Oct 06, 2020 Township Board

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[INAUDIBLE] READY TO GO.

DAN [INAUDIBLE] CONFIRMING.

YOU ARE GOOD TO GO, SIR.

COULD YOU GRAB MY SPEAKER IN THE BACK SEAT OF MY CAR?

[1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER]

AND WITH THAT, WE WILL START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

PROBABLY BE BEST IF WE CAN MORE OR LESS STAY MUTE WHILE I SAY IT, BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT GETS CRAZIER ON THE SCREEN.

I HEARD ALL OF YOU. YOU SOUNDED GREAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [INAUDIBLE] WE NOW COME TO THE ROLL CALL, MR. CLERK? CALL] ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I BELIEVE WE HAVE NO PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. MANAGER, YES.

OK. NOW IS OUR LEGAL COUNSEL LINE AT THIS POINT? HE WAS GOING TO BE JOINING US MAYBE HE HAS NOT GOTTEN ON YET.

OK, I JUST WANTED TO HAVE HIM TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR AUTHORITY TO MEET, HE AND I HAVE DISCUSSED THAT EXTENSIVELY.

JUST SAY AT THIS POINT WE'LL CALL ON HIM LATER WHEN HE SHOWS UP.

BUT I WILL INDICATE THAT HE HAS SAID WE DO HAVE AUTHORITY TO MEET AT THIS POINT.

THAT IS VIRTUALLY MEETING.

REGARD TO CITIZENS ADDRESSING AGENDA AND NON AGENDA ITEMS. AND I WOULD ASK MR. GEBES FOR HELP WITH THIS.

OF COURSE, IF YOU CARE TO MAKE A COMMENT IN THE ZOOM INTERFACE ITSELF, YOU CAN USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE AND WE WILL ENABLE YOUR ABILITY TO SPEAK.

IF YOU CARE TO DIAL IN USING THE TELEPHONE, WE CAN TAKE TELEPHONE COMMENTS AT FIVE ONE SEVEN THREE FOUR NINE ONE TWO THREE TWO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND AGAIN, IF YOU DO CALL IN OR YOU DO RAISE YOUR HAND TO BE CALLED ON, YOU'RE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES. WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOUR COMMENTS.

YOU START OFF WITH YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND THEN GO FORWARD FROM THERE.

WE WILL TIME YOU AND LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP.

AND WE ASK THAT YOU BE COURTEOUS, REFERRED DIRECTLY TO THE BOARD AND NOT TO OTHERS.

AND ANYBODY CALLING IN? MR. GEBES? WE HAVE NO RAISED HANDS AND WE HAVE NO TELEPHONE CALLS AT THIS TIME, SIR.

ALL RIGHT, WE WILL, THERE IS A SECOND OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS, IF YOU WERE LATE OR WANT TO THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE AT THE END OF THE MEETING.

[6. TOWNSHIP MANAGER REPORT]

FIRST THING I'D LIKE TO DO IS WELCOME AMBER CLARK.

AMBER IS OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND NEIGHBORHOODS AND STARTED WITH US THIS LAST MONDAY. SO THIS IS HER FIRST OFFICIAL BOARD MEETING WITH US.

AND SO I WANT TO WELCOME HER AND SHE'S GOING TO BE A GREAT ADDITION FOR OUR TEAM.

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HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE.

I JUST HOPE WHILE EVERYONE'S THERE, WE REMEMBER ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WERE INVOLVED IN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.

THERE WERE A LOT OF, LET'S SAY, BACK AND FORTH, A LOT OF FUND RAISING, A LOT OF PEOPLE GOING OUT. IT'S NOT ONE INDIVIDUAL OR TWO INDIVIDUALS.

IT WAS A COMPLETE TEAM EFFORT.

AND I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S WORK ON THAT PROJECT.

IT'S REALLY SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF FOR THIS COMMUNITY.

THE NUMBER ONE THING IS IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

AND NUMBER TWO, IT'S CASH, WHICH IS A GREAT DEAL.

I WILL HIGHLIGHT THE DEER MANAGEMENT WORK THAT'S GOING ON AND THAT'S ON THE AGENDA.

AND DIRECTOR MAISNER WILL BE ABLE TO UPDATE YOU ON THAT.

I DO WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE, ALTHOUGH WALNUT HILLS IS ON THE AGENDA, WE'VE BEEN WORKING EXTENSIVELY ON THIS FOR THE LAST.

SOME OF THE 10 DAYS WE WERE IN FRONT OF A JUDGE JAMO'S COURT LAST WEDNESDAY, THE HONORABLE JUDGE JAMO WHO.

THE QUESTION WAS, DOES THE TOWNSHIP WE WERE THE DEFENDANT, THE PLAINTIFF WITH SUMMER PARK REALTY. DOES THIS TOWNSHIP DECIDE IT HAD THE RIGHT TO TAKE DOWN THE BUILDINGS UNDER THE DANGEROUS BUILDING CODE? JUDGE JAMO DIDN'T MINCE ANY WORDS.

