August 21, 2008

The Ellettsville, Indiana, Redevelopment Commission met in regular session on Thursday, August 21, at the Fire Department Training and Conference Room. Darby McCarty called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M., leading the Pledge of Allegiance.

Roll Call: Members present were Darby Mc Carty, Frank Buczolich-absent, Mathew Stille, Darlyne Sowder, with Phil Rogers absent.

Approval of Minutes

Darby McCarty- Darby made a motion to approve the minutes of the June 19, 2008 meeting. Darby asked the commission if they have any corrections.

Matthew Stille- Matthew made a motion to approve of the amended minutes.

Darlyne Sowder- Seconded the motion.

Old Business

None

New Business

Frank Nierzwicki- Frank discussed information from Indiana Cities and Towns (IACT). Tax Increment Districts were discussed and that new regulations have tightened up the process. He gave the commission information for them to file with their Redevelopment notes.

The conference Frank attended at Rising Sun, Indiana was discussed.

A new adjunct member will be added in October to the Redevelopment Commission from the school corporation, this member will be a non-voting member from the Richland Bean Blossom School Corporation. The person will sit with you. The school board member will move from the advisory committee to the commission. Any questions?

Darby McCarty- No.

Frank Nierzwicki- We will not meet in September, so we will meet in October.

Since I’ll be in Louisville about a week before the October meeting I’ll try to shoot the packet to you by October 6, so you’ll have more time to look at things and we’ll have more time to discuss things.

Darby McCarty- That works for me, since I’ll be in Washington.

Frank Nierzwicki- We are looking to have a one to two day training session with Redevelopment, Plan Commission, Town Council and Town supervisors. We will review how planning works, how different groups interact with one another. We will have the BZA members to this training as well. This will help to understand the roles of each organization. If we didn’t have the community planning grant from INDOT we probably wouldn’t be able to do this because of lack of funds in the Planning budget.

I’ll set up a date to have the training; we may look at McCormick’s Creek in the spring.

Darby McCarty- That sounds good.

Frank Nierzwicki- I’m looking at October to get the groups back together and try to ramp it up more. We will look to December to see how we want to proceed in 2009, do you have any questions?

Darby McCarty- No, any comments from the public.

Russ Ryle- It’s hard to comment until you have something to look at.

Frank Nierzwicki- We paid our dues, and one thing I get out of the association (IACT) is the paperwork from them, I need to receive the paper work. We are working on this.

I made contact with the Fort Wayne Redevelopment Commission and others. So, there are a number of groups I want to work with.

I’ve had some offers from Fort Wayne to see if they can help us a bit. That’s it for this evening.

Darby McCarty- Does anyone else have anything they want to bring up?

Privilege of the Floor-non agenda items

Jeana Kapczynski- What about the Historical Preservation Commission, since it is on the books.

Frank Nierzwicki- We could invite the Historical Preservation Commission, but there aren’t any members at this point.

Jeana Kapczynski- She was hard to hear, she spoke from the audience instead of going to the podium.

Some historical sites were discussed, and restoration efforts.

Adjournment

Darby McCarty entertained a motion to adjourn at 7:30 P.M. Mathew Stille made a motion to adjourn and Darlyne Sowder seconded the motion. Motion carried. Next meeting October 23, 2008.