Citizen Portal
Sign In

Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!

Get email alerts on the Contracts And Agreements topic

No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.

City Parkway 5 board ratifies landscaping covenant assignment, defers Symphony Park covenants to Oct. 27

5215008 · July 7, 2025
AI-Generated Content: All content on this page was generated by AI to highlight key points from the meeting. For complete details and context, we recommend watching the full video. so we can fix them.

Summary

At its July 7 meeting the City Parkway 5, Inc. Board approved ratification of an assignment of a landscaping covenant with Union Pacific Railroad and postponed consideration of Donald W. Reynolds Symphony Park maintenance and use covenants to the Oct. 27 meeting; minutes and consent items were also approved.

The City Parkway 5, Inc. Board on July 7 ratified the assignment of a landscaping covenant with Union Pacific Railroad Company and postponed action on the Donald W. Reynolds Symphony Park maintenance and use covenants until the board’s Oct. 27 meeting.

Board members approved the final minutes from the April 7, 2025 meeting and the consent agenda (items 7–9) by single motions. No members of the public spoke during either public-comment period.

Kelly Swanson, administrative officer for EUD, told the board staff found no issues with the landscaping agreement and sought approval of the ratification of the assignment with Union Pacific Railroad Company for landscape maintenance on portions of Parkway Center in Ward 5. The board moved and seconded the ratification and the motion carried.

Tracy Reich, redevelopment manager, asked the board to defer the Symphony Park covenants for one meeting to allow staff to complete additional meetings and wrap up outstanding information. The board voted to place the item in abeyance; staff and board members later confirmed the item will return on the Oct. 27 meeting agenda.

The board also approved a motion to adopt the minutes of the April 7, 2025 regular meeting and unanimously approved the consent agenda covering items 7–9. The meeting record shows motions, seconds and the chair announcing the motions carried, but the transcript does not include recorded roll-call tallies or the names of members who made or seconded each motion.

The meeting opened with a roll call (Director Jansen and Director Heltzley were recorded present) and a city-clerk confirmation that the meeting was noticed in compliance with the open-meeting law. After closing a second public-participation period with no speakers, the board adjourned.

Votes at a glance - Approval of minutes (04/07/2025): Motion made and seconded; outcome: approved (motion carried). Agenda reference: item 4. - Ratification of assignment of landscaping covenant between City Parkway 5, Inc. and Union Pacific Railroad Company (landscape maintenance on portions of Parkway Center, Ward 5): Motion made and seconded; outcome: approved (motion carried). Agenda reference: item 5. - Donald W. Reynolds Symphony Park maintenance and use covenants: Staff requested deferral; motion to abey the item to the next meeting was made and seconded; outcome: postponed to Oct. 27 meeting. Agenda reference: item 6. - Consent agenda items 7–9: Motion made and seconded; outcome: approved (motion carried). Agenda reference: items 7–9.

No public-comment statements on these items were recorded in the meeting transcript.