9 September 2021 Dearborn County Redevelopment Meeting Notes
Present: Diane Bender, Chairman, Dave Deddens (via phone), Jim Deaton, Alan Goodman, and
ABSENT: Jim Helms and Jamie Graf (non- voting school board member)
Also present:Sue Hayden, county administrator and minute taker, Andrea Ewan, attorney, Connie Fromhold, Auditor and DCRC treasurer.
Title VI statement read as legally required by Bender.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES- July 8th Minutes approved
CLAIMS AND FINANCIALS- $630 for Lonnie Steele DR 52 - 7 hours, $145 Barnes and Thornburg Law Firm for review of incentives, $630 to Drake Lawn and Mowing 9 times, and $3757.50 to Ewan Law for legal services Jan-June 2021- Total- $5162.50 All approved.
Financial passed out. Dyke paid into General Fund.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS: none
NEW BUSINESS:
Property on Guilford- Houses were torn down- not finished per a resident. Weeds are 5-6 ft tall and brick in there. Nicole Daily talked to contractor. Still no clean up. Same Contractor did Dyke property. Goodman offered to call the contractor- he’s a local guy. Goodman to report back after that.
Skally’s Bakery TIF Allocation Area Dissolution- Mike Perleberg- With the layout of the Dyke property - it has portions in Skally and portions in West Harrison. They need to get it all in one area.So they need to dissolve Skally’s TIF- DCRC approved the resolution dissolving the Skally’s.
West Harrison TIF Amendment- The second resolution is to add the Skally’s to the West Harrison TIF- DCRC approved that also. That starts a 25 year time period for that expansion area.
ONE DEARBORN REPORT: Mike Perleberg- Dyke Industries excavation going strong. Vertical construction starts soon. On target for Spring 2022 completion.
Jeff Banning Engineering- For a study for Hoosier Energy and REMC will help inform well to make investment in future.
IEDC extended deadline for regional development plan along with our consultant. Aug 30 was due date. Received 66 projects- getting scored now and prioritized. There are a handful that can benefit our TIF’s. We should get something of value out of this SE Indiana READI initiative. Prepare for success, they tell us.
A video marketing project is underway to market sites in our region along the I-74 area and some areas along our corridor.
Clusters of sites along SR 1 around St.Leon and US 50 in Dillsboro area have been identified for TIF areas. This is a desk top review at this point. This is just information so far- no action so far.
ATTORNEY’S REPORT- none
OTHER BUSINESS- none
ADJOURNMENT - 9:30 AM
Christine Brauer Mueller
Lawrenceburg Township
