i would now call to or the Metropolitan and Economic Development Committee to order for Tuesday. SEPTEMBER 23rd will begin with introductions of my colleagues on the first Thank you. MADAM Leader, Derrick, a health district. 23, thank you. MADAM Leader Michael Part District 20. Thank you. MADAM Leader Brian Mowery District. 25, thank you. MADAM Leader, Brie and Illini District. 2. Gibson Distric 8. Thank you. MADAM Leader Christian Jones District 18. Thank you. MADAM Leader, Nick Robertson, your former, thank you. MADAM Leader, Leroy Robinson District, one. Thank you. Council is my name is Maggie Lewis District 5. The first item on our agenda this evening pose a number to 39 and various sections of the revised code to reflect the penalty policy changes
regarding the enforcement infirmity within a department of Business and Neighborhood Services. MADAM Director. Abby Brands. Director of the n s so we brought this proposal before the body. I want to say AUGUST 18th, whenever we introduced our budget proposal and we talked through it at that and provide a detail on that day. We mentioned that because we had to provide the information so early. There are still ongoing conversations with counselors and board members are boarded unanimously pass their portion of it on AUGUST 28th. But there were a few amendment items that will be introducing. Thank you, Madam Director, other questions regarding. Propose a proposal to 39. Accounts for joining
Could you clarify what you meant you're going to be showing us different fees like where a little confused. It were not. If you recall there was kind of 3 groups about how the fees checkout writes, a zoning was specific to ordinance that was just for counselors purview. Drainage fees, stormwater fees, flood right-of-way fees. You know, I'm missing something. Those are specific to the board. And so they're not codified in ordinance. And then the 3rd where the family building permit fees and there's overlap where the board has jurisdiction over it. But it's to point those were codified in ordinance as well. And so they had to be approved by both bodies. So you guys are proving zoning and what the board has codified. The board has approved their own kind of
set of the other fees that are codified ordinance and then has approved those building I'm not there's a we're bringing forward an amendment which all discuss in greater detail but not speaking to any other specific changes. I just want to want us jump the gun. Start talking about. And so what you're speaking to right now is the proposed is just a portion of it. Okay. Thank Cancer heart alright, MADAM Chair, members of the committee, I've got motion to amend in front of Not to super see anything director brands has. But just to add, in addition to you've got that you've got a letter and for me as well from Texaco. And want to a little bit of context of why I'm bringing this amendment and for me this evening. So I had the pleasure working with director grants
for a long time. When I found out that the new toll facility for the police impound was coming to district earlier this year. So she worked together on that project ultimately, I don't know that I'd like to meet with the organization who's going to be operating way. I could build a relationship with them. So I went in and that's tax go over here on the on the letter and that was Frank who signed this letter the bottom and just start talking about, you know, community and things of that nature and just kind of put him in my my phone in case anything tow related come up. I would have subject matter expert to go to. Fast forward a few months. And then I started getting these emails about non-consensual toe and I never heard about it. And I want to learn more. So before responding to the person who was e-mailing me. I actually reached out to Frank, who was
the individual who wrote this letter and we want headlines. And I said, Frank, tell me about this thing. We're getting this request of the council is serious thing. Going to pay attention to it are asking too much. You know what's going on with this? And he said, no, no, no. Here explain the situation to me and basically explain the history of why there is a code in our municipal code for non-consensual toe in the separation between police impound tow and a lot of that had to do with predatory practices towing actually under Mayor Ballard. And at that time the council was then put in charge of setting the toll fees and handful of other rules that put a lot of requirements under the knot.
