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HOUGHTON The Houghton City Council discussed an ethical issue Wednesday regarding a proposal Councilor Virginia Cole had selectively circulated to two other council members that prompted a call during public comment for Cole to resign.
The discussion centered on actions by Cole that came up during the Jan. 13 meeting, a week after the council learned of the Veridea Group’s withdrawal from negotiations for development of the big parking deck property on Lakeshore Drive. The Council voted to have the Planning Commission make recommendations on a course forward for development of the downtown and the big parking deck area. The vote was 6-1, with Cole casting the sole dissenting vote.
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HOUGHTON After funding delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the project to build a new pier in downtown Houghton is back on.
Wednesday, the Houghton City Council committed a $951,600, 25% match for the project, which involves building a pier and improving parking between the Portage Lake Lift Bridge and Michigan Technological University’s Lakeshore Center. The rest of the $3.732 million cost comes from the Michigan Economic Development Corp. The MEDC had given the city a letter of interest in 2019, and the city had been ready to bid out the project the following March.
COVID intervened. The state then redirected the pier funding toward COVID relief. MEDC asked Houghton in November to update its proposal.