Alright, good morning.

Hope everybody had a good weekend, Memorial Day weekend.

Welcome to the Van Der County Board of Commissioners meeting for May 26, 2026.

Madeline, please call to order.

Commissioner Gable.

Commissioner Canterbury?

Here.

President Elpers.

Here.

Please join me for a pledge of allegiance.

To the flag.

United States of America.

And to the Republic from which it stands.

One nation under God.

Indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

All right, Jesse.

Come on up.

First action items for County Engineer.

Number one.

Open bids VC 26-04-02.

Charlotte Avenue Pipe Replacement.

So motion to open the bids.

So moved.

Commissioner Gable.

Commissioner Canterbury?

Yes.

President Elpers.

Yes.

And we'll come back to that at the end of the meeting and we'll read those bids into the record.

Number two, award bid VC 26-04-01.

Repair and resurfacing of county roads to EMB paving LLC.

EMB paving submitted the lowest bid of 558,222.99 cents.

Anything else here, Jesse?

Yeah, we're just going to take care of some more roads that have not been touched in a while.

And I have a list here if you guys have any questions on it.

But I mean, there's some sections of roads on here that we haven't paved in uh since they were constructed, like this section here off of uh oh the interchange ramps to the uh university parkway.

So we're just trying to take care of some uh really old stuff.

So that's what we're gonna do.

Anything else commissioners?

Are these roads different than what were brought to our attention?

Um some roads in here uh may have been included in that road here.

I have to get back with you on that, but I know that uh Hillside Terrace, 11th Avenue, uh Bridge View, Void.

Um, I look I tasked my GIS person Todd and uh to take a look at how long it's been since we've touched those roads, and it's been it's been a long time.

Okay, we just resurfaced the bridge.

Uh last week that wasn't necessarily on the uh resurface bridge.

Oh, you're talking about the there at Hillsdale, we resurfaced that I'm sorry at Hillsdale Road?

Yes, Hillsdale, yeah.

Oh, that yes, we've reached we've uh already had an ongoing contract uh to repair a lot of things and so those were taking care of large stretches of roads.

Again, we haven't seen a lot of work on in a while.

So thank you.

Okay, I'll make a motion to approve and award the bid.

Second.

Commissioner Gable?

Yes.

Commissioner Canterbury, yes, President Opers.

Yes.

Number three, 2025 annual operation, operational report for local roads and streets and bridges.

This is an annual report that must be submitted to the state by June 1st that documents revenues and expenditures for road and bridge projects.

Anything else, Jesse?

No, nothing else added.

A lot of work every year, right?

Yeah, it's it's quite a bit.

Okay.

I'll make a motion to approve.

Commissioner Gable?

Yes.

Commissioner Canterbury, yes, President Elpers.

Yes.

Number four, change order number two, VC 25-05-01, replacement of Broadway Avenue Bridge number 274.

This is an increase of $6,157.95 to install peripherated pipes behind each end of the bridge.

When the excavation was done, excessive groundwater was encountered.

So the pipes will remove the water pressure and allow for proper drainage.

Jesse, anything else?

I just want to let you know that the project is on track to be completed.

Okay, that's great news.

I know we'll have some Westsiders really happy about that.

Motion to approve.

What is target date for that?

Um so the contract um has to be completed.

Um I have to go back and look, but I think it was the first week of August.

But you know, again, the last time I looked at the schedule is before all this rain, and I tell you when I came back from uh my vacation, just seeing the amount of rain that we've had.

I don't know where that schedule lands at right now, but it's just stick with the first week of August.

Thanks, Jesse.

School starts around August 8th, 9th, so we'll stick with the first week of August.

No, it's just that'll make a lot of people happy.

Thank you.

Yes, I made the motion.

Commissioner Gable.

Yes, Commissioner Canterbury, yes, President Elpers.

Yes.

Number five.

Supplemental agreement number three to bean, Longis and neff LLC, consulting contract for replacement of the Wimberg Road Bridge number 2430 over Locust Creek.

This is an increase of 24,800 to cover revisions to the environmental study and additional utility coordinating costs.

Anything else here, Jesse?

Uh nothing else to add.

Okay.

Motion to approve.

