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Spartanburg City Council approves development agreement, abandoned-building certification and North Spring resurfacing
Summary
At its Sept. 9 meeting, the Spartanburg City Council approved a consent development agreement, appointed three members to the Bicycle & Pedestrian Committee, certified 150 Archer St. as an abandoned building under state law, adopted a transit safety plan, and awarded a resurfacing contract for North Spring Street.
The Spartanburg City Council on Sept. 9 approved a slate of routine but consequential items including a development agreement authorization, multiple appointments, the certification of an abandoned building and a street resurfacing contract.
On the consent agenda, council authorized the city manager to enter a development agreement with Van Rock Hoden LLC for a project at 1017 Florida Avenue; the consent agenda was adopted by voice vote. City Clerk Christy Lindsay then presented three recommended appointments to the Bicycle & Pedestrian Committee—Gary Puritan, Meredith Boyce and Tyrus Peoples—and announced Kim Brown of Parks & Recreation will serve as the committee liaison; council approved the appointments by voice vote.
The council also approved a resolution certifying the property at 150 Archer Street as an abandoned building under the South Carolina Abandoned Building Revitalization Act (Title 12, Chapter 67 §12-67100). The certification will allow a developer, Lamar Holdings, to pursue federal income tax credits as part of a planned redevelopment, city attorneys said.
Dennis Lot, the city's finance official, presented and council adopted a Safety Management policy required by federal authorities for the city's transit system and granted the city manager authority to approve future updates to the plan.
Public Works Director Jay Squires recommended awarding the milling-and-resurfacing contract for North Spring Street to the low responsive bidder, Bradley Contracting. Squires told council, "we have complete confidence in Bradley Contracting to do this project," and noted the work is a relatively small mill-and-overlay expected to take about a week. The low bid listed in the staff report was $59,437.50; another bid from Reeves Construction was listed at $322,500. Council authorized the city manager to execute the contract; staff said the project will be paid from a County Transportation Committee set-aside shown in the packet at $59,750.
All of the items above were approved by voice vote at the meeting; the transcript records the outcome as "ayes have it" for each motion. The transcript does not provide roll-call vote tallies or the names of movers and seconders for those motions.
What happens next: staff said the developer and city will share further development plans once they are available and that the resurfacing contractor will notify adjacent property owners about detours and schedule. The safety plan will be updated as needed and administered under the city manager's authority as approved by council.
