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EPD Activity Report

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EPD Report

Vanderburgh County Recent Booking Records

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IS IT TRUE FEBRUARY 6, 2017

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IS IT TRUE the City County Observer is pleased to see that the former headquarters of the Old National Bank at 420 Main Street is going to be salvaged into a modern office building with luxury condos on the upper floors?…it is ironic that the iconic building that costed $5 Million to build over 50 years ago had been sitting on the market for $5 Million with no takers for nearly 15 years?…the thought of a developed piece of real estate in a city of over 100,000 people on the banks of the Ohio River could lose value over a 50 year period is preposterous, yet in Evansville’s case this is not isolated or even unusual?…the new investment of $30 Million should be sufficient to bring all of the building up to near state of the art with respect to energy efficiency, high bandwidth communication, and true downtown living?…we hope and even expect to learn that this will be done without a $21 Million (Downtown Hotel), $57 Million (Downtown IU Medical School) or even a $127 Million (FORD CENTER) Incentive from the taxpayers of Evansville?…if this is really done without a handout, this project may be a positive tipping point for downtown Evansville?

IS IT TRUE at tonights City Council meeting a Resolution of the Common Council of the City of Evansville opposing Indiana House Bill 1487 will be presented and voted on?  …this Resolution is a moot issue since the sponsor State Representative Hollie Sullivan withdrew this bill for consideration by the Indiana House of Representative last week?  …the sponsors of this resolution are Mosby, Elpers, McGinn, Adams, Brinkmeyer, Hargis, Mercer, Robinson?  …we wonder why Councilman Jonathan Weaver is listed as a sponsor?

IS IT TRUE it is sad to learn that St. Joseph’s University in Northern Indiana is facing a deficit that is so large that the university’s trustees are forced to consider closing it down?…with only 900 students and an immediate need for $100 Million in pledges to keep the doors open, this amounts to an emergency fund raising effort of $111,000 per student?…sometimes the numbers don’t make sense when it comes to nostalgic locations and the time comes to let things go?…it may well be time for the bell to toll on St. Joseph’s University and that is a sad day?

IS IT TRUE we are hearing that members of Vanderburgh Sheriff Department are extremely upset with members of the Evansville City Council for opposing Indiana House Bill 1487 because the money from the Income Option Tax could had been used to build a new addition to the County jail?  …we are also hearing that members of the local Labor Unions are not happy with the actions of Evansville City Council concerning this issue because it was extremely likely they would had built the addition to the jail?  … members of the above groups are even more upset with City Council President Missy Mosby for taking the lead role in publicly objecting to HB 1487 becoming law?  … she once had a solid reputation of being a strong supporter of law enforcement but thats may no longer be true?

IS IT TRUE we would also like to remind you that members of the Evansville Police and Fire Departments aren’t happy with members of City Council because of the way they feel that they were mis-treated by them during the 2016 and 2017 Budget hearings?  …we predict that there shall be some changes in the makeup of the next City Council?  …we always heard that “political payback is hell”?

IS IT TRUE since the Evansville City Council opposed House Bill 1487 we wonder if  our County officials will opposed the next City Council resolution that will increased the water and sewer rates for taxpayers living in the County?  …we always heard “whats the good for the goose is good for the gander”?

IS IT TRUE a Preliminary Resolution of the Common Council of the City of Evansville declaring an Economic Revitalization Area for a 5 year property tax phase-In (special tax credit) for the rehabilitation of real property at 1500 North Green River Road, Evansville, IN 47715 – Eastland Station, LLC managed by Phillips Edison & Company is on todays Council agenda? … we understand the reason for this resolution is to give a shopping center with several vacant commercial store fronts a special phase-in tax credit?  …City Council Finance Chairman Dan McGinn (R) claims that this special phase-in tax credit will give the Developer extra money to remodel the vacant store fronts located on his property?  …Mr. McGinn also claims this special phase-in tax credit will not cost the taxpayers of this community one dine? …we been told the total phase-in tax credit given to the developer for the next 5 year will be around $80,000?

