The Appleton Redevelopment Authority met 12/11/2024 and voted on a request to extend the purchase date deadline for the lot just north of the downtown Valley Transit Center from 12/31/2024 to 06/30/2025. The vacant lot at 222 N Oneida Street former housed the Menn Law […]
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Appleton Redevelopment Authority Meeting 12/11/2024 – Will Vote On Extension To Purchase Deadline For Valley Transit To Purchase Former Menn Law Firm Property
The Appleton Redevelopment Authority is meeting 12/11/2/2024 at 8AM. They have one action item on the agenda which is a request to approve an extension to the purchase date of the lot direct north of Valley Transit. This is the lot that formerly housed the […]
Transit Commission Approves Valley Transit Request To Purchase And Implement New Fare Collection System – First Year Cost For Implementation And Software Management Expected To Cost $153,305
The Fox Cities Transit Commission met 11/12/2024. The one action item on their agenda was to vote on a request to approve the installation of the WisGo Fare Collection System on its buses. Valley Transit’s old fare collection system is obsolete and needs to be […]
Transit Commission Meeting 11/12/2024 – Will Vote On $154,000 Purchase Of New Fare Collection System To Replace Obsolete Existing System
The Transit Commission is meeting 11/12/2024 at 2:30PM. They have one action item which is a request to award a contract for a fare collection system to WisGO. Valley Transit’s old fare collection system is obsolete and needs to be replaced. This new system would […]
Common Council Fails To Pass Municipal Code Update That Would Ban Smoking Around Public Library – Library Director States Proposed Ban “Is Not A Veiled Attempt To Target Specific Individuals.”
The Common Council met 10/16/2024. One of the items they took up was the proposed update to the Municipal Code that would expand the smoking ban currently in place around Valley Transit Center to encompass the block around the library as well under the reasoning […]
Board Of Health Votes Unanimously To Ban Smoking In City Blocks Where Library And Transit Center Are Located
The Board of Health met 10/09/2024. They had one action item on their agenda which was a proposed update to the city’s Municipal Code which would ban smoking in the blocks on which the library and the Transit Center are located. Currently, smoking is already […]
Transit Commission Receives Updates On Ridership Numbers And Staffing, Discusses Impact Of Service Hour Modifications And Logistics Of Using VT Connector Service
The Fox Cities Transit Commission met 09/24/2024. During that meeting they received the August Ridership Report, a staffing update, and an update on Valley Transit’s modifications to evening and Saturday service. I put all three of these reports together because they are all related. August’s […]
Common Council Approves Acceptance Of Federal Dollars For Valley Transit Projects, Alcohol License Premise Amendment For PAC Event, Amended Street Occupancy Permit For Fox Commons Development
The Common Council met 08/21/2024. In addition to the Corner Pub alcohol license and the re-obligation of ARPA dollars toward the cost of an update to the city’s Strategic Plan, the Council took up 4 additional items, all of which were approved and none of […]
Transit Commission Meeting 07/23/2024 – Will Receive 2023 Audit Presentation, Vote To Accept $37 Million In Grant Awards
The Fox Cities Transit Commission is meeting 07/23/2024 at 2:50PM. They have three action items on the agenda. One is the routine request to approve monthly payments. The other two are requests to authorize the acceptance of grant funds for the Whitman Facility remodel project […]
Transit Commission Approves Reduction To Fix Route Bus Schedule Hours And Move To Demand Response Connector Service – Move Characterized As A “Transition” Not “Cutting”
The Fox Cities Transit Commission met 06/11/2024. The item that took up most of the meeting’s time was the request to approve the request to reduce evening and Saturday hours for fixed route buses and replace that service with the Valley Transit Connector service to […]