The Board of School Trustees of the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation will meet in executive session at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, July 9, 2012, in the John H. Schroeder Conference Center in the Superintendent’s office in the Technology and Innovation Center, 951 Walnut, Evansville, IN. The session will be conducted according to Senate Enrolled Act 313, Section 1, I.C. 5-14-1.5-6.1, as amended. The purpose of the meeting is for discussion of collective bargaining, (2)(A); initiation of litigation or litigation that is either pending or has been threatened specifically in writing, (2)(B); purchase or lease of property, (2)(D); and job performance evaluation of individual employees, (9)
The regular meeting of the EVSC Board of School Trustees will follow the executive session at
5:30 p.m. in the EVSC Boardroom, 951 Walnut Street, Evansville, Indiana.
EVSC BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES MEETING
Greenway Advisory Board
Greenway Advisory Board
July 9, 2012
4:00 p.m.
C. K. Newsome Community Center
100 E. Walnut Street
Evansville, IN 47713
ROOM 118 A & B
Agenda
Call to Order
Minutes – June 11, 2012
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Old Business – Greenway Update
a.
Industrial Corridor – Boberg
b.
Phase 4
b)
Report on Trailhead Sign – Boberg
c)
Update on Lights at Shirley James Gateway Plaza – Boberg
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ETC Report – Roberta Heiman
New Business
a)
Approval for Cleaning Graffiti at the Sunset Park and Four Freedoms Monument – Boberg
b)
Approval to Purchase New Lights for Riverfront Corridor. Boberg
c)
Schedule Annual Greenway Inspection Tour. – Boberg
d)
Review Quotes to Install New Gate at the Entrance to the Heidelbach Canoe Launch. – Boberg
e)
Discuss Repairing Landscape Flower Beds Along the Pigeon Creek Greenway Passage – Boberg
f)
Any Other Business the Advisory Board Wishes to Discuss
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Adjourn
VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES
VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES
This feature is sponsored by Chris Walsh For Vanderburgh County Clerk. Chris Walsh is a veteran county administrator that strongly supports our local law enforcement professionals . Chris is a candidate that possess a non-partisan attitude with a consumer friendly demeanor. Chris also stands against unification of city and county governments.
This ad paid for by the committiee to elect Walsh Clerk, Kelly Walsh, Treasurer.
Evansville, IN – Below is a list of felony cases that were filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday, July 03, 2012.
Logan Bates Possession of a Controlled Substance – Class D Felony
Public Intoxication – Class B Misdemeanor
(Habitual Offender Enhancement)
Jerry Bowers Theft – Class D Felony
Patrick Daly Resisting Law Enforcement – Class D Felony
Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated – Class C Misdemeanor
Rodney Dean Operating a Vehicle as an Habitual Traffic Violator – Class D Felony
Jason Downer Theft – Class D Felony
Keri-Ann Evers Neglect of a Dependent – Class D Felony
Inhaling Toxic Vapors – Class B Misdemeanor
Brian Gardner Dealing in Methamphetamine – Class A Felony
Deonte Hester Operating a Motor Vehicle After Forfeiture of License for Life – Class C Felony
Possession of Marijuana – Class A Misdemeanor
(Enhanced to a Class D Felony due to Prior Convictions)
Frank Jackson Assisting a Criminal – Class D Felony
Morgan Jackson Criminal Confinement – Class C Felony
Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury – Class A Misdemeanor
Criminal Mischief – Class A Misdemeanor
Brent Jarvis Operating a Motor Vehicle with a BAC of .15 or More – Class A Misdemeanor
Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated – Class A Misdemeanor
(Counts 1 & 2 Enhanced to Class D Felonies due to Prior Convictions)
Stacie Maxberry Possession of a Synthetic Drug – Class D Felony
Trafficking with an Inmate – Class A Misdemeanor
Shaun Mitchell Attempted Residential Entry – Class D Felony
Public Intoxication – Class B Misdemeanor
James Reed Theft – Class D Felony (Habitual Offender Enhancement)
Megan Rodriguez Neglect of a Dependent – Class A Felony
Anthony Short Possession of Methamphetamine – Class D Felony
Possession of a Controlled Substance – Class D Felony (Three Counts)
For further information on the cases listed above, or any pending case, please contact Carly Settles at 812.435.5688 or via e-mail at csettles@vanderburghgov.org.
Under Indiana law, all criminal defendants are considered to be innocent until proven guilty by a court of law.
