown-street grid.
Staff said property owners in the mall area have been engaged, that several tenants and property owners reviewed letters and are participating in the design discussion, and that the supplemental agreement will allow the consultant to develop a design that can later be refined, bid and brought back to the commission for final approvals. Commissioners emphasized this is a design-phase authorization and not a final construction layout; staff and the consultant said businesses will have input on the final design and parking arrangements.
A motion to approve the supplemental agreement carried by voice vote. Staff said subsequent steps will include completing design work, seeking a final design acceptable to stakeholders, and returning to the commission to authorize construction bidding when ready.
