[00:00:42] GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. IT IS 6 P.M. [1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER] AND WE WILL CALL THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE TOWNSHIP BOARD OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF MERIDIAN TO ORDER. FIRST ON OUR AGENDA IS THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME. NEXT ITEM IS A ROLL CALL. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL SUPERVISOR PRO TEM SCOTT HENDRICKSON. HERE. CLERK DEBORAH GUTHRIE. HERE. TREASURER. PHIL DESCHAINE. HERE. TRUSTEE KATHY AND SUNDLAND. HERE. TRUSTEE PETER TREZISE. HERE. TRUSTEE MARNA WILSON. HERE. AND SUPERVISOR JACKSON IS ABSENT. SO WE HAVE SIX BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT TONIGHT. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS A PRESENTATION. [ 4. PRESENTATION] WE HAVE A NEW POLICE OFFICER TO INTRODUCE WHAT WE'LL CALL UP CHIEF RICK GRILLO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COME TO YOU AGAIN SMILING BECAUSE WE'RE INTRODUCING ANOTHER POLICE OFFICER THIS WEEK. THIS IS OFFICER DUSTIN SHORT. DUSTIN IS HERE PRETTY MUCH AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE RECRUITING AND RETENTION PROGRAM THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR THIS YEAR. HE WAS RECRUITED BY OFFICER MEGAN HEINEMAN, AND HE WORKED FOR A LOCAL DEPARTMENT. AND HE TOOK A LOOK AT OUR BENEFITS AND DECIDED THAT THIS WAS THE PLACE HE WANTED TO BE. SO OFFICER SHORT COMES TO US AS A FORMER RESIDENT OF THE U.P., HE GREW UP IN A SUBURB OF IRON MOUNTAIN. IF THERE IS SUCH A THING NAMED NORWAY HE WENT TO NORTHERN MICHIGAN, WHERE HE ACHIEVED WHERE HE EARNED HIS ASSOCIATES DEGREE. THEN WENT THROUGH THE POLICE ACADEMY AT NORTHERN MICHIGAN. DECIDED TO YOU KNOW, TRY A NEW ADVENTURE BY COMING DOWN TO THE LOWER PENINSULA. FOUND A HOME AT THE EATON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, WHICH IS WHERE HE DEVELOPED A FRIENDSHIP WITH MEGAN HEINEMAN. AND SHE WAS ABLE TO RECRUIT HIM TO COME HERE. HE MOVED TO MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP NOT LONG AFTER STARTING HIS EMPLOYMENT IN THE LOWER PENINSULA, AND TOLD ME THAT HE FELL IN LOVE WITH THE COMMUNITY, AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE HIM HERE. GO AHEAD. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO WORK FOR THIS AMAZING TOWNSHIP. I'M EXCITED TO GROW AND BUILD WITH THE COMMUNITY AND SEE WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER HERE. THANK YOU. WELCOME. THANK YOU. WELCOME ABOARD. WELCOME ABOARD. THANK YOU. WELCOME. THANK YOU. GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE. THANK YOU. WELCOME ABOARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHIEF. THANK YOU. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS ITEM FIVE, CITIZENS ADDRESS AGENDA ITEMS AND NON AGENDA ITEMS. THERE ARE TWO OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT THIS EVENING. CITIZENS WHO WISH TO ADDRESS AGENDA OR NON AGENDA ITEMS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING HERE, AS WELL AS AT THE END OF THE MEETING. INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THE BOARD MUST COMPLETE A GREEN FORM, WHICH YOU CAN FIND ON THE TABLE IN THE BACK AND PROVIDE THAT TO STAFF WILL BRING IT TO US. THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES EACH PER PERSON. EXCEPT WHEN THE REQUIREMENT IS WAIVED IN ADVANCE BY THE SUPERVISOR FOR GOOD CAUSE AND A TIMEKEEPER WILL COMMUNICATE THE TIME. [00:05:04] THE BOARD APPRECIATES THE PUBLIC'S INPUT AND COMMENT. HOWEVER, THE BOARD MEETING FORMAT IS DESIGNED TO FACILITATE THE EVENING'S AGENDA AND THEREFORE RESTRICTS BOARD MEMBERS FROM ENGAGING IN CONVERSATIONS OR QUESTIONS, OR IMMEDIATELY RESPONDING TO QUESTIONS THEY MAY ADDRESS. THEY MAY BE ADDRESSED BY THE BOARD AT A LATER TIME, OR FOLLOWED UP ON BY THE BOARD OR THE TOWNSHIP MANAGER AT A LATER DATE. IN ORDER TO FOSTER THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THE BOARD'S BUSINESS ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY, PLEASE REFRAIN FROM ANY RUDE OR DISCOURTEOUS BEHAVIOR AND ADDRESS ALL COMMENTS TO THE BOARD, NOT TO INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS. WITH THAT, WE'LL OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT AT 604. I DID NOT RECEIVE ANY GREEN CARDS IN ADVANCE. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AT THIS TIME? SEEING NONE. WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AT 604. WE'LL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM SIX, WHICH IS THE TOWNSHIP MANAGER'S REPORT. [6. TOWNSHIP MANAGER REPORT] AND FOR THAT, WE'LL TURN THINGS OVER TO TOWNSHIP MANAGER FRANK WALSH. THANK YOU. BOARD. GOOD TO BE WITH YOU THIS EVENING. JUST A FEW ITEMS I KNOW. TRUSTEE WILSON, ARE YOU GOING TO UPDATE THE BOARD IN A LITTLE BIT ON THE COMMUNITY SENIOR CENTER PROJECT? GREAT. WE ARE, BUT WE ARE MAKING GREAT PROGRESS. THAT'S MY $0.02 ON THE WHOLE THING. UPDATE ON PUBLIC SAFETY NUMBERS. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WE ARE NOW AT. IF YOU ADD THE THREE INCOMING FROM THE ACADEMY, WE WENT FROM 31 TO 39. AND THAT'S EVEN MORE AMAZING BECAUSE WE LOST ONE TO RETIREMENT. SO WE'VE REALLY WENT FROM 31 TO 40. SO WE'RE MAKING GREAT PROGRESS ON THAT. MARSHALL PARK YOU CAN EXPECT THINGS ARE MOVING RIGHT ALONG, AND YOU EXPECT THE IMPROVEMENTS TO MARSHALL PARK TO TAKE PLACE, PROBABLY WITH A RIBBON CUTTING FIRST SECOND WEEK OF JUNE. THE VILLAGE OF HASLETT DEVELOPERS, REMEMBER, THERE'S A AS I'VE AS I'VE INFORMED YOU BEFORE, THERE IS A NEED TO HAVE ANOTHER DISCUSSION BASED ON NEW LAWS THAT ALLOW THE HOUSING TIFF TO BE INCLUDED, WHICH CHANGES THINGS FOR THE BROWNFIELD. MORE DETAILS TO COME, BUT THE STAFF IS MEETING WITH THE VILLAGE OF HASLETT DEVELOPERS. THAT'S ON THE 20 ACRES. SO THE EAST SIDE NEXT TO THE MERIDIAN HOME MAY 9TH VILLAGE OF OKEMOS WILL APPEAR ON YOUR AGENDA. THEY HAVE SUBMITTED NEW PLANS FOR THEIR DEVELOPMENT. IT GOES TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. IT WILL BE BEFORE YOU ON THURSDAY, MAY 9TH. OUR NEXT MEETING IS ON A THURSDAY NIGHT, MAY 9TH. THE SILVERLEAF DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS OFF OF JUST BENNETT ROAD JUST BEHIND SCHULTZ VETERINARY. IS IS GOING TO BE GETTING UNDERWAY. THAT'S 150 HOMES AND THAT GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO, I THINK, WHEN SUPERVISOR PRO-TEM HENDRICKSON, YOU WERE CHAIRING THE PLANNING COMMISSION OR ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION WHEN THAT STARTED YEARS AGO. THAT WAS THAT'S BEEN AN INTERESTING PROGRESS OVER THE LAST 4 OR 5 YEARS. TRADER JOE'S IS ON SCHEDULE. I'M HOPING FOR MID-JUNE FOR THE OPENING OF THAT. TOMORROW, THE 2023 AUDIT GETS UNDERWAY. I HAD A CONVERSATION FOR 45 MINUTES TODAY WITH OUR AUDITOR ALI BARNES FROM YEO AND YEO AND I BELIEVE THAT TRUSTEE WILSON, WHO IS YOUR REPRESENTATIVE TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, ALSO MAY HAVE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH HER. NEXT WEEK IS ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONAL DAY, WHICH IS ON WEDNESDAY. WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME AN EVENT TO CELEBRATE OUR ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS. HOM TV, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CAM TV AND HOM TV, AND WE FIXED HOME TV, BUT CAM TV EQUIPMENT, IT'S IN AND IT'S GOING TO BE REPLACED IN THE NEXT 2 TO 3 WEEKS. THE TOWNSHIP SURVEY, A SURVEY EVERY THREE YEARS. WE'RE GATHERING QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW AND WE'LL BE BRINGING ALL THAT INFORMATION TO YOU SO YOU CAN DECIDE HOW YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH COBALT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE, PROBABLY NEXT 6 TO 8 WEEKS. HOW DOES THE COMMUNITY SENIOR CENTER ALL INTO THAT? THAT'S UP FOR THE BOARD. YOU'LL HAVE A LOT TO WORK ON WITH THAT SURVEY. LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. AND I WANT TO CLOSE BY RECOGNIZING TWO OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS LARRY BOB IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. TOMORROW HE'LL HAVE HAD 22 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH US, AND ALSO REBECCA, KELLY AND CLERK GUTHRIE OFFICE. REBECCA HAS BEEN WITH US. ON THURSDAY, SHE'LL CELEBRATE EIGHT YEARS WITH US. SO WE WE THANK BOTH LARRY AND REBECCA. THAT'S MY REPORT THIS EVENING. UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BOARD MEMBERS. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. SEEING NONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. A AGENDA ITEM SEVEN ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING IS BOARD MEMBER REPORTS OF ACTIVITIES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS TO ANY BOARD MEMBERS WISH TO MAKE A REPORT. [7. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS OF ACTIVITIES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS] TRUSTEE WILSON. THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR PRO TEM WE HAD A MEETING THIS AFTERNOON OF OUR TASK FORCE THAT IS WORKING ON THE COMMUNITY AND SENIOR CENTER. WE WERE FORTUNATE TO SEE A FLOOR PLAN OF WHAT IT COULD POTENTIALLY LOOK LIKE. WE ALSO HAD A VIRTUAL WALK THROUGH THAT WAS FABULOUS. [00:10:01] SO ON MAY 9TH, WE ARE GOING TO BE BRINGING OUR CONCEPT OF OUR NEW COMMUNITY AND SENIOR CENTER TO THE BOARD FOR A FULL EXPOSITION OF WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO. AND THIS IS ALL PENDING COST AND, AND OTHER APPROVALS THAT WILL HAVE TO BE GAINED. SO BUT I'M VERY EXCITED. IT WAS REALLY A WONDERFUL AFTERNOON TO SEE WHAT THIS COULD BE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE WILSON. THE BOARD MEMBERS, TRUSTEE TREZISE. YES. ON APRIL 3RD, I ATTENDED A MEETING OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION. AT THAT POINT, WE WERE DISCUSSING AN APPROPRIATION THAT THE BOARD APPROVED LAST YEAR OF $30,000 FOR ENHANCING THE CLIMATE SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM. AND AFTER A CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION A DECISION WAS MADE TO ASK FOR INPUT FROM SOME OF THE GROUPS THAT WORKED ON THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN TO WHAT THEY WOULD DO. OR RECOMMEND TO USE THIS MONEY FOR, AND THAT WILL COME BACK HOPEFULLY BY MAY 1ST. AND THEN WE'LL TRY TO GIVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD AS TO HOW TO USE THAT MONEY. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. OTHER BOARD MEMBERS. TREASURER DESCHAINE. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK TRUSTEE WILSON AND MANAGER WALSH FOR THEIR EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP ON THE COMMUNITY SENIOR CENTER, COMMUNITY CENTER. WE DON'T HAVE ONE. IT TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT TO GET SOMETHING LIKE THIS UNDERWAY AND DOING AN ASSESSMENT AND A FEASIBILITY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, A COST ANALYSIS. CAN WE AFFORD IT? AND THE WORK IS BEING DONE RIGHT NOW THANKS TO THEIR STRONG LEADERSHIP. APRIL 27TH WEEK FROM SATURDAY WILL BE OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE DAY FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. WE USED TO CALL IT LAVA PARKS, DAY AND SERVICE GROUPS, ROTARY BOY SCOUTS, KIWANIS, OTHERS GET TOGETHER AND WE ALL EACH GROUP TAKES A DIFFERENT PARK AND CLEANS IT UP. AND OUR PARK STAFF IS A GREAT JOB. BUT THIS TIME OF YEAR, WITH ALL THE WINTER DAMAGE AND SO FORTH, VOLUNTEERS CAN REALLY GET THE PARKS FRESH AND RENEWED. AND I'M SURE THEY'VE ALL, ALL THE PARKS HAVE SEEN A LOT OF USE THE PAST FEW DAYS WITH THIS GREAT WEATHER WE'VE BEEN HAVING. LASTLY, JUST A PERSONAL NOTE. TODAY IS MANAGER FRANK WALSH'S BIRTHDAY, AND I THINK IT'S 12 THAT YOU'VE BEEN WORKING HARD, SO I'M SURE THIS FIRST ONE HAS BEEN FOR A BOARD MEETING. BUT ANYWAY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR MANAGER. THANK YOU, TREASURER DESCHAINE. AND CAN YOU GIVE US THAT DATE FOR THE PARK SERVICE? APRIL 27TH? AND IF YOU I FAILED TO GIVE THE NUMBER, CALL 853 4600. THAT'S OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT. 853 4600. IF YOU WANT TO SIGN UP YOURSELF OR BRING YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP OR BRING YOUR SERVICE CLUB, EVERYONE'S WELCOME THAT DAY. LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED TO ALL VOLUNTEERS AT NOON THAT DAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OTHER BOARD MEMBERS. SEEING NONE. WE'LL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM EIGHT, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. [8. APPROVAL OF AGENDA] I'LL MAKE A NOTE THAT WE DO HAVE AT OUR PLACE. A PROPOSED ADDITION TO THE AGENDA, WHICH IS ITEM NINE, J TO CONSIDER A CHARITABLE GAMING LICENSE APPROVAL FOR THE HIAWATHA ELEMENTARY PTO. IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THAT, I'D ASK YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AND ASK THAT WHOEVER MAKES THE MOTION THIS EVENING, CONSIDER ADDING THAT AS AGENDA ITEM NINE J. WITH THAT, WAS THERE A MOTION FOR THE AGENDA? SO MOVED TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AS AMENDED, WITH ANY AMENDMENTS, AS AMENDED, AS AMENDED. THANK YOU. SUPPORT MOVED BY TRUSTEE WILSON, SUPPORTED BY CLERK GUTHRIE. MINUTES TO APPROVE THE AGENDA WITH THE PROPOSED ADDITION OF AGENDA ITEM NINE J THE CHARITABLE GAMING LICENSE FOR HIAWATHA ELEMENTARY PTO. ANY COMMENTS ON THE AGENDA FOR THE DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE AGENDA, AS AMENDED, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AND THE AMENDED AGENDA PASSES. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS AGENDA ITEM NINE, THE CONSENT AGENDA ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA. [9. CONSENT AGENDA] THIS NIGHT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS, INCLUDING COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE BOARD. MINUTES FROM OUR APRIL 2ND, 2024 REGULAR MEETING, THE BILLS FROM THE TOWNSHIP, AN UPDATE TO THE 2024 PATHWAY MASTER PLAN, WHICH WE SPOKE ABOUT AT OUR LAST MEETING. THE SELECTION OF AN ARCHITECT FOR THE CENTRAL FIRE STATION PROJECT, WHICH WE DISCUSSED AT OUR LAST MEETING. THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE GREATER LANSING AREA REGIONAL STORM WATER PROGRAM, WHICH WE ALSO DISCUSSED. LAKE LANSING ADVISORY BOARD REAPPOINTMENTS THE RATIFICATION OF THE NEW POLICE OFFICER THAT WE HEARD ABOUT THIS EVENING AND THE REMOVAL OF AN EXISTING STOCKS RIGHT HERE. WELL, I'M GOING TO SHOW THE EXISTING STREETLIGHT AT 2755 GRAND RIVER. AND FINALLY, THE ADDITION TO THE AGENDA, WHICH IS THE CHARITABLE GAMING LICENSE FOR HIAWATHA ELEMENTARY PTO. [00:15:03] DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA? TREASURER DESCHAINE I MOVE THE CONSENT AGENDA BE APPROVED AS PRESENTED? SUPPORT. MOVED BY TREASURER DESCHAINE, SUPPORTED BY TRUSTEE WILSON. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THIS EVENING? SEEING NONE, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE GIVE US A ROLL CALL? VOTE. SUPERVISOR PRO TEM SCOTT HENDRICKSON. YES. CLERK GUTHRIE VOTES. YES. TREASURER DESCHAINE. YES. TRUSTEE SUNDLAND. YES. TRUSTEE TREZISE. YES. AND TRUSTEE WILSON. YES. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS ITEM TEN QUESTIONS FOR THE ATTORNEY. WE HAVE NONE. ITEM 11 HEARINGS. WE HAVE NONE. NEXT UP THEN, IS AGENDA ITEM 12 A, WHICH IS ORDINANCE 202403, PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERSHIP, FINAL ADOPTION. [12.A. Ordinance 2024-03 – Planning Commission Membership – FINAL ADOPTION] AND WE HAVE DIRECTOR TIM SCHMIDT HERE TO TELL US ABOUT THIS CHANGE. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR PRO TEM, THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS THE CHANGE TO SECTION 2-287 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES. THAT WOULD CHANGE THE NUMBER OF PLANNING COMMISSIONERS FROM 9 TO 7. AS DIRECTED BY THE TOWNSHIP BOARD, WE DID PUBLISH A NOTICE OF INTENT IN THE NEWSPAPER, AND THERE WAS A SMALL TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR. THANK YOU FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT POINTED THAT OUT TO ME. WE DID FOLLOW UP WITH OUR ATTORNEYS, AND WE ARE OKAY BECAUSE WE HAD COVERAGE IN MULTIPLE WAYS. IN ADDITION TO THE FACT THAT THE ONLY TRUE PUBLICATION THAT MATTERS IN THIS CASE IS THE FINAL PUBLICATION THAT PUTS THE NOTE, PUTS THE NOTICE OF ADOPTION AND THE FINAL ORDINANCE OUT THERE. AND SO WE ARE IN GOOD SHAPE, DESPITE MY TYPO. THIS HAS BEEN A RELATIVELY THOROUGHLY DISCUSSED AND CHANGE THAT HAS NO MAJOR RAISE NO MAJOR CONCERNS FROM EITHER THE TOWNSHIP BOARD OR THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THEREFORE, STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THAT CHANGE THIS EVENING. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU DIRECTOR SCHMITT. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? ANY COMMENTS ON THIS MATTER? THIS IS AN ITEM FOR ACTION. DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE ON THE ITEM? TRUSTEE TREZISE. I MOVED TO ADOPT TEXT AMENDMENT 22 OR 224-03. AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CODE OF ORDINANCE OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF MERIDIAN AT SECTION 2-287 TO CHANGE THE NUMBER OF PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS FROM 9 TO 7. SUPPORT. MOVED BY TRUSTEE TREZISE. SUPPORTED BY TRUSTEE WILSON. TRUSTEE TREZISE, ANY COMMENTS? JUST THAT I SERVED ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR 5 OR 6 YEARS, AND WE MANAGED TO GET ALONG QUITE WELL WITH SEVEN MEMBERS ON MANY OCCASIONS. SO I THINK IT'S A WORKABLE NUMBER AND APPROPRIATE FOR THAT COMMISSION. TRUSTEE WILSON. I ALSO SERVED ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION, BUT SEVERAL DECADES EARLIER, AND THE NUMBER OF PLANNING COMMISSIONERS DID FLUCTUATE OVER TIME. SO I THINK THIS IS A WISE MOVE. IT GETS YOU TO A GROUP THAT WILL STILL DO THE CAREFUL DELIBERATIONS, AND EVERYONE WILL HAVE A SEAT AT THE DAIS. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? I TWO SERVED ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION. AND RARE WAS THE DAY THAT WE HAD ALL NINE OF US TOGETHER AT ONCE. AND I THINK THAT WE STILL WERE ABLE TO HAVE VERY ROBUST DISCUSSIONS WITH DIFFERING, DIFFERING OPINIONS AND EVENTUALLY CAME TO GOOD CONCLUSIONS FOR BOTH ACTION AND RECOMMENDATION. SO I SEE NO ISSUE WITH WITH PASSING THIS AS WELL. TREASURER DESCHAINE. I SEE NO ISSUE WITH THIS CHANGING EITHER. YOU KNOW, I DO WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT. IN YEARS PAST, THE PLANNING COMMISSION WAS RIGHT THERE BEHIND THE BOARD AND PARK COMMISSION FOR MOST SOUGHT AFTER APPOINTMENTS. AND THE FACT WE'VE HAD TWO VACANCIES FOR A WHILE IS A BIT TELLING, AND IT REALLY REFLECTS THE FACT THAT WE NEED MORE. WE NEED MORE VOLUNTEERS. WE NEED MORE CITIZENS TO BE INVOLVED. WE'VE GOT OPENINGS ON MANY COMMISSIONS AND WITHIN THE TOWNSHIP, AND SO WE'RE REDUCING THE NUMBER HERE. BUT THAT DOESN'T SOLVE OUR PROBLEM OVERALL. SO I ENCOURAGE YOU, OUR VERY INVOLVED CITIZENS, TO CONTACT US IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN SERVING ON A BOARD OR COMMISSION. THAT'S MY COMMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TREASURER DESCHAINE. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? SEEING NONE, WE'LL HAVE THE CLERK GIVE US A ROLL CALL VOTE FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDMENT. CLERK GUTHRIE VOTES YES. TREASURER DESCHAINE. YES. TRUSTEE SUNDLAND. YES. TRUSTEE TREZISE. YES. TRUSTEE. WILSON. YES. SUPERVISOR. PRO TEM. HENDRICKSON. YES. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT UP ON OUR AGENDA IS ITEM 12 B, THE 2022 ORDER TO MAINTAIN SIDEWALK RESOLUTION NUMBER FIVE. [12.B. 2022 Order to Maintain Sidewalk Resolution #5] FOR THIS ITEM WE HAVE DEPUTY TOWNSHIP MANAGER DAN OPSOMMER HERE. YES. GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISOR PRO TEM HENDRICKSON AND BOARD MEMBERS. [00:20:02] SO TONIGHT BEFORE YOU IS RESOLUTION NUMBER FIVE. THIS IS THE FIFTH OF FIVE RESOLUTIONS UNDER THE ACT 188, ACT 188 PROCESS. WE'VE HELD TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS THROUGH THE FIRST FOUR RESOLUTIONS, WHICH ARE TWO OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS TO MEASURE AND CONTEST THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED. WE DID HAVE ONE CHANGE FROM RESOLUTION FOUR TO RESOLUTION FIVE. THE FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLE IS BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING. MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS IS A REGULAR PROGRAM THAT WE DO ON AN ANNUAL TO ONCE EVERY THREE YEAR BASIS, AND HAVE BEEN DOING SO SINCE 1999 TO MAINTAIN THE NETWORK OF SIDEWALKS IN THE TOWNSHIP. THANK YOU, DEPUTY MANAGER OPSOMMER. CAN YOU GIVE US THE WHAT? THE ONE CHANGE WAS, PLEASE. IT WAS A CHANGE FROM 25YD² OR SQUARE FEET TO 20. AND THE PROPERTY ADDRESS? I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK UP VIA EMAIL, BUT IF YOU GIVE ME JUST A MOMENT, I PROBABLY COULD. THAT'S OKAY. IT WAS ONE ONE HOMEOWNER WITH ONE HOMEOWNER WITH ONE SLAB OF CONCRETE. WE MEASURED IT AT 25FT². IT WAS 20, IN FACT. SO OUR INSPECTORS WENT BACK OUT REMEASURED AND WE MADE THAT CORRECTION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TEAM'S DILIGENCE, TREASURER DESCHAINE I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE 2022 ORDER TO MAINTAIN SIDEWALK SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 20. RESOLUTION NUMBER FIVE, WHICH ADOPTS THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT RULE, DESIGNATES THE PROJECT AS 2022 ORDER TO MAINTAIN SIDEWALKS. SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS. DISTRICT NUMBER 20 ADOPTS THE ASSESSMENT RULE AS THE 2022 ORDER TO MAINTAIN SIDEWALK SPECIAL ASSESSMENT. DISTRICT NUMBER 20 SPECIAL ASSESSMENT RULE ADOPTS THE DISTRICT AS THE 2022 ORDER TO MAINTAIN SIDEWALK SPECIAL ASSESSMENT. DISTRICT 20 ADOPTS THE AMOUNT OF $50,227.52, IS THE FINAL AMOUNT FOR THE ASSESSMENT RULE, AND ORDERS THAT AND DIRECTS THE ASSESSMENT RULE TO BE PAID AND COLLECTED. SUPPORT SUPPORTED BY CLERK GUTHRIE. MOVED BY TREASURER DESCHAINE. ANY DISCUSSION? TREASURER DESCHAINE. KNOW THIS OBVIOUSLY REPRESENTS A LOT OF WORK FROM OUR BY OUR DPW OFFICE AND DEPARTMENT, AND THIS IS VERY NECESSARY SIDEWALKS. IF THEY'RE NOT MAINTAINED, IT BECOME TRIP HAZARDS AND OUR RESIDENTS ARE OUT THERE USING OUR SIDEWALKS ALL THE TIME. IF WE DON'T DO THIS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MANY MORE TRIPS AND FALLS AND LIKELY LAWSUITS AGAINST THE TOWNSHIP. SO THIS IS JUST SMART MOVE. THANKS FOR YOUR GOOD WORK BY YOUR TEAM. DAN CLERK GUTHRIE. NO EXTRA COMMENTS. ANYONE ELSE? TRUSTEE TREZISE. IF I READ THE ASSESSMENT RULES CORRECTLY, THE. ALTHOUGH THIS IS A TOTAL EXPENDITURE OF AROUND $50,000, MOST OF THE INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYERS WILL BE PAYING SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 150 AND $300. VERY FEW THAT WERE ABOVE THAT, AND THEY HAVE, I THINK, FIVE YEARS TO PAY IT OFF. SO THIS IS A WHILE. IT IS AN EXPENSE TO THE PROPERTY OWNER. IT IS ALSO A WORTHWHILE EXPENSE FOR THE TOWNSHIP AND VERY REASONABLE. THANK YOU TRUSTEE TREZISE. OTHER BOARD MEMBERS. THIS WE GO THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, YOU KNOW, ONCE EVERY 20 TO 25 YEARS, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, WITH THIS PROGRAM, THIS ONE FROM 2022 HAPPENS TO BE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I CAN CONFIRM THAT THE WORK THAT WAS DONE WAS DONE VERY, VERY WELL. AND THAT WE HAVE I'VE GOT A LOT OF HAPPY NEIGHBORS WHO ARE ABLE TO TAKE THEIR TAKE THEIR WALKS AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ENCOUNTERING GIANT LIPS. AND MY SIX YEAR OLD, WHO'S LEARNING HOW TO RIDE A BIKE, VERY MUCH APPRECIATES THAT AS WELL AS DO I FOR HIS SAFETY. SO WITHOUT ANY FURTHER COMMENT, THE QUESTION IS ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER FIVE FOR THE 2022 ORDER TO MAINTAIN. CAN I HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE? TRUSTEE SUNDLAND. YES. TRUSTEE TREZISE. YES. TRUSTEE WILSON. YES. SUPERVISOR PRO TEM HENRIKSEN. YES. CLERK GUTHRIE. YES. TREASURER DESCHAINE. YES. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. NEXT UP ON OUR AGENDA IS ITEM 12 C. [12.C. Unruh Drain Conversion- Chapter 20 to Chapter 3/4] I NOW KNOW WHY DEPUTY MANAGER OPSOMMER IS NOT LEAVING YET. THE UNRUH DRAIN CONVERSION FROM CHAPTER 20 TO CHAPTER THREE FOR DEPUTY MANAGER OPSOMMER. THANK YOU AGAIN, SUPERVISOR PRO TEM HENDRICKSON. SO I'LL GIVE THE BOARD A DEEPER DIVE ON THIS ONE. OBVIOUSLY, IT WAS BEFORE YOU AT YOUR APRIL 2ND, 2024 MEETING. THIS IS A CONFUSING ONE. ANYTHING INVOLVING THE DRAIN CODE CAN BE CONFUSING. SO JUST AS A REMINDER, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE CONVERTING THE UNREAD DRAIN FROM A CHAPTER 20 DRAIN TO A CHAPTER THREE FOR DRAIN, MEANING THAT WE ARE RELINQUISHING THE DRAIN, WHICH IS THE ACTION THAT THE BOARD TOOK AT THE APRIL 2ND MEETING. [00:25:03] LAST MONDAY, THE UNRUH DRAIN BOARD MET TO APPROVE THAT RELINQUISHMENT. AND WE HAVE NOW ENTERED INTO THE EMERGENCY MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT, WHICH THE BOARD ALSO APPROVED. THE REASON THAT WE ARE RELINQUISHING THE DRAIN IN ORDER TO CONVERT IT TO A CHAPTER THREE FOUR IS THAT UNDER THE CHAPTER 20 PROCESS ANY PETITION WORK. SO SIMILAR TO THE DANIELS DRAIN, WHERE THERE IS A PETITION PASSED THE TOWNSHIP WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ASSESSMENT ROLL. WELL, APPROXIMATELY 80% OF THE COST OF THE ASSESSMENT ROLL, AT WHICH POINT WE HAVE TO MAKE THE DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE GOING TO PASS THOSE COSTS ALONG TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS WHO ALSO RECEIVE BENEFIT THROUGH ANY DRAIN PROJECT. RIGHT. THEY'RE DRAINING THEIR PROPERTY THAT'S PRIVATELY OWNED. CHAPTER 20 WAS ESTABLISHED TO HELP TOWNSHIPS ATTRACT DEVELOPMENT BY BUILDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE NECESSARY TO ATTRACT THAT DEVELOPMENT. AND THAT TIME HAS LONG SINCE PASSED IN THE TOWNSHIP. WE HAVE SEVEN CHAPTER 20S, AND THIS IS THE FIRST OF WHICH THAT WE WILL BEGIN THE RELINQUISHMENT PROCESS. SO TONIGHT BEFORE YOU IS YOUR FINAL STEP TO CONVERT THE CHAPTER 20 DRAIN TO A CHAPTER THREE FOUR. AND SO BEFORE THE BOARD THIS EVENING IS THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CHAPTER THREE APPLICATION FOR THE UNRUH DRAINED DISTRICT, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE SUPERVISOR AND THE CLERK TO EXECUTE THE APPLICATION FOR LAYING OUT AND DESIGNATING THE DRAIN DISTRICT AND THE PETITION FOR LOCATING AND ESTABLISHING AND CONSTRUCTING A DRAIN, WHICH IS KIND OF A VERY LEGALESE WAY OF SAYING WE'RE GOING TO ACT LIKE WE'RE ESTABLISHING THIS DRAIN THAT ALREADY EXISTS, AS IF WE'RE CONSTRUCTING A NEW DRAIN. HENCE SOME OF THE CONFUSING LANGUAGE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING. BUT IN THE END, WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT PAYING AN UNNECESSARY AMOUNT FOR A SPECIAL BENEFIT THAT THE TOWNSHIP DOES NOT RECEIVE FOR THESE CHAPTER 20 DRAINS. THANK YOU. TREASURER DESCHAINE. THIS KIND OF SEEMS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE. THE DRINK COMMISSIONER IS ABOUT TO DO ABOUT $400,000 WORTH OF WORK OVER THERE, AND WE'RE ABLE TO CONVERT IT TO A. NINE, CHAPTER 20 DRAIN TO A THREE QUARTER THREE FOURTHS DRAIN. SO IS THE BILL GOING TO BE PAID BY THE PROPERTY OWNERS AROUND THIS ASSESSMENT DISTRICT? YEAH. SO THIS IS LET ME TAKE A LITTLE BIT. LET ME BACK UP A LITTLE BIT AND TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO WALK THROUGH IT BECAUSE IT'S CONFUSING. SO HYPOTHETICALLY IF IT'S CHAPTER 20 DRAIN AND WE HAVE A LET'S IN THIS CASE IT'S WHAT THEY'RE DISCUSSING DOING IS I WOULD SAY A LARGER MAINTENANCE PROJECT. IT'S KIND OF IT'S ON THAT GRAY AREA, MEANING BETWEEN AN IMPROVEMENT TO THE DRAIN AND MAINTENANCE WORK. THEY ARE UPSIZING THE OUTLET DRAIN PIPE A LITTLE BIT, I THINK FROM 18 TO 21IN, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY. SO IT'S IN THAT GRAY AREA, IS IT MAINTENANCE WORK WHERE YOU'RE JUST REPLACING IN KIND OR IS IT IN AN IMPROVEMENT TO THE DRAIN? BUT EITHER WAY, WITH MAINTENANCE, LARGER MAINTENANCE WORK AND PETITION WORK PETITION WORK WOULD BE SOMETHING LIKE THE DANIELS WHERE YOU'RE DOING A ONCE EVERY 50 YEAR RECONSTRUCTION OF THAT DRAIN. WITH THE CHAPTER 20, THE TOWNSHIP BOARD WOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE NOT TO PETITION. AND THAT WOULD BLOCK A PETITION PROJECT. AND THAT WAS THE BOARD'S DECISION THAT THEY HAD BEFORE THEM IN 2015, WHEN THE PONDS COOPERATIVE WAS ASKING TO PETITION THE DANIELS DRAIN. THEY NEED A PETITION FROM EITHER THE TOWNSHIP, THE ROAD DEPARTMENT OR MDOT. AND MOST IN MOST CASES, IT'S GOING TO BE THE TOWNSHIP THAT ESTABLISHES THAT PETITION PROCESS. THE ACT 51 ENTITIES ARE GOING TO BE RELUCTANT TO DO SO IN ALMOST EVERY INSTANCE. BUT WITH THAT, SO YOU HAVE THE CONTROL OVER WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT TO PETITION THE IMPROVEMENT SO YOU COULD BLOCK THE LARGER PROJECT. THE. THE DIFFICULT PART IS THE NEED CAN STILL BE THERE, RIGHT? AND YOU NEED DRAIN IMPROVEMENTS. AND WITH THE CHAPTER 20, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE THAT, THE BENEFIT IS WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO PETITION OR NOT PETITION. WE'RE LEFT HOLDING 80% OF THE COST. AND THEN WE HAVE TO DO THE ASSESSMENT ROLL TO PASS THAT COST ON TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS WHO ARE RECEIVING THE TRUE BENEFIT BECAUSE THESE ARE ESTABLISHED DRAINS. CHAPTER 20 IS THAT'S REALLY A PROCESS FOR CONSTRUCTING A NEW DRAIN, NOT A PROCESS FOR CONSTRUCTING A DRAIN THAT ALREADY EXISTS. THIS IS PROBABLY SOMETHING WE SHOULD HAVE DONE AT LEAST 15, IF NOT, YOU KNOW, 25 YEARS AGO. WITH A CHAPTER 3-4, WE WOULD HAVE NO ROLE IN THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT PROCESS. WE WOULD ALSO HAVE NO ROLE IN THE PETITION PROCESS. SO THE CHAPTER 34, IT WOULD BE THE DRAIN BOARD FOR THAT DRAIN, WHICH IS A THREE MEMBER BODY APPOINTED BY THE DRAIN COMMISSIONER. AND THAT BOARD WOULD MAKE THE DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT TO PETITION A PROJECT. ONCE THE PROJECT'S PETITIONED, DESIGN AND PERMITTING WILL BEGIN, AND THE PROJECT WILL ALMOST ALWAYS PROCEED TO CONSTRUCTION. [00:30:09] BUT WITH A CHAPTER THREE-FOUR THE TOWNSHIP WOULD ONLY RECEIVE AN AT LARGE ASSESSMENT WHICH IS TYPICALLY GOING TO BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 10 TO 35%, IT COULD BE AS HIGH AS 50. AGAIN, THE TOWER GARDENS DRAINS WERE AN EXAMPLE I GAVE LAST TIME. WE PAID APPROXIMATELY 48 OR 49% AT LARGE ON THAT, AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAD WE WERE RECEIVING A BENEFIT BECAUSE MANY OF THE HOMES HAD SUMP PUMPS THAT WERE CONNECTED TO THE SANITARY SEWER, AND WE DON'T WANT THAT FLOW GOING THROUGH THE SANITARY SEWER BECAUSE WE HAVE TO PAY TO TREAT THAT WATER. SUMP PUMPS REALLY SHOULD BE CONNECTED TO THE DRAIN PIPE AND THE DRAIN SYSTEM, THE STORM DRAIN. AND SO THROUGH THAT PROJECT, WE GOT RID OF THOSE ILLICIT CONNECTIONS TO THE SANITARY AND TIDE THOSE SUMP PUMPS INTO THE STORM. SO WE PAID A LITTLE BIT HIGHER ON THAT. BUT THAT'S BECAUSE THERE WAS A SPECIAL BENEFIT INVOLVED. SO WITH THIS, WE WOULD EXPECT TO RECEIVE A NORMAL AT LARGE ASSESSMENT IN THE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 10 TO 35%. AS WOULD THE ROAD DEPARTMENT AND MDOT AND THEN ALL OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS. SO THE DRAIN OFFICE WILL BE THE ONES WHO ESTABLISH THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ROLE AND ADOPT THE ASSESSMENT ROLE. SO WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT ONEROUS PROCESS AND MORE OR LESS HAVE TO TAKE. FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY BECAUSE THE PUBLIC'S YOU KNOW, IT PUTS US IN THAT AWKWARD POSITION WHERE THE PUBLIC'S ASKING US TO DEFEND THE LARGER PROJECT, WHICH WE HAD NO ROLE IN, THE LARGER PROJECT AND THE CONSTRUCTION AND THE SCOPE OF THAT PROJECT. BUT BECAUSE WE'RE SETTING THE ASSESSMENT ROLL ON CHAPTER 20, THE PUBLIC'S LOOKING TO THE TOWNSHIP, REALLY TO SPEAK TO THAT, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE A ROLE IN THAT PORTION OF THE PROJECT, WE'RE JUST THERE TO DETERMINE WHO RECEIVED BENEFIT WITH A CHAPTER 20. DOES THAT HELP? I KNOW THAT'S CONFUSING.. IT DOES A LITTLE, BUT MY CONCERN IS WE'RE AVOIDING OUR 80% YOU'RE GOING TO OWE HERE. BUT THE RAIN COMMISSIONER IS GOING TO SPEND UP TO $400,000. AND REMEMBER, THEY SPENT FOUR TIMES IN THE DANIELS DRAIN WITH THE ESTIMATED. SO THIS BILL COULD EASILY BE OVER $1 MILLION. SO WE EXPOSING PEOPLE AROUND THIS DRAIN DISTRICT TO THIS MILLION DOLLAR DRAIN ASSESSMENT WHEN IF WE KEPT IT AS A CHAPTER 20, WE WOULD WE COULD HAVE SOME CONTROL OVER THE WILD SPENDING WE GET FROM THE DRAIN COMMISSIONER. THAT'S ONE OTHER HICCUP. SO THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION, TREASURER DESCHAINE. WE CAN PREVENT A PETITION PROJECT WE CANNOT PREVENT FOR A CHAPTER 20 DRAIN. WE CAN PREVENT THE PETITION PROJECT BY NOT PETITIONING THIS BEING MAINTENANCE. NOW, AGAIN, I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT IN THE GRAY AREA, BUT WITH THIS BEING A MAINTENANCE PROJECT, WE CANNOT STOP A MAINTENANCE PROJECT. THERE IS NO PETITION REQUIRED UNDER THE DRAIN CODE FOR A MAINTENANCE PROJECT. AND SO THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE DID TAKE OUR TIME AND THINK THROUGH WHAT IS THE BEST THING TO DO WITH THE CHAPTER 20, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME PROS AND CONS FROM THE TOWNSHIP'S PERSPECTIVE ON A CHAPTER 20. ULTIMATELY, I THINK THERE ARE FEWER PROS THAN THERE ARE CONS. OKAY. BUT IT CERTAINLY IS AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE WEIGHTED CAREFULLY. AND I THINK WE'VE TAKEN THE TIME TO THINK ABOUT THAT. AND THEN THEY APPROACHED US ABOUT THE UPCOMING WORK ON THIS DRAIN, AND WE FIGURED IT WAS TIME TO START THE PROCESS OF CONVERTING THESE SEVEN. OKAY. TRUSTEE TREZISE. YEAH. IT WAS. YOU SAY THAT UNDER THE CHAPTER 20, THE TOWNSHIP WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ABOUT 80% OF THE COST. THAT COST IS STILL A PORTION AMONG THE PROPERTY OWNERS BY THE TOWNSHIP, AS OPPOSED TO BY THE DRAIN COMMISSIONER. SO EVEN UNDER CHAPTER 20, WHILE ON PAPER WE HAVE 80% OF THE RESPONSIBILITY IN PRACTICAL LIFE, WE PASS ON A PROPORTIONATE SHARE DEPENDING ON THE BENEFIT TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS, TO THEM ANYWAY. SO THEY'RE GOING TO PAY THE BILL ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, MOST OF IT. SO THIS IS A DIFFERENCE IN WHO'S WHO, WHO ASSESSES THEM. CORRECT. BUT ALSO ONE SMALL CAVEAT BECAUSE IT'S THE DRAIN CODE. AND THERE JUST ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE ONE SMALL CAVEAT. TRUE. BUT WE HAVE TO KNOW ABOUT THE WORK FAR ENOUGH, FAR ENOUGH IN ADVANCE TO START THE PUBLIC ACT 188 PROCESS IN ORDER TO PASS THE COSTS ON. IN THIS CASE, WE WERE TOLD SO LATE IN THE GAME WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO THAT UNLESS WE AND WE COULD HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. OF COURSE, WE COULD ASK THEM JUST TO STOP, GO THROUGH THE NORMAL CHANNELS, BID IT OUT, THEN IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A MORE EXPENSIVE MAINTENANCE PROJECT FIRST AND FOREMOST. AND THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO THEN HAVE THE TIME TO START THE 188 PROCESS. [00:35:01] IN THIS CASE, THE DRAIN OFFICE DID NOT GIVE US THE TIME THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO TAKE THAT STEP. IT ALSO BECOMES A LITTLE BIT OF A PRO AND CON EVALUATION OR A RETURN ON INVESTMENT FACTOR, BECAUSE HERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 230 TO 400,000 IN BONDING FOR THIS MAINTENANCE PROJECT. BUT IT WOULD COST SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 12 TO 15,000 TO DO THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ROLE, PLUS STAFF TIME. THAT WOULD BE THE EXTERNAL COSTS. JUST TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF CREATING THAT ASSESSMENT ROLE. SO PART OF OUR SAVINGS ARE DILUTED BY THE COST OF JUST GOING THROUGH THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT PROCESS. AND ON TOP OF THAT, 12 TO 15,000, YOU WOULD HAVE THE STAFF TIME THAT MYSELF AND. TOWNSHIP ENGINEER YOUNESS SHRADY WOULD PUT INTO THAT TIME THAT COULD BE SPENT ON OTHER PROJECTS. SO IT'S DEFINITELY A DIFFICULT BALANCE. THERE WAS A TIME WHERE I WAS THINKING THAT THE BOARD MIGHT THE BOARD AND THE TOWNSHIP MIGHT WANT TO KEEP THE CHAPTER20S BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE PROS, BUT KIND OF THE BIG THE BIG PROBLEM ARE THESE LARGER MAINTENANCE PROJECTS. GOTCHA. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS. OKAY, SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS, LOOKS LIKE WE MAY HAVE A MOTION TO MAKE HERE. ANY BOARD MEMBER WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. NOW WOULD BE A GOOD TIME. TRUSTEE TREZISE. I MOVE TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CHAPTER THREE APPLICATION FOR UNRUH DRAIN DRAINAGE DISTRICT AND AUTHORIZE THE SUPERVISOR AND CLERK TO EXECUTE THE APPLICATION FOR LAYING OUT AND DESIGNATING A DRAINAGE DISTRICT AND THE PETITION FOR LOCATING, ESTABLISHING, AND CONSTRUCTING A DRAIN. SECOND, SUPPORTED BY A TRUSTEE SUNDLAND, TRUSTEE TREZISE. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? I DON'T THINK SO. I THINK THIS IS A WISE CHOICE. WE REALLY DON'T HAVE THE EXPERTISE IN-HOUSE TO EVALUATE AND EFFECTUATE THE MAINTENANCE AND CREATION OF DRAINS AT THIS POINT. AND SO THE OPPOSITE DOES HAVE THAT CAPABILITY IS THE DRAIN COMMISSIONER. AND I THINK IT SHOULD BE PLACED THERE. TRUSTEE SUNDLAND. YEAH, I JUST CONCUR WITH THOSE STATEMENTS. YEAH. WE WE WE NEED THIS MAINTENANCE ONGOING, AND WE'VE ALREADY THINKS WE'VE WE'RE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND THE GAME, SO WE'RE CATCHING UP. THANK YOU. YEAH. THE DRAIN COMMISSIONER DOES THIS ALL THE TIME. THIS IS THEIR FUNCTION. AND, YOU KNOW, WE THIS BOARD, MANY OF US SAT THROUGH THE 2022 DANIELS DRAIN DISCUSSION AND SAW, YOU KNOW, WITH VERY LITTLE ANSWERS, VERY FEW ANSWERS THAT WE COULD GIVE AS TO WHY THE ASSESSMENT WAS A CERTAIN WAY SO HIGH AND, YOU KNOW, THE DRAIN, COMMISSIONER, THAT MADE THE PROJECT AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY COST CONTROLS. AND SO YOU KNOW, IT MAKES SENSE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO PETITION THE ORGANIZATION RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT WORK. AND WE SEE THIS HAPPENING ALL ACROSS INGHAM COUNTY FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES AND OTHER DRAINS HERE IN MERIDIAN THAT AREN'T CHAPTER 20. IT MAKES SENSE TO ME THAT WE MAKE THIS CONVERSION AND LET THEM HANDLE THAT. OKAY. DEPUTY MANAGER OPSOMMER, YOU HAVE A COMMENT TO MAKE? YEAH. ONE FINAL THOUGHT TO LEAVE YOU WITH. WHEN YOU LOOK BACK. SO THE PRO IS THAT WE HAVE THE OPTION TO PETITION OR NOT PETITION. IF YOU GO BACK AND WATCH THE MEETINGS IN 2015, WHEN THE PONDS COOPERATIVE WAS ASKING THE TOWNSHIP TO PETITION THE IMPROVEMENT, IF YOU GO BACK AND WATCH IN, ONE OF THOSE BOARD MEMBERS IS HERE THIS EVENING, FORMER TRUSTEE MILTON SCALES THAT BOARD. YOU COULD TELL THEY WEIGHED THAT DECISION VERY HEAVILY. THEY MET FROM JUNE TO, I WANT TO SAY, MAYBE EVEN JANUARY OF THE FOLLOWING YEAR OR IT WAS DECEMBER OF 2015. SO THEY DELIBERATED ALMOST EVERY MEETING FROM JUNE TO DECEMBER OR JANUARY AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE GOING TO PETITION. AND YOU CAN TELL THAT THEY WERE STUCK BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE WITH THE CHAPTER 20, BECAUSE THEIR CHOICE WAS PETITION AND HELP THE RESIDENTS THAT WERE ASKING THEM TO PETITION TO ALLEVIATE THE FLOODING. YOU COULD ALSO TELL THAT THEIR ANXIETY WAS NOT KNOWING THE COST OF THE PROJECT. AND SO EVEN THOUGH THE PETITION IS A BENEFIT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT THROUGH THE LENS OF HINDSIGHT IN HINDSIGHT I WOULD SAY WE WOULD HAVE BEEN WISE IN 2015 TO DO THIS, WHAT YOU'RE DOING RIGHT NOW AND CONVERT IT AND LET THE DRAIN OFFICE BE HELD FISCALLY ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR OWN PROJECT. SO JUST THE FINAL THOUGHT THAT I WOULD LEAVE YOU WITH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [00:40:02] SO THERE'S A MOTION ON THE TABLE TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A CHAPTER THREE APPLICATION FOR THE UNDERDRAIN DRAINAGE DISTRICT AND AUTHORIZE SUPERVISOR AND THE CLERK TO EXECUTE THE APPLICATION. WE'LL HAVE THE CLERK GIVE US A ROLL CALL. VOTE, PLEASE. TRUSTEE TREZISE. YES. TRUSTEE. WILSON. YES. SUPERVISOR PRO TEM HENDRICKSON. YES. CLERK GUTHRIE. VOTES. YES. TREASURER DESCHAINE. YES. TRUSTEE SUNDLAND. YES. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. THANK YOU. IF I DO HAVE ONE OTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTION THAT'S SORT OF GERMANE TO THIS. THIS IS THE FIRST OF SEVERAL THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO CHANGE OVER. AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS FROM OUR LAST MEETING THAT EFFECTING THIS CHANGE BASICALLY MADE US COME UP TO SQUARE ON THE EXISTING MAINTENANCE BILL THAT WE HAVE OUTSTANDING. AT SOME POINT IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT WILL BE ON THE HOOK FOR IF WE DO THAT WITH THE OTHER SIX? YES. AND THAT'S GOING TO ONCE WE GET THROUGH THIS AND WE HAVE A FREE MOMENT, WE'RE GOING TO START PRIORITIZING THE OTHERS IN ORDER. THE DANIELS AND THE PROCTOR WILL BE LESS, PROBABLY BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN MAINTENANCE WORK ON ONE AND A PETITION ON THE OTHER. I THINK MUD LAKE WOULD BE NEXT, BUT WE'LL START GETTING ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS AND THE OUTSTANDING MAINTENANCE FOR EACH OF THOSE SO THAT WE CAN START GETTING AN ACCOUNTING. THANK YOU. BUT I IMAGINE THIS WILL BE A 2 TO 3 YEAR PROCESS AS WE SLOWLY GO THROUGH THIS, BECAUSE THE COUNTY PROCESS IS MUCH LONGER THAN OUR PROCESS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE ITEM 12 D FIRE APPARATUS. [12.D. Fire Apparatus] AND FOR THAT, WE'LL BRING UP CHIEF MIKE HAMEL AND TOWNSHIP MANAGER FRANK WALSH, AND WE'LL LET YOU FIGHT FOR WHO GETS TO GO FIRST. PRO TEM SUPERVISOR AND BOARD. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALLOWING US BACK FOR THE THIRD TIME. I THINK APPRECIATE ALL THE SUPPORT YOU'VE GIVEN US. TWO WEEKS AGO, WE MET AND TALKED, KIND OF ROLLED OUT A PLAN FOR YOU IN REGARDS TO OUR ISSUE WE HAVE WITH THE VEHICLE, WITH THE TRUCK, AND WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO FOR OUR BACKUP? AND MOVING FORWARD YOU ASKED ABOUT FINANCING AND POTENTIALLY THE MOTOR POOL FUND. I'M GOING TO TALK JUST BRIEFLY ABOUT FINANCING, AND I'LL LET MANAGER WALSH COME UP AND TALK ABOUT THE MOTOR POOL. SO WE DID MEET WITH DIRECTOR ANNIE AND MANAGER WALSH AND I AND TALKED ABOUT FINANCING. I DID GET ONE QUOTE FROM THE COMPANY THAT WE WOULD BE BUYING FROM, AND IT'S ABOUT FIVE AND A HALF, 5.6%, DEPENDING ON IF WE FINANCED THE FULL AMOUNT OR PUT SOME MONEY DOWN. ONE THING THAT WE RECOMMEND, AFTER LOOKING AT THIS, BASED ON THE FACT THAT THE FEDS ARE TALKING ABOUT REDUCING THE INTEREST RATES A COUPLE MORE TIMES THIS YEAR WE DO NOT HAVE TO DO THE FINANCING UNTIL FALL. WE WON'T BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THIS VEHICLE UNTIL OCTOBER, NOVEMBER ISH. SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO ANY FINANCING TILL THEN. SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT POTENTIALLY THE INTEREST RATES WOULD COME DOWN BETWEEN NOW AND THEN. TWO MORE POINTS OR TWO MORE, WHATEVER THEY ARE. AND SO IT WOULD NOT REALLY BE A GOOD IDEA TO GET A RATE NOW OTHER THAN WHAT I'VE ALREADY RECEIVED. DOES THAT KIND OF MAKE SENSE ON THAT TO YOU GUYS? OKAY. IN REGARDS TO THE MOTOR POOL AND ADDITIONAL FUNDING, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MANAGER WALSH. THANK YOU, CHIEF. SO THE BIG QUESTION IS FINANCING, RIGHT? AND HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD IF THE BOARD CHOOSES TO GO IN THIS DIRECTION? IT WAS BROUGHT UP AT THE LAST MEETING ABOUT. I THINK IT WAS FROM SUPERVISOR PRO TEM HENRIKSEN ABOUT THE MOTOR POOL FUND, WHICH IS THE FUND THAT JUST TO A BRIEF SYNOPSIS IN THE GENERAL FUND AND ALL OF OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS, THERE IS A LINE ITEM FOR EQUIPMENT RENTAL AND THAT EQUIPMENT RENTALS IN EACH OF THE BUDGETS. AND THEN THAT EQUIPMENT RENTAL GOES INTO THE MOTOR POOL. THAT'S HOW WE BUY VEHICLES. TYPICALLY WE SPEND ON AVERAGE OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS, ABOUT $800,000 A YEAR OUT OF THE MOTOR POOL EXPENSE. THIS LAST YEAR, WE SPENT JUST OVER A MILLION BECAUSE WE WERE GETTING BEHIND, BUT WE STILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT FUND BALANCE IN THERE OF AROUND $600,000. SO DOING AN ANALYSIS DONE AN ANALYSIS FOR THE REMAINING PART OF THE YEAR EXPENSES, REVENUE RATIO, TO SEE IF WE'D BE ABLE TO ALLOCATE $200,000. AND WE CAN AND ALSO WE'VE DONE A PRELIMINARY IT'S PRELIMINARY WITH A CAPITAL P ANALYSIS OF WHERE WE THINK BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ENDED 2023 UNTIL THE AUDITORS TELL US WHERE WE ENDED 2023. AND I THINK WHERE WE ENDED 2023 IS GOING TO BE I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT'S GOING TO BE HIGHER IN THE REVENUE SIDE MINUS THE EXPENSE SIDE. I THINK OUR FUND BALANCE THAT WE PROJECTED AT THE END OF 23 WILL KNOW IN EARLY JUNE WHEN MISS BARNES PRESENTS THE AUDIT TO YOU. BOTTOM LINE IS WE CAN COMMIT $200,000 FROM THE MOTOR POOL, AND WE MAY BE BACK IN FRONT OF YOU SAYING THERE MIGHT BE AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO $400,000, THAT WE DIDN'T ANTICIPATE THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ALLOCATE AFTER THE BUDGET AND THE AUDIT COMES IN. [00:45:08] I JUST WANT TO REITERATE WHAT I'VE SAID BEFORE, THE 2025 BUDGET IS GOING TO BE DAUNTING BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO MAJOR PROJECTS ALREADY THAT ARE ON THE HORIZON. THAT'S THE DORM PROJECT, THE FIRE STATION AND THIS FIRE TRUCK. THAT'S 1,000,006 THAT'S PLANNED FOR 2025, BUT NOT IN THE BUDGET. SO WE'RE GOING TO AND THEN OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE FIRST PAYMENT ON THE STRIKER PLAN, WHICH IS ANOTHER 230 OR 242 5214. SO THERE'S 1,000,008 NEXT YEAR THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT WE DON'T HAVE. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO APPROACH 2025 IN A VERY CAUTIOUS WAY. WHEN WE START LOOKING AT THE BUDGET IN JULY AND AUGUST, BOTTOM LINE, WE CAN COMMIT 200,000. AND I BELIEVE RIGHT NOW IT'S GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN THAT WHEN WE COME BACK FOR YOU AT THE AUDIT TIME AND WE CAN REVISIT THIS. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS. CLERK GUTHRIE. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR PRO TRUMP HENDRICKSON, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE LADDER TRUCK THAT IS OUT OF SERVICE PERMANENTLY? AND THE RECUPERATION OF COSTS FROM THAT, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN SPEAK TO? I MEAN, IS THERE A WAY IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT THIS MONEY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SPENDING, THAT IT'S GOING TO BE REPLACED FROM RECOUPING ANY MONEY FROM THIS TRUCK? SO PRELIMINARY TALKS WITH OUR ATTORNEY. THE BELIEF IS WE WOULD ASK FOR MORE THAN WHAT WE PAID FOR THE VEHICLE, BUT THERE'S NO GUARANTEE WE'RE GOING TO GET MORE THAN WHAT WE PAID, WHICH IS ABOUT 890,000. SO WITH THE OPTIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS A COMPLETE REPLACEMENT OF THE VEHICLE OR PAY US FOR THE VEHICLE. THAT VEHICLE TODAY IS ABOUT 1.3, 1.4 MILLION TO REPLACE. SO IF WE ONLY GET THE 890 BACK, THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENCE FOR A NEW ONE. AND IT WOULD BE 2 TO 3 YEARS TO GET TO GET A NEW ONE. SO THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF VARIABLES WITH THIS WHOLE PROCESS WITH THE TRUCK BEING OUT OF SERVICE AND YOU KNOW, THE LITIGATION AND SUCH. BUT IF YOU HAVE MORE QUESTIONS FOR THE ATTORNEY, HE'S HANDLING THIS, ARE YOU LOOKING FOR MORE MONEY THAN WHAT YOU PAID BECAUSE OF THE LITIGATION LITIGATION COSTS? IS THAT PART OF IT? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SPEAK TO ANY OF THIS AT ALL. CERTAINLY. CLERK GUTHRIE. YES. ON ONE HAND, PART OF OUR ONE OF OUR CLAIMS IN THE LITIGATION IS FOR OUR ATTORNEY'S FEES AND COSTS. WHETHER THAT WOULD BE GRANTED IS UP TO THE COURT. THAT WOULD BE IN EXCESS OF THE DAMAGES FROM THE TRUCK. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SORT OF THE BOTTOM LINE CONTRACT PRICE AND THE MARKET VALUE WHEN WE RECEIVED THE TRUCK. THAT'S PART OF THE ARGUMENT OF HOW TO CALCULATE THE DAMAGES. SO THOSE ARE IN OUR ARGUMENTS. BUT THE ULTIMATE DETERMINATION OF WHAT THE DAMAGES ARE DUE WOULD BE DOWN THE LINE AT THE END OF LITIGATION. AND ARE WE RENTING A TRUCK OR BORROWING A TRUCK FROM ANOTHER COMMUNITY? BORROWING, NOT RENTING. LAST WEEK WE HAD A BREAKDOWN. WE BORROWED A LANSING TOWNSHIP ENGINE FOR TWO DAYS, AND THEN WE HAD A BREAKDOWN YESTERDAY. SO WE'RE ON DAY TWO, WAITING TO SPARTAN HAS THE VEHICLE IN CHARLOTTE WITH SOME BRAKE ISSUES, SO. OKAY. YES, UNTIL THAT'S BACK. BUT BORROWING NOT RENTING. YEAH. BORROWING. YEAH. BLESS THEIR HEARTS THEN. YES. I MEAN, THE MAIN POINT IS. THAT THE COMMUNITIES COVERED. WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS COVERED IN ONE WAY, SHAPE OR FORM, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE RECOUPING SOME OF THESE COSTS FROM THAT LADDER TRUCK THAT WENT OUT. YEAH, WE'VE SET UP SOME CONTINGENCIES WITH OUR NEIGHBORS, WITH LADDER TRUCKS IF WE NEED ONE. WE HAVE AN AUTOMATIC AID PROGRAM WITH EAST LANSING. SO EVERY FIRE THEY HAVE OR EVERY FIRE WE HAVE, WE GO THERE, THEY COME HERE. AND IT'S REALLY TO AUGMENT STAFFING AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH STAFF ON THE SCENE OF A STRUCTURE FIRE. SO WE'RE WORKING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY HAVE ONE TRUCK AT THEIR ON CAMPUS STATION. SO DEPENDING ON WHERE THE FIRE IS, THEY HAVE TO COME A LITTLE BIT FARTHER. BUT THE INTENT FOR THEM WOULD BE TO BRING THAT TRUCK EVERY TIME NOW BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ONE. WELL, THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH THE OTHER COMMUNITIES TO MAKE SURE YOU AND MANAGER WALSH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COVERED HERE IN MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP. THANK YOU. FURTHER DISCUSSION. TREASURER DESCHAINE. CHIEF, DID YOU SAY YOU THINK IF WE APPROVE THIS TONIGHT, YOU THINK YOU COULD HAVE THIS BY THE FALL? THEY'RE SPECULATING OCTOBER, NOVEMBER. OKAY. I HAVE TO GIVE THEM A DECISION BY TOMORROW. I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU. THEY THEY'RE HOLDING IT FOR US. THEY'VE BEEN HOLDING IT FOR THREE WEEKS NOW, SO. YES. WELL, LAST TIME WE DISCUSSED THIS AS A BOARD, THERE WAS UNIVERSAL SUPPORT FOR THIS. THIS INVOLVES THE SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS AND LIFE AND PROPERTY AND TO ME, THERE'S JUST NO QUESTION. WE'VE GOT TO TAKE ACTION. SO I'M GOING TO MOVE TO AUTHORIZE THE TOWNSHIP MANAGER TO SIGN THE APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTS FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE FEN CORPORATION'S G9 PROGRAM ONE PUMPER. FURTHER, THE TOWNSHIP BOARD APPROPRIATES $200,000 FROM THE MOTOR POOL AS A FUTURE DOWN PAYMENT TO REDUCE THE OVERALL INTEREST RATE EXPOSURE. SUPPORT. MOVE BY TREASURER DESCHAINE, SUPPORTED BY TRUSTEE WILSON. [00:50:04] TREASURER DESCHAINE. YEAH, WE NEED WE NEED TO GET THIS MOVING, LIKE THEY'VE HELD ON TO IT THIS LONG. WE DON'T WANT TO RISK LOSING THIS TRUCK. TRUSTEE WILSON. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ADD THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT TO OUR ARSENAL OF FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO BE BORROWING A TRUCK FROM ANOTHER COMMUNITY. IT'S THE LOSS OF THE LADDER TRUCK DUE TO THE QUALITY OF THE WORK IS UNBELIEVABLE. THAT WE GOT STUCK WITH A LEMON FOR THAT PRICE, AND WE NOW HAVE TO TAKE MEASURES TO DO SOMETHING IN THE INTERIM TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY. SO THIS IS WE MUST DO THIS ACTION. TRUSTEE TREZISE. I ALSO POINT OUT THAT THE TRUCK, ONE OF OUR EXISTING TRUCKS, WAS SCHEDULED FOR REPLACEMENT IN 2028, SO THIS IS IN EFFECT, MOVING IT UP THREE YEARS TO GET THE IMMEDIATE PROTECTION. AND WE'LL HAVE TO TRY TO NURSE THIS ONE FOR 23 YEARS RATHER THAN JUST 20. AND WITH THIS YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO BUY ANOTHER BARRING WHATEVER HAPPENS WITH THE LADDER TRUCK, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO BUY ANY OTHER MAJOR APPARATUS UNTIL 2036. SO THIS IS REALLY STEPPING UP OUR REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE REALLY AHEAD OF TIME. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE. SO WE'LL CONSIDER THIS JUST AN ADVANCE ON THE. THE 2027 BOARD WILL THANK US FOR THE JOB I'M DOING NOW FOR REMOVING THIS OUT OF THE 2027-2028 BUDGET. BUT NO, I AGREE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO DO. THE PUBLIC SAFETY IS OUR TOP CONCERN. AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATE EQUIPMENT FOR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT IS SOMETHING THAT WE MUST ENSURE. SO I'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS AS WELL. THIS DOES INVOLVE AN APPROPRIATION, SO WE'LL HAVE CLERK GUTHRIE GIVE US A ROLL CALL. VOTE, PLEASE. TRUSTEE TREZISE. YES. TRUSTEE. WILSON. YES. SUPERVISOR PRO TEM HENDRICKSON. YES. CLERK GUTHRIE VOTES. YES. TREASURER DESCHAINE. YES. AND TRUSTEE SUNDLAND. YES. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. ON BEHALF OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE MEN AND WOMEN, WE APPRECIATE THIS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT UP ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM 12 E THE MEMORANDUM. [12.E. Policy Review Working Group] THE EXCUSE ME MEMORANDUM TO ESTABLISH A POLICY REVIEW WORKING GROUP. THIS IS BROUGHT FORWARD BY MYSELF AND TRUSTEE WILSON. SO I'LL MAKE A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF IT HERE FOR US. WE ARE OBVIOUSLY A POLICY MAKING BODY, AND THAT'S A LOT OF WHAT WE DO HERE. IN ADDITION TO SPENDING, YOU KNOW, BUDGETING THE MONEY FOR THE TOWNSHIP. WE HAVE TAKEN UP, AT THE BEHEST OF THE STAFF AND MANAGEMENT, A NUMBER OF POLICIES OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. UPDATING OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. THE MOST RECENT, I THINK, BEING THE CREDIT CARD POLICY, WHICH WE UPDATED LAST YEAR. THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OTHERS ALONG THE WAY. THAT MY MEMORY IS FAILING ON. BUT THE PROCESS OF HOW SOMETHING COMES TO US AND HOW OFTEN SOMETHING COMES TO US HAS BEEN SORT OF SLOW AND SPENT ONE OFF. AND IT WAS OUR OPINION THAT WE COULD ESTABLISH A WORKING GROUP THAT INVOLVES BOTH BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF, INCLUDING THE TOWNSHIP MANAGER TO IDENTIFY POLICIES OR HOLES THAT NEED TO BE FILLED BY POLICIES. REVIEW WHAT'S PRESENTED AND CREATED AND THEN PRESENT THAT TO THE BOARD FOR ITS FINAL APPROVAL, AND THAT THEY WOULD MEET ON A REGULAR BASIS AND OFFER THESE SUGGESTIONS TO US. SO IN THE PACKET THIS EVENING, THERE ARE TWO MOTIONS. THE FIRST TO ESTABLISH THE POLICY REVIEW WORKING GROUP, AND THE SECOND TO MAKE TWO APPOINTMENTS THAT WE DISCUSSED AT OUR LAST MEETING. SO WITH THAT, I'LL HAND IT OVER TO TRUSTEE WILSON IF SHE'D LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT PRESENTATION. NO, I CONCUR WITH THIS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION. I MOVED TO ESTABLISH THE POLICY REVIEW WORKING GROUP, CONSISTING OF TWO TOWNSHIP BOARD MEMBERS, THE TOWNSHIP MANAGER OR THEIR REPRESENTATIVE, THE HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTOR, AND A RELEVANT ROTATING DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR, DEPENDING ON WHAT POLICY IS BEING ADDRESSED. THAT'S MY SIDE. BASED ON THE POLICY TO BE UPDATED, THE WORKING GROUP WILL RECOMMEND NEW AND REVISED POLICIES TO THE TOWNSHIP BOARD FOR FINAL APPROVAL. TREASURER DESCHAINE I SUPPORT THAT MOTION MOVED BY TRUSTEE WILSON, SUPPORTED BY TREASURER DESCHAINE. TRUSTEE WILSON, ANYTHING TO ADD? NO, I THINK THAT WE'VE COVERED THE SUBJECT. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEEDED TO DO, AND STEPPING IN AND GETTING THIS PROCESS MOVING, I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT AT THIS TIME. [00:55:01] THANK YOU. TREASURER DESCHAINE. I CONCUR, THIS IS ACTUALLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN, I THINK, A STANDING WORKING REVIEW COMMITTEE ALL ALONG. POLICIES CHANGE OVER TIME AND WE NOW HAVE A MECHANISM TO ADDRESS THESE POLICIES, GET THEM FLESHED OUT ROUGH AND REVISED IN THE IN A WORKING GROUP AND BRING IT TO THE BOARD FOR THE LARGER DISCUSSION. SO THIS IS THIS IS OVERDUE AND I'M GLAD WE'RE DOING THIS NOW. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS? TRUSTEE SUNDLAND. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO OFFER MY TIME IF THINGS GET OVERWHELMING OR ANY, YOU KNOW THAT WE NEED ADDITIONAL HELP. I WOULD LIKE TO JUST OFFER MY TIME AS A PREVIOUS HR PERSON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ESTABLISHING A POLICY WORKING GROUP CONSISTING OF TWO TOWNSHIP BOARD MEMBERS, THE TOWNSHIP MANAGER OR THE REPRESENTATIVE AND THE HR DIRECTOR, AND A RELEVANT ROTATING DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR. BASED ON THE POLICY TO BE UPDATED, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, THE MOTION PASSES. WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL MOTION. WE HAD DISCUSSED TWO BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE BACKGROUND AND INTEREST IN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND ENSURING THAT WE ARE ON TOP OF THINGS. SO WE'LL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANY MOTIONS TO BE MADE THERE. TRUSTEE WILSON. THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR PRO TEM, I MOVE TO APPOINT TRUSTEE PETER TREZISE AND CLERK DEBORAH GUTHRIE TO THE BE THE BOARD'S REPRESENTATIVES ON THE POLICY REVIEW WORKING GROUP. TREASURER DESCHAINE. SUPPORT. MOVE BY WILSON, SUPPORTED BY DESCHAINE. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ON THIS? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP ON THE AGENDA IS AGENDA ITEM 12 F, THE RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA LICENSE APPLICATIONS IN ZONES ONE AND FIVE. [12.F. Recreational Marijuana License Applications in Zones 1 & 5] SIMILAR TO OUR PREVIOUS DISCUSSION, WE WILL BIFURCATE THIS AND TAKE THEM ONE AT A TIME. SO FIRST ON THE AGENDA WOULD BE ZONE ONE, THE HASLETT GALLERY, AND WE'LL TURN THINGS OVER TO COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR TIM SCHMIDT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO THE REQUEST IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING, AS MENTIONED WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ZONE ONE. FIRST, THIS IS THE LOCATION, THE SOUTH EAST CORNER OF HASLETT AND OKEMOS ROAD, CURRENTLY HOME TO A EXISTING STRIP CENTER. THE APPLICANT IN THIS LOCATION HAS A GALLERY. WAS ONE OF OUR PREVIOUS MEDICAL LICENSE LOTTERY WINNERS AND HAVE MAINTAINED SPECIAL USE PERMIT APPROVAL FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA. THEY STARTED CONSTRUCTION PRIOR DURING COVID, DID NOT GET THAT FAR, AND ARE NOW WORKING ON RESTARTING THAT CONSTRUCTION TO FINISH UNDER THEIR MEDICAL LICENSE IN ORDER TO START RECREATIONAL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE AS WE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, THE RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA REVIEW COMMITTEE DID REVIEW THIS APPLICATION AND, AND RAISED NO MAJOR CONCERNS. THIS WAS ONE OF THE MORE COMPLETE APPLICATIONS. HOWEVER, THERE WERE TWO QUESTIONS THAT WERE RAISED AT THE LAST TOWNSHIP BOARD MEETING, AND I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON THERE'S A QUESTION ABOUT THE LEASE BEING EXPIRED. IT WAS CLARIFIED THAT THE LEASE TERM IS ACTUALLY SIX YEARS, NOT FIVE, AND THEY WILL BE EXERCISING THE OPTIONS THAT ARE BUILT INTO THE LEASE. SO WE HAVE NO CONCERNS THERE. ADDITIONALLY, THERE WAS A WE WE APPEAR TO HAVE FOUND THE TYPO IN THEIR ORGANIZATIONAL DOCUMENTS. THERE ARE ONLY TWO SHAREHOLDERS CURRENTLY. THEY DO MENTION THREE. AT ONE POINT THERE WAS A APPARENTLY A CONVERSATION ABOUT POTENTIALLY HAVING ONE AND THEY COULD BE ADDED. BUT AT THIS TIME THE OWNERSHIP IS AS LISTED IN THE APPLICATION, 80% TO MR. JAMES DALY AND 20% TO MR. BRIAN DOYLE. AT THIS TIME, THE BOARD DOES HAVE TWO OPTIONS FUNCTIONALLY TO GRANT CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF THE APPLICATION SUBJECT TO THE COMPLIANCE OF ALL LOCAL REGULATIONS AND RULES AND THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES PROCEDURES THAT YOU PREVIOUSLY SET FORTH. THE MAIN ISSUE AS IT RELATES TO THAT IS THEY HAVE NOW A CLOCK WOULD HAVE A CLOCK STARTING OF SUBMITTING THEIR SCP APPLICATION. SO YOU MAY RECALL WE DID PUT A TIMER IN FOR THAT. I BELIEVE IT'S 60 DAYS. THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT BY OR TWO, AT THIS POINT, THE APPLICATION CAN BE DENIED. GIVEN THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE APPLICATIONS THAT NO MAJOR CONCERNS HAVE BEEN RAISED AND THE BOARD DID NOT RAISE ANY HUGE CONCERNS AT THE LAST MEETING. WE WOULD RECOMMEND CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF THE LICENSE. AGAIN, THEY DO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT REVIEW PROCESS NEXT, PRIOR TO THEM BEING ABLE TO GET TO THE POINT OF APPLYING TO THE STATE OF MICHIGAN FOR ACTUAL LICENSURE. AS I'VE MENTIONED, THE THE EARLIEST ANY OF THESE WILL BE OPEN WILL BE PROBABLY FALL. AND WE HAVE INCLUDED THE PREVIOUS REVIEW MEMORANDUM AFTER THE RESOLUTION FOR YOUR REFERENCE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR NEED TO GO OVER ANY OF THE CONDITION [01:00:05] OR ANY OF THE STANDARDS OF REVIEW HAPPY TO DO THAT AGAIN AS WELL. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR SCHMIDT. I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION. BEFORE WE GET TOO FAR DOWN THE ROAD IF YOU COULD REMIND ME, BECAUSE I KNOW WE WENT THROUGH SEVERAL ITERATIONS OF THE THE PROCESS WHEN WE SET THIS UP, A FEW FEELS LIKE MONTHS AND MONTHS AGO. THE SCP PROCESS, IS THAT A TWO HOP AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE BOARD, OR IS IT JUST AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION LEVEL? THE BOARD DID RETAIN REVIEW OF FINAL SUPS. OKAY, SO THE 60 DAYS THEY HAVE TO FILE THE SUP THAT GOES BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEN THEY RECOMMEND ACTION TO THE BOARD. CORRECT. SO THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING CONSISTENT WITH ANY OTHER SPECIAL USE PERMIT. RECOMMEND ACTION TO THE BOARD. THE BOARD HAS THE OPTION THEN TO HOLD AN ADDITIONAL PUBLIC HEARING IF YOU SO CHOOSE. GOT IT. SO WE WOULD LIKELY SEE THIS SOMETIME IN JULY IS MY GUESS ENTIRELY UP TO WHEN THEY APPLY AT THIS POINT. I GUESS IF THEY COULD PUT THEIR APPLICATION IN TOMORROW. BUT CERTAINLY. WELL, OKAY. VERY GOOD. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? TREASURER DESCHAINE HAVE YOU VISITED THE PROPERTY? IS THERE ANY PRE-INSPECTION GOING ON? WHEN'S THE LAST TIME THIS BUILDING WAS LOOKED AT BY ANYONE IN THE TOWNSHIP? STAFF THIS SPECIFIC SUITE? YES. WE WERE ACTUALLY OUT THERE TWO WEEKS AGO, I BELIEVE, TO DO A STATUS INSPECTION. SO ANY TIME A PERMIT EXPIRES BEFORE WE WILL REINSTATE OR REISSUE A NEW PERMIT, OUR POLICY IS TO INSPECT THE SPACE OR INSPECT THE HOUSE BEFORE WE CONTINUE. SO WE ALL HAVE A BASELINE OF WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE'RE GOING. SO WE DID AN INSPECTION. IT'S PARTIALLY ROUGHED IN AT THIS POINT. IT'S IT'S NOT THAT FAR ALONG, BUT IT'S FAR ENOUGH ALONG. YOU KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A RETAIL SPACE. IT'S IN IT'S IN GOOD WORKING ORDER FOR A UNDER CONSTRUCTION SPACE. IT MEETS ALL THE COMMERCIAL CODE REQUIREMENTS FOR A PROPERTY LIKE THIS. YEAH. WE HAVE ISSUED I BELIEVE WE HAVE OFFICIALLY NOW ISSUED THE PERMIT TO BEGIN WORK ANEW. THERE WILL BE OBVIOUSLY PLUMBING, MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL PERMITS SEPARATE. I BELIEVE WE'VE ISSUED MECHANICAL ON THIS, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. BUT, YES, IT WILL GO THROUGH THE NORMAL COURSE OF ACTION. HAS TO MEET ALL THE MICHIGAN BUILDING CODE REQUIREMENTS. MICHIGAN PLUMBING, MICHIGAN ELECTRICAL AND MICHIGAN MECHANICAL. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OTHER BOARD MEMBERS. OKAY. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? OKAY, I'LL READ IT. MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION GRANTING CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF THE RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA LICENSE APPLICATION TO HASLETT GALLERY, LLC FOR THE PROPOSED MARIJUANA RETAILER LOCATION AT 2119 HASLETT ROAD, SUITE A. THE PROPERTY IS ZONED C1 COMMERCIAL AND IS LOCATED WITHIN THE MARIJUANA FACILITIES OVERLAY DISTRICT. MOVED BY TRUSTEE SUNDLAND. SUPPORT. SUPPORTED BY TRUSTEE TREZISE. TRUSTEE SUNDLAND, ANY COMMENTS? NO, I THINK THIS IS WELL ALONG IN THE PROCESS. AND AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THEM PROGRESS AND GET, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE FACILITIES GOING. YEAH. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE TREZISE. NO, I THINK THIS WAS A STRONG APPLICATION. I SEE NO REASON, GIVEN THAT THE DECISION HAS BEEN MADE TO PERMIT MEDICAL AND RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA. I SEE NO BASIS TO TURN THIS ONE DOWN. OTHER BOARD MEMBERS. I'LL ADD THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, AS DIRECTOR SCHMITT POINTED OUT, A VERY STRONG APPLICATION THAT MEETS THE CRITERIA THAT WERE CRITERIA THAT WERE PUT BEFORE US. AND IT WAS REVIEWED BY THE REVIEW COMMITTEE AND RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL. AS PER THE PROCESS ESTABLISHED BY THE TOWNSHIP BOARD. AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, I THINK, A VERY SUITABLE APPLICATION. THERE WERE NO OTHER COMPETITIVE APPLICATIONS FOR THIS PARTICULAR SPACE. AND SO I WILL SUPPORT APPROVING A CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF THE LICENSE APPLICATION HERE BEFORE US. ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS? SEEING NONE, CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? YES. TRUSTEE WILSON. YES. SUPERVISOR PRO-TEM HENDRICKSON. YES. CLERK GUTHRIE VOTES YES. TREASURER DESCHAINE. YES. TRUSTEE SUNDLAND. YES. AND TRUSTEE TREZISE. YES. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. THANK YOU CLERK GUTHRIE. NEXT UP IS 12 F, PARENTHESES FIVE. THE RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA LICENSE APPLICATION FOR ZONE FIVE, SANDDS WITH TWO D'S MERIDIAN. AND WE'LL HAND THINGS BACK TO DIRECTOR SCHMITT. YEAH. BRIEFLY THIS IS THE APPLICATION LOCATED IN ZONE FIVE, WHICH IS EAST AND WEST SIDES OF OKEMOS ROAD, BETWEEN ROUGHLY BETWEEN JOLLY AND JOLLY [01:05:03] OAK. IT KIND OF JOGS IN AND OUT. SO THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION IS THE SHOPPING CENTER TO THE NORTH OF THE 7-ELEVEN. THIS APPLICANT IS THE SISTER APPLICANT TO THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA LOTTERY WINNER. IT'S THE SAME PEOPLE, DIFFERENT LLC. AS I MENTIONED, ALL OF THESE ARE DIFFERENT LLCS. THAT'S HOW THIS INDUSTRY APPEARS TO PROCEED. WAS THE ONLY APPLICANT IN THIS DISTRICT, AND FRANKLY, THIS WAS PROBABLY THE BEST APPLICATION THAT WE GOT. THEY DO HAVE, AS WE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, TEMPORARY OCCUPANCY ON THE SPACE ARE WORKING WITH THE STATE FOR ISSUANCE OF THE MEDICAL LICENSE AND WORKING ON FINAL CARPENTRY FOR THE ACTUAL CASES FOR THE FACILITY. WHICH WILL GET THEM TO FINAL OCCUPANCY. THEY GOT A COUPLE OF MINOR ENGINEERING ISSUES TO ADDRESS AS WELL, BUT ARE WELL ON THEIR WAY TO BEING OPEN AND CONSISTENT WITH YOUR COMMENT ABOUT SUBMITTING TOMORROW. THEY HAVE, IN FACT, ALREADY SUBMITTED. AND SO WE'LL BE GOING TO THE TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AT THEIR NEXT MEETING. THE REVIEW COMMITTEE DID REVIEW THIS APPLICATION, FOUND NO MAJOR ISSUES, AND THE TOWNSHIP BOARD ACTUALLY HAD NO COMMENTS ON THIS AT THEIR LAST MEETING. AND SO CONSISTENT WITH THAT ACTION, WE WOULD RECOMMEND CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF THIS LICENSE. YOU WILL TO ANSWER THE QUESTION OF TIMING, IT'S LIKELY THAT YOU WILL SEE THIS MATTER BACK. THE SECOND MEETING IN JUNE WITH ACTION IN JULY. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR SCHMITT. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IS THERE A MOTION THAT WOULD BE MADE? CLERK GUTHRIE I MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION GRANTING CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF THE RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA LICENSE APPLICATION TO SANDDS MERIDIAN, LLC FOR THE PROPOSED MARIJUANA RETAILER LOCATION AT 3005 20 OKEMOS ROAD SUITES NINE AND TEN. THE PROPERTY IS ZONED C2 COMMERCIAL AND IS LOCATED WITHIN THE MARIJUANA FACILITIES OVERLAY DISTRICT. MOVED BY CLERK GUTHRIE. DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? SUPPORT. SUPPORTED BY TRUSTEE TREZISE. CLERK GUTHRIE, ANY COMMENTS. THIS APPLICATION WAS VERY THOROUGH. THE COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD AT THE LAST MEETING WERE GRATEFUL FOR A THOROUGH APPLICATION. IT WAS EASY TO READ, EASY TO UNDERSTAND EASY TO KNOW THE INTENT, EASY TO KNOW AT WHAT POINT IN THE PROCESS THEY WERE AT. WHO WHO THE OWNERS WERE AND WHO WAS PART OF PART OF MAKING THIS APPLICATION IN FRONT OF MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP. AND SO I KNOW OUR COMMENTS WERE THANKING THE APPLICANTS FOR THE APPLICATION THAT THEY BROUGHT BEFORE US AND THAT THEY BROUGHT BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION MAKING THE, THE, THE DECISION EASIER ON US BECAUSE ALL OF THE QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED REGARDLESS OF WHICH WAY WE WANT. ALL OF THE QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED. AND SO WE KNEW WE COULD MAKE A DECISION BASED OFF OF THAT. THANK YOU CLERK GUTHRIE. TRUSTEE TREZISE. I HAVE LITTLE TO ADD TO THAT OTHER THAN AGAIN, I SEE NO BASIS TO TURN THIS DOWN. THEY HAVE COMPLIED WITH ALL OUR REQUIREMENTS. THEY HAVE RECEIVED STATE APPROVAL FOR THEIR MEDICAL MARIJUANA AND. ARE GOING FORWARD WITH THIS AND I WOULD SUPPORT. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE TREZISE. TREASURER DESCHAINE. ANOTHER QUESTION FOR DIRECTOR SCHMITT. IF YOU VISITED THIS SITE RECENTLY AND WHAT I TAKE IT THEY ARE MUCH FURTHER ALONG IN TERMS OF BEING READY TO OPEN THAN THE HOW'S THE ROAD SITE IS. YEAH, I WAS ACTUALLY IN THIS SITE PERSONALLY WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS, I BELIEVE. AT WHICH POINT THEY WERE TRYING TO GET OCCUPANCY BY THE END OF THE YEAR, BASICALLY, I'M SURE, FOR TAX PURPOSES OF SOME SORT. AND OUR INSPECTORS HAVE BEEN IN SINCE THEN, OBVIOUSLY TO FINAL THINGS OUT. IT IS A COMPLETED IT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN THIS BECAUSE IT'S NOT A WHITE BOX. IT'S BEYOND A WHITE BOX, BUT THERE IS NO FIXTURES YET. THAT'S THE LAST PIECE. THEY'RE DETERMINING THE ACTUAL FIXTURING. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING FROM A BUILDING CODE PERSPECTIVE. WE PARTICULARLY CARE ABOUT THAT MUCH AS LONG AS IT'S IN THE AREA YOU TELL US IT'S IN. WE'RE MORE WORRIED THAT IT WAS BUILT CORRECTLY. AND SO, YEAH, THIS IS THEY'RE IN GOOD SHAPE. THEY ACTUALLY HAVE SHARED PLANS WITH US TO GIVE THE SHOPPING CENTER A FACELIFT, ACTUALLY, IN THE COMING YEAR AS WELL, BECAUSE THEY OWN THE SHOPPING CENTER. SO WE EXPECT TO SEE A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF WORK HAPPENING DOWN THERE THIS YEAR. WHAT ROLE DOES LAURA PLAY IN TERMS OF APPROVING THE ACTUAL FACILITIES BEFORE THEY'RE GIVEN THEIR THEIR FINAL LICENSE TO OPERATE? THERE'S ALSO AN INSPECTION BY LAURA PRIOR TO FINAL ISSUANCE OF THE PERMIT TO ENSURE THAT EVERYTHING IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE APPLICATION. [01:10:04] SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR SECURITY CAMERAS. THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A LOT OF THE SAME THINGS WE ARE. YEP. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE COMMENTS. SEEING NONE, WE'LL HAVE A ROLL CALL. VOTE, PLEASE. SUPERVISOR PRO TEM HENDRICKSON. YES. CLERK GUTHRIE VOTES. YES. TREASURER DESCHAINE. YES. TRUSTEE SUNDLAND. YES. TRUSTEE TREZISE. YES. AND TRUSTEE WILSON. YES. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. THAT CONCLUDES ITEM 12 ON OUR AGENDA. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS ITEM 13A, RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA LICENSE APPLICATION IN ZONE FOUR. [13.A. Recreational Marijuana License Application in Zone 4] AND DIRECTOR SCHMITT IS WITH US YET AGAIN. I DO NOT LEAVE. THE REQUEST IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING. THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE DISCUSSION FROM THE APRIL 2ND MEETING. THERE WAS A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF CONVERSATION BACK AND FORTH WITH THE APPLICANT AND THE BOARD AT THE APRIL 2ND MEETING. AND GIVEN THAT WE WERE SHORT A COUPLE MEMBERS AT THAT MEETING, AND THE DECISION WAS MADE TO BRING THIS BACK FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION, I DO KNOW THAT THE APPLICANT DOES HAVE A PRESENTATION THEY WOULD LIKE TO GIVE TO TRY AND CLARIFY SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE DISCUSSED. AND TOWNSHIP ATTORNEY KUSHEL IS HERE AS WELL, AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO HIM IF HE HAS ANY COMMENTS. I HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENTS AT THIS TIME. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU DIRECTOR SCHMITT. ATTORNEY KUSHEL I SECOND DIRECTOR SCHMITT. AND WE'LL ONLY GET BUILT BY THE WORD IF YOU WANT TO GO THAT WAY. NO THANK YOU, NO THANK YOU. IF IT'S THE BOARD'S PLEASURE, I THINK A PRESENTATION FROM THE APPLICANT WOULD BE APPRECIATED. IN ORDER TO TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT RESPONSE TO SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE AT OUR LAST MEETING. SO, PLEASE, IF YOU WOULD AND THEN GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. I WANT TO THANK THE TOWNSHIP BOARD VERY MUCH FOR HEARING. MY NAME IS ANDERSON GRANDSTAFF. I CURRENTLY LIVE AT 238 SUMMIT STREET IN YPSILANTI, MICHIGAN. I HAVE BEEN RETAINED AS A CORPORATE COUNSEL BY THE APPLICANT OKEMOS LOCAL INVESTMENTS, AND I'M VERY PLEASED TO SPEAK WITH YOU BRIEFLY ABOUT THIS APPLICATION. I'D LIKE TO THANK DIRECTOR SCHMIDT FOR COMMUNICATING WITH US AND GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THIS PRESENTATION. AND HE'S ADVISED ME TO KEEP IT CONCISE. AND I KNOW THAT THERE WAS ALREADY CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION AT THE LAST MEETING. NOW, I HAVE THREE GOALS IN MAKING THIS PRESENTATION, AND I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING, I CERTAINLY LOOK FORWARD TO A COOPERATIVE AND BOUNTIFUL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TOWNSHIP BOARD. OUR GOALS ARE NOT AT ALL TO BE ADVERSARIAL. I MERELY WANT TO EXPLAIN WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED. CLARIFY WHAT WE BELIEVE THE CORRECT CRITERIA. SORRY, WHAT THE CORRECT PROCESS IS FOR REVIEWING THIS APPLICATION, AND THEN REASSURE THE TOWNSHIP BOARD THAT THE APPLICANT IS TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY, THAT THE APPLICANT IS WILLING TO DO WHATEVER, WITHIN REASON, TO WORK WITH THE BOARD TO GET THIS APPROVED NOW. AND I CAN ALREADY SEE THAT SOME THINGS MAY HAVE BEEN LOST IN THE EMAIL TRANSLATION ON IT HERE. I WANTED TO BRIEFLY BEGIN BY TALKING ABOUT THE APPLICATION THAT WAS ALREADY SUBMITTED, AND IN PARTICULAR, I WANTED TO FOCUS ON CRITERION SEVEN. MANY OF THE CRITERION, THE CRITERIA, AS YOU KNOW, WERE PRETTY PERFUNCTORY. THEY ASKED YOU TO LIST THE MEMBERS THEY ASKED YOU TO ATTACH A CHECK. CRITERION IS WHERE IT ASKS FOR THE BUSINESS AND OPERATION PLAN, AND THERE ARE SEVERAL SUB REQUIREMENTS WITHIN THAT. NOW OLI'S APPLICATION IT WAS ATTACHED TO PAGES 53 TO 60. WE'RE LOOKING TO OPERATE A RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA RETAILER FACILITY WITH 10 TO 15 EMPLOYEES SELLING TYPICAL PRODUCTS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE IN THIS. WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO HAVE ANY PESTICIDES, NUTRIENTS OR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS USED AT THIS SOCIETY. NOW, THE REQUIREMENTS LISTED FOR A SECURITY PLAN HERE, WHICH I'M SURE THE BOARD IS ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH, WE DO BELIEVE THAT THEY WERE MET. OLI'S SECURITY PLAN CALLS FOR SOPHISTICATED 24 HOUR, 724 SEVEN SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM WITH HIGH RESOLUTION CAMERAS, ALARM SYSTEMS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT WITH SILENT ALARM TRIGGERS AND THAT GSA CERTIFIED SAFE. WE DO BELIEVE THAT MANY OF THE ASPECTS OF THE SECURITY PLAN DID GO ABOVE AND BEYOND. PER THE COMPETITIVE REVIEW CRITERIA WE ARE INSTALLED, WE ARE PLANNING TO INSTALL, PHYSICAL BARRIERS THAT WILL BE TASTEFUL ESTHETICALLY AND ALSO DETER SMASH AND GRAB ROBBERIES. AND THEY'LL BE SIMILAR TO THE ONES THAT YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURE ON THIS SLIDE HERE. THERE WILL ALSO BE A WIDER MESH SYSTEM THAT WILL PROVIDE EXTRA SECURITY FOR THE SECURE STORAGE AREA OF THIS FACILITY, AND THERE ARE PICTURES OF IT THAT THAT ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION. NOW THIS SLIDE SEEMS TO HAVE FAILED TO COME THROUGH IN THE EMAIL, BUT THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO QUICKLY MENTION WAS THAT THE APPLICATION ALLOWED US TO MAKE OTHER ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURES THAT WE WOULD BELIEVE WOULD BE USEFUL FOR THE REVIEW BOARD AND FOR THE TOWNSHIP BOARD, AND THAT WE DID ATTACH A TRAFFIC IMPACT ASSESSMENT THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY [01:15:04] SUBMITTED, AND THAT WAS PART OF THE PREVIOUS MEDICAL APPLICATION THAT WAS APPROVED. NOW, THE COMPETITIVE REVIEW FACTORS I DID WANT TO HONE IN ON, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THEY WERE DISCUSSED WITH A BIT LESS DETAIL AT THE LAST MEETING THAN THE ONES THAT WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT. THEY'RE LISTED HERE. I SEE AGAIN, THE EMAIL HAS CUT SOME OF THEM OFF, BUT THE FIRST CRITERION IS THE CONTENT AND SUFFICIENCY OF THE APPLICATION MATERIALS, AND I BELIEVE IT'S EVIDENCED BY THE APPLICATION. WE DIRECTLY LOOK AT THE APPLICATION FORM AND GOING THROUGH THIS AND TRY TO MODEL OUR RESPONSE BASED ON THOSE CRITERIA AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE. AND WE DO BELIEVE THAT WE PRODUCE RESPONSES THAT WERE AT LEAST SATISFYING, IF NOT AN EXCESS OF ALL THOSE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FOR THE REGULATORY ORDINANCE, THE CONSISTENCY OF LAND USAGE. THIS IS SOMETHING I WANTED TO FOCUS ON. WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE LANDOWNER TO USE THE PROPERTY FOR A RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA RETAILER. NOW. PREVIOUSLY, PLANS WERE SUBMITTED TO CONSTRUCT A NEW BUILDING AT THIS LOCATION AND LATER ON OLI DECIDED THAT THEY WANTED TO RETAIN THE EXISTING STRUCTURE. NOW, THIS WAS PARTLY MOTIVATED BY A DESIRE TO KEEP THE ESTHETICS OF THE BUILDING CONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING PROPERTY USAGE, AND I DID BELIEVE THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO NOTE, AND I WANT TO SKIP AHEAD TO THIS MAP HERE, THAT THE RED PARCEL THAT YOU SEE ON THIS MAP HERE IS THE PROPOSED LOCATION OF THE FACILITY AND THE BLUE PARCEL. THE BLUE SHADED AREAS ARE THE PARCELS THAT ARE OWNED BY THE SAME LANDOWNER. IN OTHER WORDS, THIS USAGE IS GOING TO BE CONSISTENT. IT'S GOING TO BE MAINTAINED IN IT'S GOING TO BE MAINTAINED CONSISTENTLY WITH HOW THE LAND WAS BEING USED BEFORE BACKING UP A BIT TO DEMONSTRATE A BUSINESS COMPETENCY, WHICH IS A PARAPHRASING OF CRITERION NUMBER THREE HERE. THE STAKEHOLDERS HERE HAVE EXPERIENCE IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT MARIJUANA BUSINESSES OPERATING IN THE MICHIGAN CANNABIS INDUSTRY. THE PROPOSED MANAGER FOR THIS FACILITY WOULD BE SAM PERNICK, WHO CURRENTLY OWNS BLUE SKY CANNABIS COMPANY IN BELLEVILLE. THAT COMPANY ENJOYS A VERY HIGH REPUTATION IN THE COMMUNITY AND IN THE INDUSTRY. NUMBER FOUR, THIS IS ONE THAT I WANTED TO REALLY FOCUS ON BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT SEVERAL CONCERNS WERE RAISED ABOUT THIS ODOR, TRAFFIC AND NOISE MITIGATION. NOW IN THE INITIAL APPLICATION AND IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES, OLI INDICATED THAT WAS GOING TO USE CARBON FILTERS THROUGHOUT SCHEDULED THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY IN THE HVAC SYSTEM TO MITIGATE ANY ODOR. I CANNOT SAY ENOUGH THAT I WORK ON A DAILY BASIS IN A FACILITY THAT USES THESE CARBON FILTERS, AND THEY ARE INCREDIBLY EFFECTIVE TO THE POINT WHERE OFTEN I CANNOT AT ALL DETECT MARIJUANA, EVEN IF I'M WITHIN THE BUILDING ONLY TEN 20FT AWAY FROM WHERE IT'S ACTIVELY BEING PACKAGED. I DO THINK THAT THERE ARE AN EFFECTIVE WAY OF DOING THIS. AND IN ANY EVENT, THE THE PEOPLE MOST LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED BY THIS ARE THE ARE THE PROPERTIES OWNED BY THE PROPERTY OWNER WHO IS ALREADY SIGNED OFF ON THE PLAN. NOW, TYPICALLY THERE AREN'T ANY SIGNIFICANT NOISE CONCERNS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH FACILITIES LIKE THIS, AND OLI DOES NOT BELIEVE THAT THAT WILL BE A PROBLEM IN THE FUTURE. NOW WE DID AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE DID INCLUDE A TRAFFIC IMPACT ASSESSMENT, AND OLI IS COMMITTED TO MAKING ANY REQUIREMENT TAKING ANY ACTIONS THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THAT ASSESSMENT AND ANY REASONABLE ACTIONS TO MAKE THAT WORK. COMMITMENT TO MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP. WE HAVE IN OUR SOCIAL EQUITY PLAN THAT WAS INCLUDED WITH OUR SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES, A COMMITMENT TO HIRING LOCAL MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS AND TO HIRING PEOPLE WHO ARE DISADVANTAGED BY MARIJUANA PROHIBITION. WE ALSO HAVE A COMMITMENT TO PAYING OUR EMPLOYEES A LIVING WAGE. AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH MR. PERNICK HAS SHOWN THAT HE TAKES THIS COMMITMENT VERY SERIOUSLY. NOW WE'VE ALSO. THE LAST CRITERION I WANT TO DISCUSS IS THE SUFFICIENCY OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES, OLI DISCLOSED DISCLOSED AGREEMENTS WITH ONE OF ITS INVESTORS THAT WERE SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE DETAILED LIST AND BREAKDOWN OF MATERIALS THAT OLI PLANNED TO USE IN ORDER TO CONSTRUCT ITS FACILITY. I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS MEETS THE COMPETITIVE REVIEW CRITERIA NOW, I WE ALSO SUBMITTED A UPDATED SECURITY PLAN, WHICH WAS FAR MORE DETAILED WITH OUR SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES LAYING OUT WHERE ALL THE CAMERAS WOULD BE LOCATED ALSO DEMONSTRATING THAT WE ALREADY HAD A ALARM SYSTEM VENDOR LINED UP WITH DIGITAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE PROTECTION SERVICES. THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION LAST WEEK, AND I KNOW THAT MOST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WERE ALREADY HERE REGARDING THE SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES THAT WE MADE REGARDING PRIOR ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE CRA, AND I WON'T RETREAD THAT TO SAY THAT BLUE SKY CANNABIS COMPANY, WHICH IS CURRENTLY MANAGED BY MR. PURNICK, WHO WOULD BE THE MANAGER OF THE PROPOSED FACILITY, HAS A FAIRLY GOOD RECORD ON THIS WITH NO ISSUANCE OF FORMAL COMPLAINTS AND MOST OF THOSE ISSUES BEING, AND MOST OF THE OTHER ISSUES BEING QUICKLY RESOLVED. WE DID SUBMIT, PER THE REVIEW BOARD'S REQUEST, OTHER SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES LISTING PREVIOUS ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE CRA AGAINST ONE OF THE OTHER STAKEHOLDERS [01:20:04] AN ENTITY THAT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH ONE OF THE OTHER STAKEHOLDERS, MR.. BALDORI. AND THOSE ISSUES MAINLY WERE ROOTED IN MR. BALDORI FACILITY, TRANSITIONING FROM BEING A MEDICAL FACILITY TO A RETAIL FACILITY. THERE ARE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS INVOLVED IN THIS, AND A LOT OF IT IS ROOTED IN THE STATE'S METRIC SYSTEM, HOW YOU HAVE TO LOG THE TRANSFER OF PRODUCTS. AND ALSO THERE WERE THERE WERE THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH AN EMPLOYMENT CONSIDERATION. I WANT TO SAY THAT MR. BALDORI IS NOT INVOLVED IN THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS OF THAT FACILITY, NOR DOES HE ANTICIPATE BEING INVOLVED IN THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS OF THIS FACILITY. BUT I ALSO DO WANT TO NOTE THAT AS SOON AS MR. BALDORI BECAME AWARE OF THOSE ISSUES, HE IMMEDIATELY TOOK CORRECTIVE ACTION, AND THEY HAVE SINCE BEEN RESOLVED. OTHER THAN THAT, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS THE SUFFICIENCY OF THE EMPLOYEE TRAINING AND SECURITY PROCEDURES. SO WE'LL BE BACKGROUND CHECKS. THEY WILL RECEIVE TRAINING FOR SPECIFIC COMMON SCENARIOS THAT COULD THREATEN THE OPERATION OF MARIJUANA FACILITIES, SANITATION PROCEDURES. THERE WILL BE HANDWASHING STATIONS, A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF BATHROOMS, AND CORRECTIVE ACTIONS WILL BE TAKEN AGAINST EMPLOYEES WHO BREAK THOSE PROCEDURES. ALL OF THE WASTE AND DISPOSAL PRACTICES WILL COMPLY WITH THE [INAUDIBLE] AND WE WILL USE ALL ALL SUFFICIENT TECHNIQUES THERE. IT'S LISTED IN DETAIL WITHIN OUR SUBMISSIONS. ODOR MITIGATION AND CONTROL, WE'VE, I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN ABOUT SOCIAL EQUITY PLAN, I'VE ALSO ALREADY SPOKEN ABOUT. TURNING BACK TO THE POINT TWO OF THE OVERALL PRESENTATION ON THIS HERE, I WANTED TO MAKE SOMETHING VERY CLEAR, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE BOARD HAS BEEN VERY ENGAGED, AND I CAN TELL BECAUSE HAVING WATCHED THE VIDEO OF THE LAST MEETING, THAT YOU ALL TAKE YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES VERY SERIOUSLY. THE MAIN POINT I WANTED TO CLARIFY IS THAT THIS IS THE ONLY APPLICATION THAT WAS SUBMITTED FOR ZONE FOUR, AND THESE APPLICATIONS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE EVALUATED ON THEIR OWN MERITS, WITHOUT ANY DIRECT COMPARISONS TO THE OTHER APPLICATIONS THAT WERE SUBMITTED. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT TO STRESS. I ALSO WANTED TO INDICATE THAT AFTER WE HAD THE MEETING WITH THE REVIEW BOARD, WE MADE SUBSTANTIAL EFFORTS TO SUBMIT ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION TO SUPPLEMENT OUR INITIAL APPLICATION. AND WE ARE AND WE BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE SUBMITTED SUFFICIENT MATERIALS TO COVER BOTH THE INITIAL THE REGULATORY ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS AND THE COMPETITIVE REVIEW REQUIREMENTS. AND THE LAST THING I WOULD SAY ON THIS IS THE THIRD POINT, REASSURANCES. I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE HAS BEEN AT SOME POINT, A DISCONNECT IN THIS, AND I WANTED TO STATE TO THE BOARD THAT OLI IS TAKING THIS PROCESS VERY SERIOUSLY, AS EVIDENCED BY THE COMMITMENT HERE WITH TWO OF THE STAKEHOLDERS SHOWING UP, CONTAINING MYSELF AND HAVING US HERE TO SPEAK WITH YOU. I ALSO HAVE A COLLEAGUE HERE, ZACHARY LASK, WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THE BUILD OUT OPERATIONS AND A RELATED BUSINESS IN ECORSE, WHICH IS A BUILDING THAT IS BEING CONVERTED FROM A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING INTO A COMMERCIAL BUILDING SIMILAR TO WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED HERE. AND I KNOW THAT MR. LASK WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THAT PROCESS. I ALSO WANT TO STATE THAT MR. PURNICK, I BELIEVE, IS A VERY CONSCIENTIOUS EMPLOYER AND A VERY HARD WORKING PERSON WHO WILL TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY AND WHO CARES DEEPLY ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT HE WORKS FOR. AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY, IF OUR APPLICATION IS GIVEN CONDITIONAL APPROVAL, OLI WILL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO WORK WITH MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP. THE TOWNSHIP BOARD TO CREATE A VIBRANT AND SUCCESSFUL LOCAL BUSINESS. WITH THAT, I WILL JUST SAY THAT MR. LASK IS HERE. I KNOW THAT THERE'S SEVERAL QUESTIONS WERE RAISED ABOUT THE THE CONVERSION OF A RESIDENTIAL INTO A COMMERCIAL FACILITY, BUT I DON'T WANT TO OVERSTATE MY WELCOME. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD HAS, AS WOULD MR. LASK, AND I'M SURE MR. PURNICK OR MR. BALDORI, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. SO BOARD MEMBERS, THIS WAS BROUGHT BACK BEFORE US AS WE HAD A COUPLE OF ABSENCES AT OUR LAST MEETING. AND THERE WAS THERE WAS A ROBUST DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD AT THAT TIME. AND I AGAIN, WE'LL THANK THE APPLICANT FOR BRINGING THIS BACK BEFORE US. I KNOW THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT WERE RAISED, AND I THINK THIS WAS AN INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION. SO WE'LL TURN THINGS OVER NOW TO THE BOARD FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION. IF THERE IS ANY ON THIS ITEM. TREASURER DESCHAINE. QUESTION FOR DIRECTOR SCHMITT. HAVE YOU VISITED THIS PROPERTY? I DRIVE PAST THIS HOUSE EVERY WEEK ON THURSDAY NIGHT ON MY WAY TO PLAY REALLY BAD SOCCER AT SOCCER ZONE. I HAVE NOT BEEN INSIDE THIS STRUCTURE, THOUGH. THIS IS NOT I DO NOT BELIEVE IT IS CURRENTLY OCCUPIED, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. DIRECTOR GIBBES, WOULD YOU BRING UP THE PROPERTY ON GOOGLE MAPS MAYBE? I GOTCHA, STEVEN. SINCE I STOLE THE MOUSE FROM YOU. BELIEVE IT'S THIS ONE. [01:25:04] AM I ONE OFF OR IT'S THIS ONE?STRAIGHT VIEW. STREET VIEW IT IS. I KNEW I WAS GOING TO DO THAT. THANK YOU. I DROVE BY THE PROPERTY. DOES HAVE A CHARMING OLD HOME, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE INTEREST IN MAYBE TEARING IT DOWN INITIALLY AND BUILDING A COMMERCIAL FACILITY HERE. I'M WONDERING HOW PRACTICABLE IT'S GOING TO BE TO TURN THIS, WHAT 75 YEAR OLD HOME INTO A VIABLE COMMERCIAL SPACE IN A HIGHLY REGULATED INDUSTRY LIKE RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA. SO, I MEAN, FROM A FROM A CONSTRUCTION STANDPOINT, A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE, THEY'RE PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, CANDIDLY, THEY'RE PROBABLY BETTER OFF TRYING TO SAVE THE STRUCTURE BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF WETLAND AND FLOODPLAIN IN THIS AREA, THEY WERE GOING TO RUN INTO SOME ISSUES BUILDING A NEW STRUCTURE. AND I THINK THEY I SUSPECT THEY EVENTUALLY GOT THEIR DURING THEIR REVIEW OF THE MEDICAL APPLICATION. SECONDLY, FROM A, FROM A PURELY FROM A PURE CONSTRUCTION PERSPECTIVE, I MEAN, WITH THE WITH ENOUGH MONEY, YOU CAN DO ANYTHING. I THEIR COST ESTIMATE THAT THEY'VE PROVIDED IS NOT UNREASONABLE FOR THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION THEY'RE DOING. THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY GOING TO GUT THE HOUSE AND FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, BUILD A NEW STRUCTURE INSIDE OF IT BECAUSE THEY'RE BUILDING A ESSENTIALLY A COMMERCIAL GRADE STRUCTURE WITHIN THAT RESIDENTIAL EXTERIOR. SO IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE HIGHER THAN A NORMAL BUILD OUT WOULD BE, BUT NOT OUT OF THE ORDINARY AND CERTAINLY DOABLE. I MEAN, IT HAPPENS REGULARLY THAT HOUSES ARE CONVERTED TO COMMERCIAL STRUCTURES. USUALLY IT'S, YOU KNOW, ON THE EDGE OF A DOWNTOWN OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, BUT IT HAPPENS. I DROVE BY AS WELL, AND IT DOES HAVE AN ABANDONED LOOK TO IT. I JUST WONDERED THE FEASIBILITY OF TURNING THIS INTO A SUCCESSFUL COMMERCIAL OPERATION. I APPRECIATE YOUR FEEDBACK ON THAT. THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS. OTHER BOARD MEMBERS. TRUSTEE WILSON, I WANT TO THANK THE APPLICANT FOR ANSWERING A NUMBER OF OUR QUESTIONS IN YOUR PRESENTATION. I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THE COMMONALITY OF OWNERSHIP OF THAT PROPERTY THAT THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE INFRINGEMENT ON OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS BECAUSE THAT BIG PARCEL IS OWNED BY MR. BALDORI. I THINK YOU'VE ANSWERED ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD THAT I BROUGHT UP AT OUR LAST MEETING, SO I AM SATISFIED. THANK YOU. MA'AM, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT. COME UP TO THE MIC. YEAH. CAN YOU PLEASE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND I APPRECIATE THAT. I DID WANT TO CLARIFY THAT I BELIEVE THE PROPERTY OWNER, ITS NAME IS IT'S NOT MR. BALDORI. I BELIEVE IT'S MR. SANTUCCI. OH, HE OWNS ALL THE ADJACENT PARCELS. YES, HE. I BELIEVE HE MAY HAVE A HOLDING COMPANY INVOLVED, BUT IT IS HIS HOLDING. I UNDERSTAND. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEP. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. THANK YOU. CLERK GUTHRIE. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR PRO-TEM HENDRICKSON. I TOO WANT TO THANK THE APPLICANT. THERE WERE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS. I KNOW I ASKED A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS OF YOU, AND I APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT YOU SPENT ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS. THE VALIDITY OF WHETHER OR NOT THIS THIS PROPERTY CAN BE SALVAGED. AND, I MEAN, YOU JUST DON'T KNOW UNTIL YOU GET INTO CONSTRUCTION OF A PROPERTY. WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? AND THAT'S THE RISK THAT MOST PEOPLE TAKE WHEN THEY PURCHASE A PROPERTY JUST DOWN THE STREET, DOWN HAGEDORN ROAD IS A BARN THAT WAS CONVERTED INTO A DENTIST. AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL BARN. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL ADDITION TO THE COMMUNITY. AND IF THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION THAT YOU PROVIDED HERE TONIGHT, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THIS TOWNSHIP IS LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU KNOW, I, I LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING THAT IN THE COMMUNITY. I KNOW I GIVE YOU A HARD TIME THE LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I ECHOED TRUSTEE WILSON'S COMMENTS WITH MY APPRECIATION FOR YOU BRINGING FORWARD THIS PRESENTATION AND ANSWERING ALL OF THE TOUGH QUESTIONS THAT THE THAT THE TOWNSHIP HAD AT THE LAST MEETING. WHAT ELSE? I'LL ADD THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE. THAT'S WHY WE'RE UP HERE. THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN ASKED BY THE VOTERS TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THEM. I THINK THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS, CERTAINLY AFTER THE INITIAL APPLICATION AND SOME SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS THAT A NUMBER OF US HAD REGARDING THE SUFFICIENCY OF THE APPLICATION HOWEVER, I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES THAT THOSE QUESTIONS LARGELY WERE ANSWERED THIS EVENING. [01:30:08] AND THEY LEAVE ME IN A PLACE WHERE I FEEL MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THIS APPLICATION. YOU'RE RIGHT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS IS IT'S NOT INCUMBENT UPON US TO COMPARE THIS APPLICATION TO THE OTHER APPLICATIONS THAT WE RECEIVED FOR OTHER ZONES. THIS IS A AN UNCONTESTED NOT, YOU KNOW, COMPETITIVE APPLICATION. AND SO WHETHER OR NOT IT'S FAIR TO DO THAT, IT'S DIFFICULT AS A HUMAN NOT TO NOT TO THINK ABOUT IT IN THAT WAY. HOWEVER, WHEN WE CONSIDER THE THE APPROVAL OR NOT FOR THIS APPLICATION, WE DO HAVE TO COMPARE IT JUST TO ITSELF AND TO OUR APPLICATION CRITERIA. AND I APPRECIATE THE REMINDER TO FOCUS ON THAT. SO I GUESS THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY ON THAT MATTER. ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WITH QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? TRUSTEE TREZISE. THE ONLY THING I'D ADD IS I WAS LEANING TOWARDS APPROVING THIS LAST TIME, BUT NOTHING THAT I'VE BEEN TOLD DOES ANYTHING BUT CONVINCE ME THAT THAT WAS THE WAY TO GO. WE'RE NOT HERE TO DECIDE WHETHER THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY PROMISE, RIGHT? WE'RE HERE TO DETERMINE WHAT THEY PROMISE. AND IF THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS. AND THEN THEY WILL BE MONITORED AS THEY MOVE FORWARD TO MAKE SURE THEY DO SO. AND SO ON THAT BASIS, I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE TEMPORARY OR THE PROVISIONAL CERTIFICATE. THANK YOU. OKAY. I DON'T SEE ANY MORE COMMENTS. SO I THINK DIRECTOR SCHMITT, WE'VE COME TO A RELATIVE AGREEMENT ON NEEDING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. I ASSUME WE'LL SEE THIS AT OUR NEXT MEETING. IT IS ON MY SCHEDULE FOR THE NEXT MEETING FOR ACTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS ITEM 14 COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. THIS IS OUR SECOND OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC REMARKS. I'LL REMIND EVERYONE THAT PUBLIC REMARKS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES. AND THAT IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK BEFORE THE BOARD ON ANY TOPIC THAT WAS ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING OR IT'S ON OUR AGENDA COMING UP NOW WOULD BE THE TIME. AND WE'D ASK THAT YOU PLEASE SUBMIT A GREEN CARD. AND WE WILL BE HAPPY TO INCLUDE YOUR REMARKS. ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK THIS EVENING? I GUESS I'LL OPEN THEM AT 7:31. OKAY. SEEING NO PUBLIC REMARKS COMING TO THE PODIUM, WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC REMARKS AT 731 AND MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS ITEM 15. OTHER MATTERS AND BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS. ANY BOARD MEMBERS WISHING TO MAKE ANY STATEMENTS AT THIS TIME? SEEING NONE. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 16, WHICH IS A MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION. [16. CLOSED SESSION-Motion to go into a closed session to discuss a personnel issue under MCL 15.268(1)(a).] DO WE HAVE A MOTION? TREASURER DESCHAINE. I MOVE TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS PERSONNEL ISSUE UNDER MCL 15-268. SECTION ONE, CHAPTER A. SUPPORT. MOVED BY TREASURER DESCHAINE. SUPPORTED BY TRUSTEE WILSON. ANY COMMENTS? WE'LL HAVE THE CLERK GIVE US A ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE. SUPERVISOR PRO TEM HENDRICKSON. YES. CLERK GUTHRIE. YES. TREASURER DESCHAINE. YES. TRUSTEE SUNDLAND. YES. TRUSTEE TREZISE. YES. AND TRUSTEE WILSON. YES. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THE TOWNSHIP BOARD HAS REENTERED OPEN SESSION AT 11:15 P.M.. THE BOARD AND THE MANAGER HAVE AGREED THAT GIVEN THE LATENESS OF THE HOUR AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE DISCUSSION AT HAND THAT THE, WE MUST HAVE A LITTLE MORE TIME TO DISCUSS THIS, AND THE BOARD HAS DECIDED TO RECESS UNTIL 6 P.M. AT APRIL 17TH, 2024, WITH THE INTENTION OF REENTERING CLOSED SESSION TO COMPLETE THAT DISCUSSION. ANY OPPOSED TO RECESS? BOARD STANDS AT RECESS UNTIL 6:00 PM TOMORROW. NOT TO BE IN THIS HOME, ARE YOU? * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.