Council to consider contract for the reconstruction of the former W.A. Foster Center
By Rochelle Moore
Published in News on February 5, 2018 2:58 PM
The Goldsboro City Council will consider a $118,390 contract for reconstruction work at the former W.A. Foster Center during its meeting tonight.
The reconstruction of rooms inside the Leslie Street building is part of a larger effort to restore the 1938 building for future community use. In September, the council approved spending up to $200,000 to restore the building, which includes replacing part of the roof, repairing the gymnasium and game room, installing a new heating and air conditioning system and asbestos removal.
Work started on the building in October, following a city contract for asbestos removal.
The reconstruction project is budgeted for $88,775, which will require council approval to use $29,615 in fund balance reserves. Billy Brock Construction is recommended by staff for the work.
The contract will be reviewed during the council's regular 7 p.m. meeting in City Hall, 214 N. Center St.
During the meeting, the council will consider a $434,792 contract with the Century Slate Co. to replace the roof on Union Station and a $38,314 contract with R. Tadd Furrow for engineering services. The contract is part of a cost-share agreement with the N.C. Department of Transportation, with DOT and the city each paying half the cost.
The project requires the use of $258,293 in city fund balance reserves and
Also during the meeting, the council will consider:
• A $17,080 contract with Pearson Pump for final repairs at the Westbrook Pump Station related to Hurricane Matthew damage.
• Site and landscape plans for J.M. Fields Apartments, on Olivia Lane near Poplar Street, for a six-unit apartment complex, which will provide short-term transitional housing for people referred by the Salvation Army and Easpointe Human Services.
• Site and landscape plans for a 9,800-square-foot medical office building along Hospital Road, near Medical Office Place, which is off Wayne Memorial Drive. A single-story building is proposed on the vacant 1.75-acre site. The medical building is planned to become Fresenius Kidney Care, according to architectural drawings.
• A rezoning request to change an office-residential district to a residential conditional district on Glennwood Trail, near Ash Street, that will allow the development of two duplex apartment buildings.
The council will also meet at 5 p.m. in the City Hall annex, at 200 N. Center St., for a work session.