Zionsville Redevelopment Commission (ZRDC)

ZIONSVILLE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION MEETING MEMORANDA FOR Monday, January 27, 2014 at 6:30pm Zionsville Town Hall-Community Meeting Room 1100 West Oak Street Members Present: Luke Phenicie, President, Mark Plassman, Vice-President, Craig Anderson, Secretary, Katie Culp, Treasurer, and Brad Johnson Also Present: Kim Blanchet, Town Attorney, Ed Mitro, Town Manager, and Wayne DeLong, AICP, Director of Planning & Economic Development. A. Opening a. Call meeting to order-President Luke Phenicie called the meeting to order at 6:30pm b. Review of Memorandum of the December 30, 2013 meeting (Memorandum is available). 1. Action Taken: A motion was made by Brad Johnson to approve the December, 2013 Memorandum. The motion was seconded by Katie Culp. c. Review of Memorandum of the January 13, 2014 meeting (Memorandum is available). 1. Action Taken: A motion was made by Craig Anderson to approve the January, 2014 Memorandum. The motion was seconded by Brad Johnson. B. Old Business a. Micro-loan Committee update. Katie Culp indicated that on February 18, 2014 Katie Culp, Bryan Brackemyre, and Wayne DeLong are speaking to the Zionsville Chamber of Commerce related to the MicroLoan program. b. Redevelopment Area project update. Wayne DeLong offered an update on projects within and near the TIF area (and provided a written report). c. Focus on Zionsville: Brad Johnson indicated that a time and materials contract will be offered to the Commission for consideration related to ongoing maintenance of the website and will be discussed later on the agenda. d. Creekside update: Brad Johnson offered a summary related to the January 23, 2014 meeting of the Creekside working group. At that meeting consultant Rundell Ernstberger discussed opportunities and constraints it identified, as well as spoke to the need to preserve more ecologically sensitive areas and the potential for the Creekside site to potentially serve as a mitigation area for any wetlands potentially encountered in the construction of an extension of Bennett Parkway. It was mentioned that the next meeting of the working group would occur on February 14, 2014. C. New Business a. Russo Communications. Brad Johnson indicated that Russo Communications has in the past maintained the FocusOnZionsville website but is currently out of contract. The need for a new hourly contract was discussed, and it was expressed that any new hourly contract should expire at the end of 2014 calendar year (with the need for a new contract being revisited also at the end of the year). 1. Action Taken: A motion was made by Brad Johnson to enter into a new hourly contract for 2014 with Russo Communications. The motion was seconded by Mark Plassman. D. Boone County EDC update: No update provided E. Other Business a. The Commission requested to discuss the opportunity to clear land within Creekside associated with three (3) bids received by the Commission. After a short discussion the Commission decided to reject the bids and authorized Wayne DeLong to contact each bidder and convey the outcome of the discussions. F. Adjournment (the meeting concluded at 7:12pm) The next meeting of the Redevelopment Commission is scheduled for Monday February 24, 2014 at 6:30pm. Respectfully Submitted, Craig Anderson, Secretary