IT'S PART OF A MULTI-DAY TOURNAMENT -- ANYWAY, THE
[Carmel Redevelopment Commission on July 15, 2026.]
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RED LIGHT IS ON SO I THINK WE SHALL BEGIN.GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE HERE IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND THIS IS A REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING OF THE CARMEL REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.
WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF OUR MEMBERS PRESENT COME I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A MEETING TO ORDER. IF YOU WILL RISE AND JOIN ME 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, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH
LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> THANK YOU.
I BELIEVE OUR NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS AS WE NEED TO APPOINT A NEW MEMBER TO THE FOR CDC, MR. DIRECTOR.
>> AND BY NEW MEMBER, WE ARE REAPPOINTING OUR CURRENT EXISTING MEMBER, LEAH WHO HAS BEEN GREAT AT THE FOR CDC, WE APPOINTED HER IN THE MIDDLE OF LAST YEAR TO REPLACE THE PREVIOUS MEMBER RON CARTER WHO RESIDE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE Y YEAR. RECOGNIZING WE ARE IN AUGUST, HOPING THIS IS THE COMMISSION APPOINTING HER FOR THE REST OF THIS YEAR AND FOR THE REST OF NEXT YEAR.
>> THE CHAIR: VERY GOOD. DO WE NEED A MOTION TO REAP
>> I WOULD CALL FOR A MOTION. >> SECOND.
>> THE CHAIR: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
AYE. AND HE? APPOINTED. WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND YOU SHOULD HAVE THE DRAFT MINUTES FROM OUR JUNE 17TH MEETING IN YOUR PACKETS, ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS TO THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED?
>> I'M GOING TO MOVE TO APPROVE. >> THE CHAIR: IS THERE A SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE? IT IS APPROVED, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, WE WILL MOVE ON TO FINANCIAL MATTERS AND WE WILL
BEGIN WITH A CASH FLOW REPORT. >> THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT, OUR END OF MONTH JUNE ALLAN'S CASH WAS ABOUT 5.1 MILLION, TIFF WAS 3.6 MILLION, CASH, TIF, AND RESTRICTED FUNDS TOGETHER WAS $3.9 MILLION. THERE WAS A YOUNG LADY SITTING
NEXT TO YOU. >> I WAS WHEN TO INTRODUCE ELLIE DURING THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT BUT JOINING US TODAY IS ELLIE PURVIS, A SENIOR, BUT TO BE A SENIOR AT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL.
OUR INTERN FOR THE SUMMER. SHE IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL. WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE ELLIE WITH US INTERNING AT THE CRC, LEARNING A LOT.
>> WE HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR TIME WITH US.
>> IT'S NICE TO SEE ANOTHER LADY IN THE ROOM WITH ME.
>> THE CHAIR: VERY GOOD. WHY DON'T WE MOVE ON, VERY QUICKLY TO SPEAK A MOMENT IF YOU WOULD DO ABOUT OUR BOND AT CLOSING FOR THE REFUNDING BONDS, I UNDERSTAND WE GOT THAT SIDING
AWAY DOCUMENT. >> FOR ANYONE WATCHING, IF ANYONE RECALLS OF THE LESS MEETING WE HAVE OUR -- ZACH JACKSON SHOW UP ALONG WITH BOND COUNSEL TO DISCUSS A MAJOR REFUNDING THE CITY DID, THE CITY REFUNDED A NU NUMBER OF CITY BOS AS PART OF THAT INCLUDED A PORTION OF THE CRC REVENUE, THAT SHOULD SAVE US ABOUT $100,000 A YEAR.
EVERYTHING CLOSED, LOTS OF ATTORNEYS DID A LOT OF WORK.
REALLY APPRECIATE IT, EVERYTHING SUCCESSFUL.
>> WE HIT THE MARKET AT THE RIGHT TIME, GOT A GOOD RATE,
EXCELLENT. >> WHAT WAS OUR RATE? I KNOW MULTIPLE BECAUSE WHEN WE GET REDEEMED BUT PRINCIPALLY --
>> IF I COULD FOLLOW-UP YOU WITH YOU ON THAT.
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>> THEY DID BETTER THAN THEY ANTICIPATED, IT WORKED OUT.
