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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br /> Regular Meeting—October 11, 2011 <br /> 6. NEW BUSINESS (CONT.) <br /> B. Airport Economic Development Area <br /> (1) continued... <br /> Mr. Gilot noted that Phase 1B moves Ignition <br /> Park forward with the infrastructure beyond <br /> the first tenant. We need to analyze the park <br /> in three dimensions. The X and Y <br /> coordinates of where the various <br /> infrastructures will go, but also the Z, the <br /> vertical, so we don't paint ourselves into a <br /> corner with utility conflicts. We need to lay <br /> out an orderly plan for delivering all the <br /> utilities so that we don't have design faults <br /> down the road that cost us money. There are <br /> some progressive elements of this design to <br /> be an ecosystem and we want to keep that <br /> concept in this design with an eye toward our <br /> pocketbook so it's done cost effectively, but <br /> we will not pull the trigger on those elements <br /> until it makes economic sense. <br /> Mr. Varner said that he's not sure the high <br /> cost of designing these "progressive <br /> elements" would be worth it if the tech park <br /> isn't successful, if it turns into a simple <br /> industrial park. He thinks there's a good <br /> chance that will be the outcome. <br /> Mr. Gilot responded that water is always an <br /> issue on any site, especially one of this <br /> magnitude. We could carry the storm water <br /> away to the river. He's computed the cost to <br /> be in excess of$2.9 million to do that. <br /> Another possibility would be to percolate the <br /> water into the ground. Unfortunately, we <br /> have some environmental issues: we're not <br /> going to drink the shallow ground water, <br /> we're not going to spread it around for <br /> irrigation, and we don't want to concentrate <br /> 12 <br />