Proponent Testimony — Mike Sikora, NAIOP of Ohio, on Senate Bill 41

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Mike Sikora, who serves as Board Member, Executive Committee Member, and Legislative Chair for NAIOP of Ohio, gave written proponent testimony on Senate Bill 41, sponsored by Senator Kristina Roegner, to the House Economic & Workforce Development Committee. The testimony says NAIOP of Ohio is a statewide association of over 500 members representing the real estate development industry across Ohio. It says developer members have reported that inspectors sometimes require changes to items already approved in the plans, causing additional time, costs and lost revenue. It says Senate Bill 41 would reduce the instances and consequences of those inefficiencies by allowing expedited appeals.

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Chairman Swearingen, Vice Chair Santucci, Ranking Member Upchurch, and Members of the
House Economic & Workforce Development Committee, thank you for allowing me the
opportunity to provide written proponent testimony on Senate Bill 41, sponsored by Senator
Kristina Roegner. My name is Mike Sikora, and I serve as a Board Member, Executive
Committee Member, and Legislative Chair for NAIOP of Ohio.

NAIOP of Ohio is a statewide association of over 500 members representing the real estate
development industry across Ohio with the primary pursuit of assisting the progression of
economic development activity. As the state’s leading commercial real estate association, we
applaud the work of Senator Roegner on this legislation, thank the Ohio Senate for their
unanimous support, and appreciate this Committee moving forward with the advancement of this
Bill.

Our developer members throughout Ohio have reported that, during inspections, sometimes the
inspector identifies issues and requires changes to items that have previously already been
approved in the plans by the governmental body responsible for those approvals, the associated
work has been performed, and those changes required by the inspector will not actually benefit
the project in any material way. As a result, additional time passes, costs are incurred, and
revenue is lost that can never be recouped. Senate Bill 41 would reduce the instances and
consequences of those costly inefficiencies, while still maintaining reasonable safety standards
on development projects that are underway.

With Ohio currently having such great economic momentum, we have to eliminate barriers to
progress in a prudent manner, and Senate Bill 41 is a step in the right direction. By allowing
expedited appeals, it puts safety first, while allowing developers to pay additional funds when
warranted to justify an expedited appeal, and to prove their position, in order to move a project
forward to keep pace with the speed of business.

Chairman Swearingen thank you again for allowing NAIOP of Ohio the opportunity to submit
testimony and we urge favorable consideration of the legislation.

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