FOOTNOTE: Todays “READERS POLL” question is: Do you feel that the Evansville City Council should give a developer of an existing Eastside Shopping Mall a $80,000 tax credit phase-in so he can renovate it?

CHANNEL 44 NEWS: Almanac For The Week Of February 5th, 2017

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44News Almanac For The Week Of February 5th, 2017

The people and events that shaped this week in history. February 5th 1861 – Samuel Goodale patented the moving picture peep show machine. 1917 – The U.S. Congress passed the Immigration Act of 1917 (Asiatic Barred Zone Act) with an…

COA: Police Search Did Not Violate State Constitution

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COA: Police Search Did Not Violate State Constitution

Olivia Covington for www.theindianalawyer.com

Indiana police did not violate the state constitution when they searched a woman’s car without a warrant after discovering that the car matched the description from an earlier drug-related tip and police dogs alerted to the presence of drugs in the vehicle, the Indiana Court of Appeals has ruled.
Gail Whitenack searched her stepdaughter Richelle Whitenack’s vehicle and found items that suggested she was using drugs, so the stepmother called the police and told them what she had found. The police subsequently issued a tip to its deputies that included a description of Richelle Whitenack’s vehicle and the drug-related items.
Later the same day, a deputy pulled Richelle Whitenack over for speeding and crossing the center line twice and realized that the vehicle he had pulled over matched the description of the vehicle from Gail Whitenack’s drug tip. When a K-9 officer arrived on the scene, a police dog indicated the presence of drugs, and a further search revealed a split-box of syringes, wrapping from a coffee package and a spoon with burnt residue later identified as heroin.
The younger Whitenack was found guilty of unlawful possession of a syringe, possession of paraphernalia, driving left of the center lane and exceeding the posted speed limit. She was sentenced to an aggregate of one year executed with one year suspended and six months on probation and a $20 fine.
On appeal in Richelle Marie Whitenack v. State of Indiana, 35A04-1608-CR-1811, Whitenack argued that the search of her vehicle was unlawful under Article 1, Section 11 of the Indiana Constitution because the state had received a report of the description, location and contents of her vehicle more than eight hours before the actual search. Further, she argued that the deputies should have obtained a search warrant after her stepmother called in the tip earlier in the day.
But Indiana Court of Appeals Judge Cale Bradford wrote Friday that the deputies had “ample probable cause to support their actions” because Whitenack’s vehicle was pulled over for legitimate traffic violations and K-9 officers alerted to the presence of drugs.
“The fact that there may or may not have been enough information to obtain a search warrant to search that same vehicle earlier that day has not impact on the legality of the subsequent search and seizure; officers do not have to obtain a warrant at the first practicable moment,” Bradford said.
Further, Bradford wrote that the appellate court has previously held that there is “nothing unreasonable in permitting an officer, who may have knowledge or suspicion of unrelated criminal activity by the motorist, to nevertheless respond to an observed traffic violation.” Thus, the evidence was admissible and Whitenack’s convictions were affirmed.

EVANSVILLE CITY COUNCIl AGENDA TODAY, FEBRUARY 6,2017

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CITY OF EVANSVILLE COMMON COUNCIL

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 R-2017-02

Petitioner: Requested Change: Representative:

ORDINANCE R-2017-03

Petitioner: Requested Change: Representative:

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

VI. CONSENT AGENDA: SECOND READING OF ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS

ORDINANCE G-2017-01 Sponsor(s):
Notify:
RESOLUTION C-2017-01

Sponsor(s): Notify:

An Ordinance Designating an Economic Development Target Area McGinn
Andrea Lendy, Growth Alliance

A Resolution of the Common Council of the City of Evansville Confirming the Declaration of an Economic Revitalization Area for Property Tax Phase-In for the Rehabilitation of Real Property at 4320 Hitch Peters Road, Evansville, IN 47710 – MultiSeal, LLC
McGinn

Andrea Lendy, Growth Alliance

Committee:

Finance Chair McGinn 2/6/2017

5:15 p.m.

