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August 5, 2014
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The project isn’t officially dead, but it appears that plans to construct waste water storage tanks on a church propergovernment ty are now on life support. Carmel residents filled the Clay Township Government Center on Wednesday night to voice their displeasure over the idea of building a wet weather storage facility at King of Glory Church on 106th Street near the Millbrook neighborhood. Neighbors were concerned that the tanks would be an eyesore that could lower property values and possibly harm the environment. The Clay Township Regional Waste District offered to buy land from the church for $106,000, but stated that eminent domain could be used to forcibly take the property. King of Glory leaders considered the offer, but asked on July 25 that the offer be rescinded. Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard is not a fan of the proposal and city permits would be needed to construct such a project, something the city might not want to grant. As a result, City Councilor Kevin “Woody” Rider stood up at the meeting to announce to everyone that he strongly believes this plan won’t proceed. “Just tell people that this plan is dead,” he told the CTRWD board. “Because I can tell you,
this plan is not going to happen. It’s not going to happen.” Board President Ron Hagan wouldn’t declare the plan dead, but did note that the next step would have to be eminent domain and that is not an option that is used very regularly. He told the crowd they would take all opinions into consideration and discuss the options at the next public meeting of the board at 7 p.m. on Aug. 11. The CTRWD provided detailed project sheet and a four-page summary of the project background to all attendees in the hopes that they would understand why the district felt this was the best option. Officials contend that this plan is safe and cost effective and that they would do their best to hide the tanks with tree barriers. David Hoffman, president of the Millbrook Homeowners Association, asked the board to consider Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard’s suggestion that the tanks be moved to the city’s sewer plant property. “It may be more expensive but then you aren’t asking these homeowners to shoulder the burden.” Andrew Williams, utility director for the CTRWD, said the project might take months now considering the need to examine a variety of options and involve the public, but he assures that no decision will be made lightly. “This is the beginning of a project,” Hagan told the crowd, “not the end of a project.”
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