Timeline of Annexation and Re-Zoning of Northwoods

December 11, 2023 Delaware City Council Meeting Agenda

·       Ordinances 23-93/94/95 (Re-Zoning for Northwoods) 1st Reading

o   Scheduled Public Hearing for January 8th.

o   Ordinance did not identify Seattle House as part of Northwoods.

o   No mention of Seattle House lawsuit

January 8, 2024 Delaware City Council Meeting Agenda

·       Ordinances 23-93/94/95 (Re-Zoning for Northwoods) 2nd Reading.

·       Ordinance 24-01 (Annexation of Northwoods)

o   Objection to the Annexation and Zoning in the same meeting.

o   Vice Mayor Schafer motioned to table Ordinance 23-93/94/95 until the February 26, 2024 City Council meeting.

o   Ordinance 24-01 Passed 7-0.

February 26, 2024 Delaware City Council Meeting Agenda

·       Ordinances 23-93/94/95 (Re-Zoning for Northwoods) 3rd Reading.

o   Public discussion/comments.

o   Vice Mayor Schafer motioned to table Ordinance 23-93/94/95 until the March 11, 2024 City Council meeting.

March 11, 2024 Delaware City Council Meeting Agenda

·       Ordinances 23-93/94/95 (Re-Zoning for Northwoods) 4th Reading.

o   Public discussion/comments.

o   Vice Mayor Schafer motioned to table Ordinance 23-93/94/95 for 5th Reading.

·       Ordinance 24-29 (Settlement with Seattle House) 1st Reading.

o   Discussion among council members to give City Manager the authority to pay the Settlement with Seattle House for $515,000.00 and a promise to find a suitable location for Seattle House II.  (This became the Northwoods development Area A).

o   Passed 7-0 by City Council as an emergency.

o   This settlement became the "Legal Financial Obligation" the city used to refuse the 1,827 signatures on the Referendum Petition.

March 25, 2024 Delaware City Council Meeting Agenda

·       Ordinances 23-93/94/95 (Re-Zoning for Northwoods) 5th Reading.

o   No Public discussion/comments.

o   Vice Mayor Schafer motioned to table Ordinance 23-93/94/95 for 6th Reading.

April 22, 2024 Delaware City Council Meeting Agenda

·       Ordinances 23-93/94/95 (Re-Zoning for Northwoods) 6th Reading.

o   No Public discussion/comments.

o   Ordinance 23-93 Passed 7-0

o   Ordinance 23-94 passed 7-0

o   Ordinance 23-95 passed 6-1 (Kevin Rider voted No)