Division St is back on the table for discussion.  The steering committee will be working with the design team on a more people-friendly future for this important corridor.  There will be a public open house to view potential design alternatives on Wednesday, March 17th in Room B of the Hagerty Center from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m.

Possible 8th St changes will be discussed at the city commission meeting this coming Monday night.  The packet is here http://www.ci.traverse-city.mi.us/agendas/Packet20100308.pdf and a picture of the changes suggested by city engineering is here:  http://www.ci.traverse-city.mi.us/8threndering.pdf (be sure to enlarge on your screen to see the details). The city may also ask Senator Levin’s office to help convince Federal Highway to let us move the curbs back a bit (they’ll be torn out anyway) and narrow the travel lanes.  We have spoken to them and they are very supportive.  A letter has been requested and hopefully that will get discussed Monday night too. 

TCLP has been preparing an Integrated Resource Plan for meeting energy needs of the future in a way that is cost effective, diverse, environmentally progressive, and minimizes risks.  They will be discussing the IRP, and the feedback from their public forums, Tuesday night at 5:15 pm at the governmental center.  A summary of the IRP report is here starting on page 8 of the pdf (it’s a big file): http://www.tclp.org/uploaded_files/PACKET_-_Regular_Meeting_03.09.10.PDF.

Plan for TC is on vacation this week.  We’ll get that post on city finances up when we return on 3.14, and then budget talks continue 3.22.  Have a great week everyone!