Thoman here. My name got tossed in the hopper for the Comprehensive Plan Ad Hoc Committee, and no one objected tonight, so it looks like I’ll be pretty wrapped up in that for the next several months. An updated Comprehensive Plan is a big deal, and I’m all in on this effort. So the bad [...]
“The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.” — Albert Einstein Comprehensive Plans are supposed to be good for up to 10 years, in some cases even 20. They’re not supposed to be static documents, instead being updated at regular intervals. Our [...]
ITEM 00-04017 on tonight’s first reading was modifications to the sign ordinance. The Sign Ordinance Committee, using the Ogden Avenue master plan as one of many resources to help craft a new sign ordinance, gave council an amended sign ordinance that council approved in May 2005. The goal was reducing the visual clutter and make [...]
TCD3 had a final recommendation no participant saw coming. Now it’s the council’s turn to ask some questions about Neighborhood Community Networks like: Huh? That seemed to be the big question last night when council came to accepting the TCD3 documents. When the consultants Houseal & Lavigne announced at the conclusion of TCD3 that the [...]
So far there’s been an ongoing discussion of pensions, which unfortunately only the state can address; we’ve posted on payroll escalations in the upcoming year, cost per resident comparisons, payroll and staff comparisons, expense cuts and potential revenue generators. Look in “budget” under category in the side bar search and you’ll get a good jumping [...]
The owner and the operator of Dali’s Cafe, located at 5128 – 5130 Main Street, have applied for a Façade Improvement Grant for $26,000 The plan is to make improvements and repairs to the fronts of both buildings, which together house the popular breakfast/lunch eatery. The plan, details of which are located here, include: Replacing [...]
Everybody missed it? Pick a local business; any one — about 80 folks involved with them protested the approval of ATI taking 10,000 square feet of prime retail space at reduced rental rates any one of them would gladly pay. Many of those local businesses are owned by people who live here. They bank here, [...]
In theory, this is the second most important process and planning documentation a community employs to guide itself into the future, and directly feeds the most important planning document, the Comprehensive Plan, which has not been updated since the mid 60′s. Clicking on the covers will take you to the reports. Both are large and [...]
Municipalities often compare themselves to each other as a way of example. DG compares our Real Estate Tax bill to other communities on a pretty regular basis, noting how low it is compared to our neighbors. After the break, some additional comparisons.
It isn’t pretty, to no one’s surprise… Last Thursday Village Manager Dave Fieldman released the 2010 preliminary budget proposal. Council and residents will meet Saturday technically for the first budget workshop meeting, but really for the eighth time trying to come to grips with too many expenses and to little revenue. This time, finally, there’s [...]
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