The Fishers City Council had a busy Monday night meeting, voting for two new developments on South Street downtown, plus approved funding for a new Community Center.

The Council voted for the $60 million funding package for the Community Center.  Councilor Jocelyn Vare moved to delay the approval process by one month and her motion was defeated on a 6-2 vote, with Vare and Crystal Neumann the two votes supporting the motion.  Councilman Pete Peterson abstained because his employer is involved in the project.

The final vote to approve the funding for the Community Center was 7-1 with Vare the only no vote.  Vare emphasized she is not against the project but wants more time to sift through the funding.

Video fly-throughs of an animated look at the Community Center are above and below this text.

The council also voted to move forward with incentives for two South Street developments in downtown Fishers.

The City View development is a residential rental project for the over-55 group.  Hageman is developing this plan with an incentive package.  Another South Street development, District South, with include roughly the same incentives from the city.  Both involve Tax Increment Financing (TIF), but HSE Schools will receive the property tax money from the school referendum.