There is yet another meeting tonight – again not on the City Calendar. It is on the Home page of the City website: http://www.cityblm.org/index.aspx?page=18&recordid=3777&returnURL=%2findex.aspx
It is about Hamilton Road. Interested parties should attend. This one starts at 5:00 at Prairie Vista. The only meeting on the calendar is Citizens Beautification.
By: Diane Benjamin
This meeting is NOT on the City website under meetings or listed on the City calendar!
Maybe Bloomington-Normal should become four towns instead of two:
- Downtown Bloomington
- The rest of Bloomington
- Uptown Normal
- The rest of Normal
When both cities put all their energy into downtown, there isn’t a connection anymore.
There was another meeting last night that wasn’t so public: http://www.cityblm.org/index.aspx?page=17&recordid=5327
It’s also NOT on the City calendar:
Re: Public Open House
Railroad crossing closures at Roosevelt Ave. and Western Ave.
Dear Resident:
You are invited to attend a Public Open House, scheduled and described as follows:
Time: 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Date: Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Location: Bloomington City Hall Council Chambers
109 E. Olive St, Bloomington, IL
Please return the transparency award Mayor.
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The “non-notice” notice is an insult. The Council, Mayor, City Manager and Community Development Director are using the Comprehensive Plan as a means to promote downtown redevelopment as a priority, to be implemented immediately. Where is the funding going to come from? The Ward 4 council member asked that question regarding street repair. One needs to read the Comprehensive Plan!! The priorities for the City are listed by “tiers.” No, I am not going to look up the page # and provide it to those who don’t bother to read “strategic” documents. Repair of the deteriorated streets and sewers which have been neglected for decades is listed as a Tier 1 priority. The Citizen Summit held just a few years ago stated their #1 priority as street repairs. Does the City administration have anything between their ears to prevent the requests of the entire community from going in one ear and out the other? HELLO…or is it HELL-NO.
The Comprehensive Plan is brought to you by the United Nations through Agenda 21, through the various NGOs supporting organizations such as the McLean County Planning Commmision so it looks like a democratic process representing the will of the people. Deceive to achieve strikes again.