Ypsilanti City Council to consider Thompson Block agreement

Posted on Tue, Apr 6, 2010 : 8:49 a.m.

Ypsilanti City Council to consider Thompson Block agreement

By Cindy Heflin

This file photo shows scaffolding supporting the Thompson Block building.

Ypsilanti city administrators and Stewart Beal, the owner of the fire-damaged Thompson Block building have reached an agreement over the building's renovation, the Ypsilanti Citizen reports.

The agreement, which the City Council is expected to consider tonight, requires moving supporting scaffolding on River Street 19 feet closer to the building within 30 days, removing all scaffolding within 180 days and starting work on rehabilitating the structure within 120 days, the Citizen said.

Last month, the City Council voted to direct City Attorney John Barr to initiate legal action to remove the support beams propping up the Thompson Block’s faÃ§ade that are in the city's right of way.

No legal action has been taken. A fire severely damaged the building in September.

Read the Citizen article.

Comments

eastsidemom

Tue, Apr 6, 2010 : 1:11 p.m.

We elected our council members to represent us on this issue (and many othersw) and thankfully they are. Beal is slick willy on this.

glennsha

Tue, Apr 6, 2010 : 10:03 a.m.

Here we go again on the Merry go round, time to not re -elect some of these city council memebers who are not looking out for the interest of the entire comunity of Ypsilanti as they were elected to do. entire community...........................