Mar 15, 2022 Township Board

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OKAY. IT'S NOW 6:01 P.M..

GOOD EVENING.

THIS IS THE MARCH 15, 2022 REGULAR MEETING OF THE CHARTER OF THE TOWNSHIP BOARD OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF MERIDIAN.

MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER.

YOU WILL ALL JOIN ME FURTHER AND STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU, MR. LEMASTER. COULD WE HAVE A ROLL CALL? THIS ADVISER JACKSON.

PRESENT THREE PRESENT.

TREASURER DESCHAINE PRESENT.

TRUSTEE WISINSKI PRESENT.

TRUSTEE SUNDLAND PRESENT.

ALL PRESENT. THANK YOU.

[4A. 2021-2022 Deer Management Program]

WE HAVE TWO TONIGHT.

THE FIRST IS ON THE DEER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.

WE WILL HEAR FROM LADIES.

WE WILL INTRODUCE YOU AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU WILL INTRODUCE YOURSELVES.

THANK YOU. MY NAME IS JANE GREENWAY.

I'M THE SENIOR PARKS AND LAND MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR WITH MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP.

AND ALSO HERE WITH ME TONIGHT IS EMMA CAMPBELL, OUR STEWARDSHIP COORDINATOR, CHAD FEDORA, OUR WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST FROM THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, AND MIKE ELLIS FROM THE MERIDIAN DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.

AND WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT TO YOU THE THE INFORMATION FROM OUR 11TH YEAR OF DEER MANAGEMENT.

AND AS YOU KNOW, THIS PROGRAM WAS DEVELOPED 11 YEARS AGO IN RESPONSE TO MANY COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS.

AND THE TOWNSHIP BOARD TASKED US WITH COMING UP WITH A DEER MANAGEMENT PLAN AND PUTTING IT PUTTING IT INTO EFFECT.

WE ALSO BACK THEN DID SURVEYS AND LOOKED AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS IN ADDITION TO HARVESTING DEER WITH IT IN TERMS OF EDUCATION AND DRIVING AWARENESS.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANY INTEREST, THE ENTIRE DEER MANAGEMENT PLAN IS ON THE TOWNSHIP WEBSITE AND IT HAS A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO OVER WHAT HAPPENED THIS YEAR. SO WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS THE ARCHERY SEASON.

THAT WAS FROM OCTOBER 1ST THROUGH JANUARY 1ST, AND THEN THE POLICE CULL, WHICH WAS JANUARY AND FEBRUARY OF 2022.

SO IN TOTAL THIS YEAR WE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL YEAR.

WE HARVESTED A TOTAL OF 330 DEER.

THAT'S A RECORD FOR US.

OVER £7,000 OF VENISON WAS DONATED TO THE LOCAL FOOD BANKS.

SO THAT'S QUITE A BIT OF VENISON.

THE NUMBERS IN YOUR REPORT, YOU CAN SEE A CHART, A GRID WHERE WE HAVE THE NUMBER OF DEER THAT ARE HARVESTED YEAR TO YEAR.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE LAST TWO YEARS THE NUMBERS ARE UP SIGNIFICANTLY.

THAT'S BECAUSE THE POLICE CALL BEGAN IN WINTER OF 2021.

SO THAT'S THAT'S A HUGE HELP.

THE OTHER THING THAT HELPED US HARVEST MORE DEER WAS HAVING MORE SUPPORT FROM THE TOWNSHIP BOARD. AND WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT, OF THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT PROVIDED SOME MORE STAFF TIME.

IT USED TO JUST BE ME IN THE VERY BEGINNING.

AND NOW IT'S WE'VE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO STILL MAINTAIN OUR PROGRAM AND IT'S VERY COST EFFECTIVE. WE WE SPENT JUST OVER $92,000 TOTAL EVERYTHING, STAFF TIME, ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT, EVERYTHING.

AND THAT IS INCREDIBLY AFFORDABLE COMPARED TO OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT HIRED SHARPSHOOTERS OR DID THINGS LIKE STERILIZATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND SPENT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. BUT WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE WE HAVE SUCH STRONG COMMUNITY SUPPORT. WE HAVE THE THE MOST RECENT COMMUNITY SURVEY, THE COBALT COMMUNITY SURVEY. WE HAD OVER 80% SUPPORT FROM THE RESIDENTS FOR DEER MANAGEMENT.

AND WE GET CALLS ALL THE TIME THANKING US.

STILL DO GET CALLS FROM PEOPLE COMPLAINING, BUT VERY A LOT LESS THAN WE DID IN THE VERY BEGINNING. AND WE'RE JUST VERY PROUD OF THIS PROGRAM.

IT'S WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY ACCIDENTS OR INJURIES IN THE PAST 11 YEARS.

WE WE HAVE HUNTERS PLACED ANYWHERE WE SAFELY CAN IN THE ENTIRE TOWNSHIP.

THE POLICE CALL IS MORE FOCUSED ON AREAS WHERE THEY'RE HIGH.

THERE ARE HIGH DEER CAR COLLISIONS.

AND WE WERE ALSO FOCUSED ON THE ECOLOGICAL BENEFIT OF OUR PARKS AND LAND PRESERVE.

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OUR PROGRAM IS RECOMMENDED A LOT BY THE DNR TO USE AS AN EXAMPLE OF A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM.

SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT.

WE GET CALLS FROM ALL OVER MICHIGAN AND CALLS FROM AS FAR AWAY AS THE STATE OF NEW YORK. BUT AGAIN, THE REASON THAT THIS IT'S KIND OF EASY FOR US IS BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MUCH SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND FROM THE TOWNSHIP BOARD.

SO WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

I'M NOW GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO EMMA CAMPBELL, OUR STEWARDSHIP COORDINATOR, AND SHE'S GOING TO TALK. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF OF WHAT THE DEER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM HAS DONE TO THE LAND PRESERVE, TO OUR 2000 ACRES OF PARKS AND LAND PRESERVES.

AND. AND THEN CHAD VITOLA, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT POPULATION AND KIND OF HOW OUR NUMBERS LOOK AND WHAT WE COULD BE DOING MOVING FORWARD.

AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I HAVE MIKE ELLIS HERE, WHO HE'S ACTUALLY THE REAL REASON THAT WE HARVESTED SO MANY DEER, SOME OF THE MONEY FROM THAT WE HAD WITH THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING WE BOUGHT A COOLER.

AND MIKE ELLIS AND SOME OTHER DPW EMPLOYEES KEEP THAT COOLER CLEAN.

THEY THEY DO ALL THE WORK.

THEY TAKE THE DEER DOWN TO THE BEEF BARN WHERE IT GETS PROCESSED.

AND AND THEY'RE REALLY THE ONES THAT MAKE OUR JOBS VERY EASY.

SO WE DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE MIKE ELLIS.

BUT I'LL LET YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE SCIENCE ASPECT OF THIS.

HELLO. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

I APOLOGIZE. THERE'S MUD ON MY JEANS.

I JUST GOT OUT OF A PROGRAM WITH THE PUBLIC AT ME AND SEYMOUR, SO I TRIED TO BE VERY CLEAN. BUT YEAH.

SO I DO WANT TO JUST SAY FIRST THAT COMING IN AT IN JANUARY OF 2020, I'D NEVER HAD TO WORK A PROGRAM LIKE OUR DEER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, AND IT'S JUST BEEN A TOTAL HONOR, AND I'M JUST VERY GRATEFUL THAT I GET TO WORK WITH THIS TOWNSHIP.

IT'S IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE.

BUT REALLY, YOU KNOW, THE BIGGEST THING MOVING FORWARD IN OUR PROGRAM IS IT'S PROVIDING A LOT OF BENEFITS TO OUR RESIDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THEY'RE SEEING THAT WE'RE GETTING THOSE CALLS, THAT THEY'RE SEEING A MARKED DIFFERENCE. BUT IT'S ALSO VERY IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF THE LAND THAT WE'VE INVESTED A LOT OF MONEY INTO AND A LOT OF HOURS I'VE INVESTED A LOT OF LABOR IN TO AND SO A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST IT'S VERY GOOD FOR OUR DEER HERD AND IT'S REALLY GOOD FOR OUR PARKS AND OUR PRESERVES.

AND, YOU KNOW, DEER DO BROWSE ON ALL THE THINGS THAT I DON'T WANT THEM TO I WISH THEY WOULD LEARN TO EAT INVASIVE SPECIES.

THAT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT.

BUT THIS IS JUST REALLY IMPORTANT MOVING FORWARD FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT WE'RE PUTTING INTO OUR PARKS AND PRESERVES.

AND AND WE KNOW THAT IT MAKES A REALLY BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE SPRING WHEN WE'RE GETTING ALL OF OUR SPRING EPHEMERAL AND ALL OF OUR WILDFLOWERS THAT WE'RE REALLY WORKING HARD TO BRING BACK TO THESE AREAS.

AND SO THE DEER MANAGEMENT ASPECT IS SO IMPORTANT.

IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT ASPECT, WE WOULD BE WASTING A LOT OF THAT TIME.

SO, YOU KNOW, REALLY MOVING FORWARD TO WE ARE GETTING WE STILL DO GET COMPLAINTS FROM THOSE AREAS WHERE WE'RE JUST NOT ABLE TO SAFELY GET AN ARCHER OR WHERE OUR POLICE CALL CAN PARTICIPATE. BUT, YOU KNOW, IN WORKING WITH THAT COMMUNITY, WE REALLY WANT TO EDUCATE AND DO THE OUTREACH, YOU KNOW, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE PERSON I HAVE OH, I HAVE A PERSON WHO DOES ARCHERY NEXT TO ME AND I'VE GOT THREE ACRES.

WELL, GREAT. MAYBE YOU CAN WORK OUT A PARTNERSHIP.

AND THERE YOU HAVE SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, MANAGING YOUR SMALL PIECE OF LAND, BECAUSE WE CANNOT GET TO ALL OF THOSE SUBDIVISIONS SAFELY.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY ABOUT US REALLY WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY GOING FORWARD.

AND I SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THE PHONE WITH RESIDENTS LISTENING TO WHAT THEY NEED, WHAT THEY'RE SEEING, AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND SO WE HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF MESSAGES THAT WHERE OUR MANAGEMENT IS HAPPENING THAT THERE IS A NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE AND THAT'S REALLY GREAT.

AND SO KEEPING SOME CONSISTENCY, MOVING FORWARD, BEING ABLE TO CALL AND HARVEST THIS MANY DEER EACH YEAR IS GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR STEWARDSHIP AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND I JUST REALLY WANT TO THANK MIKE ELLIS.

FIRST OFF, HE DOES SO MUCH WORK BEHIND THE SCENES THAT NOBODY SEES.

AND THEN OUR DPW WORKERS WHO COME IN AND MAKE SURE THE JOB GETS DONE DEREK BOB, DAN INMAN, DON CARSON, DUSTIN COFFMAN AND SERGEANT MCCREADY.

CHIEF PARGA AND THEIR WHOLE TEAM HAVE JUST WORKED A LOT OF HOURS TO MAKE THIS PROGRAM SUCCESSFUL. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF YOU.

WE DEFINITELY CAN'T DO IT ALONE, JANE AND I.

SO NOW I'M GOING TO LET CHAD TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE STATISTICS OF THE

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ALL RIGHT. THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

SO I'VE BEEN WITH THE DNR FOR ALMOST 15 YEARS, THE LAST TEN OF THEM IN MY CURRENT POSITION. SO I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH GENE AND LEWIN AND THEM AND ALL THE REST OF THE FOLKS ALMOST THE ENTIRE TIME YOU'VE HAD THIS DEER PROGRAM UP AND RUNNING.

AND AS JANE SAID, IT IS KIND OF A MODEL.

WE TRY TO GET OTHER COMMUNITIES TO FOLLOW AS BEST THEY CAN.

NOT ALL COMMUNITIES HAVE THE RESOURCES OR, YOU KNOW, THE PARKS AND GREENSPACE AVAILABLE TO RUN MANAGED HUNT FROM A DNR PERSPECTIVE, THAT'S USUALLY WHEN IT COMES TO DEER MANAGEMENT OR WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT IN GENERAL.

A LOT OF CASES WE TRY TO STEER TOWARDS REGULATED HUNTING.

SO IF THERE'S AVAILABLE SPACE TO HAVE HUNTERS HUNT DEER DURING THE REGULAR HUNTING SEASON, THAT'S OUR PREFERRED METHOD.

AND THE TOWNSHIP HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB.

INSTITUTING THE MANAGED ARCHERY PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, WORKS REALLY WELL AND A LOT OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT, AS YOU ALL KNOW.

BUT ONE THING WHEN WHEN WE, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITIES COME TO US AND THEY SAY WE'VE GOT A DEER PROBLEM, THEY OFTEN WANT US TO SAY, HOW MANY DEER DO WE HAVE AND HOW MANY SHOULD WE HAVE? UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S NOT THAT EASY.

DEER POPULATION DYNAMICS CAN BE KIND OF TRICKY.

IT'S NOT AS EASY AS JUST REMOVING SOME DEER.

THEN YOU SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

IT'S KIND OF A LONG TERM EFFORT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE WAY THE POPULATION DYNAMICS WORK, DEER, WHAT WE CALL A DENSITY DEPENDENT SPECIES.

SO HOW MUCH THEY REPRODUCE DEPENDS ON HOW DENSE THEIR POPULATION IS.

SO IF YOU LOWER THE POPULATION, THEY ACTUALLY START REPRODUCING MORE.

SO YOU YOU CAN HAVE A LOT OF IT'S TRICKY TO BALANCE THAT.

AND WE HAVE A TRICKY TIME EVEN OUTSIDE OF MUNICIPALITIES AND SUBURBAN AREAS.

AND OUR GENERAL GENERALLY ACROSS THE STATE ARE POPULATION LEVELS.

WE DON'T EVEN MANAGE AT A NUMBER SPECIFICALLY ANYMORE.

SO BY, YOU KNOW, YEARS AGO WE USED TO MANAGE BY, YOU KNOW, DEER PER SQUARE MILE.

WE WANTED A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DEER PER SQUARE MILE IN EACH COUNTY.

WE GOT AWAY FROM THAT QUITE A LONG TIME AGO.

SO WHAT WE DO NOW IS WE MANAGE MORE OF THE IMPACTS DEER HAVE.

SO ARE THEY HAVING SEEN A LOT OF CAR DEER ACCIDENTS? WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF CROP DAMAGE, A LOT OF ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE, COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, DISEASE OUTBREAKS.

AND SO WE'RE WE TRY TO MANAGE DEER POPULATIONS ON THOSE ON A SCALE NOT AS A NUMBER SO MUCH AS TRENDS.

SO OUR DEER POPULATION IS GOING UP.

ARE THEY GOING DOWN OR ARE THEY STEADY OVER TIME? AND WHAT IMPACTS ARE WE SEEING IN A PARTICULAR AREA? SO READING TOWNSHIP IN PARTICULAR, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF MANAGING FOR THOSE IMPACTS.

SO, YOU KNOW, AS YOU STATED, THE DEER ACCIDENTS, SOME OF THE IMPACTS ON THE PARKS AND GREENSPACES COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE SOME KEY METRICS TO MEASURE OVER TIME AND HAVE BEEN DOING FOR 11 YEARS NOW.

SO TO PINPOINT A SPECIFIC NUMBER ON HOW MANY DEER YOU HAVE OR SHOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THAT EASY. I MEAN, WE COULD YOU COULD DO ALL KINDS OF SURVEYS AND, YOU KNOW, SOME SURVEYS ARE MORE ACCURATE THAN OTHERS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER YOUR SURVEY TELLS YOU YOU HAVE 1000 YEAR OR 10,000 DEER IS KIND OF IRRELEVANT. IF IF YOU'RE NOT HAVING COMPLAINTS, YOU'RE NOT HAVING ISSUES.

10,000 DEER MIGHT NOT BE TOO MANY DEER, BUT MAYBE A THOUSAND YEAR IS IF YOU'RE HAVING A LOT OF COMPLAINTS AND A LOT OF ISSUES.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO MOVE AWAY FROM A SPECIFIC NUMBER, BUT MORE MANAGING THOSE IMPACTS.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, IN MY MIND THE TOWNSHIP'S BEEN PRETTY RECEPTIVE AND TRYING TO PUSH THAT MESSAGE A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH WITH THEIR STAKEHOLDERS AND THE RESIDENTS THAT THEY INTERACT WITH A LOT.

SO, SO RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL.

THE DEER THE POLICE CALL HAS BEEN INSTITUTED THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND SEEMS TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THOSE POCKETS OF AREAS WHERE THEY'RE DOING MANAGEMENT.

BUT OBVIOUSLY NOW WE HAVE MORE OF A DEER DISTRIBUTION PROBLEM.

YOU CAN REMOVE DEER IN ONE AREA, BUT IF YOU'RE HAVING COMPLAINTS OVER HERE AND YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO SAFELY REMOVE THEM, THEN WE'VE GOT TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO KIND OF MANAGE SOME OF THOSE PROBLEMS. AND WE WE CAN PROBABLY TRY TO PULL SOME DIFFERENT LEVERS AND, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT SOME OF THOSE ISSUES MOVING FORWARD.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR QUITE A LONG TIME NOW.

IT'S BEEN REALLY SUCCESSFUL.

YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS YOU GOT TO KIND OF LEARN AND ADAPT AS WE'RE AS WE'RE GOING AND TRY TO CHANGE SOME OF THE TACTICS IF NEEDED.

SO I THINK THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT AT THIS MOMENT.

I COULD TAKE QUESTIONS LATER.

YEAH. YEAH. THANK YOU, CHAD.

THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING HERE.

NEXT, I ASKED CHIEF PARGA TO SAY SOMETHING, TOO, BECAUSE, AGAIN, THE POLICE CALL WAS ONE

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WE'RE JUST REALLY APPRECIATIVE TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK.

YOU'RE WELCOME. BOARD MEMBERS.

GOOD EVENING. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS CALL IS ONE WE IDENTIFIED EARLY ON DURING THE CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE, IS THAT WHEN THE US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WHICH WAS HIRED BY THE STATE DNR, TO COME IN AND MANAGE THE DEER POPULATION, WE SAW A DRASTIC REDUCTION IN CAR CRASHES.

WELL, THAT PROBLEM WAS ADDRESSED.

THEY STOPPED CALLING DEER AND TESTING DEER.

THE POPULATION WENT BACK UP.

OUR DEER CRASHES WENT BACK UP.

OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN CAR DEER ACCIDENTS.

WE'VE GOTTEN QUITE A FEW CALLS FROM I'M NOT TOO WORRIED ABOUT BUSHES GETTING ROUSED ON.

THAT'S REALLY NOT MY BAILIWICK, BUT I AM WORRIED ABOUT PEOPLE GETTING IN ACCIDENTS AND GETTING INJURED AND PROPERTY DAMAGES.

SO WE WE UPPED AT THE LAST YEAR, WE DID 150 DEER AND WE UPPED IT BY 50.

I THINK TALKING WITH CHAD AND WORKING WITH THE EXPERTS, I THINK WE HAVE TO MAKE A SUSTAINED EFFORT IN THIS PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN KEEP THOSE CAR ACCIDENTS DOWN. BECAUSE IN OUR EXPERIENCE FROM THE THE USDA, THEY STOPPED CALLING, ACCIDENTS, WENT BACK UP. SO WE WANT TO SUSTAIN THAT POPULATION AT A LOWER LEVEL.

ALL OF OUR OFFICERS VOLUNTEERED TO DO THIS.

THEY DID DO IT ON DUTY TIME, BUT NO OVERTIME.

SO WE MANIPULATED SHIFTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD OFFICERS TO PROPERLY COVER THE ROAD AND OFFICERS WOULD COME IN AND FLEX THEIR DAYS TO DO THE CALL.

AND WE WERE ABLE IT WAS 18 EVENINGS, WE TOOK 200 DEER.

WE CALLED 218 IN ONLY 18 EVENINGS.

NOW, I'M SORRY TO MIKE ELLIS BECAUSE THERE WERE A FEW TIMES WHEN HE WOULD COME IN AND THEY WOULD HAVE QUITE A QUITE A FEW DEER THAT THEY HAD TO TAKE CARE OF AND MANAGE IN THE MORNING. BUT THE OFFICERS ENJOYED DOING THE WORK BECAUSE IT KIND OF TAKES THEM OUT OF THEIR DAY AND I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THEM.

IAN MAJDANEK, DOUG STRAUSS, BLAINE ANDERSON, ADAM SLOVIC AND MEGAN HEINEMANN.

SO THOSE WERE THE OFFICERS.

AND THEN SERGEANT MACREADY AND SERGEANT CLEMENTS WERE THE TWO SERGEANTS THAT KIND OF COORDINATED THE PROGRAM.

THE NICE THING ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, JANE TALKED ABOUT COSTS AND THERE WERE SOME STARTUP COSTS, BUT THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE NOW HAVE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE GOOD OVER TIME.

AND IT DOUBLES AS SOME EQUIPMENT WE CAN USE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AS WELL, THERMAL IMAGING CAMERAS, NIGHT VISION EQUIPMENT.

SO THAT PROVIDES US IF SOMEBODY GETS LOST OR IF THERE'S SOMEBODY IN THE LAKE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING FOR, THAT EQUIPMENT HELPS US IN THAT ASPECT AS WELL.

SO NOT JUST DEER. CALL IT SOMETHING WE CAN USE YOUR OWN.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US WHILE WE'RE HERE? THANK YOU FOR LETTING US ALL COME TONIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR EFFORT.

AND THIS. I'M WITH THE CHIEF.

I'M NOT TOO CONCERNED ABOUT THE BUSHES.

MORE SO THE ACCIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY.

SOME OF WHAT YOU PRESENTED DID ANSWER SOME OF MY QUESTIONS.

BUT COULD YOU COULD YOU EXPLAIN WHEN WHEN THE DEER ARE CALLED AND YOU CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT IT IS THAT YOU DO? MIKE, WITH THE PROCESSING OF THE DEER, I'M NOT A HUNTER.

I DON'T. I LIKE ALL THE DEER IN MY IN MY BACKYARD.

SO I DON'T TELL ANYONE THAT THEY'RE THERE.

I DON'T FEED THEM EITHER. BUT THERE YOU GO.

I APPRECIATE IT. ONCE, ONCE THE OFFICERS DISPATCH THE DEER, THEY'RE BROUGHT BACK TO OUR SERVICE CENTER.

THEY'RE PLACED OUT BACK.

WE HAVE A CREW OF GUYS, THE DUSTIN KAUFMAN, DON CREWSON, DAN INMAN, DERRICK, BOB AND MYSELF WILL COME IN AT 430 OR FIVE IN THE MORNING.

WE HAVE TO FIELD, DRESS THE DEER.

ONCE WE GET THEM ALL FIELD DRESSED AND TAKEN CARE OF, WE LOAD THEM IN THE TRUCK.

I TAKE THEM DOWN TO THE BEEF BARN.

WE DROP THEM OFF THERE.

AND THEN ONCE A WEEK WE PICK UP FROM THERE AND THEY GRIND EXCUSE ME? THEY GRIND EVERYTHING INTO £1 PACKAGES AND I DISTRIBUTE THEM TO THE FOOD BANKS FROM THERE.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT FIELD DRESSING MEANS.

WE'RE MOVING THE REMOVING THE INSIDES OF THE DEER.

IT'S A NOT SO GLAMOROUS PART OF THE JOB.

WOW. THIS IS LIKE A MAN.

THANK YOU. YES. SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT WE HELPED A LOT OF NEEDY PEOPLE THIS YEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, OVER £7,000, THESE FOOD BANKS WERE REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF EVERYTHING WE DID.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THEM TOLD ME THE SAME THING THAT YOU COULDN'T GET.

YOU KNOW, THEY COULDN'T GET THEIR HANDS ON MEAT PRODUCTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO THEY WERE DOING A LOT OF NONPERISHABLE STUFFS TO THESE PLACES.

AND I HAD FOOD BANKS THAT WERE ACTUALLY THEY WOULD DELIVER TO PEOPLE'S HOUSES AND STUFF.

SO I MEAN, WE'RE DOING A REALLY GOOD THING.

DO YOU COORDINATE WITH THE FOOD BANKS OR IS THAT A GROUP EFFORT?

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WELL, WE HAD WE HAD A MIX OF MALES AND FEMALES.

I MEAN, OUR OUR TAGS ARE FOR DOGS AND THEY ARE ALLOWED TO HARVEST THE BOX USING THEIR OWN TAGS. WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF RULES.

AND AS WE ALWAYS SAY, THIS IS A VERY HIGHLY MANAGED PROGRAM.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF RULES LIKE THE IF YOU REALLY READ INTO THE THE REPORT HERE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE POLICE CALL DONATED A LOT MORE VENISON THAN OUR HUNTERS.

THAT'S BECAUSE WE ONLY REQUIRE THEM TO DONATE THE FIRST DEER THEY HARVEST.

AND THEN AFTER THAT, THEY CAN KEEP THEM FOR THEMSELVES.

OR A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST DO PRIVATE DONATIONS.

SO THAT HAPPENS A LOT.

AND WE'RE HAPPY JUST THAT A DEER WAS REMOVED AND THAT SOMEONE WAS FED.

SO IT'S VERY APPRECIATED.

AND LIKE ANY JOB, IT'S IT'S ALL ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIPS, ISN'T IT? AND AND MIKE BUILT THAT WITH THESE.

I MEAN, WE, WE STARTED OUT WITH JUST OKEMOS AND HASLETT COMMUNITY FOOD BANKS AND HE'S HE'S NOW UP TO 14 FOOD BANKS.

AND, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE PLACES THAT ARE ONLY OPEN TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS FROM THESE HOURS TO THESE HOURS.

AND SO IT'S JUST BEEN A REALLY POSITIVE FEELING, I THINK, TO KNOW HOW MANY HUNGRY PEOPLE WERE FEEDING THROUGH THIS PROGRAM AND REALLY APPRECIATIVE TO THE POLICE CALL FOR REALLY GETTING THAT VENISON NUMBER UP AND MOSTLY APPRECIATIVE TO MICHIGAN SPORTSMEN AGAINST HUNGER. WHO PAYS FOR THIS PROCESSING? AND THEIR MONEY COMES FROM WHEN YOU BUY A DEER LICENSE OR A FISHING LICENSE OR ANYTHING, YOU CAN CHECK TO ADD A DOLLAR TO THAT TO TO GO TO MICHIGAN SPORTSMEN AGAINST HUNGER. SO THAT'S WHAT'S PAYING FOR ALL OF THIS PROCESSING AND WHAT A GREAT PROGRAM THAT IS. THE BOARD WE DID HAVE A RESOLUTION LAST YEAR TO TO HONOR THEM AND WE'LL BE SURE TO SEND THEM THE BOARDS THANK YOU'S THIS YEAR AGAIN BECAUSE WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT ALL OF THESE PARTNERS. SO IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE.

BUT I THINK THAT AS WE CAN SEE, JUST PUTTING A LITTLE BIT MORE FUNDING AND SOME CREATIVITY AND SOME MORE MONEY TOWARD THIS REALLY HELPS IT BE A LOT MORE EFFECTIVE.

SO THAT'S BEEN A GREAT THING.

SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING US SPEAK TONIGHT.

JUST BE WITH YOU. I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY.

TWO OR THREE YEARS OF A LOT OF YEAR.

I COME FROM A FAMILY OF HUNTERS.

I'M NOW VEGETARIAN, BUT JUST KIDDING.

I DO. I'M NOT KIDDING.

BUT THAT'S WHY I I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE USED TO SAY TO ME, LIKE, WHEN YOU EAT VENISON, HOW CAN YOU EAT VENISON? AND I THINK, HOW CAN YOU EAT SLAUGHTERED MEAT? RIGHT. SO I WANTED TO JUST MAKE THE POINT THAT THAT WAS.

£7,000 OF HEALTHY MEAT.

SO NO PRESERVATIVES, NO CHEMICALS.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT POINT THAT THAT'S REALLY WE'RE GIVING GIVING PEOPLE HEALTHY ALTERNATIVES, £7,400, 7400, SUSTAINABLE, LOCAL AND SUSTAINABLE.

SO I THINK THOSE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL.

TREASURER DESCHAINE. A QUESTION FOR FOR CHAD REGARDING THE THE NUMBER OF DEER.

WE HAVE HEARD A NUMBER FROM 1200 TO 10000 DEER IN OUR TOWNSHIP.

DO WE HAVE ANY ANYTHING BUT A WILD GUESS AS TO WHAT THAT NUMBER? SHORT ANSWER. NO. I BELIEVE BACK WHEN WE'VE DISCOVERED CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE IN 2015, I THINK THE TOWNSHIP WAS WORKING WITH MICHIGAN STATE.

THEY WERE DOING SOME STUDIES.

THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY CALL PELLET COUNTS.

THEY'RE COUNTING DEER PELLETS, WHICH IS THEIR FECES.

AND THERE'S MODELS THAT CAN PREDICT HOW MANY DEER YOU HAVE.

AND I THINK THAT ESTIMATE CONSERVATIVELY WAS LIKE $65 PER SQUARE MILE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO AND YOU CAN FOR A PRETTY CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE THAT I DON'T KNOW, THAT WAS SEVEN YEARS AGO.

NOW, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD MULTIPLY HOWEVER MANY SQUARE MILES ARE IN THE TOWNSHIP BY 65 AND MAYBE GET YOU IN THE BALLPARK.

BUT I, I HESITATE TO PUT A LOT OF FAITH IN A NUMBER SPECIFICALLY LIKE THAT.

