HomeMy WebLinkAboutLansing Gateway CIA Meeting Minutes 05.21.24
Lansing Gateway Corridor Improvement Authority Board of Directors Monthly Meeting
Tuesday, April 16th 3pm
Peckham Inc.
3510 Capital City Blvd, Lansing, MI 48906
Board Room
Members Present: Robert Benstein, Steven Bohnett, Jo Sperry
Bob Vanarkel Members Absent: Dianne Hartwell
Facilitator Present: Alex Watkins LEDC, Kahleea Washington LEDC
Guests Present: Red Barney
Public:
Recorded by: Alex Watkins
Call to Order/ Roll Call Robert Benstein calls meeting to order at 3:10 pm, The
meeting has enough member present for quorum.
Approval of Meeting Minutes - Action
MOTION: Vanarkel moved to approve the March meeting minutes with
amendments. Motion seconded by Bohnett.
YEAS: Unanimous. Motion carried.
Approval of the Final Draft of the Lansing Gateway CIA Development and
Financing Plan - Action
Washington went over the Development process that the Council board needs
to go thru.
Board members reviewed the plan and asked questions on timeline and
Reviewed the Capture
Motions to table until June jo second steve
Unamious vote.
Contacting the CADL for capture by pass
Approval of corridor signage.
Washington went over street signage, totaling $120/ sign. Welcome to Lansing signage.
Approving the payment.
Street topper signage: jo moved, Steve B seconded.
Barney gave a presentation on the flower/ and landscaping.
Questions about maintaining the area.
They can offer a maintenance plan.
Could do a sketch.
Discussed capture and boundaries.
Bohnett 4:14
MOTION: Hartwell moved to approve the March meeting minutes with
amendments. Motion seconded by Bohnett.
YEAS: Unanimous. Motion carried.
Projects Discussion
The board is going to review the development and finance plan for projects to
use to allocate the APRA funding.
Other Business
The Lansing gateway CIA discussed a facade assistance program to assist
businesses that applied for the facade grant on the Lansing gateway corridor.
Watkins is reviewing how many businesses from the CIA qualified for assistance,
but approval of the grant will not be known until the beginning of June.
Washington discussed the progress of the street signage for the gateway corridor
as well as the street sign toppers. The cost is going to be $120.00 per street sign
Topper and getting estimates and designs for “Welcome to Lansing sign”, which
will be strategically located at the corner of Waverly and Grand River. The board
looked at and discussed logo designs in artwork for welcome signage. Decided
to go with Washington's logo design.
Washington also discussed the cost for a beautification project at the corner of
Cesar Chavez and Grand River. The cost is around $5000 which can be used from
the ARPA funds. The board still needs to pinpoint a project for the corridor since
the placemaking project from CEDAM will not be on this corridor.
The board asked questions about the street sweeping schedule. Watkins is
looking into getting dates and times for when streets are clean.
Public Comment
N/A
Adjournment
MOTION to adjourn meeting at 4:07 by Bob Vanarkel.
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Robert Benstein
Chair, Lansing Gateway Corridor Improvement Authority