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S MOORESVILLE PLAN COMMISSION MARCH 26, 2009 MINUTES The Mooresville Plan Commission met on Thursday, March 26, 2009, at 5:30 P. M. at the Mooresville Government Center. Plan Commission members present were: Mike Young, Darrell. Brown, Brian Anderson, Charles Berwick, Jeff Dieterlen, Ann Whaley, and Perry King. Robert Williamson was absent. Town attorney Tim Currens was present. Commissioner King had a change in the minutes for January 2009 on 3rd page Washington and Bridge Street should be Washington and Maple Lane and Commissioner Dieterlen said on page 2 and paragraph 1, the sentence needed redone to say After more discussion the Plan Commission provided numbers to the County offices. After the changes the minutes were approved unanimously. Strategic Development Group's Erin Shane and Cory Whitesell from Hannum, Wagle, Cline, gave a presentation of the Mooresville comprehensive plan and the Morgan County corridor plan that took about nine months to put together in a draft plan. Erin went over several target areas in 11°- the plan. Two critical areas was one the industrial park, first fill empty buildings, infill available land, and improve the flow of trucks within the actual industrial park, after this the western expansion of the industrial park. Then expand east with heavy industrial. Highest priority is to expand the wastewater plant. Secondly, the downtown area was a critical area. Residents telling them they desire a greater variety of commercial and entertainment venues as well as general sprucing up of the area. The Town might want to do a downtown plan by investing in downtown infrastructure. The intersection of Indiana and Main has a parking lot in 25 %of the space which is probably not the best use of the space. A big issue was rerouting truck traffic. A comprehensive signage package is needed at the three entrances to Mooresville, one at Highway 67 and Old 67, one at Highway#144, and one at Gray Brothers Cafeteria to lure people to the downtown area. Cory Whitesell told the commission the corridor planning was a joint effort between all communities and impacted Highway#144 especially. Since I69 follows State Road 37 maybe this allows for a common ordinance or rules. This project is 10 to 20 years away,maybe longer. The exits and interchanges are not finalized by 1NDOT. You can have an impact on where these would go but INDOT has the final say. It would be important to create a common ordinance adopted by each of the different jurisdictions. The ordinance would include setbacks, signage, green space, buffers, and architectural rules, but Mooresville would not lose control of their area. The county is going to push development away from the flood plains. They would like an interchange at Liberty Church, one at Highway#37at Ohio Street, one and Highway 252 and 44, one at 39 and an overpass at Wal-Mart. Burton Lane doesn't have an interchange. Old Morgantown Rd could tie into Hendricks County. Highway 144 is in Johnson County and Morgan County is looking into building a business park in that area.