So welcome to the Redevelopment Commission meeting for the City of Bloomington for April 7th, 2025. We'll begin the meeting with a roll call please. Laura McGrady present. Seuss Campbell-Lurie here. Randy Cassidy present. John West here. Deborah Meyerson here. May we have a list of staff present please. Ann Achillean-Thompson, Housing and Neighborhood Development. Christina Thunley, Hand Department. Kamie Casbo, the Hand Department. Jane Cushman, Economic and Sustainable Development. Anna Draganridge, Capital Projects Manager. Hollywood, Economic and Sustainable Development. Thank you. I'm just going to ask if we can close those doors, it gets too noisy while we're doing our meeting. Due to open door law, we have one door. Okay, I guess only one instead of two, is that okay? It just helps with hearing what's going on, at least from my aging ears. Thank you very much. The Council doesn't have theirs. Okay, proceeding. We have next on the agenda, the minutes from March 17th, 2025. Do we have any questions or comments from commissioners on these minutes, if not, entertain a motion? Move for approval. I'll second. We've got a first and a second, all in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed, passes unanimously. Next on our agenda is the pit claim register for March 28th, 2025. Any comments or questions from commissioners, if not, I will entertain a motion. I've got a question, it's not about a specific payable really, but it's on page 505. We are paying, let's see, it's number 18844. I'm not questioning the amount, but in the description it talks about the tech center. Is that the trades district? Sorry, what page of the packet is it on? Page 505 of the claims. It's page 11 of the packet. Page 10, I think. Oh, I apologize, page 7 of the packet. It says mechanical work, tech center. I just want, what's the tech center? It's the forge. Alright. I'm okay with the number, I just didn't know what, I didn't know the forge. Did we buy something new? Yeah, is there a tech center I didn't know about? Thank you. That's good because it means the name, the forge, has stuck because it used to be called the tech center for two years. Oh, oh really? Yeah. That's great. We have that clarification, thank you. If there are no other questions or comments from commissioners, I'll entertain a motion. I'd like to move approval of the claims register for March 28th. Second. Got a first and a second, all in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Passes unanimously. Our next item on the agenda is the payroll register for March 21st, 2025. If you have any questions or comments on this item from commissioners, if not, I will entertain a motion. I'll make a motion to approve this for that. Second. We've got a first and a second, all in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Motion passes unanimously. Thank you all. Next on our agenda is reports of officers and committees. Do we have a director's report? We do. I would like to just touch on two things that are developing situations that are absent from the packet at the moment. So you may have heard about the destruction or the vandalism that happened at the mill and the forge. Emergency measures are being taken right now to stabilize the damage. I assume we'll have some additional resolutions coming before you sometime in the near future. I also want to note that we've discovered a structural issue with the mill's south wall. Areas of the brick wall adjacent to the vent space are as much as four and a half inches out of plumb. With no evidence of remaining bond in the mortar joint between the brick units. So it is not stable. Emergency and temporary measures are being taken. But despite these measures, no person can be within 20 feet of the wall on all sides. That may change with the shoring that's being installed at this moment. It may reduce the amount of space that persons can be within the actual wall. But this is a developing situation. I assume that it's going to be a significant one as well. So as numbers are available, we will be coming back to you. Thank you. Do we have a legal report? No. Okay. A treasurer's report? No significant changes in our project status, so no report today. Thank you. Do we have a business development update? I'll let Holly Warren give that today. Do you want to update us on that? Oh, sure. Hi. I'm Holly Warren. I'm the assistant director. I am in the Department of Economic and Sustainable Development with Jane and Anne. And I'm happy to report that after six years, the trades district one person for the art sculpture is installed. You can see it very prominently if you are driving down 10th Street, really from either direction. It is 13 beautiful beams painted in 24 colors that light up at night. We are very excited about this. We're going to launch the celebration for it this Thursday from 6 to 9 p.m. We'll be on site first where the mayor and the artist who is visiting from Germany for the install will be making some remarks. And then we'll have a party with the community and the party will kind of be between the sculpture site itself and the patio of the porch, depending on the weather. So yeah, hope to see you all there. And thank you so much for all of your support. This is a 1% for the arts project, which means that there's a 1% for the arts ordinance within the city of Bloomington that says anytime the city undertakes a public capital project, 1% of that public budget will go to the arts and OT 987 this installation, the trades district was the 1% for the arts project for the trades district. So very happy to finally see it. What time is it? It's from 6 to 9pm. Remarks will