For those who have followed my green roof project, there’s more – I’ll be talking informally at Just Food Co-op about my roof this Saturday, November 7 @ 10:30 am.
Archive for October, 2009
More about the green roof
Posted in Green roof on October 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »
CIP discussion: Library expansion
Posted in CIP, Council agendas, Safety Center, Taxes on October 31, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Last week’s worksession was all about the Safety Center; this week it’s the other Big Project: the Library expansion.
Northfield’s Public Library is a Carnegie Library, one of more than 2,000 libraries funded by one of my favorite robber barons, Andrew Carnegie. The Carnegie Corporation provided a $10,000 grant back in 1908 to build Northfield’s library. [...]
City attorney(s) on the agenda
Posted in Council agendas, Policy problems on October 31, 2009 | 8 Comments »
There are only 2 items on the regular agenda for Monday, 11/2 and one is action on new city attorneys (the other is approving a transfer of funds to allow the HRA to purchase foreclosed townhomes to use as rental property).
I said I wouldn’t comment on this issue before the Council acted and I don’t [...]
Chamber forum
Posted in CIP, Council agendas, Safety Center, Taxes on October 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Although other news sites said the Council “took some heat” and “mixed it up” at the Chamber of Commerce Wednesday morning, I’d rate the event as “very mild.” No screaming, throwing, insulting, finger-pointing or other bad behavior took place, just a few tough questions (too few questions, if you ask me). I’d boil down the [...]
Go read Pressville
Posted in Uncategorized on October 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Perhaps you’ve seen Pressville mentioned on Locally Grown, northfield.org and/or the Northfield News. You can read all it about it on those pages. I had fun attending a Pressville party on Thursday and talking to some of the students who are writing for Pressville. If the future of journalism and blogging depended on these students, [...]
Complete Streets study completed
Posted in Uncategorized on October 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just a quick note that MnDOT has completed its Complete Streets study – all 136 pages (no, I haven’t read it all yet) of it are located here
Monday’s agenda and beyond
Posted in CIP, Council agendas, Safety Center on October 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
To infinity…and beyond! Alas, my horizon is much more limited; I’m only looking out to December 2009 with a few glimmers from 2010.
What is not on tomorrow’s agenda, but will be soon:
November 2: Council will act on the city attorney recommendations which have been generating much comment (but about which I shall have no [...]
“Maverickism” needed at City Hall?
Posted in Uncategorized on October 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
As far as I can tell, “maverickism” was coined by or about Sarah Palin in the 2008 Presidential Campaign, but it showed up in the 10/5 this week’s Nation’s Cities Weekly for a Leadership Training Institute seminar being offered at the National League of Cities Congress of Cities in San Antonio in November. Apparently, maverickism [...]
Columbus Day worksession
Posted in Council agendas, Policy problems on October 11, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Columbus isn’t much of a hero any more and Columbus Day isn’t much of a holiday. So, the Council will be at work (agenda and packet) discussing:
Business Park “brief update” – this project gives me indigestion and may give me nightmares. I have not (yet) heard the EDA or the Council discuss the [...]
Safety Center, again
Posted in CIP, Land use, Safety Center, Uncategorized on October 4, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Before the Council asks you to pay for a new Safety Center, it seems only fair to let you know what you’ll be buying. Trouble is, I don’t know.
Here are the options that have been discussed or mentioned:
Option 1: the Safety Center Task Force recommendation of June 22 is to build a new Safety [...]
