PLYMOUTH — The Plymouth Aquatic Center will need to find another funding source for a proposed energy study, after the Plymouth Common Council said no to a Plan Commission resolution.
The path of the request started with the Aquatic Center approaching the Plymouth Redevelopment Commission to fund the $16,000 energy study that could help the Center cut its energy bills by as much as 50 percent.
In order for the Redevelopment Commission to fund the study, the project would have to be added to the plan for the Aquatic Center’s TIF (Tax Incremental Financing) district. In order for that to happen, the Plymouth Plan Commission would have to rule that the Aquatic Center fits into the City of Plymouth’s Comprehensive Plan.
City Attorney Jeff Houin informed the Council that while the Aquatic Center wasn’t specifically mentioned in the Comprehensive Plan, it was an example of the type of cooperation between public and private interests that is mentioned in the Plan.
The Plan Commission ruled that the Aquatic Center did fit in the Comprehensive Plan and moved the matter on for final approval by the city Council.
Council person Randy Longanecker, also a member of the Plan Commission, stated that he had voted against the proposal. Council Person Kayla Krathwohl voiced her concerns as well.
Longanecker moved to deny the request, which the Council voted for unanimously.
