Jan 23, 2024 Township Board

IT'S GOOD TO BE WITH YOU THIS EVENING.

I'D LIKE TO START WITH A FEW ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

I WANT TO THANK DIRECTOR CLARK, WHO FILLED IN FOR ALL THE MANAGEMENT ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN WE WERE OUT, FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.

SO I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND THANK YOU.

I'M ALSO WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOME OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS WHO ARE, CELEBRATING BIG, BIG DAYS THIS WEEK.

SO I'D LIKE TO START WITH OUR IT DIRECTOR, STEPHEN GEBES.

STEPHEN JOINED US ON JANUARY 27TH OF 1992.

SO THIS IS 32 YEARS THIS WEEK FOR STEPHEN.

AND WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE HIM AND RIGHT NEXT TO HIM ALSO HIRED ON JANUARY 27TH.

BUT THIS WAS IN 2003.

CHIEF RICK GRILLO.

SO CHIEF GRILLO HAS NOW 21 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE TOWNSHIP.

JEFF ROMMECK IN OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, CAPTAIN ROMMECK WAS HIRED ON JANUARY 24TH OF 2000.

SO 24 YEARS FOR CAPTAIN ROMMECK AND ADAM SLAVIC.

ADAM WAS HIRED, JANUARY 25TH OF 2016.

HE HAS EIGHT YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE TOWNSHIP, SO WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THEIR SERVICE TO THE TOWNSHIP.

I'D LIKE TO WELCOME, PERSONALLY TRUSTEE TREZISE WE LOOK, OUR TEAM LOOKS FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.

AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING OUR TEAM.

DEER MANAGEMENT.

YOU REMEMBER LAST YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO WITH DNR APPROVAL, WE WERE ABLE TO CALL 357.

THE DNR THIS YEAR LOWERED THAT NUMBER TO 300.

SO WE ARE CURRENTLY, THE ARCHERY, ARCHERY TOOK ABOUT 140.

SO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THROUGH THEIR FIREARMS, HAS ABOUT 160.

WE'RE ALREADY WITHIN SIX OF THAT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THAT OUT, HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

APPRECIATE THE WORK OF EVERYONE ON THAT.

IT'S MORE THAN JUST POLICE.

IT'S MORE THAN JUST THE HUNTERS.

IT'S ALSO OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT WHO GOES THROUGH AND AND DELIVERS ALL THE VENISON OUT TO THE, TO THE FOOD BANKS.

AND IT'S NOT JUST MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP.

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PEOPLE WITHIN 2 OR 3 COUNTIES BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM WITH THE WITH THE VENISON.

AND WE'RE THANKFUL TO EVERYONE WHO'S INVOLVED IN THAT.

JUST AN UPDATE. YES.

ON FIRE AND POLICE STAFFING.

WE ARE YES AT 36, WITH THE FIRE STAFFING, WE'RE NOW AT 32 WITH THE POLICE STAFFING, BUT WE HAVE SEVEN IN THE WHAT I CALL THE HOPPER.

WE HAVE 4 OR 5 THROUGH THE ACADEMY, AND WE HAVE 2 OR 3 THAT I'M UPDATING YOU BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE PROGRAM IS WORKING.

WE NOW HAVE 2 OR 3 THAT WE'RE INTERVIEWING FOR LATERALS OR PEOPLE RETURNING TO THE DEPARTMENT.

SO THAT'S GOING TO PUT US, IF EVERYTHING GOES WELL, IT'S GOING TO PUT US AT THE HIGH 30S AND WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE OF 42.

WE HAVE NOT BEEN AT FULL STAFFING IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN TEN YEARS.

WE HAVE A POSITION OPEN IN OUR ACCOUNTANT POSITION, AND WE'RE GETTING REALLY GOOD INTEREST IN THAT POSITION.

DIRECTOR [INAUDIBLE] IS WORKING ON THAT.

WE HAVE A POSITION IN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT UP ENGINEERING POSITION WITH ROBIN'S RETIREMENT.

SO THAT PUTS US AT ABOUT 96.5% OCCUPANCY WITHIN THE WITHIN THE TOWNSHIP.

AND WE'RE PROUD OF THAT, THE CHIEF INFORMED ME, CHIEF HAMEL INFORMED ME THIS WEEK THAT THE EMERGENCY SIREN PROGRAM THAT THE TOWNSHIP BOARD STARTED MAYBE 11 OR 12 YEARS AGO, AND THAT WAS TO PLACE, 15 OR 16, WARNING SIRENS THROUGHOUT THE TOWNSHIP.

WE GOT OFF TO A SLOW START, BUT REALLY, IT'S ACCELERATED HERE.

AND OF COURSE, AS YOU KNOW, THE BOARD, THIS PAST SEPTEMBER IN THE BUDGET FOR 24, APPROVED $120,000 TO FINISH THE PROGRAM.

SO THE LAST FOUR SIRENS WILL BE GOING UP SOMETIME IN MARCH OR APRIL, AND THE ENTIRE TOWNSHIP WILL NOW BE COVERED IN THE LAST 10 OR 12 YEARS, A $450,000 PROJECT IN ALL, PAID FOR IN CASH.

THE MARSHALL PARK PLAYGROUND, IMPROVEMENTS THAT IS MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PARK COMMISSION.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE US A WHILE TO, TO FIRST OF ALL, DETERMINE WHAT PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, BUT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT MAYBE A COMING SOON SIGN HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS OR SO, ONCE WE DETERMINE WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE.

BUT I WOULD EXPECT INSTALLATION IN THE SUMMER OR FALL BY THE TIME WE GET IT AND THEN ORDER THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT.

IT TAKES QUITE A WHILE, BUT WE'LL DO SOMETHING TO NOTIFY THE NEIGHBORS UP THERE.

I WANT TO THANK, DIRECTOR CLARK FOR HER WORK ON THE CIA.

AS YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DID THIS, WHEN WE DID THE TIF, THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING FOR THE VILLAGE OF OKEMOS PROJECT, IT TOOK A NUMBER OF PEOPLE, A NUMBER OF VISITS AND A LOT OF TIME. AND THIS IS A PROJECT FOR THE FOR THE MOST PART, I KNOW A COUPLE OF BOARD MEMBERS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, DIRECTOR CLARK HAS TAKEN THIS ON AND WE HAVE, THE COUNTY AND CATA IN SUPPORT.

AND LAST, LAST NIGHT, DIRECTOR CLARK MET WITH THE AIRPORT AND ALL SIGNS ARE THAT THAT IS GOING TO MOVE FORWARD, AND THAT LEAVES JUST LCC.

SO WE'RE MAKING GREAT PROGRESS ON THAT.

I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE CULVERS THE OWNERS.

CORY [INAUDIBLE] CHVALA.

THEY CELEBRATED THEIR 20TH ANNIVERSARY, THIS PAST WEEK.

AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THERE'S 1,000 CULVER STORES IN MICHIGAN, STARTED IN WISCONSIN, AND THEY ARE NUMBER, 238 OVERALL. AND I'M SORRY, THERE'S A THOUSAND NATIONWIDE CULVERS AND THEY'RE 70 IN MICHIGAN.

AND THEY ARE NUMBER 238 OVERALL.

SO THEY CAME IN THE ONE UP HERE ON CENTRAL PARK DRIVE IS ONE OF THE EARLY ON CULVER'S, IN THE ENTIRE FRANCHISE.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, THEY ALSO OWN THE ONE IN DEWITT AND THE ONE DOWN BY THE HIGHWAY.

BUT, SOME OF US WERE ABLE TO JOIN, OVER AT CULVER'S AND THANK THEM FOR BEING IN THE TOWNSHIP.

AND THEN THE PRIME MERIDIAN MAGAZINE IS UNDERWAY THROUGH THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.

MANAGER [INAUDIBLE] IS WORKING ON THAT WITH ALL OF OUR STAFF, AND YOU'LL BE SEEING THAT SOON.

THAT'S AN UPDATE ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH A FEW OF OUR PROJECTS.

THE FLOORING PROJECT CONTINUES AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THERE'S LOTS OF OTHER THINGS GOING ON, BUT THAT'S KIND OF AN UPDATE ON OVERALL WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR OFFICE.

THANK YOU. UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.

BOARD MEMBERS. THANK YOU, MR. WALSH. THANK YOU. WE NOW MOVE TO ITEM SEVEN.

[7. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS OF ACTIVITIES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS]

BOARD MEMBER, REPORTS OF ACTIVITIES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.

FIRST OF ALL, WELCOME AGAIN TRUSTEE TREZISE.

THANK YOU SUPERVISOR.

PETER AND HIS WIFE, SHERRY HAVE BEEN RESIDENTS FOR 35 YEARS.

AND I KNOW EVER SINCE YOU MOVED HERE, YOU'VE BEEN VERY ACTIVE PART OF THE COMMUNITY.

AND YOU, WE'RE CONFIDENT YOU'RE GONNA MAKE AN EXCELLENT TRUSTEE BECAUSE YOU KNOW THIS COMMUNITY SO WELL.

YOUR BOARD EXPERIENCE, 16 YEARS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD IS GOING TO BE HELPFUL.

THIS IS A BOARD, AND IT'S A BOARD THAT FOLLOWS PRETTY STRICT RULES.

AND YOUR ZONING KNOWLEDGE ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION SINCE 2018.

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THAT IS A TOUGH THAT'S A LONG TIME TO BE IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS WORK REALLY HARD AND YOU HAVE SOME VERY LONG MEETINGS.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR THAT SERVICE LEADING UP TO THIS SERVICE.

SO I ALSO WANT TO THANK, JOSHUA, OUR NEW FIREFIGHTER, AND ALSO TO COMMEND CHIEF HAMEL.

WE'RE AT 36 AND HE'S DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB OF RECRUITMENT.

WE'RE AT OUR NUMBER.

AND WITH AN 18, 19 MONTH TRAINING PROGRAM THAT THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH TO REACH PARAMEDIC, THAT'S NOT AN EASY, EASY ASK TO GET TO GET TO.

AND YOU'VE DONE THAT AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN.

SO THANK YOU FOR KEEPING US AT 36.

THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE SERVICE THAT OUR RESIDENTS VALUE IS OUR POLICE AND FIRE SERVICES.

AND WE'VE GOT TOP NOTCH PEOPLE THERE THANKS TO CHIEF HAMEL AND CHIEF GRILLO.

THAT'S MY REPORT. THANK YOU.

OKAY. CLERK GUTHRIE.

THANK YOU, MADAM SUPERVISOR, I WANT TO ECHO TREASURER'S DESCHAINE'S COMMENTS REGARDING OUR NEW TRUSTEE AND IN ADDITION, HE'S A FANTASTIC ELECTION WORKER AND CHAIR AND HAS BEEN.

AND SO IS HIS WIFE SHERRY.

SO IF YOU RUN FOR OFFICE, I WILL BE VERY HAPPY.

BUT ALSO VERY SAD TO LOSE YOU ON THE ELECTION WORKER FRONT BECAUSE YOU AND YOUR WIFE ARE FANTASTIC.

AND SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO ALL OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU WILL BE BRINGING TO THE BOARD.

I WANT TO THANK THE TOWNSHIP MANAGER FOR TWO THINGS.

ONE IS LETTING ME KNOW ABOUT CULVERS.

I WAS ABLE TO GO THERE FRIDAY NIGHT AFTER YOU LET ME KNOW ABOUT IT, AND JUST THANK THEM FOR THEIR 20 YEARS AND ALL THE SERVICE THAT THEY'VE GIVEN TO THE TOWNSHIP.

