Community And Economic Development Committee and Safety And Licensing Committee Special Meetings Scheduled For 07/07/2021 – Will Award Neighborhood Development Contract And Review Core’s Lounge Noise Complaints

There are two special committee meetings scheduled for 07/07/2021 prior to the Common Council meeting that evening. The first one is a Community & Economic Development Committee meeting at 6:15PM. Their one action item is a “Request to award the project for the College Avenue […]

Community And Economic Development Committee Meeting 06/09/2021

The Community and Economic Development Committee is meeting 06/09/2021 at 4:30PM. There will be a presentation on Fox Cities tourism figures that looks like it may be interesting. They’ll also receive an update on activities from the Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce. They will also […]

Community And Economic Development Committee Discusses And Votes On Two Development Projects

The Community and Economic Development Committee met 05/26/2021. It was a very short meeting, only 8 minutes long, but there was some interesting information on a couple of projects. Both items were critical timing. The first item they took up was the “request to approve […]

Community And Economic Development Committee Meeting 05/26/2021

The Community and Economic Development Committee is meeting 05/26/2021. They have a couple time-sensitive items on their agenda. The first is a request to approve a 6 month extension to the city’s Planning Option Agreement with Merge, LLC.  Merge has been working on potentially developing […]

Community And Economic Development Committee Considers CEDAW Resolution; 2 Alderpersons Express Concerns

The Community and Economic Development Committee met 04/28/2021. The majority of the meeting was taken up with Resolution #4-R-21 regarding the United Nation’s Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). The concluding paragraphs of the resolution say: “NOW, THEREFORE BE […]

Community and Economic Development Committee Meeting Scheduled For 03/10/2021

The Community and Economic Development Committee is meeting 03/10/2021 at 4:30 pm. They’ll be revising the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding. It looks like they have $610,000 in funds they’re handing out. There’s a request to approve a mixed use development agreement on College […]

Community and Economic Development Committee Votes On New Anti-Homelessness Programs

I had an opportunity to listen to the 01/27/2021 Community and Economic Development committee meeting. Download agenda packet here: The two action items on the agenda were (1) a proposal to pay an organization called ADVOCAP $278,909 of CARES Act grant fund money to “provide […]

City Plans To Use CARES Act Funds To Start a New Homelessness Response Program

The Community and Economic Development Committee is meeting 01/27/2021 at 4:30 PM. They will be voting on the “Third Substantial Amendment to the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) 2020 Annual Action Plan (AAP) awarding an additional $343,268 of CDBG Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security […]

The Community and Economic Development Committee To Vote On Moving Grant Money Away From Habitat For Humanity

The Community and Economic Development Committee is meeting 12/09/2020. On the agenda is an amendment to their Community Developement Block Grant Action Plan to “reallocating $78,386, originally awarded to Habitat for Humanity’s Homeownership Program, [as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act […]

Community and Economic Development Committee Meeting 11/11/2020

The Community and Economic Development Committee is meeting 11/11/2020 at 4:30pm. On the agenda… Voting on Community Development Block Grant Community Partner Allocation Recommendations Voting on a 6 month extension to the planning option agreement the city has with Merge, LLC over the lots to […]