At the end of Blue Ash City Council meeting on 1/11/18 there was an interesting public comment by El Neyer. They offered a deal sweetener for their Mixed Use / Apartments project. A verbal monetary offer of a million dollars was made with a cap on the number of apartments. At the January 25th meeting city Council approved the final development in a 5-2 vote. The monetary offer was essentially a legal promise to give the city a million dollars if a Corporate client was not found in two years. Large corporate clients with hundredds of employees paying earnings taxes were part of the original proposal. This important section of the developement plan was put on hold due to business climate concerns and very likely the extra cost due to a clause in the City of Cincinnati sales contract that inhibits coprorate clients.
Use the next link for details on the original proposal.
Below is an Audio recording of the January 25th, Note there is a slider control to advance or go back,
Audio timing notes: The citizens comments starts right after taking attendance and goes on to minute 27, then City Council deliberations goes to the end of the meeting
Note after hitting the white PLAY button above, you can use a slider at the top of the black bar to go to a particular Time index in the recording.
The following legialation was passed and can be found on Blue Web site at this [ LINK ]
- RESOLUTION 2018-1 AGREEMENT WITH SUMMIT VIEW DEVELOPMENT
- RESOLUTION 2018-1 AGREEMENT WITH SUMMIT VIEW DEVELOPMENT
- RESOLUTION 2017-83 AMENDED SENIOR LIVING FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN AT SUMMIT PARK
- RESOLUTION 2017-82 AMENDED FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN DISTRICT AT SUMMIT PARK
- RESOLUTION 2017-81 PRELIM SUBDIVISION PLAN FOR NEIGHBORHOODS AT SP
Earlier Audio comments from Blue Ash Citizens can be heard on the 1-11 meeting article ( Link )
