Yesterday the Council had its first public hearing on the draft MOU with Oak View Group to renovate and operate Key Arena.
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Key Arena MOU published
Buried in all of today’s chaos over the Mayor’s resignation was the release of the draft MOU between the city and Oak View Group for the redevelopment and operation of Key Arena. It was supposed to be announced at a joint press conference this morning, but that event was hastily cancelled after the news broke about the Mayor’s latest accuser. Nevertheless, the MOU was indeed published and sent to the Council for deliberations and approval.
Here’s what it says.
Notes from today’s meetings
Three meetings today, lots of ground covered.
Key Arena MOU process moving forward
This morning the Council was briefed by the Office of Economic Development (OED) on its progress in drafting an MOU with OVG Partners, the winning bidder for the Key Arena renovation project.
Council starts to weigh in on OVG Key Arena plan
Next Monday, the Council’s Select Committee on Civic Arenas will meet to have its first discussion of OVG’s selected proposal for renovating Key Arena while the Mayor’s staff is negotiating a Memorandum of Understanding on how to move forward.
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Murray picks OVG for Key Arena renovation
This afternoon, Mayor Ed Murray held a press conference to announce that he has selected Oak View Group (OVG) for the renovation and future operation of Key Arena at Seattle Center, based on their proposal.
Council discusses Key Arena proposals
This morning the City Council had its first discussion of the two proposals submitted last week for redevelopment of Key Arena. That was fairly straightforward. The bigger issue for them was how little involvement they would have in the decision-making process until the very end.
Two redevelopment proposals submitted for Key Arena
Today was the deadline for submitting proposals to redevelop the Key Arena at Seattle Center, and as expected two proposals arrived at the city’s door.
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