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John Ehrhart 5485 East Commons Drive applauds the redevelopment commission for their creativity on this project. Our educational needs to he improved. He appreciates the proposal put forth tonight. Brad Lindsey, Mooresville School Superintendent 6501 Daisy Itill Court, Camby in Morgan County and Mooresville School District stated Mooresville Schools need help and was very encourage about the commission's desire to partner with the schools. He thanked Harold Gutzwillcr, Joy Sessing, and Jeff Pipkin for meeting and discussing concerns and being clarified on some questions. He said he appreciated talking with Virginia Perry, Mooresville Town Council, who is an articulate, very thorough, and has a genuine heart for Mooresville. Ile said he was thankfid he was able to explain a concept and the school submitted a request to say a bus garage was a part of this plan because they need to maximize the land of municipal garage to consolidate all resources. He also wants to add two parcels to the plan. Lyn Gordon 1265 Rosewood Lane assumes the commission has done all the due diligence. He recommends that value skills are needed to train or retrain at Ivy Tech and on line programs. David Bums 425 Campus Court stated he questions the suitability of the project. The commission needs to consider some of the investment aspects. I-le hopes Ivy Tech doesn't train people and then they go elsewhere to work. lie doesn't know how they will accomplish this. The capital Improvement board did not invest in Ivy Tech. Greg Terhune 6433 East Mills in Heartland Crossing, Morgan County has a concern about the claim the commission says they are partnering with Mooresville Schools when Ivy Tech is already in the school paying rent and now the commission is drawing their tenant away from them. This does not benefit the school. Southbridge is owned by an investor, Brown Bark and they are paying taxes on the property. When the Redevelopment Commission buys the property the taxes stop. He does not see the gain. This project is a loss. Steve Overton 9928 Woodland Drive testifies to the commission member's integrity. Ile said 20 years ago the community went thru a hard time due to the work blight. Overton and Sons has been working with Ivy Tech for 20 years for the training of employees. It is important for the youth here to have a campus locally. He has watched Ivy Tech grow in Franklin. Advanced technology is at the downtown campus. He has people come through the doors that do not have the skills need. He appreciates the commission's eforts. This will be a big benefit. Don Adams 11899 North Bethel Road stated that Steve Overton had said what he was going to say. Ivy Tech is a huge institution. Other communities want it and Mooresville is taking advantage to get it. All the people that had signed up to speak have spoken so this concludes the public input portion of the public hearing.