Strauss Brands’ Special Use application was rejected by a vote of 4-2 at the initial vote of the Common Council on October 20, 2020. However, Strauss soon thereafter undertook a vigorous plan to undo that rejection. It met with a key common council member who later made the motion for reconsideration and voted to approve. It continued to work in secret with the City’s Mayor, who continued his effort to expressly disparage and undermine any citizen who objected to the project. 

The new facility as approved would initially be 152,035 square feet. Strauss also intends to seek an expansion of the new facility in the relatively near future so as to add an additional 112,000 square feet of operational space and an additional 47,000 square foot truck maintenance facility. This is a total of 311,035 square feet, which is in excess of 7 acres of buildings. 

Since that time, residents have formed a community group and filed a legal complaint.

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Case No: 2020CV007031    FILED ON: 12-01-2020