Anderson Redevelopment Commission

MINUTES ANDERSON REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION September 5, 2017 PUBLIC MEETING Mr. Winkler, City of Anderson Economic Development 4:30 p.m. Director, asked that representatives of Italpollina, Luca ED Conference Room #1 Bonini from Italy and Jim Dittrick from Michigan, be 120 East 8th Street able to give an update on their project and introduced Anderson, IN 46016 them to Commission members. MEMBERS PRESENT Mr. Bonini briefed members on Italpollina’s current Michael Collette, President and future activities. He stated there had been some Carolyn Scott, Vice President delays in the delivering of items needed for L. Richard Symmes construction of the state of art biotech facility but they are still on schedule, having invested nearly 6 Million MEMBERS ABSENT dollars, more than the 4 Million projected. Mr. Bonini Danny McGhee state production is expected to begin in the fall. There Kevin Sulc will be 2-3 shifts with a 24 hour production cycle. Mr. Bonini informed members of three additional phases STAFF PRESENT for future development. The first phase will be adding Ann Marie Bauer, Attorney on to the current production in order to produce new Greg Winkler, Director product from prototypes which have performed well. Karen Soetenga, ED Specialist The new product will be shipped all over the world. Gary McKinney, Environmental/Brownfield Specialist The second will be a Next Generation Greenhouse for research and development and a third a chicken OTHERS PRESENT manure plant. Mr. Winkler stated the manure plant Doug Whitham, City Controller would not be located in Anderson. Brief discussion Senator Tim Lanane, City Attorney followed. Mr. Bonini stated they are applying for New April Phillips, Controller’s Office Market Tax Credits. Mr. Winkler stated the 2700 Ken de la Bastide, Herald-Bulletin Scatterfield Road LLC group will be triggering an Shane Bivens, Vesuvius Coworking option within the original agreement with Italpollina to Antoine Long, Buxton enter into a purchase agreement for the ground just Luca Bonini, Italpollina north of their current facility, Lot 14, for the 2nd phase Jim Dittrick, Italpollina of production. In order to qualify for the New Market Brad Gentry, IWM Consulting Group, LLC Tax Credits construction must be underway by March of next year. A brief discussion followed. ROLL CALL AND DECLARATION OF QUORUM Mr. Collette called the meeting to order at 4:30 pm and declared a quorum with three (3) members present. Buxton Presentation by Antoine Long Mr. Winkler introduced Antoine Long from Buxton. The MINUTES ARC and Board of Works entered into an agreement Mr. Symmes moved to approve the August 1, 2017, with Buxton earlier this year to help identify retail leads minutes. Ms. Scott seconded. Motion passed for Edgewood Plaza, as well as other areas. Antoine unanimously; 3 yes, 0 no. gave an overview of Buxton, a consumer analytics company out of Dallas that helps communities with FINANCIALS / INVOICES retail recruitment by identifying retail matches using After review, Ms. Scott moved to approve the financial data analysis including consumer purchasing profiles reports and invoices as submitted. Mr. Symmes at the household level, drive time trade area data and seconded. Motion passed unanimously; 3 yes, 0 no. retail market conditions. Mr. Long stated he has been working with the City of Anderson Economic BUSINESS Development staff to identify retail matches for the Edgewood Plaza area. Match Report and Pursuit Packages were developed for 20+ retail matches. #2 Four 15 kV Power Circuit Breakers –5 bids received Economic Development staff made direct contact with – Recommend lowest bid of $95,016.00 for Siemens identified matches including face to face meetings at Breakers from Anixer, Inc. the annual ICSC Retail Convention in May. The efforts resulted in 7 quick serve and 1 sit down #3 Four 72.5 kV Power Circuit Breakers – 5 bids restaurant and 2 grocers showing some level of received – Recommend lowest bid of $104,700.00 for interest in the Edgewood Plaza opportunity. Mr. Long GE Breakers from Alstom Grid Division. stated next steps are to continue to bridge communication to grow relationships with interested #4 Neutral Grounding Reactor – 1 bid received from retailers and adding retailers to the recruitment efforts. Trench in the amount of $4,583.00 Mr. Long also made members aware of a Local Store Marketing Tool available to local businesses to help #5 Switchboard Assembly – 2 bids received - identify who their customers are, where they live and Recommend lowest bid of $30,807.95 from Electrical how to target them with marketing campaigns. A Power Products. Installation is not included and will question and answer time followed. Ms. Scott asked if need to be negotiated with the General Construction the City needed to wait until we have a commitment Contractor at a later date. Mr. Pochard stated he for a completed development before any development anticipated the additional cost being $5-10,000. Ms. can happen or can they bring in retailers one by one. Scott asked if a cap could be placed on the cost of Mr. Long stated a blanket approach is used to get the installation. Mr. Pochard stated they needed to find opportunity in front of retailers for possibilities down out what all is involved before a limit