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• • • MEMORANDUM To: Mayor and Council From: Mary Divine Date: 04/05/04 Re: HOM Furniture proposal cc: Mike Grochala The president and the real estate director of HOM Furniture met with city staff on March 24. They are proposing to build a large distribution facility and a furniture showroom on approximately 67 acres owned by Gerald Rehbein on the southwest quadrant of 35E /County Road 14 (see map). Their initial concept plan shows approximately 1.1 million sq. ft. of distribution and showroom area. Initial estimates suggest the market value of this facility will be in the range of $30 million. This use qualifies under the city's Light Industrial zoning. The site is adjacent to existing sanitary sewer and water and is in the Stage 1 growth area. The developers propose to serve the site with a road extending from Main Street down 21st. Ave., and then turning west through Centerville's industrial park area. The road would not extend to Cedar Street on the south. Some of the major items that need to be addressed for this project: • The size of the facility meets the threshold for an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The EIS will address surface water management, traffic impacts, etc. • The creek running through the property will have to be relocated and wetland mitigation will be required. • The site crosses the municipal boundary into Centerville. The city will need to work with Centerville to determine the most practical solution to this issue. • MUSA reserve needs to be allocated to the site. • The site is not within a TIF district. Creation of a TIF district may present an opportunity to use taxes generated from the project to fund the city's share of reconstruction of the 35E interchange.