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SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING
June 4, 2010
10:00 a.m. 227 West Jefferson Boulevard
Presiding: Marcia I. Jones, President South Bend, Indiana
1. ROLL CALL
Members Present: Ms. Marcia Jones, President
Dr. David Varner, Vice President
Ms. Nancy King, Secretary
Mr. Greg Downes
Mr. Donald Alford
Members Absent: Ms. Stephanie Spivey
Legal Counsel: Mr. Charles S. Leone, Esq.
Mr. Lawrence Meteiver, Esq.
Redevelopment Staff: Mr. Don Inks, Director
Mrs. Cheryl Phipps, Recording Secretary
Mr. David Relos, Economic Development Specialist
Ms. Debrah Jennings, Property Manager
Others Present: Mr. Jeff Gibney, Executive Director
Mr. Tom Price, Mayor’s Office
Ms. Rita Kopala
Ms. GlendaRae Hernandez
Ms. Geri Hathaway, Hathaway2
Ms. Mo Miller, Prism Science
Mr. Jeff Parrott, South Bend Tribune
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A. Approval of Minutes of the Regular Meeting of
Friday, May 21, 2010.
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Upon a motion by Mr. Downes, seconded by Mr.
OMMISSION APPROVED THE INUTES OF THE
RMF,M21,2010
EGULAR EETING OF RIDAY AY
Alford and unanimously carried, the Commission
approved the Minutes of the Regular Meeting of
Friday, May 21, 2010.
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3. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS
Redevelopment Commission Claims submitted June 4, 2010 for approval.
324 AIRPORT AEDA
Plews Shadley Racher & Braun LLP 40.10 RC Costs Only - Cost Recovery
Plews Shadley Racher & Braun LLP 69.10 Oliver Plow works Cost recovery
Plews Shadley Racher & Braun LLP 3,251.20 EPA Grant Document Review
DLZ 11,447.50
South Bend Olive RD/Pine RD
Meridian Title Corporation 100.00
Meridian Title Corporation 300.00
DLZ 33,135.00 US 31/Adams Rd Interchange
Meridian Title Corporation
100.00
The Lakota Group, Inc. Ignition Park
3,920.00
Abonmarche
5,000.00
John or Jeanette Lymburner Relocation - Moving Costs
2,300.00
Jerome Michaels, MAI
2,400.00
Lang, Feeney & Associates
550.00
Meridian Title Corporation
200.00
Meridian Title Corporation
100.00
Meridian Title Corporation
100.00
Meridian Title Corporation
400.00
David Waszak Appraisals
2,400.00
David Waszak Appraisals
2,400.00
Meridian Title Corporation
500.00
Innovation Park @ Notre Dame Ignition Park office space
630.00
420 FUND TIF DISTRICT-SBCDA GENERAL
Baker & Daniels 6,525.00 College Football Hall of Fame
CB Richard Ellis/Bradley LaSalle Hotel
2,981.00
CB Richard Ellis/Bradley 642.00 LaSalle Hotel
Populous 14,035.71 Stanley Coveleski Stadium
Koontz-Wagner Construction Services, LLC 5,324.00
Danco 1,582.00
Meridan Title Corporation 100.00
Edward J. White, Inc. 3,900.00
Windmill Acres, Inc. 5,200.00 Trees - 200 S. Main
South Bend Department of Public Parks 4,397.00 Plant trees
Total $ 114,029.61
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3. CLAIMS (CONT.)
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Upon a motion by Ms. King, seconded by Mr. Downes
OMMISSION APPROVED THE LAIMS
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SUBMITTED UNE AND ORDERED THE
and unanimously carried, the Commission approved the
CHECKS TO BE RELEASED
Claims submitted June 4, 2010, and ordered checks to
be released.
4. COMMUNICATIONS
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There were no Communications.