be at 615 and the party will go until about 9pm. One other quick business item. I did want to let you know we moved the tenants in the trades district commercial space in on April 1 so they're up and running. That's really exciting and we have some interest in the fourth street garage commercial as well so. Excellent. It's an activity. Last on this part of the agenda a hopeful update is that. May or okay. The Jackson and Rogers Street construction project that's going out to bid at the end of the month. Hope well east bits of course are being open. That's the first new business item you have. Our plan is to have our consultant use three evaluate those bits, and then come back to proposals and recommended next steps. Also the core building is coming along. They're planning on being moved in by August and then we'll be moving to the inside for construction. And then of course I've mentioned this before. Point of clarification, we're getting ready to receive the hopefully spits in this meeting today. Yes, thank you. That is the conclusion of the report that is the next thing on our agenda. So we have a bid opening for hope well east, who will be. Yeah, my great pleasure to receive these formally so what I'm going to do is open the emails that were sent and acknowledge timely filing by mentioning the name of the respondent and the time that it was submitted. So, the first respondent is Rubicon investment group LLC. They've submitted a response to blocks one two and three and they timely filed at 1159am on February 7. That's timely I thought it was by noon. I think that's timely. 1159am Yeah, okay. The second respondent. Real America. Real America LLC submitted a response on block to have hope well east, they timely filed at February 7 1131am. The third respondent is the annex group. Let me just double check, they responded to blocks one and three, and they timely filed on Thursday, February 6 at 603pm. The fourth respondent is holiday properties. They responded to blocks one two and three, and they timely filed at 1205am on February 7. I'm sorry, which one, one, two and three. Sorry, I'm just want to make sure I mean it's an opening is in the right order. And then the final respondent was Flaherty and Collins. I apologize that's the wrong hang on a second here with me. Okay, Flaherty and Collins filed a response for blocks one two and three. And they filed timely on February 7 at 1002am. And that's it. Can you repeat just the blocks that each of those groups submitted for takes me just a minute so Flaherty and Collins was one two and three. Sorry, my computer is being weird. Okay. And then Rubicon was one two and three. Real America was block two. Annex group was one and three. Holiday properties was one two and three. I think I said, I said Flaherty and Collins already right. Yes. Okay. I think that's it. Thank you for the procedure at this point would be to have staff to have those different bits evaluated very complex so it's not like, hey, here's a number, like we can do if it was for, you know, paying for a piece of pipe. But, so it's a complex process there's a rubric that they have that they will use to evaluate these. And then. So, what you would do is you have received the bits, so that's the part that is the legal process for tonight. So, what you could do is, again, take it have staff take it back and come back to you at a later time with a thorough explanation of the bids and what they cover and how they are rated. And all you had to do tonight was receive the bits. There's no further action that you need to take, other than allowing staff to proceed with evaluating those bits. So you take it under consideration. I'm sorry. Does that evaluation include using your three. Yes it does. There's no other business to a motion. Well, yes, I guess you can do it just to make it easy on the record that you are that you are authorizing staff to proceed with that evaluation. And you're going to take that under advisement, and it'll be at a later date that you'll consider these bits. Okay, so, as presented may I have a motion for to approve staff evaluating the bits, and getting back to the RDC. After that evaluation. We have a person a second all in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed motion passes unanimously. Thank you. Just quickly before we get too far into our agenda. I want to let you know that item D is to be removed. It's 20 resolution 20 or 2551 41 41 good work. Okay, thank you. Okay, well thank you for the bid opening we'll move on to the resolutions part of our agenda. First on our agenda is resolution 25 dash 39 approval of Community Development Block funding agreement to install bicycle stores this is also the beginning of the, oh sorry that's the next one, public hearing is 40. So, so who's going to speak to 25 dash 39. I will match 20 with hand. This is a agreement with some ill community development corporation, and BHA put in by pods and sidewalks, and any other things associated with those like going in. This was a 23 agreement but the environmental review took quite a while to get done. We have all that squared away now so we can now approve the big. Okay, thank you. Any questions or comments from commissioners on resolution 25 dash 39, how many by pods are putting in. That is a good question I believe it was five or six. More than that I thought five or six different locations. Yeah. And these will be maintained by the Blooming Housing Authority once it's yes accomplished. And then this is a pass through grant that we forward the money to and then reimbursement current occur as part of our local code code, the Redevelopment Commission is