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Air quality forecast

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Air quality forecasts for Evansville and Vanderburgh County are provided as a public service.  They are best estimates of predicted pollution levels that can be used as a guide so people can modify their activities and reduce their exposure to air quality conditions that may affect their health.  The forecasts are routinely made available at least a day in advance, and are posted by 10:30 AM Evansville time on Monday (for Tuesday through Thursday) and Thursday (for Friday through Monday).  When atmospheric conditions are uncertain or favor pollution levels above the National Ambient Air Quality Standards, forecasts are made on a daily basis.

Ozone forecasts are available from mid-April through September 30th.  Fine particulate (PM2.5) forecasts are available year round.

Friday

April 7

 Saturday
April 8		 Sunday
April 9		 Monday
April 10		 Tuesday
April 11
Fine Particulate
(0-23 CST avg)
Air Quality Index		 good moderate good good NA*
Ozone
Air Quality Index		 good moderate good good NA*
Ozone
(peak 8-hr avg)
(expected)		 NA* NA* NA* NA* NA*

* Not Available and/or Conditions Uncertain.

Air Quality Action Days

Ozone Alerts are issued by the Evansville EPA when maximum ozone readings averaged over a period of eight hours are forecasted to reach 71 parts per billion (ppb), or unhealthy for sensitive groups on the USEPA Air Quality Index scale.

Particulate Alerts are issued by the Evansville EPA when PM2.5 readings averaged over the period of midnight to midnight are forecasted to reach 35 micrograms per meter cubed (µg/m3).

Current conditions of OZONE and FINE PARTICULATE MATTER are available in near real-time on the Indiana Department of Environment Management’s website.

National and regional maps of current conditions are available through USEPA AIRNow.

City Council Meeting Agenda For 4-10-17

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CITY OF EVANSVILLE CITY COUNCIL Agenda

I. INTRODUCTION
II. APPROVAL OF MEETING MEMORANDA
III. REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS
IV. SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY
V. CONSENT AGENDA: FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS

ORDINANCE G-2017-06 Sponsor(s):
Notify:
ORDINANCE F-2017-04

Sponsor(s):
Notify:
RESOLUTION C-2017-06

Sponsor(s): Notify:

ORDINANCE R-2017-07 AMENDED

Petitioner: Requested Change: Representative:

An Ordinance Amending the Evansville Zoning Code Adams
Ron London, APC

An Ordinance of the Common Council of the City of Evansville Authorizing Transfers of Appropriations, Additional Appropriations and Repeal and Re-Appropriation of Funds for Various City Funds McGinn

Russ Lloyd, Jr., City Controller

A Resolution of the Common Council of the City of Evansville Confirming the Declaration of an Economic Revitilization Area for Property Tax Phase-In for the Rehabilitation of Real Property at 202 Southeast Second Street, Evansville, IN 47713; 209 Chestnut Street Evansville, IN 47713 – Kinship Hospitality, LLC

McGinn
Andrea Lendy, Growth Alliance

An Ordinance to Rezone Certain Real Estate in the City of Evansville, State of Indiana, More Commonly Known as 310, 312 Harriet Street
Richard E. Mills Owner: Christopher D. Severse R4 to C4 Ward: 6 Brinkmeyer
Richard E. Mills, Mills-Wallace & Assoc., Inc.

Committee:

A.S.D. Chair Brinkmeyer 4/24/2017

5:25 p.m.

Committee:

Finance Chair McGinn 4/24/2017

5:15 p.m.

Committee:

Finance Chair McGinn 4/24/2017

5:20 p.m.

ORDINANCE R-2017-08

Petitioner: Requested Change: Representative:

ORDINANCE R-2017-09

Petitioner:

Requested Change: Representative:

ORDINANCE R-2017-10

Petitioner: Requested Change: Representative:

ORDINANCE R-2017-11 Petitioner:

Requested Change: Representative:

An Ordinance to Rezone Certain Real Estate in the City of Evansville, State of Indiana, More Commonly Known as 1756 N. Alvord Blvd.
Louis E. & Norma J. Hartz Owner: Louis E. & Norma J. Hartz R1 to R2 Ward: 3 Hargis
Kathryn Kornblum, Esq., VanStone & Kornblum, LLC

An Ordinance to Rezone Certain Real Estate in the City of Evansville, State of Indiana, More Commonly Known as 3130 Waterman Drive
Anthony & Mary Anne

Schmitt
R3 to R1
Mary Anne Schmitt

An Ordinance to Rezone Certain Real Estate in the City of Evansville, State of Indiana, More Commonly Known as 4913 Temple Avenue
Web Properties, LLC Owner: Web Properties, LLC R1 to C4 w/ UDC Ward: 5 Elpers