HERE WERE NO OMMUNICATIONS
5. OLD BUSINESS
A. Airport Economic Development Area
(1) Resolution No. 2689 accepting the transfer
of real property from St. Joseph County,
Indiana. (Millennium Environmental, 604
S. Scott Street and EMI, Inc., 2020 S.
Main Street)
Mr. Inks asked that item 5.A.(1) be tabled
until the June 18, 2010 meeting.
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Upon a motion by Mr. Downes, seconded by
OMMISSION TABLED ITEM
Ms. King and unanimously carried, the
Commission tabled item 5.A.(1).
6. NEW BUSINESS
A. South Bend Central Development Area
(1) Proposal for design and consulting
services for College Football Hall of Fame
reuse.
Mr. Relos noted that ADG has submitted a
proposal for design and consulting services
for the adaptive reuse of the College Football
Hall of Fame building. The scope of services
includes identifying the building’s strengths
and weaknesses; as potential uses are
identified, they will assess what would need
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6. NEW BUSINESS (CONT.)
A. South Bend Central Development Area
(1) continued…
to be done to accommodate the use; and they
will suggest compatible uses. Staff requests
a not-to-exceed fee of $50,000.
Ms. Jones asked what the time frame would
be. Mr. Relos responded that there is no set
time frame. Staff expects a decision to be
made about reuse in the next year.
Mr. Inks noted that there was $175,000 set
aside in the budget for matching funds for an
EDA grant that was going to look at the reuse
of the facility. That item seems to be off the
table. Those funds will be used for this
contract.
Ms. King asked if ADG will be preparing a
report. Mr. Relos said ADG’s services will
be used on an as-needed basis. When a
potential user comes forward, ADG will do a
study to see what adaptations would need to
be made to accommodate them. We would
get a report on the accommodations that
would need to be made for that user.
Mr. Gibney noted that the building is very
unique. Two-thirds of it is underground;
one-third is above ground. As staff has
talked with groups interested in the facility,
they are most interested in the above ground
portion. We think the lower level can also be
attractive for a variety of tenants. However,
we don’t know structurally what we can do
underground. We have suggested large
pyramid shaped skylights, but we don’t know
if the structure would support those. We
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6. NEW BUSINESS (CONT.)
A. South Bend Central Development Area
(1) continued…
have suggested moving the front of the first
floor closer to the street, but don’t know if
the lower level will support that. Also, there
are no loading docks directly into the Hall of
Fame. Unloading must be done at Century
Center. The tunnel entrance between
Century Center and the Hall of Fame poses a
security problem. There are a variety of
things staff needs to resolve and ADG will be
charged with helping to resolve those
questions and problems.
Mr. Varner wondered if the information
ADG provides would become obsolete if the
timeline for the Hall of Fame’s move is
delayed. Mr. Gibney responded that it
would not. He thinks the timeline is perfect.
The real estate is the Commission’s and if the
Commission has a new user for the facility
we can end the relationship with the Hall of
Fame at any time.
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Upon a motion by Ms. King, seconded by
OMMISSION ACCEPTED THE PROPOSAL FROM
ADG
FOR DESIGN AND CONSULTING SERVICES IN
Mr. Downes and unanimously carried, the
$50,000
AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
Commission accepted the proposal from
ADG for design and consulting services in an
amount not to exceed $50,000.
B. Airport Economic Development Area
(1) Resolution No. 2692 amending the
Development Plan for the Airport
Economic Development Area and adding
one or more parcels to the List of Parcels
to be Acquired. (755 S. Michigan St.)
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6. NEW BUSINESS (CONT.)
B. Airport Economic Development Area
(1) continued…
Mr. Relos noted that on January 15, 2010 the
Commission authorized staff to conduct
surveys, investigations, and to thoroughly
study the Airport Economic Development
Area. This process included the gathering of
information on parcels to be added to the
acquisition list and an estimation of costs
associated with the acquisition and
redevelopment of properties within this
development area.
