Friday, February 17, 2012
City Council Meeting
I attended last evenings city council meeting along with 100 other concerned residents of Lowell to address the late night events that have marred the downtown these last few weeks. After listening to the Superintendent of police and all the stakeholders that came up to speak, I came away with the feeling that a positive solution to the problems in downtown are on the way to be solved. Too much is at stake to allow the activities that have occurred to continue. Many idea's were presented ,and I think that the city council and the administration will be able to find a common ground to satisfy both the residents and the bar owners.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
It's promising that the City Council, the City Manager, the Lowell Police Dept., the License Commission, downtown businesses and the general public are all connecting and mobilizing around this issue.
ReplyDeleteConsensus building is exactly what's needed in the effort to progress the interests of the City. This approach must continue, and be applied to other important matters that are stagnating.
Its a good start!
I suspect that the owners now have a better appreciation of the social environment that they affect and inhabit. Hopefully that, combined with a realization that the status quo will not stand, will translate into more co-opreration. And hopefully, a more earnest cooperative stance on behalf of owners will translate into better comity between them and citizens.
ReplyDeleteNobody wants to do the wrong thing here, but people want something done.