Oh my have I been busy with the draft of the land development code…I attended at least 6 meetings focused on the regulations this past week with many more to come. You can look at the draft regulations, make comments, read others’ comments and find out who’s meeting to discuss the code here.
I am still [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Land development developments
Posted in Land use, Policy problems on June 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Also on the agenda: EDA & Master Plan for new Business Park
Posted in Council agendas, Land use, Policy problems on June 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Not much information on this in the packet, but I’m looking forward to the discussion between the EDA and Council. I listened to Locally Grown’s podcast with Rick Estenson, EDA President and one of the leaders on the business plan project.
After the podcast, I have new questions. I’ve always had land use questions about [...]
Go Skateboarding Day is TODAY
Posted in Uncategorized on June 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Safety Center recommendation on Council agenda
Posted in Council agendas, Land use, Safety Center, Ward 2 on June 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The Safety Center Task Force was given 90 days to meet, review information and return to the Council with recommendations about the size, location and financing of a new Safety Center and here’s their answer:
1. Recommendation on Building Size: Having reviewed the data presented to the Taskforce, the Taskforce recommends to the City Council [...]
Another week
Posted in Uncategorized on June 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last week I made my “to don’t” list including “don’t think about skateboards” and “don’t do any city council work” (aside from the meetings, of course) — just a bit of burnout prevention there. This week:
Regular council meeting: Get the full agenda or here are the highlights:
Appointments to the Mayor’s Youth Council and Mayor’s Taskforce [...]
Ward meeting recap
Posted in Uncategorized on June 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
About 15 folks from Wards 1 & 2 came out on a rainy Saturday morning to the Safety Center to hear about the current facility and its limitations from the police and fire chiefs, plus Joel Walinski and Kathleen McBride (many thanks to these city staff members for taking the time to come and present [...]
What I’m spending most of my time on
Posted in Uncategorized on June 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You may think that all I think about is skateboards, based on my blogging. Nope, mostly I’m thinking about land development regulations. The draft regulations are heading out to select boards and commissions and I’m part of the team to facilitate input from these groups (along with staff and planning commission members), local developers are [...]
On the worksession agenda
Posted in Uncategorized on June 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On tomorrow’s worksession agenda: skateboards, rental ordinance (staff is proposing some mostly technical changes to the ordinance after using it for a year, but the 20% density rule is also up fo consideration), the Holland MI promotional video, and community support costs (that is, what resources such as use of the showmobile, police, , street [...]
Skateboards on the Council worksession agenda
Posted in Uncategorized on June 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Still many questions about skateboards and the skateplaza – see the previous post. But on the worksession agenda tomorrow, the Council is supposed to discuss the skatepark site selection process including (From the Joel Walinski’s memo in the packet)
education on the attributes of a skateboard park and the criteria for locating a succssful park, a [...]
Skateboards, the process continues
Posted in Land use, Parks, Policy problems on June 7, 2009 | 5 Comments »
No rehash of Council discussion here (Read and listen to the coverage of the Council discussion over on Locally Grown here and here); instead I’ve tried to gather facts and questions about skateboards, skateparks and skaters to help those of us on the Council who aren’t skaters (that would be all of us) consider the [...]