Resolution No. 2692 is a declaratory
resolution which begins the process of
adding 755 S. Michigan Street to the
acquisition list of the Airport Economic
Development Area Development Plan. 755
S. Michigan St. is a one-story commercial
building just north of the Center for the
Homeless. Acquisition of this property
would allow the Commission to partner with
Memorial Hospital, as it has with Ivy Tech,
Hansel Center, and the Engman Natatorium.
The Commission will purchase and clear the
property. Memorial Hospital will then
construct a new medical clinic on the site.
Staff requests approval of Resolution
No. 2692 and authorization to advertise for a
public hearing after the Area Plan
Commission and Common Council approve
separate resolutions approving the
amendment to the development plan.
Mr. Inks noted that the Commission does not
have eminent domain in the AEDA, so the
acquisition will be voluntary.
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6. NEW BUSINESS (CONT.)
B. Airport Economic Development Area
(1) continued…
Mr. Gibney noted that Memorial Hospital
currently has a clinic at the Homeless Center.
If provided with a clear site, Memorial has
committed to building a new clinic there.
Mr. Varner asked if Memorial Hospital will
in some way compensate the city for
acquisition of the property. Mr. Gibney said
they would not. Memorial’s contribution
will be the new facility.
Mr. Gibney said it is important to use TIF to
benefit our low income community. More
people use the clinic at the Homeless Center
than actually reside at the center. This clinic
would serve a population that needs to be
served. If they are not served here, they will
be served at the emergency room. It’s also a
very nice clean-up project on an important
gateway to South Bend.
CRN.2692
Upon a motion by Mr. Downes, seconded by
OMMISSION APPROVED ESOLUTION O
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AMENDING THE EVELOPMENT LAN FOR THE
Mr. Alford and unanimously carried, the
AEDA
IRPORT CONOMIC EVELOPMENT REA AND
Commission approved Resolution No. 2692
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ADDING ONE OR MORE PARCELS TO THE IST OF
amending the Development Plan for the
PA,
ARCELS TO BE CQUIRED AUTHORIZING THE
Airport Economic Development Area and
ADVERTISING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING
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adding one or more parcels to the List of
FOLLOWING APPROVAL BY THE OMMON
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Parcels to be Acquired, authorizing the
advertising for a public hearing following
approval by the Common Council.
(2) Resolution No. 2693 related to acquisition
of property in the Airport Economic
Development Area. (1521 S. Scott St.)
Mr. Relos explained Items 6.B.(2) and (3)
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6. NEW BUSINESS (CONT.)
B. Airport Economic Development Area
(2) continued…
together. There are currently two properties
in the Ignition Park / West Indiana corridor
that are listed for sale by realtors. These
properties were added to the acquisition list
by a recent amendment to the AEDA
Development Plan.
Information on these properties is:
1521 S Scott St
3 bedroom, 1 bath, 1,459 sf
$10,800
1520 S Scott St
4 bedroom, 1 bath, 1,440 sf, with 1 car
garage
$7,000
Acquisition costs for homes in this area were
estimated at $35,000 - $60,000. Staff asks
for authorization to move forward with the
purchase of these two properties at their list
prices, which are well below the estimated
acquisition costs for dwellings in this area, if
the appraisals establish their values equal to
or greater than the list prices.
Mr. Relos noted that title work was done
recently and the titles are clear.
CRN.2693
Upon a motion by Mr. Downes, seconded by
OMMISSION APPROVED ESOLUTION O
RELATED TO ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY IN THE
Mr. Varner and unanimously carried, the
AEDA.
IRPORT CONOMIC EVELOPMENT REA
Commission approved Resolution No. 2693
(1521S.SS.)
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related to acquisition of property in the
Airport Economic Development Area. (1521
S. Scott St.)
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6. NEW BUSINESS (CONT.)
B. Airport Economic Development Area
(3) Resolution No. 2694 related to acquisition
of property in the Airport Economic
Development Area. (1520 S. Scott St.)
