Urbana Council and Union Gardens

Last week the Union Gardens vote was delayed until the October 15th Urbana City Council meeting. From last Tuesday's News-Gazette:

Urbana council delays vote on Union Gardens development
The city council on Monday rescheduled a vote that would advance the Union Gardens development slated for an area straddling the Champaign-Urbana city line in the northern part of the cities.

At the request of the developer, West Lafayette, Ind.-based Trinitas Ventures, the council is now set to vote on annexation and rezoning ordinances for the 406-unit housing development on Oct. 15.

Because it bisects the city line, Union Gardens must be approved by both cities, with Urbana annexing some land from the county and rezoning its section of the proposed site — about a third of the total plot — for housing development.

Terry Townsend, former vice chairman of the Housing Authority of Champaign County, called for a town hall to be scheduled between now and the Oct. 15 vote to talk about affordable housing. He also called for the council to vote down the proposal.

More at the full article here, including an additional bit of information on passed body camera funding for the Urbana Police Department here. More information on the Union Gardens proposal, including criticisms, are in a previous article here.