The Becker billboard issue is on the rise again as Mark Becker sends out letters to neighborhoods inviting residents to a neighborhood meeting on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at 6 PM at Arrowhead Elementary School. In an effort to convince all of the innocuousness of his billboards he is planning on a “Crane Study” at the proposed site on Friday, March 13, 2015 from 3 to 6 PM…hmmm.
This might be a very good time to question the Sahuaro district councilmember, Gary Sherwood, on not only this issue, but a host of others, including his position on Foothills Library. He hasn’t had a district meeting in a long, long time so this one might prove to be very interesting. The meeting is tonight, Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 6:30 PM at Sunshine Residential Homes, 17201 N. 63rd Avenue. The announcement states that he will be answering residents’ questions.
On February 23, 2015 the Glendale Arts Commission met and approved a recommendation of “No” on the Foothills Library sale and relocation. The recommendation now goes to the city council. The Library Advisory Board will meet tonight, February 25, 2015, at 6 PM at the Foothills Library to decide on their recommendation to the city council. The Parks and Recreation Commission will meet tomorrow evening, Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 6 PM at the Adult Center. They, too, will decide on their recommendation to city council.
Even with “No” recommendations from all three commissions, do not consider the Foothills library issue dead. You must keep the pressure on the mayor and council until council formally denies the proposal.
© Joyce Clark, 2015
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Hopefully now that the Glendale Residents have made their wishes known, the Glendale City Council will vote to deny the proposasl for the sale of the Foothills Library
CAUTION TO ALL – STAY VIGILENT BECAUSE A COUNCIL DENIAL WON’T GUARANTEE THE ISSUE HAS BEEN PUT TO BED.
I learned from the Becker Billboards first go round back in 2013 and 2014 – even if something is unanimously voted down by a City Commission and then formally denied by City Council, our Sahuaro District Councilman, Gary Sherwood, believed he had the right to ask for the Billboard proposal to be sent back to City Council in the hopes they would have a change of heart and rescind the previous NO vote and then revote to approve the proposal. It is hard for some Councilmembers to take NO for an answer. [See Minutes from 10/7/14 & 10/21/14 Council Workshops]. Now that the make-up of the City Council has changed, Mark Becker is trying again for his billboard approval. Someone has spent a ton of money to try and get billboards approved for Bell & the 101, regardless of being told NO by Glendale City Council and the Glendale residents. Who exactly is this really benefitting? It isn’t Glendale or its residents! Here we are, again, fightiing an issue that we thought had been put to bed because the Glendale City Council said NO.