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Residential Appraisal Contract—March 26, 2009—Dozier Appraisal & Realty Company

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Commercial Appraisal Contract—March 26, 2009—Dozier Appraisal & Realty Company

Apprisals Completed—June 15, 2009

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Legal Services Contract—March 31, 2009—Mattox, Davis, Barnhill & Edwards, P.A.

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Negotiation & Acquisition Summer 2009 - 2010

Design start 2010 – expect 8 to 10 months to complete. Target - 2011

Construction to start after design completed; anticipate 16 – 18 months to finish. Target - Summer 2012

The City of Greenville Intermodal Bus Transportation Center project continue to work with Moser Mayer and Phoenix and Bill Boyd, NFE Technologies, on the Environmental Assessment.

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On October13, 2009, the City of Greenville, working with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office (NCSHPO), North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), and Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), wrapped up the creation of a four-party agreement.  The agreement, or Memorandum of Agreement, was required by the federal statutes in the United States Historic Preservation Act’s Section 106, which requires the FTA to demonstrate that any federally funded project has attempted to mitigate any impact on historic properties. 

The Downtown Intermodal Transportation Center project contains historic properties within the federal government’s definition of the area of potential  effect.  Those properties include:

Jones–Lee House – 805 Evans Street - located in the project area;
A & B Auto – 103 W. 9th Street – across the street from project area; and
Greenville Art Museum – 802 S. Evans Street – across the street from the project area.

This agreement, and the work it requires to be accomplished, is a necessary step in the process for the City to get clearance from the FTA to begin purchasing properties.  The Greenville Historic Preservation Commission approved the agreement at its October 27, 2009, meeting.  Following the Historic Preservation Commission’s approval, the City Council approved the agreement at its November 9, 2009, meeting.

The Memorandum of Agreement requires the following measures be carried out:

Perform recordation work on all three properties;
Prepare local landmark designation on the museum and auto service center for the Greenville Historic Preservation Commission consideration;
Move and reuse the Jones-Lee House; and
Apply site layout and center design principles that route bus traffic away from the museum and auto service center and visually buffer them from the transit center.

Consultants from Moser Mayer Phoenix Associates and NFT Technologies will be undertaking the work listed in the agreement within the coming weeks.  I anticipate that work will be completed by mid-December and hope the City will get the FTA’s final approval in January 2010.