WHY DON'T WE MOVE ON TO THE APPROVAL OF CLAIMS ONCE AGAIN,
MR. DIRECTOR. >> WE HAVE TWO CATEGORIES OF CLAIMS, NONOPERATING EXPENSES TOTALED $9,531.11.
2021 GOLD BOND CLAIMS, $68.71. >> A BIG ONE.
THE 21 BONDS ARE RELATED TO THE CIVIC SQUARE GARAGE SO AS THE CONDOS CONTINUE TO BUILD OUT, CERTAIN THINGS THAT WERE RELATED TO OUR INITIAL BUILDOUT ARE STILL BEING HANDLED, SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE DEALING WITH THE 2021 BOND AS PART OF THE DEPARTMENT
COMMISSION. >> THE CHAIR: ARE THE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE CLAIMS? SEEING NONE, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
IT IS APPROVED, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANY OTHER FINANCIAL MATTERS COME BEFORE US?
>> THERE ARE NOT MR. PRESIDENT. >> THE CHAIR: WE WILL MOVE
INTO YOUR REPORT. >> TILL I, FILLED WITH CONSTRUCTION. YESTERDAY I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A POTENTIAL NEW BUSINESS FROM OUT OF STATE THAT'S LOOKING FOR A POTENTIAL NEW HEADQUARTERS LOCATION THROUGH A NUMBER OF OUR COWORKING SPACES INCLUDING THIS BUILDING RIGHT HERE WHERE INDUSTRIOUSNESS ON THE FIRST TWO FLOORS.
IT WAS SO SUCCESSFUL AND SO FULL, IT ESSENTIALLY DOUBLED THEIR PRESENCE IF ANYONE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT INDUSTRIOUS IS IT'S ONE OF THE PREMIER COWORKING SPACES IN THE UNITED STATES.
CARMEL HAS A NUMBER OF REALLY GOOD COWORKING SPACES THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND ESPECIALLY IN THE CENTRAL CORE.
WHAT WAS NICE TO SHOW OFF THE CITY TO POTENTIAL OUT-OF-STATE NEW HEADQUARTERS, AND IT WAS JUST YESTERDAY.
LOTS OF CONSTRUCTION GOING ON I LOVE THE UPDATED DRONE SHOTS, IT'S REALLY COOL TO SEE THESE BUILDINGS RISE AND THE ARCHITECTURE TAKE SHAPE. EVERYTHING IS MOVING FORWARD WITH OTHER PROJECTS, THEY ARE NOW DOING THEIR BUILDOUT OF THE RESTAURANTS, THEY ARE NOT OPEN YET.
THE SQUARE CONDOS CONTINUE SELLING THE CAPTIVE HOTEL A PART OF THE PROJECT WELL ON ITS WAY.
ALSO PART OF THE TOUR, WE SHOWED OFF THE FIRST FLOOR OFFICE SPACE IN THIS BUILDING, LOTS OF OPTIONS IN THE CITY.
LOTS OF GOOD PROGRESS TONIGHT ON AN ICON ON MAIN, LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT PLAZA COMING UP OUT OF THE GROUND BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. LOTS OF GOOD STUFF HAPPENING ON AT&T'S SITE INCLUDING RESIDENTS GOING UP AND IT'S ALWAYS FUN WATCHING THE FACADE TO TAKE SHAPE.
FINALLY AS DISCUSSED HERE LAST MONTH, THE VETERANS PARK CONCEPTS ARE TAKING SHAPE AS PART OF THE CLUB PROJECT, FINALLY ANYONE DRIVING NORTH ON U.S. 31 SINGLE OF CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY ON THE NORTH END, IT'S REALLY GOOD STUFF.
THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND REDEVELOPMENT
ACTIVITIES AT THIS POINT TO. >> THE CHAIR: QUESTIONS FOR
THE DIRECTOR? >> WHAT'S THE UNIT MIX LIKE FROM
THE NORTH END DEVELOPMENT. >> 170, PHASE TWO IS 170 RESTRICTED MULTIFAMILY UNITS, THERE ARE 72 TOWNHOMES.