Can central tow folks. So with that and I was talking to Frank and basically the request that was coming to me is that the folks who are operating not consensual tow wanted to raise the rates because have a couple reasons. One, hadn't been raised in 14 years after they've been originally set under the Ballard Administration they wanted to be they've had like everybody else. Their rates go up, their costs, go up their salaries, go up, the supplies, go up. Their cost of doing business has rise. But the amount they charged to do their business has stayed the same. And so that was the request. And so I went back to director brands. And I started, you know, kind of floating some ideas. Pastor, the first idea that I floated around was tying it to the cpi
and then. Getting us as a council out of the responsibility for having to come back and adjust this this tow fee pretty much at a time that was ever whenever it was going to happen. I don't think it's something that we would ever want to necessarily have to go do. So I was looking to tie it to something that was going to naturally increase over time and the cpi idea kind of faded away quickly and it was suggested, well, and wasn't necessarily from director brands but suggesting it MAY came from one of the tow operators are making from Frank. I can't remember, but the fact matters that the ideas with the amendment is right. That we tie the fee rate that is in our municipal code for knots and can central towing. We tie it to the same rate that we have for the police impediment, towing fees
which is at this rate $180 currently for the tow fee and $30 for the storage. The amendment. Also indicates that any time that whole contract is updated that the fees for the not consensual toe would be updated as well. Thus alleviating the council from ever having to come back and raise these rates. They're tied to something that essentially bns has responsibility for raising so unbeknownst to me, I didn't find out about this letter to his afternoon. I want to share that with you sooner. But Frank called me when he found out that there was and amendment that I was making and wrote this letter and there's just a few highlights in I know it. You can't read all right now, but he's essentially saying in this letter that rates to need to go up. That Tesco does operate
all the national brand. Chicago Nashville meant Memphis, Dallas, San Francisco and that the fees that are being suggested that matched impd toe are at the top of the bell curve are essentially at the national average and that at the bottom here, you're right that it's vital for cities to have a strong, fully trained, fully equipped, fully insured, fully available tow network in order to keep roads clear and safe and people officers stay safe by cleaning the 2 sites. Quickly, those reducing secondary accident. So ultimately. The organization is running our police impound that's been selected by the city of Indianapolis is supportive of this. Don't want to put any
words and director brands mouth 100% up to that room. She was there to speak. But I don't think there's any of necessarily any objection there on an tying it to this rate. And so I've got this proposal in front of you this evening that you see everything underlined in yellow, which does exactly what I mentioned. It ties not consensual to fees and only touches the fees to what the rate is in the contract. That being a set up earlier this year or renewed earlier this year. And those dollar amounts for their named and there is a strike through line. And that's really just to make sure that there's no duplicative and how the updates are made. The strike through line is that the licensed administrator a review or just a few
limitations providing the section by the promulgation of the regulation essentially removing that, make sure that the contract value stays as what's going to set the fees that they're not arbitrarily changed up or down by administrator and Venus. And so with MADAM Chair, I so move. Investment property within a second or other comments or questions regarding the amendment. Kelsey Gibson. Thank you. MADAM Chair, I we're in a season where their where face is everywhere. And I've had conversations as well in. And any indicated clearly that I didn't believe was the appropriate time to increase tow primarily on on those who are probably in distress to begin with. I MAY be King for the $150. So I I'm not so sure this is the right timing to
increase fees. Now. On on the public in terms of tow fees. And I would encourage my my colleagues to vote against it. Additional comments cancer heart. Yeah, you know, MADAM Chair, that's precisely why I'm trying to tie this to something that ultimately is what the city is already negotiated as an acceptable rate. There's never going to be a good time for us to do this as a council is never going to be a time that we're going to be want to go out there and it just it. What makes this time unique is that we're we're literally you're talking about changing fees for zoning and permitting. And we're adjusting fees today. So of all the times that it makes it most fitting is now and then and the folks that are charge being lot of the times has been explain to me that these are are stolen vehicles and it even in this letter that many of the times the recovery, our stories or vehicle that dropped off in
