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Home My WebLink AboutPolaris Educational Program temp conditi (2) TOWN OF SOUTH WINDSOR PLANNING&ZONING COMMISSION APPLICATION FORM = Application No: -q3P RECEIVED Official Receipt Date: JUL 12 2002 Receipt No. ;4 SOUTH MNDSOR PLANNING DEPT, APPLICANT: gapitol Region Education Council j-1 laris Center PROJECT NAME:_QperAi-A the Polaris Fducati onal_Pz�cfram at a temporary location ADDRESS: a?r; Giil 1 i Nan Ava Grni;-h Windsor, CT 06074 OWNER OF RECORD ON LAND RECORDS: ADDRESS: COMPLETE LOCATION OF PROPERTY: ASSESSOR'S MAP # PARCEL# ZONE .T NAME, ADDRESS, TEL& FAX # OF PERSON TO WHOM INQUIRIES SHOULD BE DIRECTED: Jean S. Gilmore, Capitol Region Education Council, 111 Charter Ave., Hartford,CI' 06106(860) 509-3658 FAX (860) 247-1949 THIS APPLICATION IS FOR: (Check all that apply): ❑ Zone Change to (Public Hearing required and Certified letter to abutters required) ❑ Subdivision/Resubdivision ❑ Open Space Subdivision (Public Hearing Required) ❑ Subdivision ❑ Minor ❑ Major ❑ Resubdivision (Public Hearing Required) ❑ Minor ❑ Major ❑ Conditional Approval ❑ Special Exception to Article (Public Hearing, Certified letter to abutters required) ❑ Site Plan of Development ❑ General Plan of Development ❑ Earth Filling (Sec. 15) and/or Earth Removal (Sec. 14 - Public Hearing Required) ❑ Regulation Amendment ❑ Zoning ❑ Subdivision (Attach proposed amendment) (Public Hearing Required) Temporary and Conditional Permit for (Public Hearing Required) 9perate the Polar is Center Frinnat;nnal Program during the 18-24 month period of construction at the current facility ❑ Major Home Occupation for (Public Hearing Required) A:ZA -qc-hml qt--.F E- Htfd,CT ❑ Other (explain in detail) An Application Pending sign is required to be posted on the property for all applications ten (10) days prior to being heard by the Commission. �Fc1t't�f s s i iiganature of A licant 7/2/aZ Signature of Property Owner ��/moo Sent by: CB RICHARD ELLIS 0; 07 0 Page 212 CB Richard Ellis --N.E. Partners, LP CB® Rkhard Ms CityPlace I 185 Asylum Street 27th Floor Hartford, CT 06103 T 860 525 9171 P 860 249 7916. wwwx6re.com To: South Windsor Town Manager, South Windsor Planning$Zoning Commission From: Chris Metcalfe, Agent for 425 Sullivan Avenue,South Windsor Subject: Temporary Change of Use Date: July 12,2002 To Whom It May Concern: As the Owners representative for 425 Sullivan Avenue,South Windsor,we give Capital Region Education Council(CREC)permission to apply to the Town of South Windsor to change the use as a Tenant in the building to Educational to run their Polar' Center. Tl yot for your c per ti m this tier, Clmri MMe calfe Associate CB Richard Ellis 860.987.4710 i i StN; .1 .� a z sP ppis t 5 l "s,iz Ft5(t71t �js, it t3� f 42.5 Sullivan Avenue South Windsor- CT Building Information Total Square Feet: 97,700 Parking Ratio: 268 spaces with expansion Year Built/Renovated: . 1986/1988 Number of Floors: 1 Owner: The Hurley Group Typical Floor Size: 97,700 SF Availability: 97,700 Square Feet Add-on Factor: N/A Building Comments: Building includes 60,000 s.f. of office/engineering space and 30,000 s.f. of manufacturing acres. 39 acres of additional land available for expansion. 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DU I u•�er i t 1536SR I 3—GlHaw Dev. v' 1741sf!ryl f 1PDU u f r� Mill ! f 1-0POING D^CK i A • Joel M.Grieco IIII� CUSH MAN & Senior Director ��,,► WAKEFIELD@ Cushman&Wakefield of Connecticut,Inc. One Commercial Plaza 280Trumbull Street Hartford,CT 06103 July 10, 2002 (860)24909007e1 (860)522 3941 Fax Mr. Patrick Mulready CB Richard Ellis CityPlace 1 185 Asylum Ave, 27th Floor Hartford, CT 06103-3408 RE: 425 SULLIVAN AVENUE, SOUTH WINDSOR Dear Pat: On behalf of the Capitol Region Education Council's Polaris Center ("Polaris"), I have been authorized to present the following proposal to lease approximately 30,000 rentable square feet of space in the subject building: PREMISES Approximately 30,000 rentable square feet, as previously toured. The subject space to include the cafeteria area. USE Office space, classroom space, and uses ancillary to a high school environment. OCCUPANCY As soon as the space can be delivered, but no later than September 1, 2002. TERM Through August 31, 2004. RENTAL RATE $85,000 annually ($7,083.33 monthly). ADDITIONAL TENANT COSTS Tenant shall pay for