Commissioner Gable?

Yes.

Commissioner Canterbury.

Yes.

President Elpers.

Yes.

Thank you, Jesse.

Thank you guys.

Thank you.

Next up is Health Department.

Letter B, facility rental agreement with Wilson Woods for pre-three fall festival, fall festival.

This is for the Health Department's rent the Wilson and Woods Nature Center for the Fall Fest, which provides pre-to three program clients with education and resources from program staff and other local health organizations.

The cost is $630, and we will be paid for with funds from the foundation for better health grant.

I don't have any questions here.

Joe's not here either.

Certainly a great program, and I think it's well worth the investment based on the results we get.

And that it's already paid for from a grant.

So motion to approve.

Commissioner Gable?

Yes.

Commissioner Keenerberry.

Yes.

President Opert.

Yes.

Next up is the Sheriff's Office.

Sheriff Robinson is here.

Number one from the sheriff's office is a memorandum of understanding with Heritage Health Solutions Incorporated.

The purpose of this MOU is for heritage to manage medical claims and administrative management services of off-site services provided to inmates in an effort to reduce medical expenses incurred from off-site providers.

Yes, I want to thank uh attorney Ryan Schultz there for his work on this.

Uh the back and forth was tremendous, helping us get this done.

Um and this will hopefully save the county some money by uh what they call bill scrubbing, ensuring that we are paying bills at the appropriate rate, and uh our uh paying at a rate that is appropriate for the services being rendered.

So it's the expert set of eyes on all of our incoming health uh related bills regarding medical services at the jail.

Uh the promise is to uh reduce medical costs associated with operating the medical facility inside the uh jail, commissioners.

Any questions?

This is already operational at this moment.

No, it will be operational uh as of well tomorrow.

Okay, if passed.

If passed, so kind of an auditing of is that they take it they take care of paying the actual bill.

So there is a fee per bill paid, but the promise is that the savings realized will far exceed the amount that we're going to be paying to have the bills managed by this company.

So we will hold them accountable to that, and if we see that the savings are not being realized, we will end the contract.

But from what I've seen and the folks that have used them, uh it does save quite a bit of money.

Okay, all right, motion to approve.

Commissioner Gable.

Yes, Commissioner Canterbury, yes, President Elbers.

Yes.

Thanks, Sheriff.

Thank you, appreciate it.

Sheriff, uh sir.

Would you comment on the award you just received that maybe hasn't gotten a lot of uh public?

Oh the the uh thank you.

Uh yes, there's a uh group of uh an association that represents all the community-based mental health clinics, and they they gave me a statewide award for our work in um improving mental health services inside the jail.

I did a post about I gave the commissioners a shout out.

Um it's in large part because uh you made the opioid settlement dollars available to the sheriff's office, which is how we're able to fund a lot of the programming inside the jail, and so uh it was a truly a team effort, which I'm uh proud to share with you.

Great work, congratulations.

Thank you, appreciate that.

Thank you.

Letter D, Superintendent of County Buildings, number one award quote for courtroom water damage repair and repaint project at Old Courthouse.

Uh the quotes received are Sims Painting $1,500 and tri-state painting $5,600.

Anything else you want to add here, Laura?

No, both vendors um have done work at the courthouse before.

They both have done an on-site inspection.

Um, and these are the two quotes we received from the uh I sent it out to Fort Vendors, and these are the two that have responded.

Okay.

So we're we're we're satisfied with both of these vendors.

So you'd be okay.

Yeah, my recommendation would be um to award it to Sims Painting.

Just they've um done similar projects and based on um uh the cost savings.

That would be my recommendation to the commissioners.

Okay, I would agree with that and make the motion to award that to Sims Painting.

Commissioner Gable?

Yes, Commissioner Canterberry, yes, President Elbers.

Yes, moving on, letter E professional services agreement with supercuts lawn care for code enforcement law lot mowing and debris removal services in the county.

Anything else here, Laura, since you did the legwork here.

This is pursuant to the nuisance ordinance that was passed um maybe a month or so ago, and um the request award was given to supercuts at our May 12th meeting.

This is just the uh the agreement that follows up with that.

