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Volunteer steering committee to study reuse of Oxford armory, Logan says report due in 90 days
Summary
Doug Logan outlined a volunteer steering committee to develop a framework (not final uses or financing) for possible armory reuse, proposing a small, experienced committee and a return to the board within 90 days with recommendations for a larger stakeholder process.
Doug Logan, a retired Granville County emergency-services director who was asked to lead a steering committee, told the Oxford City Board the group will be a volunteer, no-cost body charged with recommending a decision-making framework for future choices about the city's armory. "We will not be making recommendations or decisions on the actual uses of the facility," Logan said, emphasizing the committee's limited remit: it will not set finances or final stakeholder makeup.
Logan said the steering committee should be compact and efficient — no more than six members, with five voting members and one ex officio — and composed of experienced project managers. He named potential committee participants including Harry Mills, Angela Allen (tourism development director), David Cottrell (Oxford fire chief), Steven Blasco (public works) and Pierre Jang (downtown liaison). He also described a range of outcomes the larger stakeholder group could consider, from doing nothing to full redevelopment.
Logan set an initial timeline of no more than 90 days for the committee to report back to the board with a recommended framework for stakeholder engagement and project management. He said the steering committee will aim to outline the process and parameters for any subsequent public stakeholder deliberations but will leave final decisions, uses and financing to the board and the larger group.
Logan closed by asking for questions and committing to return answers and follow-up information when available.
