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Traverse City commission approves Lot B reconstruction and Farmers Market pavilion amid zoning dispute
Summary
The commission voted 5–2 on May 4 to authorize contracts and a DDA funding agreement for the Lot B reconstruction and a Farmers Market pavilion, approving a multimillion-dollar package despite objections from some commissioners who urged delaying award until a Planning Commission zoning text amendment is complete.
Traverse City’s City Commission approved contracts and a funding agreement on May 4 to reconstruct Lot B and build a Farmers Market pavilion, moving forward with a project staff and vendors have pushed for years despite a last-minute zoning dispute.
The motion authorized city officials to execute construction and construction-management contracts and a funding agreement with the Downtown Development Authority. Commissioners recorded a 5–2 vote: yes from Commissioners Treadwell, Bomer, Mayor Pro Tem Ness, Funk and Mayor Amy Chamro; no votes from Commissioners Shaw and Anderson.
The project combines a parking-lot reconstruction funded mainly by the city’s Parking Services with a pavilion paid for by the DDA. Staff said the DDA will contribute $110,000 toward stormwater management and provide $2,954,217.68 in funding for the pavilion and related work; Beckett & Rader was named for…
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