AND THEN TWO, TOWNSHIP MANAGER FRANK WALSH AND I HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE THE SECURITY OF ELECTIONS, AND HE TOOK THE CHARGE ON THAT AND REMEDIED SOME CONCERNS THAT I HAD RIGHT AWAY.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO, MAKE CHANGES TO HAVE BETTER CONTROL OF OUR SECURITY MEASURES HERE FOR OUR VOTERS. AND SO I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

YOU TOOK SWIFT ACTION AND AND MY ENTIRE TEAM REALLY APPRECIATED IT, APPRECIATES IT, ESPECIALLY OUR DEPUTY CLERK WHO WAS ON ME ABOUT IT FOR A LITTLE BIT. JUST A LITTLE BIT.

AND THEN I JUST WANT THE BOARD TO BE AWARE.

I'M. I'M NOT SURE HOW THIS HAPPENED.

WHEN WE PUT THE AGENDA TOGETHER AND THEN THE CLERK PUTS THE PACKET TOGETHER, I DID NOTICE THAT A PACKET PIECE HAS BEEN SWITCHED IN THE PACKET AND UPLOADED ONLINE.

SO TYPICALLY I PUT THE PACKET TOGETHER AND THEN I ONE OF MY ROLES AS CLERK IS FOR RECORD RETENTION.

AND WE RETAIN ALL OF THE PACKETS FOR THE TOWNSHIP BOARD.

AND SO I I'D LIKE THE MANAGER TO BE AWARE THAT THERE WAS A PACKET PIECE THAT WAS SWITCHED.

I'M NOT SURE HOW IT HAPPENED, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PACKET DOESN'T GET SWITCHED BECAUSE I HAVE TO SAVE IT AS A RECORD.

SO, SO I JUST WANTED THE BOARD TO BE AWARE OF THAT.

ACTUALLY, I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.

OH. I'M SORRY. OKAY.

THERE WERE FOUR LINES ADDED TO TO ONE OF THE ITEMS, AND MICHELLE AND I WORKED IT OUT.

SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S A DIFFERENT MEMO FOR APPOINTMENTS ON YOUR DESK.

THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING.

SO TYPICALLY SO TYPICALLY IF IT'S A NEW ITEM WE HAVE IT BROUGHT TO THE BOARD AT THE MEETING.

SO THAT I KNOW TO UPDATE THE PACKET THAT I'VE PUT IN RECORD RETENTION.

OTHERWISE THE RECORD RETENTION ISN'T ACCURATE.

SO THANK YOU FOR, I GET THAT.

I KNOW WE CAN WORK THROUGH IT.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

WE WILL. THANK YOU.

OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? TRUSTEE WILSON.

WE RECONVENED THE TASK FORCE ON THE COMMUNITY AND SENIOR CENTER THIS AFTERNOON.

TOOK A LONG BREAK DUE TO SOME CIRCUMSTANCES OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL.

WE ARE GOING TO BE MEETING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TWO WEEKS WITH THE VENDOR THAT WE HAVE SELECTED TO HELP US THROUGH THIS INITIAL PROCESS.

IT'S A COMPANY CALLED PROGRESSIVE AE SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT OPPORTUNITY.

AND I HAVE ONE MORE, THANK YOU THAT THE FOOD PANTRY, WHERE I VOLUNTEER TWO DAYS A WEEK AT THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH FOOD PANTRY IN DOWNTOWN LANSING, WAS THE HAPPY RECIPIENT OF 700 POUNDS OF VENISON LAST WEEK.

SO IT'S GOING TO A GOOD CAUSE, AND WE ALREADY ARE DOWN LIKE A QUARTER OF IT.

WE'VE GIVEN SO MUCH AWAY.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY INVOLVED AND ESPECIALLY MIKE ELLIS.

WHO IS WHO IS WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND MADE THE DELIVERY AND HELPED UNPACK IT.

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THANK YOU. JUST IN CASE THAT EVERYONE DIDN'T KNOW.

DOESN'T KNOW WHO DOESN'T KNOW WHO THAT IS? ANYONE ELSE? THEN WE MOVE ON TO ITEM EIGHT, WHICH IS APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.

[8. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

MR. HENDRICKSON.

THANK YOU, MADAM SUPERVISOR. I MOVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED THIS EVENING.

SUPPORT. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY YES.

YES. YES. OPPOSED NO.

CHAIR VOTES YES.

THANK YOU. AND ITEM NINE IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[9. CONSENT AGENDA]

ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, I WOULD POINT OUT THAT THE CONSENT AGENDA INCLUDES INCLUDES OUR USUAL COMMUNICATIONS MINUTES FOR OUR JANUARY 9TH, SPECIAL TOWNSHIP BOARD MEETING AND OUR JANUARY 9TH REGULAR TOWNSHIP BOARD MEETING.

ITEM C IS THE TYPICAL BILLS.

D IS AN AUDIT ENGAGEMENT LETTER.

I HOPE FOR ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE REVIEWED THAT.

THAT IS AN AGREEMENT WITH YO AND YO TO, LET'S SEE, TO AND A LETTER PROPOSING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWNSHIP FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND YO AND YO FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2024. BUT ALSO INCLUDED IN THAT ITEM IS A MOTION TO APPOINT TRUSTEE MARNA WILSON AS BOARD AUDIT REPRESENTATIVE, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE FINANCE DIRECTOR, DANTE IANNI, TO SIGN AND RETURN THE ENGAGEMENT LETTER.

THERE IS AN ITEM E CREDIT CARD POLICY UPDATE, AND SPECIFICALLY THAT IS A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE FINANCE DIRECTOR TO ADD THE HUMAN RESOURCE SPECIALIST AS AN AUTHORIZED USER OF THE CREDIT CARD.

ITEM F IS WE'VE SEEN SEVERAL TIMES AT THIS TABLE THE MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP, DELPHI TOWNSHIP, STANDBY FIRE AGREEMENT.

AND THAT'S A FOUR YEAR AGREEMENT, WE SHOULD WE SHOULD NOTE.

ITEM G IS THE FOURTH QUARTER INVESTMENT REPORT FROM, TREASURER DESCHAINE.

AND ITEM H IS THE RATIFICATION OF A NEW PARAMEDIC APPOINTMENT, AND AS THE CHIEF ALLUDED TO, THIS IS IS AUTHORIZES THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO APPOINT LESLIE IRELAND AS A FULL TIME PARAMEDIC.

DO I HAVE A MOTION, MR. DESCHAINE? I MOVE TO APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

SUPPORT. SUPPORTED BY TRUSTEE WILSON.

OKAY. MISS GORDON, CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE? WE MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM TEN.

THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS FOR THE ATTORNEY TONIGHT.

ITEM 11, NO PUBLIC HEARINGS, AND WE MOVE THEN TO ITEM 12, ACTION ITEMS.

[12.A. 2024 Board & Commission Appointments]

12 A IS THE 2024 BOARD AND COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS.

AND SO IN YOUR PACKET, THE FIRST I, I GUESS, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION AND THE BOARD, WILL APPROVE.

THE CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY HAS FOUR VACANCIES.

THE FIRST MOTIONS ARE PROPOSED FOR BOARD CONSIDERATION ARE TO MOVE TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF ADAM HODGES TO THE CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY FOR A TERM ENDING, FEBRUARY 1ST, 2027.

SUPPORT. SUPPORTED BY MR. DESCHAINE. ALL IN FAVOR OF? ARE THERE COMMENTS?

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MR. HENDRICKSON? THANK YOU, MADAM SUPERVISOR.

IS THIS ONE OF THE POSITIONS THAT REQUIRES YOU TO BE A TOWNSHIP RESIDENT? I NOTICED THAT HE LISTED A LANSING ADDRESS ON HIS RESUME.

IT IS NOT.

I HAVE ASKED DIRECTOR CLARK.

I ASKED HER TO RESEARCH THAT QUESTION.

MISS CLARK, COULD YOU SPEAK TO THAT QUESTION? GOOD EVENING.

SO THE CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY IS A DEVELOPMENT BOARD AS IT HAS SPECIFIC STATE STATUTES FOR ITS MEMBERSHIP.

A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERSHIP NEED TO BE PROPERTY OWNERS OR HAVE AN OWNERSHIP OR BUSINESS INTEREST WITHIN THE PROPERTY.

SO IT DOESN'T MAKE A RESIDENTIAL.

IT ACTUALLY IS IN MY CASE, YOU COULD INFER IT'S LESS FOCUSED ON RESIDENTIAL OWNERSHIP OR RESIDENTIAL PARTICIPATION. THERE IS ONE PARTICULAR SEAT IN THE CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY THAT IS REQUIRED RESIDENTIAL SEAT.

THAT PERSON IS ALREADY ON THE CIA AND OCCUPIES THAT SEAT AS THE RESIDENT.

AND THEN SO THE REMAINING SEATS WE CAN MIX UP WITH RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES, BUT IT SHOULD BE HEAVIER MAJORITY OF BUSINESS INTEREST [INAUDIBLE].

THANK YOU. OKAY, SO THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF ADAM HODGES TO THE CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY FOR A TERM ENDING FEBRUARY 1ST, 2027.

WE MOVE TO REAPPOINT CHRIS NUGENT AND CHRIS RIGTERINK TO THE CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY FOR A TERM ENDING FEBRUARY 1ST, 2027. SUPPORT.

COMMENTS. MR. DESCHAINE.

CHRIS NUGENT IS A NEIGHBOR OF MINE.

HE IS VERY INVOLVED IN VICE PRESIDENT OF A LOCAL BANK, AND HAS HAS HELPED BY BEING A MAJOR SPONSOR TO CELEBRATE MERIDIAN OVER THE YEARS.

AND SO CHRIS HAS MADE A CONTRIBUTION THROUGH HIS BUSINESS AND HE INVOLVED IN OTHER WAYS IN THE COMMUNITY.

HE'LL BE AN EXCELLENT ADDITION TO THE CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY.

ACTUALLY, THIS IS A REAPPOINTMENT AS A AS A MATTER OF FACT.

EXCELLENT REAPPOINTMENT.

OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY. THE MOTION IS TO REAPPOINT CHRIS NUGENT AND CHRIS RIGTERINK TO THE CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY FOR A TERM ENDING FEBRUARY 1ST, 2027.

YES. YES. OPPOSED NO? CHAIR VOTES YES. MOTION CARRIES 7 TO 0.

OKAY, THEN THE COMMUNITY RESOURCES COMMISSION HAS ONE VACANCY WITH THE TERM ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2024.

THE FOLLOWING MOTION IS PROPOSED FOR BOARD CONSIDERATION.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF LISA WHITING DOBSON TO THE COMMUNITY RESOURCES COMMISSION FOR A TERM ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2024.

SECOND. SECONDED BY TRUSTEE SUNDLAND.

COMMENTS. OH, I JUST I KNOW LISA WHITING DOBSON.

I'VE KNOWN HER SINCE I WAS LIKE 14 YEARS OLD AND SHE IS, SHE IS VERY SUCCESSFUL, SUCCESSFUL AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY AND SHE IS A VERY GOOD, ADDITION TO THIS COMMISSION.

OKAY. CLERK GUTHRIE.

WILL MISS DOBSON STILL BE SERVING ON THE COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION OR WILL SHE BE RESIGNING FROM THAT? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DISCUSSION WAS REGARDING THIS ONE.

CAN SHE SERVE ON TWO? CAN SOMEONE SERVE ON TWO COMMISSIONS? I BELIEVE SHE CAN SERVE, OTHERS ON TWO COMMISSIONS.

OH, OKAY. OKAY.

WE HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE.

OKAY. MORE THAN ONE.

YEAH. OKAY. GOT IT.

WELL, SHE'S VERY GOOD ON THE COMMUNITY, COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION I'M SURE STAFF WOULD PROBABLY HATE TO LOSE HER.

