Council strikes compromise on Planning Commission appeal.
Florence City Councilors worked out an agreement last night that will allow a two-phase planned unit development to proceed. Sue Sweatt is a neighbor to the property, living next to what would be the access for phase two of the Ocean Dunes Planned Unit Development near Munsel Lake Road. Sweatt had appealed that second phase because she felt the Planning Commission hadn’t included enough protections for wetlands and wildlife. Councilors worked hammered out the basic language of an additional condition of approval requiring the developers to get city approval for plans to cross the wetlands before seeking state and federal ok’s. Greg Reznick, one of the partners behind the development agreed to the changes.
215 – “I think that we are comfortable with these conditions. I’m comfortable with the modifications that have been made this evening, so, we’re prepared to accept this condition of approval as a condition to our project in order to move our project forward.”
The appellant… Sweatt… was pleased with the arrangement.
216 – “I can’t tell you how much I appreciate that. I think it’s time and I think it’s a brave step.”
As part of the process, Reznick also waived a state requirement that the city give them a final answer within 120-days of their initial application… that deadline was coming up next week and city staff required extra time to finalize the conditions.
Superintendent Jeff Davis is eagerly awaiting the start of school. Teachers will be back in the classrooms at Siuslaw later this month, with the first day of school set for September eighth. Davis, who stepped into the position last month, is still meeting up with school employees and says that’s one of his priorities. Another priority: making a firm connection between the classroom and the living room…
217 – “To really establish a very strong link between our schools and our families. And one way to do that is to really take a hard look at how we communicate with our parents and how we can make parents full partners in the education of their children.”
One way to do that he says is with a thorough link on the internet…
For years people have been advised to flush unused and over aged prescriptions down the toilet. The thought was to get them out of the medicine chest in order to prevent possible poisoning or abuse. Now, however, it’s been determined that those prescriptions pass through the waste water treatment plants and go directly into rivers and streams. The city of Florence, at the request of Peace Harbor Hospital, has now come up with a pharmaceutical disposal program. They’ll incinerate prescriptions that are dropped off in a special drop box inside the lobby of the Florence Justice Center.
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Northwest League Baseball:
The Eugene Emeralds scored two runs in the bottom of the first inning and never looked back last night, cruising to an 11-1 victory over the Yakima Bears. The win broke a two-game losing streak for Eugene who led 7-1 going into the eighth inning… and added four more runs just for insurance. The final matchup of their five-game series against the Bears is set for tonight at Civic Stadium. The Emeralds have tomorrow off before resuming their home stand with three games against Vancouver.
Track and Field
Former Oregon Duck runner Galen Rupp finished eighth in the men’s 10-thousand meters at the World Track and Field Championships in Berlin. Rupp’s time was his season best at 27-minutes, 37.99 seconds, but still 51-seconds behind the winner Kenenisa Bekele
(KEN-in-NEE-suh buh-KELL-ee).
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment