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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCCM-02-02-98City of Carmel CARMEL CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1998 -7 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS / CITY HALL / ONE CIVIC SQUARE MEETING CAI,I,ED TO ORDER 2. 3. 4. 10. 11. INVOCATION PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE RECOGNITION OF OUTSTANDING CITIZENS/CITY EMPLOYEES APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. January 26, 1998, Regular Meeting RECOGNITION OF CITIZENS WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ACTION OF MAYORAL VETOES CLAIMS · Payroll General Claims · Retirement COMMITTEE REPORTS OLD BUSINESS a. Second Reading Ordinance D-1353-98/Adoption of Supplement to Carmel City Code; Clerk-Treasurer Diana Cordray b. Second Reading Ordinance D-1354-98/Amendment to Section 8-52 of the Carmel City Code (Parking on Main Street); Councilor Kevin Kirby c. Second Reading Ordinance D-1355-98/Amendment to Salary Ordinance D- 1314-97, As Amended, to Add the Assistant City Engineer Position within the Department of Engineering; Kate Boyle, Engineering PUBLIC HEARING NEW BUSINESS a. First Reading Ordinance D-1358-98/Ordinance Approving the Issuance of Bonds, Pledging County Option Income Tax Revenues of City to Pay Certain Obligations and Taking Other Actions Related Thereto (City Center Project); Carmel Clay Plan Commission ONE CIVIC SQUARE CAILMEL, INDIANA 46032 317/571-2400 Resolution CC-02-02-98-01/Enlargement of Merchants Square Economic Development Area; Carmel Redevelopment Commission Resolution CC-02-02-98-02/Approval of Plan Commission Order, Approving Determination of Economic Development Area and Taking Other Actions Related Thereto (City Center Project); Carmel Clay Plan Commission 12. OTHER 13. ANNOUNCEMENTS 14. ADJOURNMENT CARMEL CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1998 --7 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS / CITY HALL / ONE CIVIC SQUARE MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Brainard; Councilors Kevin Kirby, Jim Miller, Luci Snyder, Ron Carter and Billy Walker. Clerk-Treasurer Diana Cordray and Deputy Clerk Rebecca Wolf also attended. Council President Robert Battreall and Councilor Non~ Rundle were absent. Mayor Brainard called the meeting to order at 7:07 p.m. Councilor Miller gave the invocation. Mayor Brainard led the Pledge of Allegiance. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Councilor Snyder moved to approve the minutes from the January 26, 1998, regular meeting. Councilor Walker seconded. The minutes were approved 5-0. RECOGNITION OF CITIZENS WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL: Barb Richards, from the League of Women Voters, invited councilors to Meet Your Legislator Night on February 26, 1998. CLAIMS: There were no claims to be approved. OLD BUSINESS: Mayor Brainard announced Ordinance D-1353-98. adoption of supplement to the Carmel City Code. Orclinanee D-1353-98 was approved 5-0. Mayor Brainard announced Ordinance D-t354-98. amendment to Section 8-52 of the Carmel City Code (Parking on Main Street). Councilor Kirby stated he had not received any negative feedback since the last meeting. Ordinance D-1354-98 was approved 5-0. Mayor Brainard announced Ordinance D-1355-98. an amendment to Salary_ Ordinance D-1314- 97, As Amended. to add an assistant city engineer position. Ordinance D-1355-98 was approved 5-0. NEW BUSINESS: Mayor Brainard announced Ordinance D-1358-98. an ordinance a~nprovin~ the issuance of bonds, etc. (Ci .ty Center Project). Councilor Kirby asked Mayor Brainard why the additional appropriation for the engineering position was not on the agenda. The mayor stated the public hearing for the appropriation would be at the February 23, 1998, meeting in order to comply with state law. Mike Shaver of Wabash Scientific, Inc. presented information to the council regarding action taken by the Carmel Redevelopment Commission and the CRDC's desire to issue bonds. He explained that the resolution before the council tonight (Resolution CC-02-02-98-02, approval of the Cannel Clay Plan Commission's order to approve the determination of an economic development area) was procedural, whereas Ordinance D- 1358-98 was financial. Mr. Shaver stated that approval of Ordinance D-1358-98 would permit the CRDC to issue bonds. Mayor Brainard clarified that no one was asking the council to approve the ordinance in one reading. Loren Rooney ofH.J. Umbaugh gave councilors copies of the City Center Redevelopment Area Tax Impact Statement (Exhibit A) and explained the method of financing set up by Ordinance D- 1358-98 (Exhibit B and Exhibit C). Councilor Kirby and Ms. Rooney discussed issues regarding the financing. Mayor Brainard asked if the council and CRDC would be able to amend the economic development area in the future if it turned out to be larger than needed. Ms. Rooney stated the area could be amended. Neal Steinbart of Barnes and Thornburg recounted the action taken by the CRDC and Carmel Clay Plan Commission. He explained the CRDC could not conduct a public hearing on the project until the council passed