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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015 LBRA minutesLansing Brownfield Redevelopment Authority Board of Director's Meeting Minutes Friday, January 9 2015 8:00 a.m. LEAP Office 1000 S Washington Avenue, Suite #201, Lansing, MI 48910 Members Present: Members Absent: Temporary Members Present: Staff Present: Guests: Public Present: Recorded by: Call to Order Calvin Jones, Baldomero Garcia, Kevin O'Malley, Andrea Ragan, Blake Johnson, Pierre LaVOi, Kimberly Coleman Mayor Bernero, James Butler None r� Karl Dorshimer, Marchelle Smith o T None None r) r Tedi R. Parsons, LEAP Chair Jones welcomed everyone and called the meeting to order at 9:36 a.m. Approval of LBRA Meeting Minutes - Friday, December S, 2014 Motion: Coleman moved to approve the meeting minutes from the Friday, December S, 2014 LBRA Board of Director's meeting. Motion seconded by Johnson. Yeas: Unanimous. Motion carried. LBRA Financial Statements - Period Ending November 30, 2014 Dorshimer provided an overview of the LBRA Audited Financial Statements, period ending November 30, 2014. Motion: Coleman moved to accept the LBRA Financial Statements, period ending November 30, 2014 as presented and place on file. Motion seconded by Ragan. Yeas: Unanimous. Motion carried. Other Business None. Public Comment None. Adjournment Chair Jones declared the meeting ad' irned at 9:39 a.m. (. �V �/ 1 K rl Dorshimer, Director of Economic Development Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP) Lansing Brownfield Redevelopment Authority Board of Director's Meeting Minutes Friday, April 10, 2015 8:00 a.m. Reo Town Train Depot - Lansing Board of Water and Light (LBWL) 1203 S Washington Avenue, Lansing, MI 48910 Members Present: Members Absent: Temp Members Present: Staff Present: Guests: Public Present: Recorded by: Call to Order Calvin Jones, Baldomero Garcia, Mayor Bernero Pierre LaVoie, Kimberly Coleman James Butler, Kevin O'Malley, Andrea Ragan, Blake Johnson None Karl Dorshimer; Marchelle Smith Quin Stinchfield, LEAP None Tedi R. Parsons, LEAP �1 l Chair Jones welcomed everyone and called the meeting to order at 9:26 a.m. V% Approval of LBRA Meeting Minutes - Friday, January 9, 2015 CO Motion: Coleman moved to approve the meeting minutes from the Friday, January 9, 2015 LBRA Board of Director's meeting. Motion seconded by Garcia. Yeas: Unanimous. Motion carried. LBRA Financial Statements - Period Ending February 28, 2015 Smith provided an overview of the LBRA Audited Financial Statements, period ending February 28, 2015. Motion: Coleman moved to accept the LBRA Financial Statements, period ending November 30, 2014 as presented and place on file. Motion seconded by LaVoie. Yeas: Unanimous. Motion carried. 2015 - 2016 LBRA Proposed Budget Dorshimer provided a brief overview of the 2015-2016 LBRA proposed budget for the board's approval. He noted that revenues and admin fees are up and the LBRA budget is doing well overall. Motion: Garcia moved to accept the 2015-2016 LBRA proposed budget as presented. Motion seconded by Coleman. Yeas: Unanimous. Motion carried. 1 Other Business None. Public Comment None. Adjournment Chair Jones declared the meeting adjourned at 9:41 a.m. Karf Dorshimer, Director of Economic Development Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP) Lansing Brownfield Redevelopment Authority Board of Director's Meeting Minutes Friday, June 26, 2015 8:00 a.m. LEAP Office 1000 S Washington Avenue, Suite #201 Lansing, MI 48910 Members Present: Members Absent: Temp Members Present: LEAP Staff Present: Guests: Public Present: Recorded by: Call to Order Calvin Jones, Baldomero Garcia, Mayor Bernero Pierre LaVoie, James Butler, Blake Johnson, Andrea Ragan Kimberly Coleman, Kevin O'Malley None Karl Dorshimer, Marchelle Smith, Quin StinchfTld, Tony Willis S-1 None None t:` C_ KarlDorshimer, LEAP Chair Jones welcomed everyone and called the meeting to order at 9:26 a.m. r-,•; 1 Approval of LBRA Meeting Minutes - Friday, April 10, 2015 Motion: Johnson moved to approve the meeting minutes from the Friday, April 10, 2015 LBRA Board of Director's meeting. Motion seconded by Ragan. Yeas: Unanimous. Motion carried. LBRA Financial Statements - Period Ending April 30, 2015 Smith provided an overview of the LBRA Audited Financial Statements, period ending April 30, 2015. Motion: Ragan moved to accept the LBRA Financial Statements, period ending April 30, 2015 as presented and place on file. Motion seconded by Butler. Yeas: Unanimous. Motion carried. Brownfield Reimbursement Request Dorshimer provided a brief overview of the Brownfield Reimbursement Request from Niowave, Inc. After discussion no action was taken. Other Business None. 1 Public Comment None. Adjournment Chair Jones declared the meeting adjourned at 9:41 a.m. VV4 /- �/" �, Z " - K rl Dorshimer, Director of Economic