SENTENCE CHART
Class
Range
Murder
45-65 Years
A Felony
20-50 Years
B Felony
6-20 Years
C Felony
2-8 Years
D Felony
½ – 3 Years
A Misdemeanor
0-1 Year
B Misdemeanor
0-180 Days
C Misdemeanor
0-60 Days
IS IT TRUE July 5, 2012
IS IT TRUE July 5, 2012
IS IT TRUE this week seems to be the week of the Request for Proposal (RFP) once again in the City of Evansville?…there are proposal request being issued to demolish Roberts Stadium and to build and operate a downtown Convention Hotel?…the RFP requests for these two activities are beginning to feel like the movie “Groundhog Day†where Bill Murray was caught in a time warp where he lived the same day over and over and over?…it was expected that a new RFP would be going out for a downtown Convention Hotel but the RFP to demolish Roberts Stadium was a big surprise?…we were under the impression based on the news releases from the Weinzapfel Administration that the Roberts Stadium demolition was only going to cost $200,000 and that Klenck Construction was doing it for that much money because the materials in the building were valuable enough for them to earn what they needed through recycling?…we also wonder if Klenck has been paid for the demolition of the Executive Inn so the new Ford Center would not have a big Rock Pile right behind it?…that it seems like the circus is here to stay and the news regarding Roberts Stadium and the downtown Convention Hotel is a rerun from 2010, and 2009, and 2008?
IS IT TRUE that the Hunden Study that the City of Evansville spent just over $100,000 to acquire is available and the City County Observer has a copy?…the same goes for the RFP for the downtown Convention Hotel?…both documents exceed the upload capacity that we have access to so we can’t post them?…Hunden has them available for public download on their website?…with respect to the hotel study the financial details of the Hunden Study nearly mirror an article published in the CCO over 2 years ago?…that article took roughly 4 hours to research and write but that all in all the Hunden Study is competently written and is accurate?…the Hunden Study separates the hotel from infrastructure requirements like parking, bridges, and sidewalks?…that when the numbers are all added up depending on the size of downtown Convention Hotel chosen the public investment has been recommended to be between $16 Million and $22 Million to make this a decent investment for a private developer?…that is no guarantee that Evansville will really attract a quality developer for that amount, it simply means that real data indicates that this investment has a decent probability of making a profit if all the stars align?
IS IT TRUE one of the sections in the Hunden Study that is quite interesting to read is the section that covers conventions in Evansville and the prospects of attracting conventions to Evansville?…the number of conventions in Evansville has declined by over 50% during the last several years?…The Centre has most certainly suffered financially as a result of this loss of business?…the random delusional management of this project by the Weinzapfel Administration may have dealt a death blow to the convention business in the City of Evansville?…even in the best case downtown Evansville will have gone without a Convention Hotel to support The Centre for a period of about 7 years when a new one opens?…it is possible that no respondent will come forth and that Evansville may never have a hotel at The Centre?…the READY, FIRE, AIM politics and planning of the Weinzapfel Administration can be thanked for this big empty lot and for the loss of 50% of convention revenue for a period of at least 7 years?
IS IT TRUE that the same VETTING talent and READY, FIRE, AIM mentality that resulted in that empty lot and a bunch of empty pockets did the VETTING on the Johnson Controls contract?…that is something to think very seriously about as that particular deal is being VETTED?…the CCO would like to commend the Winnecke Administration for making sure that the Hunden Study and the RFP are available to the general public?…that is the kind of transparency we were promised and we thank them for doing what they said on this matter?
1st Annual Car, Truck & Bike Show
1701 N. Main Street, Evansville, IN 47711
July 7, 2012
Open to all makes and models!
Awards for:
Top 25 Cars & Trucks, Top 5 Bikes, Owner’s Award, Best of Show and Mayor’s Award
Also featuring the 20th Anniversary of League of Their Own movie cars!
Registration from 9 a.m. to noon and awards will be presented at 3 p.m.
cMoe: Once Upon a Story Time
10:30 a.m. Today (July 5th) Meet in Freedom Gallery for this themed story time for toddlers and young children. Today’s story: The Kissing Hand
Evansville, a Dot on a Map: By Bill Hazelip
The excitment builds for the destruction of Roberts Stadium. We can’t wait to get in down fast enough. “At first, I was against tearing down Roberts” John Hill, former Stadium Manager often said, “we could bring many events to Evansville, but we only have so many non-conflicting dates open” John, would have loved to have another arena that would seat 12,000. But, as my subject matter says, “Evansville, a dot on the map.” This city’s past success and lack of it is an embarrassment that needs to be hidden as soon as possible.