Um attorney Ryan Schultz and I met with them and and discussed how this would look going forward, and they are very excited about providing uh the enforcement services in the county going forward.

Sounds good, Laura.

Thanks for your work.

I'll make the motion to approve.

Commissioner Gable?

Yes, Commissioner Canterberry, yes, President Elbers.

Yes, letter F memorandum of understanding with Emsville Vanderburgh County Building Authority and the County Clerk for storage facility project.

Uh Ryan Ryan, is there anything else you want to add on this?

Yeah, so this is just an agreement.

Um it's an MOU laying out general terms for negotiation that's going to take place between the building authority and the county clerk in Vandenberg County.

Um it's for the third floor jail space that DOTI is looking.

Doty our clerk is looking to bring in some scaffolding and other things so that they could actually run their file management system from that floor.

So that this agreement just kind of is a general understanding as of right now.

There'll be another agreement that we'll have to bring back to this body to vote on at a later time.

Okay.

Thank you, Ryan.

I'll make a motion to approve.

Commissioner Gable?

Yes, Commissioner Canterbury.

Yes, President Elbers.

Yes, letter G.

Memorandum of Understanding with Veterans Coliseum Preservation Foundation for the Coliseum Feasibility Study.

This is for the veterans Coliseum Preservation Foundation to fund the feasibility study and pay the 39,360 directly to Baratus.

Motion to approve.

Commissioner Gable?

Yes.

Commissioner Canterbury?

Yes.

President Elberts.

Yes.

Letter H.

Memorandum of Understanding with Veterans Coliseum Preservation Foundation and the Evansville Vandenberg County Building Authority for Main Street Waterline Replacement Project.

This project is necessary to provide the sufficient water pressure for the Coliseum's fire suppression system and complete phase one improvements.

The total cost is 109,821.

And this agreement for the cost is to split 5050 between the county and the veterans coliseum preservation foundation.

I'll just make a change.

You said Main Street, it's Market Street.

And then I just say that you know I'm thankful for the Coliseum Foundation, and the fact that they are raising money and we're able to split and they can pay for some of this.

So I'm I'm proud of that, and I hope that you know continues.

I know Laura, you put a lot of hard work here to work with that group.

So I'll make that motion to approve.

And I concur before I agree, but I think the feasibility study is so desperately needed.

And they're gonna fund that so that the foundation will fund it.

So that's a good thing.

So I yes, I mean second.

Commissioner Gable?

Yes.

Commissioner Canterberry?

Yes.

President Elbers.

Yes.

Letter I.

Resolution number CO.r.

Five, and 05-26, 012, approve approving a memorandum of understanding for development agreement with Parkway Improvements LLC related to the old farm reserve development.

I think we got a group here that would like to come up and present to the commissioners.

Welcome.

Thank you.

My name's Chip Alstott with Parkway Improvements LLC.

Ryan Lewis, also Parkway Improvements.

Good morning, gentlemen.

Looks like you got a presentation for us here.

Laura is it up on the screen?

Yeah, we're on.

We're good.

So whenever you guys like to begin.

Yeah, we can start.

We started this process a little over a year ago looking into this property.

I've been working on a long time.

A lot of a lot of the county folks have been involved.

Starting to get things dialed in, but uh roughly we've got 163 residential home sites looking to put uh 240 apartment units in with an additional 30 acres of commercial development uh close uh to the university parkway there.

This is an overall view as you look at the screen here.

Everything to your left will represent the residential.

If you see the lake to the north with the uh light green patch that represents the uh multifamily 240 units of apartments, and then the green to the right would represent the commercial lots.

Chip, if you wouldn't mind if you can go back.

Um it's important to highlight there on the university parkway.

Uh the design plan is not to put a stoplight there, correct?

That is correct.

Okay.

Yeah, we can go back.

What you got going on there?

Just for yeah, yes.

So the entrance coming in will be a J turn.

Um we've been working with John Stoll uh on the J turn, which would be similar to I guess it'd be Hillsdale and 41.

Um, but yes, we just obviously there's a lot of you know, a lot of people that don't want to see the stoplight out there on the parkway, so we're able to work out with a J turn.

