Economic Development Council

BLUE SPRINGS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL MEETING June 19, 2019 – 8:00 A.M. Training Room - 210 City Hall 903 W Main Blue Springs, Missouri 1. Call Meeting to Order 2. Introductions a. Drew Grossman, CEO - St. Mary's Medical Center 3. Approval of Minutes a. April 17, 2019 Minutes 4. Project and Development Update 5. Other Business a. CHAT Study Discussion b. Medical Marijuana Update 6. Visitors 7. Adjourn NEXT MEETING: Wednesday, August 21 – 8:00 A.M., Training Room – 210, City Hall If special accommodations are required for citizen participation at this meeting please call (816)228-0111 Agenda posted at: City Hall – 903 W. Main City’s website http://www.bluespringsgov.com/AgendaCenter June 14, 2019 Teresa Evans, Coordinator Economic Development A quorum of the City Council may be in attendance; however, no City Council votes will be taken. 1  CITY OF BLUE SPRINGS, MISSOURI MINUTES OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL MEETING April 17, 2019 A meeting of the Blue Springs Economic Development Council was held on Wednesday, April 17, 2019, City Hall, 903 W. Main, Room 210, Blue Springs, Missouri, with Tom Cole, Community & Economic Development Director presiding. COUNCIL Justin Beal Cindy Miller MEMBERS Kim Deveney Becky Nace PRESENT Jeff Grote Tom Rohr - absent Kathy Hunter Kirk Sampson - absent James McCullough Lara Vermillion Dave Meyer - absent Joey Zarrillo Brett Miller - absent Councilmember Susan Culpepper Also present were Community & Economic Development Director – Tom Cole and Economic Development Coordinator - Teresa Evans. CALL MEETING Community & Economic Development Director Tom Cole called the Economic TO ORDER Development Council meeting to order at 8:04 a.m. APPROVAL OF Councilmember Grote moved to approve the minutes of March 7, 2019. MINUTES Economic Development Council meeting. Motion seconded by Councilmember Hunter and carried with the following votes: Councilmember Beal - Aye Councilmember Cindy Miller – Aye Councilmember Deveney – Aye Councilmember Nace - Aye Councilmember Grote - Aye Councilmember Rohr – Absent Councilmember Hunter - Aye Councilmember Vermillion – Aye Councilmember McCullough - Aye Councilmember Zarrillo - Aye Councilmember Meyer – Absent Councilmember Sampson – Absent Councilmember Brent Miller - Aye PROJECT AND Tom Cole, Director of Community & Economic Development and Teresa DEVELOPMENT Evans, Economic Development Coordinator provided an update on project UPDATE and activity updates. Councilmembers posed some clarifying questions related to the projects which were addressed by city staff present. 2 April 17, 2019 Economic Development Council Page 2 OTHER BUSINESS Mr. Cole shared insights on housing affordability ad availability in correlation to findings from the CHAT study. VISITORS No visitors present. ADJOURNMENT At 8:46 a.m. there was no further business to come before the Economic Development Council; Councilmember Grote moved the meeting be adjourned. Motion seconded by Councilmember Deveney and carried unanimously. ___________________________________ Becky Nace, Chairman ATTEST: ______________________________ Teresa Evans, Economic Development Coordinator 3  Project Activity April – May 2019 Blue Springs Economic Development Council 4  Roadmap for Project and Activity Updates  Leads/Opportunities  Marketing and Outreach  Project Updates  Development/Redevelopment  Technical Assistance  2019 Calendar 5 Attraction Project Pipeline Leads/Opportunities  Project Apple  Shared Services and Contact Center Operation – Hospitality Industry; 1,000 jobs; $16 per hour  At this time, no additional info and no community info requested  Project Baseball  Existing 50,000 sf Class A building with parking for 200+ employees  Shared Services Center for Financial Sector Industry  Project Emerald  Existing 85,000 sf building or 10+ acre site  Meat processing industry 6 Attraction Project Pipeline Leads/Opportunities  Project Iron Horse  Existing 300,000 sf building OR 25+ acre site, rail served  Plastics Manufacturing  Project Triangle  Shared Services Operation; 150 jobs  At this time, no additional info and no community info requested  Project Zodiac Bear  Existing building - 60,000 sf with room to expand to 100,000 sf; OR 20+ acre site (100+ jobs by year five; $38,000 average salary  Food Mfg and Distribution Industry 7 Attraction Project Pipeline  Project Accelerate 2 – May 2019 (NEW)  Phase 1 – Existing Buildings (Lease or Purchase)  Contact Center  100 – 150 jobs  Refurbishment Facility  55,000 sf – office, lab and warehouse space  50 jobs – technicians, assembly workers & equip operators  Phase 2 (Potential) – Site  130,000+ sf production floor with room for expansion  Interstate Highway Access  250 jobs 8 Attraction Project Pipeline  Project Roots – May 2019 (NEW)  Financial Services Industry  30,000 sf Class A Office Space – Existing Building  200+ jobs; Average Salary $65,000  Project Big Swing – March 2019  Customer service center operation  30,000 – 50,000 sf existing building 9 Marketing & Outreach Events May – July 2019  May 19 – 22 International Conference of Shopping Centers Conference - Las Vegas, Nevada  June 5 – 7 Business Retention and Expansion International Conference - Ridgeland, Mississippi 10 Project Updates  KC Bobcat  Windshift Brewery  Blue Springs Marine  Discover Vision (at former QT site)  Tidal Wave  Blue River Dental 11  DEVELOPMENT & REDEVELOPMENT Activity Summary Rooftops - New Permits • April = 10 (10 single family) • May = 12 (12 single family) Total Building Activity 2019 Year to Date = 73 Permits/95 Units 2019 Year to Date • 493,249 Square Feet Commercial - New Permits • $39,295,203 Construction Cost • April = 2 • May= 1 • 2019 Year End = 25 12  Technical Assistance and Visitation April – May 2019 Real Estate Inquiries 2 Business Assists Workforce Attraction/HR 3 Networking - Informational Demographic Info Requests 1 Business Start Up 3 Existing Business Support/Response 1 13  2019 Dates & Highlights  August 21 Economic Dev. Council Meeting  October 16 Economic Dev. Council Meeting 14 QUESTIONS? 15