The City Council meeting last night was pretty good. It seemed as if some of the board members didn't realize it would take a lawsuit to overturn the Zoning Board's decision. Once that point was made abundantly clear, the attention quickly turned to more pressing matters - like updating the existing ordinances to better reflect the needs of today's society. There were still some ruffled feathers in the room, but no further objections were made and the meeting moved on to the next topic.
After the meeting I spoke briefly with the mayor about the Building Permit and was assured that it would be ready in the morning. I also got to meet my new Alderman (in charge of the ward we'll be moving into). Both really nice folks, looking forward to seeing the progress and improvements we make on the place.
In the end, Debbie and I are really glad we went through this process. We learned a lot, met a lot of great people and got a much better understanding of town politics/procedures & etc. It was very educational and a lesson in patience.
That being said, I secretly hoped someone would ask about the boat. It would have been rather entertaining to tell them all about building a 40' Trimaran in the middle of corn fields. However, I assume it's best they didn't... they might have thought I was crazy!
:)
In other news, the appraisal was done yesterday.
I assume the bank will have that back by next Monday or so and then we should get a closing date.