SO YEAH, WITHOUT DOING SOME PRETTY SYSTEMATIC SURVEYS OVER TIME, IT'S HARD TO PINPOINT.

EVEN WHEN YOU DO THOSE SURVEYS, THERE'S A LOT OF INACCURACIES AND IT'S JUST HARD TO COUNT WILDLIFE.

I MEAN, THEY DON'T STAND STILL.

YOU CAN'T SEE ALL OF THEM.

EVEN IF YOU FLY OVER THE TOP OF THEM AND A HELICOPTER OR AN AIRPLANE YOU USE, YOU THINK YOU'D BE ABLE TO COUNT THEM ALL, BUT YOU CAN'T.

IT'S JUST IT'S A TOUGH, TOUGH THING TO DO.

OKAY. THANK YOU. YEP.

WE DID GET A LETTER FROM A RESIDENT THIS WEEK.

THE BOARD DID COMPLIMENT US FOR THE DEER PROGRAM, BUT TELLING US TO KEEP DOING IT AND DO MORE OF IT IF WE CAN.

I THINK THERE ARE CERTAIN AREAS IN THE TOWNSHIP.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE A PARK OR A NATURAL RESERVE NEXT TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU LIKE

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I LOOKED OUT MY BACKYARD AND I COUNTED 14 AND THEY MOVE ALL THROUGH AND MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN FOREST HILLS AND THE SHOALS AND BRIER WOOD AND TACOMA HILLS, ALL THOSE AREAS THAT DON'T HAVE THOSE THINGS THAT ALLOW THE HUNTING TO TAKE PLACE.

THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS STILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT DEER PROBLEM.

AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE HEARING TO CORNELL WOODS, BRIER WOOD, FOREST HILLS, SHOALS. AND LIKE WE ALWAYS SAY, THE DEER LIKE IT FOR THE SAME REASON WE DO.

THEY HAVE THE WOODS AT THEIR BACK, THE RIVER TO TRAVEL ON, AND AN EASY PASSAGE WAY TO GET TO PEOPLE'S HOSTAS AND YEWS.

AND NOW THAT WE HAVE CAMPBELL, WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE PUTTING EVEN MORE EFFORT INTO STEWARDSHIP AND EDUCATION OF NATIVE PLANTS.

AND I LIVE IN OKLAHOMA, TOO.

AND THE DEER DON'T EAT MY PLANTS.

AND EMMA LIVES NEXT TO WALMART AND THE DEER DON'T EAT HER PLANTS BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T PLANT USE OR SO.

SO THERE'S A LOT THAT WE CAN BE DOING.

AND I THINK ALWAYS BEING MORE CREATIVE, LIKE CHAD SAID, GETTING MAYBE SIX PROPERTIES TOGETHER OR LARGER PROPERTIES TOGETHER WHERE THEY CAN GO IN AND ALLOWING AN ARCHER TO COME IN. WE, YOU KNOW, WE DO THINGS LIKE SUN LETTERS TO LARGE PROPERTY OWNERS AND TRY ALL THESE OTHER THINGS. BUT WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO COME UP WITH CREATIVE IDEAS.

SO IF ANYONE THINKS OF ANYTHING, WE'RE ALL EARS.

BUT YEAH, IT'S IT'S AND BACK TO WHAT CHAD SAID ABOUT THE DEER COUNT.

IT DOESN'T REALLY IT ALMOST DOESN'T MATTER.

IT'S LIKE THE CONFLICTS, LIKE WHERE ARE WE GETTING THOSE CONFLICTS? HOW ARE WE HELPING PEOPLE IN CORNELL WOODS OR OR THE SHOALS? AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO KIND OF FOCUS ON, TOO.

AT THE SAME TIME, CONGRATULATIONS ON A VERY SUCCESSFUL YEAR AND A GREAT PROGRAM AND A GREAT CONTRIBUTION TO OUR FOOD BANKS.

THAT'S ALL BY ITSELF, SO REMARKABLE AND WORTHY OF EVERY DOLLAR WE SPENT ON THIS.

THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THE SUMMARY.

AND I WOULD NOTE THAT IF ANYONE IS IS PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THE SPECIFICS, IT'S A VERY NICE MAP IN YOUR REPORT THAT SHOWS THE CORRELATION BETWEEN ACCIDENTS AND COLD DEER FROM THIS YEAR'S PROGRAM.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING YOUR REPORT TO US AND FOR CONDUCTING THIS PROGRAM. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ITEM FOR ME ON THE PRESENTATION IS OUR TOWNSHIP

[4B. Township Manager’s Quarterly Report]

MR. WALSH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WHAT YOU JUST HEARD IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS AND THE STATE OF MICHIGAN.

MR. STEWART IF YOU HEAR ABOUT TALKING ABOUT DEER THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STATE, HE IS THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE ENTIRE STATE FROM THE DNR, AND WE HAVE THEM RIGHT HERE IN MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP. SO AND I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S INVOLVEMENT IN THAT PROGRAM. THEY REALLY HELPED TO BRIDGE IT TOGETHER AND TAKE IT TO NEW HEIGHTS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

I'VE JUST PROVIDED YOU AN UPDATE, A QUARTERLY UPDATE ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITHIN THE INTERNAL PROCESSES AT THE TOWNSHIP, FIRST OF ALL, IN THE ASSESSING DEPARTMENT.

WE'RE FULLY STAFFED RIGHT NOW.

THE BORDER REVIEW IS GOING ON AS WE SPEAK IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE ROOM.

THANKFULLY, A LOWER TURNOUT THIS YEAR.

ONLY ABOUT 25 PEOPLE, 25 RESIDENTS SIGNED UP TO MEET WITH THE WHERE THE.

AND CURRENTLY OUR DIRECTOR, ASHLEY WINSTEAD, AS YOU REMEMBER, HAS TO GO THROUGH THE LEVEL FOUR PROGRAM FOR THE STATE TO BECOME A MASTER ASSESSOR.

SHE REPORTED YESTERDAY THAT APPROXIMATELY 20 I THINK IT WAS 23 PEOPLE STARTED THE PROGRAM.

THERE'S 14 LEFT AT THIS POINT, AND SHE'S ONE OF THE 14 AND IS AT ABOUT A 98% IN HER IN HER WORK THAT SHE'S DONE THROUGH THE PROGRAM.

SHE'S DOING A TERRIFIC JOB AND SHE'S BEEN A GREAT ASSET SO FAR TO THE ASSESSING DEPARTMENT, THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, FULLY STAFFED.

I WANT TO, FIRST OF ALL, THANK BRANDY YATES, OUR COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER.

SHE STARTED 12 YEARS AGO TODAY WITH THE TOWNSHIP.

AND CLERK GUTHRIE HAS A LOT TO DO WITH NOT ONLY HER BEING HERE, BUT HER SUCCESS IN THAT DEPARTMENT. SHE'S ALSO SEEING THE OVERSEEING THE UPGRADES HERE TO THE TOWN HALL.

YOU'LL SEE THE PRIME RADIANT MAGAZINE COMING OUT HERE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

AND SHE'S DOING A LOT OF WORK WITH THE BUILD BACK BETTER WETLANDS AND GETTING THAT WORD OUT AND MAKING SURE PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF THE EFFORTS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION, TRUSTEE WISINSKI AND THE GROUP ON IMPROVING AND ENHANCING OUR WETLANDS IN THE TOWNSHIP.

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FULLY STAFFED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME AS OF TWO WEEKS AGO.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A DEMO GOING OUT AT TRADER JOE'S AND THE HYPER SHINE CARWASH AT THE FORMER PAUL REVERE.

NOTHING BUT CAKES COMING IN AT THE CORNER OF OKEMOS AND GRAND RIVER BUDDY'S PIZZA OPENING

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THE SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT DOWN ON JOLLY AND WE'VE NOW HIT A $2 BILLION TAX BASE.

THAT'S REALLY SIGNIFICANT.

THAT PUTS MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP.

AND I SEE MR. HALLS ARE SHAKING HIS HEAD BECAUSE HE GETS AROUND IN THE STATE.

IT'S REALLY SIGNIFICANT.

I MEAN, THAT PUTS MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP IN A PLACE UP WITH COMMUNITIES LIKE MIDLAND AND PORTAGE OVER BY KALAMAZOO, WHICH ARE REALLY WELL SOUGHT AFTER, REALLY ADMIRED COMMUNITIES IN MICHIGAN. AND THAT PUTS US UP IN THAT AREA.

IN FACT, IF YOU COMBINE THE TAX BASE OF THE CITY OF EAST LANSING AND DELPHI TOWNSHIP TOGETHER, IT DOES IT EQUAL $2 BILLION TO GIVE YOU SOME KIND OF INDICATION OF HOW SIGNIFICANT THAT IS.

AND THAT IS THE INVESTMENT THAT PEOPLE PUT INTO MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP.

DIRECTOR SMITH'S WORKING ON THE SITE ORDINANCE.

DIRECTOR CLARK IS WORKING WITH PINE VILLAGE AND THE VILLAGE OF OKEMOS.

AND JUST IN, DIRECTOR CLARK JUST DID A TREMENDOUS JOB THIS MONTH WITH WOMEN'S BUSINESS MONTH HIGHLIGHTING WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES IN MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP.

I SAW SOMETHING JUST THE OTHER DAY WITH DOWN WITH BECKY BHUSHAN DOWN IN THE SOUTH PART OF THE TOWNSHIP. THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, FULLY STAFFED, IS RIGHT NOW WORKING ON THE AUDIT FOR 2021 AND JUST RECEIVED AGAIN THE AWARD OF THE EXCELLENCE IN FINANCE FROM THE GOVERNMENT, GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING OR FINANCIAL STANDARDS.

GFA AGAIN, SO KUDOS TO DIRECTOR MATTISON AND HER WORK ON THAT.

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FULLY STAFFED.

THAT'S REALLY SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE REMEMBER, YOU'VE GOT TO BE A PARAMEDIC TO BE IN OUR DEPARTMENT. THAT'S A VERY DIFFICULT ACCREDITATION TO OBTAIN AND WE ARE NOW FULLY STAFFED AT 34.

WE HAD 30 FIRE FIGHTER PARAMEDICS JUST NINE YEARS AGO.

THAT WAS BUMPED UP TO 32 WITH THE MILLAGE AND THE BOARD THROUGH THE WORK OF FORMER TRUSTEE OPSOMMER.

A YEAR AGO THE BOARD ASKED THAT THAT BE INCREASED TO 34 AND WE'VE ACTUALLY HAVE 34 FULL TIME PARAMEDIC AND FIREFIGHTERS NOW.

SO THAT'S QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR CHIEF HAMM OF THE DEPARTMENT.

WE ALSO HAVE AN EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN THAT'S BEING DEVELOPED.

WE HAVE A NEW AMBULANCE, A NEW FIRE PUMPER AND A NEW LADDER TRUCK AND A NEW COMMAND STAFF VEHICLE ALL ORDERED.

AND WHAT'S THE OTHER COMMON DENOMINATOR ABOUT ALL THOSE, MOST IMPORTANTLY, PAID FOR, PAID FOR AND THANK YOU.

SUPERVISOR PAID FOR IN CASH.

THEY ARRIVE AT DIFFERENT TIMES.

WE EXPECT A LADDER TRUCK YET THIS YEAR, BUT WE'RE STILL A YEAR AND A HALF OUT ON THE PUMPER. THE HUMAN RESOURCE DEPARTMENT, AGAIN FULLY STAFFED UNDER THE DIRECTOR T HOFF.

WE'RE WORKING ON REWRITING THE PERSONNEL POLICIES THAT THE BOOKLET OF THE HANDBOOK WAS LAST UPDATED IN 2015.

SHE'S DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB OF HANDLING COVID AND ALL THE NUANCES THAT OCCUR WITH THAT. JUST REALLY, IF YOU THINK ABOUT 160 EMPLOYEES AND THE WAY SHE'S MANAGED THROUGH THAT AND THE D PROGRAM, SHE'S ALSO CARRYING THAT FORWARD, THE IT DEPARTMENT, LOTS OF STUFF GOING ON WITH IT.

THE MAIN THING IS THE HALF MILLION DOLLAR COMMITMENT THAT THE BOARD HAS MADE TO ENHANCING OUR PROGRAM, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, IT INFRASTRUCTURE.

YOU KNOW, THE STAFF WE HAVE AT THE DEPARTMENT IS TREMENDOUS.

OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT.

AND THE DIRECTOR WILL TELL YOU THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH BRIGHT LINE OUT OF WRITING TO UPDATE OUR I.T.

INFRASTRUCTURE AND THAT REPORT WILL.

BE HERE ANY DAY NOW AND WE'LL SHARE THAT WITH YOU ONCE WE GET IT.

I'M NOT AN EXPERT BY FAR, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE MAIN THE TWO MAIN OBJECTIVES RIGHT AWAY WILL BE THIS THE THE REPLACEMENT OF THE SWITCHES AND THE FIREWALL.

AND THOSE ARE TWO BIG PROJECTS.

THE SWITCHES, A RELATIVELY EASY PROCESS, THE FIREWALL ALONG AND WILL TIMELY PROCESS.

BUT HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF 2022, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE HERE FOR IT WILL BE GREATLY ENHANCED. THE PARKS AND REC JUST CELEBRATED 25 YEARS WITH THE HARRIS NATURE CENTER.

WE HAVE AN EVENT COMING UP ON APRIL 16TH, THE FLASHLIGHT EASTER EGG HUNT AT THE NANCY MOORE PARK, WHERE YOU CAN COME OUT IN THE EVENING AND BRING YOUR KIDS AND THERE'LL BE 15,000 EGGS FILLED WITH CANDY.

THE MARKETPLACE IS JUST DRAWING TREMENDOUS LOVE.

A PARK DAY IS COMING UP AND CELEBRATE.

MORADIAN IS COMING BACK JUNE 25TH.

YOU'LL HAVE A CELEBRATE, RADIANT.

IT WON'T BE.

IT'LL BE GREAT.

IT WON'T BE ENORMOUS.

IT WON'T BE ALL THE FOOD TRUCKS THAT CLERK GUTHRIE WAS INVOLVED WITH MAYBE FOUR YEARS AGO, BUT WE'LL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT CELEBRATE.

MORADIAN PUBLIC WORKS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF OUR ASSISTANT MANAGER OP SUMMER.

LOTS OF STUFF GOING ON.

THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ROOF AT THE ALCHEMIST'S LIBRARY.

THE SOLAR PROJECT BIDS ARE DUE FRIDAY COMMUNITY SIGNAGE.

WE'VE MADE MORE PROGRESS IN COMMUNITY SIGNAGE IN THE LAST FIVE WEEKS THAN WE'VE MADE PROBABLY IN A YEAR AND A HALF.

THE MSU TO LAKE LANSING PATHWAY, THE DANIELS DRAIN, THE LOCAL ROADS, THE OKEMOS ROAD

[00:35:02]

THAT'S ABOUT AS FIVE, SIX MINUTE OVERVIEW OF WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS.

BE HAPPY TO ANSWER. I'M NOT GOING TO BELABOR THAT, BECAUSE YOU ALL GET TIMELY REPORTS FROM OUR TEAM. SO YOU KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE TOWNSHIP.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR JACKSON.

MANAGER WALSH. I'VE RECEIVED A NUMBER OF PHONE CALLS IN MY OFFICE REGARDING NEWSPAPER REPORTS ON THE AMOUNT OF MONEY BEING SPENT IN DOWNTOWN OKEMOS.

I WONDERED IF YOU COULD GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE ON THAT PROJECT AND WHAT THE WHAT THE MONEY REALLY IS INVOLVED IN THAT? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

AND IN FACT, MADAM CLERK, THAT WAS BROUGHT UP LAST NIGHT AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING ABOUT HOW THE TOWNSHIP COULD DO BETTER IN THEIR COMMUNICATION ON THIS PROJECT. AND I WOULD AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER PRIMO.

WE CAN AND WE WILL.

WHEN PEOPLE GIVE YOU CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM, SOMETIMES IT'S GOOD JUST TO SIT BACK AND LISTEN, TAKE IT IN AND AND DO SOMETHING WELL WELL ABOUT IT.

SO HERE'S THE HERE'S THE WHOLE THING IN A NUTSHELL.

I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. THERE'S A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE WATER, SEWER AND STREETS AROUND THE VILLAGE OF OKEMOS PROPERTY.

AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THAT IN THE NEXT 3 TO 5 YEARS.

AND WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT AT THE COST OF ALL THE TAXPAYERS.

RIGHT. JUST LIKE ANY OTHER WATER, SEWER AND ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE, ALL OF US PAY FOR THAT.

RIGHT. WHAT YOU'RE HEARING IS A COMMITMENT OF DOLLARS RIGHT NOW.

IT'S 1,000,002 THAT'S BEFORE YOU.

AND THEN THERE'S OTHER OTHER ANCILLARY ITEMS I'M SORRY, PROJECTS OUTSIDE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECT.

LET ME BE VERY CLEAR.

WE ARE NOT GOING TO INVEST IN THE DEVELOPER'S PROJECT WITH BRICK AND MORTAR.

WE ARE NOT GOING TO INVEST PUBLIC FUNDS IN THE BRICK AND MORTAR ON THIS DEVELOPMENT.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT.

NOW, SOME COMMUNITIES DO.

SOME COMMUNITIES THAT ARE AT A THAT DON'T HAVE A $2 BILLION TAX BASE AND THEY'RE TRYING TO CLAW THEIR WAY UP WHERE WE'RE NEAR THE TOP OF THE HILL.

WE'RE NOT TRYING TO CLIMB THE HILL HERE IN MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP.

WE DON'T HAVE TO DO RISKY THINGS.

AND THIS IS NOT RISKY.

WHAT THIS IS IS SAYING WE'LL FRONT THE MONEY FOR THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR ANYWAY. YOU IF YOU BUILD THIS AND IF YOU BUILD THIS, WE WILL CAPTURE THE FUTURE TAXES, WHICH WE AREN'T GOING TO HAVE IF THEY DON'T BUILD IF THEY DON'T BUILD THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, THAT 1.2 IS ON US.

IF WE FUND THAT AND THEY BUILD THIS DEVELOPMENT, THE TAXES THAT COME OUT OF THERE THROUGH OUR TAX INCREMENT FINANCING GET REIMBURSED TO THE TOWNSHIP.

SO INSTEAD OF THE TAXPAYERS PAYING FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE SURROUNDING THIS, WHICH IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY, THE NEW BUILDING AND THE TAXES OFF THAT PAY FOR IT, IT'S A GREAT DEAL FOR THE TAXPAYERS. WE HAVE TO DO IT.

WE ARE NOT INVESTING PUBLIC FUNDS IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT.

SO THERE'S MORE ON THAT TO COME AND WE'LL DO A BETTER JOB OF EXPLAINING IT AS WE GO FORWARD. BUT PEOPLE REALLY NEED TO KNOW OUR THE DOLLARS WE GO THAT ARE BEING USED TO SUPPORT MAYBE THINGS LIKE BURYING POWER LINES AND PUTTING IN WATER AND SEWER AND INFRASTRUCTURE. THERE ARE THINGS THAT A DEVELOPER NORMALLY WOULD HAVE DONE ANYWAY AROUND THE SITE. THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO INVEST IN THAT.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO PUT THE FUNDS IN THERE AND GET REIMBURSED.

FROM THE DEVELOPMENT.

SO IT'LL BE A GREAT DEAL FOR THE TOWNSHIP.

WE'LL HAVE NEW TAXES, NEW PEOPLE LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY, AND WE'LL GET STUFF PAID FOR THAT WE WOULD NORMALLY HAVE TO PAY FOR OURSELVES.

THE ONLY OTHER THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THE ONLY OTHER THING I WANTED TO SAY WAS CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FINANCE TEAM ON GETTING THAT AWARD ONCE AGAIN AND THEN JUST THANK YOU TO THE STAFF AND ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK THAT THEY PUT IN. IT'S REALLY APPRECIATED.

THANK YOU. AND ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU, SOMETHING ELSE WE'RE WORKING ON. I'M VERY I SENT AN EMAIL TO THE STAFF ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.

I THINK THE TITLE WAS PEOPLE, PROJECTS AND COMPASSION, IF I RECALL.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON IS I'M VERY CONCERNED.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WORK VERY HARD AND DON'T MAKE A LOT OF MONEY FOR THE TOWNSHIP. WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE $40,000 RANGE, $50,000 RANGE THAT ARE WORKING REALLY HARD AT MAKING GREAT COMMITMENTS TO THE TOWNSHIP.

I'M LOOKING AT 8% INFLATION THAT PEOPLE ARE UP AGAINST WHEN THEY GO TO THE GAS PUMPS, WHEN THEY GO TO THE GROCERY STORES AND MENTAL HEALTH AND ALL THAT COMBINED.

WE'RE WORKING ON A PLAN AND INVOLVED IN THAT IS DIRECTOR PT HOFF AND ASSISTANT MANAGER OF SUMMER. WE'RE WORKING ON PUTTING TOGETHER A PLAN.

WE'RE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF THAT.

WE'RE HOLDING LISTENING SESSIONS RIGHT NOW WITH ALL OF OUR TEAMS. WE HELD THREE OF THEM TODAY, ONE YESTERDAY.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT IS A COMPREHENSIVE INSTEAD OF A $1,000 RETENTION

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AND IT WILL BE A TIERED SYSTEM.

SO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MAKING 50,000 OR LESS WILL SEE A ONE TIME PERCENTAGE PAYMENT TO TRY TO OFFSET SOME OF THE COLA.

AND IT'LL ESCALATE UP TO IF YOU'RE MAKING MORE, LET'S SAY IT'S FIVE OR 6% FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE UNDER 50,000 AND IT GETS TIERED UP WITH A REDUCTION IN PERCENTAGE.

SO IF YOU'RE MAKING $100,000, YOU ONLY SEE A ONE OR 2% INCREASE INSTEAD OF THE SIX AT THE LOWER END. SO IT'S TIERED.

I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROGRAM BECAUSE I'M CRAFTING IT.

AND SO I WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION THIS EVENING THAT THAT IS ONGOING.

ALSO NOTE THAT BECAUSE BECAUSE OF OUR REVENUE, BECAUSE OF OUR GROWTH IN POPULATION AND THE CENSUS NUMBERS, THE CENSUS NUMBERS ARE WAY AHEAD OF THE REVENUE SHARING THAT GETS CAUGHT UP BY THE STATE AND THE STATE REIMBURSES THE COMMUNITY.

WELL. MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP, AGAIN, $2 BILLION TAX BASE.

AND WE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL TEN YEARS OF GROWTH, 11% OVER TEN YEARS, NOT HUGE GROWTH, I WOULD CALL IT SMART GROWTH, 1% A YEAR.

BUT A LOT OF COMMUNITY THESE WENT BACKWARDS ON POPULATION WHILE THE STATE OWES US NOW FOR ALL OF OUR BACK REVENUE SHARING GOING BACK TO A YEAR AGO.

IT'S A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER AND WILL MORE THAN MORE THAN PAY MORE THAN PAY FOR THE PROGRAM THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING.

BUT AS COMMUNITIES CONTINUE TO TRY TO BUILD SIDEWALKS AND PROJECTS AND INVEST IN ALL THIS INFRASTRUCTURE AND BUILD, BUILD, BUILD, I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND LOOK AT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING THAT, MAKING THAT POSSIBLE, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE INVESTING ALL OF OUR LET'S INVEST IN OUR OWN PROJECT.

IT'S CALLED OUR TEAM, AND LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE VERSUS INFLATION.

I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.

A LITTLE SNEAK PEEK TONIGHT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THIS.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE US PROBABLY ANOTHER 3 TO 4 WEEKS BEFORE WE BRING SOMETHING TO YOU.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE LEFT THERE.

ANY QUESTIONS? THE QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION.

[5. CITIZENS ADDRESS AGENDA ITEMS AND NON-AGENDAITEMS]

IF THERE ARE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.

WOULD YOU COME TO THE PODIUM? SEEING. THEN WE'LL MOVE ON.

[6. TOWNSHIP MANAGER REPORT]

ITEM SIX TOWNSHIP MANAGER'S REPORT.

WE WILL CONSIDER OURSELVES HAVING RECEIVED THAT ALREADY.

[7. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS OF ACTIVITIES ANDANNOUNCEMENTS]

MR.. DUSHANE JUST A QUICK ONE WITH TRUSTEE SUNDLAND I THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION MEETING AND MR. FRASER JACKSON AS WELL.

I ATTENDED THE EDC MEETING ON MARCH 3RD AND THEN ON MARCH 7TH WAS THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY MEETING, WHICH I ATTENDED AS WELL.

BOTH WERE VERY MUCH FOCUSED ON THE VILLAGE OF OKEMOS AND OTHER NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN OUR AREA.

SO BOTH OF THOSE ARE EXCITING MEETINGS AND TOMORROW THE ACADEMY BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL BE MEETING AT 4:00 PM AT THE OLD SEARS STORE.

OLD SEARS STORE IN PANDORA.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE WISINSKI.

I'LL BE QUICK AS WELL.

ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION.

ON OUR LAST MEETING, WE WE APPOINTED A NEW CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.

SO OUR NEW CHAIR IS MR. BILL CONNELL.

I JUST WANT TO SAY, MACDONALD, BECAUSE THE PARK COMMISSION AND VICE CHAIR KENDRICK SAYS THEY ARE ALSO DOING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK AROUND AROUND THE WETLAND WORK, BUT ALSO BUILDING BACK THE BUFFER AND INCLUDING NATIVE PLANT SALES.

SO PARTNERING WITH THE HARRIS NATURE CENTER, THEY'RE DOING A NATIVE PLANTING EDUCATIONAL SESSION. HOWEVER, I GUESS IT SOLD OUT WITHIN A FEW DAYS.

SO THEY ARE GOING TO RECORD IT SO THAT WE CAN WE CAN VIEW IT AS A COMMUNITY IF WANTED, AND THEN A NATIVE PLANT SALE AT THE HARRIS NATURE CENTER IN MAY.

SO STARTING TO THINK ABOUT REMOVING YOUR HOSTAS AND PUTTING IN BUTTERFLY BUSH.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THAT'S NATIVE, BUT I WAS OUR EXPERT.

IN ADDITION, THE GREEN GRANTS HAVE BEEN HAVE BEEN DECIDED BY THE BY THE COMMISSION, AND A

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WE HAD FOUR APPLICANTS AND THE COMBINED TOTAL OF THAT THAT THE PROPOSALS WERE A BIT OVER THE 10,000, A LOT OF DOLLARS.

SO WHAT WE DID WAS LOOKED AT THE EACH INDIVIDUAL APPLICANT AND MODIFIED THE AMOUNT ACCORDING TO THE PROJECT THEY WERE WORKING ON.

SO THOSE WILL BE COMING OUT.

I DON'T WANT TO MENTION THOSE YET UNTIL WE GET FULL COMMITMENT.

I ATTENDED MY FIRST LAND PRESERVATION ADVISORY BOARD MEETING AND SO NOT TOO MANY UPDATES. I WAS JUST LEARNING AND NEW, NEW THERE.

SO KEEP PEOPLE UPDATED.

GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT BOARD AND ELECTION COMMISSION HAVEN'T MET SINCE LAST MEETING.

THANK YOU. ALTHOUGH I'LL BE REAL QUICK AS WELL.

THANK YOU. ATTENDED THE ROTARY MEETING TODAY AND OUR RESIDENT CECILIA KRAMER GAVE AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION ABOUT THE FOOD PANTRIES THAT ARE LOCATED IN THE TOWNSHIP.

SHE GAVE AN EXTENSIVE REVIEW OF WHAT IT TAKES TO COORDINATE THOSE FOOD PANTRIES, TAKING THE DONATIONS AND HAVING PEOPLE COME AND GET THEM, MONITORING THEM, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE STILL FALL.

AND IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED, SHE DOES COORDINATE THAT THROUGH FAITH WITHIN LUTHERAN CHURCH. AND SO YOU CAN REACH OUT TO HER THROUGH THAT.

THERE'S ONE THAT HAS A LIBRARY, THE OKEMOS LIBRARY.

THERE'S TWO AT FAITH LUTHERAN.

SHE KNOWS WHERE ALL OF THEM ARE IN THE AREA.

THERE'S ONE AT SAINT LUKE CHURCH.

THERE'S ONE AT THE WINSLOW TRAILER PARK.

AND THEN SHE KNOWS WHERE SOME OF THEM ARE AROUND THE REGION, TOO.

SO SHE'S JUST THIS VAST WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE IN REGARDS TO THAT.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATED HEARING HER PRESENTATION TODAY.

AND THE OTHER QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT IS THAT MERIDIAN CARES HAS THERE TO KEEP OUR BELLIES FULL OR THEIR SECOND FUNDRAISER, WHICH IS TODAY, TUESDAY, MARCH 15TH.

IT GOES UNTIL 9:00 PM.

SO IF THIS MEETING GETS DONE EARLY, WE CAN HEAD OVER THERE FOR THIS DOUBLE CHEESEBURGER AND ROOT BEER ON THIS PICTURE HERE, I GUESS.

WHAT ARE THOSE LIKE CHEESE FRIES? THINGS LOOK GOOD ANYWAYS.

SO IF YOU PURCHASE SOMETHING FROM CULVER'S TONIGHT THROUGH 9:00 AND SHOW THEM THIS, THEN A PORTION OF THOSE PROCEEDS GO TO MERIDIAN CARES.

THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY.

HERE'S WHAT ELSE. ALL RIGHT.

[8. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE OUR AGENDA.

SO MOVED SUPPORT BEEN MOVED AND SUPPORTED TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS WRITTEN.

ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.

PLEASE SAY YES.

YES. YES.

OPPOSE. NO.

CAREFUL JUSTICE AND A UNANIMOUS VOTE TO APPROVE.

WE MOVE NOW TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

[9. CONSENT AGENDA]

MINUTES OF THE MARCH ONE, 2022 REGULAR MEETING AND THE MARCH EIGHT, 2022 SPECIAL MEETING PLUS THE BILLS TREASURER SHANE.

I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD.

I'LL SUPPORT IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SUPPORTED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

WE NEED A ROLL CALL VOTE TO APPROVE THAT MOTION.

YES. YES.

TRUSTEE WISINSKI. YES.

TRUSTEE SUNDLAND.

YES. SUPERVISOR JACKSON.

YES. THANK YOU.

ITEM TEN QUESTIONS FOR THE ATTORNEY.

WE HAVE NONE.

ITEM 11 IS HEARINGS WE'RE HAVING ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT.

[12A. Daniels Drain Public Drain Improvement SAD #21 Resolution 3 & Resolution #4-Set a Public Hearing for April 12, 2022]

THERE ARE EIGHT ITEMS. THE FIRST IS THE DANIELS DREAM.

PUBLIC DOMAIN IMPROVEMENT.

SAD NUMBER 21 RESOLUTIONS THREE AND FOUR.

MR. OPS SUMMARY WILL BRING US UP TO DATE ON THAT PROJECT.

YES, GOOD EVENING. BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERVISOR JACKSON.

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THANK YOU FOR THE ASSISTANCE THAT DIRECTOR SCHMITT.

I NEED TO FIND A TIME FOR DIRECTOR GIVES TO SHOW ME THE ENTIRE BOARD NOW.

THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR.

APPRECIATE IT. SO THIS IS THE ACTUAL MAP OF THE DANIELS DRAIN DISTRICT.

I'M JUST GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE HISTORY OF THIS AND OBVIOUSLY DATES BACK TO 2015. SO IT PREDATES EVERY BOARD MEMBERS TIME ON THE TOWNSHIP BOARD.

SO THE DANIELS TRAIN IS A CHAPTER 20 TRAIN, WHICH IS UNIQUE FOR SEVERAL REASONS THAT I'LL TOUCH ON IN A MOMENT.

THE DANIELS TRAIN ITSELF PRIMARILY SERVES ALL OR SOME PORTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING NEIGHBORHOODS CHIEF OKEMOS, NAVAJO RIDGE, FOREST HILLS, EAST AND WEST PONDS, CORNELL WOODS, NORTH WHISPERING OAKS AND CORNELL WOODS.

SO IT IS A RATHER SUBSTANTIVE SIZE FOR A DRAINED DISTRICT.

IN 2015, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE PONDS COOPERATIVE HOMES INC FORMALLY REQUESTED THAT THE TOWNSHIP SUBMIT A PETITION UNDER CHAPTER 20 OF THE DREAM CODE TO THE INGHAM COUNTY DRAIN COMMISSIONER TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF IMPROVING AND ENHANCING THE DRAIN.

THE MAIN CONCERN AT THAT TIME WAS THE GARDEN LEVEL CONDOS WITHIN THE PINES COOPERATIVE WERE EXPERIENCING FLOODING.

THEY HAVE, SINCE THAT TIME IN 2015, EXPERIENCED FURTHER FLOODING.

OBVIOUSLY LAST SUMMER WHEN WE HAD THE HEAVY RAINS, THE ONE IN QUESTION WITH ABOUT EIGHT INCHES OF RAIN IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

THE UNITS EXPERIENCED FLOODING AND THEIR INSURANCE CARRIER AT THAT TIME DID NOT COVER THOSE BECAUSE THE CORRECTIVE ACTION IMPROVEMENTS TO THE DRAIN HAD NOT TAKEN PLACE YET. SO I BELIEVE SOME OF THE EARLIER INSTANCES IN WHICH THE FLOODING OCCURRED, THEY DID RECEIVE COVERAGE UNDER THEIR INSURANCE.

SO AT THIS POINT, AT THAT POINT, AFTER THE TOWNSHIP BOARD HELD SOME PUBLIC MEETINGS AND ULTIMATELY DID PETITION THE DRAIN, COMMISSIONER, THE COMMISSIONER COMMENCED DEVELOPING PLANS TO IMPLEMENT THE NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS TO THE DANIELS DRAIN.

AND OF COURSE, NOW HAS STARTED CONSTRUCTION FOR ANYBODY THAT HAS DRIVEN BY, YOU CAN SEE THAT CONSTRUCTION IS ONGOING.

SO AS A CHAPTER 20 DRAIN, IT'S MAINTAINED BY THE COUNTY DRAIN COMMISSIONER AND THE ASSESSMENT FALLS ON THREE PUBLIC ENTITIES OURSELVES.

INGHAM, COUNTY ROAD DEPARTMENT AND MDOT, THE LARGEST OF WHICH FALLS ON THE TOWNSHIP IN TERMS OF BENEFIT DERIVED FROM THE DRAIN ITSELF.

SO CHAPTER 20 DRAINS ARE UNIQUE.

MOST DRAINS IN THE TOWNSHIP OR CHAPTER THREE OR FOUR DRAINS.

SO THE ASSESSMENT ROLE WOULD BE SET BY THE DRAIN.

COMMISSIONER TRACING BACK THE POLICY INTENT FOR A CHAPTER 20 DRAIN IS DIFFICULT.

OUR BEST GUESS WHEN WE TRY TO GLEAN WHAT THE INTENT OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE WAS IN CREATING A CHAPTER 20 DREAM, THAT IT WAS PREEMPTIVE.

IT WAS A WAY FOR TOWNSHIPS TO IMPROVE THE DRAIN SYSTEM OR THE DRAIN DISTRICT IN ANTICIPATION OR TO ALERT DEVELOPMENT.

THAT'S OUR BEST GUESS.

SO THEREFORE, IF IT WAS SOMETHING WHERE THE TOWNSHIPS WERE LOOKING TO MAKE AND MAKE DRAIN ENHANCEMENTS, THAT MADE SENSE FOR THE ASSESSMENT TO FALL ON THE TOWNSHIP.

WITH CHAPTER THREE IN CHAPTER FOUR DRAINS, THE ASSESSMENT ROLL SETTING OCCURS THROUGH THE COUNTY DRAIN OFFICE.

SO THIS IS THE FIRST ONE THAT WE'VE HAD IN SOME TIME, ALTHOUGH WE DO HAVE SIX OTHER CHAPTER 20 DRAINS.

AND THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE HAVE BEGUN TO IDENTIFY THOSE AND TO BRING FORWARD CONVERSIONS. SO WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF CONVERTING THOSE OTHER DRAINS TO CHAPTER THREE AND FOR DRAINS, SO YOU CAN WATCH FOR THAT TO COME IN THE FUTURE.

SO BIDS WERE OPENED AND APPROVED, RESULTING IN THE ACTUAL COST ESTIMATE FOR THE PROJECT, WHICH IS 6.7 MILLION.

THE TOWNSHIP'S PERCENTAGE OF 81.44% COMES TO JUST OVER 5.5 MILLION.

AND SO WHAT HAVE WE DONE UP TO THIS POINT? THE TOWNSHIP BOARD DID CONSIDER BACK IN SEPTEMBER WHAT PORTION OF THE DRAIN ASSESSMENT IT WOULD PAY.

AND AT THAT TIME, WE DETERMINED THAT WE WOULD PAY 50% OF OUR 81.44% SHARE OF THE PROJECT. THAT IS SIGNIFICANT FOR SEVERAL REASONS, MOST OF WHICH IT'S THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF ANY DRAIN DISTRICT WE HAVE EVER PAID AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE OVERALL PROJECT. THE CLOSEST WOULD BE THE TOWER GARDENS DRAIN PROJECT.

SO WHEN YOU DRIVE THROUGH THE TOWER GARDENS NEIGHBORHOOD NORTH OF LAKE LANSING, THAT DRAIN IMPROVEMENT, WHICH WAS DONE ABOUT A DECADE AGO NOW, WE PAID, I THINK, 32 TO 35%

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TYPICALLY, WE PAY ANYWHERE FROM 15 TO 33% ON A DRAIN PROJECT.

AND SO THAT WAS THE ACTION TAKEN BY THE BOARD ON RESOLUTION ONE, AND THAT WAS JUST DETERMINING THE COST THAT WE WOULD CONTRIBUTE OR THE PERCENTAGE OF THE OVERALL ASSESSED. THAT DOESN'T FALL ON MDA AND THE COUNTY ROAD DEPARTMENT THAT WE WOULD PAY.

AND THEN RESOLUTION TWO IN THE FIVE RESOLUTION PROCESS WAS TO SET THE FIRST PROSPECTIVE ASSESSMENT ROLE.

SO IT'S PERSPECTIVE AT THAT POINT.

AND THEN WE SET A PUBLIC HEARING UNDER RESOLUTION TWO AS WELL, WHICH THE BOARD DID HOLD THAT PUBLIC HEARING.

AND AT THAT TIME, RESIDENTS WERE ABLE TO COME FORWARD AND BRING COMPLAINTS OR ISSUES TO THE BOARD AND TO STAFF.

AND SO SINCE THAT PUBLIC HEARING STAFF HAVE CONDUCTED ABOUT 40 MEETINGS WITH INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE DRAIN DISTRICT, AND THEN MODIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE ASSESSMENT ROLE. SO TONIGHT, WHAT'S BEFORE YOU AS RESOLUTIONS THREE AND FOUR? AND SO WE ARE ESSENTIALLY UPDATING BASED ON ALL THOSE MEETINGS AND ALL THAT INPUT FROM RESIDENTS. WE HAVE UPDATED THE ASSESSMENT ROLE AND THAT NEW ASSESSMENT ROLE IS IN YOUR PACKET AND WE ARE SETTING THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING DATE, AT WHICH POINT WE WILL GET MORE INPUT FROM RESIDENTS AND HOLD MORE ONE ON ONE MEETINGS BEFORE WE GO TO RESOLUTION FIVE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY ADOPTING THE PERMANENT ASSESSMENT ROLE, AT WHICH POINT IT WOULD GO ON THE SUMMER TAX BILLS.

SO THOSE ARE THE TWO RESOLUTIONS BEFORE YOU THE PUBLIC HEARING WOULD BE SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 12TH. WE DO NOTICE EVERY SINGLE RESIDENT WITHIN THE DRAIN DISTRICT.

AND LEGALLY, WE ARE REQUIRED TO ISSUE THOSE NOTICES TO THEM NO LATER THAN TEN DAYS BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THE PROCESS OF PREPARING THOSE AND THOSE WILL BE GOING OUT SHORTLY, AS WELL AS PUBLIC NOTICES IN THE TOWN COURIER.

HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT BOARD MEMBERS HAVE THIS EVENING.

ALL RIGHT. CAN WE FIRST GET A MOTION ON THE FLOOR? ON THE TABLE, TRUSTEE WISINSKI? YES, MA'AM. WOULD YOU LIKE BOTH OR JUST ONE? LET'S DO THEM ONE AT A TIME.

OKAY. SO FIRST MOTION IS TO MOVE TO APPROVE DANIEL DRAIN PUBLIC DRAIN IMPROVEMENT, SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 21, RESOLUTION NUMBER THREE, WHICH APPROVES THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT IN DEFRAYING COST THERE OF BISESAR BY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT AGAINST THE PROPERTY SPECIFICALLY BENEFITED THEREBY AND APPROVES THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT ESTIMATE AND COST OF THE AMOUNT OF $2,768,322 AND DETERMINES THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT.

SUPPORT CLERK GUTHRIE SUPPORTS.

ARE THERE QUESTIONS OR IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION? TRUSTEE WISINSKI FOR ASSISTANT MANAGER? OBSERVER SO I HEARD YOU SAY THAT YOU'RE HAVING ANOTHER PUBLIC MEETING.

HAVE YOU MADE ANY CHANGES TO THE ORIGINAL? AND WAS THAT WHAT WAS THAT BASED ON? YEAH. SO I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO PUT THE CHANGES INTO THE MEMORANDUM BECAUSE THEY WERE STILL IN FLUX AT THE TIME OF JUST BEFORE PUTTING IT IN THE PACKET.

SO I'LL WALK THROUGH THEM VERBALLY AND I CAN EVEN ZOOM IN IN A FEW AREAS ON THE MAP.

LARGELY THEY WERE LEGAL CHANGES, BUT FIRST I'LL JUST START TALKING ABOUT A FEW PARCELS ON DOBIE ROAD. SO THERE ARE A FEW PARCELS LOCATED ON DOBIE ROAD, AND IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION BY THE PROPERTY OWNERS WHO OWN THOSE PARCELS THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE CULVERTS UNDER THEIR DRIVEWAY, MEANING THAT THEY HAVE NO DRAIN INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE PART OF THEIR PROPERTY THAT FRONTS ON DOBIE ROAD.

AND SO GENERALLY SPEAKING, THEY WERE IN THIS VICINITY.

I DON'T HAVE THE LIST OF PARCEL NUMBERS WITH ME, BUT SPICER GROUP I THINK PROBABLY KNOWS THEM DIRECTLY, OFFHAND.

SO WHAT WE DID WITH THOSE PARCELS, THEIR FRONT YARDS GRADE MEANING THE SLOPE AND THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE YARDS GRADE TOWARDS THE DITCH.

THE DITCH DOES NOT HAVE ANY DRAIN INFRASTRUCTURE IN IT.

THEREFORE WE'VE TAKEN THE ACREAGE THAT DRAINS TOWARDS TOWARD THE DITCH THAT HAS NO DRAIN INFRASTRUCTURE OFF THE ASSESSMENT ROLE.

SO WE DID A SPECIFIC SCIENTIFIC CALCULATION ON THEIR PARCELS UNIQUE TO THE TOPOGRAPHY AND

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UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE BECAUSE OF HOW A CHAPTER 20 DRAIN WORKS, WE ARE NOT LEGALLY ABLE TO REMOVE HOMES FROM THE DRAIN DISTRICT.

THAT WOULD BE THE COUNTY DRAIN OFFICE.

AND I'M NOT I'M NOT CERTAIN WHAT THE LEGAL PROCESS WOULD ACTUALLY BE FOR THAT.

THEIR YARDS DO DRAIN.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY'RE PRETTY DEEP PARCELS RIGHT THERE.

NARROW DEEP PARCELS.

THEIR REAR YARDS DO DRAIN INTO THE DISTRICT.

RIGHT. SO THEY HAVE RUN OFF FACTOR GOING INTO THE DRAIN DISTRICT AND THEN THAT STORMWATER GETS MANAGED BY THE DRAIN TO THE EAST.

RIGHT. THE OTHER CHANGES WERE VERY TECHNICAL IN NATURE, SO PUBLIC PARCELS CANNOT BE ASSESSED. THERE IS A VERY SMALL PORTION OF CORNWELL ELEMENTARY THAT IS IN THE DRAIN DISTRICT. IT IS NOT THE ENTIRE RIVER TO GO.

SO THIS IS THIS MAP ACTUALLY NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED BECAUSE THIS MAP IS NOT QUITE ACCURATE. THIS MUST BE SHOWING ALL THE PARCELS.

BUT ROUGHLY THIS CORNER HERE, THE NORTHWEST CORNER IS IN THE DRAIN DISTRICT.

AND SO THE ACREAGE THAT WAS COMPRISED FROM CORNELL ELEMENTARY'S PARCEL WAS ON THE ASSESSMENT ROLL ORIGINALLY, AND IT SHOULD NOT BE AS A PUBLIC ENTITY.

AND THEN THE TOWNSHIP ACTUALLY HAS PARKLAND IN THE DRAIN DISTRICT THAT SHOULD NOT BE ON THE ASSESSMENT ROLL UNIQUE TO THAT PARCEL.

SO FORGIVE ME BECAUSE I HAVE NOT WORKED THIS LAPTOP BEFORE ON ONE FILE.

AND THEN THE LAST THING WAS TWO PUBLIC LEFT STATIONS.

SO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS DOES HAVE TO LIFT STATIONS WITHIN THE DRAIN DISTRICT, AND THOSE ARE LOCATED ON PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL PARCELS.

WE CALCULATED THE ACTUAL EASEMENT FOR THE LIFT STATIONS AND REMOVED THAT ACREAGE FROM THOSE TWO PARCELS SO THAT THOSE TWO UNIQUE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE NOT ESSENTIALLY PAYING FOR ACREAGE THAT IS IMPERVIOUS.

AND IT'S OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.

OKAY. ONE FOLLOW UP QUESTION THAT'S VERY HELPFUL.

WE'VE SEEN AS BOARD MEMBERS HAVE SEEN PEOPLE HAVING CONCERNS ABOUT THEIR PARTICULAR PARCELS. YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU NOT ONLY HAVE PUBLIC MEETINGS, BUT YOU INDIVIDUALLY MEET WITH PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS IF NEEDED.

YEAH. AND SO THE MOST FREQUENT THING THAT CAME UP DURING THE INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS WAS THE ACREAGE. AND SO THAT'S THE FINAL FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE THAT'S OCCURRED TO THE ASSESSMENT ROLE. ORIGINALLY, WE USED GIS SOFTWARE TO DETERMINE THE ACREAGE, WHICH IS PROBABLY THE MOST ACCURATE.

HOWEVER, WHEN PEOPLE HAVE THEIR RECORDS FROM THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE, THAT ALSO HAS SOME ACREAGE AND THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT OF HUMAN ERROR INVOLVED IN THE ACTUAL ASSESSMENT OR THE ACREAGE THAT GOES ON THAT RECORD.

BUT NEVERTHELESS, WE CONVERTED ALL THE ACREAGE FROM THE GIS MODEL OF MAPPING ACREAGE TO USING THE ASSESSOR'S RECORDS.

THAT WAS A PRETTY COMMON COMPLAINT.

THERE ARE BECAUSE OF HOW A CHAPTER 20 DRAINE WORKS, THERE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE WINNERS AND LOSERS WHEN THERE'S A CHANGE TO THE PROPOSED ASSESSMENT ROLL.

RIGHT. WE DON'T HAVE A FINAL ROLL BEFORE US.

BUT WHEN YOU TAKE WHEN YOU CONVERT THE ACREAGE FROM GIS TO THAT, THERE'S GOING TO BE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THEIR ACREAGE GROW UP AND SOME HAVE THEIR ACREAGE GO DOWN.

BUT THAT WAS A PRETTY PREVAILING THING THAT RESIDENTS BROUGHT TO US WAS THEIR ACREAGE BEING SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. THAT'S HELPFUL.

ON THE WHOLE, VERY SMALL CHANGES ON A PERCENTAGE BASIS.

CLERK GUTHRIE.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR JACKSON.

A FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO THOSE HOMES ON DOBY.

I'M I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THEM BECAUSE MY GRANDPA BUILT FOUR OR FIVE FIVE FOR DOBY.

SO EVEN THOUGH THOSE HOMES ARE CLOSER TO DOBY THAN THEY ARE TO THE HOMES IN THE BACK, THERE'S STILL THERE'S STILL LESS DRAINAGE THAT CAUSES A REDUCTION IN THE ASSESSMENT ON THOSE HOMES. I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE TO ME, IT'S WHEN I LOOK AT THEM IN MY MIND, I'M THINKING THERE'S MORE DRAINAGE BECAUSE I KNOW HOW MUCH THERE IS IN THE BACK OF THOSE HOUSES COMPARED TO THOSE FRONT.

SO LET'S JUST GO IN AND WE'RE GOING TO USE THIS.

WHENEVER I HIT THE ZOOM, IT COMPLETELY THROWS THE MATH OFF.

SO LET'S JUST USE PARCEL FOUR OR FIVE, FOUR, FOUR HERE AS AN EXAMPLE.

SO THE HOME IS ROUGHLY RIGHT HERE.

THE DITCHES HERE ADJACENT TO DOBIE ROAD, THE TOPOGRAPHY IS GRADING DOWN THIS WAY TOWARDS THE DITCH IN THE FRONT YARD.

THE TOPOGRAPHY IN THE BACK YARD IS GRADING THIS WAY INTO THE DRAIN DISTRICT HERE IN THE

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SO ESSENTIALLY THEIR STORMWATER RUNOFF FROM THAT FRONT YARD GOES INTO THE DITCH AND IT'S MANAGED THERE AND IT'S DETAINED THERE UNTIL IT INFILTRATES DOWN AND BECOMES GROUNDWATER.

RIGHT. SO BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GETTING ANY BENEFIT, THE WHOLE POINT OF THE ASSESSMENT ROLE IS TO CALCULATE IT BASED ON BENEFIT DERIVED.

AND THERE'S A NUMBER OF FACTORS THAT WE UTILIZE WITH THAT, INCLUDING PROXIMITY TO THE POND, THE DETENTION POND ADJACENT TO THE COOPERATIVE.

BUT ONE OF THEM IS ACREAGE AND IMPERVIOUS TO PERVIOUS RATIO.

RIGHT. AND SO IN THIS CASE, THEY'RE THEY'RE ACTUALLY MANAGING ALL THEIR STORMWATER FROM THEIR FRONT YARD ON SITE.

SO WE TOOK THAT ACREAGE OFF THE ASSESSMENT ROLL, BUT WE KEPT THE ACREAGE ROUGHLY FROM THE REAR OF THE HOME WHERE THE GRADE STARTS TO DRAIN INTO THE DRAIN DISTRICT BECAUSE THEY HAVE STORMWATER RUNOFF THAT'S COMING IN AND BEING MANAGED THROUGH THE DRAIN SYSTEM INSIDE THE FOREST HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD AND CAN USE THE PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH FOR THOSE PARCELS ON DOBY THAT DO NOT HAVE CULVERTS SPECIFICALLY.

AND CAN YOU SHOW MORE OF FOREST HILLS AREA NEIGHBORHOOD? SO FOR THOSE STREETS THAT ARE NOT COLORED GREEN, THOSE ARE NOT BEING ASSESSED, CORRECT? CORRECT. AND THIS MAP DOESN'T SHOW THE DRAIN DISTRICT.

I SHOULD CORRECT THAT. THIS MAP SHOWS THE PARCELS THAT ARE PARTIALLY OR ENTIRELY IN THE DRAIN DISTRICT BECAUSE I HAD PEOPLE ASK ME IN THOSE AREAS BECAUSE ALL THOSE FLAGS ARE OUT IF THIS IS PART OF THE DANIEL'S DRAIN PROJECT.

AND I SAID, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOT BEING ASSESSED, YOU'RE NOT IN THE ASSESSMENT DISTRICT. YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S A COMPLEX QUESTION, CLERK GUTHRIE BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK GOING ON.

SO THIS TIME OF YEAR WHEN THE THAW IS OCCURRING, WE GET A LOT OF PERMITS FROM CONSUMERS, ENERGY, METRONET, ALL THE BASICALLY ALL THE UTILITIES, PRIVATE UTILITIES, ENERGY AND BROADBAND PROVIDERS.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK GOING ON IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ONE OF WHICH WAS RESIDENTS ON MISTY WOOD, WHICH IS LOCATED RIGHT HERE IN WHISPERING OAKS, CONTACTED US THE OTHER MORNING. IT'S WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY MORNING BECAUSE FLAGS WERE IN THEIR FRONT YARDS AND THEY WERE WONDERING WHAT WORK WAS GOING ON.

SO WE INQUIRED WITH THE PROJECT ENGINEER FOR THE DRAIN DISTRICT AND IT WAS NOT WORK OCCURRING BECAUSE OF THE DRAIN DISTRICT.

WE REVIEWED OUR PERMITS, WE HAD NO APPROVED PERMITS.

IT WAS METRONET CONDUCTING WORK AND WE HAD THEM COME IN.

THEY HAD NO PERMIT.

WE MET WITH THEM AND HAD THEM CEASE AND DESIST THEIR WORK.

SO FLAGS WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD COULD BE FOR ANY NUMBER OF THINGS, BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE, IF THEY'RE WONDERING WHAT THE FLAGS ARE FOR, PLEASE CONTACT DPW AT MERIDIAN FOR US.

THANK YOU. BECAUSE I KNOW A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO JUST ASSUMING IT'S PART OF DANIEL'S DRAIN AND OUR OUR DPW EMPLOYEES ARE IN THE FIELD OFTEN.

SO WE ALSO CAUGHT BORING THAT METRO NET CONDUCTED ON BIRCHWOOD AND THEY PUT IT OVER OUR WATER MAIN. SO JUST FOR RESIDENTS EDIFICATION, IF THEY SEE UTILITY PROVIDERS, IT IS GOOD TO CONTACT THE TOWNSHIP JUST SO WE CAN DOUBLE CHECK BECAUSE WE DO REQUIRE THEM HORIZONTALLY TO STAGGER THEIR BORING FIVE FEET OFF OUR WATER MAIN.

OTHERWISE WE HAVE NO OPTION.

IF WE HAVE A MAIN BREAK, WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO CUT THEIR FIBER.

THERE'S NO WAY AROUND IT.

THANK YOU. ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS GOOD.

TREASURER DESCHAINE WHEN WE HAD OUR PUBLIC MEETING ON THIS ISSUE, WE HAD A LOT OF PUSHBACK AGAINST IT.

PEOPLE WHO ARE OPPOSED TO IT.

AND I THINK THE ARGUMENT THAT REALLY STOOD OUT FOR ME IS THAT FOR SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS IN THIS THESE NEIGHBORHOODS AND ACTUALLY MY HOUSE IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS AREA, SO I JUST MISSED IT BY A WHISKER.

BUT MOST OF MY NEIGHBORS ARE AFFECTED BY THIS.

THEY'RE NOT UPSET ABOUT THE DANIELS DRAIN.

THEY'RE UPSET ABOUT THE FACT THAT THIS IS THE SECOND, THIRD OR FOURTH DRAIN ASSESSMENT THEY'VE GOTTEN. AND IT SEEMS TO MAKE SENSE.

A WET TOWNSHIP, YOU'RE GOING TO LIKELY HAVE A DRAIN ASSESSMENT, BUT IS THERE ANY TALK WITH THE DRAIN COMMISSIONER ABOUT THESE MULTIPLE DRAINS BEING ASSESSED ON PROPERTIES, AT LEAST IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD? YES, I'VE HAD A NUMBER OF MEETINGS WITH THE DRAIN OFFICE.

I HAVE NOT BROACHED THAT SUBJECT AND I DON'T KNOW LEGALLY WHAT.

I MEAN, GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE PHILOSOPHY IS IF IF YOU HAVE BENEFIT FROM THE DRAIN, EVEN IF THERE'S OVERLAPPING DRAINS THAT YOU HAVE BENEFIT WITH, WHETHER IT'S TWO OR THREE DRAINS THAT OVERLAP YOUR BENEFIT DERIVE FROM ALL THREE.

BUT THAT'S CERTAINLY A CONVERSATION THAT I CAN HAVE AND TRY TO GLEAN MORE INFORMATION TO BRING BACK TO THE BOARD.

I THINK MOST RESIDENTS WOULD BE HAPPY WITH JUST ONE BENEFIT, YOU KNOW, THIS WAY OR THAT WAY. NOT THIS WAY OR THAT WAY OR THAT WAY.

THAT WAY. BECAUSE THE POOR GENTLEMAN ON BIRCHWOOD CAME IN AND HE LITERALLY HAS FOUR DRAIN ASSESSMENTS ON HIS TAX BILL EVERY YEAR.

AND IT'S SIGNIFICANT.

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SO THANK YOU FOR FOLLOWING UP WITH THAT.

I APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH, WE DID HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING TO EXPLORE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE WILTSHIRE DRAIN, WHICH IS A CHAPTER THREE OR FOUR DRAIN.

SO IT IS NOT A CHAPTER 20 DRAIN.

NO WORK IS GOING TO COMMENCE ON CHAPTER 20 UNTIL WE CONVERT THEM.

SO WE RECTIFY THIS MOVING FORWARD AND LEARN FROM OUR MISTAKES, RIGHT? BUT I ATTENDED THAT, AS DID OUR CHIEF ENGINEER, GIANNIS SCHRADER.

AND I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR RESIDENTS TO GO IN EYES WIDE OPEN ON WHAT THESE ASSESSMENTS REALLY LOOK LIKE, ESPECIALLY TODAY WHEN THERE'S THIS DEARTH OF INFRASTRUCTURE MONEY AND CONTRACTORS ARE GOING A BIT HIGH, WHEN THERE'S THIS MUCH WORK, THEY CAN AFFORD TO LOSE THE CONTRACT, SO THEY'RE GOING TO BED IT HIGH.

THAT'S JUST THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING TO GO WHEN YOU HAVE AN INFLUX OF MONEY LIKE WE'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.

OH, YOU'RE. YOU'RE FINISHED.

I'M FINISHED. I'M SORRY.

SO I HAVE JUST ONE QUESTION.

ONCE YOU TAKE.

YOU GO ABOUT THESE CONSULTATIONS WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND YOU TAKE THINGS OFF OF THE ASSESSMENT OF PROPERTIES.

OFF OF THE ASSESSMENT.

THEN YOU HAVE TO RECALCULATE.

YEAH. AND SO WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON HERE IS.

IS A MODIFICATION OF THE ORIGINAL ASSESSMENT ROLE.

AND WE'RE JUST WE'RE JUST VOTING TO ACCEPT THESE MODIFICATIONS, ESSENTIALLY.

YES. AND THEY ARE ALL PROSPECTIVE SUPERVISOR JACKSON.

