Posts Tagged ‘The Marina’
ACME – the “attractive nuisance”
Once upon a time the Marina District Plans included the ACME Power Plant -- when the city was seeking funds for clean up in 2003 it was said, "In order to ensure the success of the Marina District, the City must fully remediate the ACME Power Plant to enable end users to restore this historically significant symbol of Toledo's industrial past. [...]
June 28 Toledo City Council
More details on legislation is included in the coverage of June 21 Agenda Review. Eleven members of Council were present when the meeting began, Phil Copeland was absent. At the end of the Council meeting Deputy Mayor Steve Herwat announced the groundbreaking for the Marina District is scheduled for Saturday, July 2 at 11:30 a.m. [...]
Dashing Pacific’s original concepts
In the June 10 Friday Packet, a referral made by Toledo Councilman Adam Martinez concerning the Marina District was responded to by Tom Crothers, deputy mayor of external affairs. Referral: During City Council’s Economic Development Committee meeting held on May 31, 2011, Councilman Martinez made the following request. ""Connecting the [...]
May 31 Council Meeting
All 12 members were present, items voted on today were also covered at the May 24 Agenda Review. Resolution - Support Toledo Civil Rights March for LGBTQ Equality All members present voted passage. There did not appear to be anyone present to receive the resolution, so they did not have the usual photo moment and additional comments. [...]
Sheehan says City said wait 60 days on Marina District proposal
Tom Sheehan is one of the parties who has expressed an interest in purchasing the Marina District from the City of Toledo. The following communication was sent to Councilman Rob Ludeman and other members of Council on May 25: Mr. Ludeman, I send this to you as chair of the Economic Development Committee; I copy your colleagues on Council to [...]
April 19 Toledo City Council
8 members of Council were present when the meeting began. Brown, Craig, Collins, Hicks-Hudson, Ludeman, McNamara, Sarantou, Steel - The Blade reported incorrectly that Council referred the Marina sale legislation back to the administration. They changed the story online, but did not reference the error. It was incorrect for several hours, hence [...]
Memos on Marina District
Shortly after the announcement that the sale of part of the land making up the Marina District was being "reassessed" Councilmen Joe McNamara and Mike Craig sent out a memo to Mayor Michael Bell and members of Council. Today a second memo was sent to Mayor Bell from Councilman D. Michael Collins. Both memos are shared below via scribd. They can [...]
Marina District sale being “reassessed”
Mayor Bell held a press conference earlier this afternoon announcing to the media that he had sent a memorandum to members of Toledo City Council. Text of the memo: Dashing Pacific Group has advised the City that they are reassessing their interest in purchasing the 69 acres in the Marina District. Therefore, I am requesting that Council cancel [...]
Agenda Review April 12 Marina District
The discussion concerning the proposed sale of the Marina District lasted more than an hour at the April 12 Agenda Review. I've transcribed most of what was said during that portion and will put up the other items on the Agenda either later tonight or tomorrow. Given the length of this portion, I thought it best to include it separately. Part [...]
Selling Marina District at a loss?
Let's flash back to November 2009 as reported by Shaun Hegarty of FOX Toledo: So much money has gone into this? When you total up the grants from places like the Clean Ohio Fund, Ohio Department of Development, and Ohio Cultural Facilities Commission, the total is over $18 million. That's according to documents provided by the city of [...]