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Home My WebLink About1-14-2022 Lansing Economic Development Corp 1 Board of Directors Meeting Friday, January 14, 2022 – 8:30 AM LEAP Office 1000 S. Washington Ave. Ste. 201 Lansing, MI 48910 MINUTES Members Present: Calvin Jones, Michael McKissic, Andrea Binoniemi, Shelley Davis-Boyd, Tom Donaldson, Blake Johnson, Brian McGrain, Dr. Alane Laws-Barker Members Absent: Kim Coleman, Shelley Davis-Boyd (excused) Staff Present: Karl Dorshimer, Kris Klein, Kambriana Gates, Mitchell Timmerman, Jennifer Abood-Morris Guests: Julie Durham, Christopher Stralkowski, Julian Darden, JP Buckingham Call to Order/Roll Call Chair Jones called the Lansing Economic Development Corporation meeting to order at 8:35AM. Klein took roll call attendance. New Member Welcome Chair Jones introduced new Board Member Alane Laws-Barker and welcomed them to the LEDC Board. Chair Jones also recognized Mitchell Timmerman, a new employee at LEAP in the role of Economic Development Specialist. Approval of LEDC Board Meeting Minutes – Friday, December 3, 2021 MOTION: Binoniemi moved to approve the LEDC meeting minutes from the Friday, December 3, 2021 Board of Directors meeting, as presented. Motion seconded by McGrain. YEAS: Unanimous. Motion carried. Update on Financials Abood-Morris gave a brief update on the draft LEDC financials through November 30, 2021. 2 224 S. Washington Square Project Business Loan Request (ACTION) Timmerman introduced the loan request for the project located at 224 S. Washington Sq. and asked Darden as member of the LEDC of Loan Committee to present the committee’s recommended of approval by the LEDC Board of Directors. No comments or further discussion was held on request. MOTION: Donaldson moved to approve the LEDC loan request for the 224 S. Washington Square Project as presented. Motion seconded by Binoniemi. YEAS: Jones, McKissic, Binoniemi, Davis-Boyd, Donaldson, McGrain, Laws-Barker. Motion carried. ABSTENTIONS: Johnson ERRD Update and Contract Amendment (ACTION) Klein offered a summary of the Economic Recovery Resource Developer (ERRD) position and focused. Klein introduced the ERRD contract Durham from Public Sector Consultants. Durham presented an update on the ERRD efforts and the request to amend the end date of the contract. MOTION: Binoniemi moved to approve the First Amendment to the ERRD Contract. Motion seconded by Johnson. YEAS: Unanimous. Motion carried. Stadium North – EGLE Grant Application (ACTION) Klein introduced Buckingham of Triterra, the environmental consultant on the Stadium North project. Buckingham shared the process of this project and what has been done thus far through the environmental assessment. Dorshimer noted that this is not within a Brownfield Plan and that a Plan is not requested but that this will be a project where LEDC is the applicant. McGrain shared that his team has worked with this. MOTION: Binoniemi moved to approve the EGLE Brownfield Grant Application. Motion seconded by Donaldson YEAS: Unanimous. Motion Carried. Approval of 2022 Board Meeting Schedule (ACTION) Chair Jones introduced the 2022 Board Meeting schedule. MOTION: McKissic moved to approve the 2022 LEDC Board of Directors Meeting schedule, as presented. Motioned seconded by Johnson. YEAS: Unanimous. Motion carried. 3 2022 Board of Directors Officer Elections (ACTION) Chair Jones introduced Klein to present the annual election process and the 2022 Officer slate and process. Klein read the nominees for 2022 Officers as provided by Nominating Committee Chair McKissic, noting a single nominee was received each for Chair, Vice-Chair, and Treasurer and no nominations were received for Secretary. Chair Jones opened the floor for any additional nominations. Donaldson offered their nomination for Secretary and no additional nominations for 2022 Officer roles were presented. The following nominees were presented as the 2022 LEDC Board of Directors Officer Slate:  Chair: Andrea Binoniemi  Vice-Chair: Shelley Davis Boyd  Treasurer: Blake Johnson  Secretary: Tom Donaldson Chair Jones declared that the Board forgo a ballot vote and called for a motion to approve the 2022 Officer Slate by acclamation. MOTION: McGrain moved to accept the 2022 LEDC Board of Directors Officer Slate as presented. Motion seconded by McKissic. YEAS: Unanimous. Motion Carried. Chair Jones announced the 2022 Officers were approved, as presented, by unanimous consent. Meeting adjourned: 9:33AM Meeting reconvened: 10:06AM Program Updates a. Façade Improvement Program i. Gates gave board members an update on the façade improvement program which opened January 03rd and will close March 1st. b. Lansing Equitable Economic Development (LEED) Programming i. Gates shared an overview of the LEED proposal for board members and the outcome of the Community ARPA discussion. Gates reminded everyone that once proposal is approved, LEAP will give an updated proposal to the board for their final approval. c. LEDC Site Committee i. Dorshimer stated that the committee met last month to focus on Logan Square. It was decided that there needs to be discussion with the owners. At this time, there has been a conversation with the owners who will 4 attend the next site committee and talk more in depth on Logan Square. Met last month and had great ideas on what we can see at logan square. Project Updates Dorshimer shared preliminary 2021 year-end project highlights with the Board and stated the complete 2021 LEDC Annual Report is being prepared. Open Forum for LEDC Board Members None. Other Business None. Public Comment No public comment provided. Chair Jones called the Lansing Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors meeting to adjourn at 10:20AM. Karl Dorshimer, Vice President of Economic Development Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP)