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City Eyes Industrial Plant with 130 Jobs, New Bank, Breaker Cove Renewal

Mayor Katt, Manager Belleman Project Host of City Revitalization Projects

January 23, 2005       Leave a Comment
By: Dave Rogers

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      The year 2005 already looks to be one of dynamic building and renewal for the City of Bay City, according to Mayor Robert Katt and City Manager Robert V. Belleman.

      Topping the list is an industrial plant project that is expected to provide 130 jobs on three shifts. Information about this project is still under wraps awaiting a state grant decision, but nothing could be more positive if it goes forward in an otherwise dormant economy.

      The project is expected to demand up to $15,000 a month in power from the Bay City Light & Power Department, according to director Phil Newton.

      Among other breaking news, the City Commission on Monday night will act on a proposal from First State Bank to purchase the city's parking lot at Sixth and Madison as the site for a new branch. Price of the property is $129,000.

      The city memo also quotes another report by Steve Black, development director, that a developer, Bob McCreary, of Bay City, has purchased the vacant southern half of the Breaker Cove condominum complex.

      "Mr. McCreary intends on building condominiums similar to the footprint originally designed by Seymour Geiersbach," the report states, adding: "However, city staff is attempting to work with Mr. McCreary to change the actual design of the condominiums as long as it would not violate the Planned Unit Development (PUD) approval by the Planning Commission."

      Mr. Belleman, obviously buoyed by a positive evaluation by the City Commission last week, fired off a comprehensive memo to Mr. Katt and commissioners projecting a series of developments to move the city ahead in the coming year.

      Commercialprojects on the drawing board include:

      
  • A new industrial project providing about 130 jobs;

          
  • A new bank downtown;

          
  • Revitalized Breaker Cove with a new owner of the undeveloped southern half the Water Street complex;

          
  • Move of Bill and Elaine Fournier's three excursion boats from Wenonah Park at Sixth Street to the Uptown at RiversEdge site at the foot of Ninth Street;

          
  • Sale of the former Surath property on the river near Pier 7;

          
  • Renewal of 76 liquor licenses delinquent as of Dec. 31 (71 others have been renewed) and potential reopening of Duso's Tavern, 604 E. Midland Street, following completion of requirements of an order by the building inspection department.

          City projects going forward include:

          
  • Waterfall Park, at the foot of Third Street, a $700,000 project for which bids have been received and a permit issued by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality;

          
  • Environmental testing under a $200,000 EPA grant for the proposed boat basin at Uptown at RiversEdge;

          
  • Release of a 5-year Consolidated Housing and Community Development Plan, for which a planning session was held with local residents on Jan. 11; and

          
  • A draft Remedial Action Plan for remediation and redevelopment of contaminants at the Middlegrounds Landfill.

          In addition, the manager reported that Mayor Katt and city staff has met with representatives of Strathmore Development, of East Lansing, a firm that is considering proposing residential and limited commercial development on the Uptown site.

          The city also is working with the state to reopen the railroad crossing giving access to Veterans Park at Jane Street, although the plan was initially rejected by the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT).###

          

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