25 April 2022 Dearborn County Redevelopment Meeting Notes
Present: Diane Bender, Chairman, Dave Deddens ( via telephone), Jim Helms, Jim Deaton, Alan Goodman
ABSENT: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.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES- Minutes from March 10th approved.
CLAIMS AND FINANCIALS: Financials passed out for review.
Claims- One Dearborn $10,000 first qtr. plus others - total paid $12,858.04- approved.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:Billboard lease with Dyke Industries and ck for $2500 for their first installment.
NEW BUSINESS:TIF Management report from Fromhold. Payoff of Whitewater Mills $1,300,000. And $621,000 in Whitewater Mills. Fromhold checked with Baker Tilley on what it would cost to payoff.Decided to wait.
ONE DEARBORN REPORT: Perleberg p[resented- Project Teamwork back in February on 26.9 acre parcel between Dyke and Herlinger. Acquired 2 appraisals and averaged $50,000/acre. Ran ads in local papers. One offer received. The offer is in the purchase packet.It’s for $50,000/acre.That will be just over $1.3million. This is a qualifying offer as it meets the appraisal. Ewan has reviewed the offer. Deddens left the meeting via phone.
The offer was accepted by the DCRC board. The economic development agreement for this is taken under review for up to 90 days. DCRC will take action at their meeting in May.
Moore Capital is based in Texas and they develop buildings nationwide. 475,000 sq ft building. $25 million project and its speculative. They will lease it and/or sell it.They are willing to make some commitments on employment. Want wages to be at least $18,000/hr.
Blight elimination program Guilford properties. One offer for $500 for it. Have to wait til May meeting to look at this non-qualifying offer.
Dyke Industries- they have taken them around to workforce places to help meet their commitments to local hiring.
Drake Mowing has agreed to take on all our mowing responsibilities this year.
Rep Randy Lyness has helped to get permitted ways to get the billboards brush cleared in the INDOT ROW by getting him to a solid contact with INDOT. Board decided to let Perleberg to complete the permit application on this clearing.
Perleberg will check for DCRC to see about a ribbon cutting ceremony and see that the county can be involved.
ATTORNEY’S REPORT- none
OTHER BUSINESS Mr Boggs- lives out on Brush Fork Rd. There was no maintenance in terms of snow or ice or whatever and lots of potholes. There are some nice houses up there. He has 130 acres and 3 houses.
They did black top last year and it flooded the weekend after they finished. The bridges got plugged up and got the blacktop got undone in places. There’s an 80 year old woman who drives this road also.Biggest gripe is the UTV tracks this has turned into. What can be done?
Proper place is to start with Todd Listerman and Tim Grieve. Then Commissioners. Sue Hayden will take him up there after the meeting for the Highway dept. DCRC can’t help as it’s out of the TIF areas.
Next meeting is May 12th. Executive session at 8 am followed by meeting at 9 AM.
ADJOURNMENT - 9:30 AM
Christine Brauer Mueller
Lawrenceburg Township
