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HOUGHTON The Houghton Planning Commission subcommittee for revising the city’s master plan held its first meeting Tuesday night, appointing its leaders and determining its structure.
The other committee, which will discuss development on the Lakeshore Drive parking deck site and the history of the Veridea Group proposal, will meet 5:30 p.m. March 16.
Bill Leder, vice chair of the Planning Commission, was named as chair. Michelle Jarvie-Eggart was named as vice chair, and Kristine Bradof as secretary.
After its next meeting on March 29, the committee will hold future meetings on the first and third Monday of each month at 1 p.m.
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HOUGHTON The Houghton Planning Commission has set the initial meeting dates for two subcommittees formed at Tuesday’s meeting.
The Parking Deck Committee will meet at 5:30 p.m. March 16. The meeting can be accessed via Zoom at us02web.zoom.us/j/81137765160.
The Master Plan Committee will meet at 5:30 p.m. March 9. The meeting can be accessed at us02web.zoom.us/j/89016957872.
The parking deck group will review the year and a half between setting up the request for qualifications for a development on the Lakeshore Drive parking deck site and the Veridea Group’s withdrawal from negotiations in January, and make recommendations to the City Council for what the next process should look like. The master plan group will update chapters 10 (the downtown) and 13 (zoning and future land use).
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Houghton City Manager Eric Waara talks during a City Planning Commission meeting in 2018. The Planning Commission will tackle two chapters of the master plan in 2021. (Houghton Daily Mining Gazette photo by Garrett Neese)
HOUGHTON The Houghton Planning Commission agreed to what parts of the city’s master plan it will review this year as part of a process that will also lead to recommendations on development in the city’s downtown.
The Planning Commission decided Tuesday it would tackle two chapters in the city’s master plan this year: 10, which covers the downtown, and 13, which discusses zoning ordinances.
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Houghton City Manager Eric Waara talks during the Planning Commission meeting in 2018. The Planning Commission will tackle two chapters of the master plan in 2021.
HOUGHTON The Houghton Planning Commission agreed to what parts of the city’s master plan it will review this year as part of a process that will also lead to recommendations on development in the city’s downtown.
The Planning Commission decided Tuesday it would tackle two chapters in the city’s master plan this year: 10, which covers the downtown, and 13, which discusses zoning ordinances.
In January, the City Council voted to have the planning commission conduct an overview of the year-and-a-half-long process leading up to the Veridea Group’s withdrawal from negotiations over potential development of the big parking deck area on Lakeshore Drive, and make recommendations on a process for the city to follow going forward. At the Planning Commissio