Development Team Meeting Notes (96-99)

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w Courthouse Square Development Team ~ September 4, 1998 1:30 p.m. Conference Room B Present: Dan Petrusich, presiding, Byron Courts, Craig Lewis, Melvin Mark Development Company; Randy C~utis, Bob McG~ne, Ken Roudybush, Marion County; R.G. Andersen-Wyckoff, John Whittington, Transit; Leonard Lodder, Arbuckle, Costic Architect; and Dave Hays, Curt Pence, Pence/Kelly Construction. Demolition/Environ men tal David Hartwig, Marion County, will be available at 2:30 this aftemoon for an update. We need to make sure we have communication between all.the entities and everyone is awa.re of timelines on each stage, so critical stages are not left out. We are making assumptions that we have time to do all phases. The issue is for Pence/Kelly to focus on dates and see what fits. Staton will be off site by Monday and the site will be vacant for about one month. David had a meeting with Staton and Tom this morning. There were no surprises. The contaminates were where they were supposed to be. We have only exposed about 25% of the site. Another known affected azea was not ~cavated deep enough during demolition to make any determinations, but we are anticipating this area should be localized. RFP Retail/Miaed Use Developer ~ MNIDC is several weeks off from having the RFP complete. It is not a top priority, but will work to have this project completed simultaneously with our project. Leonazd will work with Mike Hafford to get numbers together for pad loading maximums and check limitations to include in RFP. Design Dave's numbers were based upon the design option D discussed last week with the ribbon window option. Randy added a note that Dan Berrey has not been informed of the changes in the building design to solicit private development options by the RFP process and will inform him of the recent developments. He would be open to submit a proposal on the RFP basis. MNIDC needs direction from county & transit as to what they feel is desirable, but would still maintain flexibility. This information would be used in setting up the RFP and also in the selection criteria in choosing the retail/private developer. R.G. responded that we need to lay out the basic conditions and work with a preference of mixed use considerations, including: retaiUoffice/housing. We want to leave it open to get the best usage for our retu,m. We want the most compatible usage and good economic retum without cutting any creativity. Randy added that the Sth floor design seems to give favorable responses and marketing retail with office has been accepted. We may need a work session to brainstorm once we get the ~ Page 1 of 4