HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) – The City of Holland has decided to scale back the Civic Center Project.
The project has been downsized to $12.75 million from the $17.5 million dollar figure the council had decided on.
City Manager Ryan Cotton tells WHTC News that council approved the borrowing notice of intent so that starts a 45 day period in which people can think about this. “Assuming there are no further concerns, then the City Council can act on that and we can begin construction in January.”
$1 million was cut from the project after Tulip Time has announced they will not be moving into the Civic Center Cotton says “We’re grateful that they had this opportunity, but we’re really glad that they found something that is even going to work better for them.”
At the council’s meeting Wednesday evening, August 3, the consultant Edgewater Resources updated what the $12.5 million dollar version will look like.
There will no longer be a full two-story glass facade and the east side of the building has been scaled back to a limited 16-foot glass facade that will save $1.15 million.
The north hall will be expanded without second-story outside access and the sound system will be replaced, but not upgraded.
A resolution was passed by city council allowing the city to issue bonds of up to $11 million with $1 million of that being used for the city’s connecting the Civic Center to the snowmelt system.
