People are talking about the Melton Hill Lake waterfront and proposed marina redevelopment. As I noted earlier, there’s a public meeting about the marina next Wednesday evening (October 29). For those who haven’t seen it in print, the Oak Ridge Observer put the highlights of the R&R proposal on the web in a convenient format.
There [...]
Posts from ‘October, 2008’
Proposals for marina and lakefront
City announces October 29 public meeting on marina proposal(s)
Here’s a slightly edited version of an announcement from City staff:
THE CITY OF OAK RIDGE STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING ON A MELTON LAKE WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT PLAN. AS PART OF THE STUDY THEY WOULD LIKE TO GATHER PUBLIC INPUT REGARDING THE LAKEFRONT DEVELOPMENT.
AS PART OF THE STUDY, THE OAK RIDGE MUNICIPAL PLANNING COMMISSION WOULD LIKE [...]
Charter commission ballot
While election-watchers are (understandably) focused on the presidential election, the Oak Ridge ballot for November 2008 also includes the election of a 7-member City Charter Commission. It goes without saying that this is of great interest to city officials (both elected officials and city staff), and I’ve discussed the charter commission election with some of [...]
Should Oak Ridge taxpayers commit money to Roane State?
Monday evening, October 6, City Council has a special meeting to decide whether to pledge $500,000 to the expansion of the Roane State Community College branch campus in Oak Ridge.
Details of square footage are a bit confusing, but it seems that Roane State wants to add a new 53,000 square foot building for health occupations [...]
How tall should a house be?
People who read an article in last Monday’s Oak Ridger have been asking me “what’s this about the height of houses?”
Since the article apparently was confusing, I’ll try to provide the whole story here.
The city planning staff presented a comprehensive revision of the city’s zoning ordinance for residential districts. After being passed by the Planning [...]