WEBVTT 00:00:01.026 --> 00:00:09.508 - Mr. Paris tells me it's the witching hour. So we will call the special meeting of the Monroe County 00:00:09.508 --> 00:00:18.245 - Capital Improvement Board for Wednesday, July 1st, 2026 to order. And I will ask Mr. Paris to take the 00:00:18.245 --> 00:00:26.982 - role. John Weichardt, present. Doug Bruce, here. Jim Silverstein, here. Joyce Polling is absent. Galen 00:00:26.982 --> 00:00:28.254 - Cassidy, here. 00:00:29.602 --> 00:00:37.128 - and Jay Bear here. Slid home and slid safely home. You know that happened to me too. That happened to 00:00:37.128 --> 00:00:44.507 - me too. Yeah. I assumed they'd have like crossing guards who would let us in when we needed to come 00:00:44.507 --> 00:00:51.960 - in, but you know, I guess not. All right. We have a special meeting today. There's only one thing on 00:00:51.960 --> 00:00:59.486 - the agenda and that's report on hotel RFP responses, JS held. So let me turn this over to Deb Koontz. 00:01:09.794 --> 00:01:19.850 - I'm sorry, I'm having trouble with my own computer. Let me make it bigger. There it is. Okay, 00:01:19.850 --> 00:01:30.656 - here we are. Okay, so on the Host Hotel RP responses, the deadline was the 30th, which was yesterday 00:01:30.656 --> 00:01:33.758 - at four o'clock. We received 00:01:33.954 --> 00:01:46.509 - Five submissions, Concord Hotels, Dora Hospitality, Garfield, MHG, and the Phoenix Downtown. Those were 00:01:46.509 --> 00:01:58.944 - the submissions that we received by the deadline. Sorry, I gotta look at one thing here. Oh, okay. I'm 00:01:58.944 --> 00:02:02.686 - so sorry I got mixed up there. 00:02:02.914 --> 00:02:09.931 - You can tell she's a short timer. I said I looked the wrong file, but it's right. So yeah, sorry. That 00:02:09.931 --> 00:02:16.880 - is today is the last day. For those of you who don't know today is the last day that Deb will be with 00:02:16.880 --> 00:02:24.169 - us. So she's moving on. It's on another part of her journey. That's right. Another part of my professional 00:02:24.169 --> 00:02:31.390 - journey. So we're kind of expecting some. Yeah, I get it. OK, so in terms of I reviewed the proposals and 00:02:31.554 --> 00:02:38.149 - The first review is always about did they submit per our requirements, right? That's the very first 00:02:38.149 --> 00:02:45.008 - cut that we're talking about. There are two submissions that meet the requirements of the RFP, and that 00:02:45.008 --> 00:02:51.669 - is DORA hospitality and MHG. So you might be wondering, well, what about the other three? Why didn't 00:02:51.669 --> 00:02:55.230 - they submit or why didn't they meet the requirements? 00:03:09.410 --> 00:03:17.845 - I may need your help pulling it up, but I am having computer issues. Maybe they're turning me off. I 00:03:17.845 --> 00:03:26.782 - don't know. Sorry for the interruption. Thank you, Cindy. OK, so we are on the next slide. The next slide. 00:03:27.906 --> 00:03:34.120 - So the other three, our recommendation is that we do not interview these three because they did not 00:03:34.120 --> 00:03:40.396 - meet the requirements of the RFP. And starting with Concord, they did not provide the 200 rooms that 00:03:40.396 --> 00:03:46.672 - were identified. They also did not propose on the land that was offered in the RFP. Garfield did not 00:03:46.672 --> 00:03:52.638 - provide a site selection, a development plan, or a financial plan. So there's really nothing to 00:03:52.802 --> 00:03:59.190 - compared to they didn't meet those requirements. And Phoenix downtown did not provide a host hotel proposal. 00:03:59.190 --> 00:04:05.167 - They provided a workforce housing proposal. So that I'll come back. That's our recommendation is that 00:04:05.167 --> 00:04:11.144 - we will ideally recommend that you interview too. Obviously that gets some conversation, but I wanted 00:04:11.144 --> 00:04:17.122 - to give you an update on the other activities. There's a lot of other supporting initiatives that are 00:04:17.122 --> 00:04:20.638 - going on for the host hotel. So we'll go to the next slide. 00:04:21.698 --> 00:04:28.262 - Environmental Phase 1 report by VET Environmental, it was received and it was provided to all the interested 00:04:28.262 --> 00:04:34.525 - vendors, so they have it. A Phase 2 analysis is required, which is very, very common in downtown sites, 00:04:34.525 --> 00:04:41.029 - to expect that the Phase 1 will result in the need for actual testing of environmental in Phase 2 analysis. 