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Gardner council updates access-management rules, approves bond refinancing, funds development review and annexations
Summary
The Gardner City Council adopted an updated access-management ordinance that encourages roundabouts, approved KMEA bond refinancing expected to save about $918,000, authorized a $60,000-funded review of the Velocity Arts proposal, and accepted two voluntary annexations.
The Gardner City Council on Monday adopted an update to the city's access management code, approved a refinancing resolution for bonds tied to the Dogwood Energy Center, authorized a paid review of a proposed Velocity Arts development and accepted two voluntary annexations.
City engineer/planning staff member McDonough told the council the 2012 access-management code still works “but we just needed to make some minor tweaks.” He said the most significant change adds guidance on roundabouts and that the city’s “preference is that anytime collectors we have a collector intersection that it would be a roundabout, but we’re not mandating it.” Council members asked about exceptions, and McDonough said…
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