AND AS THE BOARD LIAISON, YOU KNOW, SHE'S THE NEXT ADDITION TO THAT COMMISSION.

AND I KNOW THAT SHE WILL BE ON THIS ONE AS WELL.

OKAY. OTHER COMMENTS? THEN THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF LISA WHITING DOBSON TO THE COMMUNITY RESOURCES COMMISSION FOR A TERM ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2024.

YES, YES. OPPOSED NO?

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THE CHAIR VOTES YES.

THANK YOU. THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS HAS ONE VACANCY, WITH THE TERM ENDING 12/31/2026.

THE A CURRENT ALTERNATE MEMBER, ANTHONY BENNETT, IS INTERESTED IN MOVING TO A FULL MEMBERSHIP.

AND SO THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF ANTHONY BENNETT TO THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS FOR A TERM ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2026.

ALL RIGHT. AND SERVING ON THE ZBA I'VE SEEN ANTHONY ACT AS, ZONING BOARD MEMBER IN THE ABSENCE OF OTHER BOARD MEMBERS.

I SECOND THAT MOTION.

HE'S BEEN A WELL INFORMED MEMBER FOR THOSE MEETINGS HE'S PARTICIPATED IN.

I'M SURE HE WILL BE AN EXCELLENT ADDITION TO THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS AS A FULL TIME MEMBER.

THANK YOU, MR. TREZISE. TRUSTEE TREZISE.

I CONCUR WITH, MR. DESCHAINE, I'VE BEEN A COUPLE AND HE WAS PRESENT AND WAS VERY PARTICIPATORY AND KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THE PROCEDURES AND THE ISSUES PRESENTED.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF ANTHONY BENNETT TO THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS FOR A TERM ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2026.

YES. YES. OPPOSED NO? THE CHAIR VOTES YES.

THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY HAS FIVE VACANCIES.

KEEP THAT IN MIND.

THE FOLLOWING MOTION IS PROPOSED FOR BOARD CONSIDERATION.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF RONALD ZEDALLO TO THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY FOR A TERM ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2027.

SUPPORT.

MR. TREZISE WILL SUPPORT.

YOU HAVE COMMENTS AT.

I'M JUST LOOKING AT HIS HIS RESUME HERE.

HE DOES HAVE SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCE IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AREAS.

I THINK HE'LL BE A PRODUCTIVE MEMBER OF THE DDA.

THANK YOU. AND TO MR. HENDRICKSON'S CONCERNS, ON THE DDA THE MEMBER MUST HAVE A BUSINESS INTEREST OR A RESIDENCY IN THE DDA SPECIFICALLY.

CORRECT. AND MR. ZEDALLO FITS THAT REQUIREMENT.

OTHER COMMENTS. THEN THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF RONALD ZEDALLO TO THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY FOR A TERM ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2027.

THANK YOU. THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION HAS TWO VACANCIES.

THE FOLLOWING MOTIONS ARE PROPOSED FOR BOARD CONSIDERATION.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF ANDREA PAUL TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION FOR A TERM ENDING 12/31/ 2024. SUPPORT.

SUPPORTED BY TRUSTEE WILSON.

COMMENTS. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY YES.

ALSO FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF YU MAN LEE TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION FOR A TERM ENDING 12/31/2026.

SUPPORT. SUPPORTED BY MR. HENDRICKSON. COMMENTS.

ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF YU MAN LEE TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION FOR A TERM ENDING 12/31/2026.

YES, YES. OPPOSED NO? THE CHAIR VOTES YES.

THANK YOU. THE LOCAL OFFICIALS COMPENSATION COMMISSION HAS ONE VACANCY.

FOLLOWING MOTION.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF JAMES WINSAND TO THE LOCAL OFFICIALS COMPENSATION COMMISSION FOR A TERM ENDING 12/31/2028.

I SECOND IT. AND WOULD YOU ADVANCE THE PAGE? OH, OKAY.

[INAUDIBLE] YEAH GO DOWN TO THE NEXT PAGE.

OKAY. THERE IS A TYPO THERE.

HIS LAST NAME IS IS DOES NOT HAVE A T IN IT.

IT'S

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I'LL JUST MAKE THAT TYPO CORRECTION.

I'VE KNOWN JIM FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS.

HE'S A RETIRED STATE, EMPLOYEE, WORKED FOR AS A SOFTWARE ENGINEER FOR YEARS, RAISED HIS FAMILY IN THE BLUEBERRY FARMS NEIGHBORHOOD.

AN EXCELLENT MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY.

AND [INAUDIBLE] HE SPOKE TO ME, LOOKING FOR A WAY TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.

AND I SAID, WE DO HAVE OPENINGS.

AND HERE'S ONE OF THEM. AND SO I THINK HE'LL MAKE AN EXCELLENT ADDITION TO LOCAL OFFICIALS COMPENSATION COMMISSION.

OKAY. OTHER COMMENTS? THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF JIM WINSAND TO THE LOCAL OFFICIALS COMPENSATION COMMISSION FOR A TERM ENDING 12/31/2028.

YES, YES. OPPOSED NO? THE CHAIR VOTES YES.

THANK YOU. THE BOARD OF REVIEW HAS ONE ALTERNATE VACANCY.

THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF DAVID NICK AS AN ALTERNATE TO THE BOARD OF REVIEW FOR A TERM ENDING 12/31/2024.

SUPPORT. SUPPORTED BY TRUSTEE WILSON.

COMMENTS. THEN THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF DAVID NICK AS AN ALTERNATE TO THE BOARD OF REVIEW FOR A TERM ENDING 12/31/2024.

YES. YES. YES. OPPOSED NO? CHAIR VOTES YES.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COOPERATION AND CONSIDERATION.

WE MOVE NOW TO ITEM 12 B.

[12.B. Supervisor Pro Tem]

AND AS SOON AS I FIND IT.

JUST HAVE TO CATCH UP WITH MYSELF.

SO OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, THE BOARD HAS RECOMMENDED NAMING A SUPERVISOR PRO TEM IN ADVANCE TO SIMPLIFY THE PROCESS IN THE CASE ONE IS NEEDED.

THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL WAS TO MAKE ONE YEAR APPOINTMENTS AND ROTATE IT THROUGH THE TRUSTEES.

IT'S TIME TO APPOINT THE TRUSTEE AS SUPERVISOR PRO TEM FOR 2024.

MY MOTION IS THAT THE BOARD APPOINT, THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2024, TRUSTEE SCOTT HENDRICKSON TO ACT AS SUPERVISOR PRO TEM AT ANY MEETING OF THE TOWNSHIP BOARD, WHEREIN THE SUPERVISOR IS ABSENCE.

SUPPORT, SUPPORTED BY TRUSTEE WILSON.

WHAT CAN I SAY? TRUSTEE HENDRICKSON.

THANK YOU, MADAM SUPERVISOR. AND I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE, BEING SELECTED TO TAKE THIS ROLE ON, THROUGH THE 2024, SHOULD THE BOARD DECIDE, IT IS A RELATIVELY EMERITUS POSITION, AS SUPERVISOR JACKSON HAS BEEN PRESENT AT EVERY MEETING THAT I'VE AT LEAST BEEN AT SO FAR, SO FAR.

BUT, SHOULD I BE CALLED UPON? I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SERVE IN THAT ROLE.

THANK YOU.

OTHER COMMENTS? THEN THE MOTION IS TO APPOINT TRUSTEE SCOTT HENDRICKSON TO ACT AS SUPERVISOR PRO TEM AT ANY MEETING WHEREIN THE SUPERVISOR IS ABSENT.

THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU TRUSTEE HENDRICKSON.

ITEM 12 C IS 2024 INITIAL BUDGET AMENDMENTS.

[12.C. 2024 Initial Budget Amendments]

THESE WILL BE PRESENTED TO US TONIGHT BY FINANCE DIRECTOR DANTE IANNI.

SUPERVISOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD I HAVE PREPARED A LIST OF SUGGESTED BUDGET AMENDMENTS TO AMEND THE 2024 BUDGET THAT WAS PUT FORWARD LAST SUMMER AND ADOPTED IN SEPTEMBER.

THERE WERE A FEW UNANTICIPATED ITEMS THAT CAME UP AFTER THAT BUDGET WAS ADOPTED.

PROBABLY THE BIGGEST DOLLAR AMOUNT CHANGE YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN IS THE INCREASED SALARIES FOR POLICE AND FIRE AS PART OF A RECRUITMENT PROGRAM.

SO I FACTOR THAT IN FOR THE YEAR, AND THAT'S PROBABLY THE BIGGEST DOLLAR AMOUNT CHANGE YOU'VE SEEN.

SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS WE WERE APPROVED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR A GRANT FOR FIRE EQUIPMENT.

AND SO I'VE ADDED THAT IN THE REVENUE AND ALSO THE EXPENDITURES FOR THE, FOR THE FIRE GRANT WE RECEIVED.

ALSO, ONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS WE ARE PUTTING FORWARD IS TO TRANSFER SOME INTEREST WE HAD ON ARPA, WHICH IS ABOUT $90,000 LAST YEAR.

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THAT MONEY IS UNRESTRICTED.

WE CAN USE THAT AS PART OF A MATCH.

SO WE'D LIKE TO USE THE ARPA FUNDS, TRANSFER THOSE INTO THE, FIRE FIRE FUND AS A MATCH FOR THE, THE FEDERAL FEDERAL GRANT FOR FIRE EQUIPMENT.

SO THOSE ARE PROBABLY THE BIGGEST CHANGES.

A FEW OTHER ITEMS. WE HAD SOME UNSPENT MONEY LAST YEAR FOR, AN IT PROJECT THAT WAS THAT ARPA FUNDS.

SO WE WANT TO SPEND THE REST OF THAT THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW, SO INCREASE A LITTLE MONEY THAT WAS UNSPENT LAST YEAR FOR, FOR IT TO FINISH THAT PROJECT.

SO THOSE ARE THE MAIN CHANGES.

PROJECTED FUND BALANCE I ADDED BACK IN THE $1.25 MILLION LAST YEAR FOR THE MERIDIAN REDEVELOPMENT FUND THAT WE DID NOT SPEND LAST YEAR.

BACK IN OUR ORIGINAL BUDGETED FUND, BALANCE WAS A SURPLUS OF $114,370.

AND THE FIRST QUARTER BUDGET AMENDMENTS, AS I'VE DISCUSSED, WOULD DECREASE THAT BALANCE BY ABOUT $655,804.

LEAVING US WITH A PROJECTED USE OF FUND BALANCE OF $541,434, AND A PROJECTED ENDING FUND BALANCE OF 9.356394. WE'LL HAVE BETTER NUMBERS FOR YOU FOR LAST YEAR AFTER I DO THE CLOSING ENTRIES.

ONCE WE HAVE OUR AUDIT, YOU CAN GET THE FINAL NUMBERS.

AS OF RIGHT NOW, I THINK LAST YEAR WE'RE A LITTLE HEAVIER ON REVENUE AND A LITTLE LIGHTER ON EXPENDITURES FROM WHAT'S COME IN.

BUT, I HAVE BETTER NUMBERS FOR THAT ONCE WE COMPLETE THE CLOSING ENTRIES AND GET THE AUDIT.

THANK YOU. MR. HENDRICKSON. THANK YOU, MADAM SUPERVISOR.

I'LL START US OFF BY MOVING TO APPROVE THE SUPPLEMENTAL FOURTH QUARTER OF 2023 BUDGET AMENDMENTS.

SUPPORT. I'M SORRY, THESE ARE NOT THE FOURTH QUARTER AMENDMENTS, RIGHT? THESE ARE THE FIRST QUARTER INITIAL BUDGET SO THEN I WILL RESTATE I MOVED TO APPROVE THE INITIAL 2024 BUDGET AMENDMENTS WITH A DECREASE IN.