these locations. And there's process that these folks have to go through. They have to actually go into the the property owners facility, get their permission weight. I think 96 hours or longer before they come back and get an approval, then just go in there and snag him. So there's there's process and procedure that's in the larger section disco that that makes it acceptable. But based on the fact that we're updating fees for other things right now, this is the most appropriate time. We're probably never going to see. Cancer. Gibson encounter Delaney. Well. The fees that we increase for the city, those fees actually benefit people in Annapolis. The fees that you're proposing to increase on the toes benefit particular company. And I don't see how it's reasonable to to put that burden on the people in Annapolis. And when most of he will get car told appropriate
to stress to be make it even more difficult to get their only means of transportation doesn't seem like a be reasonable. My pick. Encourage my colleagues vote against. Cancer. Delaney. I have 2 questions. One was. I read the letter while you were talking about introducing your amendment and given my colleague's comment saying that the fees are going to the company's. I get my initial question for you was. Can you summarize why we need to do this? It but getting his comment. What I'm getting is that we need to do it because the companies want to make sure that they're able. As they put in here, keeping the fees fair to ensure the citizens vehicles are being properly maintained by insured. Ensured tow trucks in the drivers are trained. Is that why we're doing I don't know if could you explain that
a little bit more? Yeah. What was compelling to me is that when the opportunity the time timing was was just opportune that were already adjusting fees. But secondly, why we're doing it for them is, you know, as a small business owner myself, right? You know, we've been in the hair business that was wishing 17 years. We've owned a business 8 years. If we're unable to increase our costs over the 8 year period of time, the people that work for me won't have a job, right. And some of these people that are here today are folks that work for these companies that our real everyday people that their jobs depend on on this just as much the big or any other piece of is that, you know. I don't believe that we as a council should be setting fees, period. And I think that the most fair way to accomplish making sure that these are adjusted in some fashion is tying them to
something that is regularly adjusted, which is contract with the police impound that. Bns set, right, that the mayor's office set. So, you know, all those things combined are the reasons why we're doing this in there. You're 14. If we keep kicking the can we get to your 20? I mean, we're affecting real people's lives and on both sides, right? It's that the folks that get code was also the people that work there. These are this is a service that, you know, it's something that has to be done in the city. And, you know, we have the burden of responsibility right now. But right now we can that we have the opportunity to where the timing is right to tie it to something that is going to be
updated periodically and make sure that the system operates more smoothly. Delay to give a second question. I Thank you. MADAM Chair. I am interested in knowing from the director. She's still here. Why these were not included that big package of increases. Thank you. Yeah, happy to explain. So there's for to simplify to oversimplify. For the sake of time, there's 3 kinds of toes, right? So there's not consensual. Consensual and non-consensual bucket, you would have city toes, right? Abandoned vehicles, impd toes. Things like that. You would also have these not consensual toes and then you have potential to my car's broke out in front my house. Please come get it and take it to mechanic is not consensual private property toes, but they are alike youve part of acute overnight and they call it and they say to this part
of my parking lot or your part in apartment complex. You don't have the right tags. So they have contracts with several companies come in have been towed. These fees are not fees that I assess fees that I collect their penalties. Isis or collect. These are specific regulatory fees to ensure that these companies are charging the same across the board lower amount. I would I would say so. They were set by council in order to regulate this industry. They're not specific to my fees what we do. Thank you for that. That leader Mary. Thank you. MADAM I find this this proposal and are saying because I think we've had a lot of conversation lately of parity and pay with the prosecutors office and public defender. To
me, this proposal seems to put the towing agent the towing companies and Perry with what we're paying the impd contract and then it sets it to a point where we don't have to reconsider this again because then whenever he goes up or down, this contract does the same. And it to keep some parity with impd. You know, I I would argue to that. While we are we are considering raising fees for other. Thanks for being asked. What are you that I don't believe that actually helps thing is citizens because I would think it increases their call to costs and that the deal would build a home or, you know, MAY could make change their home. However, that that is something we considered is needed because we're so far behind and how long it's been since we've updated these