Okay, and I know the uh the Hillsdale uh intersection has been very safe, it's been an effective intersection, so I wouldn't see anything otherwise here.

So yeah, okay, there's a facing plan that uh fifth slide, kind of shows how the belt will come together.

You go.

So the yellow and the light green would be phase one, the red is phase two, and the blue is phase three.

It's kind of the overall as the lots get developed.

We'll continue to build the belt.

So the reason for the phasing.

I think a lot of people here are familiar with it, but others may not be.

Uh which is the bottom of the property, so that's where our starting point would be for the sewers, and we would have to work the sewers from the west all the way to the east up the hill, and then the water would be coming from University Parkway.

So it's gonna be flowing from the east to the west, which is why we pretty well have to put in the entire main road through the property to get the water and sewer started, and then we can move north and south from there as we sell lots.

Chip the photo with the uh the photo you just had up.

In the yellow between lots uh four, five, six, seven, and eight.

There's a blank spot.

That means someone is residing in that area.

That is correct, and you're not gonna touch that person.

That is correct.

Uh we've had communications with that person.

Uh you know, if the right person comes along and want to purchase that property, you know, to join the existing commercial lots, I think that he would be uh willing to sell.

But for us right now, it's not necessary to make that purchase.

So we're just gonna would that person be able to hook up with the sewer and things that yes, they would as it comes.

Okay.

Thank you.

Okay, flats at old farm.

So this represents the 240 apartment units.

Focus is gonna be to build uh a nice uh apartment complex with uh a lot of amenities.

Uh there's been a lot of time put into this as well.

Um, you know, there's just not a lot of new apartment complexes on the west side.

Um we think there's uh a good need for this out now in this area.

Um, you know, just looking back at other properties.

Some of them, you know, really the other newest properties are close to 20 years old on the west side.

So, and um, you know, just trying to make something, you know, with nice amenity swimming pool, um, possibly golf simulator, you know, just try to put some things in that will create a nice place for people to live.

That's nice.

Do you do you foresee a medical one of the hospitals putting up a medical station in that development?

Time will tell.

We've had a little bit of contact, but have not made it very far into the conversations.

Thank you.

Obviously, it would be an outerlying smaller type facility.

Um, but we we'd like to think that's still a possibility for us.

Thanks.

That's nice.

Yeah, so that arrow is just showing the multifamily site, and then the next slide is just kind of a zoomed in version.

So if you look to the to the west there, um, you can see the lake, and the idea would be to have the the pool uh kind of overlooking the lake with all the amenities and everything just to kind of create a nice view for the more public space of the facility.

Okay, you guys have any questions?

Looks beautiful.

Thank you.

Gentlemen, we just uh, you know, on behalf of the county, we really appreciate your investment.

Um I know uh there's gonna be a lot of people excited about you know this development as in an opportunity to live out there and and raise a family and so forth.

So I know this is taking a little bit of time.

Uh I appreciate your patience.

I know uh this has probably been a little bit of a learning experience too, so uh, but just appreciate your investment in the county.

Is there anybody else that want to say anything in the back row?

Yeah, good afternoon or good morning.

Uh Brad Bingham, Barnes and Thornburg uh commissioners.

Uh we're serving as outside bond counsel to the redeveloped commission, and I just wanted to speak a little bit about the process and what's before you today.

As you heard Chip and Ryan say, we've been kind of working on this for over a year to kind of figure out you know, how can the county help uh to again?

There's tremendous cost to develop property, and so it's very common to see various uh public incentives to kind of help offset those costs.

We looked at a number of different options.

What was sort of found to be agreeable to both sides would be uh a developer purchase TIFF bond, and the idea is to provide the bond so that the net amount received by the developer is ten million dollars.

We're looking at a par amount of about 10.5 million as the aggregate par.

But procedurally, we the redevelop commission wanted the board of commissioners, you know, setting policy and kind of setting the overall tone to to sort of sign off on an MOU that kind of as you know that would sketch out like the the overarching uh incentives and kind of the process to go forward.

Uh this would be sort of the step one, but there's a number of different legal steps we have to go through to create uh new separate allocation areas just for this development, authorize the issuance of the bonds, and so the goal is to start today and then get through that by early September, and then bonds could be issued shortly thereafter.

