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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-27-2000 MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING JEFFERSONVILLE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION Wednesday, September 27, 2000 The Jeffersonville Redevelopment Commission met in Regular Session on Wednesday, September 27, 2000 in the Third Floor.~onference Room, 501 E. Court Ave. Jeffersonville, Indiana. The following were present: Robert E. Cahill, Jr., President Barry S. Cahill, Vice President Kyle Williams, Secretary Ed Zastawny, Commission Member STAFF MEMBERS: David Duggins, Jr., Interim Director Kathy Haller, Consultant Mary Sue Ellenbrand, Assistant to Interim Director Jana Ecker, City Planner Anne Marie Galligan, City Attorney NOT PRESENT: Nathan Samuel President Robert E. Campbell, Jr. called the meeting to order at 5:40 P.M. President Campbell asked for additions or corrections to the minutes of the August 30, 2000 meeting. Hearing none, a motion was made by Mr. Williams and seconded by Mr. Zastawny. Motion passed unanimously. TREASURER'S REPORT Mr. Duggins reported that there is still a problem with the new software. A temporary report was given and an official report would be ready by next month. CLAIMS REPORT There was a total of $20,623,10 operating claims ' Mr. Duggins brought the Commissioners attention to the Quad Properties claim. This claim was submitted so the October payment could be approved. Claim No. 2 was for Page 2 1VIr. Duggins travel to San Diego. The wrong credit card was used and a new claim had to be submitted. Check No 1207 was voided and Check No. 1219 was written for $857.70. Hearing no further questions on the Claims Report Mr. Ed Zastawny made a motion to approve the Claims Report. Mr. Williams seconded. Motion carried unanimously. GRANT FUND There were two Grant Fund Claims this month. The first one for Jacobi, Toombs & Lanz for $3,997.19 and the second a reimbursement of funds to the Operating Account for $4,335.42. A motion was made by Mr. Zastawny and seconded by Mr. Cahill to approve the Grant Fund Claims. Motion passed unanimously. CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION A certificate of completion was presented for the property at 731 Wall Street. A motion was made by Mr. Williams and seconded by Mr. Zastawny. Motion passed unanimously. QUARTERMASTER/GATEWAY PROJECT UPDATE: QUARTERMASTER: Mr. Duggins reported that he and Mr. Phil McCauley were continuing progress through meetings with The Heritage Group and the Banister Group. The Heritage Group is performing the environmental study and by the end of October or early November should complete this. GATEWAY PROJECT: Mr. Duggins and Mr. McCauley are also continuing to meet with the The Banister Group concerning the Gateway Project. The closing on the Pet Paradise property will take place on October 3. We should be able to close on October 5. The cost will be $620,000.00. It will be necessary to cash the CD we received from the closing of Rocky's and Buckhead's for $605,811.18. This CD is being held at Heritage Bank. It will also be necessary to cash a mature $50,000 CD at Bank One. A motion was made by Mr. Williams and seconded by Mr. Cahill to cash two CD's in the amount $656,811,18 plus interest. The motion carried unanimously. RESOLUTION A Resolution was presented to give Mr. Duggins, the Interim Director of Redevelopment, authority to execute any and all documents necessary to effectuate contracts that the Redevelopment Commission has approved. President Campbell called for a motion. Mr. Zastawny made a motion to approve Resolution 2000-R-03. Mr. Williams seconded. Motion passed unanimously. Mr. Duggins reported he has been meeting the Jeffersonville City Council members. These meetings were held to inform the Council Members of the Gateway Project. Meetings with Mr. Rob Waiz, Les Merkely and Ron Ellis were held last week. The rest of the council will be scheduled as time permits. KEMPF PROPERTY: Mr. Duggins reported that he has talked with Mr. Steve Kempf of Kempf Construction Co. to purchase the property at 10'" and Spring Street that he owns. Mr. Kempf has agreed to sell the property for $125,000.00. The property was appraised at $191,664.00. Mr. Zastawny made a motion to purchase the Kempf property on 10`" Street with the contingency of two appraisals. Mr. Williams seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously. RIVERFRONT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT: A meeting will be held in the next few weeks to finalize plans on the Riverfront Development Company Project. BRIDGEVIEW: Mr. Campbell and Mr. Duggins toured the Bridgeview Center. There were questions about the air conditioning unit on the Kentuckiana Diagnostics office. Due to the excessively high cooling demands of the MRI and CT, a 12-ton air conditioning unit was specified to maintain the correct temperature throughout the facility. OTHER: Mr. Duggins informed the Commissioners of a new company that is showing interest in coming to the Clazk Mazitime Center. They should be making their decision by November 3rd, 2000. They plan to invest over 45 million in real estate improvements and new machinery and plan to hire 200 employees Ms. Haller announced that the City of Jeffersonville has been awarded the Outstanding Indiana City of the Year Awazd by the State Chamber of Commerce. A video of Jeffersonville will be made and viewed at the awards dinner in Indianapolis on October 26, 2000. PROJECT UPDATE REPORT: Ms. Haller passed out a copy of the Project Update Report. G Page 4 i Hearing no other business Mr. Campbell asked for a motion to adjourn the meeting. Mr. Kyle Williams made a motion to adjourn the meeting, Mr. Zastawny seconded the motion. Motion carried. The meeting was adjourned at 6:50 P.M. APPROVED BY: Kyle W ms, Secr~t`y Jeffers n lle Redevelopment Commission Robert E. Campbell, Jr., Jeffersonville Redevelop ~~'11101101t~ ll ~~ 'CC>>ItiIIsRCT.~:L ~T2t~UP September 20, 2000 Mr. Robert E. Campbell, Jr. President Department of Redevelopment City of Jeffersonville Jeffersonville, IN 47130 Dear Bobby: On behalf of Barrister Commercial Group, I want to express our thanks for the time you spent touring the new MRI facility at Bridgeview Center. We are pleased that Kentuckiana Diagnostics has made a substantial financial commitment in the City of Jeffersonville and that they chose this to be their first and primary location. The owners of Kentuckiana Diagnostics purchased an "open-sided" MRI as well as a Cat Scan for their new business. Due to the excessively high cooling demands of the MRI and CT, a 12- ton air conditioning unit was specified to maintain the correct temperature throughout the facility. In fact, the mechanical room that houses the electrical and mechanical equipment required an entirely separate 3-ton air conditioning unit. The air-conditioning unit that is partially visible as you cross the 2"d Street Bridge is the larger 12-ton unit. Bobby, we sincerely appreciate your attention to detail since that will certainly "raise the standard" throughout the City of Jeffersonville. We look forward to completing the build outs in the remainder of Bridgeview Center and working with the Department of Redevelopment on future projects. Sincerely, G~~ Kat athews President I~