the authorizing body for our CDBG and home grants and also you guys kind of have oversight to the hand department, which is why I'm the ED. And the only reason I asked that is we will approve the money it will come out of the either the tip or out of the CBDG funds, and then it will be reimbursed after. It never comes out of the tip. No, no, I apologize. No, I wasn't going I was it comes out of CBDG money. But it comes out of that and then it'll be reimbursed. They all CDBG and home funding is reimbursement basis. Okay. And then, as I read through your complete agreement Matt. Yes, that is a heavy lift for you to do all the paperwork on I appreciate you checking everything because I had no idea until I started looking through the Davis bacon, the environmental and all the rest of the requirements that go. I get a lot of help on the environmental from Anna and some other staff, but yeah the rest of it is handled. So, I appreciate that very much. Yes, you know it's $87,000 for bikes, you want to make sure that they're taken care of. Appreciate it. Can I ask a really dumb question if we don't know how many sites, or what a bike cost where did the $87,000 come from. We, I have a breakdown of all that is not included in the agreement and it's not something we have to be concerned with. Okay. But that that was developed out of knowing exactly what those. Yeah, all of that. Yeah. So that's all been reviewed. All right. And you agree with all of it. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, there's a lot of work that goes into, into this. There aren't any other questions or comments from commissioners. Is there any comment from the public on resolution 25-39. Not seeing any I will entertain a motion. Approval resolution 25-39 community development block grant funding to install bicycle storage pods. Second. We've got a first and a second. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Motion passes unanimously. We are now moving to resolution 25-40, which is the allocation of community development block grant funds for the program year 2025. This is also the beginning of the public hearing on the CDBG funds. Who would like to present on that? Is that Mr. Swinney? Yeah. So this is our annual allocation recommendations from the CAC that we do every year. So this year it's totaling our estimate is totaling $795,743, which breaks out into 65% for physical improvements of $517,232.95. Social services of $119,361.45, and then 20% would be administrative, which is $159,148.60. We have listed in the packet all the various organizations that receive money both for physical improvements and social services. Happy to answer any questions. Thank you. Any questions or comments from commissioners on these recommendations for CDBA funds? Not hearing any any comment from the public, either online or in person. Not seeing any I will entertain a motion. I'll move approval resolution 25-40. We've got a first and a second. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Motion passes unanimously and that is the close of the public hearing for this part of the meeting. Next on our agenda we are resolution 25-41 has been removed from the agenda so we're going right to resolution 25-42 which is the revocable right of entry for access to the 4th Street garage for the city of Bloomington's economic and sustainable development department. I would like to speak to this. Ms. Warren. Once again, Holly Warren, Assistant Director for the Arts, Department of Economic and Sustainable Development. So I'm here to request the extension of our use of the 4th Street garage vacant storefront to be used for artist studios and arts events. So we have continued to experience in the arts community here just a paucity of spaces where artists can make an exhibit their work and activating this space for artists to be able to come in and use would just really start to meet that need for us. We have done events successfully in this space in the past. We hosted part of the 2023 Blackie Brown Festival there to much success. We also hosted an exhibition of local and regional artists work there with a group up in Indianapolis called One Drop in 2022. That was just again an excellent showcase of work of both our local artists but also gave our artists the opportunity to network with other folks in this region. So it was very cool and it just felt good to have that otherwise empty storefront activated downtown. And we have since then just allowed artists to use it as studio space and we would just like artists to be able to continue to do that. We've also had multiple requests from folks throughout the city, including professors at Indiana University and folks who organize large scale events like the Grand Faloon Festival to be able to use that space for some of those events. And again we just think this would be a great activation of a space downtown to get more people experiencing the arts and everything that comes along with that. And so again we would just like to continue the trend of being able to use this space until a viable tenant for this space comes up and I believe the resolution as it's written now would take us through the end of 2026 again with the understanding that if a serious tenant came into the space our artist would vacate so that could happen. And I'm happy to answer any questions you have. Yeah, the revocation on just to cover, just look as Jane indicated there's been some interest in us and fully support the art in all manners possible in our community. Would the artist 30 days, 60 days just in order to not. Sure, sure. Yeah, we can. I would say 30 days is fine with the artists like generally