Um again, it's important to note these would be developer purchase bonds, meaning they are the ones buying the bonds themselves, they're taking their own credit risk.

These are non-recourse to the county.

There's no other county resources pledged to these bonds, it's purely TIFF from this development.

So if it doesn't materialize, that is on them, not on the county.

This is a very common tool that's used throughout the state as a way to get to provide you know economic uh incentives.

So with that, I'm happy to answer any questions you may have on the resolution or the MOU.

Uh I don't have any other things.

As Brad mentioned, this was a uh we like a formality, right?

Brad, it'd come before the commissioners.

We're setting the uh the vision here, and then uh they would go on to redevelopment after this.

So uh Mr.

Schottmeyer, you walked up here.

Anything you want to say?

Yeah, I just want to put some perspective.

Like we've been working a year with developers.

This is a site that had failed development from a more than a decade ago.

There's been an investment, uh, huge investment uh for uh the parkway for the sewer system that's been sitting there on which we've been paying debt as ratepayers, and this will uh help move that along.

What wasn't put in the record, which I think is very important, it's a hundred and thirty million dollar project, folks.

130 million dollars.

Also, they received uh incentive that's qualified for the uh state of Indiana Ready2 funds, which we are very we've it's important that we spend those for our region.

That's about 4.5 million dollars.

So you're looking at about 14 million of public incentives for a project that's laid vacant for better than a decade on important development, but that both Ryan and Chip have stated to you for 14 million of uh public inducement, none of which becomes the obligation of the taxpayers.

So it's taken a lot of work.

I want to thank Barnes and Thornberg.

Thank I I know the commissioners have all had meetings on this project, and you probably knew that already, but I think it's important for the public record for that to be put in, and so redevelopment commission will take this up next.

And uh, as Brad said, hopefully we have everything done.

I think they would agree they'd like to have everything done by the end of August.

So, we appreciate your work, and I'd just like to add that it's important to me that our developers are local and live and appreciate the value of their neighbors on the west side.

Uh, have to put that in, but it's hugely important because you care about this, and it's not someone coming in from the outside that doesn't understand our community.

So, uh fellas, thank you for uh for that and for your your investment and your heart.

Yeah, it's gonna be a big success, and you're gonna come back to us for another project here soon, right?

Best of luck to you, and thanks for all the work you put in.

I think this is gonna be a real great development for that particular area.

How long has university been vacant as a road being completed?

10, 15, 20.

Yeah, it's long overdue, and we've got two gentlemen and your groups that are bringing it forward.

Thank you.

To your point, there's a use and development commitment that was in place on this, it's still in place.

Uh, and they had to work through that.

Ted Zemer, their counsel, and their firm work through that.

So it's it is a very complicated project as these guys know, and they've worked her hard and persevered.

But yeah, that's an important point that we've forgotten to mention.

Thank you.

All right, okay, great commissioners.

I will make the motion to approve the resolution.

Commissioner Gable?

Yes, Commissioner Canterbury?

Yes.

President Elpers.

Yes, good luck, guys.

Thank you.

Really appreciate everybody's health.

Next up, letter J, resolution number CO.r.

05, hyphen 26, hyphen 013, approving the use of tax increment funds from Burkhart Road Economic Development Area for the contract amendment for Petersburg Road Design and Construction.

Um Craig, you've been uh behind the scenes working on this.

Any details?

Uh yeah, this is a project.

Um, the Petersburg Road, uh, one phase of it was has been previously approved.

Um, there were TIFF funds that were applied to that.

Uh that was originally planned to be 100% locally funded.

Uh our engineering department uh has gotten some federal funds uh that can now be used to that uh extent.

So our actual local share is coming down, but again, sort of along with the lines of the process of the last uh vote that you just took.

Um this would be a recommendation to redevelopment that would authorize them uh to in conjunction with the additional federal funds that have come in to uh continue to use TIFF funds to pay for that Petersburg Road uh now expanded project.

Uh but interestingly, because the federal funds are coming in, we're actually using less local funds than before.

Um so uh but again the redevelopment commission uh would like your blessing before they proceed with that uh if if so granted.