SO THIS IS BASICALLY THE PROCESS GOES THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO PERSPECTIVE ASSESSMENT ROLES THAT THE PUBLIC HAS TIME TO DIGEST AND THEY RECEIVE DIRECT NOTIFICATION LEGALLY UNDER STATUTE TEN DAYS BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING SO THAT THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE ASSESSMENT ROLE AND COME IN.

AND THEN WE DO SCHEDULE A ONE ON ONE MEETINGS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING IS HELD.

SO THERE'S TWO ROUNDS OF THAT, RIGHT? WE HAD ONE IN THE FALL WHERE WE PUT THE FIRST PROSPECTIVE ASSESSMENT ROLL OUT, HELD THE PUBLIC HEARING, DID ONE ON ONES, MADE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE ROLE.

AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO BACK TO THAT EXACT SAME PROCESS BEFORE WE FINALIZE IT.

SO IT'S A WAY OF FINDING ERRORS, RIGHT? WE HAD AN ERROR ON THE FIRST ONE WITH TWO PUBLIC PUBLICLY OWNED PARCELS BEING ON THE ROLL. WHEN STATE LAW PROVIDES THAT THEY SHALL NOT BE RIGHT, IT'S NOT EVEN PERMISSIVE JUST TO GIVE CONTEXT.

LIKE THE TOWNSHIP'S PARK PARCEL, WE RAN IT AND ROUGHLY IT EQUATES TO $5 MORE PER PARCEL OVER THE 20 YEARS.

SO $25 DIVIDED BY 20 YEARS WOULD BE THE ANNUAL INCREASE.

SO IT'S NOT HUGELY SIGNIFICANT IN THAT MANNER.

THE ONE THING THAT WOULD BE NOW THAT I FORGET, THERE'S ONE OTHER CHANGE THAT OCCURRED FOR THE BOARD'S EDIFICATION, WHISPERING OAKS, WHICH IS RIGHT HERE, THERE'S 37 PARCELS IN WHISPERING OAKS.

THEY DO HAVE THIS OPEN SPACE.

IT'S A PAD AND SOME OF THE PAD.

WE DO HAVE OPEN SPACE WHICH IS OWNED BY THE HOA.

AND SO WE TOOK THE 8.5 ACRES AND CHANGE THAT'S OWNED, BY THE WAY, AND SPREAD IT OVER THE 37 PARCELS WITHIN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

ALL RIGHT. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE TO APPROVE THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT AND THE COSTS BASED ON CHANGES.

THE SPECIFIC.

I THINK YOU READ ALL OF THE SPECIFICS IN YOUR MOTION TRUSTEE WISINSKI AND WITH NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, WE'LL VOTE ON THE MOTION.

ALL IN FAVOR OF NO.

WE HAVE TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE, I BELIEVE.

MR. LEMASTER.

TREASURER DESCHAINE YES.

TRUSTEE WISINSKI YES.

TRUSTEE SUNDLAND YES.

SUPERVISOR JACKSON.

YES. CLERK GUTHRIE YES.

MOTION CARRIED FIVE ZERO.

THANK YOU. NOW THERE'S A SECOND MOTION WHICH RELATES TO RESOLUTION NUMBER FOUR FOR THIS SAD. SOMEONE LIKE TO READ THAT MOTION.

TRUSTEE WISINSKI.

I MOVED TO APPROVE DANIEL DRAIN DANIEL'S DRAIN PUBLIC DRAIN IMPROVEMENT SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 21, RESOLUTION NUMBER FOUR, WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ROLE TO BE FILED WITH THE OFFICE OF THE TOWNSHIP CLERK AND SHALL BE AVAILABLE

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PROVIDES THAT THE TOWNSHIP BOARD SHALL MEET AT 6 P.M.

ON TUESDAY, APRIL 12, FOR THE PURPOSES OF REVIEWING AND HEARING OBJECTIONS TO THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ROLE AND DIRECTS THE TOWNSHIP CLERK TO CAUSE NOTICE OF SUCH HEARING AND THE FILING OF THE ASSESSMENT ROLL.

SUPPORT CLERK GUTHRIE SUPPORTS.

ARE THERE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? SO THIS MOTION SETS A HEARING DATE FOR TUESDAY, APRIL THE 12TH, AND CAUSES THE CLERK TO FILE THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ROLE.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR CLARIFICATIONS? MR. LEMASTER.

YES. TRUSTEE SUNDLAND.

YES. SUPERVISOR JACKSON.

YES. THREE.

YES. YES.

THANK YOU. ITEM 12 V FINAL PRELIMINARY PLATINUM 19012.

[12B. Final Preliminary Plat #19012 (Giguere Homes), Sanctuary III]

MR. SCHMITT WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE BOARD MIGHT HAVE VERY BRIEFLY.

THIS IS A SEVEN LOT SUBDIVISION THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY TENTATIVELY APPROVED IN 2019.

THERE WAS A SERIES OF LITIGATION THAT THE TOWNSHIP WAS NOT INVOLVED WITH, BUT ESSENTIALLY WE HELD THE PLAT IN ADVANCE UNTIL SUCH TIME AS ALL THE LEGAL ISSUES WERE RESOLVED. THAT OCCURRED ABOUT A MONTH AGO.

WE GOT THE FORMAL SUBMITTAL.

THE PLAT IS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME AS WHAT YOU SAW BEFORE.

THEY NOW HAVE ALL THE APPROVALS THAT ARE NECESSARY UNDER STATE LAW TO PROCEED AS PART OF STATE LAW AND LOCAL LAW.

WE HAVE 20 DAYS FROM RECEIPT TO APPROVE THE FINAL PRELIMINARY PLAT.

THE 20TH DAY IS TODAY.

SO WE ARE ASKING THE TOWNSHIP BOARD TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS THIS EVENING AND APPROVE THIS NEXT STEP IN THE PROCESS.

THEY WILL PUT INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUT ROAD IN, GET EVERYTHING READY.

AND THEN ONCE THEY HAVE ALL OF THAT INSPECTED, APPROVED, INSTALLED, THEY WILL REQUEST FINAL PLAT APPROVAL WHICH WILL ALLOW THEM TO THEN START SELLING LOTS IN THE SUBDIVISION. SO YOU WILL SEE THIS ONE MORE TIME AS A HOWEVER, I WILL SAY THE FINAL STEP OF A PLAT IS A BIT OF A RUBBER STAMP PROCESS BECAUSE BY THEN WE'LL HAVE SEEN IT MULTIPLE TIMES. EVERYTHING WILL HAVE BEEN INSTALLED, INSPECTED, APPROVED.

AND SO THAT'S SORT OF THE FINAL STEP IN SAYING, YEP, THIS IS A LEGAL LOT YOU CAN SELL. MR. DE SHENG A QUESTION AND A COMMENT QUESTION IS IF IF SINCE IT'S BEEN TWO AND A HALF YEARS, WOULD THIS HAVE HAD TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD ANYWAY, SINCE NOTHING COMMENCED FOR THE IN THE TWO YEARS REQUIRED SINCE SEPTEMBER OF 2019 HADN'T PROCEEDED WITH CONSTRUCTION, THEY WOULD HAVE HAD TO AT LEAST COME BACK FOR AN EXTENSION REQUEST, WHICH WE WOULD HAVE RECOMMENDED.

HOWEVER, GIVEN THE LITIGATION AND EVERYTHING, WE JUST KIND OF PAUSED FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE. AND THEN I ALSO APPRECIATE THE LAST PARAGRAPH OF THE FIRST PAGE WHERE YOU HAVE STAFF HAS IDENTIFIED NO CONCERNS WITH THE REQUEST AND WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

THESE THINGS CAN GET COMPLICATED AND WE APPRECIATE THE STAFF INPUT ON THIS SO THAT WE KNOW WHERE STAFF STANDS.

WE MAY NOT ALWAYS AGREE WITH STAFF, BUT WE CERTAINLY HELPS TO KNOW WHAT THE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING. WELL, I HOPE YOU AGREE WITH ME MOST OF THE TIME, BUT SO FAR, YOU'RE 100% SURE WE CAN. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. MR. CHANG, I MOVED TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION FOR FINAL PLAT.

FINAL PRELIMINARY PLAT NUMBER 19012 JAGGER HOLMES REQUEST TO CONSTRUCT SANCTUARY THREE A SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION CONSISTING OF SEVEN LOTS LOCATED EAST OF HEWLETT ROAD.

NORTH OF JOLLY ROAD, OFF OF ROBBINS WAY.

SUPPORT. JESSE BRZEZINSKI SUPPORTS THE MOTION.

IS THERE ANY ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? GUTHRIE THANK YOU.

I ONLY HAVE ONE QUESTION.

I WAS READING THE THE DRAIN COMMISSIONER'S LETTER, AND IT WAS TALKING ABOUT EXECUTING THE FOR 33 4 TO 25 AGREEMENTS.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT A 433 AND WHAT A FOURTH 25 AGREEMENT IS? CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT A 433 AGREEMENT IS? IT'S ON THE SECOND PAGE.

IT'S ANOTHER REFERENCE TO THE SAME SECTION.

IT'S NOT A 425 AGREEMENT IN TERMS OF A LAND SWAP.

IT'S AN AGREEMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE MODIFYING THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES IN THIS CASE, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TWO DRAINAGE DISTRICTS THAT ACTUALLY SPLITS A COUPLE OF LOTS. THEY NEED TO CLARIFY THAT.

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THANK YOU. TREASURER DESCHAINE BY WAY OF BACKGROUND.

THIS WHOLE BOARD WASN'T HERE BACK IN 2019.

THIS IS A VERY CONTENTIOUS ISSUE THAT CAME BEFORE THE BOARD.

INITIALLY, THERE WERE 12 TO 15 PROPOSED LOTS AND THEN THEY CAME TO BACK TO TEN.

AND AFTER A LOT OF WORK AND THE MANAGER WAS INVOLVED WITH THIS EXTENSIVELY WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND THE DEVELOPER, WE CAME UP WITH A NUMBER OF SEVEN WHICH THE RESIDENTS COULD AGREE ON, THE DEVELOPER COULD LIVE WITH, AND IT WAS A WELL CRAFTED COMPROMISE BY ALL PARTIES AND THEN NOTHING HAPPENED.

SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE IT BACK FOR US AND TO SEE IT MOVE FORWARD AFTER ALL THE EFFORT IT TOOK TO PUT IT TOGETHER TO BEGIN WITH.

THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION FOR FINAL PRELIMINARY PLATINUM.

A19012 HAS BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED.

WE NEED A RESOLUTION.

I'M SORRY. WE NEED A ROLL CALL.

VOTE FOR A RESOLUTION.

YES. SUPERVISOR JACKSON.

YES. CLERK GUTHRIE.

YES. TREASURER DESCHAINE YES.

TRUSTEE WISINSKI.

YES. THANK YOU.

UNANIMOUS VOTE.

MR. LEMASTER. YES.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

NOW I HAVE TO CATCH UP.

[12C. Special Use Permit – 22-011 – The Meridian Company– Building greater than 25,000 square feet]

22 2011 THE MERIDIAN COMPANY FOR BUILDING SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR BUILDING GREATER THAN 25,000 SQUARE FEET.

AND WE'LL HEAR FROM MR. SMITH. AND INSTEAD OF JACK CHAPMAN, I'M ON PINCH HITTING FOR BOTH OF MY EMPLOYEES.

OH, GOOD.

LARGELY, STAFF HAS NO FURTHER COMMENT ON THIS.

THE BOARD REVIEWED THIS AT THE LAST MEETING AND HAD NO MAJOR CONCERN.

WE ARE HAPPY TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS AND LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THE MANAGEMENT TEAM UNDER CONSTRUCTION, HOPEFULLY SOMETIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

ALL RIGHT. AS MR. SCHMIDT SAID, WE'VE SEEN IT MANY TIMES.

I'M SURE THEIR ASSUMPTION IS THAT WE ARE LIKELY TO APPROVE IT.

SO CAN WE GET A MOTION TRUSTEE WISINSKI MOTION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING A REQUEST FROM MAP MANAGEMENT LLC TO CONSTRUCT A BUILDING GREATER THAN 25,000 SQUARE FEET ON A VACANT PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THEIR EXISTING BUILDING AT 1999 AND 78 HIGHWAY.

THE VACANT FIVE ACRE PARCEL IS ZONED INDUSTRIAL II INDUSTRIAL.

SUPPORT. CLLR GODFREY SUPPORTS THE MOTION.

THIS IS THE MOTION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, DISCUSSIONS? TRUSTEE WISINSKI.

JUST LIKE TO SAY AGAIN THANKING THE OWNER FOR STAYING IN THE TOWNSHIP AND USING EXISTING PARCELS TO EXPAND THEIR BUSINESS.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT I MADE IN THE LAST MEETING AS WELL IS IF THERE'S ANY POSSIBILITY TO SAVE ANY OF THE 30 TO 40 QUALITY TREES AND ENSURING THAT WE'RE NOT DISRUPTING THE WETLANDS WOULD BE MY LAST.

MY LAST COMMENT. IS YOUR HAND UP? YES. CLERK GUTHRIE, PLEASE.

NOT QUITE AS LONG AS JONATHAN TRUSTS.

I'M SORRY. I TOO, WANTED TO COMMENT ABOUT THE WETLANDS.

I APPRECIATE THE EXTENSIVE WETLAND REPORT THAT WAS PROVIDED IN THE THE PREVIOUS PACKET WHEN WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS.

AND I APPRECIATE THE CONCERN FOR THE WETLANDS AND THE TREES AND PAYING PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT ON THIS.

ON THIS PROJECT, I WOULD SAY THAT WAS A LARGE ROLE IN SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT MOVING FORWARD. SEEING THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL ON THE WETLANDS.

TRUSTEE WISINSKI.

DIRECTOR SCHMITT. A QUESTION ON ANY SPECIAL USE PERMIT GREATER THAN 25,000, A NATURAL FEATURE STUDY IS REQUIRED.

NATURAL FEATURE STUDY IS REQUIRED FOR ANY SPECIAL USE PERMIT OR ANY.

SO THAT'S A GOOD THING.

I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS MORE EXTENSIVE THAN ALL THE REPORTS I HAD SEEN.

I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE IT'S JUST ME.

THAT'S JUST HOW I FELT. NO, THEY'RE VERY.

[01:25:02]

THIS IS A MOTION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION.

IS MR. LEMASTER PREPARED FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE? YES. YES.

TREASURER DESCHAINE. YES.

TRUSTEE WISINSKI. YES.

TRUSTEE. YES.

KERRY FIVE ZERO. THANK YOU, ADAM.

[12D. Ordinance 2022-01 – Fire Hydrant Hose Connection Standards – Final Adoption]

THAT'S NOT TRUE, IS IT? IT IS. I YOU KNOW, THIS IS THIS IS WHAT'S KNOWN AS WHEN YOU OPEN YOUR MOUTH, SOMETHING FALLS INTO. I KNOW THIS IS WHAT EVERYONE'S HERE FOR THIS EVENING, SO I'LL BE QUICK.

YES, EVERYONE JUST WAITING.

THIS IS THE THIS IS THE FINAL ADOPTION OF THE CLARIFICATION TO PUT INTO ORDINANCE THE TOWNSHIP'S POLICY TO UPDATE THE FIRE HYDRANT HOSE CONNECTIONS WHEN WORK IS DONE ON AN ADJACENT NON SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING.

ALL RIGHT. IT HAS BEEN PUBLISHED PURSUANT TO THE BOARD'S DIRECTION AND WE ARE READY FOR ADOPTION. ALL RIGHT.

JUST SOME MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION APPROVING ORDINANCE 202201 AN ORDINANCE TO ADD FIRE HYDRANT HOSE CONNECTION STANDARDS IN CHAPTER 26 FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION SUPPORT TREASURER DESCHAINE SUPPORTS THE MOTION.

ARE THERE QUESTIONS COMMENTS NEED FOR OC? THEN WE NEED A ROLL CALL.

VOTE FOR THIS TOO, I BELIEVE.

YES, TREASURER.

TO SAY YES.

TRUSTEE WISINSKI.

YES. TRUSTEE SUNDLAND.

YES. SUPERVISOR JACKSON.

YES. MOTION CARRIED FIVE ZERO.

THANK YOU. ITEM 12 IS APPOINTMENT OF NEW TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES.

[12E. Appointment of New Township Trustees]

WE'RE AT THE WE WE WE HAVE INTERVIEWED THREE CANDIDATES.

AND SO WE ARE AT A POINT WHERE WE WILL VOTE TO NOT NOMINATE AND AND ELECT TWO CANDIDATES.

THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR NOMINATIONS.

MR.. DUSHANE FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY WE HAD NINE CITIZENS APPLY FOR THESE POSITIONS AND ALL NINE WERE EXCELLENT CANDIDATES.

AND IT WAS DIFFICULT TO TO NARROW THAT NUMBER DOWN TO THREE THAT WE INTERVIEW TODAY.

AND OF THOSE THREE.

ALL THREE OF THEM ARE EXCELLENT CANDIDATES.

AND. COULD HAVE SERVED COULD SERVE VERY WELL.

IN FACT, ANY OF THE NINE, I BELIEVE, COULD SERVE VERY WELL ON THE TOWNSHIP BOARD ALL BROUGHT A LOT OF EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS TO THE POSITION.

TWO CANDIDATES REALLY STOOD OUT ABOVE A FIELD OF EXCEPTIONAL CANDIDATES THAT I'M GOING TO NOMINATE HERE ARE MOVED TO A POINT HERE.

THE FIRST WOULD BE SCOTT HENDRICKSON.

LET'S TAKE THEM ON. THE FIRST WOULD BE SCOTT HENDRICKSON.

AND I MOVED TO APPOINT SCOTT HENDRICKSON AS A MEMBER OF THE RETAINED TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE FOR A TERM OF MARCH 15, 2022 TO NOVEMBER 20TH, 2020, TO SUPPORT.

AND IF I COULD JUST SAY BRIEFLY ABOUT SCOTT, HE HIS ENGAGEMENT IS EXCEPTIONAL.

HE'S BEEN THE CHAIR OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

HE'S REALLY BEEN PART OF THE TEAM AS CHAIR AND VERY ABLY LED THE PLANNING COMMISSION THROUGH SOME DIFFICULT REVIEWS AND AT TIMES CONTENTIOUS ISSUES BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND ABLY LED THEM THROUGH THAT.

KNOWLEDGEABLE SCOTT HAS A STRONG BACKGROUND IN PUBLIC POLICY, UNDERSTANDS OUR ZONING, OUR LAND USE ORDINANCES, AND WE'LL BRING A LOT OF THAT KNOWLEDGE TO THE BOARD, WHICH WE ARE GOING TO MISS. SINCE TRUSTEE OPSOMMER STEPPED DOWN FROM THE BOARD, THE OTHER THING THAT IMPRESSED ME IS THAT SCOTT HAS A REALLY CLEAR VISION OF HOW THIS BOARD NEEDS TO WORK TOGETHER TO KEEP MERIDIAN A PRIME COMMUNITY AND A COMMUNITY THAT PEOPLE CONTINUE TO WANT

[01:30:03]

SO FOR THOSE REASONS, I'M PROUD TO NOMINATE SCOTT HENDRICKSON FOR THE OPEN TRUSTEE POSITION, AND THE MOTION WAS SECONDED BY TRUSTEE WISINSKI.

DID YOU HAVE COMMENTS? SURE. THANK YOU.

I WOULD AGREE WITH TREASURER THAT MR. HENDRICKSON WAS AN EXCEPTIONAL CANDIDATE AND HAS A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE IN PUBLIC SERVICE, BUT HAS ALSO PROVIDED A LOT OF COMMUNITY SERVICE.

SO WORKING CURRENTLY AS I'M NOT PENNY COMMISSION ON THE ZONING BOARD, I SAT FOR A MINUTE WITH MR. HENDRICKSON. HIS PASSION FOR MERIDIAN WAS EXHIBITED SIGNIFICANTLY THROUGH HIS INTERVIEWS, AND HIS PRIDE IN MERIDIAN WAS EXHIBITED.

I DO FEEL HE WILL HELP TO FILL A GAP WE HAVE ON THIS BOARD AND I'M EXCITED AND HONORED TO WORK WITH HIM. THANK YOU.

GUTHRIE THANK YOU.

I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE INTERVIEW WITH MR. HENDRICKSON FOR TWO MAIN REASONS.

ONE IS HIS DEDICATION TO THIS COMMUNITY THROUGH HIS THROUGH HIS PUBLIC SERVICE, HIS COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE.

AND THE VERY FIRST THING HE TALKED ABOUT WAS CUSTOMER SERVICE AND PROVIDING THAT TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN PART OF THIS TOWNSHIP AND IN THIS BUILDING FOR A LONG TIME, AND I'VE LIVED IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

AND THE TWO THINGS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT, PROVIDING CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THE FACT THAT YOU WOULDN'T LIVE ANYWHERE ELSE HIT ME BECAUSE I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND JUST THE HEART THAT YOU GAVE IN YOUR INTERVIEW FOR THE CARE OF THE COMMUNITY, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THE ORDINANCES OR THE MASTER PLAN OR THE PIQUA ZONES ARE PROVIDING THE FINANCIAL ENGINE, AS YOU CALLED IT DURING YOUR INTERVIEW, THE WAY IN WHICH THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.

BUT IT'S IN WORKING TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY AND US ALL WORKING TOGETHER TO PROVIDE THAT PUBLIC SERVICE.

AND THEN YOU ALSO TALKED ABOUT A THIRD KIND OF THING THAT THAT IMPRESSED ME AS WELL WAS THE SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE BOARD AND THE MANAGER IN MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE WORKING AND DOING THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO TO SUPPORT THE STAFF SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY MEET ALL OF THESE LOFTY GOALS AND PROVIDE THESE SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO, I MEAN, NOT ONLY ARE YOU INCREDIBLY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT ORDINANCES AND ALL THE TIME THAT YOU'VE SERVED ON THESE COMMISSIONS, BUT THE HEART THAT YOU HAVE TO GIVE THE COMMUNITY, I THINK, WOULD SERVE TO SERVE ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES REALLY WELL. AND SO FOR THAT REASON, I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS NOMINATION.

RIGHT. MS..

TRUSTEE SUNDLAND, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMMENT? YEAH. DURING SCOTT'S INTERVIEW, YOU KNOW, HE TALKED ABOUT TRANSPARENCY, MORE COMMUNICATION. YOU TALKED ABOUT WHAT? LAND ENFORCEMENT'S THE VOICE OF RESIDENTS.

HE DOES HAVE A YOUNGER FAMILY.

SO HE TALKED ABOUT PARTNERING WITH THE MERIDIAN MALL, MORE THINKING THAT THAT IS QUITE AN INVESTMENT THAT WE NEED TO DO.

TALKED ABOUT DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION.

SO, YES, I WOULD LIKE TO ENDORSE SCOTT HENDRICKSON FOR THIS NOMINATION ALSO.

ALL RIGHT. AND I WILL GO ON RECORD AS AGREEING WITH ALL OF THE COMMENTS MADE BY MY COLLEAGUES.

AND SO THE MOTION TO APPOINT SCOTT HENDERSON AS MEREDITH TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE FOR A TERM OF MARCH 15, 2022 TO NOVEMBER 2022, HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.

PLEASE SAY YES AND THE ROLL CALL.

SORRY, ZACH.

TREASURER. YES.

TRUSTEE WISINSKI. YES.

JUSTIN SUMLIN. YES.

SUPERVISOR JACKSON.

YES. YES.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A SECOND APPOINTMENT TO MAKE CLERK GUTHRIE.

[01:35:04]

SUPPORT SUPPORTED BY TREASURER DESCHAINE CLERK GUTHRIE.

YOU KNOW, SIMILAR COMMENTS ABOUT IN REGARDS TO BEING PART OF A COMMUNITY THAT DAY THAT I TALKED ABOUT WAS SCOTT AND THAT MANA HAS YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY.

YEARS OF VOLUNTEER SERVICE.

YEARS OF SERVICE AND KNOWLEDGE ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

SHE IS AN INCREDIBLY HUMBLE AND THE AMOUNT OF GIVING THAT SHE GIVES US TO THIS COMMUNITY. AND MANY OF HER ANSWERS WERE JUST ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE AND THE BOARD WORKING TOGETHER TOWARDS THAT END, INCLUDING MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THESE PEAK ZONES EFFECTS AND DOING DOING WHAT WE NEED THEM TO DO IN REGARDS TO BRINGING IN THAT THAT TAX BASE AND WORKING WITH WHATEVER WE CAN DO WITH THE MALL AND DOWNTOWN, OKEMOS AND HASLETT. AND SO I JUST REALLY APPRECIATED NOT ONLY HER COMMENTS BUT HER DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITY. I THINK THAT FITS WITH THE VISION THAT THE BOARD HAS AND THAT THE AND THAT THE MANAGER HAS AND THAT TOWNSHIP STAFF HAS.

AND SO FOR THAT REASON, I'M SUPPORTING HER FOR THIS NOMINATION.

TREASURER DESCHAINE.

I AGREE WITH THE CLERK. I THINK MANA WILSON WILL MAKE AN EXCELLENT CONTRIBUTION TO THIS BOARD. SHE'LL WORK WELL WITH THIS BOARD.

I THINK SHE'LL HELP US TO WORK TOGETHER AS A BOARD.

SHE HAS GOT DECADES OF WORKING ON VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WITHIN THE TOWNSHIP AND OUTSIDE AND OTHER GROUPS TO HELP THOSE GROUPS TO WORK BEST.

SHE WAS A BOARD MEMBER IN THE 1990S AND GOING BACK IN HER TIME, SHE WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE ORIGINAL BOARD MEMBERS THAT PUT FORWARD THE PLAN TO DEVELOP THE NOKOMIS LEARNING CENTER NEXT DOOR DOOR, WHICH IS GOING THROUGH A BIT OF A RENAISSANCE RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE DOING THEIR BEST TO REHABILITATE THE BUILDING AND ADD A WHOLE BUNCH OF PROGRAMING.

PROGRAMING. THAT PLACE WOULDN'T EXIST WITHOUT LEADERSHIP LIKE MANA SHOWED BACK IN THE NINETIES. MANA ALSO REALLY CARES ABOUT A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT THIS BOARD CARES ABOUT, ESPECIALLY THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.

SHE BACK IN THE NINETIES, WETLANDS ORDINANCES WERE NEW AND MANA WAS A KEY PLAYER IN HELPING US TO CREATE VERY STRONG WETLANDS ORDINANCES TO PROTECT OUR FRAGILE WETLANDS AND ALSO PART OF THE EARLY TEAM THAT PUT TOGETHER THE URBAN SERVICES BOUNDARY, WHICH PROTECTED THE RURAL CHARACTER OF THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE TOWNSHIP.

WE HAVE THAT TODAY BECAUSE OF THE VISION OF PEOPLE LIKE MANA WILSON.

AND LASTLY, AS THE COOK MENTIONED, MANA IS PASSIONATE ABOUT PUBLIC SERVICE.

SHE DOES IT IN HER FREE TIME.

SHE DOES IT DAY AND NIGHT.

AND THEY HAVE THAT PASSION HERE IN THE BOARD.

BROUGHT TO THE BOARD, I THINK REFLECTS WELL THE VALUES OF OUR TOWNSHIP, BECAUSE OUR RESIDENTS, BY AND LARGE, ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT PUBLIC SERVICE.

AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE EXCELLENT BOARDS OF COMMISSION MEMBERS.

WE HAVE MANY BIG ACTIVE SERVICE CLUBS AND WE HAVE A LOT OF VOLUNTEER WORK THAT'S.

DONE THIS TOWNSHIP EVERY DAY AND MANA WILL BE A GREAT VISION AND INSPIRATION FOR THOSE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT ALREADY GIVE A LOT.

WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING LIKE MANA, YOU THINK, WELL, I COULD PROBABLY GIVE A LITTLE MORE BECAUSE SEEING WHAT SHE'S DOING IS PRETTY REMARKABLE.

SO FOR THOSE REASONS, I THINK MANA IS GOING TO MAKE AN EXCELLENT BOARD MEMBER IF WE VOTE FOR HER. MANA ALSO IDENTIFIED EARLY ON AN ISSUE THAT TRUSTEE WISINSKI AND OTHERS HAVE POINTED OUT. WE REALLY HAVE TO ADDRESS THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ISSUE IN MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL, VERY EXPENSIVE HOMES IN OUR TOWNSHIP BEING DEVELOPED. WE DON'T HAVE MUCH MIDDLE HOUSING BEING DEVELOPED AND WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TRULY AFFORDABLE HOUSING BEING DEVELOPED.

AND WE NEED TO FIND SOME SOLUTIONS TO THAT, FIND SOME WAYS FORWARD THAT CAN ALLOW FOR HOUSING TO BE MORE AFFORDABLE FOR PEOPLE OF OF MEDIAN INCOME, NOT JUST THE HIGH INCOME EARNERS. SO I THINK MANA WILL HELP US IN THAT PROJECT THAT THE BOARD HAS IDENTIFIED OF HELPING TO CREATE AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PLAN FOR MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE BRZEZINSKI.

I CAN ALSO SUPPORT MS..

WILSON. FOR HER, CERTAINLY HER PREPAREDNESS OR PASSIONATE, ALL THE EXPERIENCES SHE'S SHE'S BROUGHT TO US, EVERYTHING THAT THE CLERK AND TREASURER HAVE ALREADY SAID.

SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MS..

WILSON SHARED THAT THAT STOOD OUT TO ME WAS SHE HAD A PHRASE THAT SAID ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY. SUSTAINABILITY SHOULD DRIVE THE BUDGET.

AND I THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS THAT WAS PRETTY INSIGHTFUL.