I'M SO SORRY.

IT IS ACTUALLY, IS IT NOT AN INCREASE IN DECREASE IN BUDGETED FUND BALANCE IN THE FIRST QUARTER BUDGET AMENDMENTS . OKAY.

YES, I UNDERSTAND NOW.

SO I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE THE INITIAL 2024 BUDGET AMENDMENTS WITH A DECREASE IN BUDGETED FUND BALANCE FOR THE GENERAL FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $655,804, WHICH PROJECTS A USE OF FUND BALANCE OF $541,434.

BASED ON THE 2024 RESULTS, THE PROJECTED FUND BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31ST, 2024 WILL BE $9,356,390.

[INAUDIBLE] CLERK GUTHRIE, I THINK WAS TRUSTEE WILSON.

THESE FORWARD TO US.

OBVIOUSLY, WE KNEW THAT THESE WERE COMING, WITH THE INCREASES, ESPECIALLY TO THE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION PROGRAM.

I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION, WHICH IS THE AMOUNTS THAT YOU'VE AMENDED HERE FOR THE POLICE AND FIRE, THAT COVERS THE TOTALITY OF THE YEAR, NOT JUST THE FIRST QUARTER.

CORRECT. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.

YES. THAT'S WHAT I'VE CALCULATED.

WHAT WAS THAT? THAT'S WHAT I'VE CALCULATED, YES FOR A FULL YEAR.

SO WE WON'T HAVE TO COME BACK.

WE'RE NOT EXPECTING TO SEE THIS MUCH THREE MORE TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

NO, HE SHOULD NOT HAVE TRIED TO GIVE YOU WHAT OUR PROJECTIONS ARE FOR THE YEAR.

OKAY, TERRIFIC.

THEN, YEAH, NONE OF THIS IS UNEXPECTED.

AND I'M JUST GLAD TO SEE AND HEAR ABOUT THE THE, THE CHANGES THAT YOU'VE INCLUDED HERE, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE SUCCESSES THAT WE'RE HEARING ABOUT ALREADY COMING FROM THE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION PROGRAM.

NO REASON NOT TO PASS THESE MOVE FORWARD.

THANK YOU TRUSTEE WILSON, I CONCUR WITH TRUSTEE HENDERSON'S ANALYSIS.

THANK YOU. FURTHER COMMENTS QUESTIONS.

SO THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE SUPPLEMENTAL FOURTH QUARTER INITIAL OF 2024 BUDGET AMENDMENTS.

YES. AND THE REST OF WHAT HE SAID YES.

THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S RIGHT.

MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS ARE SATISFIED WITH THAT DESCRIPTION.

YES WE ARE. WE WILL TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THIS

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MOTION.

THANK YOU.

MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU ITEM 12 D IS ORDINANCE 2024-01 REZONE 4660 MARSH ROAD FROM PO

[12.D. Ordinance 2024-01 – Rezone 4660 Marsh Road from PO, Professional and Office, to C-1, Commercial-Introduction]

PROFESSIONAL AND OFFICE TO C-1 COMMERCIAL.

FOR INTRODUCTION MR. DIRECTOR SCHMITT.

MADAM SUPERVISOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THIS IS, FOLLOW UP UPON THE REQUEST FROM THE LAST MEETING, TO REZONE THE PROPERTY OF 4660 MARSH ROAD FROM ITS CURRENT DESIGNATION TO C-1 COMMERCIAL.

THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWED THIS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.

THE TOWNSHIP BOARD REVIEWED THIS AT THEIR LAST MEETING.

HAD NO MAJOR CONCERNS.

JUST TO REITERATE, THIS WOULD, SIMPLY BRING THE USE OF THE PROPERTY IN CONFORMANCE WITH, THE ZONING AND MAKE IT SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO USE THE PROPERTY GOING FORWARD WITH THE USES THAT ARE IN THERE.

THIS IS, CANDIDLY, THIS IDEA OF, SERVICE COMMERCIAL IS ON STAFF'S RADAR TO SEE IF IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO ADDRESS.

AS THE TOPIC IS COMING UP MORE AND MORE, IN THE PAST YEAR OR SO.

BUT THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THIS PROPERTY.

STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL AT THIS TIME.

AND IF THE BOARD SO DIRECTS, WE WILL PUBLISH THIS, AS APPROPRIATE, FOR ADOPTION AT THE NEXT MEETING.

OKAY. BOARD MEMBERS.

MR. TREZISE.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED.

[INAUDIBLE] OKAY. MOVE TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION APPROVING THE INTRODUCTION ORDINANCE 2024-01 AN ORDINANCE TO REZONE THE PROPERTY AT 4660 MARSH ROAD, PARCEL ID NUMBER 33-02-02-21-428-002 FROM PO PROFESSIONAL OFFICE TO C-1 COMMERCIAL.

SUPPORT. SUPPORTED BY TRUSTEE WILSON.

MR. TREZISE, YOU HAVE OTHER COMMENTS? JUST THAT WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION WHEN I WAS THERE, THIS WAS, REALLY A VERY SIMPLE PROPOSAL TO CHANGE THE BUILDING RIGHT NOW IS AS OPERATED OR AS A NON-CONFORMING USE, I BELIEVE.

AND THIS WILL ALLOW THIS TO FALL WITHIN, THE ZONING OR THE ZONING TO BE APPROPRIATE TO THE USE AND ALLOW THE RELATIVELY NEW OWNER TO ADD A SINGLE CHAIR BEAUTY SALON, WHICH WAS THE ONLY REASON FOR THIS.

SO IT WAS A REALLY, UNANIMOUS APPROVAL FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND THE BOARD APPROVE IT.

OKAY. AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE WILSON.

USE, AND I APPLAUD YOU ON TAKING A LOOK AT OTHER EXCEPTIONS TO THIS THAT WE CAN CAN FIX THE ZONING.

THANK YOU, MR. DESCHAINE. THANK YOU SUPERVISOR.

I TOO WILL SUPPORT THIS.

IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON SENSE CHANGE AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH WHAT IT'S ALREADY BEING USED FOR NOW, APPRECIATE THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION AS WELL.

DIRECTOR SCHMITT DO YOU SEE OTHER PROPERTIES WITH, WAY OF BACKGROUND WE HEARD FROM THE ASSESSOR, THAT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES WENT UP BY 8% LAST YEAR.

IN THE TOWNSHIP, COMMERCIAL WENT UP BY 4% AND OFFICE SPACE WENT DOWN.

SHE DIDN'T GIVE AN EXACT NUMBER, BUT THEY DROPPED IN VALUE.

DO YOU SEE FURTHER OFFICE TO COMMERCIAL REQUESTS LIKELY COMING BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE BOARD? YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NOT BEEN APPROACHED BY ANY.

YOU WILL RECALL THAT IN 2022, WE APPROVED ONE FOR THE CORNER OF OKEMOS ROAD AND JOLLY OAK, F ORMER BANK SITE CONVERTED TO COMMERCIAL.

THIS IS AN EXISTING SORT OF PSEUDO COMMERCIAL BUILDING THAT WAS ZONED OFFICE.

I THINK WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IS THOSE, EDGE EXAMPLES, LIKE A BANK CAN GO IN EITHER OFFICE OR COMMERCIAL.

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STUFF LIKE THAT YOU MIGHT SEE SOME CONVERSION, BUT BY AND LARGE, WE'RE NOT SEEING A LOT OF REAL TIME ACTION IN THAT IN THAT ARENA AT THIS TIME.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? SO THE MOTION IS TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING FOR INTRODUCTION ORDINANCE 2024-01 ORDINANCE TO REZONE THE PROPERTY AT 4660 MARSH ROAD, AT THE PARTIAL ID NUMBER 33-02-02-21-428-002 FROM PO PROFESSIONAL OFFICE TO C-1 COMMERCIAL. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY YES.

YES, YES. OPPOSED TO THE MOTION? NO. PLEASE SAY YES.

I MEAN, PLEASE SAY NO.

THE CHAIR VOTES YES.

OKAY. AND SO, MR. SCHMITT, THIS MEANS THAT IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, THIS WILL COME BACK FOR FINAL ADOPTION.

YES, MA'AM. WE'LL PUBLISH IT AS AS NOTED.

AND IT'LL COME BACK AGAIN. THE APPLICANT APOLOGIZES FOR THEIR THEIR ABSENCE.

THEY STILL GOT A LOT OF FAMILY STUFF GOING ON.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. WE COME TO ITEM 12 E.

[12.E. Set a Date for Joint Board and Commission Meeting]

THIS IS, WHERE ACTION IS NEEDED TO SET A DATE FOR JOINT BOARD AND COMMISSION MEETING.

AND MR. FRANK WALSH, MANAGER WALSH.

OH, THERE YOU ARE. MANAGER WALSH WILL, THANK YOU.

[INAUDIBLE]. JUST BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION.

I'M SURE MOST OF YOU ARE AWARE OF THIS MEETING, BUT JUST IN CASE YOU'RE NOT, AND I'LL BE BRIEF.

FOR MANY YEARS NOW, GOING BACK PAST A DECADE, THE TOWNSHIP BOARD, TYPICALLY IN FEBRUARY, HOLDS A JOINT MEETING WITH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

WE FILL THE ROOM AND THERE'S USUALLY 2 OR 3 PEOPLE FROM EACH OF THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, AND WE GO AROUND AND GET AN ANNUAL UPDATE FROM EACH OF THOSE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON. TYPICALLY WE'VE DONE THAT IN FEBRUARY, COVID, A COUPLE OF YEARS, TERMINATED OUR ABILITY TO HAVE THAT.

SO WE LIKE TO BRING THAT BACK.

FEBRUARY WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT IN FEBRUARY DUE TO THE EARLY VOTING THAT WILL OCCUR IN THIS ROOM.

SO IT JUST DIDN'T WORK THIS, THIS FEBRUARY.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

AND TO HAVE THE BOARD SET A DATE IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN DOING THIS AGAIN THIS YEAR, D OING IT THIS YEAR.

THANK YOU. BOY GEORGE CHALLENGE IS TO, MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, ONE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT TO CONTINUE THIS PRACTICE AND TWO, WHEN TO DO IT THIS YEAR, MR. DESCHAINE. THANK YOU SUPERVISOR, I LIKE THIS MEETING A LOT AND WE FIND OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR BOARD AND THE COMMISSIONS THEY GET.

WE GET A CHANCE TO INTERACT WITH THEM.

IT'S REALLY A VALUABLE MEAN.

I THINK WE SHOULD DEFINITELY DO IT AGAIN THIS YEAR IF WE'RE GOING TO MOVE IT TO, OFF OF FEBRUARY.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US DO IT IN MARCH RATHER THAN APRIL.

YOU KNOW, BY APRIL THE WEATHER'S GETTING BETTER.

PEOPLE HAVE A WARM NIGHT IN APRIL, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GO OUT THERE AND, WANT TO BE OUTSIDE AND NOT SO MUCH IN A MEETING.

SO FOR JUST SIMPLE REASONS, I THINK WE'LL GET BETTER TURNOUT IF WE DO IT IN MARCH.

EITHER DATE WOULD WORK, BUT MARCH BE MY FIRST PREFERENCE.

THANK YOU, MR. HENDRICKSON.

I NOTED THAT THE APRIL 23RD DATE ALSO IS, FALLS DURING THE TOWNSHIPS ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE, WHICH I KNOW A NUMBER OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS ARE PLANNING TO ATTEND.

SO MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE THAT WE TRY TO PUSH FOR THE MARCH DATE.

WE YOU PRESENTED THE 26TH OF [INAUDIBLE] THE 26TH IN THE MEMO.

