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CASSELBERRY CITY COMMISSION Minutes of January 14, 2013 — workshop Page 2 of 4 'y U , ll "BLVAN 1XIIN021 ....... , Mayor Glancy recognized Mr. David McDaniel, President of Integra Land Company, Mr. Greg Hutchins, Mr. Jim Conroy and Mr. Paul Rutledge of Casto, and Mr. Larry Adams from ACi who were all present at the workshop. Presentation: City Manager Randy Newlon gave a brief overview of the steps leading to tonight's workshop. He reminded the Commission that during the first half of 2012 the Commission and city staff had all worked together to try and re -start the process of trying to recruit developers that might have an interest in the City - owned properties along 17 -92, including the Concord Center to the north and the 15 acres across from City Hall on the south. He stated that a different approach was taken, beginning in May with a workshop at which guiding principles were developed to express what the Commission collectively felt were the most important things to achieve with respect to development of these parcels. He added that those guiding principles were adopted formally at a City Commission meeting in May. Mr. Newlon explained that utilizing staff and Mr. Larry Adams with ACi, the Commission took a soft approach to reach out to the development community in order to deliver those guiding principles and invite them to propose what they would like to do with the properties if given the opportunity. He added that staff and ACi vetted interested parties as to financial means and experience in other developments, and after meeting with those interested parties, five hard proposals were received from developer teams and then those proposals were evaluated further. He stated that the Commission had actually met with two sets of teams, and one team, the Yellow Team, was here tonight to present their proposed concepts to the Commission. Mr. Newlon asked Mr. Adams to further review with the Commission in more detail what was done to reach this point tonight, and then the developer candidates would be making presentations to the Commission. Mr. Adams explained that this was a multi - platform development of ideas and there were several interested parties. He added that what was different today than in the past was that there had to be some direction in leadership and some organization structure under some of those visions which were financeable and what would be true to what makes Casselberiy what it is and what it is going to be like in the 21 sc Century. He stated that they used the guiding principles to create an offering structure that was a soft process that would show just how those guiding principles would fit in geometrically, physically and would really contribute to what was already done. He added that the letter was flexible in that it allowed for anyone interested to respond. He stated that they also had established the attitude that whoever came in was familiar with public- private partnerships. Mr. Adams stated that the process had now reached the point where the decision needed to be made as to whether the Commission felt comfortable with the quality of the developers and the products they were offering, and their financial ability and capability to implement the projects. He stated that the Yellow Team had a very outstanding different concept and also was the only team to make an offer on everything, including the north parcel, the south parcel, and the outparcel. He added that they understood the City's concept and vision as to connectivity and walkability, and if after the presentations tonight the City is ready to move forward to the next stage, they are also ready to go on to work with the City Attorney on the development agreement over the next few months and then he believed that would lead to the building of the project.