VILLAGE OF EVENDALE
COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION
Minutes from the February 24, 2015 Meeting
Evendale Municipal Building, 10500 Reading Rd. Evendale, Ohio
Attendees: Hugh McKinnon (Chairman), Jeff Albrinck, Dave Harwood, Tom Kuechly, Chris Schaefer, Chris Patterson (Planning Commission Liaison), Sean Balnes (St. Francis Group), Eric Greenberg (St. Francis Group), David Linger (UCRI), Catherine Hartman (Council), Stiney Vonderhaar (Resident), David Elmer (Staff), and Pam Morin (staff). Dick Finan joined the meeting by phone.
The meeting was called to order by Mr. McKinnon at 7:30 am.
Approval of the January 20, 2015 meeting minutes was made on the motion of Mr. Albrinck, seconded by Mr. Kuechly. There was no discussion. The motion passed with a vote of 5 yes, 0 no.
Mr. Elmer updated the committee on the progress of the Enterprise Zone Agreement for Enable Injections, LLC, at 2863 E. Sharon Road. Mr. Elmer distributed information about the proposed Agreement; by April 2018, Enable Injections proposes to create 120 full-time positions with an estimated total annual payroll of $7,260,000. The Hamilton County Development Corporation has therefore determined that Enable Injections qualifies for an 8-year, 75% tax abatement. There was an issue of the property being located in the flood plain. Through an investigation made by our Village Engineer, it was learned that the building was built two feet above the flood plain. A letter of request for a map amendment was mailed to FEMA several weeks ago. There was a question if the Princeton’s portion of the Income Tax Revenue
Sharing Income is included in Evendale’s total of additional income from new jobs. Mr. Elmer agreed to find the answer to their question and e-mail the committee members his finding.
A motion to recommend to Council to approve the draft of the Enterprise Zone Agreement was made by Mr. Harwood and seconded by Mr. Albrinck. There was no further discussion. The motion passed with a vote of 5 yes, 0 no.
Mr. Schaefer left the meeting at this time.
Mr. Balnes updated the committee on the progress of the Global Aerospace R&D Hub:
• The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with University of Cincinnati Research Institute (UCRI) has been extended to April 30, 2015.
• Mr. Finan has been attending the UCRI steering committee meetings.
• The CIC Aerospace Project Sub-Committee has been holding weekly meetings.
• St. Francis Group has been reaching out to neighboring communities to establish a relationship with them and introduce this development as a regional project.
• OPUS has been asked to develop a concept plan for a four story, 100,000 square foot Class A office space.
• Mr. Balnes is scheduling trips to similar HUB developments in Cleveland and Youngstown.
Mr. Balnes laid out goals for the following months. The March meeting discussion will center on:
• Phase I Business Plan. Phase I includes Village Landing, the Fiebelman’s property, GE QTC building and a portion of Landmark’s property.
• Project financing input.
• Possible economic impact on the area
By the April meeting, St. Francis hopes to have the estimated project timeline.
Mr. Albrinck left the meeting at this time.
Mr. Elmer reported to the committee that Plattenburg has started their audit. There was a discussion of the need to request more money from Council. Mr. Finan recommended that this item should be on next week’s Finance Committee meeting agenda.
Next month’s meeting is scheduled for March 17th at 7:30 AM.
Mr. Harwood made and Mr. Kuechly seconded the motion to adjourn the meeting. The motion passed with a vote of 3 yes, 0 no. The meeting was adjourned at 9:00 AM.
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