THE 12TH WOULD WORK ALSO, WE DON'T HAVE A MEETING OF THE 12TH EITHER.

EITHER OF THOSE DATES WOULD WORK FOR ME.

MADAM SUPERVISOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO SET THE FOLLOWING DATE OF MARCH 26TH AS THE ANNUAL MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP BOARD AND COMMISSION MEETING.

THE MEETING SHALL BEGIN AT 6 P.M..

SUPPORT. SUPPORTED BY CLERK GUTHRIE.

TRUSTEE WILSON. IT MAKES SENSE.

I UNDERSTAND SOONER THE BETTER.

SINCE WE'VE HAD IT IN FEBRUARY IN THE PAST, I AGREE IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT MEETING THAT WE ALL GET TO SEE EACH OTHER.

SO IF THE 26TH IS A GOOD DATE FOR EVERYONE, I'D SAY LET'S GO.

ALL RIGHT. [INAUDIBLE] CLERK GUTHRIE I SUPPORT THIS.

THIS IS PART OF OUR THE BOARD'S POLICY AND THE BOARD'S POLICY MANUAL THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO.

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AND SO I SUPPORT THIS.

I ECHO TRUSTEE WILSON'S COMMENTS AND TREASURER DESCHAINE'S COMMENTS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING TOGETHER.

IT'S IT'S HIGHLY VALUED, AND IT'S A GOOD WAY FOR US TO STAY CONNECTED AND COMMUNICATED, WITH EACH OTHER, WHAT'S HAPPENING ON OUR, ON OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND HOW WE CAN GOVERN TOGETHER EFFECTIVELY.

SO I APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND CONTINUING CONTINUING TO HAVE THIS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

THAT'S WHY I SUPPORT IT.

OKAY. OTHER COMMENTS.

SEEING NONE, THEN THE MOTION IS TO SET THE FOLLOWING DATE OF MARCH 26TH AS THE ANNUAL MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP BOARD AND COMMISSION MEETING.

MEETING SHALL BEGIN AT 6 P.M..

OPPOSED NO? CHAIR VOTES YES.

YES. YES. YES.

IT IS. THANK YOU, MR. WALSH. IF I MAY JUST TAKE ONE MORE SECOND JUST TO ADDRESS ANOTHER ISSUE, TO GIVE YOU THE A COMPLETE FINANCIAL OUTLOOK OF WHERE WE'RE AT, NOT JUST IN THE THE AMENDMENTS THAT WE HAD THIS EVENING THAT YOU APPROVED SHOWS A FUND BALANCE OF AROUND $9.3 MILLION.

MARCH 26TH.

JUST TO REMIND THOSE AND FOR TRUSTEE TREZISE, IN ADDITION TO THAT $9.3 MILLION, WE ALSO HAVE A PENSION STABILIZATION FUND, WHICH IS $2.1 MILLION THAT THE BOARD ESTABLISHED A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.

WE ALSO HAVE A CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND.

THIS ALL USED TO BE PART OF ONE FUND, WHICH WAS OUR GENERAL FUND.

SO WE HAVE $9.3 PLUS THE $2.3, $2.4 AND THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND IN ADDITION TO THE $2.1 IN THE PENSION.

SO WE HAVE ROUGHLY $14 MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUND.

AND IF YOU GO BACK A DECADE AGO, THAT WAS $5.2 MILLION.

SO WE'VE INCREASED IT SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE PAST DECADE.

AND WE'RE IN REALLY STRONG FINANCIAL SHAPE.

I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PAY, WITHOUT HAVING TO DIP INTO THE FUNDS ANY MORE.

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THE DORM PROJECT AT THE FIRE STATION AND GET US THROUGH OUR 2024, AND THAT'S WITH ALL THE PENSION PAYMENTS AND RETIREE HEALTH CARE PAYMENTS ADDITIONAL THAT WE'VE MADE OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS.

SO THAT'S OUR REAL FINANCIAL PICTURE.

IT'S ABOUT $14 MILLION OF A GENERAL FUND BALANCE.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

WE NOW COME TO BOARD DISCUSSION ITEMS. THIS ITEM 13 AND 13 A IS 2023 MASTER PLAN UPDATE, MR.

[13.A. 2023 Master Plan Update]

SCHMITT WILL TALK TO US.

WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT OUR LAST MEETING.

YOU'RE GOING TO BRING US UP TO DATE TONIGHT? YES, MA'AM. SO, GREAT DISCUSSION AT THE LAST MEETING, WE WANTED TO CIRCLE BACK WITH, FOLLOW UP ON THE THINGS I SAID I WOULD FOLLOW UP ON AND GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHERE WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SOME CHANGES.

AND WE HAVE NOT MADE THE CHANGES TO THE DOCUMENT YET BECAUSE AS THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT TOLD ME, IT'S NOT THAT EASY.

SO WE'LL MAKE SURE WE GET THIS LOCKED IN BEFORE I GO AND MAKE THEM DO SOME WORK FOR ME.

SO, TO FOLLOW UP ON A COUPLE ITEMS, THE POTENTIAL FOR THE FOCUS ON WEST GRAND RIVER AVENUE BETWEEN THE TOWNSHIP [INAUDIBLE].

WE DO HAVE REFERENCE TO IT ON PAGE TEN AS A GOAL NOW AND AS IT RELATES TO CIA, BUT CERTAINLY WE CAN ADD LANGUAGE IF THERE'S SOME LANGUAGE THAT WE'D LIKE TO ADD.

TALKING ABOUT THE PARCELS ON THE URBAN SERVICE BOUNDARY THAT WOULD COME INTO THE URBAN SERVICE BOUNDARY ON POWELL ROAD, WE'VE LISTED THOSE THERE.

THERE WAS ONE I FORGOT ONE PROPERTY.

I APOLOGIZE AT THE LAST MEETING, RENAMING THE TRANSITIONAL RESIDENTIAL WAS GOOD FEEDBACK, FROM THE TREASURER THAT I WASN'T AWARE OF.

YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T WE WE DON'T LOVE ANY OF THE ALTERNATIVES WE CAME UP WITH, BUT, MIXED INTENSITY RESIDENTIAL OR INTERMEDIATE RESIDENTIAL IS PROBABLY OUR BEST BET.

JUST TO STILL TRY AND GIVE THAT FEELING THAT THIS IS NOT JUST A SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT.

THE BALANCE BETWEEN THE SINGLE FAMILY AND THE MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, WE KIND OF WE TOSSED THIS AROUND A LITTLE BIT INTERNALLY, AND WE REALIZED THAT WE THINK THE BASIS OF THIS IS GOING TO BE BUILDING OUT, FLESHING OUT THE BUILD OUT ANALYSIS, WHICH IS GOING TO GIVE US A GOOD IDEA OF WHERE WE'RE AT NOW AND WHAT'S AVAILABLE.

AND THEN HOW DO WE FIND THAT BALANCE, MAINTAIN THAT BALANCE, CHANGE THAT BALANCE.

AND SO I THINK WHAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND AT THIS POINT IS ADDING A, OBJECTIVE UNDER THE STRENGTHENING AND EXPANDING RESIDENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES.

AND THE LANGUAGE WE CAME UP WITH WAS EVALUATE THE BALANCE BETWEEN VARYING RESIDENTIAL TYPOLOGIES AND WHAT THAT BALANCE SHOULD LOOK LIKE GOING FORWARD, PLANNERS LOVE THE WORD TYPOLOGY.

REFERENCE TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY.

VERY EASY ADD.

WE JUST NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHERE IT'S GOING TO GO BASED ON HOW THESE OTHER CHANGES GO AND IT CHANGES OUR FORMATTING.

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AND THEN TALKING ABOUT THE 425.

SO WE PULLED THE, THE COLLEGE FIELDS ONE SPECIFICALLY JUST FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES.

IT'S A 50 YEAR AGREEMENT.

AUTOMATICALLY EXTENDS UNLESS EITHER PARTY TERMINATES.

AND THERE'S A VERY SPECIFIC TERMINATION PROCEDURE.

IF IT'S TERMINATED, THE PROPERTY COMES BACK TO US.

THE UTILITIES STAY WITH THE CITY.

SO IT GETS VERY COMPLICATED.

BUT THAT IS, WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK INTO THESE.

I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, I THINK WE JUST NEED TO DO SOME EDUCATION OURSELVES BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A LOT OF, STAFF TURNOVER.

AS EVERYONE WAS OBVIOUSLY AWARE, SINCE THE LAST TIME WE HAD ONE OF THESE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS OR ANNEXATION AGREEMENTS.

AND SO THIS IS THE THE CRUX.

I WENT BACK AND LISTENED TO THE THE MEETING AGAIN AT TWO TIMES SPEED JUST TO GET THROUGH IT A LITTLE QUICKER.

AND THIS IS THE CRUX OF WHAT I TOOK OUT OF THIS.

OBVIOUSLY, IF I MISSED SOMETHING, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

BUT WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO GET OUT OF THIS EVENING IS A SENSE THAT, YES, THIS IS THIS ANSWERS OUR QUESTIONS.

THESE ARE THE COUPLE OF THREE CHANGES WE NEED TO MAKE SO WE CAN GO BACK TO COMMUNICATIONS, GET THESE CHANGES INCORPORATED, AND BRING YOU A FINAL DRAFT, HOPEFULLY FOR ADOPTION AT YOUR NEXT MEETING.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

BOARD MEMBERS.

I REALLY LIKE THE MIXED INTENSITY TERM.

I DON'T KNOW HOW OTHER BOARD MEMBERS INTERMEDIATE LIKE, NOT SO CRAZY ABOUT.

I MEAN, RENTAL HOUSING IS NOW A CHOICE.

IT'S NOT A REFLECTION OF LOWER FAMILY ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, AS IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN 50 YEARS AGO OR EVEN 20 YEARS AGO.

PEOPLE CHOOSE TO RENT NOW.

IT'S, THE MORTGAGE BENEFIT ON YOUR FEDERAL TAX.

THE MORTGAGE IN PROPERTY TAX BENEFITS ON YOUR FEDERAL TAX FORMS ISN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE.

IT'S GONE BASICALLY.

THAT'S WHY ONLY 10% OF PEOPLE ITEMIZE NOW, COMPARED TO 30% JUST 6 OR 7 YEARS AGO.

REGARDING THE URBAN SERVICES BOUNDARY, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR, TOTALING THE NUMBER OF PARCELS.

IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S ABOUT 80 ACRES IF YOU TAKE OUT THE OKEMOS SCHOOL PARCEL, WHICH, AS YOU POINTED OUT LAST YEAR, LAST MEETING, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THERE WOULD BE TECHNICALLY INCLUDED IN THIS OR NOT INCLUDED.

THEY KIND OF HAVE THEIR OWN AUTONOMY AS A SCHOOL PROPERTY.

BUT EVEN AT 80 ACRES, OUR URBAN SERVICE BOUNDARY COVERS ABOUT A THIRD OF THE TOWNSHIP.

THE EASTERN THIRD, THAT'S ABOUT 7,700 ACRES.

SO THERE'S 80 ACRES, IS AT JUST OVER 1%.

AND SO I THINK WE CAN SAFELY SAY THIS.

THESE ARE MINOR TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS BY NO MEANS A CHANGE IN THE OUTLOOK OF WHAT THE URBAN SERVICES BOUNDARY DOES.

IT HAD A GOOD GOOD INTENTIONS.

PREVIOUS BOARDS MADE THAT DECISION.

I THINK IT WAS A BRILLIANT DECISION.

IT JUST SAID THIS SIDE OF THE TOWNSHIP WERE GOING TO DEVELOP.

THIS SIDE WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE IN THE RURAL CHARACTERISTICS AND IT KIND OF SETTLES ONCE AND FOR ALL THE GROWTH VERSUS NO GROWTH ARGUMENT IN THE TOWNSHIP, BECAUSE WE HAVE A GROWTH AREA, WE HAVE A NO GROWTH AREA.

AND IT WAS KIND OF BRILLIANT.

SO WE'RE NOT CHANGING THAT IDEA.

WE ARE SIMPLY PROVIDING SOME TECHNICAL CHANGES HERE FOR THE PARCELS THAT, AS YOU POINTED OUT BEFORE, AND SOME OF WHICH ARE SPLIT DOWN, THE MIDDLE HALF OF IT'S IN THE BOUNDARY, HALF OF IT'S OUT. THAT'S IT'S A CRAZY WAY TO DEAL WITH THE PROPERTY.

SO, I'M GLAD WE'RE CLEANING THIS UP NOW, SO I LIKE THESE CHANGES.

THANKS FOR BRINGING THIS THESE RIGHT BACK TO US.

LET ME ASK MR. SCHMITT. SO WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM US TONIGHT IS SOME KIND OF CONSENSUS ON THESE CHANGES THAT YOU'VE, AGREED WITH US MAY NEED TO BE [INAUDIBLE] ASSUMING THAT UNLESS WE'RE SAYING WE DON'T LIKE IT ANYMORE, THAT THOSE THOSE CHANGES WILL BE MADE? YEAH, I THINK THIS WE ARE ABSOLUTELY PROPOSING TO MAKE THESE CHANGES UNLESS THE BOARD DISAGREES.

WE'RE TRYING TO INCORPORATE YOUR CONVERSATION FROM THE LAST MEETING, AND THIS IS SORT OF HOW WE GOT THERE.

CERTAINLY IN TERMS OF THE EXPECTATION THIS EVENING THAT STEP ONE, STEP TWO WOULD BE IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER CHANGES, ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO DISCUSS NOW WOULD BE A GREAT TIME. BECAUSE WE WOULD LIKE TO GET TO A FINAL DRAFT AND POTENTIAL ADOPTION.

AND I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.

SO THIS BUILD OUT ANALYSIS, IS THAT ARE YOU PROPOSING THAT THAT BECOME A PART OF THE MASTER PLAN? SO IT'S IT IS, IN THERE NOW.

SO THAT IS, AT LEAST OUR FIRST STAB AT IT IS IN THERE ON PAGE 30 AND 31.

AND SO WHAT WE PLAN TO DO AS A STAFF IS TO DO A DEEPER DIVE INTO THAT AND REALLY GET INTO, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS SO OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, CURRENTLY 375 RESIDENTIALLY ZONED PARCELS THAT CAN SUPPORT MORE THAN ONE UNIT.

WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? OF THE 87 PARCELS THAT ARE TINY, CAN THEY SUPPORT ANYTHING AT ALL OR ARE THEY CANDIDATES FOR SOMETHING ELSE AND THEN GET INTO THE COMMERCIAL SIDE OF THINGS?

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THERE ARE PROPERTY. THERE ARE A SERIES OF 50, SOME 58 VACANT COMMERCIAL PARCELS.

SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IF IT GOES TO MIXED USE.

AND SO WE JUST WANT TO DO SOME SCENARIO BUILDING WITH WHAT'S CURRENTLY IN PLACE.

SO WE HAVE A SOLID BASELINE AS A COMMUNITY OF OKAY.

THIS IS IN THEORY THIS IS THE END.

NOW ARE THERE CHANGES THAT WE MAKE TO DIRECT DENSITY ELSEWHERE OR THE CHANGES WE MAKE TO CERTAIN AREAS THAT IT MAKES MORE SENSE? THINGS LIKE THAT. WE JUST WANT TO HAVE A GOOD BASELINE OF DATA TO START THOSE THAT CONVERSATION.

OKAY. BUT SO DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE IT AS SOON AS TWO WEEKS FROM YOU SPEAKERS]. OKAY.

YES. THANK YOU, MADAM SUPERVISOR.

I TOO LIKE MIXED, INTENSITY.

THAT MAKES IT MUCH CLEARER.

I THINK I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THESE EIGHT PARCELS ON POWELL ROAD.

ARE ANY OF THE ARE THESE ALL UNDEVELOPED PROPERTIES RIGHT NOW? THERE IS A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE ON THE ADAMS PROPERTY.

THERE'S A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE ON THE NEW CHINA PROPERTY.

THE DRIVING RANGE IS ON THE TWO GAETANO PERNA PROPERTIES.

OKEMOS SCHOOL'S PROPERTY IS VACANT.

THE EYE PROPERTY IS VACANT, THE TURNWOLD PROPERTY HAS A HOUSE ON IT, AND THE POTTER PIN PROPERTY IS VACANT.

IF ANY OF THESE PROPERTY HOLDERS, SUCH AS THE EYE COMPANY DECIDED TO BUY ADDITIONAL LAND TO THE EAST, WOULD WE STILL HOLD AND THEN DO SOME BIG DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD COVER MORE THAN JUST, THE THIS PARTICULAR PARCEL? YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS THE LINE OF WHERE WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO.

OKAY, THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, NOT TO POINT OUT, I DON'T LIKE TO POINT OUT SPECIFICS AND REASONS WHY THINGS WON'T HAPPEN.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THE MAJORITY OF THESE PROPERTIES BUTT UP AGAINST ONE SINGLE PROPERTY THAT IS HAS A LOT OF WETLANDS AND IS OWNED BY ONE PROPERTY OWNER THAT HAS HIS HOUSE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROPERTY.

AND THE IDEA THAT THAT PROPERTY WOULD ACTUALLY DEVELOP IN ANY REASONABLE, TIME FRAME IS, IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY.

THERE'S A COUPLE OF SMALLER PROPERTIES THAT THE SORT OF THE MIDDLE OF OR AT THE IN THE FAR NORTH END OF THIS ADDITION THAT BUTT UP TO THESE PROPERTIES.

THAT MIGHT MAKE THAT ARGUMENT, BUT IT'S HIGHLY UNLIKELY, BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE WE ARE GOING TO SERVE UTILITIES.

WELL, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO TELL OUR COMMUNITY THAT, WE'RE STRAIGHTENING THE LINE AND WE'RE HOLDING THE LINE.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE IT WAS A VERY ZIG ZAG AND, AND REALLY CHALLENGING IN THE PAST.

IT'S TIME TO CORRECT THAT.

BUT IT'S ONLY GOING IN SO FAR INTO THE CURRENT URBAN SERVICE BOUNDARY.

IT'S A VERY LIMITED CHANGE.

AND I THINK IT'S REALLY POSITIVE TO GET THIS STRAIGHTENED OUT.

THANK YOU, MR. HENDRICKSON. THANK YOU, MADAM SUPERVISOR.

I ALSO AGREE THAT MIX INTENSITY IS PREFERABLE TO INTERMEDIATE.

SO, I THINK IT WAS MY QUESTION THAT WAS POSED ABOUT THE, WESTERN EDGE, THE WESTERN AREA ON GRAND RIVER. I THINK WHAT I WAS HOPING FOR, IT WAS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT SMALL AREA PLANS, AND I WAS POSING THE QUESTION, IS IT POSSIBLE TO GENERATE A SMALL AREA PLAN FOR THAT AREA BETWEEN PARK LAKE AND, AND THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE TOWNSHIP? SINCE THAT IS SORT OF A UNIQUE AND, CONTIGUOUS AREA THAT MIGHT BENEFIT FROM THAT KIND OF A LOOK.

YEAH. WE CAN REWORK, I THINK IT WAS ON THE PAGE, OF THE MASTER PLAN THAT IT WAS TALKING ABOUT SMALL AREA PLANS.

AND I DON'T WANT TO GET CONFUSED BECAUSE I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT NECESSARILY ADDING A PICA.

NO. AND I THINK, IF YOU IF YOU'RE ON PAGE TEN, WE ACTUALLY ALREADY HAVE A THINLY VEILED REFERENCE TO DOING THIS IN ANOTHER AREA.

OKAY. [INAUDIBLE] WE DON'T CALL IT A SMALL AIRPLANE BECAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THE PICAS AND THE OTHER AREAS.

AND SO I THINK WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN REWORK THE PARAGRAPH JUST ABOVE THAT THAT'S TALKING ABOUT THIS AREA.

OKAY. TO.

YEAH. BECAUSE I THINK WHAT WE DID IS WE JUST KIND OF JUMPED STRAIGHT TO CHANGING THE ORDINANCE.

BUT IT'S A VALID POINT THAT BOTH OF THESE CORRIDORS, THE M-78 AND THE WEST GRAND RIVER, PROBABLY NEED TO BE TREATED THE SIMILAR SIMILARLY.

OKAY. AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION WAS MERELY A CURIOSITY, WHICH IS WHEN YOU WERE LOOKING AT THE 425 FOR COLLEGE FIELDS, WHEN WAS THAT APPROVED?

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I'M HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT.

MY THE BACK OF MY BRAIN IS ITCHING SOMEWHERE IN THE 40S, BUT I WILL I WILL FOLLOW UP ON THAT QUESTION.

THANK YOU.

WAS IT 2000 AND 2002? AND ARE THERE OTHERS? SO, MY RECORDS ARE THAT WE HAVE ESSENTIALLY THREE AGREEMENTS THAT ARE ALL 425S THE, THE GASLIGHT VILLAGE AREA OF EAST LANSING SO ABBOTT AND LAKE LANSING, THERE'S A SORT OF A, NOT AN L, BUT A STRIP OF LAND THERE THAT WAS, ANNEXED INTO EAST LANSING, THE COSTCO SITE, AS EVERYONE'S AWARE.

AND, COLLEGE FIELDS.

I MAY BE FORGETTING ONE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

THERE'S THERE'S AN ALARM GOING OFF IN MY BRAIN RIGHT NOW, BUT I CAN'T.

I THINK THAT'S IT.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO WE'LL GO THROUGH THEM AND WE'LL, WE'LL GET THE BOARD A BROADER DISCUSSION, AT LEAST THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR ON ALL OF THE ONES WE HAVE.

CLERK GUTHRIE. THANK YOU, MADAM SUPERVISOR, AND THANK YOU, TRUSTEE WILSON, FOR ADDRESSING THE NEED TO BE CLEAR ON THE LANGUAGE IN REGARDS TO THE URBAN SERVICE BOUNDARY.

I DO FIND THE PAGES ON THE BUILD OUT ANALYSIS A LITTLE CONFLICTING IN REGARDS TO THE URBAN SERVICE BOUNDARY AND, AND THE INTENT OF WHAT THIS LANGUAGE IS TRYING TO SAY.

AND THERE'S TWO SEPARATE PARAGRAPHS ON THAT.

AND I'M TRYING TO MAKE SENSE WHEN I READ THESE PARAGRAPHS, WHAT THOSE MEAN IN REGARDS TO THE URBAN SERVICE BOUNDARY AND THE, THE DIRECTION THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS RECOMMENDED AND THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD.

SO WHEN I READ THIS, I FEEL LIKE WHEN I HEARD FROM TRUSTEE WILSON TONIGHT WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEARER THAN WHAT I'M READING IN THE BUILD OUT ANALYSIS SECTION, IF THAT MAKES SENSE TO, YOU KNOW.

I UNDERSTAND. AND SO I JUST I WOULD REITERATE TO THAT POINT.

THE BUILD OUT ANALYSIS IS PURELY A MATH PROBLEM.

HOW MANY VACANT PROPERTIES DO WE HAVE? WHAT'S THE CURRENT ZONING? HOW? WHAT'S THE YIELD? RIGHT.

BECAUSE WHETHER I'M IN THE URBAN SERVICE BOUNDARY OR NOT, I CAN STILL DEVELOP MY LAND.

