Minutes; Evansville Redevelopment Authority: June 27, 2005

Evansville Redevelopment Authority
Special Meeting
Monday, June 27, 2005, 7:30 PM
City Hall, 31 S. Madison St., Evansville, WI

MINUTES

Chairperson Hagen called the meeting to order at 7:36 PM. Present were Chairperson Hagen, Vice-Chairperson Eager, Ald. Anderson, Betsy Ahner, Dean Arnold and John Decker. Ald. Kooyman was absent. Bill Connors, Executive Director, and James Otterstein, Rock County Economic Development, also were present.

The agenda was approved as presented by the executive director.

Motion by Ms. Ahner, seconded by Ald. Anderson, to approve the minutes of the May 9, 2005, regular meeting as presented by the executive director. Motion passed.

Motion by Mr. Decker, seconded by Ald. Anderson, to approve the minutes of the May 12, 2005, special meeting as presented by the executive director. Motion passed.

Motion by Mr. Decker, seconded by Ald. Anderson, to approve the minutes of the June 13, 2005, regular 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

Mr. Otterstein distributed the revised procedures and forms, noting that he had made revisions in response to an email message he received from Betsy Ahner.

There was discussion of the pros and cons of enlarging TID No. 5. The commissioners could find little reason not to draw the boundaries of the district as broadly as possible, but property owners need to be consulted first so they do not become alarmed. Mr. Connors said that during the planning process, a great many additional parcels had been included in TID No. 5, but had been removed before the district was created to reduce the amount of value being included in the district to meet a state limit on the percentage of a municipality’s value that may be included in TIF districts. Since the creation of TID No. 5, that limit has been increased, and TID No. 4 has been closed, so the city has a great deal more TIF capacity.

Properties that were identified for possible inclusion in an enlargement of TID No. 5 were the corridor along the railroad tracks and Exchange St. between E. Main St. and Water St., Baker Manufacturing’s property, the east half the south side of the first block of W. Church St., the Fire District property on the north side of the first block of W. Church St., the house directly across S. Madison St. from City Hall (and City Hall or the Methodist Church), the two houses south of the post office (but not the post office building itself), the Masonic Temple, the old pharmacy building (now Dollarland), the Bank of Evansville, and the Union Mutual Insurance building.

Mr. Connors was instructed to write up some bullet points about the consequence of having one’s property included in a TIF district, to bring to meetings with property owners.

Motion by Ms. Ahner, seconded by Mr. Decker, to approach the Finance Committee and Council about retaining Ehlers & Associates to study the feasibility of enlarging TID No. 5. Motion passed.

New Business
None.

Motion by Vice-Chairperson Eager, seconded by Ald. Anderson, to adjourn. Motion passed.

The meeting adjourned at 8:34 PM.

Prepared by William E. Connors, Executive Director

The Minutes are not official until approved by the Authority.