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Council approves Brownfield assessment and moves forward on South Elmwood parking‑lot redevelopment
Summary
Finance committee approved a $242,003.60 Brownfield assessment grant and authorized a professional‑services agreement with T & M Associates, and it approved a related parking‑lot funding agreement with Legacy Hotel Group subject to law‑director review and emergency clause for timely bidding.
The Medina City Council finance committee approved a state Brownfield assessment grant and authorized steps to redevelop the South Elmwood Parking Lot, including a professional services agreement and authorization to solicit bids for the construction work.
City staff told the committee the Ohio Department of Development Brownfield Remediation Program provided an assessment grant for the South Elmwood site, and staff read the grant amount in two places (the packet and the presentation) — $242,003.60 as stated during the advance request and an upper limit described as $242,360 elsewhere in the packet — and confirmed the award requires no city match. The committee approved an advance so the later agenda item could proceed, then approved a professional services agreement with T & M Associates and requested the emergency clause so environmental work can begin promptly.
Separately, staff described a city‑led redevelopment of the South Elmwood lot in coordination with Legacy Hotel Group. Initial engineering estimates put the project cost at about $491,237; staff proposed a 50/50 split of improvement costs with the developer and a five‑year reimbursement schedule for the hotel group. Staff asked for a roughly $8,900 PO to complete bid documents; council authorized going to bid and approved the funding agreement subject to law‑director review and an emergency clause to keep the project on a faster timetable.
Why it matters: The South Elmwood redevelopment combines a state Brownfield assessment and a city‑led capital improvement that reuses a central lot; the city will own and maintain the lot after construction, and the hotel partner will reimburse half the improvement cost over five years. The Brownfield assessment and the T & M professional‑services agreement will allow environmental testing and any necessary remediation to proceed.
Next steps: Staff will finalize designs, complete the $8,900 bid package work, solicit bids (staff may seek two completion schedules to compare fall vs. spring construction pricing), and return to council or the board of control as required for final contract awards.
