8 February 2018 Dearborn County Redevelopment Meeting Notes

8 February 2018 Dearborn County Redevelopment Meeting Notes

Present: Jim Deaton, Chairman, Dave Deddens, Jim Helms, John Rahe, Alan Goodman, 

ABSENT: Jamie Graf (non- voting school board member)

Also present:Sue Hayden, county administrator and minute taker, Andrea Ewan, attorney, Gayle Pennington, Auditor and DCRC treasurer.

Title VI statement read as required by law.

DCRC Board certified that the executive session only discussed items as advertised.

There is no action on the executive session discussion that preceded this meeting.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES- January 11, 2018 meeting minutes approved.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS: Visioning Grant invoice- Tabled from Nov 17, 2017- reopened and Andrea Ewan presented  the Proposed Resolution that Del Weldon attorney for Lawrenceburg prepared was just delivered to the board regarding the administration of the Visioning Grant from the City of Lawrenceburg. It was for $270,000 and $155,500 is left in it. The DCRC/County does not want to administer it now. Now that One Dearborn has been created they are doing this job and the DCRC and county no longer wishes to administer these funds as they are just passing them thru to One Dearborn. DCRC members read thru it quickly and approved it. The Visioning money now will go straight to One Dearborn from Lawrenceburg. This does not lessen the county’s funding of One Dearborn. The county’s contract with One Dearborn for services renews in July. Everyone signed 3 copies of this resolution. 

CLAIMS AND FINANCIALS: Electric bills will be paid as they come in from here on out.Current one was about $47 

$100 for bond for the board paid.

Ewan said that the Stone Property should be paid from part from 4932 and part from Growth and Development Fund. That will be researched to make it happen correctly.

There is a $10,000 payment due in March for 1/4 of their payment to One Dearborn.

NEW BUSINESS: Sign Company Visits- Deaton said that 3 of them visited 4 sign companies all day Thursday last week. Randall said that Signarama had a wide range of abilities. No packet ready from them. They already do a lot of business with Craig Distributing and so they can it that together with our sign for the Industrial Park in West Aurora TIF. Also went to Allegra Cincinnati- and they did send some ideas and photos that she showed them from her computer. Green Sign Co in Greensburg. They do really big signs. Their design is spectacular in the $40K range and up. Jonas Memorial Monument Co also was visited, It was probably the most economical route. She then showed samples of their work and also Allegra’s.

DCRC discussed the options and want to still look at samples from these companies. Any concept over $25K has to go out for bid per Ewan. Deddens did one with two brick columns that is economical. Kevin McCord and a guy in Miamitown he knows maybe to look at. Rahe said there a lot of obstacles to viewing the sign. It would have to be elevated. 

They need to narrow it down.They need to see who will want to put another sign out there. Only 3 businesses there have expressed interest in doing one.

Action is for Randall to go back to Signarama for proposals. Present at next meeting. Signarama is very interested and Rick Craig of Craig Distributing there in the Industrial Park already does business with Signarama. 

Next regular meeting will be on March 8th. Claims and proposals for sign will be in by then. They will also have an April 12th special meeting for sign decisions.  

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICER’S REPORT: see above on signs. 

ATTORNEY’S REPORT- none

OTHER BUSINESS-billboards need termination letters by their 60 day notice times. They are going to pause the ease on one billboard to advertise their land and they need the 2 sided billboard. Deddens said they need to see who is renewing or not. Deddens will do that. All the leases are going to be redrafted to update them for the county. They need to redraft for the pause agreement people too. Decision needs to be before March to get their proper notice. 

Randall wants a sign on the US52 property for prospective business. 

ADJOURNMENT - 9:45 AM

Christine Brauer Mueller

Lawrenceburg Township