fees. Look forward to hearing from some of the folks here tonight about the fee adjustments because I you know, we've set these fees and I I do. I was in part obviously the conversation. What what number we land on. But, you know, I think there's a there's room for improvement in our fees because we we for far too long, haven't addressed this and this could just be another thing that gets kicked down the down the road with these towing fees by and we gonna we can avoid that through this proposal by putting parity and tying it with impd and then that we do have come back this ever again. So I would encourage us to be in support of this tonight that way. We know we show that we're doing the right thing. I'm also curious to of if we have anybody here, maybe council heart, you know, but what are some of the cities around us charging for
these knocking Central toes is that or do they have a tied to police contracts or how does that work? We're going move forward with the public testimony, incentive for someone that can speak to that when they come forward and we'll do that at some of from the city would like to respond to that question at this point. MADAM Clerk, if you would read your statement and then Florida for comments regarding the amendment on the floor. Thank you, MADAM Chair. Before we open to the public before we open the floor to public comments, we would like to remind committee members and the public of a few ground rules. So everyone can have a fair chance to speak and be heard. It is important that we each of us are the following rules. First, each speaker will be limited to 2 minutes. Second, any public comments must reasonably relate to the
agenda item under consideration. Speakers who stray from the item under consideration or become unduly repetitions MAY be asked to move on to the next point. Park include their comments. Finally attendees who caused disruptions that prevent the committee from proceeding through tonight's agenda in a reasonably efficient manner be removed. Please remember that some types of threatening speech or incitement to violence are not protected by the First Amendment at all. We will deal with those issues if they come up. But we don't think they well. And now, MADAM Chair of a committee member ask for consent to adopt these rules. We can proceed to public comments. Thank you. MADAM Clerk. If you would be the first couple of games and then again. If
there's someone that with that speak that can respond. Leader Mary's question. That would great. Thank you. We have one named John case to sell. Yes, but pose to 39. Not that amendment. Is there anyone in audience that wishes to speak to the amendment on the floor? Welcome back to you, MR. Does anyone wishes to speak to the amendment that is on the floor? Come forward here in this state. Your name. Again, if there's anyone else in audience that wishes to speak to the amendment on the floor, feel free to make your way to the front. Good evening. Name is j r Cook. I own Cooks towing service Indianapolis. And some of what's not being discussed, I guess is the cost will obviously the costs of our equipment insurance in the past 14 years. You know, since covid, you know, everybody knows the cost of labor went
through the roof. And 2 for us to keep up our guys is probably almost making double what they made nonconsensual tows isn't my only business. I do other work, but almost would like to say it's the losing side of my business because I have to options to get rid of the showers that no one picks up. You know, we we picked these cars lot net worth. You know, we have salvaged by, course, but it doesn't cover the cost of what we do. We put signs up are required to we tag we try help clean the city But again, that's not the only part of my business, but I would like to say this point without an increase, it is a losing part. But I'd like to continue paying. I've had to pay more to my drivers. My dispatcher since covid and equipment costs. It's ridiculous. And course insurance just chases
it I would. Like to vote to give us an increase, at least match with out a return or the new company. I guess it's took to return the city's appreciate that. Thank you. next. Anyone else interested in speaking on the amendment on the floor. Yes. Just knew that. My name is Cindy King. I am one of the owners the Towing Service Inc, the be a pro toe. We have been in business 47 years and we have done the non-consensual telling for the last week our 13th year. The price the price of everything is Jr stated has gone up. I pay more for my tracks. I tried to keep new equipment out there. I pay more. Insurance. More in gas. Obviously those of you that have your own business, you know, those prices, all of those expenses are up and yet non-consensual towing is
probably 95% of our business. I employ 30 people at 30th in Fall Creek. And several of them. I keep people are here with me tonight. This. Amendment would directly impact their lives. And it would help me to ensure that my business continues. And I'm able to reinvest in it and we are 47 years. Thank you. Thank you. Additional comments from anyone audience? Yes, ma'am. Good evening. My name's Amber. And with services recovery. Also wanted to point out that were required to send letters out to every impound that comes into our lot. The price of the postage stamps and to do a tv as required to send out these notifications to the owner, letting them know that we have possession of the vehicle that the vehicle will
