Hello Nickel Plate Supporters! There has been a LOT of activity occurring with the Nickel Plate over the past few months and your support has helped to make all of the difference. LIVE LISTENING SESSION | TONIGHT at 7:30PM: Save the Nickel Plate will be hosting a LIVE online listening session for members of the public to get caught up on all of the latest events and updates and to ask questions. Unfortunately, the public has only received misinformation from City officials, we seek to provide a candid conversation along with transparency and facts. There are three (3) convenient ways to join the conversation: 1.) LIVE on our Facebook page. www.fb.com/savethenickelplate 2.) On our YouTube live stream channel: https://goo.gl/QELhNZ 3.) Call in to our phone conference number at: (515) 604-9307 Access code:553373 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CITY OF NOBLESVILLE VIOLATES OPEN DOOR LAW | In response to a formal complaint originally filed with the Indiana Public Access Counselor’s (“PAC”) office on August 11, 2017, an official opinion was issued this week stating that the City of Noblesville violated the Open Door Law (“Law”). The City's failure to provide proper notice for an executive session held on February 22, 2017 to discuss elements the Nickel Plate Trail led to this opinion. This announcement comes on the coattails of a suspicion raised in March of this year that the City of Noblesville may have broken the law by holding a secret meeting to discuss the sale of Seminary Park land to a developer. The PAC also included the following statement regarding Noblesville’s response suggesting that the content of the meeting met the guidelines and standards of the Law - “It is difficult to understand how the City [of Noblesville] could interpret or believe that language to include general economic development discussions among itself.” Clearly, there is some concern that the content of the meeting was likely not within the scope of acceptable executive session parameters. Full details of the PAC's opinion can be found here: https://goo.gl/Qbhj1x The Noblesville Times newspaper first broke this story and it can be read here: https://goo.gl/fj9HWy