IT'S A MATTER OF WHETHER OR NOT I GET SERVICES PROVIDED TO ME.

AND THE SERVICES ARE, IN THE END, WHAT INCREASE THE DENSITY ON A PROPERTY? BECAUSE IF I HAVE TO PUT IN WELL AND SEPTIC ON A DEVELOPMENT, THERE'S ONLY SO MANY UNITS I COULD IN THEORY GET EVEN IF I WAS ABLE TO MAX OUT UNDER THE RR ZONING, WHICH IS ALSO VERY LOW YIELD RESIDENTIAL ZONING.

SO THE BUILD OUT ANALYSIS IS JUST TRYING TO SOLVE FOR THAT MATH PROBLEM OF WHAT IS X, WHICH IS AM I MISSING THAT IN HERE? WHEN I'M READING THIS BUILD OUT ANALYSIS THESE TWO PAGES, LIKE WHAT YOU SAID JUST NOW, IS NOT IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF THIS BUILT OUT ANALYSIS.

AND IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE WHEN YOU SAY THAT OUT LOUD AND YOU'RE EXPLAINING IT TO ME.

BUT WHEN I READ THE BUILD OUT ANALYSIS, I DON'T READ IT IN THE SAME MANNER IN WHICH YOU'RE EXPLAINING IT TO ME RIGHT NOW.

AND MAYBE I'M OKAY, WE CAN MAYBE I'M MISREADING IT OR BUT IT'S NOT SPELLED OUT IN THAT WAY.

WE CAN CLEAR IT. WE CAN CLARIFY THAT, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S CLEAR THAT THAT PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE US NEED IS NOT STOP CONSTRUCTION.

IT STOPS HIGHER INTENSITY DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THE UTILITIES AREN'T AVAILABLE.

AND SO WE CAN ADD A LITTLE MORE TO THE BUILD OUT ANALYSIS TO THAT THAT FIRST PARAGRAPH TO EXPLAIN THAT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, MORE OF A MATH PROBLEM OF UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING, WHAT IS WHAT IS POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

ARE THERE OTHER COMMENTS? THEN I PRESUME YOU GOT MORE INFORMATION YOU CAN USE? ABSOLUTELY. AND YOU'LL LET US KNOW WHEN YOU'RE READY TO COME BACK.

WE WILL. WE'LL WORK ON THAT LANGUAGE AND THE LANGUAGE THAT TRUSTEE HENDRICKSON IS LOOKING FOR.

AND THEN WE WILL GET WITH COMMUNICATIONS AND TRY AND GET A.

A CLOSE TO FINAL DRAFT READY FOR THE BOARD'S REVIEW.

AT WHAT POINT, WOULD THIS NEED TO GO BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR, OR DOES IT? DOES NOT NEED TO.

IT DOES NOT BY LAW GO BACK.

IT IS ENTIRELY UP TO THE BOARD AT THIS POINT.

OKAY. IF YOU DETERMINE THAT ENOUGH CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE THAT YOU BELIEVE THE PLANNING COMMISSION NEEDS TO RE WEIGH IN, YOU CAN OBVIOUSLY SEND IT BACK AT ANY TIME.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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THANK YOU. ITEM 13 B ON OUR AGENDA IS LIQUOR LICENSE PROCESS 120 DAY MORATORIUM.

[13.B. Liquor License Process-120 Day Moratorium]

DIRECTOR CLARK WILL TELL US WHAT SHE'S THINKING.

GOOD EVENING.

SO IN 2020 CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TOWNSHIP.

OUR POPULATION INCREASED.

THE MICHIGAN LIQUOR CONTROL COMMISSION.

THEY ARE THE AUTHORITY TO GRANT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ALCOHOLIC SALES ACROSS THE STATE.

LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS, TRANSMITS ALL OF THE LICENSES FOR ALCOHOLIC SALES IN THE STATE, AND OUR QUOTA INCREASED. SO MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP RECEIVED FOUR NEW CLASS C, LIQUOR LICENSES.

CLASS C'S.

I CAN THINK OF AS LIKE A TAVERN OR HOTEL TYPE LICENSE.

SO IT'S A LICENSE WHERE ME AS AN INDIVIDUAL CAN GO INTO AN ESTABLISHMENT, SIT DOWN AND ORDER A DRINK IN SOME SORT OF CAPACITY.

WHAT I'M LEARNING THIS IS THAT OUR PROCESS FOR LIQUOR LICENSES CURRENTLY IS, IS VERY OUTDATED.

WHEN WE LOOKED AT WHAT WOULD THE FEES COST TO PUT ON THE APPLICATION TO CHARGE SOMEONE, WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING THAT'S VERY CURRENT.

WE WENT WITH OUR GUT AND WHAT WE FELT LIKE WAS APPROPRIATE.

BUT AFTER SOME DISCUSSION WITH EXPERTS, IT TURNS OUT THAT THAT MAY NOT BE THE RIGHT NUMBER.

THAT WOULD ALSO BE A BUDGET CHANGE.

OUR PROCESS IS GOING TO BE A PART OF THE ORDINANCE.

SO IT WOULD BE AN ORDINANCE CHANGE.

SO THOSE ARE SOME HEAVY DIGGING IS REQUIRED, I THINK, FOR MY DEPARTMENT FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH APPROVING LIQUOR LICENSES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE.

SO TONIGHT, WHAT'S BEFORE YOU IS, IS A REQUEST TO HAVE 120 DAY MORATORIUM FOUR MONTHS FOR OUR DEPARTMENTS TO GET BETTER TRAINING, TO SPEAK WITH SOME EXPERTS, GO OVER OUR ORDINANCE AND OUR PROCESS, AND UPDATE OUR PROCESS, WHICH MORE THAN LIKELY WOULD ALSO UPDATE FEES, AND UPDATE OUR STANDARDS FOR LIQUOR LICENSES.

AND I THINK WHAT'S TICKING IN THE BACK OF MY MIND IS SO WE ONLY HAVE THESE LIMITED NUMBER OF LICENSES ONCE THEY ARE GRANTED AND IN CIRCULATION.

THAT'S IT. UNLESS OUR POPULATION INCREASES OR THE OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH A LICENSE WOULD COME BACK.

AND SO I THINK ABOUT WE'VE PUT SO MUCH EFFORT BEHIND REDEVELOPMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND THERE'S STILL POCKETS THAT HAVE NOT COMPLETELY FILLED THE COMMERCIAL.

AND IT'S VERY ENTICING AND INCENTIVIZING TO A BUSINESS TO THINK, TO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THEIR COMMUNITY THAT HAS ACCESS TO A LIQUOR LICENSE THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO GET AT MARKET RATE INSTEAD OF HAVING TO GO PURCHASE FROM SOMEONE ELSE, WHICH THE SALE OF A LIQUOR LICENSE.

I'VE SEEN EVEN IN MY PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE.

WE BOUGHT A LIQUOR LICENSE FOR THE CITY OF JACKSON, FOR REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY, AND IT WAS LIKE $30,000, WHICH IS WELL OVER REALLY, WHAT WAS THE STICKER PRICE? AND ESPECIALLY SINCE THE CITY HAD HAD QUOTAS.

RIGHT. SO, I THINK WHAT WE'RE REALLY ASKING IS JUST GIVE US SOME TIME TO REALLY DIG INTO THIS.

THERE ARE SOME PROFESSIONAL TRAINING THAT, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS ALREADY GONE THROUGH THAT I'VE SPOKEN WITH.

THEY ARE DO A LOT OF THE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING FOR MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, CLERKS OFFICES THROUGH THE STATE.

AND I ALREADY HAVE SOME MEETINGS SET UP WITH MLCC TO KIND OF GET A LITTLE BIT OF AN UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR PROCESS.

A LITTLE HARD TO GET A HUMAN, BUT I FOUND A HUMAN, WHO'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT ALL OF THE CATEGORIES OF THINGS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOCAL UNIT OF GOVERNMENT FOR APPROVAL? SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR TODAY.

IT'S A RESOLUTION, TO KIND OF EXPLAIN IN DETAIL WE'VE GOTTEN AN INCREASE OF LICENSES, AND NOW WE HAVE A LOT OF APPLICATIONS COMING FORWARD.

I DO WANT TO TELL THE BOARD WE DID RECEIVE A NEW LIQUOR LICENSE APPLICATION RECENTLY.

AND SO I'M GOING TO ASK OUR ATTORNEYS WHETHER OR NOT WITH THIS COMING INTO THE PROCESS, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS OUR WHAT IS OUR PARAMETERS ON TAKING UP THIS LICENSE OR NOT? IF THEY SAY WE HAVE TO CONTINUE THROUGH A PROCESS, THEN WE'LL CONTINUE DOING THAT.

BUT IF NOT, THEN THAT WOULD PAUSE AS WELL.

BUT I JUST DON'T WANT TO BLINDSIDE YOU IF IN A MONTH OR SO THERE'S A LIQUOR LICENSE ON THE AGENDA.

OKAY, SO YOU'RE ASKING FOR THE BOARD TO ESSENTIALLY DECLARE 120 DAYS MORATORIUM ON PROCESSING NEW LIQUOR LICENSES SO THAT YOU CAN GET YOUR ORDINANCES IN AND THE LIKE UP TO DATE. AND IT WOULD BE USEFUL, APPARENTLY, TO START THAT TIME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

YES, I BELIEVE SO, BUT THAT'S UP TO THE BOARD YES.

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BOARD MEMBERS.

WHEN DID YOU WANT TO COMMENCE THIS 120 DAY MORATORIUM? WELL, AT WORST THEN IT WOULD BE BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING, AND I WOULD HOPE THAT THE BOARD WOULD MOVE IT ON FOR ACTION.

I HAD TWO QUESTIONS.

NO, BUT COULD IT BE I THINK IT SHOULD BE PART OF OUR RESOLUTION WHEN IT'S COMMENCING SO THAT ANYONE WHO READ THE RESOLUTION IT IS AT THE SIGNING OF THE RESOLUTION.

SO EFFECTIVE, EFFECTIVE, EFFECTIVE BY THE DATE WHEN THE CLERK WOULD SIGN IT.

SO IF WE IF IF THE BOARD WERE TO ADOPT TODAY, THEN I THINK, I THINK THE CLERK YOU'D PROBABLY SIGN IT TOMORROW I THINK IS THAT HOW YOU DO RESOLUTIONS.

WE FOLLOW UP ALL BOARD MEETING ITEMS THE NEXT DAY, NEXT DAY.

SPEAKERS] ALL RIGHT. AND THE OTHER THING IS WHAT IS THE MARKET VALUE OF A CLASS C LIQUOR LICENSE THESE DAYS? $20,000. HOW MUCH? $20,000. OH, I THOUGHT IT WAS MORE THAN THAT.

THANK YOU. YEAH. MR. DESCHAINE, IS THIS APPLICATION YOU GOT FOR ONE OF THE FOUR NEW LICENSES? IS IT THE FIRST OR IS IT THE FOURTH OR SOMETHING IN BETWEEN? THIS WOULD BE THE THIRD APPLICATION YOU'VE RECEIVED FOR THE FOUR QUOTA, FOR THE FOUR NEW QUOTAS THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED.

OKAY. YOU HAVE APPROVED TWO.

OKAY. AND A PART OF THE QUESTION SEEMS TO ME IS FOR THE ATTORNEYS, CAN WE STOP THOSE THAT WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED AT THE THE START OF THIS MORATORIUM? WELL, THIS QUESTION SPECIFICALLY IS CAN I STOP GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF THIS MOST RECENT [INAUDIBLE].

SO THIS ONE WAS THE TWO THAT YOU'VE ALREADY DONE.

YOU'VE ALREADY PUT THROUGH [INAUDIBLE].

