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• Jeffersonville Mayor Mike Moore will hold a public forum to review and discuss design plans for the Big Four pedestrian bridge landing at 6 p.m. on Thursday, July 19. The city is seeking public input and discussion as plans move forward for the design of the landing. The Estopinal Group of Jeffersonville was recently hired by the Jeffersonville Redevelopment Commission to develop the design plans for phase one of the project.
The meeting will take place in City Council chambers at City Hall, 500 Quartermaster Court.
Development of the former Tubby’s site downtown is also expected to be discussed.

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The downtown site that formerly housed Tubby’s Pizza and was demolished a month ago has been bought by the city of Jeffersonville. Staff photo by C.E. Branham

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July 17, 2012

Jeffersonville buys former Tubby’s site

Developers already interested

By BRADEN LAMMERS braden.lammers@newsandtribune.com The News and Tribune Tue Jul 17, 2012, 03:21 PM EDT

JEFFERSONVILLE — The downtown site that formerly housed Tubby’s Pizza and was demolished a month ago has been bought by the city of Jeffersonville.

City Attorney Les Merkley said the city purchased the property for $100,000 following a mediation agreement that was signed Monday.

“We were able to get this resolved without any animosity,” Merkley said Tuesday.

The former property owner Carl Muncy, the brother of previous Tubby’s owner Glenn “Tubby” Muncy, had the building at 228 Spring St. listed for sale at $125,000, but it was torn down before the Muncys could find a buyer. Jeffersonville Building Commissioner Russ Segraves — along with a private structural engineer and other city officials — determined the building was unsafe and decided to raze the structure after a portion of the roof and a north wall collapsed in June. It was a second time in several months that a portion of the building had fallen. In March, a load of bricks fell off the rear portion of the south side of the building.

Merkley said the city has wanted to purchase the former pizzeria, which has been vacant for more than a decade, for years.

“It’s a good piece of property in the downtown area” Merkley said. “I would expect that we’ll have some growing interest.”

Jeffersonville’s Redevelopment Commission is the entity that purchased the property, with the money coming from the Falls Landing Tax Increment Finance fund.

“The Muncys are pleased that they can put this matter behind them,” said Larry Wilder, attorney for property owners Carl and JoAnn Muncy, in a press release. “The city acted in good faith and they worked hard with us to reach a resolution that was fair to the Muncys and fair to the taxpayers. The events of that day cannot be reversed, so everyone agreed it was best to put that aside and resolve this matter.”

The city is already looking to develop the former Tubby’s site and the adjacent lot, which the city also owns. Jeffersonville Mayor Mike Moore said there are some developers that are already interested in the property. He said he would like to see a first-floor business with second-story residential units move into the space. He added the potential development of the Spring Street location will be clearer following a meeting to discuss the Big Four Landing project, which is slated for Thursday.

There is one unresolved issue related to the property that was torn down, as Glenn Muncy said in a previous report that he still had several hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of pizza ovens, refrigeration units and microbrewing equipment in the building. Merkley said the city has not heard from Glenn Muncy and the only issue that was resolved Monday was related to the building’s purchase.

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