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Council approves amendment to Pendleton Pike allocation area expected to restore roughly $100,000 a year to redevelopment funds

Lawrence Common Council · November 20, 2025

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Summary

The Lawrence Common Council approved Resolution 9 (2025) to amend the Pendleton Pike allocation area by removing two parcels the redevelopment commission says have shown sustained negative growth; the change is expected to increase TIF increment by about $100,000 annually and is time-sensitive for the '25 assessed/pay '26 cycle.

The Lawrence Common Council on Tuesday approved Resolution 9 (2025), which asks the redevelopment commission to remove two parcels from the Pendleton Pike allocation area.

Russell Brown, an attorney with the Indianapolis law firm Clark Quinn, told the council the two parcels have experienced “dramatic negative growth” since the allocation area’s creation and that removing them would “have a positive impact on the income coming into the redevelopment commission to the tune of, I believe it’s approximately $100,000 per year.”

Brown said the resolution is time-sensitive because changes must be completed before the end of the calendar year to affect assessed-'25, pay-'26 calculations. He also cautioned that “a very technical reading of the statute” could mean no permits are issued for the affected parcels while the amendment is pending, and said the redevelopment commission will provide required notice to taxing districts and the Department of Local Government Finance.

A motion to approve Resolution 9 was made and seconded; the chair announced the motion passed. The transcript does not record a roll-call tally or name the mover and seconder.

The resolution, as presented, removes the two edge parcels from both the redevelopment plan and the allocation area; Brown said the parcels are not central “donut-hole” parcels and appear not to be primed for redevelopment. He said the action is intended to stop the negative effect of those parcels on increment and allow the redevelopment commission to better capture growth from other properties in the allocation area.

Next steps: Brown said the matter is scheduled for a public hearing before the redevelopment commission tomorrow and that, if confirmed, the redevelop­ment commission would take the act and make it effective to influence the upcoming assessed/pay cycle.

Vote details and which council members voted for or against the resolution were not recorded in the transcript.