FAYETTEVILLE CITY COUNCIL
BASEBALL COMMITTEE
THIRD FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM
AUGUST 24, 2016
5:00 P.M.
Present:Mayor Nat Robertson(departed at 5:45 p.m.)
Council MembersKirk deViere (District 2);Mitchell Colvin, Jr. (District 3);Larry O. Wright (District 7)(arrived at 5:29 p.m., departed at 6:25 p.m.);JamesW. Arp, Cumberland County Commissioner Glen Adams, (arrived at 5:14 p.m.); Cumberland County Commissioner, Jimmy Keefe
Others Present:Douglas Hewett, Interim City Manager
Karen McDonald, City Attorney (via telephone)
Kristoff Bauer, Deputy City Manager
Rochelle Small-Toney, Deputy City Manager
Jay Reinstein, Assistant City Manager
Tracey Broyles, Budget and Evaluation Director
Michael Gibson, Parks, Recreation and Maintenance Director
Rob Stone, Engineering and Infrastructure Director
Cheryl Spivey, Chief Financial Officer
Jim Palenick, Economic Business Development Director
Melissa Cardlani, Assistant County Manager, Finance and Administrative Services
Vicki Evans, Cumberland County Finance Director
Pamela Megill, City Clerk
Members of the Press
1.0CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Pro Tem Colvin called the meeting to order at 5:08 p.m.
2.0INVOCATION
Council Member Arp offered the invocation.
3.0PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Mayor Pro Tem Colvin led the Pledge of Allegiance
4.0ANNOUNCEMENTS
Council Member Arp announced he had received a note from Mr. Jason Freier stating negotiations are moving along at a good pace with the Houston Astros, we will probably have documents related to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) by the end of this week for our review.
5.0APPROVAL OF AGENDA
MOTION:Council Member Arp moved to approve the agenda
SECOND:Council Member deViere
VOTE:UNANIMOUS (5-0)
6.0ITEMS OF BUSINESS
6.1Master Plan for Proposed Baseball Stadium
Mr. Kristoff Bauer, Deputy City Manager presented this item, and provided a handout to everyone in attendance. Mr. Bauer reviewed the following:
Environmental Review / Soil Testing:
- Phase I environmental has been completed
- Follow-up environmental testing (Ten borings including six monitoring well) has been completed – some petroleum contamination risk identified – lab work to be completed in the next week with the full report to follow
- Soils testing notice to proceed has been issued and will take about three weeks to complete
Planning Review:
- Staff has initiated a preliminary site plan review to identify any set back or similar zoning or code issues that may impact site design (the TRC met Tuesday, August 23, 2016)
- Stormwater will also participate in the review to identify anticipated site conditions
Conceptual Plan:
- The comments of the Council and Committee regarding desired attributes for the baseball stadium have been communicated to HKS
- HKS has offered to present a conceptual plan to the Council and Community on Sept. 12th (Manager / Council feedback needed to confirm)
Legal:
- Researching property transfer and other contracting issues
Discussion ensued.
6.2Financing Plan for Proposed Baseball Stadium
This item was discussed in Closed Session
7.0CLOSED SESSION
MOTION:Council Member Arp moved to go into closed session for consultation with the attorney regarding negotiating strategies, financial matters, and economic development matters related to the proposed baseball stadium.
SECOND:Council Member deViere
VOTE:UNANIMOUS (6-0)
The regular session recessed at 5:26 p.m. The regular session reconvened at 6:56 p.m.
MOTION:Council Member deViere moved to go into open session.
SECOND:Council Member Arp
VOTE:UNANIMOUS (5-0)
6.0ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 6:57 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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PAMELA J. MEGILLMITCH COLVIN
City ClerkChair
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