Board Of Zoning Appeals Meeting 05/20/2024 – Will Take Up Three Variances Requests, Two For Garages On Residential Properties, One For Signage On Fox Commons Development

The Board of Zoning Appeals is meeting 05/20/2024 at 7PM. They will be taking up three separate requests for variances. The first variance request is from a home owner on Easterbrook Court who would like replace two existing garages with one single garage within the […]

Municipal Services Committee Approves Street Occupancy Permits For Avenue Of Ice And Fox Commons Project

The Municipal Services Committee met 01/22/2024. At the beginning of the meeting, prior to dealing the 2024 traffic control sole source requests or the 2024 contract for security in the parking ramp, they briefly took up two more easily handled items. I’ve prepared a transcript […]

Community And Economic Development Committee Meeting Tonight, 12/13/2023 – Will Vote On Several Merge And Fox Commons Items Including Request To Submit Grant To Fund Development Of Downtown Market Within Fox Commons

The Community and Economic Development Committee is meeting this evening, 12/13/2023 at 6:30PM. They will be voting on a couple items related to the Fox Commons redevelopment and Phase II of the Merge LLC development. Fox Commons is requesting that a 5 foot wide no-build […]

Municipal Services Committee Approves Permit Extension For Perimeter Fence Around Fox Commons/City Center Development – Access To City’s Drive Up Finance Window To Be Limited Through 02/29/2024

The Municipal Services Committee met 11/20/2023. The item they spent the least amount of time discussing was the request from the Boldt Company for an extension to the existing street occupancy permit for the Fox Commons/City Center Plaza construction site perimeter fencing. The permit for […]

Common Council Approves Street Occupancy Permit Related To Fox Commons Development – Public Access To City Hall Drive-Through Window Will Still Be Available On Key Dates

The Common Council met 09/20/2023. One of the items they separated out for an individual vote was the street occupancy permit for perimeter fencing and staging related to the Fox Commons Development in City Center. This fencing was expected to stay up through 12/31/2023 and […]

Municipal Services Committee Meeting 09/11/2023 – Will Vote On Permanent Street Occupancy Permit For Fox Commons Development, Receive August Bird E-Scooter Report

The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 09/11/2023 at 4:30PM. They have one action item on the agenda which is a request from Boldt Company for a street occupancy permit for the Fox Commons City Center Plaza construction site perimeter fence and staging on Oneida Street […]

Finance Committee Approves $66,000 Contract For Specialized Flooring In New Northland Mall Dance Studio Space – Studio Expected To Be Ready By Mid-August

The Finance Committee met 06/26/2023. One of the items they took up was a request to award the dance studio flooring contract to CMG Flooring for a project total not to exceed $75,943 along with a budget amendment to take $100,000 from the City Hall […]

Appleton Redevelopment Authority Meeting 06/14/2023 – Will Vote To Release Historic City Center Development Agreement To Make Way For New Fox Commons Redevelopment Project

The Appleton Redevelopment Authority is meeting 06/14/2023 at 9AM. They will be taking up two action items related to the Fox Commons redevelopment project of City Center. One is to release the historic Development Agreement for City Center and the other is to release the […]

Common Council Votes Unanimously To Approve Fox Commons Development Agreement For City Center Building – Project Would Include Housing For 190 Lawrence Students, 35,000 Square Foot Space For Mosaic Family Health Clinic

The Common Council met 06/07/2023. Probably the item of most interest to the public during that meeting was the request to approve a development agreement to redevelop City Center into a mixed-use facility called Fox Commons. Lawrence University, Mosaic Family Health, and Prevea Health would […]

Common Council Meeting 06/07/2023 – Will Vote On Fox Commons Development Agreement Including $4.4 Million In TIF Payments, Major Aspects Of Project Still Not Known

The Common Council is meeting 06/07/2023 at 7PM. When I posted the agenda on Monday, I said the action items all looked routine and it was hard to guess which would be separated out for an individual vote. I completely overlooked the Fox Commons Development […]