going to auction if they don't pick it up. The Murray just keep increasing. We keep getting e-mails. I want to every 3 months saying that we're going to get a price increase, whether it's the records that were pulling is going to be increased on what they're charging a sport per record or whether the letters that were sending out is going to be increased per per letter that we sent out. So that's also affecting us as well. So if we was able to tie the rates and with impd, it help is how a lot on the rates that we are required to do by the state. That's all I'm saying. Thank you so much. But my name James on last chance record. We've done a lot of with the city for a lot of years. My quick 0.2, it is yes, we do need an increase. Realistically, it's only $30 is not a huge dollar. Those of us that do a large volume in the U.S. Such as any towing
does and the expenses that they have. We're trying to help fight for those particular reasons. We all have a niche and the things that we do, we're not asking for catastrophic dollars. When all of our fees are constantly going up. 3, 4, fold. Fairness. I also can't speak on any other state. I've not heard if we are in line with Cincinnati Year Chicago or anything like that. But it is definitely a fee that would help offset some of the costs that we're all fighting. Thank you. Thank you. Peter. Mary. I just want to assure on my question, it was clear that I was in a referencing like Chicago or Cincinnati or Columbus, Ohio. I was talking more if any of you folks to for anything for like
Greenwood Fishers Shelbyville anywhere around kind of donut area here we have any experience there. What their fees look like. Just come for it. We've been doing this for like 8 years trying to make some headway probably 5 years ago Charles, Ask you. You sent me some information and I did get on the phone and call and I am. It's I don't know if in some of the city's and it Well, when you make Carmel Fishers, I believe they their prices are very there. Police tow prices are very similar to. I do return they're non consensual is $200. What I do in Marion County from one 50 a
lot of surrounding counties do not have and non consensual ordinance. So it. So it's kind of I do the one 50 or the 200, depending on what how far away it is for us and the gas that it takes and the time that my driver has to spend to go there further. When you get into the bigger cities. So it's not really like Greenfield Southport because they don't have not consent rules. And if they do that, well, they don't. The ones I've checked. And if they do like Comets, 200. But that larger cities, I went Cincinnati, Chicago. I think I did Springfield, Illinois. They tend to. It's all one
thing their city tow does this telling? Okay. So it's not like they have a whole nother. Ordinance or towers to do it. The towers that I would call yesterday, the city towing and I said, what about private properties? Yeah, we do that too. Well, what do you charge the same? Sometimes they were little noise with me advise really trying to dig. And there wasn't a lot of information that, you know, I told him who I was, what I did where I was located and they're like, yeah, no, it's all the same. Just like, ok is an answer. Your questions. So and all those rates were up and down. But the toll might be one 24. But the storage might be 50. The toll might be one. 75 storage might be. 25. So they were. Pricing. It. You know that story to be automatic where I have to wait. 24 hours in Marion County. So I did. My is the research I could as best I could on what they were
willing to share. And it just didn't seem like outside of Indianapolis. There was even a non-consensual ordinance anyone could share with me sent to me or use in my it with my question. Thank you so much. Thank you. Council Delaney. Thank you. MADAM Chair. I think this question is probably for council peers. As I read the amendment. It's states there's an actual value. So says the $180 to me, though, the way I read that that negates that tied to the impd amount, the way it's red and the way I'm reading, I would say, ok, has to say at one 80 because we're saying on same because that's impd and I don't read it as tying it to
impd. I think heart correct me if I'm wrong, I believe that the numbers came from the impd contract. So the one ad in the 40 came from country. But that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying this as one ad has established under the police order contract. It doesn't say the maximum fee shall be equal to the amount established under the city's telling contract. It just says we're setting it as one. 80 because it's in the towing contract. Not we want it to stay. Flesh with impd. Accounts for her. You counsel any cancer. MADAM The next sentence says any subsequent adjustment, 2 such contracted maximum towing fee will automatically apply to the maximum permitted under this subsection. To me that the second sentence, updates? I respectfully just disagree to. Thank you, though. Thank
you, counselor. Cancer ku. Thank you. MADAM It could we get clarification? There was a comment made the salvage situation. Just how the math works on that. So if if car goes to salvage is and the rate moves is guess. What I'm trying to understand is somebody comes in the car goes to auction is the person buying it getting just a better deal because the money stays in their pocket versus the tow company. How how does that also counts are? That's great question. Investors like one speaker, our somebody from maybe this city, I don't want us to do a q and a with. The individuals and and the