CRN.2694
Upon a motion by Mr. Downes, seconded by
OMMISSION APPROVED ESOLUTION O
RELATED TO ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY IN THE
Mr. Varner and unanimously carried, the
AEDA.
IRPORT CONOMIC EVELOPMENT REA
Commission approved Resolution No. 2694
(1520S.SS.)
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related to acquisition of property in the
Airport Economic Development Area. (1520
S. Scott St.)
(4) Staff report on Blackthorn Golf Course
van lease.
Mr. Inks noted that the Commission was
previously apprised of the need for a van for
Blackthorn Golf Course. The current van’s
lease expired in May. The van is used to
support course operations, including shuttling
guests and volunteers for outings and
tournaments, moving tables and chairs for
hosted events, trips to the bank, etc. Staff
believes it is appropriate for the staff to have
a van. Kitson and Partners have agreed that
there will be no personal use of the van.
The lease term is 36 months with payments
of $387.40 per month. This payment is
included in the current golf course budget.
The Lease does include language concerning
charges for late payments (paragraph 25).
Mr. Inks noted that in the past staff has
indicated that city policy does not allow a
lease that contains a clause for late fees for
late payments. The rationale for allowing the
late charges is the waiving of the excess
mileage charge for the old van. This charge
would have been $2,542.24. The full charge
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6. NEW BUSINESS (CONT.)
B. Airport Economic Development Area
(4) continued…
is being waived, and more than offsets the
cost of any late charges that may be assessed
under the new lease.
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Upon a motion by Ms. King seconded by Mr.
OMMISSION APPROVED THE VAN LEASE FOR
BGC
LACKTHORN OLF LUB SUBJECT TO FINAL
Downes and unanimously carried, the
LEGAL REVEIW
Commission approved the van lease for
Blackthorn Golf Club subject to final legal
review.
(5) Consultant’s update on Ignition Park.
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Mr. Inks noted that the Commission
ONSULTANTS UPDATE ON GNITION ARK
requested an update on Ignition Park. Ms.
Hathaway gave that report.
Ms. Hathaway commended the Commission
on understanding the timeliness of creating a
position with a focus on Ignition Park. It is
not premature. She thanked the Commission
for allowing her to be at the center of the
most exciting thing happening in South Bend
in the forty years she has lived here. She said
the community has growing excitement about
the possibility Ignition Park presents.
Ms. Hathaway broke her presentation down
into three parts: where we are, where we
need to be and how we might get there. She
said the how we might get there is an
evolving statement.
Where we are.
Who would have thought six
years ago that Notre Dame and the city could
collaborate to the depth that would entice the
semiconductor industry to create the fourth
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B. Airport Economic Development Area
(5) continued…
site of research development in the country in
South Bend? That collaboration is still
incredibly strong. Higher education is
responding to the needs that MIND and other
technologies are going to require. As an
example, Ivy Tech has identified a two-year
nanotechnology program that it hopes to
institute in fall 2010. They are doing that
with collaboration from Notre Dame and
Penn State. They will even have access
remotely to an atomic microscope on the
campus of Penn State. Purdue’s Engineering
Technology School is moving from a two-
year program to a four-year program; and
they are going to institute a Masters program
in that field. And, they are embedding with
Notre Dame’s help nano components within
that four-year program.
Having eighty acres available as a Certified
Technology Park, cleared and
environmentally mitigated, is unique among
Tech Parks. No one else has that. When the
city tears down the remaining two buildings
and mitigates its land, it will be able to go
back and change that Certified Technology
Park designation to 140 acres. But the city is
ready today to accommodate anyone who
wants to build now. That is an amazing
accomplishment.
Also, the city did a vibration and
electromagnetic study. It showed that with
normal setbacks from streets, 40 acres of that
80 acres have a high vibration and
electromagnetic mitigation. That is
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6. NEW BUSINESS (CONT.)
