Mr.

Somme, can you come to the podium, please?

Thank you.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the August sixth, twenty twenty-five meeting at the Metropolitan Development Commission.

We will now come to order.

Please rise as President Som will lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.

And to the Republic for which it stands.

Thank you, Mr.

Som.

Moving forward.

Members of the Commission, you've had a chance to review the minutes that were delivered to you last week.

Are there any additions or deletions to those minutes?

Hearing none.

Commissioner Garver, can I get a motion to approve?

So moved.

Commissioner Murphy, can I get a second?

Second.

Hergut and Lyle, you need to recuse yourself as you were not present.

Let me call the roll Garver.

Garver, yes.

Murphy.

Murphy, yes.

Schumacher.

Schumacher, yes.

West.

West, yes.

Dillon is a yes.

They pass five to zero to two recusals.

Moving forward.

Are there any special requests, withdrawals, continuances?

Yes.

Um staff would like to continue number nine.

That's twenty twenty-five MOD zero zero eight.

Staff would like to continue item number nine.

That is twenty twenty-five MOD zero zero eight at seven four three six Rockville Road to the August twentieth meeting.

Reason.

We have a motion or a request for a continuance on twenty twenty-five MOD oh eight due to lack of commitments to be moved to August twentieth.

Uh Commissioner Schumacher, can I get a motion to approve?

So moved.

Commissioner West, can I get a second?

Second.

Call the roll, Garver.

Garver, yes.

Hergut.

Hergett, yes.

Lyle.

Lyle, yes.

Murphy.

Murphy, yes.

Schumacher.

Schumacher, yes.

West.

West, yes.

Dillon is a yes.

It passes seven to zero.

We'll see you August 20th on that one, does any other continuances, withdrawal, special request?

Wonderful.

Nancy, we have seven policy resolutions, two for public uh hearing.

Can you read those into the record?

Thank you, President Dillon and Commission Commissioners.

2025 R028.

Metropolitan Development Commission authorizes DMD to amend the joint services agreement with downtown Indy Incorporated to provide for an additional 10,000 compensation for an overall amount not to exceed 1,360,000 dollars.

2025 R029 authorizes DMD to convey title of property at 900 East 64th Street.

Parcel number 8049324 to the Department of Parks and Recreation at no cost for the purpose of redevelopment in the manner that best serves the interest of the city of Indianapolis and its inhabitants.

Resolution pledging tax increment from the Oxford Row allocation area to the payment of certain economic development revenue bonds.

Council District 12 Center Township.

2025 C002 authorizes DMD to add new or amend agreements with the approved contractor pool for the for Indianapolis Homeowner Repair Program in an amount not to exceed a total of $2 million.

This ends the reading of the resolutions.

Thank you, Nancy.

Jenny, can you please come to the podium?

We have five policy resolutions that are not scheduled for a hearing.

2025 R028, 2025 R029, 2025 R030, 2025 E023, 2025 C002.

And I just want to make sure we put on the record the importance of that program and our ability to expand it.

Can you make a couple comments?

Yes, thank you, President Delaney and members of the commission.

My name is Jenny Foltz.

I'm a deputy director for the Department of Metropolitan Development.

The Indianapolis Homeowner Repair Program is a new program that DMD stood up late last year.

We're in full implementation mode and ready to take on this additional funding to deliver equality program to low-income residents or residents, low-income homeowners of the city.

And we have federal funding involved with it.

Yes.

And we're going to grow the capacity of the lead contractors and other contractors.

We will be growing the capacity of the entire program.

So that includes the staff that we have already set in place to hire and also contractors and lead contractors as well.

Thank you.

I thought your presentation was effective in the pre-meeting.

Are there any questions from members of the commission?

You know we got three of us on board.

Thank you.

Thank you, Jenny.

All right, I've read into the record the five resolutions that do not stand for a public hearing.

Commissioner Hergett, can I get a motion to approve those five?

So moved.

Commissioner Lyle, can I get a second?

Second.

Let me call the roll.

Garver.

Garver, yes.

Hergut.

Hergitt, yes.

Lyle.

Lyle, yes.

Murphy.

Murphy, yes.

Schumacher.

Schumacher, yes.

West.

West, yes.

Dillon, yes.

They pass 7 to 0.

Nancy on 2025.

2025 E023 show Dylan recused.

Thank you.

All right, we're going to move forward to our two resolutions that are for public hearing.

