The public record

GREENSBORODecisions publishedPartial coverage

City Council

Thursday, July 2, 2020 · Government meeting record

The 30-second read

Recorded outcome

The Greensboro City Council approved an $80,000 urban development grant for Double G Properties, LLC to support the redevelopment of properties on South Elm Street. The project includes a restaurant and bowling center, with requirements for job creation and capital investment.

Why it matters

The city is providing $80,000 in public funds to a private developer, contingent on the creation of 55 total jobs and a $3.6 million private investment by the end of 2020.

What happens next

No later meeting or follow-up date is stated in the reviewed record.

City Council — Minutes

An official outcome record - an action agenda or minutes - is published for this meeting.

Record text

Search the record text

No recording or transcript is held for this meeting.

Minutes textCity Council — Minutes

Melvin Municipal Building

300 W. Washington Street

Greensboro, NC 27401

City of Greensboro

Meeting Minutes - Final

City Council

3:30 PM VIRTUALThursday, July 2, 2020

VIRTUAL MEETING

Call to Order

This Virtual Special meeting of the City of Greensboro was called to order at 3:30 p.m. on the above date with the

following members present:

Mayor Nancy Vaughan, Mayor Pro-Tem Yvonne J. Johnson, Councilmember

Marikay Abuzuaiter, Councilmember Sharon M. Hightower, Councilmember Nancy

Hoffmann, Councilmember Justin Outling, Councilmember Tammi Thurm and

Councilmember Goldie F. Wells

Present: 8 -

Councilmember Michelle KennedyAbsent: 1 -

Also present were Assistant City Manager Kimberly Sowell, City Attorney Chuck Watts, and Deputy City Clerk

Tebony Rosa.

I. PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA

Moved by Councilmember Abuzuaiter, seconded by Councilmember Thurm, to excuse Councilmember Kennedy

from attendance at the meeting. The motion carried on the following roll call vote, 8-0.

Ayes: Mayor Nancy Vaughan, Mayor Pro-Tem Yvonne J. Johnson, Councilmembers Marikay Abuzuaiter, Sharon

Hightower, Nancy Hoffmann, Justin Outling, Tammi Thurm, and Goldie Wells.

Nays: None

1. ID 20-0510 Public Hearing for a Resolution Authorizing an Urban Development

Investment Grant not to Exceed $80,000 to Double G Properties, LLC

Mayor Vaughan stated this was the time and place set for a public hearing to consider item # 1/ID 20-0510 a Public

Hearing for a Resolution Authorizing an Urban Development Investment Grant not to Exceed $ 80,000 to Double G

Properties, LLC; and recognized Assistant City Manager Kimberly Sowell.

Assistant City Manager Sowell made a PowerPoint Presentation (PPP); highlighted the downtown Greensboro

Bourbon Bowl center and restaurant; spoke to economic development; to patio enhancements; to job creation; to a

tax base increase; to the incentive criteria; and to streetscape improvements.

Being no one to speak to the item, it was the consensus of Council to close the public hearing.

Discussion ensued regarding emoluments; the state law public purpose provision; construction timeline; application

deadlines; staff review process and scoring matrix; the incentive package; and previous funding requests.

Councilmember Outling voiced concerns regarding the enhancements; itemized expenditures; spoke to a schematic

design; and to accessibility.

Assistant City Manager Sowell explained the enhancements would include trees, a water feature, and pavers to

enhance the streetscape.

Official record

ArtifactSourceState

AgendaNot published in the sources we holdunavailable

Agenda packetNot published in the sources we holdunavailable

BudgetNot published in the sources we holdunavailable

Action agendaNot published in the sources we holdunavailable

MinutesCity Council — Minutesread text

Transcript or captionsNot published in the sources we holdunavailable

AttachmentNot published in the sources we holdunavailable

Official pages

View at source

Coverage and corrections

Records considered

City Council — Minutes

Not claimed by this page

Verified meeting decisions with item-specific public-source evidence
Item-level plain-language summaries are not available; this page does not infer individual agenda items.
Item-linked, attributed deliberation
A source-grounded next meeting date

Official outcomes have not been published.
A transcript is not available.
No audio or video recording is linked.
Speakers have not been reliably matched to public profiles.
Named people and places have not been reliably resolved.
An individual roll-call roster is not available.

No source correction or revision history is recorded for this meeting. A corrected artifact will appear here as a new version rather than replacing what is shown above.

Canonical record: 50c2ca254c342fc09cd05357d1533ddb. This page changes as stronger artifacts are published; it never overwrites an agenda with minutes.

The Greensboro City Council approved an $80,000 urban development grant for Double G Properties, LLC to support the redevelopment of properties on South Elm Street. The project includes a restaurant and bowling center, with requirements for job creation and capital investment.

Record text

Official record

Coverage and corrections

Share or embed this record