UPDATE II: City of Sioux Falls gets hit with Federal Civil Rights Case, and other fun stuff!
l3wis UPDATE: Here is a copy of the filing. Interesting stuff;
UPDATE II: I recommend that you read paragraphs 23-25 and 40-70. This is most of the COMPLAINT. The accusations made by the plaintiff must be proven if it goes to trial. I have a feeling the lawyers will hash this out before it goes to court. The plaintiff is asking for $1.5 million dollars, which I thought was low considering the accusations and lost business.
Upon information and belief, Mayor TenHaken sought retaliation against Sundance for seeking termination of the Restatement Agreement because accessible housing was a key tenet of TenHaken’s “2026 Housing Action Plan,” which was central to TenHaken’s 2022 reelection campaign. Originally pitched in 2019 as a $1 million fund that would help neighborhoods become or remain affordable, the City had yet to get money into the fund as of May 2021, with TenHaken saying the plan had missed its mark.
Well, it was only a matter of time before something like this happened;
I am awaiting more details (like the actual filing itself) but as I understand it from a source it involves the city withholding building occupancy permits for affordable housing units. Like I said, there are more moving parts.
VETERAN’S COMMUNITY GETS GRANT FROM LOWE’S
In a strange gifting agreement, Lowe’s charity wing of the company has gifted the tiny home community $300K, which is great, but what about some other worthy housing charities in town? Also, what happened to the agreement with the city? A councilor told me last week that since we were above and beyond our original agreement they have to rework the contract. We will see.
They released their 2023 IMPACT REPORT.
SOUTH DAKOTA ATTORNEY GENERAL CALLS FOR ASSISTANCE FROM SIOUX FALLS POLICE IN NEW JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT
Would have been nice to get a formal presentation on this (Item #38) which appears to be the SFPD bailing out DCI when they need to crack some drug dealing heads together. So is the state reimbursing the taxpayers of Sioux Falls for our assistance outside of city limits? And how does that even work? Of course the devil is likely in the details, read full document here.
CAULK JOB ON DENTY IS GOING TO BE F’ING SPENDY!
The line item above in the consent agenda is only for consulting and administrative costs. If you ballpark a normal 10% fee that would tell me the city is getting ready to buy about $500K in caulk to fix that POS tin can when their really needs to be an entire replacement. I wonder what the engineers will find? Is there enough caulk (lipstick) to make the Denty stop crying black chemical tears?
Speaking of that old rich fart, I see he surprised everyone last week with a gift to the Zoo of $25 million. As if it was going to be anyone else?! With a gift like that you would think they are building him some kind of permanent memorial . . . I know, I almost went there 🙂
