June Council Meeting – Statement Regarding Rowdy Behavior Following May Public Meeting

At the June 7th City Council meeting residents shared concerns about some rowdy behavior that occurred following the May 23rd Board of Zoning appeals meeting. It is not unusual for interested parties to share opinions about things they see in open meetings, what is unusual is for those opinions to rise to the point of … Read more

February and March Council Meetings – Parking and MetroNow

City Council met for its regular meetings in February and March with largely administrative work.  At the March 15th meeting Council had a very informative presentation from Metro about their upcoming Pilot of a public ‘lyft’ type program – MetroNow.   Of Community interest: MetroNow Presentation Vehicles Impounding (Ordinance 04-2023) and Liability for Parking Violations (Ordinance … Read more

January Council Meetings – Chronic Nuisance Law and Finance

Happy New Year! City Council meet for its January meetings, as I mentioned in a previous post there are two items I wanted to highlight:: Chronic Property Nuisances Ordinance City Budget and Finances for 2023   City Budgets and Finances for 2023 City Council recently reviewed the entirety of the proposed City Budget for 2023 … Read more

Community Communications – November and December Council Meetings

Council has held it’s regular November and December meetings – the end of the calendar year always has a flurry of administrative work.  On top of that the last few months have certainly noticed a significant uptick in community involvement and comments. Ordinarily I would give an update on the recent committee appointments and updates … Read more

Statement on Community Center Relocation

City Council met on September 21st and aside from some zoning and committee updates there was both an executive session and then a statement regarding the proposed relocation of the Springdale Community center to the new Artisan Village (formerly Tri-County Mall). The full joint statement from the developers and City is below.  If anyone has … Read more

June and July Council Meetings – Fitness Center updates and Board of Zoning Appeals

City Council typically moves to an lighter meeting schedule during the height of summer going down to one meeting a month.  There tends to be less administrative and legislative work that happens around this time, however with the development work at the mall Council decided to keep the regular meets – though the agendas have … Read more