THOSE ARE FOR RENT TOWNHOMES WITH 10% OF THOSE BEING WORKFORCE HOUSING IN 80% AMI. THAT'S OBVIOUSLY THE NORTHERN PHASE. PHASE 2 IS THIS RIGHT HERE IF YOU CAN SEE THE SCREEN, THE OTHER STUFF AS PART OF PHASE ONE AND IT INCLUDES FOR-SALE, SINGLE-FAMILY AND A MISSION DRIVEN MULTIFAMILY. THE MULTIFAMILY EARNED A LOT OF AWARDS FOR PROVIDING HOUSING FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. THE NEW PHASE THAT COUNCIL APPROVED, PART OF THE REVENUE GOES TO FEED AN ENDOWMENT THAT IS THERE TO MAKE SURE THE MISSION DRIVEN COMPONENT OF THIS
PROJECT CONTINUES IN PERPETUITY. >> WHAT'S THE WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT UNIT? >> IT GENERALLY MEANS THAT IT IS
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FOR SOMEONE MAKING 80% OF THE 80 AND INCOME.OFTEN TIMES I FEEL LIKE SOME OF THESE TERMS ARE USED INTERCHANGEABLY BY SOME PEOPLE. ATTAINABLE HOUSING, WORKFORCE HOUSING, ONCE YOU GET CLOSER TO THAT 100% AMI, IT'S LOOKED AT LIKE WORKFORCE HOUSING. THIS IS TEACHERS AND POLICE
OFFICERS AND PEOPLE LIKE THAT. >> THERE IS NOT ANY RETAIL ASSOCIATED WITH THE BACK END OF IT, CORRECT?
>> THERE IS NO RETAIL, IT'S A STAND-ALONE RESTRICTED PROJECT ON THOSE FOR RENT CONDOS. IF YOU HAVE BEEN TO THE COFFEE SHOP/PASTRY SHOP IT'S ALWAYS FILLED WITH PEOPLE IT'S GOOD
THERE WILL BE EVEN MORE PEOPLE. >> I WAS ASKING THAT QUESTION BECAUSE OF THE FACT OF LIVING IN THAT AREA THE RETAIL IN THAT SOUTHWEST PORTION THEY DID VERY WELL THERE.
>> I THINK THAT AREA WAS STARVED FOR SOME WALKABLE COMMUNITY, OLD TOWN IS THAT A GREAT JOB WITH THAT PROJECT.
>> WHAT SORT OF UNITS ARE THEY PLANNING FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES. I KNOW OLD TOWN IS INVOLVED IN A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN ZIONSVILLE WHERE THEY ARE CONSTRUCTING 16 UNITS FOR PERSONS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL
DISABILITIES. >> I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S% SOMETHING ABOUT THE UNITS THAT MAKE THEM DIFFERENT, I APOLOGIZE FOR MY IGNORANCE ON THAT. I KNOW THE MAYOR WAS PART OF A TOUR THE TOWARD THIS AREA. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE I DON'T KNOW IF THE UNITS ARE SPECIFICALLY DIFFERENT IT'S MORE ABOUT WHO CAN APPLY AND WHO IS SUBSIDIZED?
>> HE IS CORRECT THEY ARE BASICALLY THE SAME FOOTPRINT PLAN OF ANY NORMAL APARTMENT FOR A TYPICAL ADULT AND THEY ARE RUN BY A GROUP CALLED THE MARIE CHI HOUSE -- THEY HAVE LAPTOPS BUILT IN, IPADS BUILT IN SO THEY CAN COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR PARENTS, WITH THEIR CASEWORKERS. IT'S INCREDIBLE AND IF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND YOU WANT TO SCHEDULE A VISIT, REACH OUT AND THEY WILL SCHEDULE A VISIT THAT ONE OF THE RESIDENTS WILL ACTUALLY TAKE YOU ON A TOUR. A YOUNG MAN TOOK ME ON A TOUR AND IT WAS FANTASTIC I SUPPORT THAT PROGRAM.
>> THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT THEY WERE DOING IN ZIONSVILLE WHEN THEY WERE WORKING WITH A NONPROFIT, THEY WORK WITH PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST MOVING INTO THAT CIRCUMSTANCE ARE GOING TO LEARN AND RECEIVE TRAINING.
