Judge Transfers Transit Center Title to Troy

Photo via Local 4 News

Last Friday (8/15/14), I posted the information below from Troy City Councilmember Dave Henderson on Twitter and on our Facebook page. In summary, here's what Councilman Henderson said, "The judge gave the title to the transit center to the city of Troy this morning, and ordered Troy to pay $1,050,000 (the appraised value) in our condemnation case."

#TroyMI @CityTroyMI #transitcenter condemnation case resolved - https://t.co/Yq9eWYVOiX
— Dave Lambert (@DLambertsOnline) August 15, 2014

Click any of the links below for local news coverage on the judge's decision below.

The Detroit News

Detroit Free Press

The Oakland Press

Troy Times

Crain's Detroit Business

According to Free Press reporter Marlon A. Walker, there may be other legal issues to resolve. "In addition to compensation for the land, Grand/Sakwa Properties has sought money to cover the shopping center’s anticipated costs of wear by transit riders on the access drives through the center’s property, use of its parking spaces by travelers and the added need for security."

This is good news and I hope a judge will quickly dismiss the rest of Grand/Sakwa's claims. After all, when the original consent order was entered into, Grand/Sakwa did not raise concerns about anticipated costs of wear by transit riders, added need for security, and/or use of its parking spaces.

Troy Zoning Board of Appeals - July 2014 Meeting Recap

City staff has posted the video recording of the 7/15/14 Troy Zoning Board of Appeals meeting to YouTube. At the bottom of this post is the video. (As you'll quickly notice, I was not in attendance at this meeting.)

Click here to download the entire Agenda Packet from the July 15th meeting.

An Officer and a Gentleman

Sorry, but I'm a little late on this post. I meant to say an officer and a thespian.

As I've mentioned on here previously, our son has been involved in three musicals during his time at Troy Athens High School. To recognize his involvement, Alex was inducted on 6/2/14 into the International Thespian Society. More specifically, Athens' Troupe 3729. To tell you the truth, before Alex got involved in theater at Athens, I never knew such an organization existed. Congratulations to Alex and the other inductees!

Well, that's the thespian reference in this blog post. Now for the officer part. On that same June evening, Alex was selected to serve as treasurer of the Athens Theatre Company! Click here to view the list of the incoming officers.

Congratulations to Alex and the other 2014-15 Officers!

I'm glad Alex has decided to be involved in extracurricular activities at Athens. I was never that involved and now look back with regret on missing out on those other aspects of high school life. Academics are very important but so are the other activities (music, sports, etc) that are available for students.