Ashley Hollen, Esq., Kahn, Deese, Donovan & Kahn, LLP

Owner: Ward:

Anthony & Mary Anne Schmitt
6 Brinkmeyer

An Ordinance to Rezone Certain Real Estate in the City of Evansville, State of Indiana, More Commonly Known as 3800 N. Burkhardt Road
Roberts Investment
Holdings, LLC

R1 to C4 w/ UDC Krista B. Lockyear

Ward:

Owner:

David Dillman, Carol Dillman, John Dillman, Matt Dillman, Margaret Straka, Sarah Pottinger, Susan Koeppel, Martha Bond, Carl Wegel, Jerol Watson, Darol Watson, Layne Watson

1 McGinn

VI. CONSENT AGENDA: SECOND READING OF ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS

RESOLUTION C-2017-04

Sponsor(s): Notify:

ORDINANCE R-2016-32 AMENDED

Petitioner: Requested Change: Representative:

ORDINANCE R-2017-01

Petitioner: Requested Change: Representative:

ORDINANCE R-2017-02

Petitioner: Requested Change: Representative:

ORDINANCE R-2017-03 AMENDED

Petitioner: Requested Change: Representative:

VII. COMMITTEE REPORTS

A Resolution of the Common Council of the City of Evansville Confirming the Property Tax Phase-In for Redevelopment/Rehabilitation of Real Property – Eastland Station, LLC managed by Phillips Edison & Company, 1500 North Green River Rd., Evansville, IN

McGinn
Andrea Lendy, Growth Alliance

An Ordinance to Rezone Certain Real Estate in the City of Evansville, State of Indiana, More Commonly Known as 2026 Covert Avenue
Lannan – Jones, LLC Owner: Jamie M. Lannan
R1 to C2 Ward: 2 Mosby
Jamie M. Lannan

An Ordinance to Rezone Certain Real Estate in the City of Evansville, State of Indiana, More Commonly Known as 22 N. Taft Avenue
Ron Schutz, Jr. Owner: Ron Schutz, Jr.

R1 to C4 Ward: 3 Hargis Ron Schutz, Jr.

An Ordinance to Rezone Certain Real Estate in the City of Evansville, State of Indiana, More Commonly Known as 1011 Mary Street
Aurora, Inc. Owner: Aurora, Inc.

R2 to C4 w/ UDC Ward: 3 Hargis Kahn, Dees, Donovan & Kahn, LLP

An Ordinance to Rezone Certain Real Estate in the City of Evansville, State of Indiana, More Commonly Known as 1615, 1702, 1706 Dresden Street
Rellecke, LLC Owner: Rellecke, LLC

R2 to M2 Ward: 6 Brinkmeyer Kahn, Dees, Donovan & Kahn, LLP

Committee:

Finance Chair McGinn 4/10/2017

5:25 p.m.

VIII. REGULAR AGENDA: FINAL READING OF ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS

RESOLUTION C-2017-04

Sponsor(s): Notify:

ORDINANCE R-2016-32 AMENDED

Petitioner: Requested Change: Representative:

ORDINANCE R-2017-01

Petitioner: Requested Change: Representative:

ORDINANCE R-2017-02

Petitioner: Requested Change: Representative:

ORDINANCE R-2017-03 AMENDED

Petitioner: Requested Change: Representative:

IX. RESOLUTION DOCKET

A Resolution of the Common Council of the City of Evansville Confirming the Property Tax Phase-In for Redevelopment/Rehabilitation of Real Property – Eastland Station, LLC managed by Phillips Edison & Company, 1500 North Green River Rd., Evansville, IN

McGinn
Andrea Lendy, Growth Alliance

An Ordinance to Rezone Certain Real Estate in the City of Evansville, State of Indiana, More Commonly Known as 2026 Covert Avenue
Lannan – Jones, LLC Owner: Jamie M. Lannan
R1 to C2 Ward: 2 Mosby
Jamie M. Lannan

An Ordinance to Rezone Certain Real Estate in the City of Evansville, State of Indiana, More Commonly Known as 22 N. Taft Avenue
Ron Schutz, Jr. Owner: Ron Schutz, Jr.

R1 to C4 Ward: 3 Hargis Ron Schutz, Jr.

An Ordinance to Rezone Certain Real Estate in the City of Evansville, State of Indiana, More Commonly Known as 1011 Mary Street
Aurora, Inc. Owner: Aurora, Inc.

