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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-01-16 Redev Authority MinutesSOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY SPECIAL MEETING January 16, 2013 14005 County -City Building 2:06 p.m. 227 West Jefferson Boulevard Presiding: Raphael Thomas South Bend, IN 46601 The January 16, 2013 Special Meeting of the Redevelopment Authority was called to order at 10:16 a.m. by its President, Raphael Thomas. There was a quorum present. 1. ROLL CALL Members Present: Member Absent: Redevelopment Staff: 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Mr. Raphael Thomas, President Mr. Jose Alvarez, Secretary Ms. Carolyn V. Pfotenhauer, Vice President Mr. Donald Inks, Director of Economic Development Mrs. Cheryl Phipps, Recording Secretary a. Approval of the minutes of December 26, 2012 Upon a motion by Mr. Alvarez, seconded by Mr. Thomas the Authority approved the minutes of December 26, 2012 as presented. 3. New Business a. Authority approval of Management Services Agreement with Cressy & Everett Management Corporation Mr. Inks said the Redevelopment Commission is using TIF to help fund the management of the College Football Hall of Fame for the first six months of the year. He said we continue to work with at least one prospect for the building and time will tell if that leads to anything. At this point we are continuing to make sure the building is secure, managing the heating and cooling. There is a tenant in the building, Jersey Mike's, who we are currently in litigation with seeking to have them out of the building. Mr. Alvarez asked about the amount of the fees. Mr. Inks said Cressy & Everett proposed a $500. initial evaluation and an estimated $4,800. to manage the facility over the first six months. Their contract is all on an hourly basis so it depends on the extent that we use their services what the actual cost will be. Mr. Inks said we are working with Century Center. Scott Hercig, from Century Center, is keeping an eye on all the HVAC systems at the Hall of Fame. Century Center is taking care of snow removal, so when snow is being removed at Century Center it will The Redevelopment Authority January 16, 2012 Meeting Minutes also be done at the Hall of Fame. If for some reason there is snow and Century Center isn't staffed than CBRE or Cressy Everett will take care of the snow removal. DTSB has done walk trough's for security purposes through the Hall of Fame, so we are trying to use our existing resources in the downtown to minimize our property management expense but Cressy Everett is responsible for the overall aspects of property management. Mr. Thomas asked if we had good results from Cressy Everett in the past and Mr. Inks said yes. Mr. Alvarez asked if there were ideas for reuse of the building and Mr. Inks said we continue to work with at least one prospect but he didn't know how solid it is. Another group has expressed interest, actually Memorial Hospital's Health Works Brain Works. They seem to be very interested and have decided to fund an analysis of the Hall of Fame. They are checking to see if it would meet their needs and what the costs would be. Mr. Thomas asked about parking and Mr. Inks said there is limited parking for the Hall of Fame. There is a surface lot that we own to the south of it, a little bit of on -site parking, but not much. There won't be enough parking for employee parking so they will have to use public parking. Mr. Thomas asked about the grid iron for parking and Mr. Inks said it would not support automotive parking. Mr. Alvarez asked about putting on a craft show in the summer time that would not compete with Art Beat, but rather something to bring people down town. Mr. Inks said he would pass that on. Mr. Inks said he was just responding to a request from Century Center to use the space to host some events and perhaps they would be a great group who could coordinate something with DTSB. Century Center is having some revamping done in their building so they will be in need of some convention space and may use the Hall to handle some of that. Mr. Alvarez also wanted to ask about diversity contracting. He didn't see anything mentioned in the contract. He would like us to ask our contractor to use, to the best of their ability, diverse subcontractors. He didn't want them to be forced to hire a certain percentage but rather to ask them to use their best efforts to use something of that effect with all of the contracts that we put out in the city. Mr. Inks said we normally do that, with DTSB, CBRE who manages our retail property, with Blackthorn Golf Course, we do what Mr. Alvarez suggested. This contract came directly from Cressy & Everett and we were pushing to get it on the Redevelopment Commission's agenda so perhaps the legal department missed that or that isn't something they routinely check for. Typically we do that in our agreements. Mr. Alvarez was glad to know that. b. Upon a motion by Mr. Alvarez, seconded by Mr. Thomas, the Authority approved the Management Services Agreement with Cressy & Everett Management 2 H: \WPDAT AAUTHORTY\201i \011613. SPECIAL MIS. DOC The Redevelopment Authority January 16, 2012 Meeting Minutes Corporation. 4. NEXT MEETING DATE: February 6, 2013 5. ADJOURNMENT Mr. Alvarez asked for a list of all Redevelopment Authority owned properties. Mr. Inks said he will supply that to each of the members via email. There being no further business to come before the Redevelopment Authority the meeting was adjourned at 10:23 a.m. Carolyn V. Pfotc'hhauerAVice President Vonald Inks, Director 119WPDATAAOTHORTY�2013 \0116U.SPECIAL MIF.DOC