AND I KNOW HER FOCUS IS MORE ON REDEVELOPMENT AS OPPOSED TO URBAN SPRAWL.

AND WE KNOW THAT WE'RE WORKING IN OUR OUR PIQUA AREAS.

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WILSON AS WELL. TRUSTEE SUNDLAND AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THESE APPOINTMENTS ARE FOR A TERM OF MARCH 15, 2022 TO NOVEMBER 20, 2022.

SO CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.

THE CLERK YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN ELECTION PROCESS.

SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT, TOO.

AND I WOULD ONLY ADD THAT ONE OF MY INTERESTS AND CONCERNS WAS HOW THE APPLICANTS AND THE APPOINTEES WOULD MELD AND WORK WITH THIS BOARD.

ONE OF THE PARTICULAR FEATURES OF MS..

WILSON'S INTERVIEW WAS THAT SHE WAS VERY ENTHUSIASTIC OR SHE'S VERY ENTHUSIASTIC, ENTHUSIASTICALLY ENDORSED THE GOALS AND DIRECTIONS AND THAT THIS BOARD IS ALREADY WORKING WITH. AND SO I THINK THAT HER APPOINTMENT WILL BE VERY GOOD FOR ALL OF US.

SO THE MOTION IS TO APPOINT MANA WILSON AS TRUSTEE.

WE NEED A ROLL CALL VOTE AGAIN.

YES. TRUSTEE SUNDLAND? YES. SUPERVISOR JACKSON? YES. OF COURSE. YES.

TREASURER. TO SAY YES.

MOTION CARRIED FIVE ZERO.

AND WE WILL CLOSE THIS ITEM BY CONGRATULATING BOTH OF OUR NEW TRUSTEES, AND WE HOPE THEY LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU SOON.

ITEM 12 F IS COMMUNITY SERVICES MILLAGE MR.

[12F. Community Services Millage]

SO ON FEBRUARY 15TH, THIS LAST APPEARED ON YOUR AGENDA AND AT THAT MEETING WE DISCUSSED WHETHER OR NOT TO PURSUE A RENEWAL, A SIMPLE RENEWAL, A.

HEADLEE OVERRIDE AND WHICH BALLOT TO PUT THIS QUESTION BEFORE VOTERS.

IT WAS THE DECISION OF THE BOARD TO CONTINUE WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR A SIMPLE RENEWAL AND TO PUT IT ON THE AUGUST 2ND, 2022 BALLOT.

THIS DOES GIVE US THE FALLBACK IN THE EVENT THAT SOMETHING UNEXPECTED WERE TO HAPPEN WITH THIS MILLAGE THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.

JUST TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE BRIEF HISTORY OF THIS MILLAGE.

IT WAS ORIGINALLY PASSED BY VOTERS IN 2002.

IT WAS A 0.1 MILL LEVY AT THAT TIME, AND IT SUPPORTED THREE DIFFERENT SERVICES SENIOR PROGRAMS, PARKS AND RECREATION AND HUMAN SERVICES.

WHEN IT FIRST EXPIRED AND THE BOARD HAD TO CONSIDER ITS RENEWAL OPTIONS IN 2012, IT DID DECIDE TO INCREASE IT BY 0.050.05 MILL INCREASE, AND THAT POINT IN ZERO FIVE WAS DEDICATED FOR SENIOR PROGRAMING.

SO THE WAY THAT THIS HAS EVOLVED OVER TIME WITH THAT 0.05 INCREASE, WE HAVE TO DECIDE HOW THE HEADLEE ROLLBACK WILL APPLY.

WILL IT APPLY TO THE BROAD LIST OF SERVICES THAT ARE FUNDED UNDER A 0.1 MILL OR THE SENIOR SPECIFIC PORTION OF 0.05? SO THE PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS TO HOLD HARMLESS THE 0.05 FOR SENIOR SERVICES AND TO PUT THE HEADLEE ROLLBACK ON THE POINT ONE FOR ALL THREE SERVICES.

SO THIS WILL GO BEFORE VOTERS, AND I CAN SEE SUPERVISOR JACKSONS LOOKING AT ME WITH INTEREST ON THAT. SO LET ME TRY TO DESCRIBE THAT ONE MORE TIME.

SO THERE'S TWO LAYERS TO THIS MILLAGE.

WE HAVE THE 0.1 MILL, WHICH SUPPORTS ALL THREE SERVICES.

SO ESSENTIALLY THAT THE REVENUE DERIVED FROM THE 0.1 MILL CAN GO TO SENIOR PROGRAMING, PARKS AND REC OR HUMAN SERVICES.

WHEN THE BOARD DECIDED IN 2012 TO INCREASE THIS MILLAGE BY 0.05.

IT RESTRICTED THE REVENUE FROM THAT INCREASE TO SENIOR PROGRAMING SPECIFICALLY.

SO PREDOMINANTLY THE SENIOR CENTER LOCATED WITHIN OKLAHOMA SCHOOLS.

RIGHT. SO THE PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU TONIGHT WILL HOLD HARMLESS THAT THE ROLLBACK, THE HEAVILY ROLLBACK THAT HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS WILL NOT APPLY TO THE SENIOR PROGRAMING. IT WILL APPLY TO THE BROAD 0.1 MILL THAT FUNDS ALL THREE SERVICES.

SO BASICALLY WE WON'T SEE ANY REDUCTION IN REVENUE TO THE SENIOR PROGRAMING, WHICH IS

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FOR THIS MILLAGE.

YOU CAN SEE THAT 57% OF THE FUNDS GO TO SENIOR CENTER PROGRAMING AND SENIOR PROGRAMING IN GENERAL.

SO THAT IS THE DISTINCTION THAT'S CAUSED BY THE ACTION OF THE BOARD IN 2012 AND HOW IT CHOSE TO INCREASE AND RESTRICT THE NEW INCREASED MILLS.

SO THE RESOLUTION IS PREPARED WITH THE BALLOT LANGUAGE AND PASSAGE OF THIS BALLOT PROPOSAL ON THE AUGUST 2ND BALLOT IS NEEDED FOR IT TO GO ON THE WINTER TAX BILL.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

I MOVED TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE BALLOT PROPOSAL FOR A TEN YEAR RENEWAL OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICES MILLAGE SUPPORT.

I GOT THREE SUPPORTS.

MR. DUCHENNE. YEAH, THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A 0.15 MIL FOR A TYPICAL TOWNSHIP HOME WITH A TAXABLE VALUE OF ABOUT $140,000.

THE COST FOR THIS IS AROUND $25, SO IT'S PROBABLY THE SMALLEST ITEM ON RESIDENTS TAX BILL YET. THIS IS A MILLAGE THAT PROVIDES A GREAT DEAL OF VALUE FOR OUR RESIDENTS, THE SENIOR CENTER PROGRAM, WHICH IS OPEN TO ALL RESIDENTS IN MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP.

THE PARKS AND RECREATION PORTION OF IT.

AND WE ALL KNOW THAT OUR PARKS ARE BEING USED AT RECORD NUMBERS BECAUSE OF COVID AND THE MARINE HUMAN SERVICES MILLAGE AS WELL.

WE HAVE A STAFF PERSON THAT THIS MILLAGE FUNDS THAT ALLOWS AND WE ALL KNOW SHE DOES A VERY GREAT JOB WITH WRITTEN CARES AND THIS MILLAGE DOESN'T ACTUALLY PROVIDE THOSE SUBSIDIES THAT ARE PROVIDED TO THEIR RESIDENTS.

THIS IS JUST FOR THE COORDINATION OF THOSE SUBSIDIES.

DARLING, WHAT WORKS FOR THE RESIDENT EXPERIENCING FINANCIAL TROUBLES OR LOSS OF A JOB OR FAMILY BREAKUP? AND SHE HELPS THEM DEFINE HOW IT HELPS THEM TO FIND RESOURCES.

SHE CONNECTS THEM WITH THOSE PEOPLE THAT CAN HELP HER HELP THEM GET THROUGH THIS TIME OF CRISIS. THE FOOD BANK AND THE COUNTY HEALTH CARE INITIATIVE.

SO AND THAT'S, AGAIN, OPEN TO ANYONE IN THE IN THE TOWNSHIP TO COME IN AND GET THAT KIND OF EXCEPTIONAL HELP FROM GALA, INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION ISSUES.

SO FOR 4.15 MILLS, ABOUT $40 FOR A TYPICAL HOUSEHOLD.

THAT'S TREMENDOUS VALUE TO ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS, BOTH IN PROGRAMING, PARKS AND IN HUMAN RESOURCES.

SO THIS IS TRULY A NO BRAINER IN TERMS OF THE VALUE WE GET FOR RELATIVELY SMALL ITEM ON THE TAX BILL. I WOULD I WOULD THANK YOU.

I WOULD ECHO THOSE COMMENTS BY THE TREASURER.

KNOW I THINK EARLIER YOU STATED OR MAYBE IT WAS DURING THE BOARD DELIBERATIONS OF THE INTERVIEWS DURING THE SPECIAL MEETING EARLIER TODAY THAT ABOUT THE POPULATION AGE, THE AVERAGE AGE IS 40 AND IT'S TRENDING UPWARDS.

AND I'M I THINK I'M FIVE YEARS AWAY FROM UTILIZING THE MERIDIAN SENIOR CENTER SERVICES. SO I KNOW THERE'S A LARGE POPULATION OUT THERE THAT THAT COULD UTILIZE THOSE SERVICES.

AND SHERRY WISDOM AND THE TEAM OVER THERE AT THE MERIDIAN SENIOR CENTER, THEY DO AN EXCELLENT JOB PROVIDING PROGRAMING FOR SENIORS FROM, YOU KNOW, EXERCISES TO GAMES, TO TRAVEL LOGS TO FINANCIAL ADVISORS COMING IN AND GIVING THEM ADVICE ON HOW TO FILE THEIR TAXES AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

SO THERE'S JUST AN EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT PLETHORA OF SERVICES THAT THE SENIOR CENTER PROVIDES. IT'S A VERY NOMINAL COST TO TO RESIDENTS TO HAVE THOSE.

AND THEN YOU CAN GO ON WITH PARKS AND RECREATION AND THOSE SERVICES AND HUMAN SERVICES. I CAN'T TELL YOU THE NUMBER OF TIMES I'VE PERSONALLY ASKED DARLA QUESTIONS TO ASSIST MY MOTHER AS SHE'S AGING OR TO ASSIST MY HOMELESS SISTER WHO LIVED WITH US FOR A BIT WHEN SHE LIVED HERE IN OKEMOS.

AND AND I HAD DARLA HELP TO TWO OF MY VERY DEAR FAMILY MEMBERS AND I AND SHE HELPED THEM OUT LIKE SHE WOULD HELP ANYONE ELSE OUT.

AND IT'S JUST A TREMENDOUS BENEFIT TO HAVE SOMEONE TO GO TO WHEN YOU HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER IN NEED AND THEY HAVE NO MONEY AND THEY HAVE NO TRANSPORTATION, THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET AROUND.

THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO FILL OUT A MEDICAID FORM.

THEY DON'T KNOW THAT THEY CAN GET AN AMBULANCE WAIVER AND HOW TO FILL OUT AN

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AND WHEN YOU'RE AN AGING PERSON, IT'S IT'S DIFFICULT TO EVEN UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE FORMS MEAN. AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THESE SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED TO OUR RESIDENTS IN OUR IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THOSE.

REALLY? JUST KIDDING.

I WOULD ECHO EVERYTHING YOU'VE SAID ABOUT OUR SERVICES.

ONE QUESTION FOR OUR ASSISTANT MANAGER.

I'M TRYING TO WRAP MY HEAD AROUND HOW THE HEADLEE ROLLBACK AMENDMENT WORKS AND WHY WE'VE HAD TO ROLL IT BACK FROM 1.5 TO 1.45.

SO IT'S NAMED AFTER DICK HADLEY.

IT WAS PASSED. IT WAS A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PUT BEFORE VOTERS IN 1978.

VOTERS STATEWIDE ADOPTED IT.

SO WHEN WE REFER TO IT AS THE HEADLEE AMENDMENT, IT'S REFERENCING ITS AUTHOR.

ESSENTIALLY, THERE'S TWO COMPONENTS.

THE LOCAL UNIT OF GOVERNMENT COMPONENT IS THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR TAX BASE AT LARGE, SO WHEN MANAGER WALSH TALKS ABOUT OUR TAX BASE ECLIPSING $2 BILLION IN VALUE IN TAXABLE VALUE, WHAT THAT MEANS IS EVERY SINGLE PARCEL.

SIMILARLY, WHEN YOU TAKE WHEN YOU ADD UP, THE TAXABLE VALUE OF ALL THOSE PARCELS EQUATES TO OVER 2 BILLION.

SO WHEN OUR, WHEN OUR TAX BASE ON A CALENDAR YEAR BASIS, THE GROWTH IN OUR TAX BASE EXCEEDS THE RATE OF INFLATION AS SET BY THE STATE, THE MILITARY, IT'S ROLLBACK PROPORTIONATELY.

SO ESSENTIALLY IF OUR TAX BASE GROWS BY ANYTHING IN EXCESS OF INFLATION, WE LOSE THAT EXCESSIVE REVENUE VIA ROLLBACKS.

SO EVEN IF WE WERE TO DO A HEAVILY OVERRIDE, WE LIKELY WE'RE GOING TO GET A ROLLBACK THIS YEAR. SO WE WOULD NEVER GET THE 0.15 MILLS GIVEN THIS YEAR.

THE A LOT OF THE TAX BASE GROWTH, IF YOU READ SSR, WINSTEAD NOTES IN THE BUDGET AND IN THE QUARTERLY REPORT THAT'S IN YOUR PACKET TONIGHT IS DUE TO A FEW VERY VALUABLE PARCELS ON CAPPING. SO THAT MEANS THEY'VE SOLD.

SO WHEN A PROPERTY SELLS IT UNCAPPED AND THAT PRODUCES VERY LARGE INCREASES IN TAXABLE VALUE. AND THAT IS WHAT TRIGGERS HEAVILY ROLLBACKS BECAUSE YOUR PROPERTY, IF YOU OWN IT AND DON'T SELL IT, WILL NOT INCREASE BEYOND THE RATE OF INFLATION.

IT'S CAPPED AT INFLATION.

SO THE ONLY THING THAT CAN TRIGGER ROLLBACKS IS CAPPING.

AND I FORGET IF NEW DEVELOPMENT IS EXEMPT OR INCLUDED IN THE ROLLBACK EQUATION.

I FORGET, BUT I THINK IT'S EXEMPTED.

SO IT'S THE CAPPING OF PROPERTIES THAT CAUSES IT THAT MAKES MORE.

SO THAT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 0.15 AND .1483 REPRESENTS THE DEGREE TO WHICH OUR TAX BASE HAS GROWN BEYOND THE RATE OF INFLATION AS SET BY THE STATE OVER THE TEN YEARS OF THE MILLAGE. SO IF THOSE TWO ARE UNCAPPED THIS YEAR, WE'RE SETTING THIS FOR A TEN YEAR MILLAGE JUST BASED ON THIS YEAR'S.

THIS YEAR'S GOAL. YEAH.

THESE NUMBERS, WHEN IT GOES DOWN THE WINTER TAX BILL, IT PROBABLY IS NOT GOING TO BE 0.1483. IT'S GOING TO BE ROLLED BACK AGAIN BEFORE IT GOES ON.

THE WINTER TAX BILL.

THAT IS THE JUST TO GIVE YOU A REVENUE PICTURE, THAT IS THE REVENUE THAT WAS DERIVED THIS YEAR. SO WHEN IT WENT ON THE DECEMBER TAX BILL LAST YEAR, IN 2021, THE 283,921 IS THE PRECISE REVENUE THAT WE WILL BRING IN THIS YEAR THAT WE ALREADY DID BRING IN AS OF FEBRUARY 14TH, MINUS ANY DELINQUENT TAXES THAT ARE WITH THE COUNTY TREASURER.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, TREASURER DESCHAINE.

JUST ONE CLARIFICATION HEAVILY.

AS YOU KNOW, THE RATE TAXES CAN GO UP UP TO 5% OR THE RATE OF INFLATION, WHICHEVER IS LESS. THIS YEAR WE'RE LOOKING AT SIX, SEVEN, MAYBE 8% INFLATION, HEAVILY CAPPED THAT AT 5%. SO TAXES WILL NOT GO UP OVER 5% IN ANY GIVEN YEAR, REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH HIGHER THE RATE OF INFLATION IS.

THANK YOU. THE PROBLEM IS THAT ALSO MILITARY IT'S NEVER ROLL UP.

IT DOESN'T SELF CORRECT.

SO WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE GREAT RECESSION AND OUR TAX BASE DECLINED RELATIVE TO THE RATE OF INFLATION, WE DON'T GET THAT MILITARY BACK UNLESS WE DO.

HEADLEE OVERRIDES.

BUT IT'S COMPLICATING LANGUAGE AND PROBABLY NOT WORTH THE DIFFERENCE IN THIS CASE OF 3600, I BELIEVE.

YES, THANK YOU.

I BELIEVE IN 2010, THERE WAS A HEAVY OVERRIDE PUT BEFORE THE VOTERS IN AND THERE WAS NOT STRONG SUPPORT BY THE BOARD FOR IT.

AND IT FAILED. MY QUESTIONS ADDRESS MOTION IS TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE BALLOT PROPOSAL FOR A TEN YEAR RENEWAL OF THE

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WE NEED A ROLL CALL VOTE.

MR. MARSTON TRUSTEE SUNDLAND.

YES. SUPERVISOR JACKSON.

YES. CLERK GUTHRIE.

YES. TREASURER DESCHAINE.

YES. TRUSTEE WISINSKI.

YES. MOTION CARRIED BY ZERO.

THANK YOU. ITEM

[12G. American Rescue Plan Study Session-Set a Date]

MR. WALSH.

YES, THANK YOU.

AS YOU KNOW, THE TOWNSHIP'S GOING TO RECEIVE FOUR AND ONE HALF DOLLARS MILLION.

WE RECEIVED 2.2 OR HALF OF THAT ALREADY.

THE OTHER HALF WILL COME IN OCTOBER.

AND WE'VE KIND OF BATTED AROUND ABOUT A PROCESS, ABOUT SETTING ASIDE A TIME FOR THE BOARD TO CONVENE TO DISCUSS.

THIS WOULD BE THERE'S THREE MEETINGS IN A ROW IN APRIL, APRIL 26, START OUR MEETING AT 5:00 AND ALLOW UP TO 90 MINUTES FOR THE BOARD TO SET NOT CHOOSING PROJECTS, BUT TO SET THE PROCESS FOR SELECTING PROJECTS.

THAT'S ALL SET AT EIGHT FOR 5:00 ON THE 26TH OF APRIL.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS? ANY THOUGHTS? EMOTION. I PRESUME TREASURER DESCHAINE.

I MOVED TO MODIFY THE START DATE OF OUR REGULAR SCHEDULE MEETING TUESDAY, APRIL 26.

BOARD MEETING FROM 6 P.M.

TO 5 P.M. FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING THE TOWNSHIP'S AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDING PROCESS. THE START TIME, I THINK YOU SAID START DATE START TIME FROM FIVE 6 TO 5 P.M..

THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION SECOND TRUSTEE WISINSKI SECONDS THE MOTION NEED FOR QUESTIONS OR FURTHER DISCUSSION.

THEN THE MOTION IS TO MODIFY THE START TIME FOR OUR APRIL 26 MEETING FROM 6 P.M.

TO 5 P.M..

ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY YES.

RAISE YOUR HANDS. I SAY YES, YES, YES, YES.

ANY ONE OPPOSE THE CHAIR.

VOTE YES. THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU, MR. BALL. NOW WE COME TO BOARD DISCUSSION ITEMS.

[12H. Township Mileage Rate]

MR. WALSH. THAT'S WHY MR. WALSH IS STILL STANDING THERE WAITING FOR ME TO CATCH UP.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR JACKSON.

OUR CURRENT TOWNSHIP MILEAGE RATE IS 55 AND ONE HALF CENTS PER MILE.

THE FEDERAL RATE IS 58 AND ONE HALF CENTS PER MILE.

AS WE LOOK AT HOW THAT'S IMPACTED OUR TEAM AND LIKE FOR FOLKS WHO HAVE TO TRAVEL A DISTANCE FROM CALL IN FOR A WATER MAIN BREAK OR THAT SORT OF THING OR REIMBURSEMENT TRAVELING, I KNOW THAT ONE OF OUR MEMBERS IS TRAVELING TO A CONFERENCE HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS FOR TRAINING.

THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU, GIVEN THE EXCESSIVE INCREASE IN GAS PRICES AND HOW THAT AFFECTS OUR TEAM AND FOLKS TRAVELING, THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU IS TO MODIFY OUR MILEAGE RATE FROM 55 AND A HALF UP TO 62 AND A HALF CENTS PER MILE.

MEMBERS. YES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR JACKSON.

I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THIS NUMBER? YEAH. SO THERE WAS SOME SORT OF CALCULATION? NOT REALLY. I JUST DECIDED I WANTED TO BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THE FEDERAL LEVEL, GIVEN THAT THE GAS HAS GONE UP ABOUT A DOLLAR 25 A GALLON OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS.

SO JUST RATHER THAN SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THIS AND SEE WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE DOING, MOST COMMUNITIES ARE AT THE FEDERAL RATE OR A LITTLE BIT LESS.

I JUST WENT A LITTLE BIT ABOVE THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

I JUST IT WASN'T SCIENTIFIC AT ALL.

I THINK IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THIS IS A TEMPORARY INCREASE OR AND THE VALUE OF THAT INCREASE WILL BE REVISITED BASED ON THIS MOTION IN MAY, CORRECT? YEAH. WE WANT TO SEE WHERE GAS PRICES ARE AND AND THE MODIFICATION MAY BE TO ASK TO INCREASE IT AGAIN, DEPENDING ON HOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COUNTRY, IN THE WORLD.

OKAY. IT'S READY TO ENTERTAIN MOTION IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

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I MOVED TO INCREASE THE TOWNSHIP'S MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT FROM 55.5 CENTS PER MILE TO 62.5 CENTS PER MILE BASED ON THE SIGNIFICANT UPTICK IN GAS PRICES.

THE INCREASE SHALL BE REVISITED IN THE FIRST BOARD MEETING IN MAY 2022.

IS THERE SUPPORT FOR TRUSTEE WITH SUNDLAND? SUNDLAND SUPPORTED THE MOTION ON IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO TO INCREASE THE TOWNSHIP.

SUCH AN INVOLVES PAYOUTS OF.

YEAH. SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU.

YEAH. YEAH, I'LL LEARN.

WE NEED A ROLL CALL VOTE.

YES. YES.

TRUSTEE WISINSKI. YES.

TRUSTEE SUNDLAND. YES.

SUPERVISOR JACKSON.

YES. ON BEHALF OF OUR TEAM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NOW WE MOVE TO MORE DISCUSSION ITEMS.

[13A. Village of Okemos, LLC Meridian Redevelopment Fund Request #2]

REQUEST NUMBER TWO AND DIRECTOR CLARK WILL BE OUR LEADER.

YES. INCLUDED WITH YOUR PACKET IS A GENERAL SUMMARY.

I WANT TO START WITH THE REASON WE ARE HERE THIS EVENING.

SO THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF THIS EVENING IS A DISCUSSION OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT THROUGH THE MERIDIAN REDEVELOPMENT FUND.

THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION HAS SET A NOT TO EXCEED RECOMMENDATION FOR $1,250,000 TO THE VILLAGE OF OKEMOS, LLC FOR PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY AND EASEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS FOR ARDMORE, CLINTON AND HAMILTON AND METHODIST.

TO START, SO LET'S DO JUST A GENERAL SUMMARY OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BROUGHT US HERE TODAY. THE TOWNSHIP BOARD APPROVED A MIXED USE PUBLIC PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT FOR THE VILLAGE OF OKEMOS, LLC FOR THE TWO BLOCK DEVELOPMENT AT HAMILTON AND OKEMOS.

THAT IS OUR IT IS PART OF THE PICA.

THE PICA EXTENDS PRETTY MUCH THE ENTIRETY OF THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.

THIS PROJECT IS SPECIFICALLY ON THE EASTERN PORTION OF OKEMOS AND HAMILTON, THE NORTH AND SOUTH BLOCKS THAT WAS FORMALLY APPROVED BY THE TOWNSHIP BOARD.

THERE WAS A DURATION OF TIME FOR THE DEVELOPERS WHERE THEY WERE REVIEWING ITEMS AMONG THEMSELVES.

AND IN DECEMBER OF THE END OF 19 DECEMBER OF 2020 TO JANUARY 21, THEY SUBMITTED THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT TO THAT MAP, AND THAT WAS A REQUEST TO ALTER SOME OF THE SITE AND TO ALLOW FOR A PARKING DECK INSTEAD OF BELOW PARKING REQUIREMENTS.

THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT WAS CURRENT FOR THE MVPD, THAT WAS A MINOR AMENDMENT.

AND SO THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.

WE RECEIVED A SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE WPD IN JUNE OF 2021, AND IT WAS APPROVED, PARTIALLY APPROVED BY THE COMMUNITY PLANNING DIRECTOR TO REMOVE A FLOOR AND TO REMOVE THE PARKING DECK AND TO ALLOW.

I APOLOGIZE. IN JANUARY, WE ALLOWED THE COMMERCIAL SPACE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE FIRST FLOOR ON OKEMOS TO CONVERT TO A FLEXIBLE RESIDENTIAL SPACE.

THE FINAL FINAL APPROVAL IS 200 RESIDENTIAL UNITS, 32,000 SQUARE FEET OF NON RESIDENTIAL SPACE. SO JUST TO SEPARATE THE TWO BECAUSE COMMERCIAL GETS PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED, NON RESIDENTIAL SPACE, NO ONE WILL BE SLEEPING IN THE SPACES THAT OCCUPY FIRST FLOOR OF HAMILTON ROAD, NORTH AND SOUTH BLOCKS.

SO THAT IS WHERE THE APPROVED SITE PLAN FOR THIS PROJECT IS.

AT THAT POINT, LAST YEAR, 2021, WE SPENT ABOUT SIX MONTHS OF INTERNAL DISCUSSION WITH THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM.

THERE ARE FIVE POSSIBLE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING MECHANISMS AVAILABLE FOR THIS PROJECT THAT MAKES IT VERY COMPLICATED.

THE TOWNSHIP IS A PART OF THREE POSSIBLE FUNDING MECHANISMS THE LOCAL BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND THE MERIDIAN REDEVELOPMENT FUND THAT IS APPROVED AND REVIEWED THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE MERIDIAN EDC. THEY HAVE THE VILLAGE OF OKEMOS, LLC DID RECEIVE A FIRST GRANT THROUGH THE MERIDIAN REDEVELOPMENT FUND LAST YEAR IN 2021 FOR SITE RESTORATION AND CHEATING, ENSURING APPROVAL UP TO $85,000 FOR THE SITE DURING DEMOLITION.

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THEY CAME DOWN TO $30,000 OF REIMBURSABLE ACTIVITIES.

SO AGAIN, THE REQUEST IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY IS THE INTRODUCTORY DISCUSSION OF THE VILLAGE OF OKEMOS RECOMMENDATION FROM THE MERIDIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR $1,250,000 NOT TO EXCEED THAT AMOUNT.

INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET IS A LONG STANDING HISTORY OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE IN ORDER TO GET US TO THAT RECOMMENDATION SO FAR.

THE TOWNSHIP BOARD BODY APPROVED TREASURER DESCHAINE AND SUPERVISOR JACKSON TO SIT ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE THAT IS THE VILLAGE OF OKEMOS, LLC REDEVELOPMENT FUND.

REQUEST NUMBER TWO SUBCOMMITTEE.

THOSE TWO MEMBERS, ALONG WITH THE EXECUTIVE CHAIRS OF THE EDC, MADE A FIVE MEMBER PERSON SUBCOMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE REQUEST.

TUESDAY, MARCH 1ST, THE APPLICATION MEETING WAS SET.

THE FIVE MEMBER COMMITTEE MET TO REVIEW THE APPLICATION AND DISCUSS THE APPROVAL THEY COULD PARTIALLY APPROVE DENY THE.

AND I WAS VERY SURPRISED TO SEE THEY MOVED FORWARD WITH A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT AT THAT MEETING MARCH 1ST OF THE 1.25 MILLION THAT HAD TO GO BACK AS A FORMAL RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL BODY OF THE MERIDIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

THEIR MEETING WAS THAT THURSDAY, MARCH 3RD, AND THE FULL EDC BOARD RECOMMENDED THE APPROVAL OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE 1.25.

THE REASON WE ARE ASKING FOR THE FUNDING RIGHT NOW AND THERE'S LOTS OF STEPS IN THIS PROCESS. AGAIN, THIS IS AN INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT, SO IT WOULD GO TO THE RIGHT OF WAY AND PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS ONLY THAT EXIST IN ARDMORE, HAMILTON, CLINTON AND METHODIST STREETS IN OUR DOWNTOWN.

THE TOWNSHIP IS WORKING VERY ACTIVELY WITH THE DEVELOPER TO BE A PART OF THESE FIVE FUNDING MECHANISMS. THE OTHER TWO THAT I DID NOT MENTION THAT OUR STATE ESSENTIALLY FUNDING MECHANISMS IS THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, GREAT LAKES AND ENERGY.

THEY CURRENTLY HAVE A GRANT AND A LOAN WITH THE DEVELOPER AND THE TOWNSHIP, AS WELL AS THE MICHIGAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

THOSE ENTITY ENTITIES ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH US.

