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The Monona Common Council confirmed the Mayor's appointment of Steven Tinker as the interim Monona municipal judge replacing the late Randy Paul. Mr. Tinker, a 1979 graduate of the University of Wisconsin Law School, has been an assistant attorney general at the Wisconsin DOJ since 1988 and worked in the Dane County and Jefferson County DA offices from 1981-1988. He has also been active in local politics (he mentioned the last 3 sheriffs and several circuit court judicial races).
We also discussed the potential for flooding in the Belle Isle area and the city's preparedness. City Engineer Rich Vela is maintaining close contact with the county. The county controls the flow through the dams. Here's lake level data. As you can see, Lake Monona is 1.2' over the summer maximum. The county also declared a Slow, No Wake Zone for the area from Winnequah Boat Landing south to the opposite shore.
And by the way, folks, resist the urge to drive down to Belle Isle and look at the waters. You just get in the way. If you really want to see it, walk. At last word, it's not critical yet, but it's close. As of last night we had six inches of freeboard left.
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
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I feel for the property owners, but am happy about the safe, and quieter kayaking and canoeing on Squaw Bay.
ReplyDeletePlease let us know if there is need for volunteers to sand bag.
ReplyDeleteI viewed Bill Cole, Monona city attorney's report concerning the Hickory Lane Mobile Home Park from the July 16 city council meeting. Was there any discussion regarding the situation at the park at last week's council meeting? I noticed there was going to be a report from all of the departments, including the police and the city attorney?
ReplyDeleteThe homeowners who have left had no correspondence about the city's actions of possibly requiring the Johns to clean up or the city will (is this a rumor?).
The owners of the park have never notified the homeowners, whose homes are NOT abandoned, that there is any deadlines to vacate the homes from the property. The attorney's report last month said that the "abandoned motor vehicle ordinance" could be used to do this.
These are people's property, not vehicles.
So, residents were given multiple deadlines, a promise of compensation, then the park was closed before any sale, there is still no sale of the park.
Now, this weekend, some, not all, homeowners who still have homes in the park, receive a request from the owners of the park to mail their titles to them, and to sign a permision slip so that the "management" of the park can "remove or dispose" the homes.
So the residents of the park are still not openly communicated with by the city, or anyone.
Can you please say if there was any discussion of Hickory Lane MHP at the August council meeting?
There was no report or discussion at the August meeting.
ReplyDeleteMy assumption is that the development plan fell victim to the soft housing market.
I've said it before that the Johns panicked when they gave the order to vacate to the tenants. They should have waited to see what happened, but they pulled the plug before a deal was in place and now there's no deal.
I am looking into some of your other questions.
Thank you for the response about Hickory Lane not being discussed at the August council meeting.
ReplyDeleteAn interesting point is that the permission slip to the owners of the park includes a statement that "Charges will be deducted from the relocation fee offered by the Metcalfe company if they purchase the property." Yes, that was an "if". There is no other motivation for the homeowners to sign this permission slip. It worries me that "if" the developer does not purchase the park that the current owner of the park could charge the homeowners in the end for the removal of their homes. That would be a complete insult to injury after losing the total investment of their homes, and then to be charged for it in the end.
Thank you for looking into the other questions.