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The Redevelopment Authority <br />September 3, 2008 Meeting Minutes <br />Upon a motion by Ms. Pfotenhauer, seconded by Mr. Alvarez, the Authority <br />approved the Memorandum of Lease (Kite Realty Eddy Street Garage, LLC) <br />e. Removal and'replacement of bushes to the west of Hall of Fame <br />Mr. Jitin Kain said this proposal is for the removal of the hedge to the west of the <br />Hall of Fame. The hedge is about five feet tall and obstructs the view of the grid <br />iron.. By removing the bushes and planting some that are about two feet tall there <br />will be an open access to the grid iron and it will become more connected to rest <br />of the downtown. We have spoken with the executive director of the Hall of Fame <br />and she is in favor of this idea, but would like to work on what types of plants are <br />planted in the hedge. <br />Ms. Pfotenhauer asked what type of bushes is there now. Ms. Hullinger said they <br />are Forsythia. Mr. Kain said if those bushes were trimmed down to three feet at <br />this point they would be all sticks. and wouldn't fill in right. Mr. Alvarez asked if <br />the choice of bush would be more carefully selected so they will not need to be <br />replaced in a few years. Mr. Kain said the bushes that are proposed only get to be <br />about three feet tall. Mr. Alvarez asked if other proposals were received, and Mr. <br />Kain said there were no other proposals because we are proposing to add this <br />work to the rest of the Michigan Street Improvement Project that is happening <br />right now. Acorn is the landscaper that is currently planting the new trees and <br />landscaping. Mr. Inks said this may end up being a change order but there have <br />been some cost savings on quantity issues in the work being done presently so <br />even with this addition we may still be under the original contract amount. Mr. <br />Kain said we are currently saving money on planters on Michigan between <br />'Jefferson and Wayne because of the underground vaults limit the number of <br />planters and landscaping that can be put in. <br />Mr. Alvarez asked about the 10% markup from Reith Riley. Ms. Pfotenhauer <br />asked why the markup says it is related to INDOT. Ms. Greene said she will check <br />with Tom Anderson at Reith Riley. Ms. Pfotenhauer said if this is not a real <br />requirement then let's scratch that off. Mr. Alvarez asked why we hadn't seen any <br />other bids. Mr. Inks said Reith Riley came in as the low bidder and since they are <br />already there and working it will undoubtedly be cost effective to have them add <br />this to their work rather than take time to go through another bid process. Mr. Inks <br />said the bid process goes through the Board of Public Works. The only thing that <br />is before the Authority is the approval of the replacement of the bushes that are <br />there now. <br />Upon a motion by Ms. Pfotenhauer, seconded by Mr.Alvarez, the Authority <br />approved the removal and replacement of bushes to the west of Hall of Fame. <br />H:\ W PDATA\AUTHORTY\090308.MIN. DOC <br />3 <br />