Committee:

Finance Chair McGinn 2/6/2017

5:20 p.m.

RESOLUTION C-2017-02

Sponsor(s):
Notify:
ORDINANCE R-2016-29

Petitioner: Requested Change: Representative:

ORDINANCE R-2016-30 AMENDED

Petitioner: Requested Change: Representative:

ORDINANCE R-2016-31

Petitioner:

Requested Change: Representative:

A Preliminary Resolution of the Common Council of the City of Evansville Declaring an Economic Revitalization Area for Property Tax Phase-In for the Rehabilitation of Real Property at 1500 North Green River Road, Evansville, IN 47715 – Eastland Station, LLC managed by Phillips Edison & Company

McGinn
Andrea Lendy, Growth Alliance

An Ordinance to Rezone Certain Real Estate in the City of Evansville, State of Indiana, More Commonly Known as 7501 Telephone Road
MOB, LLC Owner: MOB, LLC

C4 to R1 Ward: 1 McGinn Cash Waggoner & Assoc., PC

An Ordinance to Rezone Certain Real Estate in the City of Evansville, State of Indiana, More Commonly Known as 2901 S. Green River Road
PAMS, LLC Owner: PAMS, LLC
R1 to C4 w/ UDC Ward: 2 Mosby
Timothy Major

Committee:

Finance Chair McGinn 2/6/2017

5:25 p.m.

An Ordinance to Rezone Certain Real Estate in the City of Evansville, State of Indiana, More Commonly Known as 2010 W. Indiana Street
Derivative Enterprises, Owner:
LLC
C4 & R2 to R3 Ward:
Cash Waggoner & Assoc., PC

VII. COMMITTEE REPORTS
VIII. REGULAR AGENDA: FINAL READING OF ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS

ORDINANCE G-2017-01

Sponsor(s): Committee: Notify:

An Ordinance Designating an Economic Development Target Area

McGinn
Finance Chair McGinn 2/6/2017 5:15 p.m. Andrea Lendy, Growth Alliance

Derivative Enterprises, LLC 6 Brinkmeyer

RESOLUTION C-2017-01

Sponsor(s): Committee: Notify:

RESOLUTION C-2017-02

Sponsor(s): Committee: Notify:

ORDINANCE R-2016-29

Petitioner: Requested Change: Representative:

ORDINANCE R-2016-30 AMENDED

Petitioner: Requested Change: Representative:

ORDINANCE R-2016-31

Petitioner:

Requested Change: Representative:

A Resolution of the Common Council of the City of Evansville Confirming the Declaration of an Economic Revitalization Area for Property Tax Phase-In for the Rehabilitation of Real Property at 4320 Hitch Peters Road, Evansville, IN 47710 – MultiSeal, LLC
McGinn
Finance Chair McGinn 2/6/2017 5:20 p.m. Andrea Lendy, Growth Alliance

A Preliminary Resolution of the Common Council of the City of Evansville Declaring an Economic Revitalization Area for Property Tax Phase-In for the Rehabilitation of Real Property at 1500 North Green River Road, Evansville, IN 47715 – Eastland Station, LLC managed by Phillips Edison & Company

McGinn
Finance Chair McGinn 2/6/2017 5:25 p.m. Andrea Lendy, Growth Alliance

An Ordinance to Rezone Certain Real Estate in the City of Evansville, State of Indiana, More Commonly Known as 7501 Telephone Road
MOB, LLC Owner: MOB, LLC

C4 to R1 Ward: 1 McGinn Cash Waggoner & Assoc., PC

An Ordinance to Rezone Certain Real Estate in the City of Evansville, State of Indiana, More Commonly Known as 2901 S. Green River Road
PAMS, LLC Owner: PAMS, LLC
R1 to C4 w/ UDC Ward: 2 Mosby
Timothy Major

