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Old City Center site demolition and abatement

Appropriation of $3 million for asbestos abatement, demolition and temporary parking at the old City Center site, after the Council removed redevelopment incentives from the purposes. Approved 4-3 on Nov. 1, 2022.

Approved

Type
Public project
Location
Old Provo City Center site
  1. Nov 1, 2022City Council: $3 million for old City Center site
  2. Oct 18, 2022City Council work session: ARPA funds: appropriations to be placed on the Nov. 1 agenda

In brief

Old City Center site demolition and abatement appears on 2 recorded agendas, from the City Council work session meeting of October 18, 2022 to the City Council meeting of November 1, 2022.

On record, it was approved with conditions once.

The most recent decision was approved with conditions (4-3) at the City Council meeting of November 1, 2022, with Council Member Shannon Ellsworth, Council Member David Shipley, Council Member Travis Hoban voting no.

The City Council work session meeting of October 18, 2022 gave staff direction on it; that was not a vote on the application itself.

Follow the money and project delivery

Old City Center site demolition and abatement

Approved

  1. Council action

    Approved with conditions: $3 million for old City Center site · Agenda and reports Record → · Nov. 1, 2022

  2. Money in the record

    budget: $3.00 million — Asbestos abatement, demolition and temporary parking at the old City Center site; transfer to Legacy CIP Fund Record → · Nov. 1, 2022

  3. Signed agreement and payments

    Execution and project-level disbursements are not verified by this tracker. They require separate records; meeting approval alone does not establish either.

  4. Work and operating costs

    Check the linked records for completion and recurring operating costs; this tracker does not verify them. Record →

Every hearing and vote

  1. November 1, 2022 · City Council

    $3 million for old City Center site

    Approved with conditions · 4-3

    A motion to limit the purposes to asbestos abatement, demolition and temporary parking, and remove redevelopment incentives, passed 4-3, with Shannon Ellsworth, David Shipley and Travis Hoban opposed. The amended resolution then passed 4-3 with the same three opposed.

    Vote: 4-3; Council Member Shannon Ellsworth, Council Member David Shipley, Council Member Travis Hoban voted no

  2. October 18, 2022 · City Council work session

    ARPA funds: appropriations to be placed on the Nov. 1 agenda

    Approved · 7-0

    A motion to place on the Nov. 1, 2022 Council agenda an appropriation of ARPA funds of $3 million to the city center demolition, $5.5 million to the regional sports park and $57,635 of unrestricted ARPA funds to end-user water conservation was approved.

    Vote: 7-0