Yeah, we have plenty of uh opportunities to use that local fund somewhere else, so that's great news.

Anything else, Commissioners on this?

Now I'm thinking less is good, right?

So and more money to support it.

So I appreciate it.

Motion to approve the resolution.

Commissioner Gable?

Yes, Commissioner Canterbury, yes, President Operation.

Yes, moving on, letter K, ordinance number CO.05, hyphen 26, hyphen zero eleven, amending title 17 concerning land use and zoning specifically as to Chapter 17.24 off-street parking and loading.

Um we do have this on the agenda today as a placeholder.

Uh I recommend that we table this, and uh I'm sure there's quite a bit further discussion on this before we come to a vote.

Commissioners, do you have anything else to add?

I'll make the motion to table for a later date.

Commissioner Gable?

Yes, Commissioner Canterbury?

Yes, President Elbers.

Yes.

Number five, department head reports.

Anybody here want to address the commissioners?

Going once, going twice.

See none.

Commissioners, any new business?

Okay, old business.

I see none.

All right, coming back.

Uh let's read the bids.

Uh V, I'm sorry, VC 26, hyphen zero four, hyphen zero two, Charlotte Avenue pipe replacement, right?

All right, commissioners.

We have three bids.

Uh the first bid um was from Blinkenberger Brothers in the amount of 126,066.

Bid number two um is from Dyke Brothers, lumber and construction.

It's for 94,609 dollars.

Bid number three is from Coberstein Contracting, and it's for 133,656.

Is there a motion to take these bids under advisement for the Charlotte Avenue pipe replacement?

So moved.

Commissioner Gable?

Yes.

Commissioner Canterbury, yes.

Yes, next up, consent items.

Any discussion there, Commissioners.

None.

I'll make a motion to approve.

Second.

Commissioner Gable.

Commissioner Canterbury, yes.

Yes.

Public comment.

Anybody here want to address the commissioners in our general meeting?

Going once, going twice.

Okay.

Time to move on.

May I make a comment?

I don't.

Gable.

Tanya, you're not on the agenda, are you?

Well, she's here with veteran services, and I just want to compliment you and your group and all that were involved in the local uh recognition yesterday at the different burial sites for our veterans who paid that ultimate price.

It's very, it's a very good thing that we remember and remember what Memorial Day is all about.

So thank you for your work.

Commissioners, there is a travel request for her department on the consent items, so you just approved that.

Well, I think we have to deny that.

Not at all.

Not at all.

All right.

Again, no public comment.

I see none.

Uh rezonings.

Letter A.

Final reading of rezoning ordinance VC hyphen 5, hyphen 2026 as amended with UDC.

The petitioner is Aaron Miller.

The address is 5925 and 6001 Covert Avenue and adjacent parcels.

The request is a change from PUD R1 and C to R3 with UDC.

It's a mouthful.

Let's see here.

Cassie's here with area plan to uh mention the notes from the meeting.

Cassie?

Good morning, commissioners.

Uh this one that I have for you today is located right outside of city limits on the south side of Covert Avenue.

It's on the north side of the Indian Woods PUD there, which is a large like multi-residential development that's been there for quite a while.

It was zoned PUD in 1978.

So the portion of this property that's still PUD was meant for commercial development that never happened.

And then they also zoned another portion to C2 for later thoughts of commercial development.

That also never happened.

And then there's also a little section of R1 in between there that was never messed with.

So all three together, they're going to join them together in a residential subdivision, and they're zoning it to R3.

Basically, for the advantageous setback reduction that you get from R1 or R2 to R3.

And they did do a UDC at the recommendation of the APC that they would keep it to single family or duplex only and not use it for apartment building just because there were neighbors that showed up from the PUD to the south that had concerns about that.

They also asked if they could keep a tree line, but they don't know what their drainage plans are going to look like yet.

So they didn't want to commit to keeping anything along the property lines if they had to use it for a swell or something like that.

So this came with a recommendation for approval, having eight affirmative votes, and they did add that UDC that was asked for.

Thank you, Cassie.

Scott, you want to come on up?

Morning, Scott.

Morning.

Uh Scott Beadle with Cash Wagner.

Uh Aaron Miller's here also, the developer.

