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Commissioners approve Sudan property redevelopment ordinance, authorize $2.84M GMP and related budget amendments
Summary
Craven County authorized the next phase of the Sudan property redevelopment, approving Barnhill’s guaranteed maximum price (GMP) of $2,841,494 and related project and budget amendments that together establish funding and allow contracts to be executed to begin construction-phase work.
Craven County commissioners on April 20 approved an ordinance and budget amendments to move the Sudan property redevelopment into construction procurement with Barnhill Contracting Company.
Facilities director Mr Hodges told the board that bids were opened on March 24 and, after scope reviews, Barnhill provided a guaranteed maximum price, or GMP, of $2,841,494 for demolition, salvage required by the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) and construction of a parking facility to serve county government and the courts. Hodges said staff also identified about $169,000 in items outside Barnhill’s scope — cameras, signage, special inspections and temporary parking rentals — and recommended a project ordinance amendment, related budget amendments totaling $6,190,988 and a reimbursement resolution to authorize execution of agreements with Barnhill.
Hodges summarized the HPC requirements and the county’s approach to salvage: “There’s $256,000 in costs related to the HPC requirements of the retainage of certain artifacts for the building,” he said, noting the work “requires deconstructing a building versus demolishing a building” to preserve a Broad Street-facing door, a piece of granite, wrought-iron fence segments and salvageable bricks.
A commissioner asked what “revision 2” represented on the ordinance schedule; Hodges answered that the revision aggregates previously approved preconstruction and architectural fees with the current construction cost so the ordinance now reflects the full, cumulative project scope. Hodges also told the board Barnhill expects to start contractor on-boarding and that construction fencing could appear around June 8.
On a motion and roll-call vote the board approved the ordinance and related budget and reimbursement actions. The motion passed unanimously.
Next steps outlined by staff include contract execution with Barnhill, coordination for artifact salvage per HPC conditions and implementation of the budget transfers reflected in the ordinance amendment.
