19 - Belford Building Demolition Project

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Item No. 19 Memorandum TO: Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem & City Council FROM: Grayson Path, City Manager SUBJECT: Belford Building Demolition Project DATE: June 26, 2023 IC QX1W@1�1►" The Belford Building, located at 260 South Main Street, is in a state of dilapidation with portions having collapsed, and needs to be demolished. It has therefore been deemed a public safety hazard. The City of Paris has an existing and valid demolition order, from the Buildings and Standards Commission, against the Belford Building. All appeals of this order have been exhausted. In addition, the 6t" District Court has applied a Judgement Lien for Civil Penalties, which are continuing to accrue. Through communications with the owner, there are no known plans by the owner to act on this issue. On September 26, 2022, the City Council approved a Professional Service Agreement with Jason Hart Engineering, PLLC, to design the demolition of the Belford Building. This is then to be followed by procurement of a contractor to perform the work. On January 9, 2023, the City Council approved Amendment #1 to this Agreement to include asbestos-related services. On January 23, 2023, the City Council approved Amendments #2 and #3 to this Agreement to include the South Main Acquisitions, LLC (SMA) building to the immediate north as well as an agreement with SMA for the demolition of this building. Given their physical close proximity to one another, the current condition of the SMA building, the fact that the City does not have orders on the SMA building (thus cannot spend public dollars on this property), and the ease of tearing down both buildings at one time for the contractor, SMA was willing to partner together to have their building demolished — at their expense — at the same time. Since this date, SMA has re- examined their building and informed us that they would instead like to keep their building standing as they have potential future plans for it. We then resumed our original course of designing the demolition of the Belford Building in a manner that can be carried out without