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Owosso council approves social-district expansion, loan revisions, emergency plan and goal-setting process
Summary
At its Dec. 2 meeting the Owosso City Council approved four agenda items: expansion of the downtown social district, revisions to the downtown revolving loan and grant program including an MOU with the Lapeer Development Corporation, adoption of a four-year Emergency Operations Plan (EOP), and a council goal‑setting process; all measures passed on recorded roll-call votes.
OWOSSO, Mich. — The Owosso City Council on Dec. 2 approved four business items intended to support downtown businesses and municipal planning.
Council adopted a resolution to expand the downtown social district to add the armory parking lot, the Shook building property (300 West Main), the fountain lot and the Comstock lot to allow participating businesses to serve patrons within the expanded area. The city manager described the change as intended to “help the owners there get…a restaurant going.” The council approved the expansion by roll call (affirmative responses recorded during the clerk’s roll call). Downtown business owner Corey Shook told the council he welcomed the expansion and said the district will include his Riverside building at 300 West Main.
The council also approved revisions to the downtown revolving loan and grant program. The DDA recommended updates to the RLF manual and a memorandum of understanding to partner with the Lapeer Development Corporation for loan processing and underwriting assistance. The city manager said the DDA will review applications and forward recommendations to council while Sam Moore and staff at the LDC would handle processing and underwriting work. Council approved the changes by roll call.
On emergency planning, council voted to adopt the city’s Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) required every four years under state law; the manager said adoption keeps the city in compliance and provides an updated framework for response. Finally, the council approved a goal‑setting process intended to inform the capital improvement plan and next year’s budget work.
All four actions were moved and approved on recorded roll calls at the meeting. The council’s approvals mean the social-district boundary and the RLF revisions will take effect according to administrative procedures overseen by staff and by the DDA for loan matters; the EOP will remain in effect for four years unless superseded.