WE'VE SPOKEN WITH EGLE WITH THE GRANT AND THE LOAN CURRENTLY APPROVED.

THE DEVELOPER NEEDED TO NEEDS TO SHOW FORWARD PROGRESS ON THE PROJECT THIS YEAR IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THOSE DOLLARS.

SO THE DEVELOPER HAS THEN SUBMITTED A REQUEST TO THE REDEVELOPMENT FUND AS WELL AS THE BROWNFIELD, TO GET THOSE APPROVALS REVIEWED BY THE PROSPECTIVE BOARDS AND TO FINALLY COME BACK TO THE TOWNSHIP BOARD FOR FINAL APPROVAL.

THERE WAS SOME TALK ABOUT COMMUNICATION ON THE SUBJECT.

THERE ARE LIAISONS FOR DIFFERENT CORPORATIONS AND COMMISSIONS IN THE TOWNSHIP.

THEY ARE VERY WELCOME TO THESE PUBLIC MEETINGS.

THESE MEETINGS ARE PROVIDED WITH FULL PACKET AND COMMUNICATION AND I DO HOPE TO DO MORE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THOSE LIAISONS TO SHARE THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE BOARDS.

RIGHT NOW, THE BROWNFIELD IS REVIEWING THE BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY REQUEST APPLICATION THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED.

WE DO HAVE THE DEVELOPERS WITH US THIS EVENING TO TAKE US THROUGH A HOPEFULLY VERY BRIEF POWERPOINT PRESENTATION OF THE PROJECT, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, WHERE WE ARE, THE REQUEST SPECIFICS ABOUT WHERE IT WILL BE USED AND OUR STEPS MOVING FORWARD.

I WOULD JUST VERY POLITELY ASK THAT WE HOLD OUR QUESTIONS FOR THE DEVELOPER UNTIL AFTER WE REVIEWED ALL OF THEIR WONDERFUL PRETTY PICTURES.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR? OKAY. MR. HOUSER OF ADVANCE REDEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS.

I'M SURE YOU RECOGNIZE THIS FACE.

I SEE IT A LOT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY. SO THIS IS YOUR FIRST OPPORTUNITY AS AN ENTIRE BOARD TO SEE WHAT WE'VE BEEN PRESENTING TO THE DDA, THE BROWNFIELD AUTHORITY, THE EDC.

SO WE THOUGHT WE WOULD TAKE A FEW MINUTES JUST TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE PROJECT, PROBABLY FOR THE FIRST TIME AS A GROUP SINCE THE AMENDMENTS WERE APPROVED FOR THE PWD LAST YEAR. SO THE AMENDMENT THAT SHE REFERRED TO, EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HERE IS AN CONFORMING PRACTICE WITH THOSE APPROVALS.

ONE OTHER THING THAT WAS NOT MENTIONED, JUST TO THROW THAT OUT THERE ON JANUARY 31ST, IN ADDITION TO EVERYTHING WE'VE SUBMITTED THUS FAR, WE DID SUBMIT OUR FULL SITE PLAN TO TO STAFF FOR REVIEW. WE DID RECEIVE THAT REVIEW FROM THEM ON FEBRUARY 28TH.

WE ARE NOW IN THE PROCESS OF RESPONDING TO THOSE QUESTIONS AND DOING SOME ADDITIONAL WORK TO TO SUPPLEMENT THAT SITE PLAN SUBMITTAL.

WE'RE WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY WITH THE RHODE DEPARTMENT OF INGHAM COUNTY AS WELL AS THE

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AND ALL OF THAT IS GOING ON CONCURRENTLY TO BRING YOU THIS PROJECT HERE TODAY.

SO WE ALL KNOW WHERE THE PROPERTY IS.

WE'VE ALL HEARD ABOUT WHY WE'RE DOING THIS.

AND ONE OF THESE PIKAS VERY FUNCTIONALLY OBSOLETE AREA, HEAVILY CONTAMINATED, STAGNANT GROWTH, NOT ATTRACTING MANY VISITORS.

BLIGHT WAS REMOVED, MOST OF IT, AND THOSE TWO BLOCKS ARE EARLY LAST YEAR.

IT WAS COMPLETED IN 2021 UNDER THE PROGRAMS THAT WAS MENTIONED BY AMBER.

WE HAVE TWO BLOCKS THE WAY WE WOULD LIKE TO REFER TO IT IN ALL THE OTHER MEETINGS.

IF YOU'VE ATTEND ANY OF THOSE, WE CALL THEM BLOCKS ONE AND BLACK TWO, BLOCK ONE.

THE NORTH BLOCK HAS FOUR PARCELS, BLOCK TWO, THE SOUTH BLOCK HAS SEVEN PARCELS.

WE OWN 100% OF ALL OF THE PARCELS IN BOTH BLOCKS.

AND HERE'S A CONFIGURATION YOU CAN SEE.

BLOCK ONE ON THE LEFT AND BLOCK TWO.

THIS WAS A VERY CHALLENGING PROJECT.

LAND ASSEMBLY ALONE WAS CHALLENGING AS WELL AS DEALING WITH THE VARIOUS CONDITIONS THAT ARE ON THE SITE, ESPECIALLY THE BROWNFIELD AND THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN ENVIRONMENTAL WORK THAT HAS TO GO INTO THE PROJECT.

YET STILL, THIS IS THE WAY IT LOOKS TODAY, VIET, THAT THE SNOW HAS MELTED.

BUT YOU CAN SEE THE WAY IT WAS NOT LONG AGO WITH THE SNOW ON IT LEFT IS NORTH, UP AND TO THE RIGHT IS SOUTH, BLACK TO DOWN THE STREET.

THAT'S IN THE MIDDLE.

I CAN GET MY LITTLE HERE.

LET'S SEE. HERE WE GO.

THIS BEING HAMILTON HERE AND THIS IS OKEMOS, RUNNING NORTH AND SOUTH AT THE TOP.

SO THE PROJECT APPROACH WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE, WE WANT TO BE IN A POSITION TO BE ABLE TO GO VERTICAL NO LATER THAN THE END OF THIS YEAR.

THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE SOME SITE WORK, WE HAVE SOME INFRASTRUCTURE WORK THAT HAS TO BEGIN. WE'RE HOPING THAT IT CAN ALL BEGIN WITH ALL THE APPROVALS.

THERE'S A LOT OF AGENCIES INVOLVED, INCLUDING YOUR BOARD.

THEY HAVE TO OCCUR IN ORDER FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.

BUT WE'RE HOPING THAT AS SOON AS THE FALL OF THIS YEAR, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

IN FACT, WE'D EVEN LIKE TO START SOONER, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.

THERE'S TWO PROGRAMS THAT WE JUST WERE MENTIONED HERE.

IT IS ABOUT 4.3 MILLION IS IN THE PROJECT FOR BROWNFIELD.

MAJORITY OF THAT IS STATE TAX REVENUES BECAUSE THE DDA IS CAPTURING A MAJORITY OF THE LOCAL REVENUE. SO THAT'S HOW THOSE TWO DDA AND BROWNFIELD AUTHORITY TIFF PLANS WORK.

IT IS LEVERAGING THE NEW NEWLY CREATED VILLAGE'S NEWLY CREATED TAXES, RATHER, FROM THE VILLAGES AND FROM THE PROJECT THAT'S ON THESE SITES.

THIS IS NOT A NEW TAX.

THIS IS NOT IMPACTING ANY RESIDENTS ON THESE TWO PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS ALL OF THIS WORK.

IT IS STRICTLY BEING PAID FOR BY THE NEW TAXES FROM THIS PROJECT.

AND THIS PROJECT ONLY PROJECTS CAN INVEST ABOUT $85 MILLION THAT'S INCLUSIVE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL, THE BROWNFIELD, AS WELL AS THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN ORDER TO GET THIS PROJECT OUT OF THE GROUND.

I MENTIONED THESE POINTS.

I'LL SKIP THAT IN THE INTEREST OF TIME.

THE PROJECT HAS ABOUT 32,000 SQUARE FEET OF NON RESIDENTIAL.

LIKE THE WAY AMBER PUT THAT, THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO FRAME IT.

BUT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE OFFICE AND RETAIL AND RESTAURANTS IN THOSE SPACES AND I'LL GO THROUGH THAT ON THE RENDERINGS HERE IN A FEW MINUTES.

BUT WE'RE WE'RE REALLY IN A GREAT POSITION RIGHT NOW WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE COMPLETED AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD SINCE LAST FALL UNTIL TILL NOW.

SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE ON BLOCK ONE, YOU ARE LOOKING TO THE NORTHWEST.

HAMILTON ON THE LEFT, AS YOU CAN SEE THERE ON THE ROAD NAMES AND THEN OKEMOS ROAD ON THE RIGHT. WHAT'S IN THIS CORNER HERE? THIS HARD CORNER, AS WE LIKE TO REFER TO IT, IS IS A PLANNED RESTAURANT ON THAT CORNER.

AS YOU GO DOWN TO THE WEST ALONG HAMILTON, THIS IS WHERE THE RETAIL AND OFFICES WOULD BE LOCATED. WHEN YOU GET BEYOND THIS POINT ON OKEMOS ROAD, THIS IS WHERE THE RESTAURANT STOPS AND IT'S RESIDENTIAL AT GRADE DOWN THE REST OF IT, ALL FLOORS ON FLOORS TWO THROUGH FOUR ABOVE OUR RESIDENTIAL.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE OTHER BLOCK HERE.

WE'RE LOOKING AT BLACK TO THE SOUTH BLOCK.

WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SOUTH, TOWARD THE SOUTH WEST.

AND AGAIN, SAME KIND OF VIEW.

THIS GIVES YOU THE STREET VIEW DOWN HAMILTON.

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YOU HAVE RETAIL OFFICE THAT IS GOING TO BE FRONTING ON HAMILTON.

ONE THING THAT'S INTERESTING, WHICH YOU COULDN'T SEE AND THE OTHER PHOTO, THE OTHER RENDERING THAT WELL, BUT RIGHT HERE WHERE MY HIGHLIGHTER IS KIND OF POINTING IN THE ALMOST THE MIDDLE OF THE BLOCK OF HAMILTON, THAT IS A PASS THROUGH.

SO WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO COME TO THE VILLAGE, WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO PARK? WELL, THERE IS SOME PARKING ON HAMILTON.

THERE'S PARKING ON ALL OF THE STREETS AROUND.

HOWEVER, MAJORITY OF THE PARKING IS BEHIND THE BUILDINGS, HIDDEN FROM VIEW ALONG OKEMOS AND HAMILTON. SO WHAT YOU WOULD DO IS YOU PASS THROUGH THE BUILDING, SO THERE'S A FLOOR TO THROUGH FOR ABOVE YOU, BUT YOU'RE WALKING THROUGH AN ENCLOSED WALKWAY TO THE PARKING THAT'S BEHIND. SO IT'S A NICE FEATURE TO ALLOW ACCESSIBILITY TO THE STREET AND STILL HAVE THAT URBAN DENSE FEEL IN THE VILLAGE.

THIS GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A FEEL.

THE NEXT COUPLE OF RENDERINGS HERE, WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

THIS IS BLACK ONE.

WE'RE LOOKING ALONG. HAMILTON AND WE'RE LOOKING TOWARD OKEMOS ROAD.

THIS IS ALONG OKEMOS ROAD HERE.

AND THAT SHOWS WHERE THE RESIDENTIAL THIS IS BLACK TO SAME KIND OF VIEW.

LOOKING DOWN HAMILTON TOWARDS OKEMOS ROAD.

AND THIS IS LOOKING DOWN ALONG OKEMOS ROAD.

THESE ARE GREAT VIEWS TO GIVE YOU A FEEL IF YOU'RE WALKING OR DRIVING DOWN OKEMOS AS YOU'RE GOING TO ON THE NORTH AND YOU'RE COMING UP TO HAMILTON AND YOU MAKE THIS TURN HERE, THIS IS WHAT YOU WILL SEE.

YOU'LL SEE THIS BUILDING, WHICH IS THE BLACK ONE, THE FACE.

AND AS YOU MAKE THAT TURN AND YOU GO DOWN, HAMILTON, AS YOU'RE WALKING, THIS IS WHAT YOU'LL SEE WALKING DOWN THE ROAD.

SO WHY ARE WE HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS SPECIFICALLY THE 1.25 MILLION THAT AMBER MENTIONED. THAT'S OUR FIRST REQUEST.

SO THIS IS WHERE IT GETS INTERESTING.

SO HOPEFULLY YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS AND WE HAVE A LITTLE GRAPHIC, I THINK THAT EXPLAINS IT QUITE WELL.

SO WE HAVE ABOUT 3.3 MILLION.

THAT IS AN INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE NOT ON THE PRIVATE PROPERTY.

THESE ARE ALL IN PUBLIC ROADS AND RIGHT OF WAYS.

SO THIS IS IMPROVING.

AND MANAGER WALSH DID A NICE JOB OF EXPLAINING THAT IN THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS MEETING AS TO WHAT THIS IS THIS MONEY IS GOING FOR.

SO THIS IS GOING TO IMPROVE ALL OF THOSE PUBLIC FACILITIES THAT ARE AGING, FAILING, VERY DYSFUNCTIONAL, NOT NOT TO CODE.

WE HAVE A LOT OF STORM ISSUES IN THIS AREA AS WELL.

SO ALL OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS WOULD EVENTUALLY NEED TO BE MADE.

BUT THIS IS THE TIME TO MAKE THEM.

NOW WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE PRIVATE DOLLARS IN ORDER TO PAY FOR THAT PUBLIC WORK.

SO HOW ARE WE DOING THAT? WELL, THE FIRST FUND IS THE REDEVELOPMENT FUND.

AND SO THIS IS OUR FIRST REQUEST TO THIS OVERALL INFRASTRUCTURE.

WHAT THIS IS GOING TO ALLOW US TO DO IS ALSO MAKE APPLICATION TO THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, THE MICHIGAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, AND THEY HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED THE REVITALIZATION AND PLACEMAKING OR WRAP PROGRAM, AS THEY LIKE TO CALL IT.

AND SO THAT'S A THAT'S A GRANT THAT WILL BE GOING LIVE TOMORROW OR THURSDAY.

I'VE HEARD TWO DIFFERENT STORIES, BUT THIS WEEK.

AND SO BY GETTING THIS APPROVAL IN PLACE, THAT WILL SERVE AS OUR MATCH TO THAT GRANT, VERY IMPORTANT.

SO THEN WE CAN PROCEED AND TRY TO LEVERAGE STATE DOLLARS TO DO SOME SOME OF THIS INFRASTRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE WORK TOWARD THAT 3.3 MILLION.

SO WE REFER TO THESE TWO PROGRAMS AS SOURCE FUNDS.

THIS IS THE MONEY.

IT'S NOT UNLIKE A CONSTRUCTION LOAN, BUT THESE ARE THE SOURCE DOLLARS THAT WOULD GO TO PAY TOWARD THAT 3.3 MILLION.

SO WHAT'S WHAT'S NEXT? IT'S THAT DDA.

SO THE DDA PREDOMINANTLY IS THERE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE REPAYMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE. SO WE HAVE CALCULATED WHAT THIS PROJECT, ONLY JUST THESE TWO BLOCKS WILL CREATE FOR THE DDA CAPTURE, AND IT'S JUST OVER $6 MILLION OVER THAT 20 YEAR PERIOD.

SO THAT'S $6 MILLION IS WHAT CAN BE USED TO REPAY THE WHAT WE'RE CALLING A GRANT NOW, THE REDEVELOPMENT FUND TO REPAY THAT FUND.

SO AFTER WE BUILD THE PROJECT, THAT $6 MILLION ANNUALLY WILL GO THERE.

SO HERE'S A NICE LITTLE GRAPHIC THAT EXPLAINS HOW THIS KIND OF WORKS.

SO WE INCUR THIS THIS COST OF 3.3.

WE KNOW THAT THAT'S HANGING OUT THERE.

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WE THEN CAN APPLY FOR $1,000,000.

THAT'S THE MAX RAMP PROGRAM GRANT TO THE STATE.

AND THAT LEAVES A SHORTFALL OF A LITTLE MORE THAN $1,000,000.

WELL, WHAT DO WE DO WITH THAT SHORTFALL? WELL, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO HAPPEN.

WE DON'T NEED THAT MONEY BECAUSE A LOT OF THE WORK, THE BALANCE OF THAT WORK IS GOING TO BE EXPENDED NEXT YEAR.

SO THAT'S WHEN THE ROADWORK WILL BE COMPLETED, WILL BE IN 2023.

SO THIS TIMES OUT VERY WELL.

SO THIS ALLOWS US TO DO TWO THINGS.

ONE, WE FIND OUT IF WE'RE SUCCESSFUL IN SECURING THE MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE STATE.

AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO GO OUT VERY SOON FOR COMPETITIVE BIDDING ON OUR SPECIFICATIONS THAT ARE BEING DRAFTED NOW, ON THE DRAWINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE TOWNSHIP AND TO THE ROAD DEPARTMENT AND TO THE DRAIN OFFICE AND ALL THOSE AGENCIES.

SO ONCE WE GET THOSE APPROVALS, WE'RE GOING TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE BUILDING, AND SO THEN WE'RE GOING TO COMPETITIVELY BID THAT TO CONTRACTORS.

SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT 3.3 THAT WE'VE GOT TODAY ACTUALLY BECOMES SOMETHING LESS IN THE END. SOMETIME LATER THIS YEAR, WE WILL KNOW WHAT THIS REMAINING DELTA OR SHORTFALL IS GOING TO BE. SO THEN WE CAN COME BACK TO THE TABLE WITH THE TOWNSHIP, WORK WITH STAFF, WORK WITH THE EDC, AND HOPEFULLY THERE'LL BE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS THERE THAT WE CAN GO AFTER TO ALSO THEN FILL THAT GAP.

SO IN THE MEANTIME, WHAT'S GOING ON? THE PROJECT GETS BUILT, THE DEVELOPER PAYS THE TAXES AND OVER THAT 20 YEAR PERIOD, $6 MILLION IS GENERATED.

SO THAT $6 MILLION GOES TO REPAY OVER TIME, PAYS BACK THE REDEVELOPMENT FUND OVER HERE.

AND IF WE'RE IN NEED OF A THIRD REDEVELOPMENT FUND, ASK THEN THAT WHATEVER THAT NUMBER TURNS OUT TO BE.

THEN THAT CAN GET REPAID ALSO WITH THAT.

AND THAT STILL LEAVES DOLLARS AVAILABLE FOR OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT I KNOW STAFF HAS TALKED TO SO MANY OF YOU ABOUT BURYING OF THE POWER LINES, OKEMOS ROAD IMPROVEMENTS.

SO THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT THAT CAN BE PAID FOR.

THEN WITH THE BALANCE OF THE REVENUE GENERATED, NOW THIS IS JUST OUR PROJECT.

HOPEFULLY OTHER PROJECTS GO ON IN THE IN THE VILLAGE.

HOPEFULLY THERE'S MORE INVESTMENT.

IT TAKES A COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT USUALLY WHEN A PROJECT OF THIS MAGNITUDE, THIS IS VERY TRANSFORMATIONAL, THAT'LL CREATE SPIN OFF AND THEN MORE INVESTMENT WILL BE MADE IN SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.

PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WANT TO INVEST IN THE VILLAGE WHEN THEY SEE THIS PROJECT GO AND THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO BE PART OF IT.

SO THEN HOPEFULLY THERE'LL BE MORE DOLLARS IN THAT 20 YEAR PERIOD TO THEN BE USED TOWARD MORE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS WHICH ARE NEEDED ALONG OKEMOS ROAD BADLY.

SO THAT'S IT FOR MY PRESENTATION.

JUST WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW YOU THE PROJECT FOR THE FIRST TIME AS A GROUP AND EXPLAIN THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DETAIL.

SO OBVIOUSLY AMBER AND I ARE BOTH HERE AND CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

HI. SO THE WE'VE GONE THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF THE BUDGETARY REQUIREMENTS.

THE TOWNSHIP STAFF HAVE DISCUSSED A FEW THINGS.

THE USE OF THE REDEVELOPMENT FUND COULD BE REIMBURSED BY THE EDA TIFF OVER TIME.

IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE TOWNSHIP BOARD WOULD WANT, THAT WOULD BE AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DDA AND OF COURSE THE BOARD AND THEN THE TOWNSHIP.

BY RESOLUTION, THIS BOARD WOULD PASS THE APPROVAL OF THE 1.25 FOR THIS AUTHORITY.

SO THE NEXT STEPS AGAIN IS GENERAL DISCUSSION.

SHOULD THE BOARD FEEL LIKE THEY'RE PREPARED FOR ACTION? THEY COULD WOULD HAVE TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING DATE AND WE WOULD HAVE TO ENTER THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN CLOSE IT AND THEN MOVE TO ACTION.

SO THOSE ARE THE FINAL STEPS.

THE ACTION WOULD BE AN ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE FUND REQUEST AMOUNT AND AN INDICATION TO STAFF TO REACH OUT TO LEGAL TEAMS TO CREATE A REDEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT'S SIGNED BETWEEN THE TOWNSHIP AND THE DEVELOPER.

THAT'S THE GENERAL STEPS OF WHAT'S TO HAPPEN NEXT.

WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE IT OPEN FOR DISCUSSION FOR YOUR QUESTIONS.

TREASURER, THANK YOU FOR THIS OVERVIEW OF THE VILLAGE AS IT STANDS TODAY.

AND I WANT TO CONVEY TO YOU WHAT I'M HEARING FROM MY NEIGHBORS AND OTHER RESIDENTS IS THAT OUR COMMUNITY REALLY WANTS THIS AND WE HOPE THAT YOU'RE AS SERIOUS ABOUT GOING VERTICAL THIS YEAR, ASSUMING WE CAN DO OUR PART, THAT YOU'RE SERIOUS AS WELL ABOUT GOING VERTICAL THIS YEAR AND HAVING THIS PROJECT DONE IN 2024.

THAT CORNER IS AN EYESORE.

IT DOES NOT REPRESENT THE THE COMMUNITY AT ALL.

AND WE NEED IT NEEDS TO BE TRANSFORMATIONAL BECAUSE WHAT'S THERE NOW IS IS KIND OF EMBARRASSING. AND IT'S BEEN THAT WAY FOR YEARS.

AND THIS BOARD HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON CHANGING IT THE PAST FIVE YEARS.

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AND AND I'M REALLY HOPEFUL THAT THIS IS IT THAT WE'RE GOING TO ABLE TO DO THIS.

AND THE ASK YOU'RE MAKING FROM THE TOWNSHIP AT THIS POINT SEEMS REASONABLE, AND PARTICULARLY WITH THE ALMOST $10 MILLION IN STATE FUNDING, YOU'RE GOING TO BE LEVERAGED INTO THIS PROJECT AS WELL.

WE'RE GETTING PRETTY GOOD RETURN ON OUR INVESTMENT IF WE'RE BRINGING IN $10 MILLION IN STATE INVESTMENT AS WELL.

SO THIS IS AN IMPORTANT, IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

IT'S GOING TO BE PLACEMAKING AND ALSO TRANSFORMATIONAL.

IT'S GOING TO ALLOW OUR RESIDENTS TO BE REALLY PROUD OF THEIR VILLAGE AND WANT TO BRING THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY VISITING FROM OUT OF TOWN TO SAY, COME TO OUR VILLAGE.

WE LOVE LIVING IN MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP.

AND NOW WE HAVE A REALLY BEAUTIFUL, QUAINT, ATTRACTIVE VILLAGE CENTER THAT WE CAN TAKE PEOPLE TO FOR RESTAURANTS AND RECREATION PARKS NEARBY.

LOTS OF THINGS CAN PIVOT OUT FROM THERE.

AND I AGREE WITH YOU, IF SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS DEVELOPED, THERE'LL BE OTHER DEMANDS FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. BUT UNTIL THIS GETS DONE, NONE OF THAT HAPPENS.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

AND AGAIN, I HOPE YOU'RE AS SERIOUS AS IT APPEARS TO BE TO GET THIS THING STARTED THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE'VE WAITED LONG ENOUGH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SOME JUST TO REVIEW.

YOU SAID THAT YOU WANTED TO PUT IN ONE RESTAURANT ON THAT CORNER SECTION.

IS THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING? THERE'S YES, THERE'S TWO BUILDINGS.

THERE'S ACTUALLY FOUR BUILDINGS, BUT THEY LOOK LIKE TWO ONE IN THE NORTH BLOCK AND ONE ON THE SOUTH BLOCK. SO THIS IS THE NORTH BLOCK RIGHT HERE.

SO WE CALL THESE HARD CORNERS.

SO EACH EACH CORNER OF OKEMOS AND HAMILTON HAS THE NORTH BLOCK AND THEN THE SOUTH BLOCK.

SO YES, THESE CORNERS ARE RIGHT NOW AVAILABLE FOR RESTAURANTS, OC RESTAURANTS, MULTIPLE ONE IN EACH CORNER IS THE WAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE A LITTLE CONFUSED BY THE PICTURES.

YOU SEE ONE IMAGE, BUT THEY ARE MIRROR IMAGE, BLOCK DEVELOPMENTS.

SO EVERYTHING THAT YOU WILL SEE ON THE SOUTH BLOCK IS EQUIVALENT TO THE NORTH BLOCK IS AS IF YOU COULD TAKE A MIRROR AND PUT IT UP AGAINST ONE AND THE PROJECTION IS LITERALLY THE OTHER. BUILDING PASS THROUGH IS ON THE SOUTH BLOCK BUILDING.

AGAIN, THAT IS THE PARKING LOT THAT IS FACING TOWARD RED CEDAR RIVER AND CLINTON STREET. THIS GIVES YOU PROBABLY THE BEST VIEW HERE.

THIS IS THAT PICTURE THAT YOU JUST SAW.

THIS IS THAT RESTAURANT SPACE IN THIS CORNER.

AND THEN YOU FLIP OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE AND IT'S THERE.

SO THEY TAMPA'S POINT, THEY LOOK VERY SIMILAR.

THERE IS DIFFERENCES ON WHEN YOU GET INTO THE BUILDING ON THE FIRST FLOOR ON EITHER SIDE OF HAMILTON. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THEY THE EXTERIOR WISE, THEY LOOK VERY SAME, SIMILAR. JUST IT'S JUST A FOLLOW UP.

SO. SO WHEN YOU'RE YOU WANT TO GO TO THIS RESTAURANT, YOU'RE ABLE TO DRIVE IN THROUGH THAT MIDDLE SECTION AND PARK.

NO, YOU DON'T DRIVE THROUGH. THAT'S A WALKING PASS THROUGH.

SO YOU COME DOWN EITHER CLINTON OR METHODIST OR HAMILTON, AND YOU PARK EITHER ON THE STREET OR YOU COME AROUND AND PARK BEHIND IN THE PARKING BEHIND THERE.

PLENTY OF PARKING IN THAT CENTRAL AREA, TOO.

YEAH, THERE'S THERE'S SOME PARALLEL PARKING ALONG HAMILTON HERE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET. AND THERE IS ALSO ON STREET PARKING HERE, AS WELL AS CLINTON.

AND THAT WAS METHODIST AND THEN CLINTON OVER HERE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I'M JUST ENVISIONING FOR THE FUTURE.

I WANT TO GO TO THE RESTAURANT.

SO. OH, YOU'RE THE FOCAL POINT.

HAVEN'T QUITE SETTLED INTO THE ROLE.

YEAH. OH, SO GETTING THERE I HEAR IN THE STREET AND LOOKING AT SOME OF YOUR PICTURES, I KEEP LOSING THE BOULEVARD.

THE BOULEVARD IS CONTINUES TO BE A PART OF THIS PROJECT.

YEAH. SO THAT'S, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE ROAD DEPARTMENT ON THAT ACTUALLY.

THEY'RE REVIEWING THE PLANS.

THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN A PLAN.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A PART.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT BOULEVARD HERE AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE BOULEVARD, HOW IT'S BEEN CRAFTED HERE ON THE SITE PLAN.

SO WHERE MY HIGHLIGHTER IS GOING NEAR MY PEN, THAT IS THERE.

THE INTENT IS AS YOU'RE COMING FROM THE EAST AND AS YOU CROSS OKEMOS ROAD, IT CREATES A CALMING OF TRAFFIC, A SLOWDOWN THAT NARROWING THAT ALL ALLOWS FOR THOSE THINGS.

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I SEE TREES.

YES, VERY OBSERVANT.

SO THIS IS PRETTY COOL.

SO AND IT'S ON THE OTHER DRAWING AS WELL.

FOR THE RESIDENTS, WE HAVE A ROOFTOP PATIO.

SO THEY'RE ABLE TO GO UP, ENJOY THAT.

THEY CAN RENT THE SPACE, THEY CAN HOLD EVENTS.

BUT IT'S FOR THE RESIDENTS.

YOU HAVE TO KEEP A CONTROL ON THAT.

SO, YES, THERE ARE POTTED TREES, THERE'S GREEN GREENING UP THERE SO THAT IT HAS A NICE A NICE FIELD TOO FAR.

HERE. SHOW THE OTHER DRAWING.

IT'S GOT A LOT MORE.

LET'S SEE HERE. WE GOT TO GO THIS WAY.

YOU'RE TALKING TO ON THE STREET, TOO.

YEAH. THE ONE THAT SHOWS THE THE HAMILTON VIEWS YOU'RE LOOKING AT THERE.

YEAH. THERE YOU GO.

SO THIS IS BLACK, TOO.

SO THIS COMES UP YOUR BIRD NOW.