I WOULD IMAGINE THEY'VE ALREADY SUBMITTED TO MLCC ONE OF THE TWO IS IN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION, WHICH IS WHAT THE LIQUOR CONTROL COMMISSION WILL DO. OKAY.

CLERK GUTHRIE. THANK YOU, MADAM SUPERVISOR.

AND JUST TO FURTHER THAT STATEMENT THAT YOU MADE.

THERE HAS BEEN DISCUSSION DISCUSSION AT STAFF LEVEL.

AND, YOU AND I HAVE HAD THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT THE PROCESS BECAUSE BOTH OF US HAVE SAID, WELL, WHAT IS OUR PROCESS? WHAT IS OUR ROLE? HOW DO WE DO THIS? WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION PRIOR TO, APPLICATION COMING TO THE BOARD.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT.

AND SO WHILE WE NEEDED SOMETHING TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION, LIKE THE MANAGER TOOK IN REGARDS TO SECURING ELECTIONS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'M APPRECIATIVE OF, DIRECTOR CLARK FOR INVESTIGATING AND LOOKING INTO AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING THE PROCESS, THAT WE'RE ALL ON BOARD, THAT I KNOW MY ROLE IS AS CLERK IN THAT PROCESS.

THE CHIEFS KNOW THEIR ROLE BECAUSE THERE ARE SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS, WHO TAKE PART IN PROCESSING LIQUOR LICENSE APPLICATIONS.

AND SO I THANK YOU FOR PAUSING AND SAYING, HEY, LET'S LOOK AT THIS AND MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL DOING THE RIGHT THING FOR FOR THE TOWNSHIP AND FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE APPLYING FOR THIS.

THANK YOU, MR. HENDRICKSON. THANK YOU, MADAM SUPERVISOR.

SO WHEN WERE WE INFORMED THAT WE HAD FOUR NEW LIQUOR LICENSES? VERY GOOD QUESTION.

I'M NOT SURE. THE FIRST TIME I RECOGNIZED WE HAD FOUR WAS THE REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER AT CLARION POINT.

I CAN'T REMEMBER THE ADDRESS RIGHT NOW.

THEY WERE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE LIQUOR CONTROL COMMISSION ABOUT THEIR CLASSIFICATION OF LICENSE, AND THEY TOLD THEM, WELL, MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP HAS HAD AN INCREASE IN QUOTA.

THEY HAVE FOUR NEW LICENSES.

SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO THIS IS A PROCESS YOU CAN GO THROUGH TO CHANGE YOUR CLASSIFICATION.

AND SO THAT WAS AN APPLICATION WE RECEIVED.

I DON'T REALLY REMEMBER I DON'T KNOW I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THAT'S A QUESTION ON MY LIST IS HOW DO WE KNOW.

RIGHT. I MEAN, I GUESS WE CAN ASSUME WHEN OUR POPULATION INCREASES AT EACH CENSUS THAT THAT COULD BE A POSSIBILITY.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT QUESTION.

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF ALSO GETTING LICENSES BACK THROUGH THE PROCESS IF THEY GO INACTIVE THROUGH ESCROW.

BUT THERE'S A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

SO I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS ON MY LIST.

I'M SUPPOSED TO MEET WITH MLCC I THINK THURSDAY.

SURE. SO AT SOME POINT WE RECEIVED THEM AFTER THE 2020 DECENNIAL CENSUS FOR LIQUOR LICENSES.

OF THOSE FOUR, TWO HAVE BEEN THROUGH THIS BOARD AND APPROVED, ONE HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR AND HAS NOT YET BEEN PROCESSED BY THE

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BOARD, AND A FOURTH IS SITTING NOT CURRENTLY IN USE.

CORRECT. IF YOU LOOK AT THE MLCC WEBSITE, THEY WILL IT WILL SAY THE OPPOSITE THOUGH.

IT WILL ACTUALLY JUST SAY ONE IS MORE THAN LIKELY FLOATING OUT THERE.

AND WE HAVE THREE.

I THINK I THINK IT HAS TO GO COMPLETELY THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS, THROUGH INVESTIGATION, AND COME BACK TO THE CLERK AS A LICENSE FOR IT TO BE RIGHT.

BUT FOR THE PURPOSES OF WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO PROCESS A LIQUOR LICENSE, WE'VE PROCESSED TWO AND A THIRDS IN THE PIPE.

CORRECT. NOW, I'M NOT A LAWYER, BUT EVERY INTERACTION I'VE EVER HAD WITH A LAWYER HAS TELLS ME THAT WE CAN'T STOP SOMEONE AND CHANGE THE PROCESS ONCE THEY'VE INITIATED IT. MAYBE OUR LAWYERS WILL TELL US SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BUT I DOUBT IT.

RIGHT? RIGHT.

I JUST WANT TO I GOTTA ASK, I'M GONNA ASK, ASK, KEEP, YOU KNOW, GIVE THEM SOME BILLABLES.

I'M SURE THEY WILL APPRECIATE IT.

BUT I HAVE THE SUSPICION THAT THEY'RE GOING TO TELL US THAT WE HAVE TO USE THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED IT.

YES. SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REALLY IS ONE LIQUOR LICENSE, RIGHT? AND WHETHER WE CHANGE THE RULES HERE PRIOR TO OR HOW WE CHANGE THE RULES HERE PRIOR TO THIS NEBULOUS FOURTH POTENTIAL APPLICANT THAT HASN'T APPLIED.

CORRECT? CORRECT.

OKAY. CORRECT.

I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY WE CAN'T DO THIS, EXCEPT IT FEELS A LITTLE TOO LATE.

A LITTLE TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE, YEAH, TO ME, I THINK IT'S A GREAT THING THAT WE REINVENT, THAT WE INVESTIGATE HOW TO IMPROVE OUR PROCESSES.

I QUESTION SINCE THREE OF THEM HAVE ALREADY APPLIED, WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO FIND OURSELVES RUNNING INTO A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE A FOURTH APPLICANT IN THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS, WHICH WOULD MAKE THIS A WORTHWHILE ENDEAVOR.

BUT IF IT'S IF YOU THINK THAT THERE'S SOMEONE WAITING IN THE WINGS HOPING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WHAT I JUST SAID ABOUT YOU WERE ALREADY IN THE PIPELINE.

SO YOU GET TO USE IT, THEN WHY NOT? YEAH, I SEE, I SEE THAT MY ONLY OTHER CONCERNS WOULD BE IF ANY LICENSES GO INTO ESCROW AND DO COME BACK TO US, THEN WE WOULD GO FROM 1 TO 2 OR 2 TO 3. I THINK HAVING A SOLID PROCESS FOR LICENSES, ESPECIALLY ONE THAT IS CONSIDERED AN ASSET OF THE TOWNSHIP, IS IS A IS A HIGH PARAMETER FOR US.

WE WE ABSOLUTELY, YES.

AND THEN TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE REDEVELOPMENT POINTS IS HAVING SPECIFIC AREAS, MAYBE IN OUR ORDINANCE OR THROUGH THE PROCESS WHERE WE'RE KIND OF INCENTIVIZING, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE ACTIVITY HERE.

THIS MIGHT ALLOW US TO BE ABLE TO DECLINE A LICENSE AS OPPOSED AND HAVE A REASON, RIGHT? HAVE A LEGAL, VEHICLE TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE GOING TO DECLINE BECAUSE, OKAY, IF WE GET SIX APPLICATIONS FOR OUR ONE LAST APPLICANT FOR OUR ONE LAST LICENSE, THAT'S ANOTHER HAIR RAISING SITUATION FOR ME IS HOW DO I MAKE A DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN WHICH BUSINESS FOR WHICH LICENSE IF WHAT IF THEY'RE IN THE SAME AREA? THESE ARE JUST THINGS THAT I THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.

AND I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THAT.

AND MY QUESTION HAS NEVER IN THIS CONVERSATION BEEN SHOULD WE REVAMP OUR PROCESS AND FLESH IT OUT IN A WAY THAT MAKES MORE SENSE NOW THAT WE HAVE LICENSES AVAILABLE AND HOPEFULLY IF WE GROW IN POPULATION WILL AGAIN.

MY QUESTION WAS, IS 120 DAYS REALLY GOING TO MAKE THE DIFFERENCE? IF YOU THINK IT IS, THEN THEN YOU OBVIOUSLY DO BECAUSE YOU HERE YOU ARE.

BUT I QUESTION THE USEFULNESS OF THE MORATORIUM, BUT I UNDERSTAND FOR THE REASON FOR IT.

OKAY. MR. DESCHAINE, THANK YOU.

I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THIS FORWARD AS YOUR MOTHERBOARD MEMBERS.

I WISH WE'D KNOWN ABOUT THIS BEFORE.

I PRAISED PRIOR BOARDS FOR THEIR URBAN SERVICES BOUNDARY EARLIER, AND NOW I'M WONDERING WHY PRIOR BOARDS DIDN'T ADDRESS THIS ISSUE BEFORE.

IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE A FIRST COME FIRST BASIS.

YOU SHOW UP, YOU'RE FIRST IN LINE, YOU GET THE LIQUOR LICENSE.

I MEAN, MAYBE KIND OF.

AND I KNOW HOW VALUABLE LIQUOR LICENSES ARE.

ONE TIME THEY WERE WORTH $7 OR $80,000 A PIECE IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE STATE.

SO THEY ARE VALUABLE THINGS.

AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY CRITERIA AT ALL FOR AWARDING THEM.

THAT REALLY SURPRISES ME.

I DO WANT TO PASS THIS AND I WANT TO PASS THIS THIS TONIGHT.

SO I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO SUSPEND RULES AND ACT ON THE, LIQUOR LICENSE PROCESS OF RESOLUTION FOR A MORATORIUM OF LIQUOR LICENSE APPROVAL FOR 120 DAYS.

SUPPORT. [INAUDIBLE].

FURTHER COMMENTS.

FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.

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CORRECT? YES. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY YES.

YES. YES. YES. OPPOSED NO? CHAIR VOTES YES. THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE IF YOU WANT TO MAKE THE MOTION WITH YOUR AMENDMENT TO IT.

CAN WE DO THAT? ALL RIGHT.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ATTACHED RESOLUTION FOR A 120 DAY MORATORIUM OF LIQUOR LICENSE APPLICATION APPROVALS IN MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP DURING THE 120 DAYS, COMMENCING ON JANUARY 24TH, 2024, NO NEW APPLICATIONS FOR LIQUOR LICENSES WILL BE ACCEPTED OR APPROVED BY THE TOWNSHIP BOARD.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMMENT FURTHER ON? [INAUDIBLE] MR. HENDRICKSON. THANK YOU, MADAM SUPERVISOR.

I DID HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL QUESTION THAT I MEANT TO ASK.

DID YOU REACH OUT TO THE TOWNSHIP ATTORNEY'S TO VERIFY THAT ACTION TO ESTABLISH A 120 DAY MORATORIUM IS, IN FACT, SOUND FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT, YES. THANK YOU.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

SO WE HAVE A NEW MOTION.

IT WAS SECONDED BY WHOM? I THINK I MISSED THAT. I SECONDED.

MR. DESCHAINE, THE NEW MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE ATTACHED RESOLUTION FOR 120 DAY MORATORIUM OF LIQUOR LICENSE APPLICATION APPROVALS IN MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP.

DURING THE 120 DAYS, NEW APPLICATIONS FOR LIQUOR LICENSE WILL [INAUDIBLE].

YOU HAVE TO INSERT THE DATE.

[INAUDIBLE].

OH NO NEW APPLICATIONS FOR LIQUOR LICENSE WILL BE ACCEPTED OR APPROVED.

AND THE DATE WAS JANUARY 24 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY YES.

YES. YES.

OPPOSED NO? CHAIR VOTE YES.