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Shodeen Update
City Council COW (8/11/20) passed all measures furthering the Shodeen apartments 8-6. The 8 aldermen voting yes, in favor of the project: Baerren, Beck, Cerone, Wolff, Chanzit, O’Brien, Russotto, McFadden No votes: Callahan, Uher, Meitzler, Malay, Miller, Knopp You can watch … Continue reading
Shodeen Apartments on Tuesday Agenda
Update here. Tuesday night, 8/11/20, 7pm, the Batavia City Council Committee of the Whole (COW) will be discussing approval of a new Redevelopment Agreement (RDA) and TIF District for the massive 6-story Shodeen apartment complex in the heart of downtown … Continue reading
City Council Putting Cart Before Horse…Again
One North Washington (Shodeen apartments) is on hold. The 13-year TIF extension was voted down by the School Board, killing the extension, effectively killing the project because Shodeen needs 20-year bonds. BUT the project refuses to die. Now the City … Continue reading
City Council Votes to Extend Shodeen TIF
The City Council COW passed the Shodeen TIF extension 9-4 on 3/3/20. They’re sticking with the project. The apartments will be built if all the taxing bodies agree to the extension, if the legislature passes the extension, and Shodeen gets … Continue reading
Shodeen Apartments Back on the Table
Shodeen’s 1 North Washington project has come back, yet again, to the City Council and is on Tuesday night’s COW agenda. Apparently, Shodeen ran into trouble getting a loan for the apartments because the TIF District is set to expire … Continue reading
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Batavia 2020 City Budget Public Hearing
There is a public hearing on the City of Batavia’s 2020 Proposed Budget on Tuesday, 11/12, 7pm, City Council Chambers. Something has happened to the City Council’s secretary, because the minutes from meetings have gone from fantastic to practically useless. Agendas have … Continue reading
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Tagged batavia, budget, city council, public hearing, sewer, taxes, water
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Should Batavia Allow “Pot” Shops?
Short summary of the meeting: Mayor Schielke will veto any ordinance that proposes allowing marijuana dispensaries in Batavia, necessitating 10 aldermen (out of 14) to override him. Most aldermen seem to favor pot shops. A couple of aldermen want to … Continue reading
Tattoos, Logos, Bees, and More
Brief summary of meeting: Council likes unlimited tattoo parlors and bees, logo uncertain On Tuesday night’s Committee of the Whole (COW) Agenda are tattoo parlors, logos, and beekeeping, among other things: https://www.cityofbatavia.net/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08132019-1421?html=true Regarding the logo, the City spent near $50,000 on a … Continue reading
Election Day
Election Day is tomorrow, April 2. For those who haven’t early voted, please get out and vote. Local government elections determine what local services you receive and at what cost— through your property taxes—with the School Board taking over 2/3 … Continue reading
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Tagged alderson, batavia, beck, candidates, city council, dremel, elections, hanrahan, knopp, library, lowe, malay, meitzler, naylor, niekamp, school board, schullo, solfa, woerner, wolff
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Shodeen, the Final Battle
Update: The Council would not postpone the vote and passed all measures unanimously. Final vote was taken at the City Council meeting. Tuesday night, 2/26/19, 7pm, the City Council COW will take up the matter of the soil contamination on … Continue reading
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Tagged batavia, city council, contamination, elections, Shodeen, Washington
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