Greenville Downtown Intermodal Transportation Center Report to the

Greenville Downtown Intermodal Transportation Center Report to the Greenville Historic Preservation Commission October 27, 2009

Jones-Lee House West - facing Evans East - rear of building

A and B Auto (former Pure Oil) 103 West 9 th North - facing West 9 th East - Facing Evans

Greenville Art Museum 802 South Evans South East facing Evans

Purpose • Update on regulatory process • HPC participation in agreement • Present efforts to preserve vital information about historic properties – Jones-Lee House – A & B Auto – Greenville Art Museum

Section 106 • National Historic Preservation Act, Section 106, Part. 800. 1 (a): – Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act requires Federal agencies to take into account the effects of their undertakings on historic properties and afford the Council a reasonable opportunity to comment on such undertakings. . .

MOA Key Elements Primary parties to agreement FTA and NCSHPO Secondary parties – NCDOT, City, HPC Recordation work – all three properties Preparation of local designation – museum and auto service center • Move and reuse of Jones-Lee House • New center to apply design, layout principles taking museum and auto service center into account and buffering by landscape, routing bus traffic • 5 - year agreement • •

Action Needed • Authorize the Commission Chair to execute the memorandum of agreement • Work to be performed in Section I, A and B will be done by the city’s transit consulting firm using existing project funds.

Future Regulatory Review Steps • November 9, 2009 – MOA to City Council • Nov – Dec 2009 - MOA work to be completed • Dec – Jan 2010 – Estimated FONSI Completion

www. greatnc. com • • HOME I REPORTS + GRAPHICS I COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT I CONTACT I PROJECT Welcome, Thank you for visiting the Greenville North Carolina GREAT Passenger Center web site. I hope you find the information on this site informative and relevant to your needs. While direct contact is often the best method of exchanging information, our goal is to make this web site a strong substitute for it as much as possible and allow you to access that information when it’s convenient for you. If you have any questions about the information on this web site please contact me. Nancy Harrington, GREAT Transit Manager Thomas M. Moton, Jr. , Assistant City Manager GREAT Passenger Center Administrative Project Manager Site Analysis: The City Council approved the Steering Committee recommended site between 8 th and 9 th Streets and Evans and Cotanche Streets on May 8, 2008. The Center will serve as part of the Center City Redevelopment process. The proposed site for the GREAT Passenger Center is situated between 8 th and 9 th Streets and Evans and Cotanche Streets. North of the Center lies City Hall and Uptown Greenville. East Carolina University is located to the east of the site and the Center will provide easy access to the future Tenth Street Corridor, Pitt Memorial Hospital, and all points of Greenville, NC and Pitt County. Background of Project: The GREAT Passenger Center will act as a transfer hub for multiple transit systems in the area. The Center has been undertaken to provide enhanced service to users of public transit systems in the region. The Passenger Center will potentially provide services for Trailways/Greyhound, Taxi services, Pitt County Area Transit, ECU Student Transit Authority, and Greenville Area Transit riders. We encourage residents and visitors to use this website as your hub for information and updates on The GREAT Passenger Center planning and construction process.