Westfield Redevelopment Commission
December 15, 2014, Meeting Minutes
MINUTES OF
THE WESTFIELD REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION MEETING
HELD ON DECEMBER 15, 2014
The Westfield Redevelopment Commission (the “Commission”) held a meeting onDecember 15, 2014, at 130 Penn Street, Westfield, Indiana 46074, notice of the time and place thereof having been duly given in accordance with the Indiana Open Door Law, Indiana Code 5-14-1.5 et seq. The Commission members were present or absent as indicated.
Present:Absent:
JosephPlankis, PresidentScott Robison, Secretary
Joe Ingalls, Vice President
Doug Holtz
Jill Doyle
Others people in attendance were Brian Zaiger, City Attorney,and City of Westfield staff members: Jesse Pohlman, Senior Planner with the Economic and Community Development Department, and John Rogers, Director of Enterprise Development.
The meeting was called to order at 6:30p.m.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
Holtzmoved to approve the August 18, 2014,meeting of the Commission minutes and the motion was seconded by Doyle. Upon a call to vote by the President, the motion passed with a vote of 4-0.
APPROVAL OF 2015 RDC CALENDAR:
Ingalls moved to approve the Commission’s tentative 2015 meeting calendar and the motion was seconded by Holtz. Upon a call to vote by the President, the motion passed with a vote of 4-0.
RESOLUTION 06-2014: CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL OF DECLARATORY RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH THE METRONET GIGABIT BROADBAND PROJECT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AREA AND ALLOCATION AREA:
Jim Crawford, Krieg DeVault reviewed the details of the Declaratory Resolution to establish the MetroNet Gigabit Broadband Project Economic Development Area and Allocation Area.
Steve Biggerstaff, Business Development, MetroNet, Inc., gave an overview of the company and examples of other underground fiber optic projects,both residential and commercial, that the company has completed in Indiana. Biggerstaffelaborated on project details and that the company is also looking at opening a store in Westfield for the services that will be provided. Biggerstaff stated that without the economic development assistance, the project would not be moving forward.
Holtz inquired if there would be a limit to the capacity of data that could be sent through the fiber optic lines and if there was a saturation point and or a point where additional lines could not be added.
Biggerstaffresponded that as the number of users and data capacity requests increased, so could the amount of lines provided and that saturation will not be a problem, and has not been a problem in the other communities they’ve completed projects.
Ingalls moved to approve Resolution 06-2014 and this was seconded by Holtz.
Upon a call to vote by the President, the motion passed with a vote of 4-0.
AUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN INVOICES AND EXPENSES:
Doyle moved to approve the invoices as submitted and this was seconded by Holtz. Upon a call to vote by the Chair, the motion passed with a vote of 4-0.
ADDITIONAL BUSINESS BEFORE THE COMMISSION
With no further business,Doyle motioned to adjourn the meeting and Ingalls seconded. The meeting was adjourned at6:48 p.m.
JosephPlankis, President
Westfield Redevelopment Commission