B. Airport Economic Development Area
(5) continued…
important to anyone wanting to include a
“clean room” in its development. That could
be enormously important in marketing
Ignition Park. Ms. Hathaway noted that the
city is doing an overlay zone plan in order to
protect that low vibration and
electromagnetic area. We don’t want any of
that marketing potential compromised. Ms.
Hathaway also stressed the enormous value
of the city’s metronet to technology
development in Ignition Park. That took
enormous foresight and collaboration to
accomplish. It places South Bend
competitive at a level that is unprecedented
for a town of South Bend’s size.
Where do we need to be?
Ms. Hathaway
has been doing much research and
investigation to answer that question. She
has attended seminars on technology transfer,
commercialization, technology park
management, nanotechnology, etc. She’s
attended conferences for the Association of
University Research Parks at the Midwest
regional level and at the international level.
She has connected with tech park managers
and tech park developers from all over the
country. Tech parks are not a standard real
estate venture. Buildings do not bring tech
businesses here. The start-up business needs
peripheral resources brought to it as in an
incubator. While trying to figure out a new
product, they are also trying to figure out
how to run a business. They have little
money; they work around the clock with few
staff. The city may have to supply legal,
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6. NEW BUSINESS (CONT.)
B. Airport Economic Development Area
(5) continued…
accounting and business support to these
start-up businesses while they focus on
getting their product to market. We may
need to provide funding assistance. We may
need to provide educational programs. Third
or fourth stage businesses don’t need those
kinds of assistance, but South Bend needs to
be prepared to offer them to start-up
businesses that consider locating here.
Technology start-ups need access to interns.
She hears that everywhere she goes. Tenants
complain about not having enough interns.
You’d think a research university would have
ample interns available. Plus, the businesses
want help writing the job description, help
putting the advertisement in the newspaper.
How do we get to this point?
Visualize four
columns, equidistant apart, supported by
beams and connected to each of the other
columns. You end up with a square of
beams, an X through the center, supported by
four columns. Those four columns are
collaboration, focus, education and funding.
Those four things are absolutely crucial to
marketing a tech park .
Collaboration has to happen in the public
sector. The city must streamline its public
policy procedures. We must make it
seamless for companies to move from
Innovation Park to Ignition Park. And we
must make it simple to come to our town and
end up at Ignition Park. South Bend has to
do it because our competition is doing it.
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6. NEW BUSINESS (CONT.)
B. Airport Economic Development Area
(5) continued…
We have to have a retail focus. The larger
the better. Because everyone is demanding
it. Foundation grant review boards are
demanding it. Employee search are
demanding it. Corporate search are
demanding it. The tenants are demanding it.
They need it because they understand that the
broader the region the greater the support and
the greater the potential impact. We need to
be thinking broadly here.
Some of this is happening. Collaboration is
happening. For example, with patent
requests. Fifteen years ago, a patent had one
author. Today there are probably fifteen
authors on the patent. And it’s
interdisciplinary. It’s making it more
difficult for technology transfer. It used to be
if it was a chemistry PhD, he made his
application and it was reviewed by a
chemistry review person in technology
transfer. Today, there may be a chemist and
a biologist; there may be a statistician; there
may be an information technology person,
there may be an astrophysicist---all part of
the same discovery. We need that kind of
collaboration everywhere.
We look at project based New Tech High
School. Ms. Hathaway visited the New
Tech High School in Columbus. It is
interdisciplinary, project based,
collaboration. Doesn’t that sound like
business? What she was really impressed
with there was the sense of confidence those
students had. And politeness. Two hundred
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B. Airport Economic Development Area
(5) continued…
students, freshmen and sophomores, and not
one disengaged student.
Ms. Hathaway stressed Focus. Karl King
and John Roos just completed a report called
Benchmarking South Bend. They say, “Our
legacy industry mix consists of nationally
dying industries.” We have to change that.
