DAPHNE, Ala. — The City Council Monday tabled two resolutions involving the Renaissance Center. The property is located southeast of U.S. Highway 90 and Alabama 181.

The first resolution involved the construction and maintenance of an offsite detention pond for development, said Preston Bolt, a developer with Renaissance.

Renaissance will set aside about $85,000 for construction of the pond, according to Bolt. The pond would be constructed and maintained by the city, Bolt said.

The original regulations stated that each lot owner must have their own pond and those would have been on site, Bolt said.

The two detention ponds currently on the property are temporary until permanent ponds can be established, Bolt said.

“It’s putting the cart before the horse,” Councilwoman Cathy Barnette said of the resolution because an economic development agreement has not been passed.

The economic development agreement was the second resolution that was tabled until more information can be gathered.

Also on Monday, the council voted 5-0 to create an education building authority within Daphne that Bayside Academy officials requested. Barnette abstained from the vote because her son attends Bayside.

The building authority will give the school —under a nonprofit organization — eligibility for tax-exempt bonds, according to finance committee chairman Ronald Stevens.

Bayside will add two building to its campus: a performing arts center and an additional classroom building, Stevens said. The city wouldn’t be liable for the bonds, he said.

Spanish Fort passed a similar resolution for Westminster Village, according to Councilman Ron Scott.

In other business, Daphne Utilities General Manager Rob McElroy announced that the utility has named the park behind its main office The Elizabeth S. Yelding Park.

“It is in honor of Councilman Bailey Yelding’s late wife and the services she did for the community,” McElroy said.

Elizabeth Yelding died earlier this year.

“The family is humbled and honored that Daphne Utilities is naming the park after her,” Councilman Yelding said.

The park is located at the corner of Manci Street and Guarisco Street.