Informational Meeting • 4 PM

Presentations on Curbside pickup and Sioux Steel TIF;

Not sure what the garbage presentation is about, but it looks like the garbage haulers are not happy about the changes. You know, if you would have just gave discounts it may not have changed back. But guess what, sometimes being greedy sucks. I don’t have a problem with putting the can at the end of the driveway on pickup day, but why not just offer a discount to customers who do it? Oh, that’s right, that greed thing again.

There is also an update on the TIF for Sioux Steel. As I understand it the original TIF will be rescinded and after changes to the project (not sure what they will be) the TIF will be re-instated. I think the council should send a message and rescind the original TIF and not give them one. We don’t need more office space or hotels downtown, we need affordable housing. If the developer was willing to turn the project into a work force housing development, I think the TIF would be fine.

Regular Meeting • 6 PM

Item #7, Approval of Contracts, Sub Item #10;

Software Platform, Mass Transit On-Demand Pilot Project; amendment to introduce a second “Pilot Program” of “SAM on Demand” This pilot project will test to see if on-demand service will improve ridership, Pantonium, Inc. $36K. (I’m wondering if the public is going to get an update about how they continue to milk this bad idea).

Sub Item #11, Convention Center Improvements – Convention Center Vestibule Door Replacement; Sunkota Construction, Inc., $449K (While the mayor bragged about giving a whopping $1 Million in rental assistance last year, he failed to tell folks he plans to spend almost a Half-Million on a door. To be fair, it’s probably a couple of doors. Wouldn’t spending that money on actually marketing Sioux Falls for conventions be better spent)?

Sub Item #12, Greenway and Trail Improvements – Downtown River Greenway Improvements – Phase 3; Agreement for final design, Confluence, $797K (so it costs less to build a door than it does to design a sidewalk. Hmmm).

3 Thoughts on “Sioux Falls City Council Agenda, May 11, 2021 & the $449K Convention Center Door

  1. Mike Lee Zitterich on May 10, 2021 at 11:29 am said:

    Garbage Haulers – whether or not this is about passing an ordinance to mandate upon the residents to place their garbage cans at the street/end of driveway, this all can be done very easily without an ordinance – why not the Garbage Haulers send out memos to all their customers attached to the next billing statement, that reads – “To All Customers whom cooperate by placing their garbage cans at the curb, shall receive 7.5% Off Each Monthly Bill equal to 1 “Free’ Month of Service””.
    The average monthly bill is $35 dollars, so that means a $32 dollar annual discount for placement of cans at the curb.

    As for the SIOUX STEEL T.I.F – perhaps they have been listening to the people, their wants and wishes to rebuild the Island; or perhaps they have found some issues regarding the “West Channel” and all the garbage that was dumped in it between 1902-1930.

    How many of you have walked by recently and discovered some new development in that area – they have been digging up the “west channel” exposing some pretty interesting and exciting related issues….

  2. Fear & Loathing in Sioux Falls on May 10, 2021 at 6:24 pm said:

    Garbage near the street. Seney filled with garbage. Is it me, or is the city increasingly trafficking in garbage? Aberdeen gave us Waste Management, Super 8, the Wizard of Oz, and the Bunker Ramp. I don’t know what this has to do with anything other than they, too, are into garbage, tornadoes, and a cheap place to sleep. Although, our’s is down by the river and more than cheap, if you like garbage, that is.

  3. D@ily Spin on May 11, 2021 at 1:15 pm said:

    Now that the city has drones, they want a Blimp. The huge door must be to get it inside at the convention center.
    There wouldn’t be ‘talking trash’ if the city incorporated one 5 year garbage handler. Less potholes too.

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