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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRDC January 28, 2026 JEFFERSONVILLE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING MINUTES January 28,2026 The Jeffersonville Redevelopment Commission held a Regular Meeting on January 28, 2026 that was called to order at 4:04 pm in the Mayor's Conference Room located at 500 Quartermaster Court,Jeffersonville, Indiana Board Members present: Scott Hawkins, Evan Stoner, Mike Moore (by Zoom), Sophia O'Coffey, Duard Avery Staff Members present: Redevelopment Director Rob Waiz, Redevelopment Commission Attorney/City Attorney Les Merkley (by Zoom), Grant Administrator DeLynn Campbell, Administrative Assistant/Secretary Theresa Treadway, Asst. City Controller Yvonne Dowd, City Engineer Andy Crouch Guests: Josh Darby with Jacobi, Toombs & Lanz, Chris Gardner with HWC Engineering, Keeley Stengel with Garmong Construction. CALL TO ORDER Scott Hawkins President called the meeting to order at 4:04PM Mr. Hawkins added an edition to the Agenda, election of officers for 2026. Mr. Moore made a motion to keep the officer from 2025 being Scott Hawkins, President, Sophia O'Coffey, Vice President,Duard Avery, Secretary with Mr. Stoner seconding,passing unanimously 5-0. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Mr. Stoner made a motion to approve the agenda with Mr. Moore seconding, passing unanimously 5-0. CONSENT REPORTS Minutes: Mr. O'Coffey made a motion to approve the minutes from December 17, 2025 with Mr. Avery seconding,passing 4-0,with Mr. Hawkins abstaining. Claims: Mr. Moore made a motion to approve the TIF Claims in the amount of$8,006,483.73 with Mr. Stoner seconding,passing unanimously 5-0. Mr. Moore made a motion to approve the Redevelopment Operating Claims in the amount of $4,556.66 with Ms. O'Coffey seconding,passing unanimously 5-0. JTL Ongoing Projects Update: Ohio River Greenway Extension • Contractor is Hall Contracting. JTL providing full-time Construction Administration and Inspection. • Pre-Construction Meeting Scheduled for March 28, 2025. Substantial Completion date is November 1, 2025. Final Completion date is April 1, 2026. • Tree clearing was completed by March 31, 2025 per regulatory permitting requirements. • All demolition activities have been completed. Contractor has finished placing fill and stone base for the trail,rip-rap on the side slopes • Contractor has poured concrete for the trail on the west end of the project (from Riverside Drive to Upland Brewing Company). Contractor poured the curb ramp connection at Riverside Drive. • Contractor completed construction of the decorative retaining walls and the caps on top of the walls. Contractor is sealing the wall and installing stone base in preparation of pouring concrete for the remainder of the trail. • All of the slopes between the trail and the river have been graded and restored with rip-rap or topsoil,seed and erosion control blanket as required. • All of the concrete curb along the rail has been poured. • Contractor installed concrete trail as weather allowed. Approximately 200' was poured. Approximately 800'remains. • See following page for drone photos of the construction progress. HWC Engineering Project Update: Charlestown Pike Project • Chris Gardner—Phase 1 with MAC Construction and Phase 2 with Louisville Paving, both companies not on site this week due to weather, work to continue as soon as weather breaks. See drone pictures attached for both phases. NEW BUSINESS No New Business QUESTIONS FOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Here if anyone needs anything BOARD COMMENT Mr.Avery—Hearing other places like Clarksville and New Albany are feeling the budget cuts from the SB1 bill and possibly more budget cuts coming. Ms. O'Coffey—No Comment Mr. Moore—No Comment Mr. Stoner—I appreciate the opportunity to be back with you all this year and appreciate your support President Hawkins as well to remain on this board, so very happy to be here. After making a very aggressive post concerning the old Hardee's in downtown and driving by it over the last two years and seeing the condition it was in. I understand that the property has now been sold and hopefully a nice ribbon cutting coming. From where I am sitting, I don't care if the property is up for sale or what process it is in, if you own a property in Jeff it is your responsibility to keep it. If not, I feel it is my responsibility not only a city council member but also a redevelopment commissioner to call it out. I am happy we did that and happy to see there was some updates and approved curb appeal. We have ordinances in place for properties that are not maintained. Mr. Hawkins—After traveling around surrounding places after all this snow, I appreciate our street guys so much,they knocked it out of the park in cleaning our streets. NEXT MEETING February 25, 2026 at 4:00 pm ADJOURNMENT Mr. Stoner made a motion to adjourn at 4:19 pm kte, Scott Hawkins, President Submitted By: Theresa Treadway