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Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Newsletter about the Special City Council meeting of November 25, 2014

Hound Notes: The meeting was well attended, but it was attended by the usual suspects. What was presented was polished and sounds like a good start. There was no bravado about the political process involving the bonds. I think that Hickory Inc. does understand that the public overwhelmingly supported what they proposed and now the onus is on them to bring results. 

What is proposed below from this meeting would squarely engage the public and bring forward a process of transparency. Let's hope that we see an oversight committee that will represent all of Hickory and engage all of Hickory. It would definitely be a step forward.

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Discussions relating to the implementation of Hickory NC's $40 million Bond Referendum. You can follow along with the handouts that were given at the meeting.

1) Bond Project Implementation Process
2) Changing Community Perception -MindMixer Software
3) The Citizen Committee - Oversight Committee

The meeting ended with a brief discussion by architect Scott Mitchell about the Parking Deck being built at the Hickory Metro Convention Center. A change order is necessitated due to unfavorable soil conditions.

*** You can download the images and magnify them for better viewing. Double-Clicking the embedded video takes it to full size. The Blue highlighted links below will take you to that correlated point in the meeting.

 Bond Project Implementation Process




Changing Community Perception -MindMixer Software





The Citizen Committee - Oversight Committee







The meeting ended with a brief discussion by architect Scott Mitchell about the Parking Deck being built at the Hickory Metro Convention Center. A change order is necessitated due to unfavorable soil conditions

1 comment:

Harry Hipps said...

I hope the public input is actually a factor in the decisions. They didn't listen on the farmer's market, they didn't listen on the pools. Maybe this time it'll be different.

It would be more reassuring if the supporters of the bonds would file the campaign reports, which are now past due.