This city has lost another Television Station (channel 7) and now this Kentucky station shows us the street scenes from Owensboro and Henderson. We lost our national weather bureau to Paducah, Kentucky and the television “weather channel” oftens refers to us as Evansville, Illinois. We are now a one traditional newspaper town and it is shrinking in size and quality as fast as the city of Evansville.
Our leaders want to improve the city’s image by building a welcome center next to the big blue 2 million square foot manufacturing plant. The city’s leaders don’t think the visitors will ask, “what’s with the big blue building?” If you want to improve the city’s image, tear down the big huge Whirlpool plant!
This city has lost enough industry to be a city larger than Nashville, come to think of it, we were about the same size at one time! It is difficult to name a manufactured product that was not made in Evansville at one time. We either made the product or part of it!
The new Ford Center Arena says more to us than just another small arena in a dying town. It tells a visitor and a prospective employer where the city leaders see the future of Evansville. When the media and the city leaders go out of their way for three years to tell us that we will have a new 12,000 seat arena, (which shrinks to 9,000 plus) adjacent to a renovated hotel with plenty of parking and then, we have to settle for this little cramped up building with small seats and one entrance and with parking scattered over blocks away. With no Hotel! So, now the city leaders are pleased that only 4-6 thousand people attend events.
So, bring on the wrecking ball, this city needs more city parks. We need jobs and people will have jobs mowing grass —come to think of it we also made lawn mowers in Evansville at one time!
VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES
This feature is sponsored by Chris Walsh For Vanderburgh County Clerk. Chris Walsh is a veteran county administrator that strongly supports our local law enforcement professionals . Chris is a candidate that possess a non-partisan attitude with a consumer friendly demeanor. Chris also stands against unification of city and county governments.
This ad paid for by the committiee to elect Walsh Clerk, Kelly Walsh, Treasurer.
VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES
Evansville, IN – Below is a list of felony cases that were filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office on Monday, July 02, 2012.
Nicholas Gladish Theft – Class D Felony (Habitual Offender Enhancement)
Jonathan Godshall Theft – Class D Felony; Criminal Mischief – Class A Misdemeanor
Howard Heim Dealing in Methamphetamine – Class A Felony
Neglect of a Dependent – Class C Felony
Maintaining a Common Nuisance – Class D Felony
Resisting Law Enforcement – Class A Misdemeanor
James Hill Burglary – Class B Felony; Theft – Class D Felony
(Habitual Offender Enhancement on Counts 1 & 2)
Resisting Law Enforcement – Class A Misdemeanor
Criminal Mischief – Class B Misdemeanor
Davina Julian Dealing in Methamphetamine – Class A Felony
Neglect of a Dependent – Class C Felony
Maintaining a Common Nuisance – Class D Felony
Tyron Murphy Resisting Law Enforcement – Class D Felony
False Informing – Class A Misdemeanor
Rebecca Siscel Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury – Class D Felony
Criminal Confinement – Class D Felony
For further information on the cases listed above, or any pending case, please contact Carly Settles at 812.435.5688 or via e-mail at csettles@vanderburghgov.org.
Under Indiana law, all criminal defendants are considered to be innocent until proven guilty by a court of law.
Hunden Downtown Hotel Study: Some Simple Financial Details
The City County Observer has finished a simple overview of the Hunden Study that was commissioned by the Winnecke Administration to be told what would need to be offered to have a decent probability of attracting a quality developer to take on the 4 year non-started downtown hotel project. Overall, we must say that Hunden did a very thorough analysis and has reached conclusions nearly identical to the conclusions published by CCO editor Joe Wallace two years ago.
The Hunden findings for a 240 room hotel are as follows:
Hotel financial value: $24 Million
Developer Down Payment: $6.2 Million
Private Loan: $17.8 Million
Required Public Subsidy: $7.3 Million excluding parking, bridges, and infrastructure
Public Infrastructure Spending Requirements:
Parking Garage: $5.4 Million
Bridges: $2.3 Million
Infrastructure: 1.6 Million
Total Public Money Required to Attract a Developer: $16.6 Million
Total Cost of Project (excluding interest charges): $40.6 Million