HE WAS VERY EMPHATIC THAT, YES, THE TOWNSHIP HAS A RIGHT AND CAN DO SO AFTER THE OCTOBER 5TH DEADLINE AND MORE TO COME ON THAT.

BUT I WANTED TO KIND OF STEP IT UP FOR THE DISCUSSION LATER ON.

ROADS WERE BASICALLY COMPLETE WITH OUR ROAD PROGRAM.

THE 16 MILES OF CRACKED CEILING WILL BE COMPLETED BY THIS FRIDAY.

I WANT TO CREDIT THE DEPUTY MANAGER PERRY WHO HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OVERSEEING THAT PROJECT FOR THE ENTIRE FIRST YEAR OF HANDLING THAT.

I THINK THE BIGGEST THANK YOU, THOUGH, CAME FROM THE COUNTY, DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THE WORK.

GOT A NOTE FROM BILL [INAUDIBLE] TODAY WHO WAS JUST THRILLED THAT THE WAY THE PROJECT LOOKS AND THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE TO OVERSEE IT OR HIS TEAM.

ONE OF THE MAIN PARTS OF THE TOWNSHIP THAT'S NOT COMPLETED YET IS UP IN SHAW AND POTTER AND EDISON, AN AREA THAT REALLY NEEDS THE IMPROVEMENT AND THE WORK TO BE COMPLETED.

WE'RE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING A BIG DREAM PROJECT UP THERE, BUT THE BASE PAVING ALL THAT AREA, IT'S BEEN LONG AWAITED.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO THE OWNERS OF BLUE GILL GRILL ABOUT THIS PROJECT FOR THREE OR FOUR YEARS. WE EXPECT THE BASE CODING OF THAT PROJECT TO BE DONE BY THE END OF THIS MONTH.

SOLAR AGAIN COMING BY THE END OF THE MONTH IN TWO DIFFERENT AREAS IN THE MARKETPLACE AND THE SOUTH FIRE STATION.

THE HVAC PROJECT, ANOTHER VERY LARGE PROJECT FOR THE TOWNSHIP UNDER THE DIRECTION OF DIRECTOR PERRY, WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS MONTH.

AND SO WE WILL NOW HAVE HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING IN OUR MUNICIPAL BUILDING.

THE COPPER CREEK DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS A LARGE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT UP OFF OF HASLETT ROAD. PRINCIPAL PLANNER MAISNER SENT ME A NOTE TODAY THAT THE FINAL DESIGN HAS BEEN APPROVED. SO COPPER CREEK IS MOVING FORWARD.

HAZARD PAY, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A SEVENTY THOUSAND DOLLAR EXPENSE FOR THE TOWNSHIP.

WE'VE BEEN REIMBURSED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR THAT.

WE HAVE A CHECK. I WANT TO THANK BRANDIE YATES, OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT FOR THE WORK ON THE CENSUS. WE'RE APPROACHING SEVENTY SEVEN PERCENT.

WE'VE GOT A GREAT RESPONSE.

AND THE DEADLINE HAS, I UNDERSTAND, THROUGH THE COURTS HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO OCTOBER THIRTY FIRST. SO WE'RE HOPING TO BE IN THE VERY HIGH SEVENTIES AND APPROACHING 80 BEFORE IT'S OVER. AND FINALLY, OF COURSE, WE HAVE THREE VILLAGE PROPOSALS ON THE BALLOT COMING UP IN A MONTH.

THE TEAM WORK TOGETHER TO PUT OUT SOME INFORMATION.

OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SEEK APPROVAL, SEEK YES VOTES, BUT WE ARE ALLOWED TO PUT OUT INFORMATION ABOUT THEM.

AND WE DID SO.

AND IT WAS A COMBINATION OF SEVEN OR EIGHT OF OUR LEADERS PUTTING THAT TOGETHER LAST WEEK. THAT'S KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE TEAM.

AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR IF YOU HAVE SOME THROUGHOUT TOO.

THANK YOU, MR. SUPERVISOR.

THANK YOU, MANAGER WALSH.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THEY WANT TO RAISE WITH THE MANAGER AT THIS POINT? I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS, DON'T HEAR ANYONE.

[7. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS OF ACTIVITIES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS]

ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANYTHING TO TELL US ABOUT? TREASURER DESCHAINE? THANK YOU SUPERVISOR.

THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS ATTENDED A FEW EVENTS.

THE FIRST WAS ON SEPTEMBER 24TH, ATTENDED OUR COMMUNITY POLICING FORUM HOSTED BY CHIEF PLAGA AND HIS VERY TALENTED STAFF.

IT WAS VERY WELL PUT TOGETHER.

INFORMATIVE, GOOD QUESTIONS CAME FROM PEOPLE THAT ATTENDED AND LOTS OF VERY GOOD INFORMATION ON OUR COMMUNITY POLICING POLICIES.

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BUT EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR OUR CITIZENS TO VIEW AT ANY TIME.

ON SEPTEMBER 26, ATTENDED THE REGIONAL ELECTRONICS RECYCLING DAY AT CHIPPEWA MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SEPTEMBER 30TH WITH DEPUTY MANAGER PERRY ATTENDED THE WASTEWATER RECYCLING OPEN HOUSE ON TROWBRIDGE ROAD, WHICH IS WHERE ALL OF OUR WASTEWATER GOES.

THE EPA DIRECTOR WAS THERE WITH SOME FEDERAL FUNDS IN HAND THAT WILL BE AWARDED TO THE STATE WILL THEN TRICKLE DOWN TO OUR WASTEWATER RECYCLING PLANT.

AND THEY'RE UNDER A MAJOR RENOVATION THERE.

AND IT'S REALLY QUITE IMPRESSIVE.

AND THEN LASTLY, OCTOBER 3RD, THIS PAST SATURDAY, I WAS PART OF THE TREE PLANTING DAY, WHICH WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THIS BOARD, BY THE TEN THOUSAND DOLLAR GRANT TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION. IT TURNED AROUND AND BOUGHT HUNDREDS OF TREES THAT DAY.

IN PARTICULAR, WE HAD 60 VOLUNTEERS AND 40 LARGE TREES THAT WERE PLANTED.

AND IF YOU'VE BEEN BY [INAUDIBLE] ROAD, IT'S A DIFFERENT LOOK ALREADY AND ONLY IMAGINE HOW GREAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK IN 10 AND 20 YEARS FROM NOW.

THAT'S MY REPORT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, OTHER BOARD MEMBERS? TRUSTEE WISINSKI? YOU'RE MUTED. THANK YOU.

I JUST WANTED TO ADD TO TREASURER DESCHAINE'S REPORT ON THE RECYCLING EVENT, APPARENTLY THIS WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST EVENTS THAT WE'VE HAD TO DATE.

WE RECYCLED OVER ALMOST NINETY THOUSAND POUNDS OF ELECTRONICS, FILLING FOUR SEMI TRUCKS AND OVER A THOUSAND VEHICLES ATTENDED THAT EVENT.

SO IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.

IT WAS A LOT OF HEAVY LIFTING.

THERE'S TVS THAT STILL WEIGH THREE HUNDRED POUNDS IN PEOPLE'S HOUSES, BUT THEY ADD TO THAT THERE WAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF VOLUNTEERS AND TURN OUT.

SO I ALSO WANT TO THANK MANAGER AND THE STAFF FOR PUTTING OUT THAT LETTER THAT HELPS THE PROPOSALS FOR THE VILLAGES ON THE BALLOT.

I'VE GOTTEN [INAUDIBLE] ABOUT THAT AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL.

SO IF WE CAN PROMOTE THAT AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO HELP FOLKS BE INFORMED IN THEIR VOTING, THAT'D BE FANTASTIC. AND THEN I JUST A QUESTION FOR MANAGER WALSH.

THE MARKETPLACE ON THE GREEN RIBBON CUTTING, IS THAT VIRTUAL ONLY OR IS THAT IN PERSON AS WELL? IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE TOWNSHIP BOARD AND ALL OF THE DIRECTORS ARE ASKED TO BE THERE, AND ALSO IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE SOMEONE FROM EACH OF THE DIFFERENT ENTITIES THAT DONATED TO THE PROJECT TO ALSO BE THERE.

WE WANT TO KEEP OUR NUMBER SOMEWHAT DOWN BECAUSE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD.

BUT, YES, IT'S GOING TO BE FACEBOOK AND EVERY OTHER THING LIVE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN WATCH.

AND I THINK ZOOMED.

DIRECTOR MAISNER IS IN THIS MEETING UNDER YOUR MANAGEMENT.

SO SHE MAY KNOW MORE ABOUT IT THAN I DO.

BUT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ABOUT 40 OR 50 PEOPLE THAT WILL BE THERE.

AND DIRECTOR MAISNER'S THE EMCEE OF THIS EVENT AND SHE KNOWS MORE ABOUT THAT.

IF THERE'S ANY ERRORS, MAYBE SHE SAID SHE CAN FILL IT IN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

[INAUDIBLE] MS. JACKSON? YES, SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, I ATTENDED A TRI COUNTY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION BOARD MEETING, AND AT THAT MEETING WE APPROVED THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE TWENTY TWENTY ONE FISCAL YEAR AND THE WORK PLAN FOR THE TRI COUNTY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION. THERE'S NOT MUCH CHANGE FROM THIS YEAR OF WHAT THEY PLAN TO DO.

SO NEXT YEAR, AND MUCH OF IT IS CONTINUATION OF THE GENERAL [INAUDIBLE] TO THIS POINT.

ON THE TWENTY NINTH TO THE SECOND, I ALSO ATTENDED THE TWENTY TWENTY MICHIGAN MUNICIPAL LEAGUE VIRTUAL CONVENTION.

WHICH I FOUND WAS A REAL WELL-RUN VIRTUAL AFFAIR AND ATTENDED PARTICIPATED IN SEVERAL WORKSHOP TALKS THAT FOCUSED ON DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE STATE CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT.

COMMUNITY POLICING FOCUSING ON THE [INAUDIBLE] NO I'M SORRY, THE WASHTENAW COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND COVID IMPACTS AND RESPONSES FROM THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL

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ON THE 4TH, I ATTENDED THE DDA MEETING AT THE TOWNSHIP.

I ALSO WISH TO COMMEND THE CHIEF PLAGA AND HIS DEPARTMENT ON THEIR FORUM THAT WAS, I BELIEVE, HELD ON THE 24TH.

I FOUND IT VERY INFORMATIVE, EVEN THOUGH I CLAIM TO BE A GRADUATE OF THE CITIZENS ACADEMY, I'M STILL LEARNING THINGS THAT I BELIEVE ALL CITIZENS NEED TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND ABOUT HOW WE OPERATE AND HOW WE INTERPRET THE CONCEPT OF COMMUNITY POLICING.

AND SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU FOR THAT GOOD REPORT.

ANYONE ELSE WANT TO MAKE A REPORT? IF NOT, I WILL CALL ON OUR ATTORNEY, MR. FAHEY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, I MENTIONED THAT THERE ARE SOME ISSUES WITH REGARD TO HAVING VIRTUAL MEETINGS.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ISSUED SOME ADVICE TO THIS BOARD CONCERNING THAT.

AND I WAS HOPING YOU COULD GIVE US THAT INFORMATION, THAT ADVICE AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU, MR. SUPERVISOR.

I WON'T I WON'T BELABOR THIS TOO MUCH.

JUST SOME BACKGROUND, THOUGH.

FIRST OF ALL, PROBABLY MOST OF YOU HAVE WATCHED THE NEWS AND SAW THAT ON FRIDAY, THE MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT ISSUED AN OPINION ON THE ISSUE OF THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDERS.

THAT OPINION CAME UP IN A VERY UNUSUAL CONTEXT, IT DIDN'T GET TO THE COURT IN THE NORMAL WAY. IT GOT THERE BECAUSE A FEDERAL JUDGE ASKED THE COURT FOR ITS OPINION ON TWO VERY NARROW QUESTIONS.

THE COURT GAVE THE FEDERAL COURT ITS OPINION ON THOSE QUESTIONS, AND THE BOTTOM LINE OF THAT OPINION WAS THAT THE CIRCUIT THAT THE GOVERNOR'S ORDERS, TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY DEPENDED UPON EITHER THE NINETEEN EIGHTY FIVE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACT OR THE NINETEEN FORTY FIVE POWERS OF THE GOVERNORS ACT DID NOT CONTAIN SUFFICIENT AUTHORITY FOR THE GOVERNOR TO ISSUE THE VARIOUS ORDERS THAT SHE'S ISSUED SINCE THE END OF AUGUST EXCUSE ME, APRIL, WHEN THE LEGISLATURE TOOK ISSUE WITH THE GOVERNOR'S ABILITY TO GO FORWARD.

SO. THE ACTUAL IMPACT OF THOSE RULINGS, THOUGH, IS VERY UNSETTLED AT THIS POINT BECAUSE OF THE WAY IN WHICH THAT CAME TO THE COURT FROM A FEDERAL JUDGE.

SO IT DOESN'T TAKE EFFECT IN THE NORMAL WAY THAT WE WOULD EXPECT THE SUPREME COURT OPINION TO TAKE EFFECT.

AS WE LOOK AT IT, AT A VERY MINIMUM, IT'S GOING TO NOT TAKE EFFECT FOR TWENTY ONE DAYS.

AFTER 21 DAYS, THERE IS GOING TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE GOVERNOR TO REQUEST A REHEARING. AND BASED ON THE NEWS THAT'S BEEN COMING OUT OF THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, I WOULD EXPECT THAT TO TAKE PLACE.

IF THAT HAPPENS, IT COULD WELL BE THAT THAT DECISION FINAL.

THE FINAL DECISION THAT COMES OUT OF THE SUPREME COURT MAY NOT HAPPEN UNTIL AFTER THE NOVEMBER 3RD ELECTION.

IT MAY NOT EVEN HAPPEN UNTIL AFTER THE CHANGE IN THE PERSONNEL ON THE COURT ON JANUARY ONE. SO I'M NOT GOING TO TRY TO PREDICT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

ALL I CAN TELL YOU, ALL I KNOW ABOUT THAT IS THAT OPINION IS NOT EFFECTIVE YET.

APART FROM THAT, AND I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY MORE IMPORTANT FOR PURPOSES OF WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO AS A TOWNSHIP GOING FORWARD WITH RESPECT TO WHETHER WE HOLD THESE MEETINGS IN A VIRTUAL FORMAT.

THERE IS NOTHING IN THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT THAT PROHIBITS THE TOWNSHIP FROM CONDUCTING VIRTUAL MEETINGS, WHETHER THERE'S A PANDEMIC OR NOT.

IT IS OBVIOUS THAT OVER THE YEARS, MOST MUNICIPALITIES HAVE HELD IN-PERSON MEETINGS AND IN MANY CASES THAT'S THE MOST CONVENIENT WAY TO DO THINGS.

THESE ARE NOT ORDINARY TIMES AND IT DOESN'T HAPPEN TO BE CONVENIENT NOR SAFE FOR US TO DO THAT AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

THERE IS A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF DISCRETION AND IN WITH APPROPRIATE BROAD CONSTRUCTION OF THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

I BELIEVE THAT EVEN WITHOUT THE GOVERNOR'S ORDERS, THE TOWNSHIP BOARD HAS AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT ITS MEETINGS UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES IN A VIRTUAL FORMAT.

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CUZ I WILL, I WILL BE THE FIRST TO AGREE THAT NOT EVERY SINGLE MUNICIPAL ATTORNEY OUT THERE AGREES WITH MY OPINION ON THIS.

BUT UNTIL WE GET ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION FROM EITHER THE COURT OR THE LEGISLATURE OR SOME OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE BODY, SUCH AS THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AT THIS POINT, MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE TOWNSHIP, IF YOU ARE WISHING TO DO SO AND IF YOU BELIEVE THAT IT IS NECESSARY FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH OF MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP, THAT YOU CONTINUE TO CONDUCT YOUR MEETINGS IN A VIRTUAL FORMAT.

THANKS. ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, WE COULD SAVE THE QUESTION FOR WHEN WE GET TO THE ATTORNEY ADVISE SECTION OF THE MEETING. I WANTED YOU TO SPEAK EARLIER IN THE MEETING BECAUSE THE FACT THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONED DO WE OR DO WE NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO PROCEED TONIGHT VIRTUALLY? I [INAUDIBLE] UP FRONT RATHER THAN LATER IN THE AGENDA WOULD BE IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT APPARENTLY, AT LEAST INITIALLY, IT COULD HAVE CHANGED BY NOW.

SO THINGS CHANGE CONSTANTLY.

THE TOWNSHIP ASSOCIATION THAT WE BELONG TO WAS SAYING, NO, YOU CAN'T HAVE VIRTUAL MEETINGS. AND YET THE MUNICIPAL LEAGUE, WHICH WE ALSO BELONG TO, WOULD SAY, YES, YOU CAN JUST AS YOU JUST DID, THIS FOR THE REST OF OCTOBER.

FAHEY. YOU'RE RIGHT.

THERE ARE MANY OTHERS OUT THERE THAT DISAGREE WITH EACH OTHER ABOUT THIS.

AND I THINK WE CAN ALL RESPECT THAT.

I KNOW THAT THE MTA TRIES ITS HARDEST TO TRY TO KEEP ITS MEMBERS LEGALLY SAFE.

BUT HONESTLY, I THINK IN THIS CASE, BEING LEGALLY SAFE IS MAYBE LESS IMPORTANT THAN BEING PHYSICALLY AND HEALTHY SAFE.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, ANY MORE BOARD MEMBER REPORTS? BACK TO THAT PLEASE. NOT SEEING ANY HANDS.

I HAD TO MAKE MY REPORT YET.

I'LL MENTION I DID A FEW THINGS THAT I THINK ARE WORTH MENTIONING.

I ATTENDED SOMETHING CALLED THE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY AND SOCIAL RESEARCH THAT MSU PRESENTS. THEY HAVE AN ORGANIZATION CALLED THAT, AND THEY PRESENT SEMINARS OR PUBLIC FORUMS PERIODICALLY.

AND THEY HAD ONE ON POLICING AND VERY TIMELY SUBJECT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO ON THE TWENTY THIRD OF SEPTEMBER.

AND IT WAS ACTUALLY THE DAY BEFORE OUR OWN POLICE FORUM.

SO I ATTENDED BOTH OF THOSE.

I ALSO ATTENDED OUR POLICE FORUM, WHICH THE PUBLIC ATTENDED AND WAS VERY REPRESENTED BY CHIEF PLAGA AND SEVERAL OF HIS OFFICERS.

