Aug 05, 2026 Environmental Commission Meeting

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IT'S ABOUT TIME. OKAY.

ARE WE READY? OKAY, GREAT. THANKS. OKAY. SO I'D LIKE TO CALL THE AUGUST 5TH, 2026 MEETING OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP

[1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER ]

SO FIRST THING ON THE AGENDA IS ROLL CALL. ALL RIGHT.

I WILL PROCEED WITH THAT. I AM STAFF ENGINEER JACK HUGHES, AND WE WILL NOW PROCEED WITH OUR ROLL CALL FOR THE COMMISSION.

SO WE'LL START WITH OUR CHAIR YU MAN LEE, PRESENT.

OUR VICE CHAIR, BILL MCCONNELL. PRESENT. OUR COMMISSIONER RICHARD MIKSICEK.

PRESENT. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER TOM FRAIZER. HERE.

OUR COMMISSIONER, BRUCE MORTIMER, IS ABSENT. OUR COMMISSIONER, HARRISON BATTEN, IS ABSENT.

OUR COMMISSIONER SHANMUKHA ALURU. PRESENT. PRESENT.

COMMISSIONER LAURA BELISLE. PRESENT. AND COMMISSIONER IKE IYIOKE IS ABSENT.

AND FINALLY, OUR TRUSTEE NICHOLAS LENTZ. PRESENT.

ALL RIGHT. GREAT. THANKS. SO NEXT THING ON THE AGENDA PRESENTATION.

WE DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR THIS EVENING.

CORRECT. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. DO I HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC?

[4. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ]

OKAY. SO THEN NEXT IS APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.

[6. APPROVAL OF AGENDA ]

GREAT. OKAY. SO ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE AGENDA, THEN SAY AYE.

AYE. OKAY. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES THEN. YEAH.

[7. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES – June 3rd, 2026 REGULAR MEETING ]

YEAH. WOW. NAILED IT. I'LL TAKE THAT AS A WIN HERE.

[LAUGHTER] WE FINALLY FIGURED IT OUT. ANY COMMENTS OR ANY CHANGES TO THE EDITS FOR THE MINUTES? OH, MOVE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED.

SUPPORT. OKAY, SO ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES FOR THE JUNE 3RD MEETING, SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. EXCELLENT. NEXT IS CITIZENS ADDRESS AGENDA ITEMS AND NON-AGENDA ITEMS. AND I DON'T HAVE ANY IN THE ROOM. SO NEXT NEW BUSINESS, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING LISTED.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS. YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING LISTED UNDER THERE.

OKAY. SO THEN REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS STARTING WITH THE STAFF.

[11. REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS ]

PREVIOUS. AND WE WERE STARTING TO STRATEGIZE ABOUT THE BEST WAYS TO UTILIZE IT IN THE YEARS GOING FORWARDS.

WE HAD HAD A PRESENTATION FROM LAUREN FROM THE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT BOARD, WHO CAME AND GAVE US A NICE, COMPREHENSIVE DISCUSSION ON WELLHEAD PROTECTION AND ABANDONING OLD PRIVATE WELLS.

BRIEF NOTES, TAKEAWAYS. THERE ARE ANY ANYTIME YOU HAVE ANY WELL, THAT'S TAPPING INTO THE SHARED AQUIFER THAT ALL OF OUR TOWNSHIP DRAWS FROM.

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THOSE SITES MAY NOT BE MAINTAINED OR TAKEN CARE OF PROPERLY.

SO THOSE CAN BECOME SERIOUS ISSUES TO THE GROUNDWATER SUPPLY FOR FOR A COMMUNITY.

WE ALSO JUST HAVE A LOT OF PRIVATE WELLS, SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT OF 1500 DIFFERENT PRIVATE WELLS THROUGHOUT THE TOWNSHIP.

WHICH WE, THE WAY THE TOWNSHIP ORDINANCE CURRENTLY STATES IS THAT'S ALLOWED, BUT WHEN THE CONNECTION IS MADE TO THE TOWNSHIP SYSTEM, IF IT IS MADE, WE REQUIRE THOSE OLD WELLS TO BE ABANDONED OR CONVERTED TO IRRIGATION ONLY, WHICH IS WHAT MOST RESIDENTS OPT FOR AS A WAY TO KIND OF REDUCE THEIR WATER BILLS AND, YOU KNOW, DO A SUSTAINABLE SPRINKLING METHOD THERE. BUT AS FAR AS OVERALL WELLHEAD PROTECTION GOES THE TOWNSHIP AND THE GREATER LANSING AREA IS INTERESTED IN TRYING TO REDUCE THOSE, THAT NUMBER OF PRIVATE CONNECTIONS, THAT NUMBER OF THOSE PRIVATE HOLES POKED INTO THE AQUIFER DOWN THERE. SO WE WERE ENCOURAGED BY THE SUCCESS OF OUR SURROUNDING TOWNSHIPS, DELTA AND EAST LANSING AND THEIR WELL, ABANDONMENT PROGRAMS THAT THEY HAVE OFFERED TO THEIR COMMUNITIES.

AND MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP IS WE ARE NOW CONSIDERING SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR GOING INTO NEXT YEAR.

SO WE'VE KIND OF GONE OVER A FEW WAYS TO PERFORM THAT.

I THINK AT OUR LAST MEETING, WE HAD GONE OVER SOME OF THE EXAMPLES THAT ARE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES ARE DOING AND MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP FROM OUR DISCUSSIONS, WE LIKED THE APPROACH THAT DELTA TOWNSHIP WAS TAKING, WHERE THEY OFFER A REIMBURSEMENT TO ANY OF THE CITIZENS OR RESIDENTS WHO ABANDONED THEIR WELLS. THEY WERE OFFERING, I THINK, UP TO $700 FOR THEIRS.

WE'VE KIND OF LOOKED AT OUR NUMBERS AND WE'VE SOFTLY KIND OF PENCILED IN ABOUT $1,000 IS WHAT WE'RE THINKING AS A CREATE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF AN INCENTIVE THERE. SO WE'RE CURRENTLY IF MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS WELLHEAD PROTECTION IDEA, THE CURRENT IDEA IS TO DO A MASS MAILING THROUGHOUT THE TOWNSHIP WHERE WE REACH OUT TO ALL 1500 OF THESE PRIVATE WELL OWNERS AND JUST KIND OF GAUGE THE INTEREST THERE ON WHAT ABANDONING THOSE WELLS WOULD LOOK LIKE.

AND WE'D OFFER, YOU KNOW, THE, WHATEVER THE TOWNSHIP INCENTIVE NUMBER IS SOMEWHERE AROUND $1,000.

WE WOULD OFFER THAT WE WOULD REQUIRE THAT THE PRIVATE WELL OWNER SUBMIT A NOTICE OF INTENT.

WE WOULD INCLUDE THAT WITH THE MAILING AN INTENT TO ABANDON THEIR WELL AND THROUGH THE USE.

YOU KNOW THEY WOULD HAVE TO THEN REACH OUT TO A LICENSED WELL DRILLER TO PERFORM THAT WORK. AND ONCE THAT WELL WAS COMPLETELY ABANDONED AND CERTIFIED ABANDONED, THE TOWNSHIP WOULD THEN REIMBURSE THEM UP TO THAT FIGURE, SAY, $1,000.

THIS IS OUR CURRENT KIND OF FIRST IDEA. KIND OF A VERY BROAD APPROACH.

GO AFTER KIND OF CHECK THE WHOLE TOWNSHIP FOR ANY INTERESTED BITES, ANY INTERESTING ANY INTERESTED NIBBLES ON THIS IDEA AND KIND OF GAUGE OUR POPULARITY THERE. IF WE, YOU KNOW, DON'T GET A LOT OF RESPONSES, THEN MAYBE WE LOOK AT INCREASING THE INCENTIVE OR POSSIBLY TAKING ON MORE OF THAT MORE OF THAT ROLE INSIDE THE TOWNSHIP.

IF WE GET SOME BITES, THEN WE, MAYBE WE LOOK FORWARD AT, OR WE LOOK AT WORKING WITH THOSE RESIDENTS TO ABANDON THOSE WELLS.

AND THEN PERHAPS WE WOULD HAVE SOME LEFTOVER CLIMATE SUSTAINABILITY FUNDING THAT WE COULD THEN GIVE BACK TO THE COMMISSION TO UTILIZE.

THERE WAS A CONCERN THAT LIKE WITH OUR LATEST BIG ALLOTMENT OR EXPENDITURE OF THE SUSTAINABILITY FUNDING WENT TO THE MARSHALL PARK BIOSWALES. AND THAT WAS A RATHER LARGE ONE LUMP SUM KIND OF CONTRIBUTION.

