Minutes; Evansville Redevelopment Authority: June 13, 2005

Evansville Redevelopment Authority
Regular Meeting
Monday, June 13, 2005, 7:30 PM
City Hall, 31 S. Madison St., Evansville, WI

MINUTES

Vice-Chairperson Eager called the meeting to order at 7:30 PM. Present were Vice-Chairperson Eager, Betsy Ahner, Dean Arnold and John Decker. Chairperson Hagen, Ald. Anderson and Ald. Kooyman were absent. Bill Connors, Executive Director, and James Otterstein, Rock County Economic Development, also were present.

The agenda was modified to correct the reference in Item 8(a) from W. Main St. to W. Church St., and otherwise was approved as presented by the executive director.

Motion by Mr. Decker, seconded by Ald. Kooyman, to approve the minutes of the April 11, 2005 regular meeting and the April 28, 2005, special meeting as presented by the executive director. Motion passed.

There were no citizen appearances on items not listed on the agenda, and no public hearings.

Old Business

David Mueller did not appear to discuss his property at 116 E. Main St.

The commissioners completed revising a draft set of procedures and forms prepared by Mr. Otterstein. Motion by Ms. Ahner, seconded by Mr. Decker, to approve the procedures and forms with the revisions communicated to Mr. Otterstein. Mr. Otterstein will circulate a revised draft for feedback, and further revisions might be necessary.

New Business

Roger Berg of Triple B Investments suggested that TID No. 5 could be expanded southward to include the parcel on the south side of W. Church St. where Triple B has obtained approval to construct a new two-unit residential building behind an existing old house that has been divided into a two-unit residential building. Mr. Berg suggested that the tax increment generated by the new building could be used to pay part of the cost of performing a historic restoration of the exterior of the old house in front of it. The commissioners expressed interest in this proposal, but if the tax increment district is to be enlarged, they want to explore whether other parcels on other boundaries of the district should also be included in the enlargement, since the city can make only a limited number of modifications to the boundaries of TID No. 5. The focus would be on finding additional parcels to include that have potential for commercial development. Executive Director Connors was instructed to ask David Wagner for information on whether there is sufficient time to enlarge TID No. 5 with the “base” value being set at Jan. 1, 2005, and the fees his company would charge for assisting with the enlargement. The commissioners discussed the possibility of having a special meeting soon to discuss this issue again.

Mr. Otterstein suggested that Mr. Connors should obtain a large map of TID No. 5 on which to illustrate the boundaries of the district and active/completed TIF-assisted projects. The commissioners agreed this would be helpful.

Motion by Mr. Decker, seconded by Mr. Arnold, to adjourn. Motion passed.

The meeting adjourned at 8:40 PM.

Prepared by William E. Connors, Executive Director

The Minutes are not official until approved by the Authority.