Thanks again to all those who attended.
Read more: Township Voices at May 20 Green Infrastructure Workshop
Update:
Conspicuously absent were Planning Commissioners Sam Iaquinto, Mark Stanalajczo and Ken Dignan, all members of the "Grow Baby Grow" camp. Although they gave notice that they wouldn't attend, no reason was given to PC Chair Marlene Chockley.
Thanks again to all those who attended.
(Video of Kris Olsson's presentation and the Q&A session is below. Also the downloadable Powerpoint)
Read more: May 20 Green Workshop: A Land Beyond the Lawnmowers
UPDATE: Short video clips of key points in the meeting are now posted on Youtube. From this meeting we clipped four call to the public comments and the entire process of the Survey vote, Agenda item 8. Instead of watching two hours on Livestream, you can watch 24 minutes of video clips.
May 12th Meeting Agenda, Meeting Packet, Manager's Report, Meeting Minutes (when published), and Livestream link.
The asphalt addicts just keep on pushing.
At the May 12th Board of Trustees meeting, our Township Manager will recommend hiring a company to "survey" Northfield Township residents. We already know what he wants: the freedom to turn farmland and rural countryside, your Township and your neighborhood, into cookie-cutter, Canton-like suburbs.
Is this survey important? Yes. If Planning Commissioner Mark Stanalajczo gets his way, this survey will be the only community and public input into the next Master Plan.
Wednesday, May 6th, 2015: Planning Commission
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The highlight of the May 6th P.C. was the revelation, at the very end of the meeting, that Township Manager Howard Fink has again met with Biltmore's David Stollman. Howard didn't bring it up. He hasn't bragged about it in his Manager's reports. We only know about this thanks to the honesty of P.C. Chairperson Chockley. At the Meeting with Stollman and Fink were PC Chair Marlene Chockley, Township Supervisor Marilyn Engstrom, Township Planner Doug Lewan, and Biltmore's civil engineer.