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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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REFERENDUM ON HOME RULE
WE NEED YOUR HELP! We need 1200 signatures to place a referendum on the ballot to give citizens a choice on whether or not the City of Batavia should remain a HOME RULE community. (The first time we tried, we … Continue reading
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Tagged batavia, city council, home rule, petitions, referendum, Shodeen, taxes
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City to Pay for Soil Contamination?
Mark Foster, writing for the Kane County Chronicle June 27, 2018, “Batavia works on soil cleanup plan to ready for Shodeen project,” writes: The city staff of Batavia is formulating a plan to clean up the One Washington Place downtown … Continue reading
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Tagged batavia, city council, remediation, Shodeen, soil contamination, tif, Washington
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Council Caves to Garbage, not to Citizens
The Council voted 7-7 on the massive Shodeen apartments project at 1 N. Washington, with Mayor Schielke breaking the tie again to approve the project. On another topic, there was very interesting conversation at Council. Also on the agenda had … Continue reading
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Tagged advanced disposal, apartments, batavia, garbage, Shodeen, Washington
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Shodeen Apartments at Council Tonight
Tonight, Monday, 5/21, 7:30pm, the Batavia City Council is set to approve the zoning changes for the massive Shodeen apartment complex proposal. They approved it at the Committee of the Whole last Tuesday, by a vote of 7-6 (1 likely … Continue reading
Shodeen Apartments Tuesday
Update: The COW passed the zoning changes 7-6 (1 previous NO vote absent). However, soil contamination has been found at the site. Lead and “odor of petroleum” were mentioned. The contamination is thought to be expensive to remediate. The City … Continue reading
Shodeen Project at Plan Commission Wednesday
Update: Zoning Overlay amendments approved 5-1. On to the City Council. Design Review approved unanimously, with some changes to allow Staff to determine final parking space configuration and to work on making the Wilson St. ground floor apartment entrances more … Continue reading
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Tagged apartments, batavia, city council, plan commission, Shodeen, Washington
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Revised Shodeen RDA Approved
Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018, the new, revised Redevelopment Agreement between the City of Batavia and Shodeen’s LLC for the massive One Washington Place apartment complex was approved by a vote of 8-7, the City Council voting 7-7, with Mayor Schielke … Continue reading
Shodeen Apartments on Council’s Agenda Tuesday Night
Update: The Batavia City Council/Committee of the Whole voted 7-6 to kill the project, BUT, one alderman, Susan Stark, was missing. She’s a likely YES vote, meaning Mayor Schielke would be the tie-breaker, and he fully supports it. Of course … Continue reading
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Shodeen Project Special Meeting Wednesday
Update: Discussion will continue Tuesday night, 10/17, 7:30pm at the next COW meeting. It appeared several aldermen were swayed by the sales pitch of Shodeen’s Representative, while a few remained unhappy with the loss of commercial space on Wilson and … Continue reading
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