Preview based on the posted agenda. Official minutes have not yet been published.
Two Rivers’ Hamilton site visioning Phase 2 meeting will focus on narrowing down redevelopment ideas and sketching how the property could be laid out. No official results or decisions are included in this agenda-only record.
Key Decisions
Participants will prioritize redevelopment concepts for the former Hamilton property—an early but important step that can quietly steer what options the City treats as “realistic” later.
The group will decide how much of the site should be open space, which directly affects what can be built, how dense it could be, and what neighbors might experience (traffic, activity, and look/feel).
The agenda includes concept mapping and “site disposition,” signaling the conversation may start shifting from general ideas to how the land could be arranged and potentially moved or reused—details residents will want spelled out in plain language afterward.
Public Input
No public comments or communications recorded for this meeting.
Agenda Items
Review of first session and community input
The meeting will revisit what came out of the first visioning session and what the City says it heard from the community. Given how big the former Hamilton site is—and that the City has been moving pieces like zoning—residents should watch for whether the feedback is summarized clearly (how many people weighed in, and what themes actually rose to the top). This is also where the process can either build trust with specifics or stay vague and hard to verify.
The group will rank or narrow the development concepts for the Hamilton property. This matters because “prioritizing” tends to become the unofficial shortlist that staff and boards keep coming back to, even if nothing is formally approved yet. Residents should look for whether the City explains what criteria are being used (cost, cleanup limits, traffic, neighborhood fit) rather than just collecting preferences.
The meeting will consider how much of the site should be set aside as open space. That choice can lock in major tradeoffs: more open space can mean fewer buildings and less tax base, while less open space can mean more development intensity and more day-to-day impacts nearby. Residents should watch for whether “open space” is defined (parkland, trails, stormwater areas, buffers) or left as a feel-good label.
The agenda signals a move from broad ideas to sketching layouts—where things might go on the property and how the site could be handled going forward. “Site disposition” is a big phrase that can touch on whether the City keeps, sells, or otherwise transfers pieces of the property, so residents should push for plain-language explanations of what’s actually being considered. Even without a vote, this is where the process can start narrowing to a preferred direction before most people realize it.
The meeting will review how community input and surveys are being collected. This is worth residents’ attention because the credibility of the final “vision” depends on whether the City can show who participated, how questions were asked, and how responses are being summarized (not cherry-picked). If the City wants buy-in for whatever comes next at the former Hamilton site, this is the moment to be transparent about the numbers and the method.
Next meeting - March 26, 2026, J.E. Hamilton Community House
The next session is scheduled for March 26, 2026 at the J.E. Hamilton Community House. For residents who want a say in what the former Hamilton site becomes, this is the practical takeaway: the process is continuing quickly, and the shortlist of ideas may harden from meeting to meeting. If the City posts summaries late—or not at all—it becomes harder for working residents to keep up.