We have to be proactive in identifying what
our future strengths are going to be in
business. Michiana Tech Connect, which is
spearheaded by Project Future, is on the
campus of Notre Dame looking at the
research happening on campus and trying to
ascertain which research initiatives have the
greatest chance of commercialization to the
ultimate benefit of our region. That is so
important. They are now going deeper to
look at the processes that are going to be
necessary to take that from research in the
lab to commercialization. Hopefully, some
of our local businesses can assist with that.
Maybe a company already in South Bend can
build a prototype that is needed.
We, the community, must start to look at our
existing businesses. Research takes a long
time to commercialize. Often times it’s bio
based, which requires FDA approval, which
is very costly and very time consuming.
There are many innovative ideas that can be
commercialized much faster. And they are
sitting here in our back yard---our existing
businesses. We need a business asset
inventory. That is very crucial.
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6. NEW BUSINESS (CONT.)
B. Airport Economic Development Area
(5) continued…
We also need to look at information
technology businesses. We’ve been very
good at that here and we shouldn’t discount
them. They don’t sound very high tech, but
they are. Information technology costs much
less to develop, it comes to
commercialization much more quickly and it
is more sustainable more quickly. We need
to be talent scouts, all of us.
We also need clusters of similar businesses.
Clusters of competitors, but who realize that
the value of networking is more important
than avoiding competition. Vendors with
support services want to be near that cluster.
South Bend needs to be building clusters.
Education is the third column. Ivy Tech
instituted a two year program, at the request
of Notre Dame, to educate Notre Dame
employees. They thought there might be
twenty-five students. One hundred signed
up. Those students are graduating this year.
Most of them are going on to IUSB for a
four-year degree. That’s responding to the
need of business. Purdue is expanding its
engineering technology program from two
years to four.
Education is more than our public school
system from K-12. There are a lot of
exciting things going on in education that we
don’t even know exists, is available to us.
We need an educational asset inventory also,
so when the search person comes to South
Bend, we can say, “Look at what the children
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6. NEW BUSINESS (CONT.)
B. Airport Economic Development Area
(5) continued…
of your employees can get here.” We need to
assemble the list.
Some research parks are locating tech high
schools at their research parks. At risk kids,
preparing for some of the lowest jobs at the
tech park, but some of them go on to four
year colleges.
Tech parks are doing entrepreneurship
programs for high school students. BizWiz
in Fort Wayne mentors high school students
so they can develop internet based businesses
and earn money. When they go off to
college they can continue that job. The hope
is that they will start and continue their
business in Indiana.
Funding is the fourth column. We’ve
invested $17.4M acquiring and cleaning up
Ignition Park. We have committed another
$50M. There will be many, many
worthwhile projects for that $50M. They are
not all bricks and mortar. We’ll have to
provide tax incentives because everybody
else does. We are going to have to provide
more or different than everyone else does.
All localities can’t all be providing the same
incentives. Any country which has the
financial capability is running toward the
same beacon: innovation and technology. In
commercialization, the first phases are the
hardest to get funding for: seed and second
stage funding. The federal government is
providing less funding and state government
is attaching requirements for its funds that
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6. NEW BUSINESS (CONT.)
B. Airport Economic Development Area
(5) continued…
there be matching funds. Start-up companies
can’t get matching funds. Corporations
aren’t investing at that level. Venture
capitalists have moved from investing at the
seed and second stage to later stages. They
want more assurance of success.
Communities are responding to this. Ann
Arbor is creating its own seed fund. A small
town had five banks each contributing a
million dollars to match $5M of TIF funds to
do a revolving loan fund. We’re going to
have to figure out how to help the people
who want to come to Ignition Park and want
to stay in Ignition Park to do that. We’re
going to have to help with funding.
Ms. Hathaway predicted that Ignition Park
will be ignited, and it will be sustainable, if
we build its structure on regional
collaboration, supported by a technically
educated work force and funded to assist
business focus. South Bend has work to do.
But we must not forget that we have lots of
advantages over other communities.
