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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1-21-2022 Michigan Avenue Improvement Authority 1_t1- Andy Schor,Mayor Michigan Avenue Corridor Improvement Authority Board of Director's Meeting Friday, January 21, 2022 -8:30 AM Armory Building 330 Marshall Street 3rd Floor Board Room Lansing, MI 48912 Members Present: Jonathan Lum, Yvette Collins, Scott Gillespie, Joan Nelson, Joe Ruth, Elaine Barr Mayoral Designee: Members Absent: Laurie Baumer (excused), Dr. Andrea McSwain (excused) Facilitator Present: Kambriana Gates (LEAP) Public Present: Charlie Krupka (Community Foundation), John Monberg (MSU), Christopher Stralkowski (Ferguson Development) Public Present: None Recorded by: Kambriana Gates Call to Order/ Roll call / Overview Lum welcomed everyone and called the MACIA Board of Directors meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. Gates confirmed a quorum as present. Approval of the November and December Minutes (Action) MOTION: Ruth moved to delay the approval of the approve the November and December MACIA Meeting Minutes to allow for previous minute notes to be updated and to allow for a vote at the February MACIA meeting. The November minutes will reflect the location of the changes on the corridor. The December minutes will be updated to incorporate meeting notes 1 shared previously by Collins that weren't reflected in the updates. Motion seconded by Nelson. YEAS: Unanimous. Motion carried. Approval of the 2022 Meeting Schedule (Action) MOTION: Gillespie moved the approval of the draft 2022 Meeting Schedule. Collins seconded. Attached separately. YEAS: Unanimous. Motion carried. Approval of the 2022 Board Slate Chair: Jonathan Lum Vice Chair: Joan Nelson Secretary: Yvette Collins Treasurer: Elaine Barr YEAS: Unanimous. Motion carried. Red Cedar Development Update Christopher Stralkowski of Ferguson Development provided an overview of the various projects occurring with the Red Cedar property on Michigan Avenue. The work is being started for two hotels on the property. One hotel will be full service and the other will be a select service property. They have been working on the last piece of the jobs that are Michigan Avenue facing and area ahead of schedule with between 75 - 80% leased. The projection is that the senior housing component will be completed by the end of the second quarter. They have some ideas of making the property connect across Michigan Avenue to make use of what Frandor has to offer. There is some consideration to adding a pickle-ball court. Updates from Charlie Krupka Krupka shared there is much activity occurring with the fagade improvement. He is facilitating a meeting on Wednesday, January 26t" with the architect and building owners/tenants. The meeting is at 8:30 a.m.and Krupka invited any board members who are interested, to join. Krupka anticipates about 10 building owners/tenants to be in attendance. Jen from the Green Door is unable to attend and is the only one who had a conflict with the time. But, Ken wants to pick the brains of the building owners/tenants to to get a sense of what they envision. Once he has that, Ken will follow up with his renderings. The idea is to get something that allows the properties to be unique, but to also unify the block. The LEAP fagade grant closes on March 15t, so the earlier the application is put in the better. The pre-app is due on or before March 1st. Krupka confirmed that he will work on the application on behalf of the MACIA. Other Business None. 2 Public Comment John Monberg, from MSU, shared details about a place making studio class he is #eaching. He has three teams of three students that he wants to offer to work with the MACIA. The students will use a design thinking approach and they want to be engaged in projects that have short term goals the students may be able to help support. He is interested in having MACIA board members address a his students to provide an overview of the goals of the MACIA and how they might intersect with what the students can help the MACIA accomplish. Monberg has his first meeting with the students on this topic on February 3rd. He would like MACIA board members to give some ideas on what they might share with him and his students, over the next week or so. There was lots of discussion about possible ideas. Gillespie has some concrete ideas in mind and all attending board members had some active discussion surrounding a variety of ideas. Adjournment Chair Lum called the Michigan Avenue Board of Directors meeting to adjourn at 9:52 AM. Jonathan Lum, Chair Michigan Avenue Corridor Improvement Authority 3