THEY DID A GOOD JOB OF PRESENTING AND THE PUBLIC DID NOT HAVE THEY HAD QUESTIONS, BUT I THINK THEY THEY LEFT PRETTY WELL SATISFIED.

AND THANK YOU, CHIEF PLAGA, FOR THAT.

I ATTENDED THE EDC MEETING ON OCTOBER 1ST AND THE DDA MEETING ON OCTOBER 5TH AND ALSO ATTENDED DURING THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, SEVERAL MEETINGS AND THE HEARING ON WALNUT HILLS, WHICH YOU WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT LATER ON IN THE MEETING.

LAST CHANCE FOR BOARD MEMBER REPORTS.

[8. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

SEVERAL OF THE PEOPLE THAT I WANTED TO BRING BEFORE YOU EITHER COULD NOT REACH OR IN ONE CASE WAS TO CHANGE THEIR MIND ABOUT INTEREST.

SO THAT WILL BE ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT TIME, TWO WEEKS FROM TONIGHT.

AND WE'LL HAVE A NUMBER OF THEM FOR SURE NEXT TIME, TWO WEEKS FROM TONIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. THIS WITHOUT THE 12D, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? TREASURER? I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED BY THE SUPERVISOR.

IS THERE ANY NEED TO COMMENT FURTHER ON THIS.

IF NOT, WE NEED TO HAVE THE VOTE ON IT.

TREASURER DESCHAINE? YES. TRUSTEE JACKSON? YES. TRUSTEE OPSOMMER? YES. TRUSTEE SUNDLAND? YES. TRUSTEE WISINSKI? YES. SUPERVISOR STYKA? YES.

CLERK DREYFUS VOTES YES. AGENDA IS APPROVED.

THANK YOU. WE NOW MOVE ON TO NUMBER NINE, WHICH IS THE CONSENT AGENDA IN THIS MEETING.

[9. CONSENT AGENDA]

WE HAVE THE MINUTES OF TWO MEETINGS, THE SEPTEMBER 15 VIRTUAL REGULAR MEETING AND THE SEPTEMBER 22ND VIRTUAL SPECIAL MEETING.

WE ALSO HAVE BILLS AS WELL AS THE ADDITION OF A STREETLIGHT AND HAGEDORN AND MOUNT HOPE.

AND FINALLY, THE RATIFICATION OF NEW PARTITE PARAMEDIC APPOINTMENT.

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SUPPORT.

SUPPORTED BY TRUSTEE JACKSON.

ANY DISCUSSION OR NEED TO REMOVE ANYTHING? IF NOT, WE NEED TO VOTE, MR. CLERK. TRUSTEE JACKSON? YES.

TRUSTEE OPSOMMER? YES. TRUSTEE SUNDLAND? YES. TRUSTEE WISINSKI? YES. SUPERVISOR STYKA? YES.

CLERK DREYFUS VOTES YES, TREASURER DESCHAINE? YES.

MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CONSENT AGENDA PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT ITEM IS QUESTION FOR THE ATTORNEY.

MR. FAHEY'S STILL WITH US.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS EITHER ON WHAT HE DISCUSSED EARLIER OR OTHER MATTERS THAT PERTAIN TO THE BOARD AT THIS TIME? I SEE NONE. LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE OFF THE HOOK BILL.

ALRIGHT.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR HEARINGS, BUT WE HAVE NONE TONIGHT, WHICH BRINGS US TO OUR ACTION

[12A. Planned Unit Development #20014 (Okemos Land Investment LLC) Silverleaf]

MR. KIESELBACH. WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE US A QUICKIE ON THIS, PLEASE? YOUR MUTED. YOU DISCUSSED THIS AT YOUR LAST MEETING AND HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ALSO ON THIS. THIS IS A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BENNETT ROAD.

150 RESIDENTIAL UNITS ARE PART OF THIS.

YOU'LL REMEMBER THIS AS A REZONING IN A NUMBER OF THE CONDITIONS WERE PLACED ON THIS AS HOW THIS PROPERTY WOULD EVOLVE AS PART OF THOSE.

AND THOSE ARE INCLUDED IN THE CONDITIONS WITH THE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT.

PLANNING COMMISSION DID ALSO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS DEVELOPMENT. AND WITH REGARD TO THIS ITEM.

TRUSTEE JACKSON? I WOULD READ THE MOTION AS SOON AS I FIND IT . [LAUGHTER] I MOVE TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION APPROVING PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT NUMBER TWO ZERO ZERO ONE FOUR TO DEVELOP A ONE HUNDRED, ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DETACHED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOT ON APPROXIMATELY NINETY FOUR ACRES LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BENNETT ROAD, WEST OF HULETT ROAD.

IS THERE SUPPORT? SUPPORT. [INAUDIBLE] WELL, I THINK I HEARD MR. OPSOMMER IS THAT RIGHT? OK.