AND THE COMMISSION, WHILE SEEING THE VALUE THERE THAT WE CREATED THERE WOULDN'T WANT TO NECESSARILY UTILIZE ALL OF ITS FUNDING IN ONE PROJECT. WE KIND OF EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO HOLD ON TO SOME OF THAT FOR OTHER SMALLER OPPORTUNITIES THAT POP UP THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

SO THAT'S ONE DIRECTION THAT THIS WELLHEAD ABANDONMENT PROGRAM COULD TAKE WHERE WE REACH OUT TO EVERYBODY WITH A, WELL, SEE WHAT THE INTEREST LOOKS LIKE IN ABANDONING THOSE WELLS.

IF YOU KNOW, IF, SAY, JUST TO DO SOME BALLPARKING NUMBERS HERE, IF WE HAVE $20,000 SET ASIDE FOR THIS, AND WE GET TEN PEOPLE WHO WANT TO ABANDON THEIR WELLS, WE COULD THEN A LOT $10,000 TO ABANDONING THOSE WELLS AND THEN HAVE $10,000 LEFT OVER FOR

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THAT WOULD SHOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN THIS PROGRAM.

AND THIS COULD VERY EASILY THEN BECOME AN ANNUAL PROGRAM THAT THE MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP FUNDS AND SEEKS THE SUPPORT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION ON KIND OF ADMINISTERING AND MONITORING THAT PROGRAM AS IT RUNS YEAR TO YEAR.

I FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD ALSO KIND OF GIVE OUR COMMISSION A LITTLE MORE MEAT ON ITS PLATE IN TERMS OF THINGS THAT WE'RE ACTIVELY ENGAGED WITH.

SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE KIND OF UPDATES, DISCUSSIONS THAT THE TOWNSHIP HAS HAD INTERNALLY ABOUT THESE CLIMATE SUSTAINABILITY FUNDS AND WHAT WE THINK THE BEST AND MOST EFFECTIVE WAYS TO UTILIZE THEM ARE, AND OUR CURRENT IDEAS FOR UTILIZING THEM IN A WELLHEAD PROTECTION PROGRAM.

LET ME PAUSE THERE FOR JUST A SECOND. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT? YEAH. JUST A QUESTION. DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT IT WOULD ACTUALLY COST A RESIDENT TO PROPERLY CAP THEIR WELL? WE GOT AN ESTIMATE OF ANYWHERE BETWEEN $2000 AND $10,000 DEPENDING ON HOW DEEP THE WELL IS. HOW. YEAH, IT'S UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S GOT QUITE A RANGE.

I WISH THAT WAS A NARROWER FIGURE THERE. SO AS MUCH AS THE TOWNSHIP WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO CLOSE AS MANY WELLS AS WE COULD, WE WOULD HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO STRIKE A BALANCE BETWEEN WHAT THE TOWNSHIP CAN SUSTAINABLY FUND.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE ABLE TO ASSIST US WITH THERE.

LET'S SEE. SO THAT'S YEAH, I THINK THAT THAT'S GENERALLY KIND OF WHERE THE TOWNSHIP IS ON THE KIND OF THE BEST PERCEIVED USE OF THE CLIMATE SUSTAINABILITY FUNDING GOING INTO 2027.

I SHOULD NOTE THAT THERE WAS A CONCERN, I THINK, OR AN IDEA AT OUR LAST COMMISSION MEETING ABOUT ENSURING THAT THERE WERE AMPLE NUMBER OF PROJECTS TO BE FUNDED ON THE IDEA THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN OUR GREEN GRANT FUNDING WAS REDUCED SLIGHTLY.

YOU KNOW, THE CLIMATE SUSTAINABILITY FUNDING THE YEAR TO YEAR ADDITIONS TO THAT, WE'VE SEEN SOME REDUCTION THERE.

AND A LOT OF THAT DOES COME FROM JUST THE TOWNSHIP ITSELF HAS BEEN FINANCIALLY STRESSED BY THE INCREASED COSTS OF HEALTH CARE AND OTHER TOWNSHIP BUDGETARY OBLIGATIONS.

SO IT'S NOT TO FAULT OUR PROGRAM OR OUR COMMISSION THERE.

AND I DID TALK TO OUR TOWNSHIP MANAGER AND OUR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS ABOUT JUST THE IDEA OF, OR THE FEAR THAT IF WE DON'T ACTIVELY JUMP ON THESE PROJECTS OR DON'T ACTIVELY UTILIZE THESE FUNDS, THAT THERE'S THE IDEA THAT THEY COULD BECOME MORE SCARCE IN THE FUTURE.

AND THEY WANTED TO REASSURE US THAT THEY'VE EARMARKED US A SOLID $20,000 FOR NEXT YEAR, FOR OUR ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION, FOR OUR IDEALLY, IT'S MOSTLY SLANTED FOR WELLHEAD PROTECTION, BUT THERE IS ROOM IN THERE FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION TO WEIGH IN ON THAT AS WELL. SO JUST TO. HOPEFULLY REASSURE EVERYBODY THAT WE WILL HAVE FUNDING IN OUR CLIMATE SUSTAINABILITY FUND FOR 2027 AND THAT WE DON'T NEED TO MAKE ANY IMMEDIATE DECISIONS AT THIS MEETING OR NEXT.

BECAUSE THE TOWNSHIP BOARD, I BELIEVE, DOES THEIR BUDGET IN SEPTEMBER.

WELL, I THINK WE WERE JUST LOOKING TO HAVE A MAJOR DECISION MADE BY THIS MEETING TO BE AHEAD OF THAT, AND I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE OR SHARE THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING CONCRETE RIGHT NOW.

AS LONG AS WE'RE IN MOTION AND WE'RE BUILDING ON THESE IDEAS WHERE WE'LL BE IN GOOD SHAPE.

RIGHT. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THAT OVERVIEW.

IT'S REALLY HELPFUL. IT REALLY ENCAPSULATES HOW THE WHOLE PROCESS WORKS.

AND SINCE WE DO HAVE NEW MEMBERS, IT'S KIND OF NICE TO HAVE ALL THE DETAILS EXPLAINED.

IF I COULD BACK ON THE WELLHEAD PROTECTION. I FEEL LIKE WE MIGHT HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, BUT MY MEMORY IS FUZZY. DO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF THE LOCATION GENERALLY OF THESE WELLS IN THE TOWNSHIP? ARE THEY RURAL? ARE THEY SUBURBAN? ARE THERE? IT'S A PRETTY GOOD MIX. YEAH. THE I GUESS MY THOUGHT WAS THAT IN A SUBURBAN CONTEXT, IF THERE'S A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, THAT CAN BE A REALLY VALUABLE WAY TO TRY TO GET A WHOLE BLOCK OF PEOPLE BECAUSE UP UNTIL 63 SUBDIVISIONS WERE BEING BUILT WITH

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WHICH ONES WERE PROPERLY ABANDONED? WHO KNOWS? BUT THEY'RE PROBABLY ALL VERY SIMILAR BECAUSE THEY WERE BUILT IN A SUBDIVISION.

BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM. SO YEAH, WE HAD THE EGLE THE MICHIGAN'S DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. THEY MAINTAIN A WELLHEAD MAP WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO IN AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE ALL THE LISTED AND REGISTERED WELLS ARE IN THE STATE.

AND THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. YOU CAN ZOOM IN TO MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP AND SEE KIND OF WHERE OUR SPREAD LOOKS.

BUT YEAH, THERE MAY BE. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA TOO, TO CONSIDER APPROACHING HOAS OR SUBDIVISIONS AND TRYING TO DO LIKE A PACKAGE AT A TIME, A WHOLE COLLECTIVE. KIND OF LIKE SOLARIZE MERIDIAN.

RIGHT. LET'S GET A GROUP OF US TOGETHER AND GET A DISCOUNT.

BECAUSE IF YOU WERE GOING TO DO TEN OF THEM, IT'D BE A LOT EASIER FOR THAT CONTRACTOR TO DO ALL TEN OF THEM RATHER THAN RIGHT.

AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WANT TO JUMP ALL THE WAY ACROSS TOWN TO DO THAT. THEY'D LOVE TO DO THAT ALL IN ONE NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT WOULD BE WE WOULD GET THE BEST PRICE THAT WAY, I WOULD THINK. AND INSPECTORS CAN COME BY AND GO BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM. ALL RIGHT.

JUST A THOUGHT. NO, THIS IS YEAH, THE EXACTLY THE KIND OF THING WE WERE HOPING TO KIND OF SPARK UP IN THIS DISCUSSION IS GREAT IDEAS LIKE THAT.

YEAH. THANK YOU BILL. YES, I HAVE A QUESTION RELATED TO THAT.

AND IT TOUCHES ON LOGISTICS. AND YOU SAID A MASS MAILING.

DO WE HAVE WE CAN REFER TO THE MAP AND IDENTIFY LOCATIONS OF EXISTING WELLS.

RIGHT. RIGHT. DO WE HAVE A LIST, A MAILING LIST OR A, THEY CAN PULL ADDRESSES FROM THE POINTS.

THAT'S WHERE. YEAH. IT WOULD BE A FAIR AMOUNT OF DATA ENTRY, BUT IT WOULD BE LIKE A MANUAL BUILDING THAT LIST, ESSENTIALLY GOING THROUGH. WOULD THAT INCLUDE THE ABILITY TO IDENTIFY WHICH WELLS CURRENTLY EXIST AND WHICH WELLS HAVE BEEN EITHER CAPPED OR ABANDONED? I BELIEVE SO. SO I'M THINKING HE'S DOING HIS BEST NOT TO SPEAK FOR THE GIS ANALYST WHO'S GOING TO HAVE TO DO ALL THIS? [LAUGHTER] THE POOR INTERNS WHO ARE I MEAN, ALL THOSE THINGS ARE POSSIBLE TO DO IF YOU CAN INTEGRATE THE DATABASES, IF YOU CAN GET THE WELLHEAD DATABASES BEING USED AND OVERLAY THAT ONTO A LIST WITH ADDRESSES.

YEAH, TRIVIAL OPERATIONS IS WHETHER YOU HAVE THOSE DATA.

SO I JUST HAD A QUESTION JUST TO CLARIFY. SO DO WE HAVE WE HAVE $20,000 THAT'S GOING TO BE SET ASIDE FOR SUSTAINABILITY FUNDING FOR 2027.

CORRECT. AND THEN DO WE I CAN'T REMEMBER DO WE STILL HAVE EXISTING FUNDING ALSO LEFT.

WE HAVE ESSENTIALLY WE HAD FUNDING THAT WAS SET UP FOR, I THINK, PREVIOUS YEARS THAT WAS MOSTLY DRAWN FROM OR ALLOCATED FROM.

THERE WAS SOME KIND OF LEFTOVERS THAT WE HAD KIND OF TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME.

AND THAT HAS BEEN BETTER EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THAT FUNDING IS STILL THERE.

IT'S JUST BEEN KIND OF REABSORBED INTO THE TOWNSHIP BUDGET.

AND THAT, YOU KNOW, WERE WE TO PROPOSE, YOU KNOW, VIABLE PROJECTS OR THINGS FOR THAT FUNDING, IT COULD BE MADE AVAILABLE AGAIN. BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, IN 2026, WE RIGHT NOW DO NOT HAVE ANY CURRENTLY BUDGETED FUNDS SPECIFICALLY FOR CLIMATE SUSTAINABILITY FUNDING.

WE NOW HAVE THAT EARMARKED FOR 2027 FOR $20,000.

OKAY. AND THEN 2026, I BELIEVE IT'S ALL OF IT WENT TO THE MARSHALL PARK PLANS HERE, WHICH MAY HAVE ALSO DRAWN FROM SOME LEFTOVERS FROM 2025.

OKAY. YEAH. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION NOTHING AT THE MOMENT, BUT $20,000 TO BE EXPECTED FOR NEXT YEAR.

OKAY. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO PILOT THIS WELLHEAD PROGRAM AND SEE HOW IT GOES DEPENDING ON THE INTEREST, YOU KNOW. BUT IF THERE ARE OTHER PROJECTS THAT COME UP ALONG THE WAY, THEN WE COULD ALSO DISCUSS THOSE.

YES. OKAY. YEP. TO TOUCH ON JUST BRIEFLY, WE'VE CONTINUED TO WORK WITH THE FARMERS MARKET AND THE COMPOSTING PROGRAM THERE.

AND WE HAVE SOME ADVANCEMENTS THERE. AND THEN WE ARE ALSO IN TALKS AND WORKS WITH RECLAIMED BY DESIGN THE RECYCLING CENTER OPERATORS TO WORK ON THE SIGNAGE THERE.

A SMALL UPDATE THAT WAY IS THERE'S A PLAN TO PAVE THAT ENTIRE RECYCLING CENTER AND BUILD THEM A PROPER OFFICE INSTEAD OF THE SHACK THEY'VE BEEN USING. AND AFTER THAT IS DONE, THAT'S WHEN WE'D BE LOOKING TO GO IN AND DO THE SIGNAGE, BECAUSE THINGS MIGHT GET REARRANGED DURING THAT KIND OF CONSTRUCTION.

AND THERE MAY BE SOME OF THAT OFFICE SIDING WALLS, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, SPOTS WHERE SIGNS COULD GO.

SO JUST GIVE YOU JUST TO GIVE THE COMMISSION AN UPDATE THERE THAT THERE IS A PLAN IN PROGRESS IN MOTION THERE.

DO WE HAVE A PROJECTED TIME FRAME FOR THOSE IMPROVEMENTS AT RECYCLED BY DESIGN?

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AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE TWO PROJECTS THAT COMMISSIONER FRAIZER WAS ASKING ABOUT LAST. CORRECT.

THE OTHER ONE WAS THE COMPOSTING BAGS AND COMPOST SUPPORTING PROGRAM THERE.

SO WE HAVE CURRENTLY AT THE FARMERS MARKET, WE HAVE DISPENSERS AND A LITTLE PLAQUE THAT KIND OF OUTLINES THE PROGRAM.

AND THE DISPENSERS WE ARE LOOKING TO UPGRADE THOSE.

AND WE HAVE ORDERED BRAND NEW ONES. THEY'LL BE INSTALLED AS SOON AS WE CAN GET OUR TOWNSHIP MAINTENANCE STAFF OUT THERE TO DO THAT.

AND THEN WE'LL ALSO BE KIND OF REVISITING THAT PLAQUE AND THE LANGUAGE ON THAT PLAQUE TO TRY TO OPEN IT UP A LITTLE BIT.

AND I THINK AND LOOK AT THIS SPECIFICALLY THAT THE SECTION THERE THAT TALKS ABOUT THE SUBSCRIPTION FEES, THE BUY IN FEES TO THE PROGRAM, AND KIND OF TAKING ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT.

THE INTEREST HERE IS TO SUPPORT THAT VIA THE TOWNSHIP AND TO CREATE A LITTLE MORE WIND IN THOSE SAILS, BUILD SOME MORE MOMENTUM IN THAT IN THAT PROGRAM BEFORE WE IF WE DO NEED TO SWITCH BACK TO A SUBSCRIPTION BASIS IN THE FUTURE.

BUT THE PLAN GOING AS OF NOW IS FOR THE TOWNSHIP TO SUPPLY THE BAGS AND TO SUPPLY EVERYTHING FOR THAT FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

IS THERE ANY WAY TO DETERMINE OR FIGURE OUT HOW MANY RESIDENTS PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM? DO YOU KNOW? DO WE HAVE ANY NUMBERS OR.

I WOULD THINK WE COULD CHECK AT LEAST TO SEE THE SUBSCRIPTIONS.

IF THERE ARE. HOW MANY OF THOSE EXIST? OTHERWISE WE COULD COUNT BAGS WOULD BE THE OTHER WAY TO DO IT.

BUT SOME PEOPLE DON'T USE THE BAG. SOME PEOPLE BRING THEIR OWN, BRING THEIR OWN AND DUMP IT IN.

SO IT'S IT WOULD BE PRETTY DIFFICULT, I THINK, TO KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY RESIDENTS ARE USING THE PROGRAM.

AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT SUBSCRIPTIONS HAVE DECREASED AS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT I'VE HEARD THAT FEWER PEOPLE ARE PAYING AS OPPOSED TO MORE PEOPLE.

SO. WHO MANAGES THE PROGRAM EXACTLY? IT'S THROUGH THE FARMERS MARKET, THROUGH TOM CAREY. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON WHAT THE EITHER THE MONTHLY OR THE ANNUAL COSTS ARE TO RUN THAT PROGRAM TO ORDER THE PICKUP OF THE THE BINS AND PROVIDE THE BAGS.

I WILL ASK, I KNOW THAT CURRENTLY THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN COVERING THAT, BUT YEAH, I CAN TRY TO FIND OUT EXACTLY KIND OF WHAT THEIR OBLIGATION LOOKS LIKE.

I THINK I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION. ON AN ANNUAL BASIS IT'S ABOUT $2,000 FOR THE PICKUP PROGRAM. AND THE BAGS ARE MINIMAL COSTS. SO.

THEY WORK WITH. I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE LOCAL ARMS THAT ARE MIGRATE.

MIGRATE MICHIGAN. THAT'S THE ONE. YEAH. I SUSPECT IT'S THE CASE THAT THE CURRENT SUBSCRIPTIONS PROBABLY DO NOT COVER THE COSTS OF COMPLETELY. CORRECT. OKAY.

I WONDER IF WE COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE A PRESENTATION SOMETIME, MAYBE.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE THE FARMER'S MARKET THAT WOULD PRESENT IT OR JUST LIKE PUT THE INFORMATION INTO ONE FULL PACKAGE.

SURE. EVERYTHING WE DO KNOW ABOUT KIND OF HOW IT'S GONE AND HOW IT'S GOING.

YEAH. THINK ABOUT MOVING, YOU KNOW, LIKE, WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP, YOU KNOW, GROW THE PROGRAM MOVING FORWARD OR SOMETHING? SURE. YEAH. I INVITE DIRECTOR. I THINK OF MIGRATE MICHIGAN TO COME AND PRESENT IN A MEETING.

OKAY. YEAH. THEY'LL HAVE ALL THE NUMBERS ON WHAT WE PAID IN AND WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE DOING AND HOW WE MIGHT EXPAND THE PROGRAM.

AND THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. YEAH. THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

I KNOW THEY HAD A CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP AND I'VE ONLY SPOKEN WITH THE NEW PERSON ONCE, SO I'M NOT GOING TO BE MUCH HELP.

BUT IT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE PAYING A SUBSCRIPTION FEE SO WE CAN.

HAVE A GOOD NUMBER THERE. EXCELLENT. ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO DO A QUICK SWOOP OVER TO THE MARSHALL PARK PLANS HERE.

SO FOR OUR NEW COMMISSIONERS, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD KIND OF WORKED OUT EARLY IN THE YEAR AS A VERY BENEFICIAL USE OF OUR CLIMATE SUSTAINABILITY FUNDING.

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SO WITH THAT KIND OF SUSTAINABILITY FUNDING, WHERE THE CURRENT PLAN IS TO DEVELOP THIS MARSHALL PARK AREA INTO AN EMERGENT WETLAND AND TO CREATE SOME MORE GREEN SPACE AND KIND OF PLAY SPACE OUT THERE WITH THE ULTIMATE GOAL BEING ADDRESSING THE FLASH FLOODING ISSUE. THAT'S VERY OH, GOSH, THAT'S VERY PROBLEMATIC, ESPECIALLY IN THIS KIND OF SOUTH EASTERN CORNER HERE. AND THIS IS WHERE THE ONLY EXISTING DRAIN TO THE LAKE EXISTS.

SO THIS CORNER OF THIS PARK USUALLY TURNS INTO ITS OWN SEPARATE LAKE DURING HIGH RAINFALL EVENTS.

SO A COUPLE OF MAJOR ISSUES WITH THAT IS WHEN WE DO HAVE THOSE HUGE STORM EVENTS I LEARNED THIS RECENTLY.

THE BACKUP IN THIS AREA GETS SO BAD THAT THERE'S ONE STORM DRAIN THAT CURRENTLY LEADS TO THAT PIPE OUT TO THE LAKE.

AND WHEN THE FLOODING GETS AS BAD AS IT DOES OUT THERE, THE DRAIN COMMISSION ACTUALLY GOES OUT AND JUST POPS THE GRADE OFF OF THAT CATCH BASIN COVERING. SO BASICALLY EVERYTHING IN THAT AREA JUST GETS FLUSHED INTO THAT PIPE AND JUST RIGHT DIRECTLY INTO THE LAKE, WHICH REALLY NOT THE GREATEST THING YOU WANT TO EVER DO TO A LAKE.

[LAUGHTER] HOMTV GOT THAT. FLUSHING OF THE. PARTICULARLY THIS LAKE, BECAUSE LAKE LANSING IS NOT NATURALLY FED BY ANY SPRINGS OR STREAMS. IT'S ALL JUST RUNOFF. IT'S THE LAKE ITSELF IS A GIANT BATHTUB IN A SENSE.

SO THE RUNOFF TO THE LAKE IS THE SOURCE WATER TO THE LAKE.

SO PROTECTING AND ENSURING ALL OF THAT RUNOFF INTO THE LAKE IS REALLY PROTECTING AND ENSURING THE OVERALL HEALTH OF THE LAKE IN ITS ENTIRETY.

SO THIS PROJECT LOOKS TO REMOVE THIS CURRENT WORKAROUND ON DRAINING THE HUGE AMOUNT OF FLOODING THAT HAPPENS OVER HERE, AND TO SPREAD THAT ACROSS THE PARK INTO A SERIES OF, I THINK THEY CALL THEM LAKE MOUNTAINS.

MOUNTAIN LAKE KIND OF TIERED DRAINAGE PONDS. SO TO GIVE THE COMMISSION A LITTLE UPDATE ON THIS PROJECT, MOST OF THAT WAS BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE. AN UPDATE HERE IS THIS PROJECT HAS GONE OUT TO EGLE FOR PERMITTING.

WE'VE SENT IT ALL THIS OVER TO THE STATE. THEY'RE LOOKING AT IT.

UNFORTUNATELY THAT CAN BE A RATHER LONG PROCESS.

COULD BE SOMETHING ON THE ORDER OF FIVE MONTHS OR SO BEFORE THAT IS ENTIRELY SORTED OUT.

SO WE WOULD NOT ANTICIPATE CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR, BUT STARTING NEXT YEAR WOULD BE FEASIBLE.

AND BY 2028 WE EXPECT IT ALL TO BE DONE. SO A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE ON THE TIMELINE THERE OUT FOR PERMITTING.

IT'LL BE THAT WAY FOR A FEW MONTHS AS WE KIND OF WORK BACK AND FORTH WITH EGLE.

WE'VE GOT A FEW OTHER PERMITS OUT WITH THEM, OR CONCEPTUAL PERMITS OUT WITH THEM THAT MAY GET INVOLVED IN THIS DISCUSSION.

SO IT'LL BE A FEW MONTHS OF BUREAUCRACY THERE.

AND THEN IDEALLY EARLY NEXT YEAR, WE'D BE STARTING CONSTRUCTION, IF NOT LATER IN THE YEAR.

WE DO HAVE I GUESS WORD HAS GOTTEN OUT A BIT ON THIS PROJECT.

WE HAVEN'T THE TOWNSHIP HASN'T REALLY PUSHED MUCH OUT YET, BUT THE LOCAL RESIDENTS AROUND HERE HAVE STARTED TO CATCH WORD OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

IS THERE A FORMAL NOTIFICATION PROCESS AT SOME POINT? I BELIEVE ONCE WE HAVE IT PERMITTED AND IT'S ALL APPROVED AND READY TO GO, I BELIEVE WE'LL BE ISSUING A MAILING TO AT LEAST THESE FOLKS TO LET THEM KNOW KIND OF WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE WORD IS TRICKLING OUT ANYWAY.

WHICH IS GREAT. AND WE'VE HAD TWO RESIDENTS COME TO THE TOWNSHIP SPECIFICALLY TO THANK US FOR ADDRESSING THE ISSUES OUT THERE, PARTICULARLY THIS HOMEOWNER DOWN HERE IN THE CORNER CAME IN AND WAS JUST ECSTATIC TO SEE THAT THERE IS SOMETHING HAPPENING THERE AND THAT ALL THIS GREEN SPACE IS BEING CREATED. SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF BRING THAT TO THE COMMISSION TO SAY THAT EVEN IN THIS VERY PRELIMINARY KIND OF STAGING HERE, WE ARE ALREADY GETTING OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE SUPPORT FROM THE LOCAL RESIDENTS.

AND WE EXPECT THAT AS THIS PROJECT CONTINUES TO DEVELOP, WE WILL ONLY SEE MORE AND MORE POSITIVE FEEDBACK THERE.

SO ALREADY LOOKING GOOD HERE. AND JUST ANOTHER KIND OF A BIG THANK YOU TO THE COMMISSION FOR THE SUPPORT AND THE KIND OF DISCUSSIONS AND BACK AND FORTH WE'VE HAD ABOUT THIS PROJECT. IT WAS EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE HAD LOOKED OVER THAT THE TWO DIFFERENT PLANS THEY HAD PITCHED AND WE HAD

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SO JUST TO STATE THAT THE EC IS DOING GOOD WORK HERE AND THE FEEDBACK HAS BEEN UTILIZED.

I'M SORRY I MISSED A LITTLE BIT OF THAT. DID YOU SAY PARKS COMMISSION? THAT TOO? OKAY. SOME LOVE TO THE PARKS COMMISSION AS WELL.

EVERYBODY IS PULLING THEIR WEIGHT ON THIS ONE. THAT'S SO YEAH, THAT'S THE OTHER JUST KIND OF UPDATE THERE ON KIND OF WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THAT SUSTAINABILITY FUNDING AND KIND OF WHERE THAT'S GOING.

SO THAT'S THE THOSE ARE THE BIG THINGS I WANTED TO KIND OF GO OVER.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? LAURA, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

SURE. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. APPRECIATE IT.

JUST WONDERING IF WE CAN CONTINUE TO BE UPDATED ON THE MARSHALL PARK, LIKE AS YOU'RE HEARING MORE FROM EGLE AND WHATNOT.

I THINK THAT WOULD HELP US ALL KIND OF KNOW THE STATUS.

SO JUST KIND OF A COMMENT THERE. THE OTHER THING THAT I JUST WANTED TO TOUCH BASE AND MAYBE THIS WILL BE KIND OF ORGANICALLY HAPPENING AS WE GET CLOSER TO WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION HAPPENS. BUT IF THERE ARE NATIVES OUT THERE THAT ARE ALREADY PLANTED WILL THOSE BE SAVED AND KIND OF EMBEDDED IN THIS RATHER THAN YOU KNOW, JUST BULLDOZED.

RIGHT. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, I MEAN, WE SHOULD BE MINDFUL OF THAT, RIGHT? WE'RE PROMOTING NATIVES AND EVERYTHING. AND SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I THINK THAT WE SHOULD REALLY BE VERY COGNIZANT AND MINDFUL OF DURING THE CONSTRUCTION WHEN THAT HAPPENS.

ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S A GREAT NOTE. I'M LOOKING AT ANOTHER PROJECT RIGHT NOW, AND I'M KIND OF AMAZED TO SEE HOW MUCH WORK WE DO TO ALSO AVOID DISTURBING INVASIVE SPECIES.

I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT LIKE, WELL, NOW IS THE PERFECT CHANCE TO GET RID OF THEM? WE'RE GOING IN THERE TO PUT IN A BRAND NEW WHATEVER AND COME TO FIND OUT THAT NO, NO, NO, NO, YOU DON'T EVER WANT TO TOUCH THOSE IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO BECAUSE THEY JUST THAT'S HOW THEY PROPAGATE.

BUT PROTECTING OUR NATIVE PLANTS AS WELL. THIS IS A QUESTION YOU MAY NOT HAVE AN ANSWER TO, BUT GIVEN THAT THE RUNOFF FROM THIS AREA, PARTICULARLY THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE PARK, FLOWS DIRECTLY INTO LAKE LANSING DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON WHETHER OR NOT FERTILIZERS OR HERBICIDES ARE USED IN MARSHALL PARK? OH, LIKE AS FAR AS WHAT THE TOWNSHIP DOES. YEAH.

PARKS MANAGEMENT. I NOT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION TO ASK.

BECAUSE I AM AWARE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN ISSUES WITH PHOSPHATE SPIKES AND FERTILIZER RUNOFF IN LAKE LANSING AND IT'S CAREFULLY MONITORED. THEY HAVE A HISTORY OF ALGAL BLOOMS AND HAVE HAD TO CLOSE THE BEACH.

I THINK AT ONE POINT, DUE TO CYANO TOXINS THAT WERE DETECTED IN THE LAKE.

SO LOOKING AT THIS PLAN, I'M ASKING MYSELF FOR THE RUNOFF IN THE SOUTHEAST MOST RETENTION POND IS THERE ANYTHING BETWEEN THE WATER ITSELF WHICH MAY CONTAIN FERTILIZER RUNOFF OR OTHER CONTAMINANTS AND THE OUTLETS OF THE LAKE? IS THE OBVIOUSLY THE UPPER EMERGENT ZONES ARE INTENDED TO HELP MITIGATE THAT, RIGHT? TAKE SOME OF THAT POLLUTANT LOADING RUNOFF OUT OF THERE.

BUT I'M WONDERING ABOUT WHAT THE ISSUE WOULD BE FOR THE SOUTHEAST MOST RETENTION POND.

WHERE IT'S KIND OF THE MOST, CONCENTRATED ESSENTIALLY.

RIGHT. YEAH, THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S, YEAH, DEFINITELY WORTH LOOKING INTO AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S BEEN THOUGHT ABOUT OR ADDRESSED.

NOW REMIND ME, DO WE HAVE A CONSULTANT THAT HAS PUT THIS TOGETHER? YES. THIS IS ALL THROUGH SPALDING [INAUDIBLE]. OKAY.

AND THEY HAVE EXPERTISE IN THE AREA OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS, PRESUMABLY SOME.

PRESUMABLY I KNOW WE'RE. DID YOU DO YOU HAVE A QUICK COMMENT? THANK YOU CHAIR. I DID WANT TO POINT OUT FOR COMMISSIONER THAT THERE IS AN ANNUAL REPORT THAT COMES OUT ON THE QUALITY OF LAKE LANSING. EXCUSE ME. AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SITES AROUND THE LAKE.

I BELIEVE I'M PULLING IT UP AS I'M SPEAKING HERE.

IT LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE EIGHT DIFFERENT TESTING SITES, AND YOU CAN SEE EXACTLY THE PHOSPHORUS LEVELS AT EACH OF THOSE POINTS, INCLUDING THE ONE THAT WOULD BE CLOSEST TO HERE FROM MY CURSORY VIEW.

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AS MR. HUGHES POINTED OUT, POPPING OFF AT THE TOP WHEN THERE'S FLOODING.

SO FOR WHAT THAT'S WORTH, I WOULD RECOMMEND REVIEWING THAT.

IT'S A 32 PAGE DOCUMENT, BUT PRETTY THOROUGH AND EASY BUT EASY TO READ.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT IS REASSURING. YEAH, IT'S JUST UNDER IF YOU JUST SEARCH ON THE TOWNSHIP WEBSITE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT LIKE LANSING ANNUAL REPORT. THANKS, NICK. THANKS.

IS THERE ANY OTHER DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER UPDATES OR IS.

THAT'S ALL THAT'S IT FOR ME. SO UNLESS WE HAVE ANY OTHER KIND OF COMMENTS QUESTIONS THERE, I CAN MOVE ON. OH, DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT? EXCELLENT.

GREAT. THANKS. OKAY. SO UPDATES THEN. OH LET ME GET THAT BACK UP.

SORRY. HERE I AM. OH, YEAH. ALL RIGHT. WELL, GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL.

I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A NICE YOU KNOW, AT LEAST THE MAJORITY OF YOUR SUMMER SINCE WE'VE SEEN EACH OTHER LAST.

WITH THAT IN MIND, WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF BOARD MEETINGS SINCE THIS GROUP LAST MET.

SO I'LL GIVE YOU SOME ENVIRONMENTALLY FOCUSED AND JUST LARGER PICTURE HIGHLIGHTS RATHER THAN GOING THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED OVER THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS.

ONE FOR THOSE WHO MAYBE DIDN'T SEE FROM THE ELECTION YESTERDAY, THE INGHAM COUNTY DIRECTED MILLAGES ALL PASSED THAT INCLUDED THE PARKS MILLAGE, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, VERY IMPORTANT FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.

ONE OF WHICH, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE FUTURE PARK PLANS FOR MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP WERE AGREED TO BY THE PARKS COMMISSION FOR FUNDING CONTINGENT ON THIS MILLAGE PASSING. SO, YOU KNOW, GOOD NEWS ON THAT FRONT.

FOLLOWING THAT SAME VEIN THE MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP PARKS MILLAGE THE BOARD VOTED TO PUT THAT ON THE BALLOT FOR THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. THAT IS MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP ONLY. IT IS THE OLDEST MILLAGE THAT THE TOWNSHIP HAS RENEWED OUTSIDE OF THE CHARTER FROM 1959. SO HOPE THAT YOU CAN CONTINUE TO UTILIZE YOUR PARKS. THERE'S ABOUT AS MUCH AS I CAN SAY. OUR LAST MEETING, WE DID GET A PRESENTATION FROM GRANGER WASTE.

AND I MADE SURE TO ASK, AND THEY CONFIRMED THAT MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP DOES HAVE THE HIGHEST RATE OF CURBSIDE RECYCLING OF ANY COMMUNITY THEY OPERATE IN OUR TRI COUNTY REGION, THAT IS 78% PARTICIPATION.

AS A REMINDER FOR ANYONE LISTENING AT HOME OR YOU ALL HERE IF YOU PAY FOR GRANGER WASTE, YOU DO GET RECYCLING INCLUDED WITH YOUR SERVICE.

YOU JUST NEED TO REQUEST A YELLOW TOP BIN. THE TOWNSHIP BOARD VOTED TO APPROVE FUNDS FOR AN ACQUISITION OF A PROPERTY ON HAMILTON ROAD, 1.9 ACRES NEXT TO MANDENBURG WOODS TO GROW THAT PRESERVE WITH THE GOAL OF NATURAL PLANT GROWTH.

AND THEN A BIG ONE BEING DEER MANAGEMENT. IF YOU HAVEN'T PAID ATTENTION TO THE DEER CULLING THAT HAPPENS IN MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP, HIGHLY RECOMMEND WATCHING EMMA CAMPBELL'S PRESENTATION ON IT.

I FIND IT INCREDIBLY FASCINATING AND GOOD FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT.

IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WATER QUALITY, ESPECIALLY.

TOMORROW BECAUSE OUR BOARD DID NOT MEET YESTERDAY BECAUSE OF THE ELECTION, WE ARE MEETING TOMORROW.

THAT ALWAYS HAPPENS AROUND THE ELECTIONS. WE WILL BE RECEIVING A PRESENTATION ON THE WATER AND SEWER RATE STUDY THAT THE TOWNSHIP APPROVED FUNDING TO CONDUCT. FOR THOSE THAT AREN'T PAYING ATTENTION TO EVERY MUNICIPAL WATER FACILITY IN OUR AREA, MERIDIAN HAS THE LOWEST WATER AND SEWER RATES OF ANY COMMUNITY BY FAR, HIGHLIGHTING HIGHLIGHTS BEING 18% LOWER THAN EAST LANSING AND 35% LOWER THAN GRAND LEDGE. JUST TO THROW OUT TWO REASONABLY SIZED COMMUNITIES IN OUR AREA, I WOULD RECOMMEND WATCHING THAT. EXCUSE ME WATCHING THAT PRESENTATION.

THE BOARD IS NOT TAKING ACTION TOMORROW. IT IS MERELY A PRESENTATION AT THIS POINT.

THE AND THEN LASTLY THE MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP RECEIVED AN $11.35 MILLION BUILD GRANT TO ADDRESS DOWNTOWN OKEMOS. SO THAT WILL BE IN THE 2028 2029 CONSTRUCTION SEASON.

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THIS GRANT WILL ALLOW US TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES THAT MADE DEVELOPERS SOMEWHAT UNINTERESTED IN PURSUING SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WERE MORE IN LINE WITH THE TOWNSHIP'S VISION.

SO THIS WILL FOLLOW MOST OTHER BUILDING PROJECTS IN THE TOWNSHIP, STARTING, OF COURSE, WITH THE TRAFFIC STUDY.

SO, YOU KNOW, DOES NOT JUMP IN RIGHT INTO DEEP WATER WITH ANY PROJECTS.

BUT CONSIDERING THAT CONSIDERING THE BANK NOW HAS THE LIEN ON THE PROPERTY THERE ON THE FOUR CORNERS REGION, IT WILL BE AN ATTRACTIVE AND APPEALING PLACE TO HOPEFULLY PUT A VARIETY OF PRODUCTS, YOU KNOW, BUILDING PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE. AND THAT IS EVERYTHING FROM THE PAST COUPLE MONTHS.

I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT SPECIFICS.

BUT YOU KNOW. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

PLANNING COMMISSION. YEAH, A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT MIGHT BE OF INTEREST TO THE COMMISSION.

AN AMENDMENT TO OUR TOWNSHIP ORDINANCE HAS BEEN DRAFTED TO INCLUDE MASS TIMBER CONSTRUCTION AS AN AMENITY IN PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS.

THOSE AMENITIES CAN QUALIFY THE APPLICANT FOR EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN BUILDING RESTRICTIONS.

THE ISSUE OF ADDING MASS TIMBER LIKE YOU MIGHT ROOFTOP SOLAR OR CHARGING STATION, CAME TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FROM THE CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY, WHICH IS THE ORGANIZATION FOCUSED ON COMMERCIAL IMPROVEMENT OF THE GRAND RIVER CORRIDOR.

THE PLANNING COMMISSION ALSO SAW HAS SEEN THREE PROPOSALS FOR GAS STATIONS ON GRAND RIVER AVENUE, AND THEY'RE IN VARIOUS STAGES OF APPROVAL, RUNNING FROM TOM'S AND THE SPARROW TO THE OLD CHICAGO PIZZA DOWN TO IN FRONT OF WHOLE FOODS. TWO OF THOSE ARE SORT OF DESTINATION FUEL STATIONS WHERE THEY HAVE RESTAURANTS AND YOU GET GAS ON YOUR WAY TO EAT OR SHOP OR WHATEVER.

AND ONE IS JUST A 7-ELEVEN CONVENIENCE STORE.

ALL OF THE TRAFFIC IMPACTS REALLY ARE BECAUSE IT'S ALL M-22 OR I'M SORRY.

M-43 ARE SIGNED OFF ON BY MDOT, SO THE TOWNSHIP DOESN'T REALLY HAVE MUCH TO SAY ABOUT CHANGING TRAFFIC, BUT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, STOP IT. BUT ONCE ROAD DEPARTMENT SIGNS, I'M SORRY, MDOT SIGNS OFF, THEN IT'S OUT OF OUR HANDS. BUT THERE WERE CONCERNS THAT ONE OF THE LOCATIONS ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF EITHER REFILLING THE TANKS IN THE STATION OR REFUELING CARS AT THE PUMPS THAT FUMES DO ESCAPE.

AND IN ONE OF THE CASES, THERE IS A RESIDENTIAL AREA VERY NEARBY.

SO PLANNING COMMISSION HAS ASKED THAT APPLICANT TO TEACH US MORE ABOUT HOW THE EMISSIONS FROM REFUELING AND REFILLING ARE REGULATED. BUT THERE ARE SOME POTENTIAL HEALTH CONCERNS THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION WANTS TO TAKE CARE OF IN TERMS OF LEAKS OF TANKS ARE ALL DOUBLE WALLED AND THEY'RE MONITORED AND THEY DON'T LEAK ANYMORE.

SO IN ONE WAY, HOW MANY GAS STATIONS DO WE NEED? WELL WHAT WE NEED IS NEW, MODERN GAS STATIONS THAT DON'T LEAK, YOU KNOW? SO YOU, WE'VE ALSO SEEN A COUPLE OF CAR WASHES GO IN AND, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY CAR WASHES DO YOU NEED? AGAIN, ONE OF THOSE WOULD REPLACE THE CAR WASH NEXT TO OLD CHICAGO, THE VERIZON STORE ON OLD CHICAGO.

AND THAT WOULD BASICALLY LOOK TO THE COMMUNITY LIKE A MODERNIZATION OF A PRETTY DATED CAR WASH FACILITY.

AND THE REVITALIZATION OF THE VERIZON STORE AND THE OLD CHICAGO BY HUNTINGTON BANK.

SO REAL REVITALIZATION COMING TO THAT CORNER, WHICH HAS BEEN SLIDING FOR A WHILE.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. HOW DOES THE PLANNING COMMISSION VIEW COMPETITION BETWEEN THREE APPLICANTS FOR NEW GAS STATIONS? WE GRILL THE HECK OUT OF THEM. ONE OF THE ONE.

I MIGHT MIX THESE UP, SO PLEASE. THE ONE GOING IN NEXT TO OLD CHICAGO, I BELIEVE, IS THE SHEETS AND SHEETS JUST OPENED A LOCATION IN EAST LANSING,

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HOW OLD IS THEIR DATA? WHAT ARE THEY WATCHING EACH OTHER? THE ONE OUT BY TOM'S IS TAILGATERS, AND THEY HAVE LOCATIONS IN THE REGION, APPARENTLY VERY POPULAR.

AND THE ONE AT IN FRONT OF WHOLE FOODS AT THE CLARION SUITES IS A 7-ELEVEN.

AND THAT'S THE ONE WHERE THERE'S APARTMENT BUILDINGS NEARBY. AND JUST HORRENDOUS TRAFFIC PATTERN WITH THE NEW STARBUCKS THAT WE LIVE NEAR. IS IT LIKELY OR POSSIBLE OR PROBABLE THAT ALL THREE WOULD BE APPROVED? THERE ARE NO OUTSTANDING OTHER THAN THIS CONCERN WITH THE POSSIBLE FUMES NEXT TO A RESIDENTIAL AREA.

