State properties review board

STATE PROPERTIES REVIEW BOARD
Minutes of Meeting Held On July 24, 2008

State Office Building, Hartford, Connecticut
The State Properties Review Board held its regularly scheduled meeting on July 24, 2008 in the State Office Building.
Members Present: Edwin S. Greenberg, Chairman

Lisa A. Musumeci, Vice Chairman

Bennett Millstein, Secretary

Paul F. Cramer, Jr.

Bruce Josephy

Pasquale A. Pepe

Staff Present: Stanley T. Babiarz, Executive Director

Mary E. Goodhouse, Real Estate Examiner

Donna M. Perleone, Secretary I
Chairman Greenberg called the meeting to order.
Mr. Millstein moved and Mr. Cramer seconded a motion to enter into Open Session. The motion passed unanimously.

OPEN SESSION
ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES OF JULY 17, 2008. Mr. Millstein moved and Mr. Pepe seconded a motion to accept the minutes of July 17, 2008. The motion passed unanimously.
COMMUNICATIONS
Reimbursement of Expenses. Mr. Cramer moved and Ms. Musumeci seconded a motion to approve reimbursement of meeting and mileage fees to Messrs. Greenberg, Millstein, Pepe, and Josephy, and Ms. Musumeci for their inspection of the Davis Farm in Granby on July 23, 2008 (PRB File #08-174-A). The motion passed unanimously.
Proposed Regulations Concerning Compensation for Outdoor Advertising Structures. Ms. Goodhouse reviewed with the Board a draft Fiscal Impact statement which is the next necessary step in the regulation approval process. The data processing portion of the fiscal impacts statement is being refined with the assistance of the Department of Information Technology (DoIT).

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REAL ESTATE - UNFINISHED BUSINESS
PRB # 08 - 174 - A Transaction/Contract Type: AG / Purchase of Develop. Rights

Origin/Client: DOA / DOA

Owner: Davis, Forrest H., D.V.M.
Property: E/S of North Granby Road, W/S of Salmon Brook Street, and N/S of

Mechanicsville Road, GRANBY CT

Project Purpose: Acquisition of Agricultural Development Rights, Granby
Item Purpose: To acquire development rights to 65.8+/- acres of farm property, known as the

Davis Farm (a/k/a "Maplewood Farm") on E/S of North Granby Road, W/S of

Salmon Brook Street, and N/S of Mechanicsville Road.
Mr. Babiarz recommended that this item be removed from today’s agenda because, although it was anticipated, the Board has not yet received the completed purchase agreement from the Department of Agriculture.
Ms. Musumeci moved and Mr. Pepe seconded a motion to remove the file from today’s agenda. The motion passed unanimously.
REAL ESTATE - NEW BUSINESS
Mr. Millstein moved and Mr. Josephy seconded a motion to go out of Open Session. The motion passed unanimously.
Mr. Millstein moved and Mr. Josephy seconded a motion to enter into Executive Session. The motion passed unanimously.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
PRB # 08 - 189 Transaction/Contract Type: RE /Holdover Agreement

Origin/Client: DPW / CHRO

Statutory Disclosure Exemption: 4b-27
The Board commenced its discussion relative to the subject Holdover Agreement at 9:55 a.m. and concluded at 10:02 a.m.

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Mr. Millstein moved and Mr. Cramer seconded a motion to go out of Executive Session. The motion passed unanimously.
Mr. Millstein moved and Mr. Cramer seconded a motion to enter into Open Session. The motion passed unanimously.
OPEN SESSION
PRB # 08 - 193 Transaction/Contract Type: RE / Lease-Out

Origin/Client: DOT / DOT

Project Number: AERO-5600-1553

Lessee: Faber BDL, LLC

Representative: Charles D. Finkelstein, Manager
Property: Bradley International Airport, WINDSOR LOCKS CT
Project Purpose: DOT, Lease-Out Agreement [Agreement No. 12.24-01(07)]
Item Purpose: Lease of building storage/office space (709 sq. ft.) located on the Ground

Floor, Terminal 1, East Concourse, to conduct administrative functions for and

in conjunction with the Lessee's food and beverage concession - lease-out

agreement.

Ms. Goodhouse recommended approval of the proposed lease to Faber BDL, LLC for storage space that will support their operating concession business located on the same concourse at Bradley International Airport. Approval is recommended because: (1) the agreement with Faber BDL, LLC complies with Section 13b-42 of the CGS; (2) the rent payable ($58.08/SF, gross, as of July 1, 2007) is a unit cost based upon the tenant’s pro-rata share of expenses to operate the terminal, including bond debt service as well as all utilities and maintenance. Each year, DOT calculates the cost to operate the facility, and adjusts the base rent accordingly, effective July 1. All tenants who are leasing office or storage space in the terminal pay the same rent; (3) it is DOT policy to assist existing tenants if additional space is needed to expand a successfully operating business so long as the space needed is available.
The proposed storage lease agreement is a result of a request from Faber for storage space necessary for the concession agreement in place (PRB 07-135). Faber has a concession-lease agreement for 3,591 SF on the first floor, Terminal A, East Concourse where they have located three specialty retail and food/beverage concessions: Einstein Bros. Café; Cover 2 Cover (books & magazines); and Essentials (gift shop); and (4) the submittal contains corporate resolution and evidence of the requisite insurance coverage.
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ARCHITECT-ENGINEER - UNFINISHED BUSINESS
ARCHITECT-ENGINEER - NEW BUSINESS
PRB # 08 - 196 Transaction/Contract Type: AE / Task Letter

On Call #: OC-DPW-ANLY-0010, Claims Analyst

Project No.: BI-RT-828 Origin/Client DPW / DOE Task #2

Consultant: Navigant Consulting, Inc.
Property: A.I. Prince - RVTS, HARTFORD CT
Project Purpose: Claims Analysis for Additions and Renovations project at A.I. Prince

Regional Vocational-Technical School, Hartford

Item Purpose: Claims analysis/document review/presentation of findings and forensic

schedule delay analysis to assist the Office of the Attorney General and/or

DPW Claims Unit relative to an anticipated claim by the Fusco Corporation

against the State.

Mr. Cramer recommended approval and discussed the terms of this task letter authorizing DPW to employ Navigant Consulting, Inc. as a claims analyst, at a fee not to exceed $200,000, in anticipation of a claim(s) being filed concerning additions and renovations to A. I. Prince Technical High School, Hartford.
OTHER BUSINESS REAL ESTATE/ARCHITECT-ENGINEER
The Board took the following votes in Open Session:
PRB FILE #08-189 – Mr. Pepe moved and Mr. Josephy seconded a motion to approve PRB File #08-189. The motion passed unanimously.
PRB FILE #08-193 – Mr. Pepe moved and Mr. Josephy seconded a motion to approve PRB File #08-193. The motion passed unanimously.
PRB FILE #08-196 – Mr. Cramer moved and Ms. Musumeci seconded a motion to approve PRB File #08-196. The motion passed unanimously.
The meeting adjourned.

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