ALL RIGHT, DO YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON THIS TRUSTEE JACKSON? I WOULD ONLY ADD TO MR. KIESELBACH'S DESCRIPTION THAT WITHIN THIS RESOLUTION, WE IDENTIFY CONDITIONS THAT WERE PLACED ON THE REZONING OF THIS PROPERTY THAT INVOLVE THE TREATMENT, DISTRIBUTION OF LAND TO BE ASSIGNED TO THE TOWNSHIP AND AND MADE A PART OF THE I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE DECISION HAS BEEN MADE ABOUT HOW THAT ALL HAPPENED.

BUT THE CONDITIONS ALSO INVOLVED ACCESS THE KINDS OF ACCESS FROM BENNETT ROAD TO THIS PROPERTY AND HOW THE LAYOUT OF THIS SILVERLEAF DEVELOPMENT WILL RELATE IN MANY RESPECTS TO OTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AREA.

DOES ANYONE ELSE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS MOTION THAT'S BEFORE US? I SEE NO OTHER HANDS.

I GUESS WE'RE READY TO VOTE ON THIS.

CLERK DREYFUS? TRUSTEE OPSOMMER? YES.

TRUSTEE SUNDLAND? YES. TRUSTEE WISINSKI? YES.

SUPERVISOR STYKA? YES. CLERK DREYFUS VOTES YES.

TREASURER DESCHAINE? YES. TRUSTEE JACKSON? YES.

MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NOW MOVE ON TO 12B, WHICH IS THE ENHANCED FOR TWENTY TWENTY, TWENTY

[12B. Enhanced Deer Management Plan]

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WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION ON THIS? AND THEN WE'LL HAVE LUANN TALK ABOUT IT.

MR. OPSOMMER? I MOVE TO SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ENHANCED DEER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM OR THE DNR 2020 ARCHERY SEASON BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST THROUGH JANUARY 1ST, 2021, WITH INCLUSION, STAFFING AND SUPPORT, AS WELL AS THE ADDITION OF SUPPLEMENTAL FIREARMS PROGRAMS STAFFED BY OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM JANUARY 1ST THROUGH MARCH 15, 2021.

SUPPORT. SUPPORTED BY TRUSTEE WISINSKI.

COMMENT MR.? LET'S HEAR FROM LUANN ABOUT THE PROGRAM. AND ANY OF HER STAFF SHE WANTS TO CALL ON. NO, IT'S JUST ME TONIGHT.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR STYKA AND BOARD.

IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING.

AT THE LAST MEETING, WE TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT IDEAS OF WHAT WE COULD DO TO HOPEFULLY HARVEST MORE DEER THIS YEAR.

AND SO LET ME JUST GO THROUGH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE ALREADY IS WE DID PURCHASE A COOLER, AN OUTDOOR COOLER TO STORE THE DEER.

I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THE PROGRAM STARTED ON OCTOBER 1ST AND WE HAVE 20 DEER TAKEN ALREADY. SO IT'S BEEN A GREAT START FOR US.

AND I REALLY THINK THAT THE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT WE'VE BEEN REALLY TRYING TO HELP THE HUNTERS ON THE END OF ALL THE WORK.

I MEAN, THEY LIKE TO GO OUT FOR THE FUN, BUT THEN THE WORK PART KIND OF PLAYS INTO WHETHER THEY TAKE A SHOT OR NOT.

AND SO BY HAVING THAT COOLER THERE, WE ARE TRANSPORTING THE DEER TO THE PROCESSOR, WHICH IS IN JACKSON AND SPORTSMEN AGAINST HUNGER IS FUNDING THE PROCESSING OF THAT MEAT.

AND THEN IT WILL GO TO THE FOOD BANKS IN OKEMOS AND HASLETT.

AND SO WITH US, THAT'S TRANSPORTING THE DEER AND HAVING THE COOLER.

IT'S MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

AND I THINK THEIR EXCITEMENT TO BE OUT THERE AND ACTUALLY TAKE A LOT OF THOSE DEER.

AND SO WE ALSO SENT LETTERS TO PROPERTY OWNERS OF FIVE ACRES OR MORE.

I THINK I TALKED ABOUT THAT AT THE LAST MEETING.

WE'VE HAD 17 PROPERTIES TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

SO THAT'S POSITIVE, VERY POSITIVE FOR US.

AND THEN ALSO DELTA DENTAL AND INGHAM COUNTY [INAUDIBLE] ROAD IS PARTICIPATING AS WELL AS LAKE LANSING, WHERE THE LAND PRESERVE IS.

SO AND THEN WHEN THE POLICE PROGRAM STARTS, THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR OWN DPW STAFF HELP WITH FIELD DRESSING THE DEER AND ACTUALLY BRINGING IT TO THE COOLER AND AND THEN OFF TO THE PROCESSOR. SO ANYWAY, I THINK ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR HAVE BEEN REALLY POSITIVE AND TAKE 20 DEER ALREADY.