R2 to C4 w/ UDC Ward: 3 Hargis Kahn, Dees, Donovan & Kahn, LLP

An Ordinance to Rezone Certain Real Estate in the City of Evansville, State of Indiana, More Commonly Known as 1615, 1702, 1706 Dresden Street
Rellecke, LLC Owner: Rellecke, LLC

R2 to M2 Ward: 6 Brinkmeyer Kahn, Dees, Donovan & Kahn, LLP

Committee:

Finance Chair McGinn 4/10/2017

5:25 p.m.

X. MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS

  1. THE NEXT MEETING of the Common Council will be Monday, April 24, 2017 at 5:30p.m. Committee meetings will begin at 5:15 p.m.
  2. ADDITIONAL MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS

XI. COMMITTEE REPORTS XII. ADJOURNMENT

Senator McConnell Throws Out the First Pitch To End Senate Filibusters

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THE NAME GAME by Jim Redwine

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Gavel Gamut

By Jim Redwine

www.jamesmredwine.com

(Week of 10 April 2017)

THE NAME GAME

On Monday, April 10, 2017 in the Posey Circuit Court a jury composed of attorneys from the Posey County Bar Association decided, that is declared, whether North Posey High School or Mt. Vernon High School or neither of them won the exclusive right to name the newly discovered planets of the dwarf star named Trappist-1. The Mock Trial was the centerpiece of the annual Posey County Law Day celebration during which America contrasts the role law plays in protecting our rights with systems where individual liberties are not paramount.

North Posey (A.K.A. Muhammad High School) student attorneys Zack Goebel and Veronica Inkenbrandt pitted themselves against Mt. Vernon (A.K.A. Peacock Throne High School) student lawyers Shane Vantlin and Ashley Ford. The case began when both fictional schools individually claimed to have developed a fund raising plan based on auctioning off the rights to name the seven newly found planets of Trappist-1, which are only 235 trillion miles from Earth. Each school claimed it thought of the scheme first but that the other high school purloined the plan.

Mr. Mike Kuhn and Ms. Michele Parrish are the advisors to the North Posey students who include the following participants and their roles as members of the two fictional private schools in Posey County, Indiana:

Hannah Braun – Sarah Jones, School Board President of Muhammad High School;

Ryan Daughtery – Jaime David, Edward Jones advisor;

Isaac Mayer – Akmed Barnes, Muhammad High School senior;

Josh Wiggins – Walter Cronkite, Science Reporter;

Lexi Fifer – Hagar Shunley, junior at Muhammad High School;

Jordyn Miller – Allie Mankovitch, Computer Expert; and,

Jade Hill and Ethan Morlock, Alternates.

Mt. Vernon’s advisors are Ms. Lucy Steinhart and Mr. Tim Alcorn. Their students are:

Austin Bethel – Ibrehim Smith, School Board President of Peacock Throne High School;

Whitney Schaefer – Baretta Fife, Internal Revenue Agent;

Adam Duckworth – Julian Assange, Hacker;

Corinna Lambright – Rasheema Ellis, Morgan Stanley Financial Advisor;

Wade Ripple – Abdul Parker; senior at Peacock Throne High School; and,

Taylor Brooks – Jasmine Wright, senior at Peacock Throne High School.

If you want to know how the students and the Posey County Bar Association celebrated the Rule of Law over military might, you are welcome to tune in here next week.

For more Gavel Gamut articles go to:

www.jamesmredwine.com

AG Hill Congratulates Incoming Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch

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Rep. Messer Calls on Congress to Come Back Next Week to Repeal & Replace Obamacare

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Rep. Messer Calls on Congress to Come Back Next Week to Repeal & Replace Obamacare

“Congress is leaving for Easter break with work undone”

Rep. Luke Messer (IN-06) today called on Congress to come back next week, instead of breaking early for Easter, to repeal and replace Obamacare.
In a Floor speech addressing his colleagues in the House, Messer said, “Congress is leaving for Easter break with work undone.”

“For seven years, we’ve told the American people we would repeal Obamacare and replace it with something better, and we have legislation that provides that opportunity,” Messer said today on the House Floor. “My hope is we will be back next week, before Easter. We need to do what we said we would do.”

Earlier today, Messer joined members of House Republican Leadership to announce an amendment to the American Health Care Act that Messer said safeguards patients with pre-existing conditions in a way that will also lower premiums.

The Palmer-Schweikert amendment creates a $15 billion Federal Invisible Risk Sharing Program that will help states reduce premiums by reimbursing health insurance issuers for high cost individuals beginning in 2018.

A video of Rep. Messer’s remarks on the House Floor today can be found here.

