Appleton District 6

Greetings District 6 Neighbors, Last week’s Common Council meeting was fairly short. The item that I expected to generate some discussion, the creation of Tax Increment District #14 for the Thrivent property development, was held for a future council meeting. I understand that there is a development agreement in process for part of the property and that city staff wishes for the items to be taken up together. Both the City Plan Commission and the Community Development Committee have cancelled meetings for this week, so I expect that it will be later in the summer that we take up the TID. As expected, Alder Croatt submitted a resolution that the Safety and Licensing Committee “ shall review all options related to the existing truancy ordinance language and the trial period and possibly take action on options presented by Legal Services.” As I noted last week, if the council takes no action, the ordinance will sunset on June 30. We are expecting additional data from AASD now that the sc...

Greetings District 6 Neighbors, Happy last week of school to all the AASD students, faculty and staff and congratulations to all the seniors who received their diplomas over the past couple of weeks. I know the Xavier system other than high school finished up last week.  Don’t forget to check out the Parks and Recreation Department for fun summer activities for kiddos of all ages, from the Playground Program happening all summer at parks throughout the city to summer sports camps, swimming lessons and Friday Fun for the littlest explorers. Find them all here: Appleton Parks and Recreation This is a full council week, and with the cancellation of the Appleton Public Arts Committee meeting, that is the only meeting for the week. We’ll start with the mayor’s recommendation to promote Deputy Director Tom Flick to Director. Tom has served as interim director since Dean Gazza’s retirement. He has been with the city since 2015. Summer is a busy proclamation time, and we have a number for ...