COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION MEETING
Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at 7:30 A.M.
Evendale Municipal Building, 10500 Reading Road, Evendale, Ohio
Attendees: Natalie Greulich, Stiney Vonderhaar, Al Pearlman, Hugh McKinnon, Dave Harwood, Doug Lohmeier, Jeff Albrinck, Dick Shaffer, Jack Cameron
Recurring Business:
1. Approval of Minutes from November 5, 2008 Meetings
a. (1st Vonderhaar, 2nd McKinnon – 7 yae, 0 nae)
2. Evendale Commons update
a. Social security office site on Reading Road outlots to be presented to Planning Commission potentially in January, meeting with staff Wednesday, December 3rd
i. Some discussion and concern from members about occupying the two remaining lots between 5/3 and car wash. Concept plan showed 7 lots along Reading Road and casual dining restaurant is strong preference. Careful review of site and variance from concept plan should be done.
ii. Are there other ways to accommodate the use without compromising the concept plan?
3. Erickson proposal update
a. Erickson has officially withdrawn from the site. Have not confirmed final reason with Erickson but they have ended options with Landmark.
b. Al furthered the conversation questioning the proactiveness of the Village. The Village needs to be more aggressive in the process. How we can position ourselves in the future to take advantage of potential developments.
i. Master Plan will set the tone for overall land uses and identify CIC’s role in various scenarios with landbanked properties specifically.
ii. CIC is interested in helping move things forward also evidenced by discussion topic of landbanked properties spreadsheet and role/mission of CIC.
iii. General thoughts/comments: Market our desired properties now to take advantage of economy when it turns for the better, follow through is key for the Master Plan to have success, recognized that Council is final decision maker but should take strong consideration of guidance given by CIC.
iv. Natalie asked about ED Director/Consultant direction by the Village. Group discussed various options/scenarios and decided to ask Woolpert consultant, who had expressed interest, to be at the January CIC meeting to discuss their options, experience and thoughts on how they could serve the Village in this capacity.
New Business:
1. Norfolk Southern request to access Medallion Drive
a. Jack explained the request by NS to gain access over Village owned property to Medallion Drive. CIC was being asked to offer a first line of feedback prior to NS incurring too much cost reviewing the engineering, etc.
i. Benefit to the Village would be the ability to get a traffic signal at Medallion and Sharon Road which City of Sharonville has not allowed.
ii. Draw back would be truck traffic added to Medallion Drive and the issues that brings
iii. CIC desires truck traffic numbers for the January meeting and cited concerns of dirt, traffic, Medallion businesses’ concerns, landscaping, lane configuration.
Old Business:
1. Review of Role/Mission Statement of CIC
a. Tabled until January.
2. Landbanking (Marketing Existing Sites & Future Landbank Sites)
a. Spreadsheet presented in packet, discussion tabled until January.
Date of Next Meeting Tuesday, January 6, 2008
Adjournment (Harwood 1st, Albrinck 2nd - 7 yae, 0 nae) 8:48am
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