Downtown drama continues... I decided that since nothing fundamentally changed with the Scrima/Henshel manipulated/ imbalanced BID, there was no reason for me to go to City Hall... P.S. The motion to rescind should be a no go according to Mr. Running.
Under
Robert's Rules, a motion to rescind (which this is, because it's a
motion to overturn previous action that is not made at the same meeting)
requires a two-thirds vote if notice of the motion is not given
at the previous meeting - which it was not. The answer is yes, this
motion required a two-thirds vote to carry, so the motion failed.
Someone please save WFFNL in a positive way! (Note a key sentence from Roger...)
"Those events are what's keeping some businesses afloat."
I THINK THAT IS A PROBLEM!!!
Sarah's new entry...
Follow up on Chef with Many Names... Fool me one...
I need a couple of those slings...
It's love...
Home for sale... Or you can buy this...
How about $1250 a month rent...
Not good...
Concealed carry...
Some pretty neat stuff...
Lazy...
What is the problem???
FAIL...
From Freeman
Can Waukesha’s BID be saved?
Officials advocate compromise to salvage state’s oldest BID
Officials advocate compromise to salvage state’s oldest BID
By Sarah Pryor
Freeman Staff
WAUKESHA – Dissent has been the name of the game in downtown Waukesha for the past six months, but at Wednesday night’s public hearing before the Plan Commission, several officials and property owners asked for compromise to salvage the Business Improvement District. “If the people who signed the petition (to dissolve the BID) just want the BID to go away, then nothing should happen, but if they want to have a BID, I encourage them to ... have the board chairman reconstitute the board and have a meeting of the minds,” said City Administrator Ed Henschel, who is also a member of the BID Board.
Property owners representing $31 million of the district’s $52 million in assessed value signed a petition asking to dissolve the BID after the new BID Board changed it to essentially a grantor organization that would provide financial support to organizations that put on events and otherwise improve downtown.
“The BID is not a funding source,” Berg Management General Manager Catherine Huelsman said at Wednesday’s hearing. “At some point, the people appointed to the board have to represent the people who pay the tax.”
Dan Italiano, owner of Magellan’s on Main Street, said the BID’s work will be irreplaceable and that people who signed the petition should consider all the empty storefronts that will remain unfilled without an organization courting businesses to fill them.
“I never thought I’d be asking for more taxes ... but I’m doing it this time,” Italiano said. “Once this is done, we’ll be doing ourselves a great disservice. This is something that helps us all.”
Community Development Director Steve Crandell said BIDs were made possible by legislation in the 1980s, when downtowns across the state began to decline as national retailers pulled up stakes and moved to the trendier strip malls on the outskirts of town.
Waukesha’s BID was founded in 1985 and is the oldest operating BID in the state, Crandell said.
Now that the public hearing has taken place, property owners have 30 days to add or remove their names from the petition. If property owners representing 50 percent or more of the district’s assessed value still remain on the petition after 30 days, the BID will be dissolved.
Downtown Alderman Roger Patton became extremely emotional when addressing the commission, stating that he hopes the two factions of downtown can sit down together and make a plan for the BID’s future.
“I don’t want to give up on it,” he said.
POLICE BLOTTER
Waukesha Police Department
TUESDAY 11:58 a.m. – A caller in the 2100 block of Laura Lane reported being harassed by an “independent locator” or creditor, who was using profanity and threatening to call her “all day every day.”
1:35 p.m. – A county snowplow collided with a vehicle at East Avenue and Highway 164. No one was injured, but a baby was inside the vehicle.
2:14 p.m. – Two female students in the 2000 block of Wolf Road got text messages from a 22-year-old man, one of which contained a picture of his genitals.
2:43 p.m. – A woman in the 100 block of Corrina Boulevard got two phone calls from a New York area code, and the person on the other line asked if she wanted to take a baby. Police called the number back, and found out it was connected to a baby merchandise website that has multiple complaints online about being a possible scam.
3:11 p.m. – A man in the 100 block of Carroll Street wanted to file an official complaint against his neighbor for plowing snow onto his driveway. Police determined that the actions didn’t appear to be intentional and that they don’t constitute a crime.
3:32 p.m. – One person was arrested after a caller reported that a man rear-ended her at Broadway and Clinton streets before running out of his vehicle and going into a nearby building. He then came back and grabbed and chased the caller because she called police.
3:49 p.m. – A caller became upset after a man walked up to her 84-year-old brother and asked him for $40 while he was parked at North West Avenue and Main Street.The brother gave the man $10, and the caller said the whole situation scared her.
4 p.m. – A group of teenagers reportedly threw gallons of milk inside a store in the 2400 block of Kossow Road Monday. Store employees have photos but no suspects.
