Economic Development Council

BLUE SPRINGS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL MEETING April 19, 2017 – 8:00 A.M. – 12 Noon Journagan Family Community Room Howard L. Brown Public Safety Building 1100 SW Smith Blue Springs, Missouri 1. Call Meeting to Order 2. Approval of Minutes 3. Visioning Session 4. Visitors 5. Adjourn NEXT MEETING: Wednesday, June 21, 2017 – 8:00 A.M. Journagan Family Community Room Howard L. Brown Public Safety Building 1100 SW Smith Blue Springs, Missouri A quorum of the City Council may be in attendance during portions of this meeting; City business will be discussed. If special accommodations are required for citizen participation at this meeting please call (816)228-0111  CITY OF BLUE SPRINGS, MISSOURI MINUTES OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL MEETING February 15, 2017 A meeting of the Blue Springs Economic Development Council, was held on Wednesday, February 15, 2017, in the Journagan Family Community Room, Howard L. Brown Public Safety Building, 1100 SW Smith, Blue Springs, Missouri, with Chief Steve Westermann presiding. COUNCILMEMBERS Ron Baker Dave Meyer - Absent PRESENT Erin Curry - Absent Cindy Miller Kim Deveney Deb Ohnoutka - Absent Bill Essmann Kirk Sampson – (Arrived 8:30 a.m.) Trevor Goodwin Lyle Shaver Yvonne Hall Steve Westermann Kathy Hunter Councilman Susan Culpepper Mike Lally - Absent Also present were Deputy City Administrator Adam Norris, Director of Community Development Scott Allen, Economic Development Manager – Mark Stombaugh, and Economic Development Coordinator Teresa Evans. CALL MEETING Chief Westermann called the Economic Development Council meeting to TO ORDER order at 8:02 a.m. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Councilmember Shaver moved to approve the minutes of the December 21, 2016 Economic Development Council meeting. Motion seconded by Councilmember Essmannand carried with the following votes: Councilmember Baker - Aye Councilmember Meyer – Absent Councilmember Curry– Absent Councilmember Miller - Aye Councilmember Deveney – Aye Councilmember Ohnoutaka - Absent Councilmember Essmann– Aye Councilmember Sampson – Absent Councilmember Goodwin - Aye Councilmember Shaver – Aye Councilmember Hall– Aye Councilmember Westermann – Aye Councilmember Hunter – Aye Councilmember Lally– Absent BLUE SPRINGS Adam Norris, Deputy City Administrator shared an update on the status of ECONOMIC the BSEDC. DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION UPDATE ACTIVITY AND PARTNER Updates on the following programs were provided: REPORTS Workforce Consortium – Teresa Evans, Economic Development Coordinator Mayor’s State of the City – Adam Norris, Deputy City Administrator February 15, 2017 Economic Development Council Page 2 UPCOMING EVENTS & Mark Stombaugh, Economic Development Manager shared an update REMINDERS including next meeting of the EDC on April 19 will include a half day visioning session to be facilitated by Sheila Shockey. PUBLIC OFFICIAL Bob McDonald – Interim City Attorney provided a brief Sunshine Law and LIABILTY TRAINING Ethics training session. VISITORS No visitors present. EXECUTIVE SESSION At 8:40 a.m. Councilmember Essmann moved the Council go into closed session pursuant to Section 610.021, subparagraph (1), (2) and (12), Revised Statutes of Missouri, for the purpose of having discussions regarding litigation, real estate, and contract negotiation, that any records or votes taken remain closed. Motion seconded by Councilmember Shaver and carried with the following votes: Councilmember Curry– Absent Councilmember Meyer – Absent Councilmember Deveney – Aye Councilmember Miller - Aye Councilmember Essmann– Aye Councilmember Ohnoutaka - Absent Councilmember Goodwin - Aye Councilmember Sampson – Aye Councilmember Hall– Aye Councilmember Shaver – Aye Councilmember Hunter – Aye Councilmember Westermann – Aye Councilmember Lally– Absent Councilmember Baker– Aye ADJOURNMENT Following the completion of the executive session, the Council stood adjourned at 9:15 a.m. ___________________________________ Chairman ATTEST: ______________________________ Teresa Evans, Economic Development Coordinator 2  Blue Springs, Missouri Economic Development Council VISIONING PURPOSE: Develop a 5‐year vision; 3‐year work plan for EDC. 8:10 a.m. Welcome & Introduction Mike Lally, Chair 8:15 a.m. Aligning EDC Mission with Community Vision & Goals Sheila Shockey 8:45 a.m. Strategic Investment Areas Action Planning All 9:45 a.m. Break 10:00 a.m. Action Planning (continued) 10:30 a.m. Economic Development Department Programming Priorities 11:00 a.m. Economic Development Policy Components 11:30 a.m. Action Plan Prioritization Noon Wrap Up, Evaluation & Adjourn Mark Stombaugh 1  Blue Springs, Missouri Community Vision Blue Springs is a thriving, prosperous community on the move with vibrant, connected places filled with innovative involved people of all ages. 2015 Strategic Plan Focus Area Goal Public Safety Maintain high level of public safety for citizens as safe neighborhoods are the cornerstone of a quality community. Infrastructure Plan and invest in infrastructure to support neighborhoods and business activity. Housing Facilitate the development of housing for all ages. Neighborhood Preserve and strengthen neighborhoods and neighborhood centers. Preservation Parks & Recreation Increase access to open space and recreational amenities to promote a healthy community. Revenue Stability Create a sustainable revenue structure with adequate, stable and diverse revenue sources. Development and Retain and grow existing businesses, attract new businesses that create Redevelopment jobs and that are of strategic benefit to the community, revitalize key transportation corridors and downtown. 2  STRATEGIC INVESTMENT AREAS DISCUSSION What is Blue Spring’s vision & action plan for each of these areas? Strategic Investment Areas are areas where public and private sector investments should be coordinated to create development opportunities that serve the broader community. They are areas where the city may currently own property, where significant infrastructure investments can improve development options, and / or where property conditions exist to warrant private redevelopment. Future Growth Areas are unincorporated or undeveloped areas that provide opportunity for long‐range growth of the city. These areas warrant careful attention to infrastructure investment, development patterns and transportation systems in order to best support all of the city‐wide frameworks. 1. ADAMS DAIRY PARKWAY There is a wide variety of retail tenants located at intersection of I‐70, Adams Dairy Parkway and Coronado Drive Corridor that represents one million square feet of space. Home Depot and Wal‐Mart Supercenter, Adams Dairy Landing and Coronado Place blend well together while serving Blue Springs and Eastern Jackson County residents and those further east of our community. Other tenants in this Corridor include: Panera, Olive Garden, Chick‐ Fil‐A, Target, Kohl’s, Michael’s, Ross Dress, Home Goods and many more tenants and convenience shops. The Adams Dairy Parkway (ADP) Corridor comprises a development overlay district of more than 1,750 acres, and includes a public/private Courtyard Marriott Hotel and Adams Pointe Conference Center located adjacent to the Adams Pointe Golf Course (a city owned 18 hole course). The area is also home to such large employers as Durvet, Kohl’s Distribution Center, Haldex Brake Products, Xceligent and the recent construction of St. Luke’s Medical Clinic at the corner of RD Mize and Adams Dairy Parkway. The ADP Corridor has over 350 acres zoned for office and flex space development, and several hundred acres zoned for light industrial use. In addition, land is available with service and office zoning that would include medical, office and service‐related businesses. 3 The Parkway offers a north‐south connection from the I‐70 Interchange at Adams Diary Parkway north to Duncan Road and south to Colbern Road. The Parkway allows for a short drive to the 1,600 acres of development planned to support 4,500 new residential homes and almost one million square feet of retail and office. 1.A. SITE BETWEEN ADAMS DAIRY PARKWAY & ADAMS POINTE GOLF COURSE Is the vision still … the site should be developed to accommodate office, flextech, or light‐ industrial space in compliance with the City’s Comprehensive Plan and Adams Dairy Overlay District? What are the interim steps for the Project Area located between Adams Dairy Parkway and the Adams Pointe Golf Course? The Project Area, located between Adams Dairy Parkway and the Adams Pointe Golf Course (an 18‐hole public course), has excellent access to I‐70. Adams Dairy Parkway is a major corridor in the City and the location is highly visible. This Project Area was originally part of a visionary development concept that included a satellite campus for the University of Missouri‐Columbia and a business and science park totaling 117 acres with a planning area of 500 acres. This project did not ultimately move forward. An RFP was issued to find a development partner which also didn’t move forward. Tenants in the adjoining development include:  121 room Courtyard Marriot and Adams Pointe Conference Center.  