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Intended to control population density and deterioration of Winona’s historic homes, the rental cap mandates that all city blocks contain no more than 30 percent rental properties. It contains a grandfather clause that exempts existing rental properties until the owner decides to stop renting the structure or demolishes it.
Monday night’s proposal would allow property owners to retain their rental license if they rebuild a home on a block that exceeded the 30-percent threshold. But the exception would apply only if the property was deemed “substandard” by city building inspectors.
CITY OF GOODVIEW
MEETING: 5 p.m. today, Goodview City Hall, 4140 Fifth St.
RADIUM FUNDING STILL A QUESTION MARK: With President Bush threatening to veto a bill that contains $3 million for Goodview’s radium plant, city officials are already talking about the possibility of a major water-rate increase.
Meanwhile, total costs for the plant keep on rising.
The city council will hear new estimates today that peg the plant’s cost at $5.3 million n up from an original $4 million estimate.
Goodview had planned to receive $3 million toward that cost from an earmark attached to the federal Water Resources Development Act.
With Bush indicating he’ll likely veto the bill, Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minnesota, has said he would support an override of a Bush veto.
Even if the $3 million earmark pans out, City Administrator Dan Matejka said Goodview would likely need to increase water rates n it’s just a question of how much.
WINONA COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
MEETING: 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, County Government Center, 177 Main St.
FLOOD LOANS STILL ON TABLE: Winona County’s plan to loan money to flooded businesses tops the agenda for the EDA, which will administer the program in tandem with the city of Winona.
Officials unveiled the program on Thursday night to business owners, who gave it a mixed reaction.
Most were pleased that the county is acting fast to distribute state relief dollars. But others expressed concern that they’ll have to repay considerably more than half of their rebuilding costs.
WINONA COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION
MEETING: 7 p.m. Thursday, County Government Center, 177 Main St.
PERMITS APLENTY: Winona County leaders’ newfound consensus on conditional-use permits will be tested by a slate of five applications scheduled for Thursday.
County officials appeared to have reached an accord on the permitting process in July when they approved a permit for a feedlot expansion. Before that, commissioner Dwayne Voegeli had vowed not to vote for any new permits — not just feedlot permits — until enforcement and other issues were addressed.
One of the permits scheduled for Thursday would allow construction of a winery in Whitewater Township. The other four would allow residential use.