BIRD'S EYE VIEW DOWN, LOOKING IN.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT ROOFTOP AMENITY HERE.

YEAH, IT'S JUST A LONG HAMILTON.

THAT'S WHERE WE WANT ALL THE ACTIVITY.

THAT'S WHERE THE RETAIL, THE OFFICE, THE RESTAURANT SPACES SPILLING OVER.

SO YOU HAVE THAT ACTIVITY LOOKING DOWN INTO HAMILTON.

SO THIS MEETING, THERE'S POTENTIAL FOR SOME OTHER USE BESIDES THE.

THE PRIVATE PATIO AND THE ROOFTOP ON THE ROOFTOP.

NO, NO. THAT'S ALL PRIVATE TO THE RESIDENCES.

SO THERE IS 100 APARTMENTS ON EACH BLOCK.

AND SO THE RESIDENTS CAN CAN GO INTO EACH OF THEIR SPACES ABOVE AND PARTAKE IN THE AMENITIES. THERE'S OTHER AMENITIES IN THE BUILDING, OTHER COMMERCIAL USES.

WE HAVE A GYM THAT IS GOING TO BE LOCATED.

IN THIS AREA HERE UNDER IT'S THAT WE CALL THE GARDEN LEVEL, WHICH IS THAT STREET STREET VIEW. AND THAT'S UNDER THIS THIS IS YOU'RE LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT FLOOR PLATE HERE, BUT IT TAKES UP THIS WHOLE SPACE RIGHT IN THERE.

HOW MANY PARKING SPACES? I DON'T HAVE THAT OFFHAND.

YOU REMEMBER, JOHN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK IT UP IF YOU CAN'T REMEMBER.

I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT REQUIREMENT.

BUT YOU HAVE 95. YES.

SO WE'RE SHY.

WE'RE JUST SHY OF A COUPLE SPACES AND THERE'S AN ABILITY TO GET A I'LL CALL IT A VARIANCE WAIVER IS OFTEN MOST COMMUNITIES REFER TO AS.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH STAFF ON.

SO WE STILL HAVE A SUBMITTAL YET TO DO REGARDING THAT.

AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THEY HAVE 94 CURRENT AND I THINK THEY NEED FIVE MORE, FIVE MORE AND WE'RE WORKING ON THAT AND THAT'S TO ADDRESS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE HOUSING OR THE HOUSING AND THE NON BOTH.

YEAH. SO THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR THE INTENDED USES.

SO THERE'S DIFFERENT CALCULATION FACTORS FOR THE COMMERCIAL, WHETHER IT'S OFFICE OR RETAIL OR RESTAURANT AND HOW WE'RE PLANNING ON LEASING THOSE SPACES SO THAT WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE FIT THE CALCULATION.

BUT THERE'S ONE CALCULATION FOR THAT, AND THEN THERE'S A RESIDENTIAL CALCULATION.

WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT. YEAH, I COULD MENTION THAT.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS OCCURRED SINCE SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR, BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF CONTAMINATION THAT'S ON SITE, WE'RE UNABLE TO CAPTURE NOT ONLY WHAT'S ON SITE, BUT ON THE ON THE ROADS INFILTRATE THAT CAPTURED STORMWATER INTO THE GROUND.

AND THE REASON IS, I'M GLAD THIS PICTURE IS UP HERE IS THAT WE HAVE CONTAMINATION ON THE NORTH BLACK BLOCK, ONE FROM A FORMER GAS STATION THAT SITS HERE ON THIS CORNER.

WE HAVE CONTAMINATION FROM THE DRY CLEANER SITE THAT SAT HERE, WHICH IS OF HAZARDOUS LEVELS. THAT'S ON BLOCK TWO.

AND THEN WE HAVE A COUPLE OF GASOLINE LISTED RELEASES THAT ARE FROM THIS CORNER ALL THE WAY DOWN. AND THESE GASOLINE RELEASES HAVE COMMINGLED MIXED WITH THE CHLORINATED SOLVENTS FROM THE DRY CLEANERS OPERATIONS.

SO WHILE WE'RE IN TWO DIFFERENT STORM DRAINAGE DISTRICTS, ONE, BASICALLY YOU CAN KIND IT'S NOT EXACTLY THIS WAY, BUT I'LL USE HAMILTON ROAD KIND OF AS THE GUY THEY GENERALLY LIKE SLOPE OFF LIKE THIS.

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SO WORKING WITH THE DRAIN OFFICE AND OUR ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS AND ALL OUR ENGINEERS, WE HAD TO COME UP WITH AN ALTERNATIVE TO ADDRESS STORMWATER NOT ONLY ON SITE BUT ALL OF THE ROADS WHEN THEY'RE IMPROVED.

AND THE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY WAY TO DO THIS IS TO CAPTURE ALL OF THAT AND DISCHARGE IT NEAREST THE RIVER THAT WE AS CLOSE AS WE CAN GET IT.

SO WE HAVE ACQUIRED PROPERTY ON LABYRINTHS, WHICH IS THE ONE BLOCK FARTHER SOUTH.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE DOUGLAS J.

BLOCK IS, IT'S OFTEN REFERRED TO AS BEHIND THERE, WHERE IT'S A DIRT ROAD.

WE OWN ALL THE PROPERTY ON THE RED CEDAR RIVER, INCLUDING THE HOUSE THAT SITS THERE IN THE MIDDLE. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'VE PROPOSED AND THIS HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED WHAT WE PROPOSED THAT WE DISCHARGE AND WE CREATE A BIO RETENTION, A WETLAND OF SORTS AREA WHERE WE CAN DURING STORM EVENTS, WE CAN HOLD THE REQUIRED WATER THAT IS NECESSARY FROM THE PROPERTY AND FROM THE ROADS THERE AT THAT LOCATION.

AND THEN THEN IT WOULD DISCHARGE THE RIVER.

THIS WAY IT GETS AROUND BEING FLUSHED INTO THE INTO THE GROUND AND THEN EXACERBATING OR MAKING THAT PROBLEM WORSE.

SO IT'S BASICALLY WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS, IS IF WE DID FLUSH ALL OF THE STORMWATER ON OUR SITES, IT WOULD PUSH ALL OF THAT STORMWATER NOW INTO GROUNDWATER AND IT WOULD FLUSH ALL OF THOSE CONTAMINANTS TOWARD THE RED CEDAR MUCH MORE QUICKLY.

AND YOU DON'T WANT THAT.

SO OUR DEVELOPMENT, WHILE ADDRESSING A LOT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL, IS NOT GOING TO CLEAN UP THE SITE. THERE'S NO AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE CAN GET AND TO DO THIS.

AND SO WHAT WE DO IS WE DO WHAT'S CALLED DUE CARE.

WE PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT, WE PROTECT HUMAN HEALTH.

AND THE DEVELOPMENT IS PART OF THE SOLUTION.

SO BY CAPPING THE SITES WITH BUILDINGS AND PARKING LOTS AND DOING PROPER STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND PUTTING THE STORMWATER WHERE IT REALLY NEEDS TO GO ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE, WE'RE NOT EXACERBATING THAT CONTAMINATION OR MAKING IT WORSE.

SO I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT.

AND THERE'S THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE APPROVAL THERE, SINCE WE DO OWN SOME RIVERFRONT PROPERTY, WE'RE TALKING TO THE TOWNSHIP ABOUT A POSSIBLE ACCESSIBILITY, DONATING THAT PROPERTY, PROVIDING AN EASEMENT PARK, SMALL LITTLE MICRO PARK, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO WE HAVE TO GET THROUGH THE DRAIN OFFICE FIRST.

WE HAVE TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO TO DO THERE, AND THEN WE'LL LOOK AT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AFTERWARDS. AND WE'RE STILL COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH THE TOWNSHIP ON THAT.

THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT MANAGER ROLE.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION I RECEIVED FROM A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS IS I THOUGHT THE SITE WAS ALREADY CLEANED OUT.

WHY ARE WE STILL TALKING ABOUT CONTAMINATION ON THE SITE? SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ANOTHER COMMUNICATION THAT CAN GO OUT TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE I DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND IT MYSELF UNTIL YOU JUST EXPLAINED IT.

AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR EXPLANATION.

I ALSO ATTENDED THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING ON MARCH 1ST AND APPRECIATED YOUR PRESENTATION AT THAT AS WELL.

IT WAS I THINK IT'S HELPFUL FOR I THINK DIRECTOR CLARK MENTIONED THIS EARLIER, HELPFUL FOR PEOPLE TO ATTEND THESE MEETINGS BECAUSE IT IS QUITE COMPLICATED TO UNDERSTAND AND IS QUITE IN-DEPTH.

AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT DIRECTOR CLARK HAS DONE AND YOUR COMPANY HAS DONE TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM DOWNTOWN.

OKEMOS IN REGARDS TO THIS IMAGE THAT'S UP RIGHT NOW, WHAT AM I LOOKING AT IN REGARDS TO BUILDING AND BUILDING? A WHAT IS THAT? SO WE, WE NAME BUILDINGS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO OFTEN REFER TO THEM.

AND THIS IS THE FIRST STEP TO OUR CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS FOR THE BUILDINGS.

AND WHAT IS THAT EMPTY SPACE THEN WHERE IT SAYS BUILDING AND BUILDING RIGHT HERE.

YEAH, THAT'S THE PASS THROUGH.

SO YOU'RE NOT THE PASTOR RIGHT UNDERNEATH THAT WHOLE BIG WHITE AREA THAT'S HERE.

YEAH. YEAH. SO THAT IS YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE LOWER LEVEL.

THIS IS WHAT WE CALL THE BASEMENT LEVEL ON THIS.

SO THIS IS COMMERCIAL SPACE.

SO IT LOOKS DOWN INTO THAT AREA.

SO THESE ALL CAN BE DEMISED AND USED FOR VARIOUS RETAIL OFFICE SPACES.

AND BASICALLY THEY'RE BUILT AS AN OPEN BOX AND YOU PUT DEMISED WALLS IN THERE.

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YOU WALK DOWN THE STREET THERE, THERE'S PLACEMENTS FOR DOORS FOR WINDOWS, BUT A TENANT CAN TAKE ONE SPACE, CAN TAKE TWO SPACES, CAN TAKE THREE SPACES.

SO THERE IS BASEMENT UNDERNEATH THIS ONE.

THIS IS A FIRST FLOOR, BUT THERE IS A FULL BASEMENT UNDERNEATH THIS AREA.

THIS AREA HERE IS THE FIRST FLOOR.

THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SEEING.

WE DIDN'T SHOW THE DEMISED WALLS BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY IRRELEVANT UNTIL WE HAVE A TENANT AND WE KNOW WHERE TO DEVICE THOSE, THERE IS NO BASEMENT UNDERNEATH THIS.

HERE IT IS JUST ON BLACK TO DO YOU IN REGARDS TO THE PARKING, DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE THOSE FIVE SPACES IN ORDER TO GET GRANT MONIES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? OR IS THAT JUST TO MEET ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS? IT'S ORDINANCE REQUIREMENT PREDOMINANTLY, BUT WE'RE WE'RE WORKING HARD.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SOLUTIONS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THAT I'M NOT READY TO DISCLOSE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO WORK OUT, BUT WE ARE WORKING ON THOSE.

AND BECAUSE I'M PERSONALLY NOT INTERESTED IN AN ADDITIONAL FIVE PARKING SPACES, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE REST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS, BUT I'M LOOKING AT ALWAYS LOOKING AT REDUCING THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES.

AND THEN IN REGARDS TO THE ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPACES, IS THE ACCESS TO THE RESTAURANTS THROUGH THE PASS THROUGH RIGHT THERE, OR IS THERE AN ACCESS DOOR FOR PEOPLE WITH ACCESSIBILITY NEEDS ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE RESTAURANT, OR DO THEY GO THROUGH THROUGH THE PASS THROUGH AND AROUND? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

AND I WISH THE ARCHITECT WAS HERE BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER, JUST TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. BUT MOST OF THOSE FINE STREET PARKING ACCESS IS SOME OF THAT THERE IS HANDICAPPED PARKING LOCATED RIGHT HERE.

AND THESE TWO CORNERS ON BOTH BLOCKS, THAT IS WHERE A PREDOMINANCE OF THE ONSITE HANDICAP IS. AND THEN THERE IS SOME STREET HANDICAP THAT IS REQUIRED.

SO THERE MAY VERY WELL BE BECAUSE OF THE PROXIMITY WHERE THE HANDICAP SPACES ARE HERE TO TO GET INTO THE REAR OF THIS THIS RESTAURANT.

THERE MIGHT BE A REAR ACCESS THAT WAY.

I'LL TRY TO REMEMBER THAT WITH JOHN AND WE'LL GET THAT ANSWER FOR YOU NEXT TIME WE SEE IT ON THE ON THE BACK SIDE THERE.

AND THEN LOOK AT MY MY GLASSES ON CLINTON AND ARDMORE, ESPECIALLY CLINTON, WHERE THOSE HOUSES ARE, IS IS THERE A LOT OF GREENERY THERE? I CAN'T REALLY TELL WHAT THE BUFFER IS BETWEEN THE BACK SIDE OF THE BUILDING.

AND THIS DOESN'T SHOW THE LANDSCAPE PLAN.

THERE'S ALL KINDS OF OTHER DRAWINGS.

AND WE DID SUBMIT A LANDSCAPE PLAN THAT I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAD TOO MANY COMMENTS ON THAT. JOHN, DO YOU REMEMBER? WELL, IT'S ALL PART OF THE REVIEW.

IT CAME OUT OF TIM'S. YEAH.

I JUST CAN'T REMEMBER IF THERE WERE SPECIFIC.

THINGS ON THE LANDSCAPE PLAN, BUT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT WITH WITH STAFF.

BUT THERE'S A PRETTY DENSE GREEN PLAN FOR THESE BLOCKS.

OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, THAT WAS NOT THE RETURNED COMMENTS ON THE SITE PLAN.

SO A LOT OF WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT.

A LOT OF THAT IS BEING GIVEN TO THE GREENERY ALONG THERE BETWEEN THE HOMES AND THAT PARKING LOT. IN OTHER WORDS.

YEAH, I KNOW.

I KNOW WHERE MY FOCUS WAS WHEN I WAS DOING MY REVIEW FOR OTHER PURPOSES, WHICH IS RELATED TO THIS TO THE STATE.

AND IT'S THE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY SIDE OF THINGS THAT THERE WAS SUFFICIENT FOR STATE APPROVALS ON PRIOR PROJECTS ON HAMILTON.

BUT TO TAMBOR'S POINT, THERE MIGHT NOT BE IN OTHER AREAS.

AS FAR AS I REMEMBER, I BELIEVE THE LANDSCAPE PLAN LOOKED GOOD, THE DETAILS.

WE DID NOT MAKE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS TO THAT.

SO WHAT WAS PRESENTED BY ORGANIZERS REQUIRED IS ACCEPTABLE.

THESE ARE ALL RENTALS.

YES. NO OWNER OCCUPIED PRODUCT FOR THE RESIDENTIAL ON THIS AND THE PRICE RANGE.

I DO HAVE THAT AN OFFHAND.

I CAN'T RECALL THAT WE DID THAT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO FOR OUR STATE PERFORMA.

THAT'S SOMETHING I CAN BRING BACK TO YOU AND I CAN GIVE YOU RENTAL RATES FOR ONES, TWOS, THREES. I CAN GIVE YOU THOSE.

AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS TRUSTEE SOMEONE WAS ASKING ABOUT THE RESTAURANTS.

IS THERE I TO OF COURSE I'M INTERESTED IN RESTAURANTS BECAUSE I LIKE TO EAT A LOT AND I CAN WALK THERE. IT'LL TAKE ME A MILE TO GET THERE, BUT I CAN MAKE IT.

IS THERE LIKE COFFEE SHOPS? I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT ELSE YOU SAID.

I'M SORRY. YEAH. SO, NO.

SO THAT'S A GREAT POINT.

SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY CURRENT TENANTS.

OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE YOU'RE AT THIS STAGE UNTIL THERE'S REALLY SHOVELS IN THE GROUND AND THE PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD, THAT'S WHEN THINGS START TO BECOME ATTRACTIVE FOR THOSE TYPES OF TENANTS. THE SPACES THAT YOU SEE HERE IN THIS BUILDING, WHY THEIR DEMISE THE WAY THEY ARE. YOU OFTEN WILL SEE THOSE, WHAT WE CALL SUPPORTIVE RETAIL BECAUSE OF THE RESIDENTIAL

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SO WHEN YOU BRING 200 APARTMENTS AND IF YOU AVERAGED TWO PEOPLE PER APARTMENT, WHICH WILL BE MORE THAN THAT IN SOME CASES, AND SOME OF THE APARTMENTS, YOU HAVE 400 POTENTIAL PEOPLE HERE. YOU HAVE A CAPTIVE AUDIENCE.

SO YOU DO SEE, I WOULD FULLY EXPECT WE WE DON'T LIKE TO DROP NAMES OR PUT, YOU KNOW, OH, THIS WILL BE A COFFEE SHOP OR THIS IS GOING TO BE THIS KIND OF RESTAURANT.

WE DON'T KNOW. NO DEVELOPER KNOWS UNTIL THEY UNLESS THEY HAVE A LEASE, THEY DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY'RE DOING A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS.

SO WE PLAN FOR THOSE TYPES OF USES.

SO THE UTILITIES AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THOSE RETAILS COMMERCIAL SPACES WILL BE ABLE TO SUPPORT ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN CONCEIVE OF REALLY IN AN ENVIRONMENT LIKE THIS.

I'M SORRY, SUPERVISOR ONE MORE QUESTION.

YES, THESE APARTMENTS ARE PRICED PER APARTMENT, NOT PER BED.

NO, THIS IS NOT A STUDENT HOUSING PROJECT.

THIS IS AN APARTMENT.

THIS IS MARKET RATE, PRODUCT AND RENT RENTS RIGHT NOW.

I'LL GIVE YOU THOSE THE RANGE.

WHEN I SEE A NEXT, I'LL SEND THEM TO AMBER.

AND IF YOU WANT TO DISTRIBUTE THOSE, BE BE HAPPY TO SHARE THOSE WITH YOU.

IT'S PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE ALREADY.

IT'S JUST I DON'T HAVE THEM.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOUR TEAM HAS DONE.

AND THANK YOU, AMBER.

I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU AS WELL.

I'M VERY EXCITED.

WE HAVE BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME AND I REALLY DO HOPE THAT THAT THIS WE CAN HELP YOU BE SUCCESSFUL TO BE.

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP MOVING MOVING FORWARD ON THIS THIS FALL.

I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

ONE ABOUT JUST TO PIGGYBACK SUPERVISOR JACKSON'S DISCUSSION ABOUT THE BOULEVARD, THE ONES I HAD, THE RENDERINGS I HAD SEEN QUITE SOME TIME AGO SHOWED ANGLED PARKING AS OPPOSED TO PARALLEL PARKING.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S JUST NOT FEASIBLE? IT'S NOT.

IT IS ALL PARALLEL PARKING.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT THIS IS THE BOULEVARD.

YOU GET A LITTLE GLIMPSE OF THIS HERE AND SEE HOW IT TUCKS OVER.

SO YOU STILL HAVE THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC THAT'S ABLE TO GO AND THEN YOU PULL AND IT'S ALL PARALLEL. THERE'S NO SPACE AND THERE'S NO ANGLE PARKING ON ANY OF THE STREETS.

IT'S ALL PARALLEL PARKING PARALLEL.

OKAY. SECOND QUESTION, WITH RESPECT TO THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE CONTAMINATION THERE, HOW WOULD THAT STORMWATER BE MANAGED? WOULD THAT BE MANAGED WITH LIKE A RETENTION DETENTION? THE UNDERGROUND UNDER THE PARKING LOT IS WHERE WE WOULD PUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS ON A PROJECT LIKE THIS TO THE SUBSURFACE AND IT WOULD INFILTRATE FROM THERE.

YEAH, IT WILL GO INTO TANKS AND IT WOULD GO OUT AT A PRESCRIBED RATE IN INFILTRATE INTO THROUGH THE SOILS, INTO THE GROUNDWATER OVER TIME.

SO YOU HAVE TO CAPTURE A STORM EVENT THAT'S CALCULATED, THAT DRIVES HOW MUCH CAPACITY IN UNDERGROUND TANKS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE.

AND THEN THOSE TANKS OVER TIME ARE ALLOWED TO RELEASE AT THAT PRESCRIBED RATE INTO THE GROUNDWATER. WE AGAIN, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE CONTAMINATION.

THAT'S THAT WOULD BE THE IDEAL WAY TO DO IT IS TO TAKE THAT RAINWATER STORMWATER AND GET IT BACK INTO THE GROUND AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, INFILTRATE IT, CONSIDERING THERE'S SOME NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION WE'RE GOING TO CAPTURE FROM THE YEAH.

FROM THE PARKING LOTS. BUT IN THIS CASE, YEAH.

SO THAT OTHER AREA THAT WE'RE GOING TO CREATE IN DELIVERANCE WILL WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF WETLAND TYPE PLANTS AND EVERYTHING IN THERE.

THE GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO CLEANSE THAT THERE.

IT'LL INFILTRATE THERE AND DIRECT DISCHARGE WHEN IT CAN.

AND DURING HIGH STORM EVENTS, EXCELLENT OPERATIONS SYSTEM.

MORE THAN REALLY A FILTRATION SYSTEM.

YEAH, KIND OF LIKE GROVER'S, RIGHT? LIKE GROESBECK. ANOTHER QUESTION REGARDING SO YOU MENTIONED THAT WHERE THE CLERK WAS ASKING ABOUT THE WHITE SPOT.

SO THAT'S THE AREA THAT CAN BE MODIFIED FOR WHATEVER WE NEED.

YOU MENTIONED THERE'S A BASEMENT.

SO EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE HYDROCARBONS AND SOLVENTS, WE CAN STILL GO SUBSURFACE.

SO THE SUBSURFACE DOESN'T MATTER.

IT'S A YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK, THOUGH.

WE HAVE TO PROTECT THESE BUILDINGS BECAUSE OF THE CHEMICALS IN THE GROUND.

SO THEY WILL BE LINED, THEY WILL BE FULLY VENTED.

IT'S CALLED A VAPOR MITIGATION SYSTEM.

SO, YES, WE ARE PROTECTING THE BUILDINGS AND THE OCCUPANTS FROM THE CONTAMINANTS THAT ARE IN THE GROUND. SO THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE IN DESIGN ON RIGHT NOW.

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AND SO THAT THAT VAPOR THE VAPOR BARRIER IS THERE LONG TERM LIKE AIR MONITORING THAT HAPPENS THAT TO PROTECT THAT LONG TERM? NO, THERE'S A TESTING PERIOD AND THAT VARIES DEPENDING ON THE SYSTEM THAT'S PUT IN.

BUT YEAH, IT'S IT'S FULLY ENCLOSED.

THERE IS A REDUNDANT SYSTEM IN HERE.

THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST PROTECTIVE VAPOR MITIGATION SYSTEMS THAT I'VE WORKED ON FOR BUILDINGS LIKE THIS.

AND THAT'S JUST DUE TO THE NATURE OF WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.

SO IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S NECESSARY, THOUGH, WHEN YOU HAVE CHLORINATED SOLVENTS LIKE THIS.

LAST QUESTION, THE FACADE, WOULD YOU MIND GOING BACK TO THE RENDERING? THE FACADE, IS THAT EXACT OR IS THIS LIKE IS THIS ALREADY YOUR PLAN OR THIS IS ALREADY A PLAN. AND LIKE I SAID, WE'RE ABOUT 70, 75% COMPLETED ON THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT.

SO THINGS THAT DO CHANGE ON OCCASION WHEN WE'RE GOING OUT FOR THE MATERIAL ASPECT OF THIS, SOMETIMES THE COLORS CAN CHANGE A LITTLE BIT ON IN COLORS, FOR EXAMPLE, CAN CHANGE THE WE WOULD HAVE LOVE TO HAVE YOU SEE THERE'S BALCONIES HERE.

THE WAY WE'VE GOT THIS DESIGN IS THAT ONCE THE POWER LINES ARE REMOVED, WE HAVE DESIGNED THE BUILDING SO WE CAN ACTUALLY ATTACH THOSE JULIETTE BALCONIES ON THE OKEMOS ROAD SITE.

SO OUR HOPE IS THAT ONCE THE POWER LINES ARE REMOVED, WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT.

BUT UNTIL THEN, WE CAN'T HAVE PEOPLE OUT THERE WITHIN NOT AN ARM'S LENGTH.

BUT TO DO SOMETHING STUPID, WE HAVE TO PROTECT AGAINST THAT.

SO AND THE POWER LINES WON'T BE BURIED PRIOR TO DEVELOPMENT? NO, THAT WOULD OCCUR WITH THE OKEMOS ROAD RECONSTRUCTION.

OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH.

SO THE ONLY COMMENT I WANT TO MAKE ON THAT IS CONSIDERING THIS IS GOING TO BE HERE FOREVER, I WAS IN MY HEAD IMAGINING SOMETHING A.

A LITTLE BIT MORE HISTORICAL LOOKING, IF YOU WILL, A LITTLE LESS.

THIS LOOKS SOMEWHAT MODERN TO ME.

SO THAT WAS JUST MY QUESTION.

BUT I UNDERSTAND FACADES ARE EXPENSIVE.

AND SO WHAT IS THAT FACADE? IS IT WOOD OR IS THAT BRICK? I WISH THE ARCHITECT WAS HERE, TOO.

AND I CAN I CAN WORK WITH DIRECTOR SCHMITT, TOO, AND JUST.

YEAH, WE CAN. AND WHEN WE SUBMIT THOSE PLANS TO THOSE ARE GOING TO BE SUBMITTED IN APRIL.

A LOT OF THOSE DETAILS I SEE TIM IN HIS HEAD.

SO WE'LL WE'LL HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU.

YEAH. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING, TREASURER DESCHAINE.

JUST ONE FOLLOW UP QUESTION ON PARKING.

IS THAT 95 SPACES PER BLOCK? IS THAT CORRECT? IT'S TOTAL, YEAH.

YEAH, IT'S TOTAL.

IT'S I THINK ORIGINALLY IT WAS ABOUT 100 SPACES PER BLOCK.

AND WITH THE CHANGES TO THE MBPD, IT'S PROBABLY SPLIT NOW IT'S 99 TOTAL SPACES FOR THE TWO BLOCKS WHERE PEOPLE CAN PARK.

YOU'VE GOT 200 HOUSEHOLDS.

AND IN THE US THIS IS THIS WILL BE A LESS CAR DRIVEN POPULATION THAN TYPICAL.

BUT THE TYPICAL US IS 1.88 CARS PER HOUSEHOLD.

SO POTENTIALLY YOU NEED 350 OR SO PARKING SPACES PLUS THE COMMERCIAL.

SO WHERE ARE PEOPLE GOING TO? HOW ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE THEM SELL OUR CAR BEFORE THEY MOVE IN OR WHAT'S YOUR PLAN? YEAH. SO I THINK WHAT WOULD BE BEST IS THAT WE WHEN WE SEE YOU NEXT TIME WE'RE WORKING ON OUR PARKING PLAN AND WE'RE WORKING DILIGENTLY ON THAT, I THINK IT WOULD BE BEST FOR US TO ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS MORE SPECIFICALLY SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING TO THAT CONCERN ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE CONCERNS WITH TOO, SO WE CAN ADDRESS MORE PARKING.

SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO HANDLE THAT IN A LITTLE BIT MORE.

BE ASHAMED TO DEVELOP COMMERCIAL SPACE AND THEN PEOPLE HAVE TO PARK DOWN ON MT.

HOPE TO GET UP THERE TO GO TO THE RESTAURANT OR THE COFFEE SHOP.

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THANK YOU. YEAH, THANK YOU.

I THINK IT JUST GLITCHED OUT.

EVERYONE'S OKAY.

THANK YOU. DIRECTOR CLARK? YES. THIS IS BEFORE US NOW TO GET THE BOARD APPROVAL OF THE EDC RECOMMENDATION FOR USE OF $1.25 MILLION FROM THE REDEVELOPMENT FUND.

AND SO.

IS PROGRESS ON THIS PROJECT DEPENDED ON THAT HAPPENING QUICKLY.

YES. THE MATCH FOR THE FOR THE MATCH FOR THE MEDICI.

BUT ONE THING WE ALSO HAVE AS A FINANCIAL SUPPORT IS THE DEPARTMENT OF.

I'M SORRY. HOLD ON. LET ME GET AN ENVIRONMENT.

GREAT LAKES AND ENERGY EAGLE IS THE GRANT FOR ALMOST $1,000,000.

AND THE LOAN WITH THE TOWNSHIP THAT THE DEVELOPER WILL WILL PAY FOR SITE FOR BROWNFIELD. RIGHT. FOR A SITE CONTAMINATION.

SO A TOTAL IF WITH THE REQUEST FROM THE DEVELOPER FOR THE TOWNSHIP'S BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY APPROVAL AND FOR EAGLES ABOUT $6 MILLION.

EAGLE HAS A REQUIREMENT TO HAVE FORWARD PROGRESS ON THE PROJECT THIS YEAR.

OTHERWISE WE MAY NOT BE ACCEPTABLE FOR THOSE GRANTS ANYMORE.

THEY HAVE TOLD US THAT IT WOULD EITHER NEED A NEW DEVELOPER OR A NEW PROJECT PROPOSED TO SUPPORT THOSE FUNDS.

THEY'RE HOLDING THOSE FUNDS AS A COUNTY ENTITY OR AS A STATE ENTITY FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT NEED THE SAME CONTAMINATION REMOVAL.