Development Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP) Lansing Brownfield Redevelopment Authority Board of Director's Meeting Minutes Friday, August 7, 2015 8:00 a.m. LEAP Office 1000 S Washington Avenue, Suite #201 Lansing, MI 48910 Members Present: Members Absent: Temp Members Present: Staff Present: Guests: Public Present: Recorded by: Call to Order Calvin Jones, Blake Johnson, Pierre LaVoie, James Butler, Kimberly Coleman, Andrea Ragan Mayor Bernero, Kevin O'Malley, Baldomero Garcia None Karl Dorshimer, Marchelle Smith, Steve Willobee, Quin Stinchfield, LEAP None Quin Stinchfield, LEAP Chair Jones welcomed everyone and called the meeting to order at 8:56 a.m. G n] --, a • Approval of LBRA Meeting Minutes - Friday, July 17, 2015 Motion: Butler moved to approve the meeting minutes from the Friday, Wly X17, 2015 LBRA Board of Director's meeting. Motion seconded by Johnson. Yeas: Unanimous. Motion carried. LBRA Financial Statements - Period Ending June 30, 2015 Dorshimer provided an overview of the LBRA Audited Financial Statements, period ending June 30, 2015. He noted this budget is strong and continues to grow due to generating additional funds. Dorshimer reminded the LBRA Board that there is EPA $500,000 grant coming the fall, which will need a budget ammendment. Motion: Ragan moved to accept the LBRA Financial Statements, period ending June 30, 2014 as presented and place on file. Motion seconded by Coleman. Yeas: Unanimous. Motion carried. 2015 - 2016 LBRA Budget Resolution Amendment Dorshimer provided a brief overview of the proposed 2015-2016 LBRA Budget amendment for the board's approval. Motion: Ragan moved to accept the amended 2015-2016 LBRA Budget as presented. Motion seconded by Butler. Yeas: Unanimous. Motion carried. 1 C) Other Business None. Public Comment None. Adjournment Chair Jones declared the meeting adjourned at 8:58 a.m. K 1 Dorshimer, Director of Economic Development Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP) Lansing Brownfield Redevelopment Authority Board of Director's Meeting Minutes Friday, September 11, 2015 8:00 a.m. LEAP Office 1000 S Washington Avenue, Suite #201 Lansing, MI 48910 Members Present: Members Absent: Temp Members Present: Staff Present: Guests: Public Present: Recorded by: Call to Order Calvin Jones, Blake Johnson, Pierre LaVoie, James Butler, Andrea Ragan, Baldomero Garcia•,; Mayor Bernero, Kimberly Coleman, Kevin O'Malley. None Karl Dorshimer, Marchelle Smith, Steve Willobee, Gabriela Allum Dave VanHaaren, TriTerra ' None Tedi Parsons, LEAP Chair Jones welcomed everyone and called the meeting to order at 8:44 a.m. Approval of LBRA Meeting Minutes - Friday, August 7, 2015 Motion: Garcia moved to approve the meeting minutes from the Friday, August 7, 2015 LBRA Board of Director's meeting. Motion seconded by Butler. Yeas: Unanimous. Motion carried. LBRA Financial Statements - Period Ending July 31, 2015 Smith provided an overview of the LBRA Audited Financial Statements, period ending July 31, 2015. She advised there is no activity for the month of July, as this is the first month of the new fiscal year. Smith requested that going forward the LBRA financials be reported on a quarterly basis. The LBRA Board agreed this would be acceptable to do. Discussion ensued over the $500,000 EPA grant monies that will be available in October 2015, requiring an amendment to the LBRA Budget. Motion: Ragan moved to accept the LBRA Financial Statements, period ending August 31, 2015 as presented and place on file. Motion seconded by Johnson. Yeas: Unanimous. Motion carried. Brownfield Redevelopment Plan #62 - Oliver Towers Dorshimer provided an overview of the Oliver Towers Brownfield Redevelopment project and introduced Dave VanHaaren, TriTerra, who provided a presentation on the project: ® Applicant: George F. Eyde Family, LLC ® Provided history of this commercial and residential site located at 310 N Seymour Avenue, Lansing, MI o Projected to become a mixed-use development, which will include a complete restoration/ rehabilitation of the current 8 -story building © Expected to have office and retail on the first floor with 100 residential units o Total investment estimated at $8,000,000 o Provided overview of proposed incentives and eligible activities Motion: Butler moved to accept and approve Brownfield Redevelopment Plan #62 - Oliver Towers as presented. Motion seconded by LaVoie. Yeas: Unanimous. Motion carried. Other Business YMCA Proiect: Dorshimer provided an update on this project noting that this project is on hold, as Dan Essa, is working on locating funds for the redevelopment of the building. He noted that the LBRA is not providing any funding at this time. Public Comment None. Adjournment Chair Jones declared the meeting adjourned at 9:19 a.m. Karl Dorshimer, Director of Economic Development Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP) LANSING BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Certificate of Resolution by Board of Directors At a regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Lansing Brownfield Redevelopment Authority, Lansing, Michigan, held on the 6'" day of November, 2015, at 7:45 a.m., pursuant to notice duly given: Members Present: Members Absent: The following preamble and resolution was offered by; Member: _ , and supported by; Member: WHEREAS, the Lansing Brownfield Redevelopment Authority, as the Lead Coalition Member of the Lansing Regional Brownfields Coalition, has been awarded U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Brownfield Assessment Grant Funds in the amount of $400,000 for Hazardous Substance Assessment and $100,000 for Petroleum Assessment; and WHEREAS, the Lansing Regional Brownfields Coalition consists of the City of Lansing Brownfield Redevelopment Authority, the City of East Lansing, Clinton County, Eaton County and Ingham County, and the Lansing Brownfield Redevelopment Authority holds all administrative responsibilities outlined in an executed Memorandum of Agreement between coalition parties, pursuant to EPA requirements; and WHEREAS, the 2015/2016 budget will need to be amended to reflect this new revenue source in the amount of $400,000 for Hazardous Substance Assessment and $100,000 for Petroleum Assessment and appropriation in same amounts for expenditures. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE LANSING BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AS FOLLOWS: The Lansing Brownfield Redevelopment Authority Board of Directors approves amending the 2015/2016 budget to reflect the receipt and appropriation of expenditures in the amount of $400,000 for Hazardous Substance Assessment and $100,000 for Petroleum Assessment from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Brownfield Assessment Grant Funding. YEAS: NAYS: ABSTENTIONS: ABSENT: RESOLUTION DECLARED ADOPTED STATE OF MICHIGAN ) )SS. COUNTY OF INGHAM ) I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and complete copy of a resolution adopted at a regular meeting of the Lansing Brownfield Redevelopment Authority held on the 6th day of October, 2015, and said resolution is on file in the office of the Lansing Brownfield Redevelopment Authority and is available to the public. Public notice of the said meeting was given pursuant to and in compliance with Act No. 267, Public Acts of Michigan 1976, including in the case of a special or re -scheduled meeting, notice by publication or posting of at least eighteen (18) hours prior to the time set for the meeting. In addition, said meeting was held in full compliance with the Board's By -Laws. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed my official signature. James Butler, Secretary Date Lansing Brownfield Redevelopment Authority Board of Director's Meeting Minutes Friday, December 11, 2015 8:00 a.m. LEAP Office 1000 S Washington Avenue, Suite #201 Lansing, MI 48910 Members Present: Members Absent: Temp Members Present: Staff Present: Guest(s): Public Present: Recorded by: Call to Order Calvin Jones, Blake Johnson, Pierre LaVoie, Kimberly Coleman, Andrea Ragan, James Butler Baldomero Garcia, Mayor Bernero, Kevin O'Malley None Karl Dorshimer, Marchelle Smith, Tedi Parsons Stephan Blann, Rehmann Robson None Gabriela Allum, LEAP Chair Jones welcomed everyone and called the meeting to order at 8:16 a.m. Approval of LBRA Audited Financial Statements - Period Ending June 30, 2015 Smith introduces Stephan Blann, Rehmann Robson, who provided an overview of the LBRA Audited Financial Statements for period ending June 30, 2015. The following points were made during his presentation: • Provided overview of Independent Auditor's Report - Page 1-2 • Provided overview of LBRA Statement of Net Position - Page 8 • Provided overview of LBRA Balance Sheet, period ending June 30, 2015 - Page 10 • Provided overview of Statement of Revenue, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balance - Page 12 • Blann noted this was another clean audit with no deficiencies found Motion: Butler moved to accept and approve the LBRA Audited Financial Statements, period ending June 30, 2015, as presented. Motion seconded by Garcia. Yeas: Unanimous. Motion carried. Adjournment Chair Jones declared the meeting adjourned at 8:22 a.m. Chair Jones re -adjourned the Lansing Brownfield Redevelopment Authority Board of Director's Meeting at 9:07 a.m. 1 Approval of LBRA Meeting Minutes - Friday, November 6, 2015 Motion: Coleman .moved to approve the LBRA Meeting Minutes from the Friday, November 6, 2015 LBRA Board of Director's meeting. Motion seconded by Garcia. Yeas: Unanimous. Motion carried. Other Business None. Public Comment None. Adjournment Chair Jones declared the meeting adjourned at 9:08 a.m. Karl Dorshimer, Director of Economic Development Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP) 2