The Fishers City Council Connect meeting on Wednesday saw its largest crowd since the sessions began earlier this year, with more than 20 people gathering at the Reserve in the Hamilton Trace complex, a senior citizens residential facility.
Council President Rich Block and Vice President Eric Moeller answered questions from the audience for about 90 minutes.
Transportation and economic development issues took center stage, but one central issue was the lack of an up-to-date printed map of the City of Fishers. The councilmen promised to look into that.
Fishers City Councilors Rich Block (left) and Eric Moeller answer questions at the Council Connect session. (Photo provided)
There were a number of senior citizens on hand and they asked about Fishers stature as a senior-friendly city. AARP announced in early 2018 the naming of Fishers as Indiana’s first age-friendly city.
One citizen asserted that Fishers motorists’ behavior is not good, with speeding a regular thing along main arteries such as 116th Street. The councilman pointed to the recent actions standardizing neighborhood speed limits at 25 mph. They promised to raise awareness of the speeding on main streets with the police department.
On the transportation issue, the councilmen said the bus running during rush hours between Fishers and downtown Indianapolis several years ago had plenty of ridership when gasoline prices edged up to $4 a gallon, but when prices went down to near $2.50 a gallon ridership declined to the point where the bus operation was canceled. The city will continue to study mini-transit operations to navigate within the city if that becomes feasible.
Questions were raised about a developer buying homes just west of the Chatham Tap restaurant along 116th Street, with development possible but none announced at this time. Councilman Block responded that those homeowners received a very good price when selling those homes, and added all that property in not now within the Fishers city limits.
Another Council Connect session will be scheduled during July or August, with the date, time and place to be named later.