The first one is 2025 E020, a confirmatory resolution of the MDC related to the Oxbow Row Economic Development Area, Council District number 12 in Center Township.

Who from staff is speaking on this?

Please come forward.

Hi, Emily Stump, Administrator of Economic Incentives.

President Dillon and members of the Commission.

This project is located along 25th in Delaware and adjacent to Goose the Market.

The Oxford Row mixed use development will add 46 units of rental housing and create 5,000 square feet of retail space.

The developer will make 10% of the units at or below 50% AMI.

Staff approves of the project.

Questions for staff.

Hearing none, we have before us 2025 E020.

Commissioner Murphy, can I get a motion to approve?

So moved.

Commissioner Schumacher, can I get a second?

Second.

Thank you.

Let me call the roll.

Garver.

Garver, yes.

Hergett.

Hergitt, yes.

Lyle.

Lyle, yes.

Murphy.

Murphy, yes.

Schumacher.

Schumacher, yes.

West.

West, yes.

Dillon is a yes.

2025 E020 passes 720.

Thank you.

That takes us to the you can hang.

You can hang tight.

It takes us to the second policy resolution of 2025 E021.

A resolution pledging taxing tax increment from the Oxbow Row allocation area to the payment of certain economic development revenue bonds, council district number 12 and center township.

This dovetails with the previous resolution.

Comments.

Staff approves of the project.

Can you give me a little more, please?

About this one.

How's it dovetail?

How's it work?

With the previous one.

Is this the uh TIFF pledge resolution?

Correct.

Megan, can you help her?

Yes, thank you, President Dylan.

Members of the commission.

My name is Megan Bukasit.

I'm the director for DMD.

So the first uh petition was for the establishment of the TIFF area itself.

The second resolution is for pledging of the bonds coming from that tax increment in that established TIFF district.

So this would be for the bonds.

The first uh resolution that you all just voted on was for the establishment of the district itself.

Questions for the executive director.

Is there anyone else here in the audience who would like to give comment?

Seeing then we have before us 2025 E021.

Commissioner Schumacher, can I get a motion to approve?

So moved.

Thank you.

Commissioner Lyle, can I get a second?

Second.

Thank you.

Let me call the roll.

Garver.

Garver, yes.

Hergut.

Hergett, yes.

Lyle.

Lyle, yes.

Murphy.

Murphy, yes.

Schumacher.

Schumacher, yes.

West.

West, yes.

Dylan is a yes.

It also passes seven to zero.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Before I get into the petitions of no appeals, and I wanted to start the meeting.

This way, but council got in my ear and I got confused.

I want to congratulate Commissioner Lyle for being admitted into the Stanley K.

Lacey's leadership program.

It's a great, great accomplishment.

Thank you.

Nancy, let's put the petitions or no appeal into the record.

Thank you, President Dillon and Commissioners.

Petitions of no appeal recommended for approval by the hearing examiner.

2025 MOD 004 amended.

919402 East 21st Street, Warren Township, Council District 14.

2025 MOD 010 at 4701 Tide Road, Perry Township, Council District 24.

2025 Z O N 001 at 4150 North High School Road, Pike Township, Council District 5.

2025 Z O N 042 amended at 8025 and 8141 Shelbyville Road.

Franklin Township Council District 25.

2025 Z O N 047 amended at 7525 McFarland Boulevard, Perry Township, Council District 24.

2025 Z O N 053 at 3764 North Leyland Avenue, Warren Township, Council District 9.

2025 Z O N 055, 6225, 6253, and 6245 Kentucky Avenue, Decatur Township, Council District 21.

2025 Z O N 056, 8501 and 8551, South Emerson Avenue and 5260 Nogo Way, Franklin Township, Council District 25.

2025, Z O N 059 at 1655 Cornell Avenue, Center Township, Council District 13.

2025 Z O N 060 at 2946 North College Avenue, Center Township, Council District 8.

2025, ZON 063 at 2351, 2355, and 2357, Carrollton Avenue, Center Township, Council District 8.

2025 Z O N 067, 2810 Central Avenue, Center Township, Council District 12.

2025 Z O N 068 at 1234 and 1240 Udell Street, Center Township, Council District 12.

2025, CZN 826 at 2955, North Meridian Street, Center Township, Council District 12.

2025, C Z N 829 at 50 52, 50, excuse me.

5002, 5008, and 5814 and 5820, Evanst Avenue, Washington Township, Council District 7.

And lastly, 2025 R.E.G.

043 at 450, Alanko Circle, Center Township, Council District 18.