The tract immediately to the North of the Project Area was recently acquired by St. Luke’s Health System. Construction is underway on the first phase, which includes a two‐story, 36,000 square foot Specialty Clinic at the southeast corner of Adams Dairy Parkway and R D Mize Road with a completion target date of the mid‐2017.  Adams Dairy Landing is 65‐acre, 552,000 square foot power center development anchored by national retailers and includes specialty shops and restaurants. Adams Dairy Landing serves the rapidly growing trade area of Eastern Kansas City as well as rural areas further east. This is the closest major retail center for thousands of homes in Jackson County. Zoning: This project area is zoned as agricultural in an overlay district. The property would need to be rezoned based on the proposed land use. Utilities:  Electric Distribution: KCP&L 4  Natural Gas Distribution: Missouri Gas Energy  Water and Sewer: City of Blue Springs  Telecommunications: AT&T, Comcast 5  2. WOODS CHAPEL ROAD Since major road improvements began along Woods Chapel at the I‐70 Interchange, including the addition of the Diverging Diamond Interchange at I‐70, traffic flow has greatly increased and brought the development attention for projects like The Oaks at Woods Chapel which includes a new CVS and will accommodate a relocated Quick Trip. More retail space is available from NW Valley View Drive to the exit ramp onto westbound Interstate 70. Phase 2 of the Woods Chapel road improvements were completed in 2016 and extend south over the railroad crossing realigning the entrance to Lake Tapawingo with Mill Drive, and adding a roundabout at the intersection of Walnut Street and Woods Chapel Road. This area has seen significant infrastructure investments while new development has been slow to materialize. Recent investments in the corridor may hold promise for other redevelopment and improvements. 6 Corridor Reinvestment Areas are currently developed areas along significant transportation corridors, where specific site and building design must be balanced with transportation functions. Typically, these areas grew with a pattern of private investment on individual sites focused on capturing traffic from the corridors. These areas anticipate the need to target redevelopment and incremental infill development in a more strategic manner, and improve the function, investment value and aesthetics along corridors. 3. 40 HWY & 7 HWY This major intersection is home to a host of retailers who thrive on the area’s high traffic county (35,000 vehicles daily) and easy access including Hy‐Vee, a new Cosentino’s Price Chopper and completely redesigned White Oak Marketplace, Ace Westlake Hardware and Big Lots. In addition, the intersection of these two major roadways has drawn a host of restaurants and financial and service providers such as: 54th Street Bar & Grill, Culver’s, Metcalf Bank, and Bank of America. The City of Blue Springs continues to work on the successful redevelopment of White Oak Marketplace and with parties considering redevelopment in the areas of the Mall at Fall Creek and White Oak Plaza. Assisting with access and enhancement in this high visibility area will provide improved space for growing existing retail enterprises as well as the attraction of new retailers. 7  4. 7 HWY Blue Springs has three north‐south corridors connecting to Interstate 70. 7 Highway is the principal highway corridor supporting traffic through Blue Springs. It handles between 27,000 and 34,000 vehicles each day depending upon the intersection location located along 7 Highway. This highway corridor has also faced challenges over the past 15‐20 years as its retail properties have matured and in some cases relocated elsewhere in Blue Springs. To address these challenges, the City of Blue Springs has been committed to supporting appropriate property redevelopment, which has resulted in many new redevelopment projects such as Copperleaf Village, Village Gardens, Park Plaza, Starbucks, First National Bank of Missouri, and Subway, along with Discount Tire, Hardees and White Oak Marketplace along Highway 7 South of 40 Highway. Multiple projects have received incentive assistance through either Tax Increment Financing or Chapter 353 redevelopment assistance. The market brought the other projects forward based upon sound redevelopment fundamentals, high traffic counts, good visibility and ample parking 8  