when we do this this is not the first space we've done this with artists we kind of have a rotating series of spaces where we allow them in and part of the understanding when we negotiate this is that, you know, if another serious tenant comes in, they're going to be expected to vacate pretty quickly. And again, so we generally say 30 days and they're pretty flexible with that I think again artists are just grateful to have any space right now. In the agreement was that the owner may revoke this agreement in the event another need arises and owner will endeavor to give the city and artists as much notice as is practical under the given circumstances at the time. Great, great paragraph and that's what I was reading in in in as far as why I was asking the question for the timeframe, so that if an artist is from Germany. Right, and we have a. He has a art display there that we give him give him or her or them the adequate time to vacate that without impacting the art installation. Maybe to commercialize these signs of these for that space. There's going to be lead time right before they're ready to move in anyway which is probably going to be at least 30 days if not longer. So it's good, I would think to keep it flexible. I do the artist carry any kind of insurance. Yes. Yes, so we asked them all to carry their own liability insurance just so we are basically exonerated if there is any damage that occurs if there's anything done to their personal property, so we would not be viable and in the past when we've done this we've worked with legal to make sure that they're carrying the correct insurance. And how do they gain access to they are they, they applied to get a key. Yes, correct. Yes. All right, so you can control the number as well. Oh yes, exactly. Yeah, it's it's it's understood it's not a free for all and, and we are also we're quite selective and who we allow to use the space we there's an expectation that if they're given the space that they are there to work and really be head down in their studios and we evaluate artists to make sure that they are demonstrating with their artists CV that they're going to be able to use the space. And we believe that they're going to take this very seriously not take advantage of it. Thank you. This may be for Jane. What are our current efforts to get that least to a permanent tenant. I think in earnest on my agenda with the legal department to sketch out some baseline terms so we have a live one, they're committed long term, and when if there's a time when the. This new tenant is interested in taking over that space too. And so it's a great opportunity I just hesitate to talk. Well, I'm not asking for a name. That speaks to one individual or company that you've come across, but is the is that space being marketed are we making any efforts to get it. No, it's not. I'll say it's just not being actively marketed right now beyond this. I mean, I'm when I'm talking to commercial agents I mentioned it. But FC Tucker is not representing it. We've had a discussion or we were having a discussion on a staff level about whether we should retain a new commercial agent, and then this potential tenant became available and we haven't felt like it's necessary. Seems like it will go through, but I think for some reason this doesn't go through then we would need to talk about that. But at the end of the day we really need to get a permanent tenant there. I'm happy to help the arts but it's not sustainable. Yeah. I'll make a motion for your promotion. Well we just had an invitation for public comment. If there's any public comment either online or in person. I want to hear the motion please. I'll make the motion to approve 2542 S percent. Second. First and a second. All in favor say aye. Aye. None opposed. Motion passes unanimously. When will the artist be? We've got one ready to go. And a few others right behind them. Thanks everyone. I appreciate it. Thank you for making use of this space well. Next on our agenda is resolution 25-43 approval to undertake investigation of the utilization of Redevelopment Commission real estate for the Bloomington Police Department headquarters and other uses. Who would like to speak to that? I would speak to it. So the mayor and staff had a meeting early in January to talk about a new possible location for the Bloomington Police Department. An idea that has been suggested is 714 Roger Street, which is owned by the Redevelopment Commission. It's a large concrete structure that might work perfectly for the Bloomington Police Department. This resolution authorizes staff to pursue the exploration of that building for use by the police department and provides up to $50,000 for costs, things like surveying or other consultant costs. Not exactly sure what would be needed at this point, but just kind of a large round number. Bloomington Police are excited about this location. There have been other locations in the past suggested for them that they didn't like as much. This one is ideal because it is on some major roads. They have easy access in and out of a parking lot there. It would obviously require quite a bit of money to rehab that building. Ultimately, we don't think that the redevelopment, if this idea would go forward, if the idea that this looks like it would work for BPD, the expectation is that the redevelopment commission would not hold on to this building long term, but would transfer it. And there would be conversations about what that transfer would look like and whether that's a sale or how that would work. That's way down in the future. But ultimately, it would be redeveloped with other dollars, not redeveloped