This ends the reading of the No Appeals Docket.

All the petitions for no appeals have been read into the record.

Commissioner West, you're satisfied with your answers on 2025 ZON 055.

Yes, I am.

Great.

Um I'm gonna pull up 2025 C Z N 829.

Mr.

Tuey, could you please come up?

Thank you, Mr.

True, for being here.

Nancy, can you swear in Mr.

Twee?

Do you swear affirmative the penalties of perjury to tell the truth and nothing but the truth?

Say I do.

I do.

Thank you.

Mr.

Tweet, can you explain to me what's going on with 2025 CZN 829?

And to the rest of the commission.

Yes.

And I'm very interested in the status of lights.

I understand President Dillon.

Uh members of the commission, good afternoon.

My name is Brian Twee.

My address is 9294 North Meridian.

Here with me today is uh Bill Somme, who's the president of Chittard High School.

Thanks for hearing our presentation.

This is a case where Chattard has over the last several years been able to acquire four homes just south of their campus on Evanston Avenue.

So Evanston Avenue between Northgate and 58th Street.

Chittard is all on the east side with their baseball fields, uh, some track fields and their football field.

Uh and on the west side, there were four homes.

And over the years, Chattard bought all those homes and recently, just this past spring closed on the last home.

The reason they did that was to Chittar doesn't have any tennis courts.

They now practice uh at a uh a facility over on the east side of Indianapolis, and they used to practice in Broadable Park, but that didn't work out so well.

And so they'd like they wanted to build six tennis courts, they met with all their neighbors.

We had a neighborhood meeting uh and about 20 people attended and the uh the the sport was overwhelming, but they did ask that there be no lights, which president some immediately agreed to, and he also agreed that he would not stripe it for uh pickleball uh so that you wouldn't hear the uh thwacking sound of pickleball on these courts.

Um and the neighbors appreciated that, and so we then submitted a written commitment in connection with the zoning hearing we had before the hearing examiner.

We submitted a written commitment to uh Marlene, and the uh commitment uh reads that there will be no lighting on the tennis courts, and there will be no striping of the uh pickleball uh or of the courts for pickleball.

The the commitment's pretty simple.

It says the tennis court shall not be lighted.

So counselor, how how is traffic gonna come in and out on the on the is there gonna be a dedicated road?

How are we gonna do that?

So they're going to reserve an easement on Evanston Avenue uh about 13 or 14 or 15 foot feet wide.

They had they hired ANF Engineering to consult with them on that.

That easement will be for students coming in and out of Chattard and also allow uh city vehicles and utility vehicles to go up and down that street to access uh utilities in the street.

Questions for Mr.

Tue for members of the commission hearing none.

Uh Mr.

Som, you guys have done a good job on developing that campus.

I just think this is one more phase to it, and I'm glad we kept the neighbors happy with no lights because I think they would have been unhappy.

All right.

Thank you, Mr.

Thule.

Appreciate it.

We have before us 13 petitions of no appeal.

Change my count.

We have 16 petitions of no appeal that have been read into the record.

I'm gonna make sure we're clear on the record.

2025 MOD 004, 2025 MOD 010, 2025 Z O N O one, 2025 Z O N O four two is amended, 2025 Z O N O four seven is amended, 2025 Z O N O five three, 2025 Z O N O five five, 2025 Z O N O five six, twenty twenty five Z O N O five nine, twenty twenty five Z O N O six O2025 Z O N O six three, twenty twenty five Z O N O siven 2025 Z O N O six eight, twenty twenty-five C Z N 826, 2025 C Z N 829, and 2025 REGO 43.

Commissioner West, can I get a motion to approve the 16 of petitions of no appeal?

So moved.

Thank you.

Commissioner Murphy, can I get a second?

Second.

Let me call the roll.

Garver.

Garver, yes.

Her get her, yes.

Lyle.

Lyle, yes.

Murphy.

Murphy, yes, with the exception of item 23, which is 2025 CZN 829.

I recuse.

Nancy, did you get that?

Yes, thank you.

Thank you.

Schumacher.

Yes.

West.

West, yes.

Dylan is a yes.

They pass 7 to 0 with the exception of 2025 C Z N 829, which passes 6 to 0 with one recusal.

Is there any other business to come before the Metropolitan Development Commission?

Commissioner Schumacher, I'll accept the motion to adjourn.

So moved.

Thank you, everybody, for being here in the middle of the summer and have a great day.