COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION MEETING
Tuesday, June 2 at 7:30 A.M.
Evendale Municipal Building, 10500 Reading Road, Evendale, Ohio
Attendees: Natalie Greulich, Al Pearlman, Hugh McKinnon, Stiney Vonderhaar, Dave Harwood, Jack Cameron, Della Rucker. Absent: Doug Lohmeier, Jeff Albrinck.
Recurring Business:
1. Approval of Minutes from May 5 & May 18, 2009 Meetings
a. (1st McKinnon, 2nd Vonderhaar – 5 aye, 0 nae)
2. Economic Development update
a. Brief update on Boy Scout building, AZ Printing, SS Office.
New Business:
Old Business:
1. Al. Neyer, Chris Dobroszi, potential office development
a. Village Council requested that Neyer/iSqFt pursue Evendale Commons site.
b. Chris D. is working on this possibility.
c. Jack will follow-up with Chris to check the status.
d. CIC wanted to express their concern with loosing this opportunity and wanted to stress the possibility of considering the Travelodge site if that made a difference.
e. Natalie still had concern with precedence of ‘giving away’ property.
f. Dave likened this type of arrangement to an enterprise zone where we share earnings tax and wanted to see this happen.
g. Others agreed that this was of continued interest and it should be noted that they would be in the top 5 earnings tax generators for the Village.
2. Equity, Shad Phipps, discussion of letter regarding grant request
a. No contact with David Neyer since the last meeting. We owe them a response.
b. CIC was not interested in loaning money for this demolition to help with new marketing view of the property.
c. Motion - Considering economic conditions and other factors the CIC would not recommend pursuing the loan request. (1st Harwood, 2nd Pearlman 5 - aye, o nae)
3. Norfolk Southern request to access Medallion Drive
a. Jack met with Dan Kroeger and Dave Evans of Gold Medal since the last meeting.
b. Gold Medal would be interested in the property adjacent to them to allow a greater footprint to expand their existing building which is maxed out on current acreage.
c. Jack is exploring expansion ability and need for variance from building size limit.
d. Jack is going to arrange a meeting with NS and Sharonville to discuss further.
4. Economic Development consultant, staffing or the like
a. RFQ draft submitted by Jack, attached.
b. CIC OK with draft.
c. Della Rucker offered a few comments but noted that it was clear and well written.
d. Motion – Forward the RFQ to Council for their concurrence and acceptance. (1st McKinnon, 2nd Vonderhaar – 5 aye, 0 nae)
e. Jack to make changes and forward the RFQ to Council with copy of Work Plan and letter from CIC briefly explaining.
f. General time frame reviewed
i. Need to have Master Plan adopted by Council, expected in July.
ii. RFQ advertised starting July 10th
iii. RFQ responses due August 3rd
iv. CIC selection committee to review submittals on August 11th
v. CIC selection committee to interview on August 18th & 20th
vi. July 7th CIC meeting to establish review rating system
5. Review of Role/Mission Statement of CIC
a. Tabled and removed from future agendas.
6. Landbanking (Marketing Existing Sites & Future Landbank Sites)
a. Landbank property opportunity cost analysis
i. Tabled and removed from future agendas.
Date of Next Meeting Tuesday, July 7, 2009.
Adjournment (Vonderhaar 1st, Harwood 2nd - 5 aye, 0 nae) 8:35am
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