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 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.
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.
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The Music Center Validation study available here at HuberResidents.org has not be published by the city and the content raises concerns about the operation and revenue expectation.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…
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.
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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
The download is still of the 2013 proposed budget. Here is a link to the 2014 budget long version
and 2014 budget short version
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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.
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…
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 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…
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 WorksCommittee
Has scheduled a
meeting (on or about 4:30pm) to discuss:
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…
State Route 4 – Speed Limit Increase -- The city is on the way to change the current speed limit in the section near I-70 from 50mph to 60mph
United Water – Not To Exceed Amount
City Water and Sewer Projects - During discussions council mentioned there exists a chart that ranks possible city water projects. This should be available from city staff if you ask for it. If you get a copy
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…
Council voted to authorize the $12 million contract for the Music Center Building Package on Monday. To date there has been no public discussion that shows council members have seen or understand the financial impact to the city. The Music…
I received a call from the Board of Elections yesterday. The correct date for filing petitions to run for Mayor or City Council is Feb 6, 2013. I do not know why the date was moved 15 days earlier than the first date that was put out but I heard it may have been a calculation error by one of their employees (as opposed to the state moving the date).
Update: The council meeting was not useful in understanding the $600,000 loan from the Fire Capital Fund to the Fire Operating Fund. It was also not useful in understanding the accounting change. However, I broke down and made personal inquiries. As always the city staff and the council members were helpful and the one on one information was informative. But what good is it if only one person outside council knows "the reason" while the rest of the community has to guess?
I realized the other day that there have been no committee discussions about possibly raising the income tax. The DDN tells us council was thinking about it. Council would have to vote at a council meeting to do this and it would have to be done prior to Feb 6th if they wanted it to appear on the May ballot. The only regularly scheduled council meeting before Feb 6th is on Jan 28th.