Resolution CC-02-02-98-02. Mayor Brainard thanked the advisers for preparing the specific information he had requested. Councilor Snyder stated she was concerned about taking money from the schools through the bonding process and was unhappy because several councilors had not been informed of fiscal changes made in regard to this project. She emphasized that this project was important because the council would be pledging money for 20 years into the future. She stated the council needed to examine this bond issue closely because the council was the City's fiscal body. Councilor Snyder asked Mr. Shaver what would happen to money received from the sale of land in the development area. Mr. Shaver stated that when Noblesville did a similar project, the money went to repay the city. Mr. Steinbart stated that in this project the CRDC would purchase the land, thereby becoming owner. The proceeds would belong to the CRDC when it sold the land and would not be returned to the council. Mayor Brainard stated that the bond issue was to be for $10.5 million instead of the $13 to $15 million needed for the project because the CRDC would sell some of the land and use the proceeds to pay for infrastructure. Councilor Snyder stated that the council did not have a list of the proposed infrastructure projects. Mr. Shaver explained that the council was the fiscal body and that proceeds could be used only on projects in the plan for the development area. Mayor Brainard stated that the sale of land should earn at least $3.5 to $4 million. Mr. Shaver stated that the CRDC and council needed to act as parmers in this project for it to be successful. Councilor Kirby stated that the materials the council received were put together well, but that he was concerned about taking so large an area out of the tax base for what could take up to 30 years. He stated he could not vote in favor of issuing the bonds until a developer had committed to the project. He explained that the Merchants Square Economic Development Area was different than this area because a developer had approached the city instead of the city doing almost all the work. Councilor Kirby stated he also was concerned about the bond issue's effect on the schools and the strain the economic development area would put on city services. Councilors Carter and Kirby discussed the histo~ involved with declaring the City Center Area a redevelopment area. Councilor Snyder verified with Ms. Rooney that H.J. Umbaugh was not the advising company to the schools on this project. Councilor Kirby and Mr. Steinbart discussed the procedure to issue the bonds. Mayor Brainard stated that if the council did not vote in favor of issuing the bonds, he would not request the CRDC to issue its own bonds. Councilor Carter moved to introduce Ordinance D-1358-98. Councilor Walker seconded, inance D-135 - 8 was carried over to the next meeting. Mayor Brainard skipped to Resolution CC-02-02-98-02. a_nproval of the plan commission's order to approve the determination of an economic development area. Councilor Snyder moved to approve the resolution. Councilor Miller seconded. Councilor Snyder stated she wanted representatives from the school system to attend the February 23 council meeting so the council could hear their side. Resolution CC~02-02-98~02 was approved 4-1. Councilor Kirby voted no. Mayor Brainard announced Resolution CC-02-02-98-01. enlargement of the Merchants Square Economic Development Area. Lucy Emison of Ice, Miller, Donadio & Ryan explained the resolution would approve the addition of two parcels to the area. She stated the CRDC approved the area after a public hearing on the addition at which no one from the public had wished to speak. Councilor Kirby stated Merchants Square was a perfect example of an economic development area. Councilor Walker moved to approve the resolution. Councilor Carter seconded. Resolution CC-02-02-98-01 was approved 5-0. OTHER: Clerk-Treasurer Cordray suggested that the council have a special meeting at the end of the following week. She stated the meeting would be to approve claims since the next regularly scheduled meeting wasn't until February 23. Mayor Brainard stated 8 a.m. on Friday, February 13, 1998, was acceptable with him. The council concurred. Councilor Carter stated he had received a memo from Larry Hopkins of the Hoosier Heritage Port Authority requesting the council sign an interlocal agreement before March 1. Councilor Carter stated he had spoken with Council President Battreall who was out of town until March, and that Councilor Battreall recommended the council move forward with the process. Mayor Brainard stated that at the most recent Board of Public Works and Safety meeting the board approved a change order to build Hazel Dell Parkway as four lanes from 96th Street to 126th Street. He also stated that the board approved a change order to speed up construction on the road so it could be completed by the end of the 1998 construction season. The total amount of the change orders was about $2 million. Councilors discussed whether finishing the road early was necessary or financially advisable. The meeting was adjourned at 9 p.m. Res~it~