Several Months ago the City settled its arbitration case and I recall reading
in the document that they were 'off-the-hook' regarding any further repairs to
ConHall.
The wording was something to the effect that all work done to date satisfies
their obligation and no additional restoration was required.
As to ownership, adding to Jim's comments - Unfortunately the building was
sold to Asbury Partners and subsequently placed under the control of Madison
Asbury Retail LLC. It is private property with minimal ability for public
oversight.
I will say that if the City acknowledged my appointment as City Historian,
losses like this would be far less likely and I would make certain that
preservation and heritage were a part of all City dealings as I did when my
position was in good standing.
Werner
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "jwkeady" <jim@...> wrote:
>
> I am not sure about that Dan.
>
> As I recall (and I would have to go back into my files to be sure) there is a
> clear timeline of deliverables for Convention Hall as per the Dispute
> Resolution Agreement that was negotiated between the City and Asbury
> Partners. Part of those deliverables deals with the rehabilitation of
> Convention Hall. I am not sure if the panels in question are under the
> purview of that agreement, but it is worth a look.
>
> Also, there is always the ability of the City to utilize a quid pro quo in
> their negotiations and the replacement of the copper panels could most
> definitely be part of any future negotiations. The problem has been, and you
> know this as well as I do, that the negotiations to date have tended to be
> quid, quid, quid with no quo for the City.
>
> Peace, Jim Keady
>
> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "dfsavgny" <dfsavgny@> wrote:
> >
> > Convention Hall is technically private property sold to Asbury Partners and
> > I assume transferred to the Madison Asbury entity. Yes it is under state
> > preservation guidelines, but in reality there is little the city or anyone
> > else can do.
> >
>
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