the cost of all utilities,janitorial, and maintenance relating to their demised premises. If the Premises is not separately metered for utilities, then the Tenant shall pay its proportionate share of the utilities for the Property, allocated appropriately for the size of space, use of space and hours of operation in comparison to the overall building and other tenants in the building. Landlord shall pay for the base year of real estate taxes, building insurance, and common area maintenance. Tenant to pay their proportional share of increases in real estate taxes and operating expenses over and above such costs for their first fiscal year of occupancy. The Base Year and subsequent year calculations shall reflect a full- assessed building and 95% occupancy. Please provide your best estimate of costs for real estate taxes, insurance, and building common expenses. Australia•Austria• Belgium Brazil •Canada•Channel Islands• Chile•China•Czech Republic • Denmark• Finland • France•Germany• Great Britain Greece•Hong Kong•Hungary•India•Ireland•Israel•Italy•Japan•Korea•Kuwait•Lebanon•Luxembourg•Mexico•The Netherlands•Northern Ireland Norway•Poland•Portugal•Romania•Russia•Singapore•Slovakia•South Africa•Spain•Sweden•Switzerland•Thailand•Turkey•United Arab Emirates•United States Cushman &Wakefield of Connecticut,Inc. Mr. Patrick Mulready 7/10/02 Page 2 TENANT IMPROVEMENTS None. The space will be taken in its "as is" condition, broom clean. PARKING Polaris shall receive its proportionate share of parking, in close proximity to the entrance to their Premises. ACCESS Tenant shall have 24 hour, 7-day a week access. SIGNAGE Tenant shall be allowed to install signage, at it's sole cost, at the entry to the Premises as well as on a monument sign, subject to approval by the Town of South Windsor. BROKERAGE Cushman &Wakefield of Connecticut, Inc. is recognized as the procuring broker of this proposed sublease, and shall be compensated by the Landlord. The commission to be paid to C&W will be calculated as 2.5% of the gross aggregate rent, and shall be earned, due and payable upon full execution and delivery of the lease between the parties. DISCLAIMER This proposal is neither an offer nor a contract. No party shall have any legal rights or obligations on account of this proposal, and no party shall rely on this proposal. The above is subject to CREC's management approval and the parties mutual agreement to and execution of an appropriate lease document. Polaris is prepared to immediately enter into a lease document for the subject space, provided we can reach agreement on the general business terms outlined above. As such, I look forward to your timely reply. Feel free to call me with any questions. Sincerely, Joel Grieco Senior Director C: George Synodi Gus Penna Dr. Pat Greco Maurice Smith No warranty or representation,express or implied,is made as to the accuracy of the information contained herein,and same is submitted subject to errors,omissions,change of price,rental or other conditions,withdrawal without notice,and to any special listing conditions,imposed by our principals. Kelli Holmes- Pari.000 - Page 1 I informed Kelli Holmes,the Administrative Secretary for the Planning Department of South Windsor,that the application will be filled out by CREC with the same information as the previous submittal. That is, "CREC is applying for a temporary and conditional permit to lease approximately 30,000square feet of space for the operation of the Polaris Center program for a two year period while the currentEast Hartford property is under construction." Basically,the same application that was previously approved by the P&Z for 8 Nutmeg Road. Kelli will be publishing the required notice for the P&Z meeting of July 23. It is anticipated that the hearing and action will take place at the same meeting. I have already installed the"application pending" signs that were given to me yesterday by Kelli. CREC will have to prepare the two separate checks required for the application fee and the site plans.The application will be forwarded to Kelli on Monday July 15. CREC will also prepare 12 copies of the information that was previously provided to the P&Z member and to Marcia Banach.These will be delivered no later than Jul 16. I let Kelli know that CREC will be represented at the hearing b Jean Gilmore. Y P g Y Jean can be reached via