TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Jay Reinstein, Assistant City Manager
FROM: Cynthia Blot, Economic & Community Development Director
DATE: March 5, 2018
RE:
Title
CEED-Incubator Kitchen
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)|109|
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal 4: Desirable Place to Live, Work and Recreate
Executive Summary:
This item is for information purposes and discussion concerning the CEED-Incubator Kitchen.
Background:
In April 2015 City Council provided an initial disbursement of $100,000 for design work on a proposed CEED-Incubator Kitchen. Additionally, City Council approved $350,000 toward the development of the CEED-Incubator Kitchen. The agreement required a detailed plan of action, with documented and itemized budget showing how CEED can and will (utilizing the $350,000 and any other CEED-Acquired, non-City Funds) move forward with the project to fully fund a Culinary Incubator/Training Station as first proposed or since modified. CEED agreed to make presentations to City Council on deliverables for each phase of completion and/or any modification of plans.
On June 13, 2017, the City Manager received a letter from CEED (see attached) as a request to obligate funds for the construction of Phase 1 of the CEED Culinary Incubator. Their plan of action has been delayed on several occasions with the original groundbreaking scheduled for November 2017, then March 2018 and now to a yet determined date.
Issues/Analysis:
NCDOT will issue a driveway permit once the application is submitted and reviewed and it is NOT a commitment for the issuance. Ms. Suzy Hrabovsky will update Council on the status of the NCDOT driveway permit, as well as other issues addressed in letters dated March 21, 2017 and April 28, 2017.
Budget Impact:
$350,000 allocation.
Options:
N/A
Recommended Action:
City Council to receive the report as information only.
Attachments:
Letter from Douglas Hewett CM-ICMA t...
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