commission dollars. Typically, you know, paying for a police department is not a redevelopment expense. It's just a typical city expense. And so we want to ask you tonight to authorize the exploration of that just to acknowledge because it's been talked about by the mayor, but we want to bring it to you. Make sure that you're okay with this idea since you guys are the owners, and then allows delegates to staff and staff and legal other project managers and ESD to and DPD obviously work together to do some due diligence and come back to you with some recommendations. So if you have any questions, I'm happy to answer them. Thank you. Do we have questions or comments from commissioners on resolution of 25 days 43. The primary purpose of this is exploration to identify a better place for our public safety police officers, so they can expand themselves for significant amounts of time rather than having the issues that they've had at their present location. Yeah, what's been proposed exactly right they've outgrown their location, where it is now. And whatever happens to that building is yet to be determined. It's, it's, you know, the families of the people who originally donated that building feel very strongly that should be maintained for public use and I know that the mayor has met with them and is also interested and willing to maintain that building for quasi public use in order to satisfy the owners of, or the family members of the people who donated that land so I don't expect that current building to be reused for private use. It would, but they do need to get out of there they are, they are really eager to get new space and Showers West just was not an ideal location for them. And the mayor's been pretty vocal about that so she's been looking for a new place and this, you know, giant concrete structure looks like it could be the perfect location. And, and the money you're looking to allocate for this evening is just for the exploration to identify and we've got, we'll put a fence around that timeframe. Right, and then and those obviously any of those invoices that are incurred they'll come back to you through claims so there'll be continued conversation about what this exploration. Thank you. Any other questions or comments from commissioners. If not, I will see if there's any comment from the public either in person or online. Seeing none I will entertain a motion on resolution 25 dash 43. Go ahead, move approval resolution 25 dash 43 to undertake investigations due diligence is 714 South Rogers. Second. First and the second all in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed. Motion passes unanimously. Next in our agenda is resolution 25 dash 44 agreement with that for environmental services at Hopewell would like to speak to that. I'm more than happy to give you a quick synopsis. Essentially, when we came to you previously for environmental services at the whole site they were performing a perfect the environmental review for us for blocks four through seven. Unfortunately, there was some contamination that was found. And as part of our negotiations with item item is going to require some additional soil gas sampling, some additional sampling in general. So this will just cover that additional sampling as required by item. It's not something that we can necessarily get out of. Wow. Thank you. Any questions or comments from commissioners on resolution 25 to 44. When will this end. I would like to know that myself. As a standing question. Hopefully the end is near. Any comment from the public, either online or in person. Seeing none I will entertain a motion. I'll move approval of resolution 25 dash 44. The first and the second all in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed motion passes unanimously. We are now to 20 resolution 25 dash 45 and approval of a second addendum to contract with and Chris LLC to secure 714 South Roger Street would like to speak to that. I'm more than happy to in a drag a bitch to you. Okay. So as you know, previously we have had some agenda items that authorized boarding up of the 714 South Roger Street building. Initially we started with the main level we found out that we were still having break ins on the second level, the backside of the building on the second level was boarded up. Unfortunately, the contractor and our point of contract contact here in Bloomington overspent the amount when they went back to board up the remaining amount of the second level. So I think the difference at this time is about $1,600 and $1,667 that needs to be authorized to complete this. This is additional work that resulted because of vandalism is not the previous work went over. It's additional work had to be done. So basically, this resolution authorizes the payment for those services that are currently in place. Yes. With that clarification, any further comments or questions from commissioners? We had a police station there, that wouldn't happen. That's right. As soon as we get moving on, we have exploration. That's already been approved. Okay. No more questions or comments from commissioners. Anything from the public, either online or in person? Seeing none, I will entertain a motion, please. Move approval of resolution 2545, second agenda with Anne Chris for security. Second. First and a second. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Motion passes unanimously. Thank you for those current items of business. We are now to any other business or general discussion for this evening. If not, I will take a motion to adjourn, please. So moved. Okay. Meeting adjourned. 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