e-mail at j ilg more@crec.org or 509-3658.1 also gaveKelli my home phone 644-8543 and e-mail dmercure@crec.org if we need to be contacted. On behalf of CREC, Iextend our appreciation to Marcia,Michelle,and Kelli for assisting us with this last minute request for P&Z action thatwas brought on by the problems at the 8 Nutmeg Road site that we only recently were made aware of by DEP. Construction at the current site is starting in August and the current program must be relocated ASAP. ---Capitol Region Education Council--- dmercure&mindspring com---EarthLink:The#1 provider of the Real Internet. I RECEIVED JUL 12 2002 SOUTH'14INDSOR Rk*,1NC NPT, Capitol Region Education Council Bruce E. Douglas, Ph.D., Executive Director 111 Charter Oak Avenue Hartford, Connecticut 06106 (860)524-4063 Fax(860)548-9924 July 15, 2002 E-mail: bdouglas @crec.org Web site: http://www.crec.org/ Planning and Zoning Commission Town of South Windsor 1540 Sullivan Avenue South Windsor, CT 06074 RE: Polaris Center Temporary and Conditional Permit Application For 425 Sullivan Avenue Dear Commission Members: The Polaris Center is located on School Street in East Hartford, Connecticut. The school is currently housed in a 1955 building constructed for factory use and was renovated in 1976 for this current use. The State of Connecticut approved CREC's school construction grant application in the amount of$9.5 million for an addition/renovation to the existing facility. It is anticipated construction will start in_mid summer 2002 and completed in June 2004. CREC is therefore interested in leasing approximately 30,000 square feet of space at 425 Sullivan Avenue to operate the Polaris educational program during the period of construction. Attached to our application was an executed letter of intent to enter into a formal lease agreement subject to approvals from the Town of South Windsor to operate the school at this location. Enclosed is a packet with information about CREC, its programs, and specific information on the Polaris program. Sincerel , ter, .d . �'•,.�_-� _ Bruce E. Douglas, Ph.D. Executive Director Enclosures Appl #02-43P, CREC/Polaris School Public Hearing, 7-23-02 Planning Department Report 1. Request for temporary & conditional permit to operate the Polaris Center educational facility in the former Gerber building at 425 Sullivan Avenue, I zone, while the Center's permanent facility in East Hartford is undergoing renovations. There are no external modifications to the building or site needed by the applicant. The applicant proposes to operate the facility for about 60 students Monday-Friday from 7:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., with occasional weekend use. 2. A Temporary and Conditional permits may be granted by the Commission for a use which is not specified elsewhere in the regulations for a period not to exceed two years. Such approval may be given if, in the judgment of the Commission, the public convenience and welfare will be substantially served, and the appropriate use of neighboring property will not be substg-iTtially or permanently injured, and traffic and other hazards will not result from such use. 3. The site is well able to handle the parking and student drop-off and pick-up needs for the temporary school facility. 4. The site is currently serviced by public water and sewer. 5. South Windsor Police Department has reviewed this application and does not have any traffic issues. 6. If approved, the Planning Dept has no requested approval modifications. t0wM Be,,, 05 1540 SULLIVAN AVENUE• SOUTH WINDSOR,CT 06074-2786 SOR.CoN AREA CODE 860/644-2 5 1 1 FAX 860/644-3781 CERTIF IED MAIL August 23, 2002 Jean Gilmore Capitol Region Education Council 111 Charter Avenue Hartford, CT 06106 Re: Appl 02-43P, CREC/Polaris Center, Two-year Temporary and Conditional Permit Dear Mrs. Gilmore: Please be advised that the Planning and Zoning Commission at its August 20, 2002, meeting approved the above-referenced request for,a two-year temporary and conditional permit to operate the Polaris Center Educational Program on property located at 425 Sullivan Avenue, I Zone. This permit will expire on August 20, 2004. Sincerely, /7V Kevin McCann, Chairman Planning and Zoning Commission KMcC/kah cc: Zoning Enforcement Officer Chief Building Official Assessor .. t. 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