Annual Report –2007Submitted by Tonya Galbraith,

Town ManagerFeb. 12, 2008

Updated, along with Department heads, the comprehensive 5-year Capital Project Plan;

Assisted Parks Board and HNTB with the completion of the 5-year Parks Master Plan;

Facilitated new trash contract with Caldwell Gravel Services; Assisted the Redevelopment Commission on implementing the Economic

Development Plan. The RDC interviewed several marketing firms to help with marketing the plan and hired Hirons & Company;

Contracted with Wowlinx for IT services; Implemented Town Council notebooks for use at meetings; Co-hosted with the McCordsville United Methodist Church the first ever McCordsville

night at the Indianapolis Indians; Hired a full-time administrative assistant to work with Town Manager and Clerk-

Treasurer; Continued serving on the Hancock Economic Development Council board; Appointed to serve on the Indiana Association of Cities and Town’s (IACT),

Legislative Committee, chaired the Indiana Municipal Management (IMMA) Legislative Committee and continued serving as IMMA secretary/treasurer;

Appointed by the Indiana Speaker of the House to serve on the Indiana Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations;

Testified before the Annexation Summer Study Committee; Served as a panelist on IACT’s Newly Elected Officials regional and statewide

workshops.

Worked with developers on several new projects, including Copper Leaf, a 55+ target development, and McCord Square, a 90 acre regional commercial retail and business center;

Served as staff to the Planning and Zoning Committee, Redevelopment Commission and Board of Zoning Appeals;

Served as the initial point of contact for all potential developments;

Served on the Metropolitan Planning Organization’s Regional Transportation Council, the Mt. Comfort Road Corridor steering committee and other MPO committees;

CVS Grand Opening – July 2007McCordsville Corner Shoppes

Completed and passed the Mayflower BOD lab testing for IDEM laboratory certification;

Wastewater treatment plant expansion (Phase 4) under design;

Completed start-up of Geist Woods Estates Lift station;

Completed start-up of McCordsville Commons Lift Station;

57.2 million gallons of wastewater treated;

1,319 sewer utility locates;

920,000 gallons of sludge removed;

Richard Watts and Don Cottey at wastewater treatment plant

Steve Gipson works at the lab

Added 1.24 miles to street inventory (total now 24.61 miles);

Coordinated with INDOT on the US 36 (Broadway) project;

Logged 26.6 hours on street sweeper and removed 39 cubic yards of debris;

Removed 475 signs in the Town’s right-of-way;

Re-stoned all alley’s (using the backhoe);

Purchased new street signs for Highland Springs

Milled and resurfaced portions of Briarway Lane, Briarway Court, Northview Drive and Ridgeway Court;

Re-stripped 650N, 750N, 800N and 900N; and,

UV heat treated, patched, and did pothole repair on 900N

Don Cottey works on salt truck

GPS mapped stormwater structures in Highland Springs;

Completed design of Form Street Stormwater Improvement;

Drainage approval issued for Emerald Springs Sec. 4, Deer Crossing Sec. 3A, and Geist Woods Estates, Sec. 2;

Drainage approvals pending for Bay Creek Sec. 3 and McCordsville Self Storage;

Received approval of FEMA map revisions;

Assumed control of floodplain reviews;

Staff received training on erosion control plot plan reviews;

Submitted MS4 year-end report to IDEM.

Richard Watts repairs flow meter

Increased sewer billings accounts by 90;

Trained one new employee;

Completed upgrade to billing software; began on-line payments;

Completed 248 work orders for water turn-offs;

Attended the Frey training conference;

Developed commercial building permit process;

Implemented new procedure for storage of month end reports;

Staff attended a workshop on collections;

Staff attended an Excel seminar;

Added a work station at the front desk.

Ann Welling

Tamyra Estes and Ann Welling handle utility billing and collections

Construction drawing approvals issued for Emerald Springs Sec. 4, Deer Crossing Sec. 3A, and Geist Woods Estates Sec. 2;

Emerald Springs Sec. 6 under construction; CVS Pharmacy completed; McCordsville Commons and McCordsville Corner

Shoppes completed; 76 Final Occupancy Permit Releases approved; Development sections recorded – Bay Creek East Sec.

2; Deer Crossing Sec. 5; Final asphalt surface installed in Bay Creek Sec. 4, Deer

Crossing Sec. 4, Gateway Crossing Sec. 4 and most of Sec. 1;

190 building permits reviewed and 108 permits approved.

•Public Works Commissioner Ron Crider Mike Cousins decides whether to approve or deny permits

Assessed Value Property Tax Rate

2002 = $47,609,750 .64

2003 = $86,015,080 .426

2004 = $112,465,600 .3395

2005 = $142,779,200 .308

2006 = $178,083,660 .3344

2007 = $217,308,830 .4327

Administrative Assistant Melissa Nevins and Clerk-Treasurer Cathy Gardner

Geist Woods Estates

• Bay CreekTotal in 2006 = 25 Total in 2007 = 10

• Bay Creek EastTotal in 2006 = 21 Total in 2007 = 29

• Deer CrossingTotal in 2006 = 26 Total in 2007 = 12

• Emerald SpringsTotal in 2006 = 31 Total in 2007 = 40

• Gateway CrossingTotal in 2006 = 15 Total in 2007 = 1

• Geist Woods Estates Total in 2007 = 6

Total 2006 = 118 Total 2007 = 98

Custom homes in Geist Woods Estates

• Bay Creek (based on 10 builders information forms): $133,577

• Bay Creek East (based on 29 builders information forms): $211,848

• Deer Crossing (based on 12 builders information forms): $133,517

• Emerald Springs (based on 40 builder information forms): $112,859

• Gateway Crossing (based on 1 builders information form): $170,000

• Geist Woods Estates (based on 6 builder information forms): $420,000

• Aspen Self Storage ;

• Greenfield Banking Company;

Developments partially through the process:

• Copper Leaf – 55+ targeted (residential, commercial, medical) – has gone through the Planning & Zoning committee process. Has yet to go through the Area Plan Commission. Will still need Council approval for the rezoning and 146 acre annexation;

• McCord Square – 90+ acre (retail, commercial, civic uses) – has gone through the Planning & Zoning committee process. Has yet to go through the Area Plan Commission and will still need Council approval for the rezoning;

• Interurban Place – retail/residential located on North Broadway;

• Star Financial Bank – will be located as an out lot at the McCordsville Commons. Construction date unknown.

Greenfield Banking Company