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Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund

Grant Application

St. Joseph Community CenterRedevelopment


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The Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund (CORF) is a state programthat provides money to communities to clean up and restorecontaminated properties

We are in the 10th round and $20 million is available fordistribution in this round

ODOD received 19 applications with a total request of

$33.3 million


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The City of Lorain requested$1,617,901 from the

Clean Ohio Revitalization Fundto help fund environmental remediation and demolition activitiesat the former St. Josephs Hospital, parking garage, thrift shop,

and the Reidy-Scanlan Building


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Lee Burger

South Shore CommunityDevelopment Corporation


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South Shore will convert the 300,000 ft 2 formerhospital into a modern community office center

Existing tenants lease approximately 68,000 ft 2 of spaceLorain Community-Based Outpatient Clinic of the Louis StokesCleveland VA Medical CenterLorain County Auto and Boat TitleLorain County Community CollegeCongresswoman Betty SuttonU.S. Senator Sherrod Brown

The remaining 232,000 ft 2 is rentable followingremediation and significant tenant improvements.Tenant rental plans include:

12,000 ft 2 expansion for Lorain County Community College thatbuilds upon their current leased space of ~10,000 ft 2

16,000 ft 2 of new condominium space for Freedom House, aveterans housing and support services organization managed byFamily & Community Services, Inc.9,214 ft 2 to Summit Academy, a charter school for autisticchildren9,214 ft 2 for an assisted care living facility

South Shore will demolish theparking garage, Building D, thrift

shop, and the Reidy-ScanlanBuildingThese properties will be converted to greenspace and surface parking lots and will helpopen up and transform this facility into amore campus-like setting


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Bill Burkett, R.S.Hull & Associates, Inc.


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St. Joseph Hospital was established in Lorain in1892

Served as a thriving medical facility for decades

St. Joseph and Lorain Community Hospital merged

to form Community Health Partners in the late-1990sSt. Joseph Hospital eventually closed

Reidy-Scanlan Building was a furniture retail storeand was also used for undertaker activities

Building currently vacant

Thrift store was used for a variety of commercialactivities

Current thrift store will be relocated into community center

South Shore Community Development Corporationand Mercy Health Partners currently own parcelswithin the project area

Mercy Health Partners will transfer property to SouthShore upon grant award


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Soil analyses found benzo(a)pyrene above VAP residentialstandards and arsenic above VAP generic unrestricted potableuse standards

Buildings contain asbestos and general wastes


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Jenny Carter-Cornell, APRHull & Associates, Inc.


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Known End User Track Maximum Points City of LorainSelf-Score

Economic Benefit 30 12Environmental Improvement 30 16

Match 8 5

Benefit to Low Income 8 4

Project Viability 11 9

Combination of Uses 2 1

Loans 1 0

Bonus: Ohio HUB/ Economic Development Innovation Zone

10 5

Total 100 52


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Projects must first compete locally:

Lorain will submit its application to the District 9 Ohio Public WorksCommission Integrating Committee

There are no competing projects in District 9

13 of the 19 Ohio Public Works Commission Districts receivedapplications

All districts will prioritize projects and can send up to six projects to the Clean OhioCouncil to compete at the state levelLocally ranked projects will receive 50, 30, 15, 10, 5 and 0 based on their ranking,these points will be added to base score


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Projects then compete at state level:

The Clean Ohio Council will rank projects to decide which projectsare funded

Each Council member has discretionary points to weight projectsto prioritize applications

We are in the 10th round and $20 million is currently available fordistribution in this round

ODOD received 19 applications with a total request of $33.3million


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Dates Event

January 14, 2011

Application submitted to library - start of 45+-day public

comment periodMarch 7, 2011 Public meeting

March 11, 2011 Application to be submitted to OPWC District IntegratingCommittee

March 23, 2011 Receive Cure Responses from ODOD/Ohio EPA

April 5-8, 2011 OPWC District 9 Integrating Committee Meeting

April 13, 2011 Citys response to Cure Letter due to ODOD

May 20, 2011 (tentative) Clean Ohio Council Meeting

June/July 2011 Ohio Controlling Board approval

July/August 2011 Grant Agreement with state

August/September 2011 Start grant-funded work


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Comments, Questions, and

Public Discussion


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