The Metropolitan Development Commission approved a bundled package of 19 policy resolutions and several petitions and contract amendments at its Nov. 5, 2025 meeting.

Staff read a series of administrative and policy authorizations into the record, covering professional services agreements, memoranda of understanding and property actions. Among the items were authorization for the Department of Metropolitan Development to enter into a professional services agreement with Merrick Chase for architectural services; a memorandum of understanding with Indy Parks and the Marion County Building Authority for event planning at Lugar Plaza; and a Vacant-to-Vibrant conveyance authorization allowing conveyance or options to purchase property as approved by the Vacant-to-Vibrant review committee with amounts not to exceed $2,400,000 per property through 2027.

The package also included contract actions and funding authorizations tied to housing and homelessness programs: an amendment to increase the Coalition for Homelessness Intervention and Prevention contract by $1,158,130 (to a new total not to exceed $3,858,130) for the Streets to Home initiative; a master leasing agreement with the Damien Center not to exceed $1,749,720; a Cambridge Capital Management Corporation agreement to administer a revolving loan fund for permanent supportive housing not to exceed $1,080,000; and a Circle Area Community Development Corporation startup funding authorization not to exceed $200,000 through December 2029.

Other items read into the record included contract term extensions and not-to-exceed increases for legal and on-call municipal financial services with Frost Brown Todd LLP and Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP (each increased to a $450,000 not-to-exceed amount and term extended through 12/31/2027) and several property acquisition and redevelopment authorizations.

Commissioners took the 19 resolutions as a group. The motion was made and seconded and the chair recorded the package as passing with roll-call votes and noted recusals where applicable. The chair reported the outcomes as recorded in the meeting transcript.

The meeting record also shows the commission read and approved a large set of petitions of no appeal recommended by hearing examiners (multiple addresses across Perry, Wayne, Center and other townships). Those petition items were taken as a group and approved by roll call.

The approvals move these authorizations and contract amendments forward to implementation by the Department of Metropolitan Development and related agencies. Staff will manage execution of the authorized agreements, and some items include terms that expire in 2027 or earlier dates specified in the resolutions.