THE OTHER UNITS, MORE PERMANENT OCCUPANCY.
>> IT'S A GREAT IDEA WHEN YOU INCLUDE TYPICAL ADULTS AND THEY INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER. IT'S GOOD FOR NONTYPICAL PEOPLE TO HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE AND BE ABLE TO LIVE ALONE AND EXPERIENCE THAT KIND OF LIFE. THEIR PARENTS WANT THAT FOR THEM, THEIR SIBLINGS WANT THAT FOR THEM, AS YOU CAN SEE I'M PRETTY PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT GROUP OF PEOPLE.
I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT WHAT OLD TOWN HAS DONE, VERY ALTRUISTIC AND BIG HEART. I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT IT.
>> EXCELLENT, VERY GOOD TO. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS,
IF NOT -- >> COUNCILOR MENARDS HAD A
QUESTION. >> I MIGHT BE JUMPING THE GUN BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES ON PROSCENIUM 3?
>> IT'S AN DEVELOPERS COURT TO FILE A DLS DOCUMENTS.
OBVIOUSLY THE COUNCIL APPROVAL IS WHAT MAKES THE DEVELOPER PAY THE ADDITIONAL MONEY THEY NEED TO PAY TO GET THE ARCHITECTS TO GET THE DOCUMENTS GOING TO START THE PROCESS WITH THE CITY.
I THINK MOVING THROUGH ALL THAT I KNOW WHAT WE SAW PRIOR TO THE FOURTH OF JULY WAS THE SITE BEING CLEANED UP.
WE WILL PROBABLY SEE A DEMO IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, THE BUILDING OF THE CORNER AS EVERYTHING GETS READY FOR CONSTRUCTION WHILE THE PLANS MOVE THROUGH THE PROCESSES.
PROBABLY NOT ANYTHING IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS BUT HOPEFULLY STUFF
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MOVES PAST. >> OTHER QUESTIONS, SEE AI WILL MOVE ON TO COMMITTEE REPORTS, THE ARCHITECTURAL COMMITTEE.
>> THE COMMITTEE DID NOT MEET THIS MONTH.
>> WE WILL NOW MOVE AHEAD -- WE SHALL MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS. I BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE ACTION ITEM. MR. DIRECTOR, IF YOU WOULD LIKE
TO DESCRIBE THAT FOR US. >> THIS IS NEW BUSINESS BUT NOT TO NEW. IF YOU RECALL THIS YEAR, THIS PREVIOUS YEAR, THIS PAST CHRISTMAS/WHATEVER NONDENOMINATIONAL HOLIDAY YOU CELEBRATE DURING THE RUN OF THE CHRIS KINDLE MARKET WE PARTNERED WITH "LIKE THE WORLD" TO PUT UP MACHINES THAT WERE A HUGE HIT, THEY RAISED A TON OF MONEY FOR A NUMBER OF CHARITIES THAT ARE SUPPORTED BY EACH YEAR, THE GIVING MACHINE PICKS A NUMBER OF CHARITIES AND THEY ARE SPECIAL TO THE LOCATION WHERE THE MACHINES ARE.
I THINK THAT PROJECT WAS AN OVERALL SMASHING SUCCESS.
IT WAS A PILOT PROGRAM IN THE FIRST YEAR, BECAUSE OF THE SUCCESS OF THE PROJECT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE THIS RELATIONSHIP AND IN FRONT OF YOU WAS A VERY SIMILAR LICENSE AGREEMENT WHICH WAS THE SHORT TERM LEASE, THIS COMMISSION APPROVED LAST YEAR. THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A CONTINUATION OF THAT IN THE PACKET, IN THE AGREEMENT WE DO HAVE THE SPECIFIC CHARITIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE BENEFITED TO.
I WANT TO CALL OUT ONE OF THEM, TRINITY FREE CLINIC -- THAT ONE IS BASED IN CARMEL. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER ONES, JULIAN CENTER, HAMBLEN COUNTY HARVEST FOOD BANK, WISH FOR OUR HEROES, MENTORS INTERNATIONAL AND WATER FOR GOOD TO. THESE MACHINES ALLOW YOU TO SELECT WHICH CHARITY YOU WANT TO DONATE MONEY TO END IT ALLOWS YOU TO GIVE A GIFT RIGHT THERE THAT BENEFITS A GOOD CAUSE.