An Ordinance to Rezone Certain Real Estate in the City of Evansville, State of Indiana, More Commonly Known as 2010 W. Indiana Street
Derivative Enterprises, Owner: Derivative Enterprises, LLC LLC
C4 & R2 to R3 Ward: 6 Brinkmeyer
Cash Waggoner & Assoc., PC

IX. RESOLUTION DOCKET

RESOLUTION C-2017-03 Sponsor(s):

Notify:

A Resolution of the Common Council of the City of Evansville, Indiana, Opposing Indiana House Bill 1487
Mosby, Elpers, McGinn, Adams, Brinkmeyer, Hargis, Mercer, Robinson

Joshua Claybourn, City Council Attorney

Resolution Docket

X. MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS
A. THE NEXT MEETING of the Common Council will be Monday, February 27, 2017 at

5:30 p.m. There are no committee meetings currently scheduled.

XI. COMMITTEE REPORTS XII. ADJOURNMENT

Link To Vanderburgh County Death List Report

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Death List WK 1-30-17

USI drops match with Butler 6-1

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USI drops match with Butler 6-1

Men’s Tennis report written by Jostun Pomplun, USI Graduate Assistant

BOX SCORE
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The University of Southern Indiana men’s tennis team dropped its second consecutive match against NCAA Division I competition, as they were defeated by Butler University 6-1 Sunday afternoon.

Sophomore James Hardiman (Backwell Bristol, United Kingdom) continued to play well, as he accounted for USI’s only point of the day. He defeated Mason Dragos at number two singles 6-3, 7-6 (4).

In doubles, the duo of Hardiman and freshman Denis Davydov (Chorvatsky Grob, Slovakia) were tied at four in their match, but the match was not finished as Butler had already won the point by winning the other two doubles matches.

The Screaming Eagles battled in their other matches, but were unable to come away on top.

USI will play its third NCAA Division I opponent in a row February 10, when they travel to Austin Peay State University. Start time is to be determined.
Butler University 6, #37 Southern Indiana 1
Feb 05, 2017 at Indianapolis, Indiana
Singles competition
1. Mikhell Khmiadashvil (BU) def. Samuel Kiladejo (USI) 6-0, 6-2
2. James Hardiman (USI) def. Mason Dragos (BU) 6-3, 7-6 (4-0)
3. Spencer Lang (BU) def. Denis Davydov (USI) 6-2, 6-2
4. Ari Gerstein (BU) def. Aaron Barris (USI) 6-3, 6-3
5. Temilope Adelakun (BU) def. Ilia Karelin (USI) 6-2, 6-2
6. Adrian Mag (BU) def. Andrew Dones (USI) 6-2, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. Mikhell Khmiadashvil/Mason Dragos (BU) def. Aaron Barris/Samuel Kiladejo (USI) 6-3
2. James Hardiman/Denis Davydov (USI) vs. Temilope Adelakun/Spencer Lang (BU) no result
3. Ari Gerstein/Alex Woldmoe (BU) def. Andrew Dones/Jack Lipchik (USI) 6-1
Match Notes
Southern Indiana 1-2; National ranking #37
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1); Singles (1,4,3,2,6,5)

USI drops match with Butler 6-1

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The University of Southern Indiana men’s tennis team dropped its second consecutive match against NCAA Division I competition, as they were defeated by Butler University 6-1 Sunday afternoon.

Sophomore James Hardiman (Backwell Bristol, United Kingdom) continued to play well, as he accounted for USI’s only point of the day. He defeated Mason Dragos at number two singles 6-3, 7-6 (4).

In doubles, the duo of Hardiman and freshman Denis Davydov (Chorvatsky Grob, Slovakia) were tied at four in their match, but the match was not finished as Butler had already won the point by winning the other two doubles matches.

The Screaming Eagles battled in their other matches, but were unable to come away on top.

USI will play its third NCAA Division I opponent in a row February 10, when they travel to Austin Peay State University. Start time is to be determined.

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