audience, right. And so I'm not sure if there's it industry Rhett that could speak to your questions again, this is one of the reasons why I requested that we not have this amendment tonight because we have opportunity to socialize and we haven't had the opportunity to ask that industry experts their thoughts on this. And so again, without having adequate time to have these conversations. I'm concerned that depending on who comes up to the mike. What the response is, I don't want to hold them to answer that MAY or MAY not be what? The rest their colleagues agree on. Just don't want to set folks up like that tonight. So again, if there's someone that maybe can speak for the industry standards or if somebody from
the city can again, I don't yet. Yes, Again, this briefly. So briefly. We will hold you to Tony with Anna her service. I am in the scrap recycling business as well. You're asking about the salvage vehicles, average car after they go through auction, which is roughly 45 days. The car with newer, some around $400 rent. That answer concert is at 7. Yeah. Thank Later, marry. Thank you. MADAM Chair. A I understand council As a station on the worse as 100 days that I could see where it gets a little confusing us. That seems like it's setting a dollar amount that would be than set an ordinance. They also understand where then adjust the contract to say show automatically update. And I do want to say thank you to guy that stepped up to answer my question to and it sounds
to me like for the cities that do have not Carmel. You mentioned something we're still going to be under that that dollar amount and still be reasonable. And then also in Perry with impd. So. I'm open to suggestions on it. But think that I would like to follow Council hearts lead on this. And we do go through with a boat, I certainly wouldn't. Vote for it. Thank you. Thank you. Leader Mary. So there's motion and properly moved and seconded second, all those in favor of the amendment on the floor signify by saying Aye. Those opposed same sign. The motion fails at this point. I MADAM Director, she would come and walk us through her amendment. Thank
you. MADAM Chair. And as I mentioned, the minute that I bring forward tonight was specific to conversations both with board members and with counselors excuse me. Sorry. So I will just walk through kind section by section here just a couple things. The first is specific to accelerated plan review fees. So we want to take this opportunity to have a broader conversation about this topic and our board agreed that there need to be more thought put into how we communicate the service and the expectations we set only one of the accelerated review fees is actually codified in ordinance. The others live elsewhere. And so the board's intent would be to strike this and to build out a comprehensive policy that covers all accelerated review fees. We're talking about maybe of applying a different framework. So it's accelerated
for a certain amount of time. If it's a 50 storey hotel versus the Costco, that kind of thing so the intent is a policy would be drafted before the end of the year. That would build better framework. We're going to renegotiate the third-party contracts next spring. And so that will also help inform a new set of accelerated review timelines with our vendors. And so the board would then bring revised policy after those contracts are set. So it seems like a simple strike, but it's actually a much more involved process to make sure we get to a much realistic sea and something that people that makes sense as far as expectations go. The next thing is related to accelerate inspections. So as I mentioned, as I mentioned previously, we are not touching excited inspections for residential. These are specific to commercial and in
talking to board members about it and they felt like this was a good start in capturing the disruption that the lead from accelerated inspection requests. But it didn't fully qualified the difference. And the Brett. So as I know, my earlier example, accelerate inspection of a Costco is going to be very different than an accelerated inspection of a very large hotel. And so adding Qualifier for hours ensures that there is an average amount for an average inspection. But for those that are truly disrupting an inspector schedule, potentially a supervisor schedule, cetera. We're capturing that with an hourly
rate. The 3rd changes building permit fees for local nonprofit affordable housing projects. This is related to our nonprofit partners, Affordable housing across Marion County is a focus of not only in this administration, but also this council body. Cdc partners are doing monumental work to help fill those gaps. And so there's already carve-outs for nonprofits when it comes to I'll zoning permits. And so this nearing the language that is elsewhere in the ordinance and the policy piece allows us to have a little bit of flexibility to make sure we are creating loopholes and that were also identifying everybody who should receive kind of benefit. And then the final change is the easiest one. It is a making sure that we that these go into effect JANUARY first, I think in a panic of making sure I got all of the other numbers, right? And that's the date. So just making sure. Because think you
