ALL COLD SPRING RESIDENTS
No Right Turn on Red from Matinee Dr. and US 27 traffic light.
There is NO RIGHT TURN ON RED PERMITTED HERE.
The state has installed that sign, not the city.
In the last week or so there have been two accidents there caused by illegal right turns. Please note the sign and obey it for your safety and all traffic in the area.
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NEW CONSTRUCTION AND COLD SPRING CHANGES
At our city building To be completed by Jan-Feb 2022
Please note, all financial figures listed here are best estimates by the city,
New police station, A Two and half story community building with meeting space
and a gym. A walking path, A music amphitheatre.
All this being done at no tax increase,
savings from recent controlled spending budgets paid it.
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City park and lake – between Matinee Dr. and Buning Ln.
A new gazebo was added recently, city workers did much of the set up
and by using Amish craftsmen from Maysville area,
this project was finished with a cost savings of over $20,000.
Some lake features and some to come were/will
be financed by a recent citizen donation
One concrete pad at the end of the parking area, with two nice
picnic tables was installed and three more will be installed
in the area abutting Matinee Dr.
Other improvements are planned yet.
A port-a-john was installed near the new gazebo and
following the Covid cautions expiration, plans are
for a nice rest room building when budgeting allows.
Additional sidewalk is to be installed near the parking lot about October.
The state will restock the lake In June-July, with an abundant amount of healthy fish,
Over $150,000 has been saved so far on work for this lake area
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DAV Property. The mayor went to “settlement” for this property
and now Cold Spring owns it
It will be developed by selling it to a medical organization and will bring
in about $600,000 a year to the city from the payroll tax from a large number
of high salaries and property tax. This compares to about only $90,000
we receive now since the DAV pays no property tax.
We are aware the Campbell County schools wanted/wants this property,
they contend they can save the taxpayers lots of money because
they can use the current building. This has proven wrong.
There is a gas line under the building which prohibits that use
and there is lots of asbestos to be removed. They may still fight in court
for eminent domain rights, but the city’s opinion is that we will win.
The positive aspect of t he school board losing an acquisition of the DAV
is that current plans of the city to sell would actually achieve
about $245,000 in school tax from the new owners for the schools.
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OTHER CITY SITE DEVELOPMENTS
Wings and Rings restaurant US 27 and Matinee Dr., the large lot next
to the Chiropractor will be developed into Wings and Rings. The state will
not allow another curb cut from US 27 so entrance and exit will be from
Matinee Dr., across from the Panera entrance. The mayor will insist
on privacy fencing between this property and our lake parking lot area,
possibly even requiring some current trees to be a part of that barrier.
The old entrance from US 27 to the Silver Woods apartments
and the G.S. condos, is part of this property, the owners have let our city
graciously use it for dirt storage recently. One flaw in this purchase is that
there is a curb cut from US 27 to the closed former Matinee Dr.
and there may be an argument to include
that as useable for the new restaurant. Wait and see on that.
The monument sign for the apartments at that spot will be removed.
McDonalds is building a restaurant on the old Burger King site
next to Wendy’s in front of Furniture Fair. They have owned that site
since the old owners left. The mayor has insisted that no large
McDonald Arches be constructed on the site,
limiting it to a much smaller sign.
Starbucks Will open a store next to the Heritage Bank
across form Frischs on US 27
IHOP Plans to be open about June 1,
it is on Crossroads Blvd, behind O’Charleys
Dental Surgical Offices Are under construction next to the
Auto Body Repair Shop across from the Baptist church on US 27.
There are plans for additional Dental and/or Medical offices
on the remaining lots on that site.
