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problem at Bridge and Indianapolis Road. With this proposal, the town could purchase a strip of ground along Indianapolis Road to help correct this problem. There is a permanent easement that runs through the center of the Summit Finishing property that the owner is willing to sell and he is looking at buying the easement. Mr. Ellis asked Mr. Currens how it would affect the tax base if the commission agreed to help remove the building. Mr. Currens said with the renovation and the improvements to the area and they are following their plan. Mr. Haskins asked what the commission could do at this time to help Mr. Brewington and Ms. Humes said they had talked with Michael Shaver about what some of the options are. Mr. Shaver said the building was in the new plan, and there are four pieces to this financially. There is Prodigy money, potential for economic development money, state and/or federal funding for brownfield renovation, and the street part, which is eligible for transportation enhancement money, which is not just standard intersection improvement, but something much better than that. This could be a project that would take two years to fully blossom. The biggest issue for him is the environment studies and you would not want to have to deal with that. There are two elements in regard to the Redevelopment Commission, one picking up the aerial photo of the intersection to show you what the exact alignment is and two getting the tax card. He said the minimum amount of land that they would want would be twelve feet along the front of the property and what they want to do to the intersection improvements, they would want enough turning radius so that semi-trucks could make the turn without going over the curbs. Mr. Ellis asked if they would build a new wall on the front of their existing building or would there be an open space in front? Mr. Brewington said they would build a temporary wall about two feet behind the existing wall, then tear the old wall down and install a new wall. Mr. Shaver asked the board what they would want to do in ways of improvements to the community, so he will know how to he can deal with this. Mr. Haskins said anything they could do with the intersection would get his approval. This would help with the appearance of the town and the traffic flow. Mr. Ransome agreed with Mr. Haskins and hoped they could be very active with this project. Mr. Ellis said he felt this fit in with their short and long range goals for the town of Mooresville. Mr. Currens said he needs to see where this fits into their old plan for timing purposes. There might be certain things they cannot commit to until the new plan is approved. He said by the next meeting he would be able to have a spreadsheet showing some of the projects that they might be able to do. Ms. Humes said there was one other project that she wanted to make the board aware of. She has been in contact with company that is looking at three communities in central Indiana, with Mooresville being one. They are looking at the Davee property consisting of 27 acres to build a food processing plant. They would invest about $3,000,000.00 in a one hundred thousand square foot building, and $3,500,000.00 in equipment, with the intent of expanding to a three hundred thousand square feet within three to five years. They are currently located in Hammond, Indiana and this would be a second location. As for infrastructure, sewer and water are all in place, but there will have to be some improvement made to get off of old State Road 67 to get into that site. There is currently a gravel road that forms the western boundary of the site; it is a fifty-foot easement that has been on the property for years and is the only access to get to the Fields property to the north and to the electric box. The easement would have to become a dedicated public street. So the town would need a street, some improvements, and a rail spur. They have been working with Rail America on the rail spur cost. The switch would cost