could be given. the road. Ms. Bauer asked if 3 or 4 retailers were A Brief discussion followed. needed before construction or if the City should start with one. Mr. Long stated a grocer anchor will be key # 6 Owner Supplied Materials including 69 separate with Marsh leaving. Once a grocer anchor is secured items. Not all items were bid on. Mr. Pochard offered others will reassess the option. Mr. Lanane asked if a spreadsheet of the bids with recommended the 20 minute drive time gets you to Noblesville and it approvals marked in green and orange. Items totaled was concluded it does. Mr. Lanane also asked if Mr. approximately $170,000. Items not bid on will Long was to grade the Edgewood Plaza opportunity receive quotes at a later date and approved before PO what would he give us and Mr. Long stated a “B” is made. based on median income of the area. Mr. Collette stated his perception is that most of the emphasis is Discussion followed. Mr. Collette asked if the funds on getting the parcels clean and ready so that a were available to pay for contracts. Mr. Winkler stated development of both multifamily housing and retail can the Commission sold a bond for approximately 7M. occur which will allow for synergy and a better The bond listed the Flagship Substation expansion as outcome. Ms. Scott stated a grocery store is needed a use of the funds as part of infrastructure now. Consensus was reached that a grocery store is improvements needed for NTN and future of immediate need. Mr. Collette stated he was working development. Electrical upgrades were estimated at with Ms. Bauer to determine the appropriate way for 4M and the bids are coming in at closer to 3.1M. Mr. the Commission to have discussions regarding Whitman, City Controller, confirmed funds were options. available through the bond proceeds. Mr. Symmes made a motion to accept the recommendations for Approval of Municipal Light and Power Contracts for bids submitted for the expansion of the Flagship Flagship Substation Subsation as presented and as approved by the Mr. Pochard, Municipal Light and Power, briefed Anderson City Board of Works. Ms. Scott seconded. Commission Members on six bids for the expansion of Motion passed unanimously; 3 yes, 0 no. the Flagship Substation which will enable the growth of NTN, NTK and future development. The City’s Updates Board of Works recently approved recommendations made by Light and Power for the six bids. The EPA: GM Properties recommendations are: Mr. McKinney, Environmental Specialist stated they are still in the process of heating the ground at the #1 General construction – 1 bid received from Power former GM Plant 7 site and it will be 30-40 days before Construction Group in the amount of $1,289,400.00. contaminated vapors can begin to be collected from the site. Mr. McKinney went on to brief members concerning two areas of concern at the former Edgewood Plaza site. IWM Consulting has finished Anderson Redevelopment Commission: September 5, 2017 Page 2 the delineation of contamination at the former dry cleaner site and is ready to submit a further site investigation (FSI) and work plan to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) for review and approval. Mr. McKinney introduced Brad Gentry with IWM Consulting. Mr. Gentry briefed members on next steps utilizing spot excavation in known contaminated areas located in the SW corner of the property and using chemical injections to treat ground water to acceptable levels. Mr. McKinney stated he is asking for approval to submit the FSI and work plan to the IDEM. There is no set cost but should not exceed $305,000 and may need to go through RFP; TIF dollars set aside for Edgewood Plaza will be used. Mr. McKinney informed members of second Edgewood Plaza item concerning the former Baxter Pest Control. He stated sampling, soil excavation and removal of storage tanks have already taken place and there was contamination found in the NW corner of Edgewood Plaza site. Mr. McKinney asked for approval of excavation of contaminated soil and then filling with clean fill. Mr. Gentry explained the large scale excavation and stated work would be paid for out of the Indiana Brownfield Program Grant. Ms. Scott made the motion to approve the submission of FSI and work plan to IDEM for the former dry cleaner site with TIF funding and the excavation and filling of the contamination caused by the Baxter Pest Control Site plume using Brownfield Grant funds. Mr. Symmes second. This motion passed unanimously; 3 yes, 0 no. Greater Edgewood Plaza Redevelopment Mr. Winker stated he would be glad to sit down and brief each member on the latest conversations with Speedway. The talks have been productive and a couple of attractive solutions have been identified one of which would take us a step farther in redevelopment. NTK Mr. Winkler stated a modified draft agreement has been received from NTK and the City is reviewing. MISCELLANEOUS Ms. Bauer stated a statutory process for a long time lease for the FARM property had been reviewed. The current lessor is to be notified 3 months prior to the closure which would be by October 1st. The original lease was intended to be a short term lease and a long term lease requires a statutory process. ADJOURNMENT Mr. Collette adjourned the meeting at 6:11 pm. Anderson Redevelopment Commission: September 5, 2017 Page 3