so much. Thank you for walking us through that. This Can someone make a motion Council Jones, thank you. MADAM. Later, I move to amend proposal. Number 2, 39 2025 by believing the language in Section one that is double stricken through, adding the double line and changing the effective date, JANUARY first 2026. And later, I so move motion. A properly moved and second questions comments regarding the amendment on the is there anyone in the audience that wishes to speak to the amendment on the floor? Seeing none. All those in favor signify by saying Aye. Those opposed same sign the motion carries. Any comments regarding proposal. Number 2.39 Stand. I entertain a motion on the proposal has a
mandate second. Lesson in Providence. And sorry, I'm sorry, someone from the audience that wanted this. I said that. But said that the I don't know there is a first. It's all good. On fire way some MADAM Chair, members of the committee. Thank you for your time today and give me a chance to speak about proposal to 39 name is John Kessler represent the 550 companies who are members of the Village Association, Greater Indianapolis Baggy. The party the party is proposing a increase in fees for to 2500 Square Foot House, for instance, going from 400 from $434 to approximately the $1050 or about 150 42% increase. I like to walk you through. Who would be impacted
by this? Just see in a sense some facts about home building 40% of new homes are purchased by first-time home buyers for $1000. The price of a home increases 550 working families will lose their ability to buy a home in the market. In this instance, this will be representative proximity, 350 working families in Marion County losing their ability to buy a home. The term we use is priced out of the market regulatory requirements and approximately 25% the price of a new city, a new single family home. And this proposal increase that burden. In response, increasing fees, builders are building smaller, the building on smaller lots. Just finding ways to try to meet demand and the needs of of the public at this point in time. At a time when highs housing, excess, accessibility and affordability are front of mind for officials and
leaders. This increase sends the wrong message to families both hoping to buy a home. Those looking to move to our area. This is difficult understand why some for members to understand why some fees, unrelated home building with much larger spread differences between the current fee and the actual costs. Nothing increase. It was quick to immense. It really is known for few more seconds. For example of And then event permit for 2500 people as current cost $260, according study, would cost $10,306. Indiana law states that any fees that are put forward have their reaction, a relationship between the fia and the service provided and this instance, we're not sure how this now that jibes with anything, we don't deny what what the what that there is a need for a fee increase. We
see that as a possibility. We recognize that as the as the as the director said in media that these fee increases are not consistent with other communities. However, this is that was a conscious decision of people before us and other in council or another decision makers. In conclusion. I the benefits of housing, neighborhood, stability, jobs, increase taxes, all contribute to make a vibrant community possible. These type of regulatory barriers varias will limit future development by reducing the pool working families who qualify to buy a home. The and the Davis reasonable for us to talk is is is it reasonable for us to talk is community about the critical need to increase housing, accessibility and
affordability was simultaneous considering both large increase in the resident for residential site. And for the for for rental properties, increase the inventory of new single-family and multifamily housing. Jen is important a bag and it's 550 members come member companies do not and cannot supporting proposal increases fees for single family homes and rental properties. He is increases negatively impact the ability of working families to buy a new home and find a reasonably priced. Right. Thank you. Time and Thank Again. I apologize of Irish. The audience. If there's anyone else that would like to speak to the proposal on the floor, Asia opportunity to so. It was motion a second. A second, motion and second, all those in favor signify by saying Aye. Those opposed same
The motion carries the next item on agenda is a review. And and of the 2026 take their bat of the 2026 budget, MADAM C f o, are you sharing any information regarding the review? There the controller here? Deputy controllers have deputy controller. Any question counsel regarding our question of the Metropolitan Development portion of the budget. Questions for Deputy controller. Cancer Thank you, MADAM Chair. No question. I believe that the budget is a reasonable and line encourage us to support it. Additional questions, comments regarding. The Metropolitan Development portion of the 2026 budget. Is there anyone in the audience? Thank Is there anyone in the audience that wishes to speak to propose a number to 59 again adopts annual budget of the city of Indianapolis,
Marion County, the Metropolitan Development Committee portion only. Questions, comments, questions comments from counselors. Entertain a motion. Not Rabbits. Chair move recent proposal to 59 a full council to do pass recommendation. The motion and and second, all those in favor signify by saying Aye. Those opposed same sign. The motion carries seeing no other business before this committee. I entertain a motion for adjournment. We