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Might discuss this more in the general thread, but I think the $400 million is for the new public safety center they will be building down on Washington.. The $40 million for the "Lansing Housing Project", I've been told, is being spread out over mu…
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One of the local items I caught in the budget passed last night is $600,000 to improve a trail between MSU and Lake Lansing. I know you've discussed trails before, Hood, but would you perhaps know which one this is off-hand?
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Yeah, I'd love to see the size (length, width) of this ROW; I don't think I've ever seen a map showing it and how it relates to whatever the CSX property line is. That is, unless the CSX runs within part of the East Street ROW. Just kind of curious …
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Hey, on the east side trail which will run from Shiawassee to May along the CSX railroad tracks, I was curious if anyone knew if they had an agreement with CSX or if there is city-owned right-of-way, here? I know the ROW for unimproved East Street u…
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Noticed in a look through some old planning commission meetings from May that a developer is turning the old office buildings in Grand River Park where Main Street turns into Lansing Road into an apartment building and the other will be rented out t…
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Neogen expansion:
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I think for Urbandale, short of stuff on Kalamazoo, it actually really does make sense to just return it to nature. It's just too low-lying and then the freeway turns it into a bowl. That is, at least the township portion; the city did the right thi…
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Yeah, that's what citykid is generally talking about, a kind of TOD overlay on these corridors where there currently is single-family-only districts. Then the debate becomes how much to upzone them. Personally, with everything moving online, there i…
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Yeah, there is no way to do this independent of the state. That leadership has to come from the administration to empower you guys to force the issue. You may want to look into how former councilwoman Jessica Yorko spearheaded dealing with the state…
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Do you have any specific examples of what you're talking about in the city? What do you mean we're not going to get "corridor street design back from the state"? In any case, I'm for ANY residential upzoning, so the TOD approach sounds nice. Though,…
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@citykid, happy to hear everything you said. As for the ADUs, whether we get it or not, I'd like to see public discussion on it. There is just so much that doesn't happen not necessarily because there is any organized opposition to it, but because p…
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It's my hope this year that we take the city council elections kind of seriously, and press candidates on this. But, it's coming up pretty quickly. Primary in two months away. I'd like to get them on the record on issues of zoning and the code. Beca…
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Yeah, it's one of the few big changes they made from the old code, and is meant to accomodate "missing middle" housing to an extent and help out smaller developers. I just wish it was something they'd allow in ALL R-6 (and maybe even R-5) zones, bec…
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Depends on how tall it is. R-MX gives you a bit more clearance. Wasn't sure how tall the structures were and if the picture above was an exact representation. If you can keep it under 35 feet, yeah, R-6B would be the more common choice. Anything tal…
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It'd have to be R-MX (Mixed Residential) or any of the commercial/mixed-use districts. @citykid, yeah, I've always imagined that the FBC didn't go further because you're going to have some really loud NIMBYs, whereas the people who don't mind are…
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It's not a vacant lot. They are going to tear down the existing house.
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Another interseting lot division proposal coming before the planning commission next week. This is for a 154-foot wide lot on Ferrol just east of Pleasant Grove on the southside. Developer wants to split it into three lots one which three single fam…
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I was talking about Kzoo and Cherry, and I hardly think it matters whether it is a few feet closer to the station or not when it's literally a block away. Also, the whole "leave something to be developed later" NEVER happens. Anyway, interested t…
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Seems like a missed opporunity to site the building at the corner; the parking could then just be put along Lenawee; this is a suburban site plan in a literal downtown zoning district. And, I actually think short of a variance the newish form-base c…
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Crazy you posted these. I'd been trying to see if Google Streetview had updated it for a few months, now, and they JUST updated it this month. lol I've been curious about this area, because I'd always thought the 425 Area this is included in was pur…