For anyone that missed the live feed or replay of last nights City Council meeting there were some intense moments (ICRC Link to the replay) For context – it started at time 43:53 during the ‘Old Business’ of the meeting I brought up a follow-up item from a letter a resident had sent in to … Read more
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
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
City Council meet on May 4th and May 18th for its regular meetings. The first meeting had a very light agenda – 2 resolutions, one to authorize the latest allocation of funds from the Federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (some call it ‘the Covid Relief Plan’ the same one that increased Child Tax … Read more
City Council meet on April 20th for its regular meeting with a light agenda. One item worth discussion is the Ordinance that setup the new Urban Redevelopment and Tax Increment Equivalent Fund (TIF) for the former Tri-County Mall. The idea of the TIF can be daunting – don’t let the technical language be a instant … Read more
A quick update here for on Earth Day… I am the City’s representative for the OKI Board of Directors. For those not close to the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments (OKI), it is a collection of local governments, business organizations, and community groups that develop strategies largely around transportation and infrastructure projects. OKI has final authority … Read more
The developers for the Tri-County Mall redevelopment provided an update on the progress they have been making on designs for the very ambitious project undertaken. They presented the current state of the concept plan (links to presentation and video of presentation at the meeting below). Full presentation link here Full video of presentation at the … Read more
On March 2nd City Council had it’s regular meeting, one significant item on the agenda is the review and vote to adopt the new Springdale Comprehensive Plan. This Plan was reported as being the result of a year + work and would be the foundation for the next 20 years for the City. In advance … Read more
Council remained on its Summer schedule in August so this update only includes one regular meeting that month. In an unusual turn of events there were no ordinances on the agenda for either meeting in the month of September and the regular meeting in August only had routine administrative business. Adding to the unusual stretch … Read more
Council moved to its Summer schedule in July so this update only includes one meeting that month. Highlighted items of business included: Preliminary Development Plan for 11911 Sheraton Lane Introduction/Swearing-In: Anthony Stanley, Chief, Springdale Fire Department Charter Amendment proposals – Remove Clerk of Council position and several administrative updates Preliminary Development Plan for 11911 Sheraton … Read more