Minutes: Redevelopment Authority: June 19, 2007

Evansville Redevelopment Authority

Board of Commissioners

Regular Meeting

Tuesday, June 19, 2007, 7:30 pm

City Hall, 31 S. Madison Street, Evansville, Wisconsin

MINUTES

Call to Order. The meeting was called to order at 7:35 pm by Acting Chair Tom Calley. Present: Betsy Ahner, Tony Wyse, John Decker, Tom Calley, Barbara Jacobson and Roger Roth. Absent: Chris Eager. Also present: Executive Director Dan Wietecha, Mayor Sandy Decker, and Dick Woulfe.
Declare Quorum. There being a majority of the commissioners present at call to order, a quorum was declared by the chair.
Approve Agenda. Decker made a motion, seconded by Ahner, to approve the agenda. Motion carried unanimously.

Approve Minutes of May 15, 2007 Meeting. Wyse made a motion, seconded by Jacobson, to approve the minutes. Motion carried unanimously.
Old Business.

Night Owl proposal. Decker noted that Ardisson was still considering his options for remodeling and had not made a final decision. Wietecha noted that Ardisson had not yet submitted a TIF application.

Allen Creek Master Plan RFP. Wietecha distributed a timeline prepared by RA Smith. The project is just underway; they will be evaluating the sites and meeting with property owners over the next few weeks. An open house presentation would be held during the August 21 Redevelopment Authority meeting. The final report is expected in late September.

Main Street construction. Wietecha indicated that there had been additional delay due to extra underground utility work on Maple Street and in the adjoining alley. Work will be commencing on East Main late this week. They delays should not impact the surface work which has a July 5 bid opening.

New Business.
TID #5 expansion. Wietecha distributed maps of the current TID #5 district. He noted that statute limits the number of boundary modifications to four and we have already used one of those. Anticipating a future boundary modification to work with the proposed hotel project, it would behoove the board to consider any other properties that should be included at the same time. The Commission noted that the a property on North Union had been missed with the last modification and that the potential need for a downtown site for a relocated post office should be considered.
Other Business. Wietecha noted that he had spoken with Roger Berg about progress on their renovations of the Eager Building. The mechanicals are roughed in, walls are framed, insulation is being completed, and drywall will soon be starting. Tuckpointing is completed. They expect to begin drawing on the TIF funds committed by the city in the near future.
Adjournment. Jacobson moved, seconded by Decker, to adjourn the meeting. Motion approved unanimously at 8:15 pm.