Mr. Varner asked who some of the regional
partners Ms. Hathaway envisions are. Ms.
Hathaway responded that she was thinking of
nearby counties. Public and private entities
over several counties. Southwestern
Michigan University collaborating with Ivy
Tech. Foundations want to see that a broad
scope of entities in a region is collaborating.
Companies who consider coming to this area
want to know that the support structure for
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B. Airport Economic Development Area
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them will be broad.
Existing local businesses want to be part of
this new economy. Ms. Hathaway feels that
the initial businesses for Ignition Park may
be local businesses. That’s why she feels we
need a business asset inventoryunderstand-
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ing the depth and breadth of our local
businesses. What processes do they already
do that might be an outsource for an upstart
company. We need to do that for all
industries that we think have the potential for
contributing to innovation and technology.
Mr. Downes asked what the Commission’s
next immediate steps should be, in the next
four to six months. Ms. Hathaway said she is
going to meet with someone soon who
builds, owns and manages technology sites.
Would they be interested in doing something
here. If not, why not?
Ms. Hathaway invited the Commissioners to
meet with her individually or in pairs to
discuss any of her ideas further.
(6) Ratification of Lease for office space in
Innovation Park @ Notre Dame
(Hathaway2)
Mr. Inks noted that it took our legal
department awhile to work through the lease
arrangements for Ms. Hathaway to have an
office at Innovation Park. This was called
for in the contract with Hathaway2, Inc. The
budget for it was $9,000. The lease is within
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B. Airport Economic Development Area
(6) continued…
the budget.
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Upon a motion by Ms. King, seconded by
OMMISSION RATIFIED THE EASE FOR OFFICE
IP@ND
SPACE IN NNOVATION ARK OTRE AME
Mr. Downes and unanimously carried, the
(H2)
ATHAWAY
Commission ratified the Lease for office
space in Innovation Park @ Notre Dame
(Hathaway2)
(7) Staff report on contract with Abonmarche
Group for Airport Economic Development
Area legal description and mapping.
Mr. Relos noted that the Commission hired
Abonmarche to clarify the Airport Economic
Development Area legal description and to
write a continuous description. The original
contract was for $4,400. It was later raised
by $3,500 to cover additional work. While
trying to add the legal to resolutions that add
properties to the acquisition list, more
problems became apparent, so their fee rose
another $3,815.75. Staff requests approving
the additional expense. The total cost for
rewriting the legal description and displaying
the legal onto maps is $11,715.75.
C
Upon a motion by Ms. King, seconded by
OMMISSION APPROVED THE TOTAL CONTRACT
A
WITH BONMARCHE FOR REWRITING THE LEGAL
Mr. Downes and unanimously carried, the
AE
DESCRIPTION OF THE IRPORT CONOMIC
Commission approved the total contract with
DA$11,725.75
EVELOPMENT REA AT A COST OF
Abonmarche for rewriting the legal
description of the Airport Economic
Development Area at a cost of $11,725.75.
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6. NEW BUSINESS (CONT.)
C. West Washington-Chapin Development Area
(1) South Bend Heritage Foundation update
on Engman Natatorium
Mr. Inks asked that item 6.C.(1) be tabled
until the June 18 meeting.
C6.C.(1)
Upon a motion by Mr. Varner, seconded by
OMMISSION TABLED ITEM
Mr. Downes and unanimously carried, the
Commission tabled item 6.C.(1)
D. South Side Development Area
(1) Resolution No. 2691 related to acquisition
of property in the South Side Development
Area. (748 Hawbaker Street)
Mr. Relos noted that Resolution No. 2691
sets the appraised acquisition value for 748
Hawbaker Street at $32,000. The property is
located at the corner of Hawbaker and High
and was left on the recently amended
acquisition list as there is value in the
property for future infrastructure
improvements in the Erskine Plaza area. A
map of the parcel is attached.
