Hampton Inn and Suites /Villages at Bloomfield

Hi All,
The Joint Development Council (JDC)  met 11/29/17 @ 2 pm @  Township Hall.   On the agenda was a site plan review for the Hampton Inn and Suites located in the City of Pontiac portion of the Villages at Bloomfield.   The project was approved.  It will be a 4 story building with 101 rooms.   Some of the special amenities include 30 % of the rooms as suites, a hot breakfast included, swimming pool, exercise room, business room and a conference area for up to 75 people.    The building location is in the NE section of the Villages at Bloomfield  adjacent to the wetland area.  Perhaps there will be many suites with a great view.   Parking for 104 spaces,  all conveniently surrounding the hotel.   No need to use the large parking structure that is remaining nearby.

JDC chairman, Dennis Cowen,  recused himself from the discussion and the vote for a conflict of interest reason.  Supervisor Savoie of Bloomfield Township assumed the temporary role of chairperson.   Mayor Waterman of the City of Pontiac asked the owners and representatives for the Hampton Inn and Suites many questions and basically welcomed them to Pontiac.  Public Comment was permitted.

Mr. Chris Abbo, VP of Construction and Operations for Namou Hotel Group met with me after the meeting.  He was very gracious and excited to get the project started.  The Hotel Group shared some large scale "boards"/ designs and plans  of the project to a group of people after the meeting.  This will be an upscale project to make both the City of Pontiac and Bloomfield Township proud. 

REDICO  was asked to give an update on the project in general.  Demolition is nearing completion.  Infrastructure underground is proceeding.   Most of the current work is concentrated in the areas where Mendards and the Hampton Inn will be locating  to allow a timely construction start.      Menards has been slow to present site plans however, REDICO expects the previous statements for a spring start.   Hampton Inn and Suites may be a summer start.   Edward Rose, the company doing the apartments may be submitting plans soon to the JDC.  REDICO  also mentioned that they may be presenting plans for other projects that they are developing.

Here is the BOARD PACKET that adds more information to the project.   It is 30 pages long.
bloomfieldtwpmi.documents-on-demand.com   Choose:  Joint Development Council/  Packet/  2017/  Nov. 29

Marcia

REDICO submits site plans for a MENARDS and Public Hearing for Brownfield approval from OC Commissioners

Hi All,
 2 meetings:  please see dates, times and locations
Both concerning the development known as The Village at Bloomfield

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 25 @ 10 AM  in Bloomfield Township :

Joint Development Council meeting with the City of Pontiac, Mayor Waterman, Bloomfield Township, Supervisor Savoie and Dennis Cowen, neutral member concerning the property to be developed:  The Village at Bloomfield located on Telegraph Rd. north of Square Lake

Meeting location:



Two things are important at this meeting:


     1.  The minutes from December 21, 2016  are about the 4 AMENDMENTS to the 2002 Development Agreement that the JDC approved at that meeting, but no actual language of the amendments were seen or read at that meeting.  Therefore, it will be very interesting to read the minutes of what the writer of the minutes believed was actually approved.  The township has not posted a board packet for the 12/21/16 or the 1/25/17 meeting.

     2.  The actual agenda item is REDICO submitting a site plan review to the JDC for a MENARDS at the project on Telegraph Road known as The Village at Bloomfield.  Since the 425 Agreement for this 85 acre parcel of land, both Bloomfield Township and the City of Pontiac have joint responsibility for the development.  However, since the Menards building will be actually located in Pontiac,  the Town Center ordinances from Pontiac will be used.  It was reported months ago that REDICO will be requesting variances with this site plan review.  No word as to what those variances will be.  Will the site plan be approved?  Will the variances requested be approved?  Do these decisions need to go before the Pontiac City Council?

FYI:

• At a January 12, 2017 City of Pontiac Council meeting these items were passed:

 

• Please note that the 2016 Development Agreement is completely different and separate from the 2002 Development Agreement.

• The Brownfield plan was presented to the City of Pontiac at the Sept. 22, 2016 Council meeting.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 26 @ 9:30 AM - PUBLIC HEARING 
Oakland County Board of Commissioners to hear the Brownfield Plan for the Village at Bloomfield    @  1200 N. Telegraph Road in Pontiac.
https://www.oakgov.com/boc/pages/agendas/full_archive.aspx
packet details about the Brownfield plan  are on pages 46-194 of the 346 pages of the pdf