School Board Votes to Pay Consultants for Dog Track Rezoning Prep Work
The Hudson School District will pay Stantec Consulting to aid in its quest to persuade the City of Hudson to rezone the St. Croix Meadows dog track property for use as a secondary school site. The property seller will pay half the consulting costs.
At its monthly meeting Tuesday, June 12, at River Crest Elementary School, the Hudson School District Board of Education voted to pay for consulting services in the effort to persuade the City of Hudson to rezone the St. Croix Meadows dog track property for use as a school.
The vote was 5-1 with Sandy Gehrke dissenting. Brian Bell was absent.
A scope-of-work document from Stantec Consulting of St. Paul includes $10,000-$11,800 for market research and $5,000-$5,600 for public meeting preparation. Ad hoc requests for services will be billed at various rates from $91 to $225 per hour depending on the personnel required. Costs up to $25,000 will be split evenly between the district and the property seller, Croixland Properties.
The property purchase passed a districtwide referendum on April 3 with wide support, but the deal is contingent on rezoning the land from commercial use to public use. The district has formally requested the city rezone the property, but was met with skepticism from the city's Plan Commission and citizens at a public hearing.
At a special school board meeting late last month, the district extended through the end of December its June 15 deadline for closing on the property.
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River Crest Elementary School
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Voice of Reason
6:31 am on Wednesday, June 13, 2012
When a citizen speaks to the school board during a board meeting they should have the common courtesy to stay and listen to the board members and administrators response. Just saying ....
Mary Harris
7:39 am on Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Who is the "they" that should have "common courtesy?" Are you speaking of the board members and administrators? I checked the Constitution and there is no mention of "common courtesy."
Micheal Foley
12:58 pm on Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Voice of Reason is referring to the citizens who speak, not the administrators and board members. At least one citizen who spoke at last night's meeting got immediately left after speaking, without bothering to listen to the board members' responses.
Jim Bob
3:27 pm on Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Since the story doesn't mention the incident, it helps to clarify what the comment was about. Since it was a public meeting, who was the citizen who spoke and left immediately? What was this person's concern?
Kato
3:28 pm on Wednesday, June 13, 2012
maybe because it's the same stock answers that get used for any challenging question, I know I have that problem with management where I work... just saying
Jim Bob
7:47 am on Thursday, June 14, 2012
Kato, don't you think pretty much EVERYBODY has some problems with management where they work? It doesn't sound like the person who left the meeting had challenging questions. If he had questions, he might have stuck around to hear some answers. Perhaps he presented his world view on the issue and left. He left because how could anybody dare question his world view.
There are people who think they know it all.
Micheal Foley
7:52 am on Thursday, June 14, 2012
Remember folks. No personal attacks. Let's stick to the issues here.
Jim Bob
3:38 pm on Thursday, June 14, 2012
Mike:
Are there any personal attacks in my comments? Since Voice of Reason started the comments, I am following along on that string. I would say that VOR's starting commenting doesn't really fit with the story. It's a sidebar that might be related. However, we don't know the person of whom VOR speaks and nobody seems to want to bring that public information into the discussion.
If I have made a personal attack, I sure would like to know so I can avoid it in the future. Perhaps, when you put out the personal attack remind, you could name the specific violators. That way, those playing by the rules and trying to have an adult discussion know whether or not they are doing the correct thing. I'm just saying...
Micheal Foley
3:39 pm on Thursday, June 14, 2012
Thanks for the suggestions, Sue.