5. DOWNTOWN Since completing the City’s extensive design and development visioning process in 2007, downtown Blue Springs has continued to see a host of development tenants and redevelopment including the City’s $18 million Public Safety Building expansion, and the addition of Brewer’s Bar & Grill, Genevieve’s, Middle Ground Coffee, Pizza Shoppe, Simply Frosted, and the acquisition of the former post office. Newly available commercial space and interest in additional residential units in the area will greatly influence future growth. The form based code system of design and review have accelerated timelines to advance investment, development and redevelopment, which has included new housing in and around downtown, and new sidewalks and streetscape. The streamlined development process helps to save both time and money while make the development process very understandable without the need for public hearings in most cases except when exercising exceptions to the development guideline. For more information regarding the City of Blue Spring’s plans to revitalize its downtown, click here. 9  Economic Development Department Program Areas With a focus on economic growth and prosperity, the Economic Growth and Development Division works with the guidance of the Economic Development Council to retain, support, and collaborate with existing businesses while also recruiting new businesses that are inline with the city’s long‐term strategic plan. The Division provides a centralized resource to connect business owners with business information, technical assistance, and can help guide through the City's development process. 10  ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISCUSSION Do you want to develop a written economic development policy? What are the key components of an economic development policy that are helpful elsewhere? The following are some components recommended by GFOA. 1. Goals and Objectives. Goals and measurable objectives create a context and accountability for the use of economic development incentives. Common goals used in economic development include: target economic sectors, business retention and/or recruitment, geographic focus, job creation, blight mitigation, improving economically distressed neighborhoods, and environmental improvements. 2. Financial Incentive Tools and Limitations. An economic development policy should define the types of incentives and the extent to which the jurisdiction will use them. For example, governments may choose to grant an entitlement to any firm that meets minimum qualifications, or may choose to provide incentives based on an assessment of individual firms. Governments may also establish maximum funding for a particular program. 3. Evaluation Process. A clearly defined evaluation process should be outlined in an economic development policy for the purposes of consistency and transparency. Evaluation activities and factors typically include: a. How a proposal measures up to established economic development criteria b. A cost/benefit analysis c. An evaluation of tax base impact, both in terms of increases in taxable value and, where a TIF is proposed, the impact on all overlapping taxing jurisdictions. d. Analysis of the impact of a project on existing businesses e. A determination of whether the project would have proceeded if the incentive is not provided. A jurisdiction may also wish to include in its policy a list of required documentation for the economic development application and the officials who are a part of the review team. 4. Performance Standards. An economic development policy should require that specific performance standards be established for each project receiving incentives. Not only will these performance standards help a jurisdiction gauge the effectiveness of its overall economic development program, but may also be used to recover promised financial benefits, through clawbacks or linkage agreements, of recipients failing to fulfill their commitments. 5. Monitoring and Compliance. A process should be established for regular monitoring of the economic development incentives granted and the performance of each project receiving incentives. The policy should also provide for organizational placement and staffing of this activity. The monitoring process should examine performance standards relative to each economic development agreement and determine whether the goals for each project are achieved within the defined timeframe. Ongoing monitoring of these projects should become part of an overall economic development program. 11