02-25-08 Special Called Regular Meeting of the La Porte Development Corporation Board of Directors

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City of La Porte Interoffice Memorandum To: Mayor and City Council LPEDC Board Members LPRAffIRZ Board Members From: Gretchen Larson, EDC Through: Ron Bottoms, CM Date: March 28, 2008 Subject: Project Status Report Attached is a spreadsheet of projects and potential projects that have been or may be considered by the City, the LPEDC and the LPRAffIRZ Boards. Below is a summary of the status of each project and/or tasks as of 3/27/08. Sylvan Beach Hotel RFQ - The RFO was disseminated on February 21 with questions due in writing by March 30 and proposals due April 30. We continue to work on the Ground Lease and Licensing Agreement while the RFO is out on the streets. We have provided the RFO to the staff who oversee the Planning and Zoning and Main Street Boards. The zoning of the area must be addressed and is currently being worked on by the ACM in conjunction with the Planning Department. The proper zoning is required to be in place by project start date. Website RFP/Q - Staff is meeting via web conferencing today with the top three firms indentified by the Selection Committee. We will report to the City Manager early next week our results. Department Heads and Executive Staff have been instructed that they should be working on their departmental section(s) content. City Manager to determine if all departments will have their data transferred to city site or if they can continue to have an independent "website" link. It is estimated that the entire review and refurbishment will take between 90 to 120 days before re-Iaunch. City-Wide Economic Development Strategic RFP/Q - Release of RFP/O scheduled for week of 4/14/08 if staff is authorized to proceed by the LPEDC Board at their April 7 meeting. Project completion date estimated at 12 months. The City Council as well as all Board and Commission Members were sent a draft for review and comment. 1