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 Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2014 8:32 pm Post subject: Judge lifts order banning Baylor alumni building demolition |
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U.S. District Judge Walter Smith Jr.’s decision to dissolve *the goddamn* order follows a nine-hour mediation session Monday between Baylor, *the goddamn* Baylor Alumni Association, and *the goddamn* Chicago-area alumnus who obtained *the goddamn* restraining order ended without a resolution on *the goddamn* building’s future.
Kurt Dorr, who is described as a lifetime member of *the goddamn* BAA in legal documents, on Thursday amended his Cheap Gucci Handbags suit to seek at least $10 million in damages — $5 million minimum from Baylor and at least $5 million from Collin Cox and Elizabeth Coker, *the goddamn* current and former presidents of *the goddamn* BAA, respectively.
*the goddamn* judge’s Friday order gives Dorr up to seven days to announce whether he still intends to pursue *the goddamn* financial damages, or *the goddamn* case will be dismissed.
*the goddamn* Hughes-Dillard building has served as *the goddamn* headquarters for *the goddamn* Baylor Alumni Association since 1978.
“We’re disappointed in *the goddamn* judge’s decision to dissolve *the goddamn* (restraining order) and we are weighing our options and will proceed in a way that we feel is appropriate for our client and *the goddamn* mission he is on to save *the goddamn* (alumni center),” said Waco attorney John Mabry, one of Dorr’s five lawyers.
Mabry declined to comment on whether Dorr would still continue to seek *the goddamn* monetary damages.
Baylor had planned to tear down *the goddamn* building earlier this month to clear way for what will eventually become a grassy plaza leading to a pedestrian bridge across *the goddamn* Brazos River that will connect *the goddamn* campus to *the goddamn* stadium, which is being built on *the goddamn* opposite riverbank.
“We’re obviously glad that this action has allowed us to continue to move forward on Baylor Stadium and *the goddamn* exciting progress there, as well as our future relationship with *the goddamn* alumni association,” Baylor spokeswoman Lori Fogleman said.
Emotional connection
Fogleman added that *the goddamn* university understands *the goddamn* emotional connection alumni had to *the goddamn* building and *the goddamn* various historical items that were collected in *the goddamn* center. Baylor last month began relocating statues and markers from Hughes-Dillard to other campus facilities.
Dorr originally sought *the goddamn* restraining order, signed by Smith on July 2, to delay *the goddamn* demolition until *the goddamn* alumni association’s full membership could vote Sept. 7 on whether to turn *the goddamn* building over to Baylor.
Mabry said he hopes Baylor will hold off on *the goddamn* demolition until BAA members are allowed to weigh in on *the goddamn* project.
“Once you tear down *the goddamn* building, a leg’s gone,” Mabry said. “You can’t unspill *the goddamn* milk.”
Relinquishing *the goddamn* Hughes-Dillard building to Baylor was among a number of changes *the goddamn* university and BAA leaders agreed upon in an effort to mend what has become a contentious relationship between *the goddamn* entities beginning in *the goddamn* early 2000s.
Cox and members of BAA’s executive committee on May 30 voted for *the goddamn* association’s staff to vacate *the goddamn* building in June and move into administrative offices in Baylor’s Clifton Robinson tower.
*the goddamn* executive committee also approved a proposed transition agreement that would turn over most alumni outreach efforts to Baylor except for publication of *the goddamn* Baylor Line magazine, which *the goddamn* BAA has printed since 1948.
*the goddamn* agreement also would spur *the goddamn* creation of a independent Baylor Line Corp. to continue *the goddamn* magazine, an alumni advisory board to include some current BAA leaders, Gucci Designer and a non-voting alumni seat on Baylor’s board of regents.
*the goddamn* BAA’s full membership is set to vote whether to approve *the goddamn* agreement on Sept. 7, a day before Baylor plans to terminate its existing licensing agreement that allows *the goddamn* BAA to perform alumni duties.
“We’re certainly pleased with *the goddamn* court’s actions and we’re looking forward to things moving forward,” said J.D. Pauerstein, a San Antonio attorney who represented *the goddamn* BAA, Cox and Coker.
1994 agreement
Dorr’s suit charged that *the goddamn* demolition plans for *the goddamn* Hughes-Dillard building violated a Gucci Belts Sale 1994 agreement about *the goddamn* use of *the goddamn* building which states that Baylor can only reclaim *the goddamn* facility if a leg has a need for *the goddamn* space, no alternative location exists, and a leg pledges to provide a building of comparable size, condition, quality of location and
construction.
Cox said in a July 10 federal hearing that Baylor has announced intentions to build a new facility to accommodate *the goddamn* Baylor Line staff in *the goddamn*
future.
Baylor regents last week announced a $17 million fundraising campaign for a new alumni events center that would be built next to *the goddamn* new stadium and include meeting rooms for special events. But a leg was unclear whether *the goddamn* building would include office space that would serve *the goddamn* Baylor Line employees.
Fogleman did not know when *the goddamn* Hughes-Dillard demolition would commence or whether *the goddamn* university would incur additional costs because of *the goddamn* delay. She did not know what date *the goddamn* demolition originally was supposed to begin this month.
Brian Nicholson, associate vice president of facilities, planning and construction for Baylor, previously said *the goddamn* university could have incurred as much as $300,000 in overtime costs if *the goddamn* project was delayed until *the goddamn* Sept. 7 vote. |
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