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Home My WebLink About04-24-2002 MINUTES OF MEETING JEFFERSONVILLE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION Wednesday, April 24, 2002 The Jeffersonville Redevelopment Commission met on Wednesday Apri124, 2002 in the Mayor's Conference Room, Fourth Floor, 501 E. Court Avenue, Jeffersonville, Indiana. The following were present: Robert Campbell, President Barry Cahill, Vice President Nathan Samuel, Secretary Edward Zastawny, Commission Member Kyle Williams, Commission Member STAFF: David C. Duggins, Jr., Redevelopment Director Mary Sue Ellenbrand, Assistant to Director Kathy Haller, Consultant Anne Marie Galligan, City Attorney CALL TO ORDER: President Robert Campbell called the meeting to order at 6:20 PM. APPROVAL OF NIlNUTES: President Campbell asked for any additions or corrections to the minutes of the March 27, 2002 meeting. Mr. Cahill stated that under Adjournment, second line, Mr. seconded should be deleted. Mr. Cahill then made a motion to accept't~e minutes of the Mazch 27, 2002 meeting. Mr. Zastawny seconded. Motion carried. - TREASURER'S REPORT: Mr. Duggins reported that there would not be a Treasurer's Report due to the fact that he was out of town for the first two weeks of the month and that this was a short month and the report was not finished. The April Treasurer's Report would be presented in May. Page 2 CLAIMS: OPERATING: Mr. Duggins presented Operating Claims for Apri12002 totaling $117,312.50. Mr. Duggins brought the board's attention to Claim No. 4, $105,418.00 for the Tony Elzy Property, 10`t' Street. This money came from the TIF account. Mr. Zastawny made a motion to approve the Apri12002 Operating Claims. Mr. Cahill seconded. Motion carried. APPROVAL OF HAL KOVERT CONTRACT -NEW CITY BUILDING: Mr. Duggins presented a contract for an Abbreviated Standard Form of Agreement Between Owner and Architect for Hal Kovert of Kovert-Hawkins Architects. This contract is for the Municipal Office Building project to be constructed at Market and Wall Streets, Jeffersonville, IN. Due to the Commissioners not receiving this contract in advance and being able to review it the item was tabled until next month. Each Commissioner received a copy and will review it before the next meeting. City Attorney, Anne Marie Galligan noted that the Estopinol Group was offered this contract but declined. Mrs. Galligan also noted that the Mayor was very insistent on the Architect be a local Architect. DISCUSSION OF RIVERFRONT DEVELOPMENT AREA ISSUES: Mr. Duggins stated that the main problem in the Riverfront Development Area is parking. Large signs have been ordered to post along the area to direct traffic to additional parking under the Second Street Bridge. There is also a problem with rats in the Kingfish area. Mr. Duggins contacted the Health Department and they will try to bait but chemicals in the river area are a problem. The high weeds will also be cut down with hopes that this will alleviate the problem. The overage checks for Rocky's and Buckhead's have yet`xo be received. A reminder will be sent to them. QUARTERMASTER DEPOT UPDATE: The Quartermaster project is moving along. We will learn Thursday if the bonding allocation has been approved. The Environmental Review Process, including Section 106 Historic Review has commenced. _] GATEWAY UPDATE: Mr. Glen Lewis has offered to sell his property for 1 million dollars. The property was appraised at $385,000.00. Mr. Williams made a motion to ask the Board of Public Works to condemn the property. Mr. Samuel seconded. Motion carried unanimously. The hotel that wants to locate on the property is ready to commit. POSSIBLE CLIENT FOR NORTHPORT BUSINESS AND CLARK MARITIME CENTRE: A major distribution center in the Midwest is interested in locating in Jeffersonville. Mr. Duggins will travel to Fort Lauderdale, Florida next week to help negotiate the. project. PROJECT UPDATE REPORT: (See attached sheet) Ms. Haller passed out copies of the Project Update Report. The City received notification of approval of the grant for the floating bazge at the Terrace Lawn. A grant to the Arts Council of Southern Indiana for $15,000.00 is being prepared to help with funding the next phase of the construction of the Thomas Jefferson Statue for Warder Park. OTHER: Mr. Campbell reported that he attended the Clarksville Redevelopment Commission meeting and they approved the Engineering Firm of Jacobi, Toombs & Lanz as the Construction Engineering Services. Mr. Campbell also reported that all the property has been purchased for the Intercity Road Project. The total cost will be 1.1 million dollars. ADJOI;fRNMENT: ~ . Mr. Campbell asked if there was any additional business. Hearing none Mr. Williams made a motion to adjourn the meeting. .Motion carried. APPROVED: Robert Campbell, President Nathan Samuel, Secretary PROJECT DEVELOPMENT UPDATE INTERCITY ROAD BRIDGE PROJECT: February: Engineering plans are 99% complete. Ready to submit to 1NDOT. July letting anticipated for the road and bridge project. Property acquisition: proceeding with condemnation with trustees of church. ' March: Plans submitted and a copy made available to Redevelopment. Awaiting review. April: Received review. Submitting final tracings. Haven't received final comments on bridge. Late Summer letting period. May: Jeffersonville will be the lead agency on the Veterans Parkway . Jeffersonville is on the state's August letting schedule. VOGT VALVE PROJECT: February: Nothing new to report at this time. March: Nothing new to report at this time. April: The report for the first quarter of 2002, showed 201 jobs, compared to a goal of 237 and down from 204 last quarter. Capital investment was $38,925,671 compared to a goal of $36,538,000. May: Nothing new to report at this time. NORTHSHORE DEVELOPNTENT: February: Ceridian did not work out. Oncology group is interested in second floor. MRI group in interested in remaining square footage on first floor. Looking at Verizon group for rooftop towers and renting some space in basement. Vision Plus has moved in. Union Planters has not yet moved in. A local educational institution is still renting. Will still have 4,300 sq ft remaining on the second floor. March: A local educational institution is still renting and has expressed interest in permanent space. Union Planters signed their lease. A travel agency has undertaken negotiations for 1 %2 floors of space. April: Union Planters will start improvements on Monday. IUS has approval from Bloomington to establish a fixed site and hope to complete negotiations in May for availability in Fall. A travel agency is still in discussions for 1 %2 floors of space, as well as a dot com company and a medical group. If all these sign, building should be at 90% capacity. May: Union planters improvements are almost complete. IUS is continuing to move along, however, some discussion has occurred concerning possible undergraduates attending. Third floor -three groups still interested and now talking specifics with prospects. The dot com company and the medical group are still in negotiations. URBAN ENTERPRISE ZONE: February: Refer to David's report. March: Refer to David's report. April: Awaiting receipt of fully executed grant agreement for $22,095. May: Received fully executed grant agreement for $22,095. Have instructed the selected engineering firm of Lineback Funkhouser to proceed with Phase I and Phase II, ePvironmental assessment. COURT AVENUE EXTENSION: February: Have secured approval of plans by INDOT. Awaiting signature process at the state level. Anticipate being able to bid the project around the first part of June 2002. March: Awaiting the finalization ofhold-harmless agreement between INDOT and the City regarding liability for possible safety issues. April: Nothing new to report at this time. May: Bob Miller sent papers in to INDOT for an inspection engineer on June 4~'. Should have a letting before the end of June. H:~Kathy~DOR reports~02-May project update.doc Page 1 of 1