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1.1.33 April 1, 2014 The Mooresville Town council met in regular session on Tuesday,April 1, 2014, at 6:30 P. M. at the Mooresville Government Center. Town Council members present were: President Mark Mathis,Vice President Virginia Perry, Tony Langley, George Watkins, and Jeff Cook. No members were absent. Town Attorney Tim Currens was present. Randall Gerig of the Nazarene Church gave the invocation. A motion was made by Councilwoman Perry with a second by Councilman Watkins to approve minutes of the March 18, 2014 meeting. Motion carried 5-0. Council President Mark Mathis announced the pay request for Wilhelm and the change order will be tabled to the April 15th meeting due to items not being completed. The next item on the agenda was a presentation from the Redevelopment Commission for the Gateway and Corridor Master Plan. Harold Gutzwiller, President of the Mooresville Redevelopment Commission wanted to address the Council before the presentation and bring their attention to page 17 of the Master Plan under policy recommendations where it suggests the Town pass a strict litter ordinance, with substantial penalties for the gateway and corridor zones to deter littering. Mr. Gutzwiller stated that he has noticed the amount of trash along S.R. 67 between Merriman Road and Pleiades Drive to be appalling. Carl Kincaid of Rundell Ernstberger Associates then gave a slideshow presentation of the Master Plan. The Master Plan was setup with three different sections, information gathering,public input and the master plan section. The information gathering stage looked at all of the main corridors and trail connections as well as the town character and branding. The public input phase included public meetings as well as meetings with individual stakeholder groups. The next stage was the development of the Master Plan and defining the different phases. There will need to be a Memorandum of Understanding between the Town and INDOT. The Master Plan is divided into five phases. Phase one includes the North and South Gateways, Indiana Street Gateway, portions of SR 67 and the Paul Hadley Bicentennial Park downtown. Phase two includes Main Street, Indiana Street and portions of SR 67. Phase three includes Bridge Street roundabouts, Indianapolis Road and portions of SR 67. Phase four includes the High Street corridor, Samuel Moore Parkway and portions of SR 67. Phase five contains the pedestrian bridge gateway and portions of SR 67. They are currently under contract with the Redevelopment Commission for phase one,the SR 67 north and south gateways and the Indiana Street obelisk. They will begin design development and construction documents in May and end that process in October, go to bidding and select a contractor and have construction complete in September, 2015 for those three elements. Councilwoman Perry asked Harold Gutzwiller where the funding for the project was coming from. He stated that they will look for outside funding from state or federal monies to build the roundabouts, but he doubts there will be much outside funding so the majority will come from TIF revenues. Councilwoman Perry also expressed concern with the proposed downtown park taking away some of the parking downtown. Mr. Gutzwiller stated that the additional parking lot just built across the street would help alleviate that but believes a downtown park for the residents and businesses to use would offset any parking issues. He also stated that the downtown park is not part of the current contract because they have not gotten permission from the property owner. Councilwoman Perry stated the town is currently looking at a ditch project on Indiana Street and Mr. Gutzwiller stated some of that is outside of the TIF district and outside of the scope of this plan. Councilman Watkins stated that all projects needed to be looked at and Mr. Gutzwiller agreed that there will have to be coordination between the Town and the Redevelopment Commission. .emu-