The property was appraised by two
independent residential appraisers. The
property consists of one unoccupied house
and property. Staff has had several
conversations with the property owner about
acquisition and staff determined that to move
the process along it was necessary to set the
appraised value through the standard
resolution process.
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6. NEW BUSINESS (CONT.)
D. South Side Development Area
(1) continued…
CRN.2691
Upon a motion by Mr. Varner, seconded by
OMMISSION APPROVED ESOLUTION O
RELATED TO ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY IN THE
Ms. King and unanimously carried, the
SSDA.(748
OUTH IDE EVELOPMENT REA
Commission approved Resolution No. 2691
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AWBAKER TREET
related to acquisition of property in the South
Side Development Area. (748 Hawbaker
Street)
E. Northeast Neighborhood Development Area
There was no business in the Northeast
Neighborhood Development Area.
F. Douglas Road Economic Development Area
There was no business in the Douglas Road
Economic Development Area.
G. Ratification of Services Contracts
Commission
Role in Contract Staff
Transaction Contractor Service Provided
Amount Member
Sinco Pools Acquisition Phifer Phase I Site $1,400 Relos
202 E. Sample St Environmental Assessment
Mason Plumbing Acquisition Phifer Phase I Site $1,400 Relos
116 E. Sample St Environmental Assessment
Enyart Motor Acquisition Phifer Phase I Site $1,400 Relos
120 E. Sample St Environmental Assessment
Former Wilson Shirt Acquisition Phifer Phase I Site $1,600 Relos
Factory Environmental Assessment
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1521 and 1527 Acquisition Phifer Phase I Site $1,400 Relos
Kendall Street Environmental Assessment
1513 S. Kendall St Acquisition David M. Witt Appraisal $3,200 Relos
1514 S. Chapin Appraisals
1512 S. Scott St.
1520 S. Scott St.
1521 S. Scott St.
1525 S. Kemble St.
1515 S. Kemble St.
1519 S. Kemble St.
1528 S. Kemble St
1513 S. Kendall St Acquisition Michaels Appraisal Appraisal $2,700 Relos
1514 S. Chapin Services
1512 S. Scott St. (Christopher
1520 S. Scott St. Michaels)
1521 S. Scott St.
1525 S. Kemble St.
1515 S. Kemble St.
1519 S. Kemble St.
1528 S. Kemble St
CS
Upon a motion by Mr. Downes, seconded by Mr.
OMMISSION RATIFIED THE ERVICES
C
ONTRACTS APPROVED BY STAFF SINCE THE
Varner and unanimously carried, the Commission
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AY MEETING
ratified the Services Contracts approved by staff
since the May 21, 2010 meeting.
H. Ratification of Temporary Use Agreements
CTU
Upon a motion by Mr. Downes, seconded by Ms.
OMMISSION RATIFIED THE EMPORARY SE
ACF
GREEMENT WITH THE OLLEGE OOTBALL
King and unanimously carried, the Commission
HF
ALL OF AME TO PLACE BANNERS
ratified the Temporary Use Agreement with the
EF
ADVERTISING THE NSHRINEMENT ESTIVAL
College Football Hall of Fame to place banners
WS,CS
ONTO THE AYNE TREET OLFAX TREET
advertising the Enshrinement Festival onto the
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AND EIGHTON GARAGES UNE AND
Wayne Street, Colfax Street and Leighton garages
June 18 and 19, 2010.
7. PROGRESS REPORTS
PR
There was no report.
ROGRESS EPORTS
8. NEXT COMMISSION MEETING
NCM
The next meeting of the Redevelopment Commission is
EXT OMMISSION EETING
scheduled for Friday, June 18, 2010 at 10:00 a.m.
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9. ADJOURNMENT
A
There being no further business to come before the
DJOURNMENT
Redevelopment Commission, Mr. Varner made a
motion that the meeting be adjourned. Ms. King
seconded the motion and the meeting was adjourned at
11:03 a.m.
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