At its regular meeting at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Danville’s Industrial Development Authority is set to approve two agreements for work at the Coleman site, a city-owned industrial park.
First, the IDA will consider an agreement with Hurt & Profitt, a Lynchburg-based civil engineering and surveying firm, to provide bidding and construction administration services at the site.
Hurt & Profitt has an existing contract with the IDA to provide consulting and geo-technical services for the site.
This item is a change order agreement, which means it will modify the company’s scope of work to include bidding and construction administration services for the second phase of a grading project at the site.
The added cost will not exceed $65,000, according to the staff report included in the meeting’s agenda packet.
A second item regarding the Coleman site is an agreement with professional engineer Kent Shelton for project management and inspection services for the 80-acre graded pad project.
“The purpose is to have independent oversight of the current grading project,” the staff report said.
The cost of that agreement will not exceed $48,750, according to the report.
The IDA acquired the 158-acre Coleman site near the Goodyear plant in Danville in 2011. The ongoing grading project is preparing 80 acres for industrial development, including an access road and grading for a future rail extension.
The site is already served by rail infrastructure, and its proximity to major highways and access to electric, water, gas, fiber and sewer systems “make it well-suited for large-scale industrial development,” the staff report said.
The grading work will make it eligible for a Tier 5 certification from the Virginia Business Ready Sites Program, which is a Virginia Economic Development Partnership program that evaluates industrial site readiness. The Tier 5 classification is the highest level in this ranking system, indicating that a site is fully ready for industrial use.
“This work will significantly improve the site’s marketability,” the staff report said.
The city staff recommends approval of these two agreements, at the recommendation of the city’s public works department, according to the staff reports.
Also meeting this week in Danville is the Danville-Pittsylvania Regional Industrial Facilities Authority at noon Monday; the planning commission at 2 p.m. Monday; the airport commission at 3 p.m. Tuesday; the public arts commission at 6 p.m. Tuesday; the building code board of appeals at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday; and the architectural review board at 10 a.m. Thursday.
In Pittsylvania County, the Staunton River Regional Industrial Facilities Authority will meet at 2 p.m. Monday, the library board will meet at 3 p.m. Monday and the board of zoning appeals will meet at 6 p.m. Monday.