7:12 p.m. – A caller reported that every time her 11- and 17year-old daughters walk past a residence in the 800 block of Oakland Avenue, a man asks them to come inside or if they want a ride. Police talked to the girls, who said that one morning the man asked if they needed a ride because it was heavily snowing, and on another occasion he told them they could comeinside if they were cold.They said at no time did he say anything sexual to them.The man was cooperative with police, and said he didn’t recall talking to any kids walking by his house.
8:58 p.m. – A caller in the 300 block of Jackson Court reported that someone drove past slowly, rolled down the window and stared at the caller, and then yelled about “two ounces of white stuff.” The caller believed the person might be selling drugs. No report was filed.
Delafield Police Department
FEB. 25 3:48 p.m. – The Police Department asked Waukesha County dispatchers to notify the Department of Transportation about a malfunctioning green signal on the inside lane of northbound Highway 83 at the westbound Interstate 94 off-ramp.
Waukesha Police Department
TUESDAY 11:58 a.m. – A caller in the 2100 block of Laura Lane reported being harassed by an “independent locator” or creditor, who was using profanity and threatening to call her “all day every day.”
1:35 p.m. – A county snowplow collided with a vehicle at East Avenue and Highway 164. No one was injured, but a baby was inside the vehicle.
2:14 p.m. – Two female students in the 2000 block of Wolf Road got text messages from a 22-year-old man, one of which contained a picture of his genitals.
2:43 p.m. – A woman in the 100 block of Corrina Boulevard got two phone calls from a New York area code, and the person on the other line asked if she wanted to take a baby. Police called the number back, and found out it was connected to a baby merchandise website that has multiple complaints online about being a possible scam.
3:11 p.m. – A man in the 100 block of Carroll Street wanted to file an official complaint against his neighbor for plowing snow onto his driveway. Police determined that the actions didn’t appear to be intentional and that they don’t constitute a crime.
3:32 p.m. – One person was arrested after a caller reported that a man rear-ended her at Broadway and Clinton streets before running out of his vehicle and going into a nearby building. He then came back and grabbed and chased the caller because she called police.
3:49 p.m. – A caller became upset after a man walked up to her 84-year-old brother and asked him for $40 while he was parked at North West Avenue and Main Street.The brother gave the man $10, and the caller said the whole situation scared her.
4 p.m. – A group of teenagers reportedly threw gallons of milk inside a store in the 2400 block of Kossow Road Monday. Store employees have photos but no suspects.
7:12 p.m. – A caller reported that every time her 11- and 17year-old daughters walk past a residence in the 800 block of Oakland Avenue, a man asks them to come inside or if they want a ride. Police talked to the girls, who said that one morning the man asked if they needed a ride because it was heavily snowing, and on another occasion he told them they could comeinside if they were cold.They said at no time did he say anything sexual to them.The man was cooperative with police, and said he didn’t recall talking to any kids walking by his house.
8:58 p.m. – A caller in the 300 block of Jackson Court reported that someone drove past slowly, rolled down the window and stared at the caller, and then yelled about “two ounces of white stuff.” The caller believed the person might be selling drugs. No report was filed.
Delafield Police Department
FEB. 25 3:48 p.m. – The Police Department asked Waukesha County dispatchers to notify the Department of Transportation about a malfunctioning green signal on the inside lane of northbound Highway 83 at the westbound Interstate 94 off-ramp.
FEB. 27 8:18 p.m. – Police received a report of a car legally parked at Applebee’s, 3100 Golf Road, that had been struck by an unknown vehicle.Tire tracks and the height of the damage on the parked car suggested it had been struck by a large truck.
9:15 p.m. – Police received a report of a drunken pedestrian walking home from a tavern on Wells Street.The pedestrian was reportedly lying in the road “somewhere north of downtown.” Officers did not locate the pedestrian.
9:15 p.m. – Police received a report of a drunken pedestrian walking home from a tavern on Wells Street.The pedestrian was reportedly lying in the road “somewhere north of downtown.” Officers did not locate the pedestrian.
FEB. 28 4:41 p.m. – Officers responded to a 911 hang-up from a residence. The homeowner said she had given her son an deactivated cellphone to play with. She hadn’t known, she said, that 911 was still active on the phone.
MARCH 1 7:38 p.m. – An officer on patrol saw a Golden Retriever in traffic on Carriage Hills Drive and Old Lantern Road.The dog chased the officer’s squad car up the street and finally returned to a home in the 2100 block of Coachman Court.The homeowner said she had an invisible fence system, which had apparently failed.
TUESDAY 1:32 a.m. – Police stopped a male motorist driving through a red light on the eastbound I-94 offramp to Highway 83.The man was given a warning.
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