I'd make a motion to approve the minutes of the uh July 7th and then redevelopment commission meeting.

Is there a second?

Is there a second to approve?

Are there any corrections and with the second?

Are there any corrections and or additions to the minutes?

If not, uh approval signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Opposed?

It's approved.

Okay.

Next up is a resolution uh 26 ERC 21.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Sorry, sorry.

Forgive me.

I just missed it up.

Accounts payable.

Did you receive the council payable at all, Alexi?

Okay, so you have that.

So are anything you want to point out to the accounts payable for us?

Anything on the council payable?

It's all um just normal payments for contracts that have already been approved.

Okay.

Um any questions?

Anybody else on the council payable?

If not, I'll entertain a motion for approval of counts payable.

Make a motion to approve counts payable voucher.

Is there a second?

Uh any other questions?

It's all in favor signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Opposed.

It is approved.

Okay.

So let's now, I'm sorry, move on to resolution 26 ERC 21 authorizing grant agreement with Signature Foundation.

Okay.

So as you all know, the ERC does own 610 Maine over here where um the VIC shares with the Victory Theater, and um they lease a portion of that for the charter school.

Um DMD or the city was actually approached um because the Signature School Foundation is in the process of um I believe acquiring if they don't already have that uh building at 519 Maine, which is the former Girling Law Office building.

They're going to be expanding their footprint to include a middle school, signature middle school.

Um and so they approach the city um for an incentive because they're doing a capital campaign.

I believe they've worked the goal is six million, but they've raised a little bit over three million, so there's still a gap.

Um and I but that campaign is ongoing, and so the city um has agreed uh to support um the signature middle school and their renovation over there with 300,000 dollars.

So we're asking that the ERC approve the use of downtown TIFF to support that.

Um as you all may know, TIFF can be used for capital improvements for school corporations.

Um so we feel like this would be a great use of the fund, support the school and its efforts over there.

Um my understanding is that the last tenant that actually is over in the building will be out by October or November of this year, and that um the plans are to have kids um in seats in August of next year, or 2028, I'm sorry, correction, of 2028.

Um I don't know.

I think I was told that it's gonna be seventh and eighth grade only, uh about a hundred kids per grade, uh 12 teachers, 11 or 12 teachers over there, and so um yeah, we think it'll be a great project to support.

Um helps uh bring some more kids into the school, retain some talent uh in Evansville, and so we're asking that you also you know approve that $300,000 allocation for their capital improvement.

Any questions from anyone?

I have a question for Nick.

Uh we were Morley was hired to be the structural engineer for that project.

Do I need to recuse myself from this vote?

And that's probably the same way with Randy as well, correct?

Yeah, he's that's why he's not here.

Brandy not here.

So so state law with in terms of conflict of interest essentially says that if you would be receiving these funds.

Um that would be a conflict of interest.

So this comes up fairly often where someone has a connection like Randy doesn't really have a conflict, although he would probably still say in the interest of full disclosure.

So this funding is gonna go to the project.

Uh not you or even your company.