La Crosse Center, vets, and parking top city council agenda

The La Crosse Center, a veterans home and paid on-street parking are all on the menu for city council members at 6 p.m. Thursday. 

The council, meeting at City Hall, is being asked to endorse a new west-side expansion plan for the civic center to replace a different plan vetoed last summer by the mayor. 

The new expansion plan has about a $42-million cap.

Also, after months of delay, the council may be ready to vote on a conditional use permit for a transitional veterans home on Farnam Street.

Many neighbors have raised objections to putting such a facility near their homes. 

Lastly, there is a recommendation to let a $1-an-hour street parking plan be tested in both the UW-La Crosse and Western Technical College neighborhoods.