VILLAGE OF EVENDALE
COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION
Minutes from the January 15, 2015 Meeting
Evendale Municipal Building, 10500 Reading Rd. Evendale, Ohio
Attendees: Hugh McKinnon (Chairman), members Dick Finan, Dave Harwood, Tom Kuechly, Al Pearlman, Chris Schaefer, Jeff Albrinck, Chris Patterson (Planning Commission Liaison), Sean Balnes (St. Francis Group), Eric Greenberg (St. Francis Group), Al Schutte (Resident), David Elmer (Staff), and Pam Morin (staff).
The meeting was called to order by Mr. McKinnon at 7:30 am.
Approval of the December 16, 2014 meeting minutes was made on the motion of Mr. Finan, seconded by Mr. Kuechly. The motion passed with a vote of 7 yes, 0 no.
Mr. Balnes presented a brief summary of actions that has occurred since the last benchmark meeting on December 16, 2014 regarding the Village Landings Project – Global Aerospace Research & Development Hub. Mr. Greenberg is currently working on a Letter of Intent for state and federal grants.
Four action items were discussed: decision to sign off or extend MOU with UCRI, appoint a CIC member to attend the UCRI steering committee meetings, establish a three member CIC Aerospace Project Sub-Committee to focus on this project, and the marketing and development of a stand-alone office building on the site.
Mr. Schaeffer made the following motion
• To extend the MOU. CIC is requesting UCRI to provide concrete parameters and scope of their involvement in this development by the March 17th CIC meeting. CIC would then render their decision at the April 21st CIC meeting.
• Mr. Finan would attend the UCRI steering committee meetings.
• The appointment of Mr. McKinnon, Mr. Finan, and Mr. Harwood to the new CIC Aerospace Project Sub-Committee.
• Mr. Balnes would approach Opus Development to market and develop a portion of this parcel for a 1st class office building for aeronautic related businesses.
Mr. Harwood seconded this motion. There was no discussion. The motion was passed with a vote of 7 yes, 0 no.
Mr. Elmer summarized economic development report:
• Enable Injections, has submitted a Tax Abatement application for the property located at 2863 East Sharon Road. They currently have nine full time employees but are predicting to grow to 120 full time employees with a payroll of seven million dollars over the next 5 - 8 years. They are also looking into acquiring the empty lot to the west of this building for future growth.
• The acquisition of the Feibelman property is moving forward.
• HCDC has narrowed down their search for their new location. The Village and a site located near the University of Cincinnati campus are the front runners. Forest Park is actively pushing to be included on the short list of possible locations. HCDC has not specified a date in which a decision will be made.
There was a motion made by Mr. Finan and seconded by Mr. Harwood to renew the St. Francis Group’s contract for another year. There was no discussion. The motion passed with a vote of 7 yes, 0 no.
Mr. Pearlman made and Mr. Albrinck seconded a motion to enter into a contract with Plattenburg & Associates Inc. CPA’s to perform the CIC’s annual audit. There was no discussion. The motion passed with a vote of 7 yes, 0 no.
Mr. McKinnon encouraged all CIC members to complete the questionnaire from LPK. The questionnaire will be used by LPK to create the wording for the vision of the Global Aerospace R&D Hub.
The next regularly scheduled CIC meeting was set for February 17, 2015 at 7:30 am.
A motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Mr. Finan and seconded by Mr. Albrinck. The motion passed with a vote of 7 yes, 0 no. The meeting was adjourned at 8:50 am.
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