Committee moves appointments, street-designation and accepts EID report

A City-County Council committee on routine business recommended or approved several items including two appointments, a street-designation in Lockerbie Square and acceptance of an EID annual report.

The committee recommended approval of proposal 36 to appoint Linda Osborne to the Greater Virginia Avenue Corridor Economic Improvement District. Osborne said she owns Arthur's Music Store in Fountain Square and several contiguous properties and noted she had served previously on the EID board; Councilor Kirsten Jones moved the recommendation to the full council.

Proposal 69 recommended Courtney Yarborough to the Board of Business and Neighborhood Services. Yarborough described experience in public safety, waste and recycling, higher education and her current role at the Chamber. Greg Stowers spoke in support on behalf of the Chamber.

Proposal 68 designated New York Street between College Avenue and East Street as the James T. Kinley Memorial Way. Meg Bush, administrator of the Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission, recounted Kinley's career in architecture and preservation and asked for the designation; Councilor Brown sponsored the resolution and the committee carried the motion.

Proposal 70 directed the City-County Council to accept the Woodrow Place Economic Improvement District annual report, as required by IC 36-7-22-21. Hannah Saunders, EID president, said the EID submitted its annual report in February and had limited activity in the prior year.

All four items were moved and carried by the committee according to the transcript; individual roll-call tallies were not recorded in the text provided.