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City attorney: hotel site infrastructure could cost about $10 million; lodging-tax ordinance to be refiled
Summary
City Attorney Beth Anne Childs told the council that discussions with county and prosecuting officials and a hotel developer pointed to roughly $10 million in infrastructure costs on a targeted tract, prompting consideration of phased development and moving lodging-tax ordinance timing to meet the election board deadline for a May vote.
City Attorney Beth Anne Childs updated the council on Feb. 3 about ongoing economic development discussions involving a proposed hotel and the Northside apartment project. Childs said County Commissioner Jarrod Whitehouse and Assistant District Attorney Andrew Goforth have been in talks with the hotel developer and that "the infrastructure costing around $10 Million" estimated for the originally considered tract is substantial; as a result, the developer is looking at an alternative parcel and the project will likely be done in phases.
Childs also said there was a misunderstanding about the timeline for notifying the Election Board for a lodging-tax ballot question; she said she will refile the ordinance at the next meeting so the city can meet the deadline for a May election. She added that the Bristow Industrial Authority will meet to discuss the tract by the old Kwikset property, and that preliminary work such as surveys and geotechnical studies will be needed before development.