SO THEY ARE KIND OF OUR BENCHMARK THAT WE NEED TO SHOW THEM THAT WORK IS BEING DONE IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE FUNDS.

SO MY MY QUESTION IS, IS THAT THE SOONER THAT 1.25 MILLION IS APPROVED BY THIS BODY, THE SOONER WE CAN MOVE TO SECURING THOSE THOSE FUNDS FROM EAGLE AND AND MEDICI.

CORRECT. OKAY.

SO WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IS WE HAVE TO DECIDE IF WE'RE READY TO RECEIVE THE RECOMMENDATION AND PROPOSAL FROM THE.

EDC. AS A AS A AN INTRODUCTORY PROPOSAL.

WE HAVE TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.

YES. YES.

WE HAVE TO SET A TIME FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT ISSUE.

YES, I WAS TRYING TO KEEP IN LINE WITH MOST BOARD PRACTICES.

TYPICALLY, YOU LIKE TO DISCUSS A MAJOR ITEM LIKE THIS, BUT I DID INCLUDE IN THE PACKET A POSSIBLE MOTION TO MOVE TO APPROVE THE VILLAGE OF OKEMOS, LLC, MERIDIAN REDEVELOPMENT REQUEST NUMBER TWO AND ESTABLISH THE PUBLIC HEARING DATE.

AND I JUST PUT A DATE IN THERE, BUT WE WOULD ESTABLISH THE PUBLIC HEARING DATE.

WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE HOLD THAT PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN NOT LESS THAN 20 DAYS, NOT BEFORE TEN DAYS HAVE THAT PUBLIC HEARING.

AND THEN YOU COULD MOVE FOR ACTION IN EITHER WAY.

BOY. WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? I MEAN, I DON'T SEE ANY HARM IN MOVING IT FORWARD.

I DON'T HAVE ANY RESERVATIONS.

WE'RE NOT REALLY WAITING ON ANYTHING BUT VERY DETAILED SPECIFICS THAT WE DON'T REALLY HAVE MUCH. SO WE WOULD ASK DIRECTOR CLARK TO BRING US A DATE, A MOTION FOR SETTING A DATE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.

ALL RIGHT. COULD WE SUSPEND THE RULES AND I MAKE THE MOTION? YES. SO I'LL PROPOSE TO TREASURER DESCHAINE IS NOT HERE.

OH.

FOR HER. SO IS YOUR QUESTION.

I ASK THE FIRST QUESTION IS, SHOULD WE SUSPEND OUR RULES AND MAKE A MOTION TO SET A HEARING DATE FOR THE PROPOSAL?

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OKAY. THUS I PROPOSE TO SUSPEND OUR RULES AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE VILLAGE OF OKEMOS, LLC, MERIDIAN REDEVELOPMENT FUND REQUEST NUMBER TWO AND ESTABLISH A PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR APRIL 4TH, 2022.

OR WHAT? THE DIRECTOR DECIDES TO RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT SUPPORT.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? DISCUSSIONS? ARE YOU CLEAR ON WHAT WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON? I BELIEVE THIS DOES NOT NEED A ROLL CALL.

IS THAT CORRECT? THE MOTION IS TO SET ASIDE OUR RULES ON FAVOR OF THE MOTION AND SAY YES, YES.

YES, YES.

YES, YES.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NOW. WE HAVE SUSPENDED OUR RULES.

ARE YOU READY TO MAKE A MOTION TO DO WHAT YOU WANTED TO DO? YOU THINK I'D KNOW THIS BY NOW? I WOULD LIKE TO. SUPERVISOR.

I MOVED TO APPROVE THE VILLAGE OF OKEMOS, LLC, MERIDIAN REDEVELOPMENT FUND REQUEST NUMBER TWO AND ESTABLISH THE PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR APRIL FOUR, 2022, OR AT DIRECTOR CLERK'S DISCRETION TO RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT.

I'LL RECOGNIZE CLAIRE GUTHRIE AT THIS POINT.

LADIES, THE TWO OF YOU LIKE TO SUPPORT YOUR MOTION.

I WOULD JUST SAY THAT I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.

I'M EXCITED FOR THIS MOVING FORWARD, AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THE DIRECTOR HAS DONE. AND I DON'T I DON'T SEE ANY REASON TO DELAY.

ALL RIGHT. I CONCUR.

THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.

I REMEMBER WHEN GINGER WALKED IN THE DOOR AND I ASKED THE DIRECTORS, YOU KNOW, WHAT PROJECTS DO YOU THINK ARE MOST IMPORTANT? AND HALF OF US, I THINK, SAID, DON'T TELL US.

SO I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE PRESENTATION, IMPRESSED WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING ON THIS PROJECT AND THEIR INTEGRITY.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS AS A BOARD AND WITH THE DIRECTOR AND WITH THE DEVELOPERS AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE THIS AREA IN DOWNTOWN OKEMOS.

AND I WOULD JUST ASK DIRECTOR CLARK, APRIL FOUR IS SATISFACTORY TO MEET YOUR NEEDS.

IS APRIL 4TH IS YOUR NEXT MEETING DAY? IT'S NOT. NO, I DON'T THINK IT'S APRIL 12TH, WHICH WOULD BE 26 DAYS.

SO IT DOES NOT MEET OUR REQUIREMENT.

IT CAN'T BE MORE THAN 20 DAYS.

CAN'T BE MORE THAN 20 DAYS.

YEAH. I HAD FIGURED THAT WE WOULD HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION ON THE 12TH AND I WOULD BE SETTING IT FOR THE 26TH.

SO I'M SORRY YOU GUYS HAVE SURPRISED THE HECK OUT OF ME RIGHT NOW.

WE CAN BRING IT BACK THE 12TH AS A MOTION FOR PUBLIC HEARING AT THAT TIME IF IT'S MORE SUITABLE FOR YOU. WELL, THE MOTION WAS FOR APRIL 4TH OR WHATEVER WAS WHATEVER THE DIRECTOR FOUND THE PUBLIC HEARING DATE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE.

WAS THE MOTION? WAS THE MOTION? YES. THAT WAS INCLUDED? YES. I'M SORRY, BECAUSE I WASN'T SURE WHAT OUR DECISION IS.

SO AS MADE THE MOTION WAS.

YES, YES. ALL RIGHT.

ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY YES, YES, YES, YES.

THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WE MOVE ON TO 13 B, AN UPDATE ON THE GRAND RIVER AVENUE AND 43 CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

[13B. Update on the Grand River Ave/M-43 Construction Project]

YES. GOOD EVENING. BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERVISOR JACKSON.

IT'S BEEN A LONG EVENING, SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO WORK THROUGH THIS AS QUICKLY AS I CAN.

IT IS A COMPLEX PROJECT, SO THE FIRST ITEM THAT I'M GOING TO PUT UP FOR EVERYBODY TO REVIEW. THANK YOU, MR. DAVIS. OKAY, SO THIS IS IN YOUR PACKET, BUT THIS IS THE ACTUAL MAP FOR THE SCOPE OF THE

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SO THE EASTERN ACTUALLY SORRY, THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE PROJECT IS THE BRIDGE OVER THE SEA AND RAILROAD TRACK.

SO BEGINNING AT THE BASE OF THE BRIDGE ON THE EASTERN END, RIGHT? SO IF YOU'RE TRAVELING EASTBOUND, YOU GO PAST PARK LAKE OVER THE BRIDGE AT THE FOOT OF THE BRIDGE. THAT'S WHERE THE WORK WILL BASICALLY COMMENCE FROM THE WESTERN BOUNDARY.

IT'LL GO TO OAK POINT COURT, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ROADS, WHICH IS BETWEEN CORNELL ROAD AND VAN ADA.

SO THAT'S WHERE THE PROJECT WILL END AT THE EASTERN BOUNDARY.

LET ME PULL UP A DIFFERENT CHART.

GENERALLY SPEAKING, TO GO OVER THE TIME FRAME.

THIS IS A 2022 AND 2023 PROJECT.

PROJECT SCOPE IS SCOPE HAS CHANGED IMMENSELY.

ORIGINALLY, THIS PROJECT WAS IN THE FIVE YEAR PLAN.

SO THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT MDOT MAINTAINS FOR 2023 AND OR 2024, I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY.

DUE TO CHANGES IN STATE FUNDING THAT FIRST ACCELERATED THE PROJECT, THEY ACTUALLY WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD LAST YEAR.

WE WERE NOT PREPARED BASED ON SHORT NOTICE FROM MDOT TO PROCEED WITH THE WATER MAIN WORK. SO IF YOU DRIVE ON GRAND RIVER ACROSS FROM PLAYMAKERS RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE GOING TO NOTICE EXCAVATORS AND CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT ONSITE.

THAT IS ACTUALLY OUR PROJECT FOR THE WATER MAIN WORK.

WE ARE RELOCATING THE WATER MAIN SO THAT IT WILL BE INSIDE THE RETAINING WALL ACROSS FROM PLAYMAKERS SO THAT WE PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE ROAD AND THE PATHWAY.

AND WE'LL BE USING SHOOTING AND SHORING, WHICH IS THE SAME APPLICATION THAT THE VILLAGE OF OKEMOS ACTUALLY USED TO PROTECT THE UTILITIES IN DOWNTOWN OKEMOS RIGHT.

SO WE'RE ESSENTIALLY DRIVING STEEL PLATES IN USING EXCAVATORS TO REACH STABLE SOIL LEVELS BENEATH THE WETLAND TO PROVIDE A RETAINING WALL.

SO A VERY INDUSTRIAL BUILT RETAINING WALL TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY AND TO STOP OUR PATHWAY AND THE NORTH END OF THE ROAD FROM SINKING INTO THE WETLAND.

SO REAL QUICK, JUST TO GO OVER THE CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE, THIS BAR RIGHT HERE WHERE MY CURSOR IS DENOTES WHEN THE ADA SIDEWALK AND CURB AND GUTTER CONCRETE WORK WILL OCCUR. SO THE CONCRETE WORK IS USUALLY THE FIRST PHASE OF ANY ROAD PROJECT.

AND SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE ANTICIPATE THAT WORK WILL BEGIN ON APRIL 4TH AND HOPEFULLY CONCLUDE AROUND THE END OF APRIL OR EARLY MAY.

SO THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO GO IN AND THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE OUT SEGMENTS OF THE CURB AND GUTTER AND PIECE IN CURB AND GUTTER WHERE THE CURB AND GUTTER IS FAILING.

SO BASICALLY THE ENTIRETY OF THE SECTION ACROSS FROM PLAYMAKERS WHERE THE WETLAND IS ALL THAT CURB AND CUTTER IS GOING TO GO.

AND SO DURING THAT PORTION OF THE PROJECT, WHAT WE WILL SEE IS THE OUTER LANES CLOSED SO EAST AND WESTBOUND TRAFFIC WILL BE CLOSED.

THE RED X'S TO NOTE THAT THE OUTER LANES WILL BE CLOSED AND SO EAST AND WESTBOUND TRAFFIC WILL MOVE ON THOSE INNER LANES ONLY GOING TO STAGE TWO OF THE PROJECT.

THIS IS WHEN THE INTENSIVE RECONSTRUCTION WILL START TO OCCUR.

RIGHT. SO WE'RE RAISING THE SURFACE OF GRAND RIVER AVENUE.

IT'S HALF A MILE ROUGHLY THAT'S BEING RAISED TWO FEET, BUT IT'S IN TWO DIFFERENT SECTIONS.

SO NEAR THE INTERSECTION AND NEAR THE OKEMOS ROAD INTERSECTIONS.

THESE ARE THE LOWEST PORTIONS OF THE ROADWAY.

SO THOSE ARE THE PORTIONS THAT FLOOD WHEN THE RIVER CRESTS OR WE HAVE A STORM EVENT.

EVEN EVEN A TEN YEAR STORM EVENT WILL FLOOD THOSE.

AND THE ROAD DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE TO COME OUT AND CLOSE THE ROAD. CHIEF CREWS, MANY OF TIME, MANY TIMES BEFORE, HAVE HAD TO COME OUT AND CLOSE IT BEFORE. YOU KNOW, CLOSE IT BEFORE THE ROAD DEPARTMENT CAN GET THERE WITH THEIR SIGNAGE TO OFFICIALLY CLOSE THE ROAD.

RIGHT. AND WE'VE HAD TO RESCUE CARS AND VEHICLES FROM THOSE INTERSECTIONS.

SO WE'RE RAISING THAT ABOUT TWO FEET.

AND SO THAT INTENSIVE RECONSTRUCTION WORK IS ACTUALLY OCCURRING IN THIS TIME INTERVAL RIGHT HERE. SO END OF APRIL THROUGH LATE FALL.

SO LATE OCTOBER IS THE CURRENT SCHEDULE FOR THOSE TWO SEGMENTS OF WORK NEAR THE NOCONA AND THE OKEMOS ROAD INTERSECTIONS AND RAISING THE ROAD, THE RESURFACING WORK.

SO THIS WILL BE FROM MARSH ROAD, TRAVELING EAST, SO TRAVELING PAST HOME DEPOT, TOM'S TOM'S FOOD SERVICE AND PASS CORNELL BUT SHORT OF AN ADA.

AND SO THIS IS GOING TO BE SIMPLE MILL AND RESURFACING THIS GOES PRETTY QUICKLY AS YOU CAN SEE THEY ANTICIPATE COMPLETING THAT RESURFACING WORK HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF

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SO THE INITIAL PHASING OF THAT WORK IS REPRESENTED HERE.

THEY WILL START BY CLOSING THE OUTER LANES, RIGHT? SO THEY'RE GOING TO DO CURB AND GUTTER WORK AND THE CONCRETE WORK AND THE PATHWAY WORK RAMPS, 88 COMPLIANCE, ANY OF THE CONCRETE REPAIR FIRST AND CLOSE THOSE OUTER LANES, THEN THEY WILL MILL AND RESURFACE THE OUTER LANES.

THEN THEY WILL CLOSE.

I'M SORRY. THEY WILL DO ALL THAT WORK AND KEEP THE INNER LANES WORKING AND CLOSE THE OUTER LANES. THEN THEY WILL REOPEN THE OUTER LANES AND DO THE LEFT HAND TURN LANE AND THE INNER LANES EAST AND WESTBOUND.

THE COMPLICATING FACTOR IS WHEN YOU GET TO CORNELL ROAD, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE GO DOWN TO ONE LANE EACH WAY IN A LEFT TURN LANE.

THIS IS WHERE IT'S GOING TO GET DICEY BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE THE EASTBOUND AND WESTBOUND TRAFFIC IN ONE LANE REPRESENTED HERE UNTIL THAT ROAD WORK CAN BE COMPLETED TO REOPEN LANES IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE A PINCH POINT AND THAT IS GOING TO BE A VERY COMPLICATING FACTOR FOR MOVING EAST AND WEST THROUGH THE TOWNSHIP, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO GREATLY REDUCE YOUR ABILITY TO GO IN EITHER DIRECTION UNLESS YOU HAPPEN TO GET THERE, JUST AS THE LABORERS ON THE GROUND FLIP THEIR SIGN TO ALLOW YOU TO PROCEED.

STAGE FOUR. SO THIS IS THE INTENSIVE RECONSTRUCTION AREAS.

THIS IS ALSO GOING TO CREATE PINCH POINTS JUST DUE TO THE LEVEL OF TRAFFIC THAT WE HAVE. THERE'S HIGHER TRAFFIC HERE.

SO THAT'S GOING TO CAUSE SOME ISSUES.

SO THIS IS BASICALLY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD IS WHERE WE WILL HAVE EAST AND WESTBOUND TRAFFIC DURING THE RECONSTRUCT OF THE LEFT TURN LANE AND THE TWO SOUTHBOUND LANES. SO THEN WE WILL STAGGER IT AND DO THE MIDDLE LANES AND THEN WE WILL STAGGER IT TOWARDS THE END AND WE WILL HAVE EAST AND WEST TRAFFIC STAGGERED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD.

OKAY. SO THIS IS THE 2023 WORK.

SO BETWEEN THE C.N.

RAILROAD BRIDGE AND MARSH ROAD THIS YEAR WE ARE ONLY DOING THE CONCRETE WORK.

SO THE CURB GUTTER PATHWAY, ANY OF THE CONCRETE REPAIRS AND THE INTENSIVE RECONSTRUCTION, MEANING RAISING THE ROADBED AND PUTTING IN THE SHEETING AND SHORING.

SO THE SIMPLE RESURFACING WHERE THE GROUND OR WHERE THE ROAD IS THE APPROPRIATE HEIGHT OR AT LEAST CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE APPROPRIATE HEIGHT TO PREVENT FLOODING DURING A TEN YEAR STORM EVENT. THAT RESURFACING WILL OCCUR NEXT YEAR.

SO WE WILL HAVE SOME CLOSURES IN 2023 BETWEEN THE CN RAILROAD BRIDGE AND MARSH ROAD. SO JUST GOING BACK TO THE TIMELINE OF EVENTS.

STAGE SEVEN AND EIGHT IS HERE.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT MILL AND RESURFACING WORK GOES A LOT QUICKER.

SO AT LEAST IN 2023, IT'LL ONLY BE ABOUT TWO MONTHS, MAYBE TWO AND ONE HALF MONTHS WHERE WE HAVE SOME LANE CLOSURES IN THE STRETCH.

SO THAT IS KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF THE TIMELINE.

ANOTHER FACET OF THE PROJECT IS THE OFFSETTING CUT, WHICH IS GOING TO OCCUR ON TOWNSHIP PROPERTY. IT'S THE PROPERTY FOR THE CENTRAL FIRE STATION.

MY STAFF AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH CHIEF HAMEL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO NOT DISRUPT THE CENTRAL FIRE STATION DURING THIS PROCESS.

SO THE CENTRAL FIRE STATION IS LOCATED RIGHT HERE.

HERE'S THE SERVICE DRIVE OFF OF CENTRAL PARK.

AND SO THE CONTRACTOR, HOFFMAN IS THE CONTRACTOR THAT I'M HIRED.

THEY ARE ALSO DOING OUR OFFSETTING CUT.

AND SO THEY'LL BE THEY'LL BE COMING IN TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE SERVICE DRIVE RIGHT HERE. AND THAT'S WHERE THEY WILL BE MAKING A CURB CUT AND GOING BACK SOUTHEAST INTO THE PARCEL.

THEY ALREADY STARTED DOING TREE CLEARING AND THE CHIPS FROM THAT ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE DONATED TO OKEMOS AND HASLETT SCHOOLS AS OF THIS MORNING, BECAUSE OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT DID NOT HAVE USE FOR THEM, BUT THEY'VE BEEN TREE CLEARING TO GET THEIR EQUIPMENT BACK HERE TO MAKE THE OFFSETTING CUT.

AND SO WE ARE GOING TO REMOVE MORE CUBIC YARDS FROM THIS FLOODPLAIN.

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THEN THEN CUBIC YARDS ARE BROUGHT IN TO RAISE THE ROAD GRADE.

THE CUBIC YARD MEASUREMENTS ARE ACTUALLY UP HERE IN THE TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT THE OFFSETTING CUT THAT WILL OCCUR ON THE SITE IS GREATER THAN THE FILL COMING IN TO REALLY ADDRESS LIKE A 25 YEAR STORM EVENT.

WE WOULD NEED TO RAISE THE ROAD ABOUT FOUR FEET ROUGHLY.

SO PERHAPS 25, 30 YEARS FROM NOW, WHEN WE'VE REALIZED THE FULL LIFE EXPECTANCY OF THIS PROJECT, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT PURSUING WITH MDOT AGAIN.

ORIGINALLY, THIS WAS ABOUT A $2 MILLION PROJECT TO DO A SIMPLE RESURFACING.

IT HAS NOW EVOLVED INTO ABOUT A $14.5 MILLION PROJECT, WHICH IS NOT COMPLETELY UNCOMMON AS THEY GET MORE ONCE THEY START ENGAGING WITH THE LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS AND EVERYTHING. IT'S COMMON TO SEE THAT THE SHEETING AND SHORING WORK IS REALLY UNAVOIDABLE. THERE'S NO POINT TO FIXING THE ROAD AND ALLOWING THE SOIL EROSION TO CONTINUE TO OCCUR THERE.

RIGHT. BRIEFLY, JUST TO UPDATE YOU ON WHAT'S OCCURRING IN THE PUBLIC SPACE ON THIS.

ME JUST ONE MOMENT TO FLIP BACK TO MY MEMO IN YOUR PACKET.

I DID PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND CONTEXT ON THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT MDOT IS HOLDING.

IT'S THE SECOND IT IS, IN FACT, NOW GOING TO BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23RD, 6 TO 8:00 PM. IT'S A VIRTUAL EVENT.

CHIEF PARKER ALREADY MADE OUT CHIEF ALREADY MADE OUTREACH TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS AND OUR HOSE MANAGER WALSH ALREADY MADE OUTREACH TO OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

DIRECTOR CLARK HAS MADE OUTREACH TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY JUST TO GIVE THEM A HEADS UP THAT THIS IS COMING.

AND WE JUST RECEIVED THE PUBLIC CREDENTIALS FOR LOGGING INTO THE PUBLIC MEETING AT ABOUT 4:00 TODAY, I THINK IT WAS.

SO WE WILL BEGIN EDUCATING THE PUBLIC.

AND OF COURSE, COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER YATES IS ALSO WORKING ON JUST THE STANDARD COMMUNICATIONS THAT WILL GO OUT ON ALL THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AND ON THE TOWNSHIP WEBSITE. SO WE ARE WORKING TO PROMOTE THAT.

AGAIN, IT'S THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING, THE FIRST, I SHOULD SAY, PUBLIC MEETING.

IT IS NOT AN OFFICIAL HEARING, BUT THE FIRST PUBLIC MEETING WAS HELD BACK ON NOVEMBER 4TH.

THERE IS A LINK TO THAT MEETING WHICH IS ON YOUTUBE IF YOU WISH TO GO BACK AND REVISIT THAT. AND THEN WE DID HAVE A PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING WITH ALL THE REGIONAL GOVERNMENTAL UNITS FROM THE DRAIN COMMISSION OFFICE TO ALL OF OUR TOWNSHIP STAFF. WE PROBABLY HAD CLOSE TO 20 STAFF FROM THE TOWNSHIP ALONE ON THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING WITH THEM ON MARCH 7TH.

JUST REVIEWING MY NOTES TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE I WOULD REALLY FLAG ON THIS.

I THINK THAT'S A PRETTY THOROUGH OVERVIEW.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

IT'S OBVIOUSLY A PRETTY COMPLEX PROJECT, BUT I HOPE THAT GIVES YOU A PRETTY FIRM UNDERSTANDING OF THE PHASING AND THE SCOPE OF THE WORK.

BOARD MEMBERS. TRUSTEE BRZEZINSKI.

IT'S A MOUTHFUL THIS LATE.

JUST. THIS IS A BIG JOB.

SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING TAKING THE TIME TO EXPLAIN.

JUST ONE QUESTION I'VE ALREADY BEEN ASKED.

GIVEN DOBIE ROAD AND OUR BRIDGE AND THE DOBIE ROAD TRAFFIC.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO US HOW THESE TWO PROJECTS HAPPENED AT THE SAME TIME? YES, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS COORDINATED NECESSARILY WITH INTENT.

BOTH PROJECTS HAVE BEEN MOVING TARGETS FOR A LONG TIME.

RIGHT. WE HAD EMERGENCY REPAIRS MADE TO THE BRIDGE, THE NEWER OF THE TWO BRIDGES OVER THE OVER THE RED CEDAR RIVER IN 2015 AND 2016, IT LINGERED FOR TWO CONSTRUCTION SEASONS.

THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE IDEAL TIME TO REPLACE THE BRIDGES, TO TAKE THEM OUT AND REPLACE THEM WITH A SINGLE BRIDGE.

THERE WAS NO FUNDING AT THAT TIME, SO THE BRIDGE PROJECT WAS DELAYED UNTIL THE COUNTY ROAD DEPARTMENT COULD SECURE FUNDING.

CONVERSELY, THIS PROJECT ON GRAINGER AVENUE IS SLATED FOR 2023 OR 2024 AND WAS BUMPED UP DUE TO THE ROAD BONDING THAT THE STATE HAS DONE.

SO EVEN BEFORE ARP AND COVID AND BEF THE FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING, THIS PROJECT WAS MOVED UP JUST BASED ON THE BONDING THAT THE STATE WAS DOING THAT FREED UP ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. SO IT WAS JUST KIND OF HAPPENSTANCE WITH THE TIMING THERE, BUT IT'S

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BUT BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS ARE EXCEEDINGLY DIFFICULT IN AND OF THEMSELVES.

SO I THINK HAVING THEM BOTH IN THE SAME YEAR IS ACTUALLY A GOOD THING JUST TO GET THROUGH RIP OFFS.

YEAH. SO.

SO IN SHORT, IT'S DELINEATED BY FUNDING AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT THE TOWNSHIP WOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY.

WE HAVE TO DO IT AT THIS TIME.

YEAH. AND THEN THE WE HAVE HAD SOME CONTENTION, IF YOU LOOK IN YOUR PACKET, THIS PRESENTATION I WAS JUST GIVING WHAT THE TIMELINE.

THIS IS THE NEW ONE THAT I JUST GOT FROM MATT.

AS I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET ALL THE MOST CURRENT INFORMATION, I WILL SAY THAT MDOT HAS BEEN VERY GOOD AT COMMUNICATING.

THEY REACHED OUT ON THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKED FOR INPUT, WHETHER WE HAD INPUT AND WHAT DAY VIRTUAL AND PERSON HYBRID.

THEY'VE BEEN VERY GOOD AT COMMUNICATING BETTER THAN OTHER GOVERNMENTAL UNITS.

AND MY SURE EXPERIENCE, IF YOU GO TO THE OLD PRESENTATION, WHICH I JUST PULLED UP, THAT IS THE ONE IN YOUR PACKET, THERE ARE THE THREE PEDESTRIAN ISLANDS WHICH I DIDN'T TOUCH ON.

THERE'S ONE OVER BY CAMPUS APARTMENTS, THERE'S ONE BETWEEN MYER AND BESTBUY, AND THEN THERE'S THE ONE BY WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, WHICH IS KIND OF NEAR THE DEALERSHIPS AND HOME DEPOT, WHERE THERE'S APARTMENTS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF GRAND RIVER AVENUE.

ONE OF OUR DDA MEMBERS HAS HAD CONCERNS.

HE OWNS THE PROPERTY UNDER MCDONALD'S.

DIRECTOR SCHMITT AND I HAVE WORKED ON THE ISSUE WITH THE SHOPPING CARTS, AS HAS DIRECTOR CLARK. MEYER HAS BEEN DOING A MUCH BETTER JOB OF CHECKING THAT SITE.

AND JUST YESTERDAY, OUR DPW CREW TOOK AWAY A HANDFUL OF SHOPPING CARTS THAT WERE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, AND DIRECTOR SCHMITT NOTIFIED THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND WHERE THEY CAN FIND THEIR PROPERTY. SO WE'RE WORKING TO ADDRESS THE CONSTITUENT CONCERNS SPECIFIC TO THE KIND OF BUS STOP PAD IN THE RIGHT OF WAY AND THE SHOPPING CARTS THAT INEVITABLY ACCUMULATE THERE. SO. BUT THE PEDESTRIAN ISLANDS AS AS THEY ARE IN THE PLANS ARE DENOTED IN THIS OLD PRESENTATION.

THIS IS FROM THE NOVEMBER 4TH MEETING, 2021.

I THINK YOU'VE GOT YOU AT THE PODIUM MOVING TO THE THE BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION.

LAST TIME WE SPOKE, THERE WAS A HOLD UP BECAUSE OF THE AT&T LINES.

I WAS RIGHT THERE TODAY.

THEY'RE STUCK THERE TAKING OUT ONE OF THE BRIDGES.

SO THERE HAVE BEEN ACCELERATION OF ACTIVITY THERE.

YEAH, I HAVE NOT RECEIVED AS GOOD A COMMUNICATION ON THAT PROJECT AS I HAVE ON I'M 43, SO I'LL NEED TO REACH OUT AND GET THE BEST INFORMATION.

BUT SUNDAY WAS THE FIRST DAY THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO DO THE SUNDAY WORK.

SO IF THERE WAS DEMOLITION OCCURRING, THAT'S A VERY GOOD SIGN.

THAT MEANS AT&T HAS CONCLUDED THEIR SPLICING OF THE FIBER.

THERE'S SOME SERIOUS DEMOLITION WORK GOING ON THIS MORNING.

YEAH, TAKING THE BRIDGE OUT SHOULDN'T LAST TOO LONG, BUT THE DELAY IN REOPENING SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC IS GOING TO BE CONSTRUCTING THE NEW BRIDGE.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? 43, MARK.

THANK YOU, MR. SOMMER.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR JACKSON AND BOARD.

WE COME TO ITEM 14 COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, GENTLEMEN.

ITEM 15, OTHER MATTERS AND BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS.

[15. OTHER MATTERS AND BOARD MEMBERCOMMENTS]

REAL QUICK, I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO DIRECTOR CLARK AND TO THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM FOR THEIR RECOGNIZING FEMALE BUSINESS OWNERS IN THE TOWNSHIP.

I'VE ENJOYED SEEING THOSE POSTS ON INSTAGRAM AND SOCIAL MEDIA AND RECOGNIZING THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU. AND IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE IN THE CHAIN OF MOTION TO ADJOURN, SOME OF SUPPORT MOVED AND SUPPORT IT ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO ADJOURN.

HE SAID, YES, YES, YES.

OH, NO.

WE ARE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.