00:04:41.029 --> 00:04:45.726 - So that is not alarming at all, that is something that will be the next step. 00:04:45.890 --> 00:04:51.882 - In terms of appraisals, we have received one of the appraisals by Ategra. We are still waiting for the 00:04:51.882 --> 00:04:57.699 - other set of appraisals and hopeful it will be coming this week. We're expecting it any day. On the 00:04:57.699 --> 00:05:04.040 - demolition side, the Historic Preservation Commission did vote to release the demolition permit specifically 00:05:04.040 --> 00:05:10.206 - related to two buildings that were designated as non-contributing. And obviously the plan right now is to 00:05:10.946 --> 00:05:17.444 - through all the rest of the permitting and details to ensure that demolition bids can be sought and 00:05:17.444 --> 00:05:24.008 - maybe as early as October 1st. And then on the leases, again, just restating what has been stated in 00:05:24.008 --> 00:05:31.156 - previous public meetings about the residential tenant leases will end at the end of August and the commercial 00:05:31.156 --> 00:05:37.850 - lease for Jeff's warehouse will end at the end of September. So our recommendation is to interview two 00:05:37.850 --> 00:05:40.254 - hoteliers, Dora Hospitality and MHG. 00:05:43.106 --> 00:05:50.679 - Okay, thank you. Can you go back to your slide of the ones that you're not recommending? Sure. Yeah, 00:05:50.679 --> 00:05:58.476 - right here. I've had an opportunity to look at the proposals and we'll get those out to the other board 00:05:58.476 --> 00:06:06.049 - members as well. The proposal by Concord, when it says it did not propose on CIB land offered in the 00:06:06.049 --> 00:06:07.998 - RFP, the Concord proposal 00:06:08.162 --> 00:06:14.609 - was one where they actually are proposing that they want to build on the College Square site north, 00:06:14.609 --> 00:06:21.315 - which in our two and a half year journey thus far in trying to find a hotel, we know that we dealt with 00:06:21.315 --> 00:06:27.891 - that two and a half years ago. So their response was not to build on our site, but to build on a site 00:06:27.891 --> 00:06:34.403 - that we don't own that was not part of our proposal and that their intention was to use the CIB land 00:06:34.403 --> 00:06:38.078 - for affordable housing, our site for affordable housing. 00:06:38.178 --> 00:06:47.660 - And their proposal was for 160 rooms, 160 keys in a hotel. And we have been so specific and so consistent 00:06:47.660 --> 00:06:56.695 - in our insistence that we have to have a minimum of 200 rooms. And then you can see the Garfield and 00:06:56.695 --> 00:07:06.266 - the Phoenix. The Phoenix proposal was, as Deb said, was for workforce housing proposal. It made no mention 00:07:06.266 --> 00:07:07.966 - of a hotel at all. 00:07:08.130 --> 00:07:15.250 - Um, I certainly support, um, you know, the recommendation, having looked at all of the proposals and 00:07:15.250 --> 00:07:22.370 - agree with the recommendation. So I guess what I would ask, why don't we see, do any of you have any 00:07:22.370 --> 00:07:29.278 - questions for Deb about her review or J.S. Held's review? Pardon me? Oh yeah. Jim, Mr. Whitlatch. 00:07:29.762 --> 00:07:37.986 - Yeah. So I just had a comment on the Concord hotels. I don't think it was specifically affordable housing. 00:07:37.986 --> 00:07:46.056 - I think it was for mixed use housing, something to that effect. So it wasn't necessarily just affordable 00:07:46.056 --> 00:07:49.438 - housing. Yeah. Thank you. So any questions? 00:07:49.538 --> 00:07:57.750 - that you have about JS Holder's review. If not, what I would ask is if we have a motion to accept the 00:07:57.750 --> 00:08:06.043 - recommendation, and then we can have discussion about the motion. So do we have a motion to accept the 00:08:06.043 --> 00:08:14.256 - recommendation to forward Dora and MHG to the interview process? So is there a motion to that effect? 00:08:14.256 --> 00:08:16.510 - I would move that we accept 00:08:16.610 --> 00:08:25.145 - J.S. helds recommendation to interview Dora Hospitality and M.H.G. as potential hoteliers. Okay, is 00:08:25.145 --> 00:08:33.852 - there a second? Second. We had a couple of seconds, so it's been seconded. So now we have a motion on 00:08:33.852 --> 00:08:43.070 - the floor. Is there any discussion about the motion? Okay, seeing none, Mr. Paris, would you take the role? 00:08:43.234 --> 00:08:50.478 - John Weichart? Yes. Doug Bruce? Yes. Jim Silverstein? Yes. Jay Baer? Yes. Galen Cassidy? Yes. All right, 00:08:50.478 --> 00:08:57.446 - thank you. So we've had the recommendation. We know whom we're going to interview. And that moves us 00:08:57.446 --> 00:09:04.483 - to item number three, comments from board members. John, before we leave that, there is a next steps. 00:09:04.483 --> 00:09:11.934 - Would you like us to identify the next steps after this? Well, I was going to do that. Do you have a slide? 