Click the download icon to the right to get updated city water pressure contour map presented at the Jan 3rd Council Work session. It is 8 mb and takes a long time to render on most computers.
If you are unfamiliar with the discussion of the North Pressure Zone you can read this article. Here are some of the points made:
Water Pressure
After the project is complete the average water pressure in this new pressure zone will be 80 psi [1]. The typica…
The attached document was provided to council in response to the question, "What is City Council allowed to consider when making a zoning decision?".
I've also copied and pasted the content below.
Question:
What is City Council allowed to consider when making a zoning decision?
Answer/Explanation:
Municipalities that have adopted a charter follow procedures in the charter or local ordinances when making zoning decisions. Ohio Case Law invol…
SUMMARY
The Huber Heights Comprehensive Plan is presented in three parts:
Part I: Introduction: introduces the purpose and intent of the plan, the planning process and the
background research and key findings.
Part II: The Vision: presents the vision statement, goals and objectives for the community and a
physical plan including the character action areas, the future land use plan, and the infrastructure
description and recommendations.
Part III: Im…
The attached file is a scan of papers the city provided as the response to my Freedom of Information Act request. In that request I asked for two items:
1. The audit/report done by the Montgomery County TID in 2011 that showed the city would be able to finance the Aquatic Center using TIF funds.
2. The report done by city staff that showed the city would be able to finance the new Music Center using TIF funds.
I've just sat down and spent about…
The city authorized $140,000 in order to do due diligence to determine if the Music Center was an economically feasible endeavor. This report was the result of the last $40,000 spent. Download is in .pdf format
The Music Center Validation study available here at HuberResidents.org has not be published by the city and the content raises concerns about the operation and revenue expectation.
Here are the notes I used when I spoke to council. You can…
This document also available directly from the city's website: Public Works Meeting Agenda 10/17/2012
Introduction
Currently, Huber Heights’ residents living in single family homes, have the opportunity to choose their own waste collection provider. There are several companies who service the city and residents can choose the options and services that best meet their needs. The Huber Heights City Council has requested that City Staff look into the fea…
Update:
The council approved the ordinance on April 8, 2013. Here is a link to the agenda item. You can find the Resolution as an attachment as well as the contract.
Original ________________________________________________________________________________
The city has been looking into contracting with a single trash hauling company to provide residential service for the city. Three companies responded to the Request for Proposal (RFP). This documen…
Tax Increment Financing (TIF) is a substitution for traditional property taxes. This is a map of the TIF Districts in Huber Heights that was provided by the city in early 2012.
Executive Summary:
The Heights retail, hospitality and office development will significantly increase the economic activity in the region and generate millions of dollars of public funds for the City of Huber Heights, Huber Heights Consolidated School District, Montgomery County and the State of Ohio.
This document was revealed on the day the residents first learned about the Heights Development Project
This is the first contract between the city and the developer for "The Heights" development project.
The download is still of the 2013 proposed budget. Here is a link to the 2014 budget long version
and 2014 budget short version
--------------------------
This is a compressed copy of the 2013 Huber Heights Budget as proposed in the Nov 2012 Administration Committee meeting. The first reading of this budget will be done in the 26 Nov 2012 City Council Meeting. Approval of the budget will occur in the Dec 10, 2012 meeting.
If you do not like the for…
Provides the planning document for the Aquatic Center and Park.
In 2010, the City of Huber Heights contracted with the Center for Urban and Public Affairs (CUPA) at Wright State University to conduct a random telephone survey to assess resident perceptions of parks and recreation in Huber Heights, as well as waste collection services and water softening. This summary report will provide an analysis of the data collection which occurred from August-October of 2010.
The city council often quoted this survey to justif…
Activity:
Community:
The agenda's for Jan 8th Public Works & Administration Committee meetings have been posted. Of interest:
All of the Administration Committee that starts at or about 6 pm will be interesting. Of course it is scheduled to start with an Executive Session. Note my long standing contention that most of these land acquisition discussions don't meet the requirement needed for an executive session
The…
I noticed an ad in Huber Heights Courier announcing the Huber Heights School Auction and went to the website JWCAUCTIONS.com :
SCHOOL AUCTION
Location/Directions: Take I-70 to exit 36 (OH-202) and turn south at ramp onto 202 and go approximately 1 ¼ miles to east onto Chambersburg Road and to auction site at Old Wayne High School, 5400 Chambersburg Road, Huber Heights, Ohio 45424. (Plenty of…
Update (21Dec12)- also see comments after the post;
There was a big turnout at Wayne Thursday evening. The Board chose to table the school administration's recommendation on $6.3 million of cuts. The board chose to ask the voters to approve a 9.95 mil propery tax increase. Ms. Gunnell will respond to the State's letter by the Dec 31st deadline. In that response she will tell the state the school…
Tonight Monday Dec 10th 2012 residents learned about a proposed Music Center the city plans on building. Five minutes later council voted to spend $100,000 in order to commission a study that will tell them to commence with a project where they have already settled on the major details. This is a familiar story to the Aquatic center and the original disclosure of "The Heights Project". As…
The school board and administration have been holding meetings trying to figure out what to do about the school budget shortfall. This is another event. It looks like we will find out structure and agenda items when we get there. Below is the meeting notice copied from the City Schools website. Again, it wasn't easy to find and does not appear on the calendar or upcoming events.
Funding Workshop…
Last night, Dec 4th, city council members received a presentation on another exciting project for the city. However, this presentation was done in executive session. As a reminder Ohio's Sunshine law tells us that in order to go into executive session to discuss the purchase of land the council must believe that "premature disclosure of information would give an unfair competitive or…
This week it looks like the Public Works Committee is as interesting as the Administration Committee. Although without the pre-read that is sometimes attached on the city website it is hard to tell what will be discussed.
Public Works Committee
Has scheduled a
meeting (on or about 4:30pm) to discuss:
The Huber Heights City Council meets 26 November 2012. There are about 50 items on the agenda so it will be a full night. Below I identify a few of the items I think most citizens should watch in order to make sure council conducts educational discussions about how decisions are made. I recommend you also look over the rest of the agenda items to see if any of them deal with things that you…
If anyone is interested in becoming Mayor, a member of city council or a school board member of Huber Heights, you must file your application prior to February 6, 2013 (updated filing date). There are 3 council positions and 3 school board positions available. The application process for Mayor and City Council requires you file a nominating petition with at least 50 signatures and addresses of Huber Heights registered voters.
…
The Huber Heights Courier contains an announcement for Handel's Messiah to be performed at St Peter's Church on Dec 6th. For those of you that are leery to attend because it appears to be a St Peter's event, keep in mind, this started as a City project and on Jan 23, 2012 council authorized the Arts and Beautification Commission to spend up to $16,000 to bring the show to St Peter's on the City's…
Wed at Huber Heights City Hall. See the city's website for agenda items. The posting below reflects the agenda as of 6pm Tuesday. Note: On the Agenda is the 2013 City Budget. Also, the YMCA is scheduled to talk about the Aquatic Center's financial report.
| Topics of Discussion: | |
| - JobsOhio 629 Grant Application | |
| - Executive Session - Pending or Imminent Litigation | |
