Mahoney City Center Committee

Mahoney City Center Committee Wednesday, April 29, 2026 at 6:00 PM City Council Chambers, City Hall, 25 Cottage Rd, South Portland, ME Page 1. ROLL CALL 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A. Approval of Minutes from the March 24, 2026 Meeting 3 The committee is being asked to review and approve the minutes from the 3/24/26 meeting. Passage requires majority vote. Minutes - MCCC - 032426 DRAFT.pdf 3. PUBLIC COMMENT 4. PUBLIC COMMENT I Public Comment Part I is limited to 30 minutes, unless extended by a majority vote of the committee. Each speaker has up to three minutes to comment, and speakers during this part of the agenda cannot comment again during Public Comment Part II. Comments must be germane to the committee's work. 5. UPDATES/PRESENTATIONS A. Update from Owner's Representative and/or Design Team The committee will be provided with an update on progress since its last meeting from the project Owners Representative and/or the Design Teams(s). B. Update from Communications Subcommittee The subcommittee will provide the M3C with an update on its progress since its last meeting, if any. C. Update from Funding Plan Subcommittee The subcommittee will provide the M3C with an update on its progress since its last meeting, if any. 6. ACTION ON OLD AND NEW BUSINESS A. Creation of a Public/Private Partnership Subcommittee Page 1 of 5  At a recent workshop, the City Council provided guidance for a Public/Private Partnership Subcommittee of the M3C be formed to further explore options related to a public/private partnership for the Mahoney property. They further requested committee chair Mike Hulsey chair this subcommittee. M3C is being asked to vote to create this subcommittee (as required by City Council's Policy on Boards and Committees), to include the scope and membership, which the committee will need to define on Wednesday evening. Council also supported the issuance of a Request for Information (RFI), so that any developer interested in speaking to the subcommittee about public/private partnerships could do so. Chair Hulsey and Asst. City Manager Joshua Reny will provide more details on the RFI. NOTE: The Funding Plan Subcommittee had an initial meeting on the topic of a public/private partnership earlier this month and will be reporting out its efforts during their report. 7. PUBLIC COMMENT II 8. ADJOURNMENT Page 2 of 5  City of South Portland Mahoney City Center Committee MEETING MINUTES March 24, 2026 Meeting called to order at 6:02 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall. ROLL CALL Committee Chair Mike Hulsey, took roll call. Voting Members Present: Sharon Ames (Dist. 3), Tracy Bissonnette (Youth Sports Rep), Maryann Brown (Dist. 1), Brian Clark (Dist. 2), Mike Hulsey (At-Large), Casey Oaks (Arts/Theater Rep), Kris Rosner (At-Large), Michelle Sullivan (Dist. 5), Jessica Walker (Councilor), Kevin Davis (Library Director), Shara Dee (Communications Officer), Don Hopkins (Facilities Director), Scott Morelli (City Manager), Ellen Sanborn (Finance Director), Josh Reny (Asst. City Manager) and Julie Rosenbach (Sustainability Director) Non-Voting Members Present: Dan Ahern (Police Chief), Craig Piper (Design Team – SMRT), Adam Troidl (Owners Rep), Adam Yothers (Design Team – SMRT) Voting Members Not Present: Erin Callison (Dist. 4), Richard Matthews (Councilor), Non-Voting Members Not Present: Anthony DiLuzio (Owners Rep), Phil Selberg (Fire Chief), APPROVAL OF MINUTES Approval of Minutes from February 24, 2026 Meeting. Motion to approve by Sharon Ames, Seconded by Brian Clark For - The majority of the committee voted to approve the minutes. Against - none Abstain – 2 A recording of this meeting and past meetings can be found here. PUBLIC COMMENT I Rachel Gallow, Virginia Ave. Consider returning Mahoney to be a community school. Elise Tipton, Hall St. Former school board member when decision was made to move away from Mahoney. Shared the information distributed during the time when the board returned the school to the city. Generally, the classrooms and accessibility were no longer aligned with standards so that to improve those conditions a renovation would be required. The cost to renovate was influenced by the costs to Page 3 of 5 remove materials that posed environmental concerns and were extremely expensive for the school board to undertake. Mahoney did not meet the state’s educational standards. UPDATES / PRESENTATIONS A. Update from Owners Representative and/or Design Team(s). Adam Troidl from Colliers Project Leaders briefly reviewed the current status of the project contracts for site assessments and investigation. Limited activity this month due to city council considerations. B. Update from Communications Subcommittee Shara Dee provided the M3C with an update on its progress since its last meeting. • This month – has been providing updates for social media channels, and press herald covering information • We are now one year into our meetings, a critical milestone. C. Update from Funding Plan Subcommittee Ellen Sanborn shared that the subcommittee did not meet since the last committee meeting. There was no meeting, however the full committee discussed exploration of a Public - Private Partnership (P3). • M Halsey seek format to form a subcommittee and how to bring in a few councilors – Carter and West (as public members) • C Piper – recommended a presentation to educate the committee about P3 ACTION ON OLD AND NEW BUSINESS A. Discussion Regarding Council’s Direction from March 19, 2026 Workshop: Scott Morelli clarified at its March 19, 2026 workshop, the City Council received a presentation from the design team and considered the recommendation from M3C. The City Council has recently directed staff to pursue a November 2026 bond question that would construct a new Police Station at the former Walgreens site (279 Main St), and to rebuild Central Fire Station on the existing site. Council has also directed the City's design team and M3C to look at a scaled down Mahoney project to just include City Hall and a renovated gym and theater. It would not include the Library and the third floor would remain vacant. On Thursday, March 19, 2026, the City Council will meet to further discuss Mahoney and the Library. In specific, they will discuss whether the Library should be added back to the Mahoney project, renovated on site, or built new at a location TBD. The Council will also discuss whether options other than Mahoney should be considered for City Hall, and whether the design team should explore a public/private partnership for the Mahoney project. City Facility Planning (Mahoney Project) The Council held a workshop to reconsider the future of the Mahoney City Center. Page 4 of 5  • Timeline Shift: There was a consensus to delay the bond referendum from November 2026 to 2027 to allow for more deliberate planning and better financing strategies. A public safety bond for a new police and central fire station will still proceed this November. • Project Scope: The Council expressed a desire to keep the library as part of the Mahoney project, reversing a previous decision to exclude it. • Financing Options: Interest was shown in exploring public-private partnerships and creative financing to reduce the burden on taxpayers. Craig Piper, SMRT, represent the design team, shared a draft that outlines the response to the Council’s workshop. The council is still defining the order for M3C. The committee discussed the challenges of balancing the costs and program, more input from the council about a possible funding solution is needed before further investigation of rebalancing is in order. PUBLIC COMMENT II No public comment Scott Morelli reminded the April committee meeting will occur on Wednesday, April 29. ADJOURNMENT Motion Don Hopkins, Seconded by Casey Oaks For - The majority of the committee voted to approve. Against - none Meeting adjourned at 7:37 p.m. Page 5 of 5