00:09:12.034 --> 00:09:18.770 - Okay, you know what? You know, Deb, knock yourself out. This is it. Overdelivering to the finish. Actually, 00:09:18.770 --> 00:09:25.070 - I was going to turn it to my associate, Jason, since he is going to be taking this forward, give him 00:09:25.070 --> 00:09:31.370 - an opportunity to go to the next step. So this is a delegation. It really is a delegation and really 00:09:31.370 --> 00:09:36.734 - the proverbial handoff. We should all recognize the baton is officially being passed. 00:09:36.898 --> 00:09:45.228 - So here we are. Fantastic. So just real quick, my name is Jason Laird. Was that a motion? I'm sorry, 00:09:45.228 --> 00:09:53.888 - sir. I am a senior vice president with JS Held located in Indianapolis. Very happy to be on this project 00:09:53.888 --> 00:10:02.301 - with you. So what follows after today, there will continue to be analysis and follow up over the next 00:10:02.301 --> 00:10:06.590 - almost two weeks. What we'll do is we will schedule 00:10:06.722 --> 00:10:16.572 - interviews with the two hoteliers for July 8th. And then we will follow up with a hotel evaluation group 00:10:16.572 --> 00:10:26.047 - meeting on July 14th. And you can see the members that will participate both from the CIB as well as 00:10:26.047 --> 00:10:34.302 - the visit Bloomington and CVC with final consideration by CIB at the July 15th meeting. 00:10:34.786 --> 00:10:42.678 - lot of work to happen over the next two weeks. Thank you. You're welcome. Just a quick question. I think 00:10:42.678 --> 00:10:50.195 - the interview group and the evaluation group is the same group? No, no. The interview group will be 00:10:50.195 --> 00:10:58.238 - the board, the full board next Wednesday on July 8th. So we will all be involved in the interview process. 00:10:58.370 --> 00:11:03.290 - And then we will ask the hotel evaluation group then to evaluate what they've heard in the interviews 00:11:03.290 --> 00:11:08.402 - and the proposals and come back with a recommendation. The groundhog nature of this, groundhog day nature 00:11:08.402 --> 00:11:13.418 - of this from two and a half years ago was throwing me off. Yeah, yeah. I haven't seen this movie. Yeah, 00:11:13.418 --> 00:11:18.579 - I know. We've been going back and forth about that quite a bit about wanting to make sure we're consistent 00:11:18.579 --> 00:11:23.451 - and follow the same process that we did two years ago. All right, so your slides are over. Your work 00:11:23.451 --> 00:11:24.126 - here is done. 00:11:25.442 --> 00:11:32.731 - Yeah, comments from board members. And let me just, again, thank Deb. It's been two and a half years. 00:11:32.731 --> 00:11:39.448 - She's offered wonderful advice and counsel. The fact I haven't always taken it is not on her. 00:11:39.448 --> 00:11:46.808 - It's on me. But she's been critically important to this process and our project. And I appreciate that 00:11:46.808 --> 00:11:52.382 - personally. And I appreciate it as a member of the board. Any other comments? 00:11:55.906 --> 00:12:03.137 - Next meeting, special meeting on July 8th, one week from today. It says TBD to be determined, and I 00:12:03.137 --> 00:12:10.586 - have a schedule. So let me tell you what it is, the timing and the schedule, and then we will get that 00:12:10.586 --> 00:12:18.323 - out and get out public notices, obviously. So on July 8th at 12 o'clock, from 12 to 1230, we will schedule 00:12:18.323 --> 00:12:22.590 - an executive session, and we will meet in the Rogers room. 00:12:23.234 --> 00:12:30.362 - And we may or may not need that executive session. But what's important about that 12 to 1230 period 00:12:30.362 --> 00:12:37.419 - is that Talish is going to provide lunch for us. So whether we have an executive session or not, we 00:12:37.419 --> 00:12:42.430 - want to use the 12 to 1230 period set aside for that purpose. At 1230, 00:12:42.626 --> 00:12:48.517 - we will begin our public meeting in the Rogers room. So we won't leave the room because from 1230 to 00:12:48.517 --> 00:12:54.407 - one, we are going to review and discuss how we're moving forward with the interviews that will begin 00:12:54.407 --> 00:13:00.414 - at one o'clock. So the public's invited to come in and listen to that and listen to us talk about what 00:13:00.414 --> 00:13:06.305 - we're going to do moving forward at one o'clock. At one o'clock, we will interview Dora Hospitality. 00:13:06.305 --> 00:13:11.262 - We will schedule Dora Hospitality for one o'clock and we will schedule HMG for 2.15. 00:13:11.650 --> 00:13:19.865 - So that will be our schedule for our special meeting of July 8th. And then we'll get all that information 00:13:19.865 --> 00:13:27.692 - out. And then our next regular board meeting is July 15th. So that concludes our business for today. 00:13:27.692 --> 00:13:31.102 - And with that, we are adjourned. Thank you.