Uh Cassie did a great job of explaining everything.

There were some current concerns at the uh APC meeting from some of the neighbors.

We met with them out in the hall.

We discussed uh the whole project and everything that we're intending to do.

Uh I think everybody was comfortable with where we're going.

We're basically doing a single family development.

We did want to leave the duplex option in there just to see um how things go throughout the development, but the intent is for this to be entirely single family.

Uh, and as Cassie said, the main purpose of going to R3 was to go from the 25 foot setback to the 20-foot front yard setback to gain that five foot up front, and uh beyond that the UDC uh addressed their concerns.

We took out the option of apartments and hopefully it's kind of an R2 zoning, uh, that we're asking for now, which is somewhat of a downzoning of what's there now.

Yeah, it's uh attractive spot for small family.

You got a park nearby, you got shopping nearby, so should be should be an easy sell.

So commissioners, anything?

Any remonstrators?

I don't have anything.

Any remonstrators here to address this rezoning?

Going on.

Oh, come on up.

Okay, my name is Bill Hunnard.

Gotcha.

Address, please, just for the record.

It's 5809 polo run.

Thank you.

And I serve on the board of Polo Run Home Association.

It's 32 units that are adjacent south.

And we are all single family.

I understand they're gonna do try to do single family home, but it does trouble us that you may put in duplexes or two.

You're dealing with rentals, and sometimes rental people do not maintain their properties as people that actually occupy the home.

Anything else?

I think that's all I need to say.

That's the concern.

Yeah, it'd be it'd be nice to have to know that single families going in there, not any type of rentals.

Okay, any other rooms?

Sorry, go ahead.

Did you state how many duplexes might be going in?

The intent right now is 34 single family houses.

And so no, with the option maybe to throw a duplex or two in.

Is that correct?

We left that option in there just in case down the road, uh, single family wasn't so we want to look at another model.

That's not being said right now.

But I think even with that being stated, if it's someone renting, the units would have to be kept up according to zoning codes and things like that, so we could enforce that if necessary.

But the other adjacent properties are are single family as well.

Right, so it would not be uniform if you had duplexes that were put in that property.

Now, if you had twin homes where their owner occupied, might be a different scenario.

And again, we don't want to switch and bait where they're going in single family.

Then also they put a whole set of duplexes throughout.

That's the concern.

Well, you made good points.

I think so is the developer.

So I would have been at the earlier meeting, but I had uh medical with my wife at the time, I would have brought it up.

Sorry.

With these people here.

So my apologies for that.

Well, thanks for coming today.

Okay, have a good day.

Any other remonstrators?

I see none.

Uh Scott, do you want to come back up and rebuttal anything?

Give you the opportunity.

Uh the only thing from a rental standpoint, I understand that a duplex kind of has that intent that goes with it, but you can always rent out your a single family house too.

So from the standpoint of a property being a rental, I don't think that's necessarily a concern.

I think it's just what the market is gonna drive for Aaron.

And again, right now we're working on a subdivision that we're trying to get filed next week.

Uh that will have 34 uh 34 lots in it, and they're all intended to be single family.

So uh again, we're we feel like we're down zoning.

Uh the east third of the property is C2, so there could be a C store there, there could be uh apartments there right now on the east third of the property.

The west third of the property, again, it was intended to be commercial, but it's in a PUD, so it needed to be rezoned to regardless.

Uh so in a sense, I think we're we're kind of hitting in the middle from down zoning to upzoning the R1 in the middle to R3, but again, the UDC kind of knocks it back down to an R2.

So we feel like it's conducive to the neighborhood.

Commissioners, anything else?

I'll make the motion to approve the final reading of the rezoning ordinance VC-5-2026.

Commissioner Gable?

Yes, Commissioner Canterbury, yes.

Yes, congratulations, guys.

Thank you.

Is there a motion to adjourn?

So moved.

And due to the lack of business, the drainage board meeting will be canceled.

And Craig, do we need to recess and then come back and open up the meeting for the special meeting?

Is that what we need to do?

Um we can adjourn since we have a special meeting already scheduled to make it simpler.

So it'll be a new meeting.

I'll make a motion to adjourn.

Thank you.