To: Village Council, Web
Page, Press and Staff
From: Ryan Cotton, Village Manager
Date: November 11, 2004
Re: Council Information Letter
No Work Session
Needed Monday: No agenda items; just
enjoy a leisurely dinner and come at 7:30 PM.
Planning
Commission Vacancy: Roger
VanderMeulen submitted his resignation this week since he spends four months a
year in Florida. You might want to
thank Roger and spread the word for his replacement.
Historic
Commission Vacancy: This vacancy
remains. The Historic Commission is
recruiting.
CBDDA Is Ok with
Vacancy: We have nine
members now and can have up to ten.
They are fine with this for the time being unless someone from the East
End wants to get on board.
CBDDA’s Highest
Priorities: They are
debating their next priorities now that the Design Manual is
completed. They are debating their next
highest priority. It is between the
“Exchange Street Typical project;” Extending the Downtown Core; Working on a
Connection between Liberty Street and School Street; and a Retrofit Incentive
Program for Downtown Structures.
Holiday
Trolley: Harbor Transit
is kicking this new service off this year starting on December 4th. They will pickup and deliver folks from the
bus shelter behind Rite Aid. The hours
will be 5 PM to 9 PM Monday through Friday and Saturday and Sunday from 11 PM
until late afternoon when the stores close.
Downtown Spring Lake merchants could promote their activities,
merchandise or displays and get a little return traffic perhaps. I will be getting the word out.
Next CBDDA
Meeting: The next meeting
is scheduled for January 13, 2004.
Clarification on
East Village Project Plans: It has been
variously mentioned that this development would be leased, or condoized and/or
other variations. I sought
clarification and the answer provided is the same as I last received so I am
not sure where the other information is coming from.
The plan is for
Redstone Commercial to facilitate the purchase of the ACE Hardware site. They will then own their piece. Redstone
will own the rest of it except for the eventual restaurant on the west side and
BOLD furniture that will re-locate to within the structure.
Leaf
Pick-Up: The weather was
perfect. We appreciate the great
picture in the Grand Haven Tribune.
Doug and the crew work hard at it and do a very nice job. They worked until 7:30 PM on Monday due to
concerns about weather later in the week.
The system is a little slow. The
bottlenecks are the packer and the claw.
John and I are going to see Grand Haven’s system on Monday.
Heritage
Festival Needs Volunteers a Great Deal:
They are looking for more help/guidance based on an Open House
planned for Tuesday, November 16th in Barber School.
Salvation Army
Needs Bell Ringers for Orchard Market:
I volunteered for December 11th. It is a fun activity if anyone wants to help out. Ina Kaufman is the contact.
The Village
staff is considering adopting this as a community project on top of the family
that is “adopted” to receive gifts. I
will be giving two hours off to interested employees if we do so.
Northwest Ottawa
Leadership Meeting: This meeting
occurred on Wednesday and was organized by the County Administrator. About 15 people came and heard about the
county’s finances, their strategic planning efforts, the parkland purchase
programs, the County’s recycling centers and their wireless program. I distributed copies of the Downtown
Master Plan pertaining to a local bridge crossing.
***Upcoming Meetings***
Next Leaf Collection: Monday, November 22nd.
Veterans Day Dinner: Thursday, November 11th at the American Legion in
Grand Haven. See me if interested in
going.
Heritage Festival Craft
Show: Saturday, November 13th at the
Intermediate School.
Heritage Festival Pep Rally: Tuesday, November 16th at 6:30 PM at Barber School.
Historic Conservation
District Commission: Tuesday, November 16th
at 7:00 PM in the upstairs Conference Room at Village Hall.
New Resident Welcome: Thursday, November 18th at 7:00 PM in Village Hall.
Habitat for Humanity Open
House: 619 River Street, November 20th
at 2:00 PM.
Thanksgiving Potluck: Tuesday, November 23rd at 12 Noon at Barber School.
Christmas Dinner: Friday, December 10, 2004 at Barber School at 6:30 PM.
That is all for the
week. Call with questions: 842-1393, 844-2581 or 616-638-8910 or ryancotton@hotmail.com or
ryan@springlakevillage.org.
Ryan
Cotton, Village Manager