Appleton District 6

  Greetings District 6 Neighbors, What a joy this sunny and relatively warm day is compared to what we’ve endured for the last few. Just a reminder for our next big snow (and there will surely be one before we put this winter behind us) that those of us with a corner lot should make sure to clean off the storm drains. We had a lot of street flooding yesterday due to all that rain and blocked drains. The Department of Public Works had to switch gears from plowing yesterday to address the flooding. We have a reasonably light agenda for Common Council this week, but before that meeting, the Safety and Licensing Committee will meet at 6:30 on Wednesday to make up for last Wednesday’s meeting which was cancelled due to the bad weather. As noted in last week’s update, they have a public hearing for a demerit point violation at Chadwick’s Bar along with the normal license applications. Information items will include updates to the Emergency Operations Plan and the Directors’ Reports. Th

Photo by Appleton Downtown, Inc Greetings District 6 Neighbors,  I hope you got to enjoy some of the sunshine over the weekend. It’s nice to get out and see the sun even if you have to bundle up a bit to do it. It looks like we might be getting some more winter this week, but you can do what I do and tell yourself that it’s officially spring because Major League Baseball pitchers and catchers reported to training camp last week.  As expected, most of the interest in the Common Council meeting last Wednesday was in the “Business Presented by the Mayor”, particularly the update on the Ellen Kort Peace Park/Trout Museum proposal. A large number of people came to the meeting expecting to be able to comment. I checked with the City Attorney right before the meeting started because my understanding of council rules is that there is public comment only on action items – where the council is taking a vote. He confirmed that this is the case, so there was no public comment. Mayor Woodford gave