Hammond Redevelopment Commission approves intergovernmental landscaping agreement, property management contract and multiple real-estate actions

The Hammond Redevelopment Commission on Feb. 4 approved a resolution allowing the City of Hammond Board of Public Works and Safety to provide landscaping and plow services for property owned by the redevelopment commission, renewed a one‑year management agreement with the Hammond Development Corporation for three downtown properties, authorized advertising two requests for proposals for commercially zoned parcels, approved its register of claims and approved the assignment of a Clark Field lot purchase agreement.

The commission approved Resolution No. 2025-02, authorizing an intergovernmental agreement that will let the city pay for landscaping and snow‑plow services on properties owned by the redevelopment commission rather than the commission paying from its tax‑increment finance (TIF) fund. The agreement was presented to the commission by Attorney Westland and passed on a 5-0 roll call vote.

The resolution matters because the commission previously used TIF funds for those services; Attorney Westland said the city controller indicated that paying from the commission's TIF…