Legislation authorizing county officials to buy space for a new Monroe Community College downtown is headed to the full County Legislature for a vote. The Lej meets on February 12.
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MCC legislation advances
County Legislature Democrats still have questions and concerns about Monroe Community College’s plan for a new downtown campus at Kodak’s State Street site. Earlier this week, County Executive Maggie Brooks submitted legislation that, if approved, would authorize the county to buy several buildings and part of a parking lot from Kodak. The Recreation and Education […]
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Brooks submits MCC legislation
County Executive Maggie Brooks has submitted legislation that, if approved by the Legislature, would authorize Monroe Community College to acquire new space for a downtown campus. Specifically, the legislation authorizes MCC to buy several buildings on Kodak’s State Street site. The County Legislature’s Recreation and Education Committee will take up the referral during its meeting […]
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WEEK AHEAD: Cuomo’s budget, MCC site meeting, planning downtown, College Town designs, chat with the police chief
Governor Andrew Cuomo will present his 2013 to 2014 budget proposal to the State Legislature at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, January 23. The proposal will likely top $130 billion. During his State of the State address earlier this month, Cuomo rolled out a load of new initiatives: he offered school districts extra funding to extend […]
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Deal sealed for Sibley building
The board of the Monroe County Industrial Development Agency unanimously approved a tax deal last week for the developer of the Sibley building downtown. | The COMIDA agreement sets a baseline tax payment that increases as the building is redeveloped and leased. | Boston-based Winn Development closed on the Sibley building on East Main Street […]
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Legislature approves borrowing for MCC campus
A measure that’ll allow the county to borrow $28 million so Monroe Community College can buy and build a permanent city campus had no trouble passing during last night’s County Legislature meeting. Just before midnight, the 29 legislators unanimously approved a bonding package that included the MCC funding. The bond resolution, however, does not commit […]
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City socked again
A new fee to cover the cost of indigent burials included in County Executive Maggie Brooks’s 2013 budget proposal would disproportionately affect city residents and is “offensive and reprehensible.”
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Richards withdraws objections to MCC borrowing
Mayor Tom Richards says the County Legislature should pass its annual borrowing package which, this year, will include funding for Monroe Community College’s downtown campus.
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Reckoning day nears for MCC campus
The future of Monroe Community College’s downtown campus might become clearer next month, or not. A year ago, the college’s Board of Trustees voted to move MCC out of the Sibley building in downtown Rochester. Board members recommended purchasing and renovating buildings in Kodak’s State Street complex, transforming that property into the new Damon City […]
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Mayor: MCC showdown an artificial crisis
Rochester Mayor Tom Richards says Republicans in the County Legislature are making the MCC situation “unnecessarily confrontational.” The Legislature could vote as soon as next month on borrowing for the list of projects the county plans to tackle in 2013. Included in the county’s Capital Improvement Plan is millions in borrowing for MCC’s new downtown […]
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County on defense over Sibley deal
Mayor Tom Richards says the county is playing politics with the Sibley building sale.
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NEWS BLOG: MCC: Afghanistan campus?
First, I need to set the scene: Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks met with the Democrat and Chronicle editorial board last week. Board members Tweeted choice nuggets throughout the meeting, including what they say Brooks said about MCC. The gist: If the project stays on its current course, it is likely doomed to failure, and […]
