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Redevelopment authority approves transfer of East Bay Front Greenway Phase One parcels to city, asks for maintenance language
Summary
The Erie Redevelopment Authority approved Resolution 08-2026 to transfer four Phase One parcels of the East Bay Front Greenway Trail to the City of Erie, subject to insertion of revised language requiring maintenance; board agreed to review final language by email.
The Erie Redevelopment Authority approved Resolution 08-2026 to convey four parcels associated with Phase One of the East Bay Front Greenway Trail to the City of Erie, with board approval conditioned on the insertion of revised language requiring maintenance obligations.
Cynthia (staff) told the board the resolution and an associated ordinance had been prepared to transfer four parcels to the city now that construction is wrapping up and a punch-list inspection is scheduled. The draft resolution listed the parcels in the record as "436 East7 Street, 434 East7th Street, 432 East Street, and 431 East 66 Street," which staff and board members noted appear inconsistent in formatting and may contain typographical errors that should be corrected before final conveyance.
A board member asked whether the conveyance could include an express condition requiring the city to properly maintain the parcels. Ethan pressed for language that would increase assurance of upkeep; he discussed the typical remedy of a reversionary interest if maintenance conditions were not met and said he doubted the authority commonly retained such reversion rights but wanted some enforceable provision.
"I would be forced. Um I doubt we have reversion rights or anything like that," Ethan said, noting the limits of the authority’s typical practice on reversionary remedies. The board discussed alternatives and agreed that adding a maintenance requirement to the resolution was appropriate.
The board moved and seconded approval of Resolution 08-2026 "for the conveyance of certain parcels associated with the East Bayfront Greenway Trail project to the City of Erie," subject to review and insertion of the revised maintenance language; the motion carried by voice vote. The chair and staff agreed that staff would draft the revised language and circulate it to board members by email so members could approve via email without reconvening.
Next steps: staff will prepare revised resolution language adding maintenance-related provisions, circulate the draft to board members for email review, and forward the finalized ordinance to the City of Erie for council consideration. The record shows the board’s approval was contingent on staff’s insertion of the agreed language and subsequent circulation.