THE OTHER TWO ARE IN OTHER STAGES OF REVIEW. THEY'VE GONE THROUGH.

YEAH. I MEAN, THE ONE, ACTUALLY. I'M SORRY, I GO ON A BIT.

THE TAILGATERS OUT ACROSS FROM TOM'S WILL HAVE ACCESS INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE NORTH.

AND IT DOES HAVE A SIZABLE CONVENIENCE STORE AND RESTAURANT.

SO SOMEBODY WHO'S LIVING BACK THERE CAN GET TO A CONVENIENCE STORE WITHOUT HAVING TO CROSS M-43 AND GET OVER TO THE SPEEDWAY, WHICH I GUESS IS THE SAME COMPANY AS 7-ELEVEN.

IT'S HARD TO FOLLOW, BUT THOSE ARE THE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT IT.

EXCELLENT. THANKS. LAND PRESERVATION ADVISORY BOARD.

I, UNFORTUNATELY, WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THE LAST MEETING IN JULY, SO I DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT, BUT I HOPEFULLY SHOULD BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE NEXT MEETING.

I CAN GIVE YOU AN UPDATE. NEXT. IT SHOULD BE NEXT WEDNESDAY THEN.

YEAH. OKAY. BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT. YEAH. THANKS.

BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AGAIN, KIND OF MEETS AS NEEDED.

THEY DID NOT HAVE A JUNE MEETING. JULY, THERE WAS A MEETING, AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THAT MEETING, BUT ON THE AGENDA WAS THE VISTA REALTY BROWNFIELD PLAN PROPOSAL. ALSO STAFF REIMBURSEMENT FOR SOME COST OF DOING THE PROGRAM. AND THEY ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE 2027 AUTHORITY BUDGET.

WHEN THEY DO MEET, THEY MEET THE SECOND WEEK OF THE MONTH.

SO PRESUMABLY THERE MAY BE A MEETING NEXT WEEK.

SO IF THERE IS A PLAN TO ATTEND THAT AND HAVE A BETTER IDEA AND THE OUTCOME OF THESE ISSUES THAT WERE DISCUSSED IN JULY. DO WE KNOW WHAT MR. LUX IS? YEAH. SORRY TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. ALL I KNOW IS I HAVE AN ADDRESS.

IT'S ON OKEMOS ROAD. IT'S I'M IT'S A REALTY COMPANY, SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT. MAYBE THEIR BUSINESS ADDRESS IS THERE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL FIND OUT. YEAH. THANKS.

OKAY. THANKS. PARKS COMMISSION. PARKS COMMISSION.

THAT'S ME. SO I'M REPORTING FROM THE MEETING THAT THEY HAD ON JUNE 9TH, SINCE WE DIDN'T MEET IN JULY.

SO AT THAT MEETING, DAN OPSOMMER PROVIDED THE PARK COMMISSIONERS WITH AN UPDATE ON A FLOOD PLAIN MITIGATION PROJECT THAT WILL INVOLVE TOWNSHIP PURCHASE OF A CURRENTLY VACANT PROPERTY AT 5040 ALGONQUIN WAY THAT'S WITHIN THE OTTAWA HILLS SUBDIVISION.

THAT IS FROM THE FLOODING ISSUES. THE PROPERTY LIES WITHIN THE FLOODPLAIN OF PINE LAKE DRAIN AND SUFFERED SERIOUS FLOOD DAMAGE DURING RECENT STORM EVENTS. THE LONG TERM PLAN WITH THE ACQUISITION OF THE PROPERTY.

DEMOLITION OF EXISTING RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE TO ENSURE THAT IT REMAINS UNDEVELOPED IN PERPETUITY AND AT THAT TIME, ESTIMATES ON THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF THAT PROPERTY OF ABOUT $350,000.

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SOME 90% OF THE FUNDS WILL FOR PURCHASE AND DEMOLITION WILL BE FEDERAL FEMA FUNDS FOR THE SWIFT GRANT PROGRAM.

REMAINING 10% NONFEDERAL FUNDS WILL COME FROM THE TOWNSHIP, AND IT'S NOT CLEAR WHICH BUDGET, BUT EITHER THE GENERAL FUND OR PARK VILLAGE, DEPENDING UPON THE ULTIMATE DESIGNATION OF THE PARK.

SO THAT'S THE NEXT ISSUES. THIS PROPERTY IS ADJACENT TO A VACANT LOT, WHICH IS REFERRED TO AS SHRINER PARK. IT'S KIND OF A POCKET PARK AND IT DOESN'T RECEIVE MUCH ACCESS OR USE.

SO ONE POSSIBILITY IS TO APPEND THIS DEMOLISHED PROPERTY TO SHRINER PARK.

IN TERMS OF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. ANOTHER POSSIBILITY WOULD BE TO CONVERT IT TO PRESERVE.

AND THE THIRD POSSIBILITY THAT DAN OPSOMMER MENTIONED IS DISCUSSIONS WERE AT LEAST AT THAT TIME IN JUNE, WERE UNDERWAY WITH THE INGHAM COUNTY COMMISSION TO DELAY THE DONATION OF THE PROPERTY TO THE CITY SINCE IT IS ADJACENT TO A DRAIN OUTLET. IN RETURN FOR PARTIAL OFFSET OF THE [INAUDIBLE] COMMISSION ASSESSMENT. SO I'M NOT SURE QUITE WHAT THE CURRENT RESULT OF THAT DISCUSSION IS, BUT UNLESS YOU HAVE ANYTHING, THAT'S WHERE IT STANDS.

I THINK THAT'S AS MUCH AS I KNOW. WORK IS CONTINUING ON THE PARKS AND RECREATION FIVE YEAR PLAN WITH THE LAST OF THREE LISTENING SESSIONS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 13TH. SO IN A LITTLE OVER A WEEK'S TIME, THAT ONE WILL BE AT TOWNER PARK.

I THINK IT BEGINS AT 6 P.M.. COMMISSIONERS AT THE MEETING SUGGESTED THAT INPUT FROM THE LISTENING SESSIONS TO ALL THAT HAS NOT YET OCCURRED AS LONG AS THE PARK SURVEY, WHICH I THINK IS STILL OPEN, SHOULD BE USED TO IDENTIFY 4 OR 5 PRIORITIES FOR THE PARK COMMISSION TO INCLUDE IN THAT PLAN. SO WE'LL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT AS THAT IS FIRMED UP.

AND THE REMAINING REMAINDER OF THE MEETING INVOLVE REGULAR BUSINESS ITEMS SUCH AS DIRECTOR'S REPORT, STEWARDSHIP CALENDAR, AND AN UPDATE ON CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT THE PARK COMMISSION IS CURRENTLY INVOLVED IN THIS SUMMER.

THE JULY MEETING WAS CANCELED, SO THERE'S NOTHING FROM THAT MEETING.

AND THEN THE NEXT MEETING IS NEXT TUESDAY AT [INAUDIBLE].

SO THAT'S IT FROM THE PARK COMMISSION. THOSE MEETINGS ARE NOW BEING HELD HERE.

ARE THEY STILL OVER AT THE SERVICE CENTER? THEY ARE STILL AT THE SERVICE CENTER. BUT THEY HOLD TWO MEETINGS IN THEIR CALENDAR TELEVISED.

ONE OF THOSE LAST TWO MEETINGS. AND MOST OF THE MEETINGS ARE NOT THERE.

OKAY, GREAT. THANKS. OKAY. SO ON TO UPDATES FROM TEAMS. SO ENERGY TEAM FIRST AND THAT'S ALSO ME. SO REPORT FROM THE ENERGY TEAM.

WE HAD ZOOM MEETINGS BOTH IN JUNE AND JULY, MID-JUNE, MID-JULY.

THE GROUP COMPARED NOTES ON THE ENERGY FAIR, WHICH WAS HELD SATURDAY, JUNE 20TH AT THE FARMER'S MARKET.

SO IN ADDITION TO AN ENERGY TEAM TABLE, INFORMATIONAL TABLE STAFFED BY THE ENERGY TEAM OR OTHER EXHIBITORS AT THE ENERGY FAIR INCLUDED ABSOLUTE SOLAR, MICHIGAN INTERFAITH POWER AND LIGHT, AND A GEOTHERMAL INSTALLER.

TRAFFIC AT THE ENERGY FAIR WAS A LITTLE BIT LIGHT, BUT ALL THE PARTICIPANTS THOUGHT THAT IT WAS A SUCCESSFUL EVENT.