Congress is scheduled to begin a two-week Easter break today.

 

 

Eagles to participate in Breast Cancer Awareness event

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USI to wear pink in support for UIndy Coach Frost

University of Southern Indiana Softball will wear pink shirts to participate in a nationwide Breast Cancer Awareness event when they visit Saint Joseph’s College Saturday for a noon doubleheader in Rensselaer, Indiana.

The event is in support of Missy Frost, the Head Softball Coach at the University of Indianapolis, along with the one out of every eight women who are diagnosed with breast cancer. In November of 2016, Coach Frost was diagnosed with breast cancer and in February, just days before traveling to begin the 2017 season, she began chemotherapy treatments.

A total of 41 teams from 16 states and 14 different conferences will be wearing the slogan “Faith.Fight.Frost” Saturday to show continuing support for Coach Frost and her ongoing battle with breast cancer.

“We are honored to be playing for Coach Frost and her battle with breast cancer, as well as the many courageous women who continue this fight every day,” USI Head Coach Sue Kunkle said. “This game of softball has brought so many wonderful people together, not only tomorrow, but every day. (The softball community) is truly one big family and has shown such amazing support for an incredible person and cause.”

USI also will wear the pink shirts for Sunday’s 11 a.m. (CDT) doubleheader at UIndy.

 

Adopt A Pet

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Boogie is a 5-year-old male Treeing Walker Coonhound. He was transferred to VHS from Warrick Animal Control several months ago. His “girlfriend” is Cassidy, another young Coonhound. They do NOT have to be adopted together, but certainly can be! Boogie’s adoption fee is $100 and he’s ready to go home TODAY neutered, microchipped, and vaccinated. (Get a $25 discount if you adopt Cassidy, too!) Contact the Vanderburgh Humane Society at (812) 426-2563 for adoption details!

Governor Eric J. Holcomb Proclamation about Public Safety Telecommunications Week – April 9 to 15, 2017

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Public Safety Telecommunications Week originated in California in 1981 and was nationally recognized by an act of the United States Congress in 1991.  In Indiana, Public Safety Telecommunications Week has been recognized state wide since 1999, most commonly by a proclamation from Indiana’s Governor.

Public Safety Telecommunications Week reminds all Hoosiers that the first step in receiving help is the initial call to 911 and hearing the voice of a local city, county, or state public safety dispatcher.  These are the men and women that collect the initial information to pass along to law enforcement officers in the field.  Often times they are able to give immediate lifesaving directions to the caller during medical emergencies or can be the calming voice to reassure the victim of a violent crime that help is on the way.  And the service of a telecommunications operator extends well beyond taking calls from citizens as they are the life line to the police officer, deputy sheriff or state trooper out on patrol.

In short, the telecommunications operator is the two-way life line link taking calls for service.  Whether the call comes by phone from the public, or over a radio from a law enforcement professional, telecommunication operators are one of the most important and under-recognized components of public safety.

Attached with this Indiana State Police Nixle news release is a PDF copy of the proclamation issued by Indiana Governor Eric J. Holcomb recognizing April 9 – 15, 2017 as Public Safety Telecommunications Week.

UE women head to Terre Haute

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Indiana State Spring Invitational set for weekend

On Sunday and Monday, the University of Evansville women’s golf team will be participating in the Indiana State Spring Invitational in Terre Haute.

The tournament is being held at The Country Club of Terre Haute and will be a par-72, 6,041-yard layout.  It will be 36 holes, playing the first round of Sunday (April 9) with a shotgun start at 10 a.m. (ET) and then the final round on Monday (April 10) with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. (ET)

This year the field for the tournament includes: Indiana State (Blue), Indiana State (White), William Woods, Butler, Evansville, Northern Iowa, Eastern Illinois, Drake, Loyola, Western Illinois, Illinois-Springfield, Dayton.

Maria Pickens and Kayla Katterhenry each fired off rounds under 80 as the Aces women’s golf team earned a 12th place finish at the Little Rock/ASU Invitational at Maumelle Country Club last week.

Katterhenry was the top finisher for the UE, earning a tie for 13th with a final tally of 228.  She completed the final round with a 3-over 75.  Maria Pickens had her best round of the tournament, carding a 77 as she wrapped up the tournament with a 243.  She finished in 48th place.

Next up was Maggie Camp.  The senior posted an 87 in the final 18 holes to place 69th with a 256.  Madison Chaney and Giulia Mallmann rounded out the top five for the Aces.  Chaney notched a 93 on Tuesday to finish with a 259 while Mallmann’s last round was an 89.  Her tournament total was a 261.

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