CHARITIES THAT ARE BOTH NATIONAL, STATE WIDE, AND LOCAL HERE TO BENEFIT OUR RESIDENTS. THIS PROGRAM WAS A SMASHING SUCCESS, THE MAYOR WAS A BIG FAN OF IT, SO WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO CONTINUE THIS. THIS CONTRACT IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT IN THAT IT ITSELF RENEWS UNLESS WE CANCEL IT SO WE DON'T HAVE TO BE HERE EVERY YEAR DOING THIS BECAUSE IT'S A REALLY GOOD CAUSE. THAT IS THE ITEM IN YOUR AGENDA, SAME SPOT AS LAST TIME AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ANYONE MIGHT HAVE. THIS IS RIGHT WHEN YOU WALK DOWN THE STEPS THROUGH THE TUNNEL. YOU HAVE THESE MACHINES THERE AS THEY WERE LAST YEAR IN THIS WIDE OPEN AREA AND ALLOWS DONATIONS.
IT'S NOT IN THE WAY OF THE CHRIS KINDLE MARKET BUT IT'S VERY MUCH IN THE VICINITY AND I HOPE IT PLAYS ON THE POSITIVE SPIRIT ALL AROUND. GOOD CAUSE, THE MAYOR WAS A BIG FAN SO WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE IT.
>> JUST OUTSIDE THE CARMICHAEL, RIGHT?
>> THAT'S RIGHT. SPEAK OF US THE STEPS GO DOWN?
>> I GOT IT. >> CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH THE SELECTION PROCESS FOR THE CHARITIES SELECTED TO BE A PART OF THIS? THEY REACH OUT TO THE CITY DOES THE CITY DO OUTREACH TO SELECT THOSE?
>> LIGHT OF THE WORLD DOES THE SELECTIONS BASED ON A VERY THOROUGH VET OF THE VARIOUS CHARITIES.
WE DID ASK TO HAVE SOME CARMEL SPECIFIC CHARITIES INCLUDE COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. SO THEY WERE RESPONSIVE AND ADDED A COUPLE CHARITIES WHICH WAS NICE TO SEE ESSENTIALLY OTHER CHARITIES HAVE TO PASS A RIGOROUS VETTING TO MAKE SURE IT'S ALL LEGITIMATE. THIS WAS THE LIST PREVIOUSLY WE HAVE A HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW AND APPROVE AND THAT'S THE LIST FOR THIS YEAR BUT IT MIGHT CHANGE NEXT YEAR THE WAY THIS CONTRACT WORKS IS EVERY NEW YEAR THERE'S A NEW LIST OF CHARITIES, THEY HAVE TO SEND THAT TO US AHEAD OF TIME FOR US TO BLESS,
ESSENTIALLY. >> I READ THROUGH THE AGREEMENT AND I HAVE TO SAY AM PRETTY IMPRESSED.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ONE THING -- I DON'T KNOW WHO WROTE IT BUT THERE'S NOT ONE THINK YOU MISSED IN THIS CONTRACT.
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
>> THANK YOU. >> MOTION TO APPROVE?
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>> IF IT'S YOUR PLEASURE IF THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS, WE WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND. >> THE CHAIR: IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY NAY.
AND HE OPPOSED? IT IS APPROVED, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WITH THAT, IS THERE ANY OTHER
BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE US. >> NO OTHER BUSINESS I THINK WE ARE DONE CELEBRATING BILL BROOKS AT EVERY CONTINUOUS MEETING, WE WILL MISS HIM BUT THIS IS OUR FIRST TRULY BILL BROOKS-FREE MEETING. NO NEW BUSINESS, JUST NEXT
MEETING IS AUGUST 19TH. >> THE CHAIR: VERY GOOD.
WITH THAT, WITHOUT OBJECTION I WILL DECLARE US TO BE IN ADJOURNMENT PENDING THE EXECUTION OF DOCUMENTS.
WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION AND OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE HERE IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS ON AUG AUGUST 19TH AT 4:00 P.M.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.