Agenda Item Wording:
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Parking Agreement for Mayor's Park - Second reading of Ordinance 2024-01, authorizing the City Manager to enter into an agreement with Dr. Christopher J. Wood, DDS, MS, for the use of 4 parking lot spaces at Mayor's Park.
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Deadline for Action: 2/5/2024
Submitting Department: Finance and Technology Services
Contact Name and Phone Number: Jana Ferguson, Financial Analyst, 713-4429; Renee Nagel, Director of Finance and Technology, 713-4575
Department Recommendation:
It is recommended that the City Council approve the second reading of Ordinance 2024-01, authorizing the City Manager to enter into a 10-year agreement with Dr. Christopher J. Wood, DDS, MS, for the use of 4 parking spaces at Mayor's Park during the hours of 8 am - 5 pm, Monday - Friday, in exchange for the upkeep and maintenance of the parking lot and immediate surrounding landscaping.
Background Discussion:
In 1984, Dr. Stephen McAuliff rehabilitated a building at 1549 West Main Street as an orthodontic office. In order to provide adequate parking for his patients, he approached the City about constructing 4 parking spaces on the edge of Mayor's Park. The Council, at that time, granted a ten-year agreement with the option to renew it for an additional ten years. Dr. McAuliff renewed the lease in 1994, and at the time of the renewal, another ten-year option was added, extending the lease until 2004.
In 2004, Dr. McAuliff reached out to continue the agreement keeping the terms of the agreement the same, which allowed his office the use of the spaces from 8 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday and he is solely responsible for the cost of all upkeep and maintenance of the parking spaces and surrounding landscaping. Council agreed to adopt Ordinance 2004-24, granting him a new agreement for ten years with an option for an additional ten years.
In November of this year, the City received a letter from Dr. McAuliff notifying us that he had sold the ...
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