Monday, June 17, 2019

Ann Arbor City Council Preview: June 17, 2019

Gentle reader, tonight is the second #a2counil meeting of June. I hope you are as excited as I am. Here's the agenda. The night starts off with deep 36 item Consent Agenda. Ca-18, CA-19, and CA-20 are road diets for Earhart, Traverwood, and Green Roads, respectively. If I were a betting man, I would bet these get pulled from the consent agenda. Earlier this year. the current council majority voted to require all road lane reductions to come to council for approval.

Other interesting items on tonight's agenda include: DC-2 a Resolution to Approve the City's Constituent Membership in the Washtenaw Regional Resource Management Authority (WRRMA). WRRMA would be a county-wide recycling authority. There are also DS-1 and DS-2, which have to do with sidewalk assessments along Dhu Varren.

Make sure you tune in tonight at 7 to watch CTN's live stream and follow the blow-by-blow action on #a2council hashtag on Twitter.

Friday, June 7, 2019

First Friday and Ypsi Pride tonight

Gentle readers, it is a beautiful late spring day. You should come to Downtown and Depot Town tonight to celebrate Ypsi Pride and the June First Friday. It will be tons of fun and all the cool kids will be there.

Monday, June 3, 2019

Ann Arbor City Council Preview: June 3rd 2019

Ricewood BBQ on opening day, 2016. Photo by Ed Vielmetti.

Gentle readers, are you ready for tonight's episode of #a2council? Take a peep at the agenda here. The evening kicks off with a 24 item consent agenda. Some highlights: a new Greenbelt purchase (CA-3) and Scio Church traffic calming (CA-18).

There are 4 public hearings tonight. PH-1 amends the zoning code to allow temporary outdoor activities at Briarwood. PH-2 is the rezoning of a township island. PH-3 is the long awaited food truck ordinance. It would allow food trucks in all zones except for residential. PH-4 is the site plan for Bristol Ridge, 2750 Pontiac Trail.

There are a couple of other zoning and development related items on the agenda tonight. C-1 would allow front porches within setbacks. C-3 is the site plan for the Brightdawn Development at 2805 Burton. In exchange for a denser zoning, the developer has offered to build 20 units for households at or below 80% of the area median income (AMI) and 20 for households at or below 60% of the AMI for a period of 99 years. Finally there is C-4, which is a PUD for the old DTE Gasworks which was between the Amtrak Station and the Huron River. The site plan (below) includes 4 residential buildings, a holte, and commercial building. It also includes a park with pavilion and amphitheater space as well as a trial along the south side of the river.

Make sure you tune in tonight at 7 to watch CTN's live stream and follow the blow-by-blow action on #a2council hashtag on Twitter.