AND IN TERMS OF COMPARING NOTES FOR NEXT YEAR WE'RE THINKING OF TRYING TO INCLUDE VENDORS AND MAYBE SOME EXAMPLES OF CORDLESS ELECTRIC LAWN CARE EQUIPMENT TO GET MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT CONVERSIONS FROM GAS POWERED LAWN CARE EQUIPMENT TO RECHARGEABLE ELECTRIC DEVICES. THEY'RE CERTAINLY AVAILABLE, BUT THEY'RE NOT WIDELY USED.

I GUESS THEY'RE USED IN AN INCREASING BASIS. BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT PROBABLY THE TOWNSHIP ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION AND THE ENERGY TEAM SHOULD

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SO THEY'RE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS TOWARDS THAT.

AND ANOTHER AREA OF TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT THAT THE ENERGY TEAM HAS BEEN DISCUSSING IS A CONCEPT CALLED V2H OR VEHICLE TO HOME. THIS REFERS TO THE ABILITY OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES TO REVERSIBLY CHARGE AND DELIVER POWER DURING A POWER OUTAGE, OR FOR EXAMPLE, AT NIGHT FOR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE RESIDENTIAL SOLAR.

THE LIMITATION IS THAT ONLY A FEW OF THE ELECTRIC VEHICLES THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON THE US MARKET ARE CAPABLE OF DOING REVERSIBLE CHARGE DISCHARGE. THOSE INCLUDE THE FORD F-150 LIGHTNING, TESLA CYBERTRUCK, AND SEVERAL GM MODELS IN THE ULTIUM PLATFORM. BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT OTHER MANUFACTURERS ARE WORKING ON THIS.

AND NEW MODELS THAT SHOULD BE COMING OUT IN YEARS IN THE FUTURE SHOULD HAVE IMPROVED CAPABILITY TO DO THIS REVERSIBLE CHARGING.

IT'S GOOD FOR THE ENERGY GRID. IT'S GOOD FOR CUSTOMERS.

IT'S GOOD FOR MORE WIDESPREAD ADOPTION OF SOLARIZATION AND RESIDENTIAL AND OTHER MARKETS.

IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THIS CONCEPT, IT'S, I THINK IT'S A FASCINATING TOPIC.

YOU CAN GOOGLE GREAT LAKES GLREA AND V2H. THERE'S SOME NICE VIDEOS AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE THAT EXPLAIN WHAT THE PROCESS IS, WHAT THE LIMITATIONS ARE.

SO THAT'S TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT. AND THE OTHER THING I SHOULD NOTE, THERE IS A SOLARIZED WORKSHOP FOR INGHAM COUNTY RESIDENTS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 20TH. THAT'S COMING UP LATER IN THE MONTH.

AND IT WILL BE HELD AT THE RED CEDAR DISTILLERY FROM 6 TO 8 P.M..

AND EVEN THOUGH FEDERAL TAX CREDITS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE FOR RESIDENTIAL SOLARIZATION THERE'S STILL ADVANTAGES FOR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS TO ADOPT RESIDENTIAL SOLAR PANELS. IF THEY CAN GET, FOR EXAMPLE, GROUP DISCOUNTS THROUGH SOLARIZE EVENTS.

THE OTHER FOCUS FOR SOLARIZATION IS CURRENTLY COMMERCIAL AND NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING COMMUNITIES OF FAITH FOR FEDERAL FUNDING IS AVAILABLE AND WILL FURTHER SOLARIZATION IS BEING ADOPTED IN THOSE AREAS.

OUR NEXT TEAM MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 13TH.

THAT'S IT. AWESOME. THANKS. ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH.

GREEN TEAM. YEAH. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THE GREEN TEAM CONTINUES TO PARTNER WITH THE FARMERS MARKET FOR VARIOUS EVENTS. WE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE ENERGY FAIR BACK IN JUNE, AND I DIDN'T KNOW THAT ATTENDANCE WAS A LITTLE BIT LIGHTER THAN PREVIOUS YEARS AT THAT EVENT AS WELL.

BUT HOPEFULLY THAT WILL PICK UP AGAIN IN THE FUTURE.

AND THEN IN JULY, WE HAD OUR GREEN FAIR IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FARMERS MARKET, HE HAD SEVERAL DIFFERENT VENDORS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THAT EVENT.

AGAIN, UNFORTUNATELY I WASN'T AT THAT PARTICULAR ONE, BUT MAYBE STAFF CAN SHARE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, BUT AS FAR AS I KNOW, THINGS WENT FINE.

AND WE DO HAVE A GREEN TEAM MEETING SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEK TO PLAN FOR OUR AUGUST EVENT AND THEN OUR EVENT IN SEPTEMBER AS WELL. SO. HAS THERE BEEN DISCUSSION OF RETURNING TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL NOT AS, AS IT'S BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

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BUT YEAH, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE CAN DISCUSS AT OUR GREEN TEAM MEETING NEXT WEEK.

I MEAN, I THINK THE FARMER'S MARKET IS ALSO A GREAT PARKING LOT AT THE MALL IS IF IT WORKS FOR YOU GUYS AND, YOU KNOW, STICK WITH IT. IT'S ALWAYS LIKE GOING DOWN TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

YEP. OKAY, GREAT. THEN IS THERE ANY UPDATE ON THE GREEN BURIAL? THERE IS NOT. NO. OKAY. WE HAVE AN UPDATE. WELL, SUMMERTIME.

SO I GUESS YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE AN UPDATE. UNLESS YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SHARE? STUFF GOING ON, BUT THINGS ARE STARTING TO LIKE RAMP UP FOR NEXT YEAR.

OKAY, GREAT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR MATTERS? I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

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RIGHT. I'M ALSO ON THE BIRD TEAM. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED TO THE [INAUDIBLE] AUDUBON SOCIETY.

I HAVEN'T HEARD IF IT'S BEEN FORMALLY APPROVED, BUT I HAVEN'T EITHER.

THE EXPECTATION IS SO WE'RE HOPING TO BE APPROVED, AND I WILL LOOK INTO THAT AND SEE IF WE HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. OKAY. I DIDN'T I DIDN'T KNOW IF THE APPLICATION HAD BEEN SUBMITTED OR NOT THEN.

SO WHERE THAT WAS AT, AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.

OKAY. OKAY. I'VE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF SEVERAL, YOU KNOW, LIKE FACEBOOK POSTINGS OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED RECENTLY AS BIRD CITY. AND IT MADE ME THINK LIKE, HEY.

I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE AN UPDATE. I KNOW WE ALL HAD EMMA CAMPBELL COME IN AND GIVE A PRESENTATION A WHILE AGO WITH OUR SIGNAGE, AND THEN ALSO SPEAK TO THE BACKYARD CONSULT THAT IS OPEN TO ANY MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP PROPERTY OWNER.

I ACTUALLY, WE HAD HER COME OUT TO OUR PROPERTY AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE HUGE KUDOS.

THE WAY SHE TOOK THE TIME TO REALLY THOUGHTFULLY THINK ABOUT NATIVES.

I'D ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO DO IT. IT IS SO INCREDIBLE WHAT YOU CAN ACHIEVE IN YOUR BACKYARD.

EVEN SMALL CHANGES. AND SO JUST, IT'S, AN AMAZING RESOURCE WE HAVE HERE IN OUR TOWNSHIP AND I REALLY, REALLY RECOMMEND IT. SO AND A FABULOUS REPORT, VERY THOROUGH AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, DIALED IN TO YOUR SPECIFIC PLOT AND WHAT YOU HAVE.

THAT'S GREAT. VERY COOL. YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO I WISH WE HAD SOME ADDED CAPACITY BECAUSE I KNOW EMMA JUGGLES A LOT.

AND SO SHE DOES. I THINK HER NAME'S COME UP SO MANY TIMES IN OUR MEETING TODAY ALONE.

SO I MEAN, JUST KUDOS TO WHAT SHE DOES. AND YOU KNOW, JUST THE WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE THAT SHE BRINGS TO OUR TOWNSHIP.

SO GREAT. THANKS. THANKS FOR SHARING THAT. YEAH.

ONE OTHER ANNOUNCEMENT THAT'S PROBABLY WORTH MENTIONING, AS I THINK MANY OF US KNOW, THERE'S GOING TO BE A MEMORIAL EVENT HONORING LEROY HARVEY SATURDAY, AUGUST 15TH AT BALTIMORE PARK NATURE CENTER.

I BELIEVE THE EVENT IS STARTING AT 5 P.M.. AND THERE'S SOME, I THINK A SEVERAL EVENTS THAT ARE BEING CONSIDERED AS PART OF THAT, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED AND AVAILABLE TO ATTEND THAT.

GREAT. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING, THANK YOU FOR LETTING US KNOW ABOUT THAT.

OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? NOPE. OKAY. SO MEETING ADJOURNED.

GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.