City Council decides to have pressers as they are walking out the door
l3wis Hey Marshall, maybe you should have started this 7.5 years ago?
So what are 4 outgoing councilors going to inform us about?
Good Grief!
February 2024
UPDATE: And how much is this going to cost?
As we get tantalized but what could be, it seems the price tag is missing;
At Kuehn Park, while feedback still appeared to favor an indoor replacement for the pool, there also were many comments “where people wanted to maintain as much open space as possible, and it was way closer to outdoor at Kuehn than at Frank,” he continued. “So when we looked through budget, we felt like we want the ability to do indoor (recreation) at some point in the future, but with this bond, it’s probably realistic Kuehn will be outdoors.”
And how much is that bond . . . ?
Is it enough to cover the approximate $8 million for the Riverline District? Oh, Paul, we know you plan to shove that mortgage into the bond.
UPDATE: WAS TOLD TODAY PTH PLANS TO SHOVE THE PURCHASE OF THE DISTRICT INTO THE 2025 BUDGET.
Recommended outdoor improvement reflect public input and include maintaining an area for sledding, rebuilding popular softball fields and adding pickleball courts, as well as a “Ninja Warrior course for a unique play amenity,” Locke said.
Yeah, that’s the ticket. Why don’t we build the course, and like the fitness park at Rotary we can watch as small children overtake the course as a playground with their unleashed dogs and big dumb cup moms.
I have come to the conclusion we should just make all parks for dogs and kids and ban everyone else. The takeaway is that only adults could use the rec trail. NO DOGS and NO KIDS. Cats in a bike basket ok.
Anytime someone tells you how glorious something is before telling you the price tag cannot be trusted. Still regret buying that Nissan.
UPDATE: Sioux Falls City Council may have to postpone Tuesday’s meeting
UPDATE: The city did put up PDFs of the agenda.
The agenda hasn’t posted since Friday. According to state law;
Notice of meeting of political subdivision–Agenda–Violation as misdemeanor.
Each political subdivision shall provide public notice, with proposed agenda, that is visible, readable, and accessible for at least an entire, continuous twenty-four hours immediately preceding any official meeting, by posting a copy of the notice, visible to the public, at the principal office of the political subdivision holding the meeting. The proposed agenda shall include the date, time, and location of the meeting. The notice shall also be posted on the political subdivision’s website upon dissemination of the notice, if a website exists. For any special or rescheduled meeting, the information in the notice shall be delivered in person, by mail, by email, or by telephone, to members of the local news media who have requested notice. For any special or rescheduled meeting, each political subdivision shall also comply with the public notice provisions of this section for a regular meeting to the extent that circumstances permit. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.
You could look at it two ways, if the agenda is available in hard copy form at the clerk’s office 24 hours in advance technically you are following the spirit of the law, but since the city has an official website, it should be posting there also.
Since the city has cancelled past committee meetings due to not properly noticing the agenda, I have a feeling if the agenda doesn’t post before 6 PM tonight, they may have to postpone the meeting. In the 20 years I have been watching city council, I think I can only recall a handful of times they have had to postpone meetings. I think once was because of severe weather. But after the city spent over $500K for a new website, the agendas should be posting properly.
UPDATE: What’s up with the Red Dot Houses?
UPDATE: I was told today by a property investor that are interested in buying the homes they have found about 15 homes in that area that are marked between Sanford on Grange Avenue and Minnesota. A city councilor recently told this person that there are HUNDREDS of houses owned by Sanford in this neighborhood.
These houses are on a strip between 19th and 20th on Walts Avenue just East of a Sanford parking lot. The red dots have been on the houses for quite awhile (at least a year). They are abandoned, but they do look like they could be moved or rehabbed. My guess is they are abandoned Sanford homes that they are just sitting on until they can be moved or demolished for another parking lot. It is sad with all the affordable housing issues we have in town that 6 rentals that could house up to 20 people or more just sit empty while waiting for the wrecking ball.
While the unoccupied housing fee is meant to put a dent in this, I think some of the biggest offenders are these bigger non-profits hoarding up housing stock and either not renting it out or just letting it go to crap.
Is Mayor TenHaken trying to broker a deal with a Rancher Slumlord from Florida?
I saw this interview last week with the owner of Tzadik in which he bragged about owning a ranch in West River. While this shouldn’t surprise many folks, 1) not sure I would talk about that publicly while your tenants are living in filth and 2) not sure I am buying the West River Rancher story with your Miami swagger. Who are you? Billy Crystal in City Slickers?
The untold story is the Mayor has been supposedly in negotiations with different property investors trying to purchase the portfolio from Tzadik. I guess 2 offers were made and turned down by Tzadik. Not sure what the asking price is, but someone mentioned to me they think it is $80 Million. The current owner says he has 2,000 units in the portfolio so that would be $40,000 a unit.
While I will commend the Mayor for trying to remedy the situation, this is NOT how to do it. The city’s responsibility is to the tenants and their safety, not whether or not Miami Boy gets a return on his investment.
So publicly he is telling folks he is turning code enforcement on them, but behind the scenes he is trying to sell off the problem.
He really doesn’t know how this transparency thing works. Does he?