I THINK THAT'S MORE THAN WE'VE DONE IN PREVIOUS YEARS.

SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT OUR GOOD START THAT WE'VE HAD.

DISCUSSION, TRUSTEE OPSOMMER? YES, SO DIRECTOR MAISNER GAVE A GOOD OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM BEFORE US.

I JUST WANT TO THANK HER AND CHIEF PLAGA AGAIN FOR ALL THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS.

AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HARVESTING, YOU KNOW, THREE HUNDRED DEER, THAT IS NEARLY DOUBLING OUR BEST SEASON, WHICH IS REALLY AN OUTLIER.

SO WE'RE EFFECTIVELY TRIPLING WHAT WE DO ON MOST YEARS.

SO IT IS A SIZABLE AND MEANINGFUL EXPANSION OF THE PROGRAM IF WE'RE SUCCESSFUL.

AND I WOULD JUST, AGAIN, ENCOURAGE STAFF IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL COSTS THAT WE DO INCUR OR IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL IDEAS FOR EXPANDING TO BRING THOSE TO THE BOARD, BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE VERY INTERESTED IN THEM, ESPECIALLY WITH THE LIMITATIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN PRESENTED WITH, WITH CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE.

AND LUANN, MY ONLY QUESTION WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT THE LAST MEETING, HAVE YOU AND YOUR STAFF GIVEN ANY ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION TO THE NEED FOR TESTING THE DEER? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD OCCUR PRIOR TO THEM GOING FOR PROCESSING OR IF THAT WOULD OCCUR AT THE PROCESSOR.

YES, ACTUALLY, WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE DNR AND THE TWO CHADS AT THE DNR, CHAD STEWART, AND, YOU KNOW, THEY FEEL PRETTY COMFORTABLE.

WELL, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR THEM, BUT WE HAVE NOT REALLY HAD A CASE IN, I BELIEVE, THREE YEARS THAT THEY FOUND IN OUR COMMUNITY OF CWD.

AND THE TESTING IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR.

THERE'S LESS OF IT.

AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY NOT STARTING WITH ANY OF THE TESTING OF THE DEER UNTIL FIREARM SEASON. SO WE FEEL COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD WITHOUT HAVING THE TESTING, SINCE THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY DEER, I BELIEVE, IN THREE OR FOUR YEARS THAT HAVE TESTED POSITIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. OK. THANK YOU. YEAH. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. TREASURER DESCHAINE?

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THE NEED FOR DEER MANAGEMENT HAS NEVER BEEN MORE APPARENT THAN IT IS THIS YEAR IN MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP. WE ARE, OUR DEER POPULATION HAS SOARED.

IT'S BECOME A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE AND A GREAT START BY FIVE DEER DAY YOU'RE AVERAGING RIGHT NOW. EXCUSE ME FOUR A DAY.

FOR THE FIRST FIVE DAYS, YOU KEEP THAT UP, YOU'LL BREAK THE THREE HUNDRED AND YOU'LL GET TO THREE SIXTY. HOPEFULLY.

THAT PLUS THE SHARPSHOOTER ACTIVITY IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MAYBE PUT A DENT IN THIS VERY SEVERE PROBLEM. BUT IT IS A PROBLEM.

DEER ARE VERY CUTE AND PEOPLE LIKE TO SEE THEM, BUT THEY DO PRESENT A PUBLIC HEALTH RISK, NOT TO MENTION THE GARDENS THAT THEY DEVASTATE AND THE TRAFFIC HAZARD THEY POSE TO THE TOWNSHIP AND THEIR NUMBERS HAVE SKYROCKETED IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

WE ALL SEE IT ALL THE TIME IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

BUT THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS BACK TO US.

AND AS TRUSTEE OPSOMMER SAID, I'M CONFIDENT THIS BOARD WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING SHOULD THE NEED ARISE TO HELP OUT THESE HUNTERS.

I'M REALLY GLAD WE'RE ENABLING THEM.

GIVING THEM THE FUN PART IN US DOING THE THE BACKEND WORK, BUT THEY'RE OUT THERE.

TODAY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN BAD BUT NOVEMBER WON'T BE SO PLEASANT UP IN THOSE TREE STANDS OR DECEMBER AND THEY'RE OUT THERE DOING THAT FOR US.

AND WE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THOSE HUNTERS.

THANK YOU. RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, AND THERE WAS ONE TYPE ONE THING THAT I FORGOT TO MENTION.

OH, I'M SORRY, I SHOULDN'T HAVE INTERRUPTED HERE.

IS THAT WE HAVE MIKE ELLIS IS PART OF OUR DPW STAFF WHO'S BEEN INVOLVED IN OUR DEER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FROM THE BEGINNING.

AND HE HAS REALLY TAKEN AN ACTIVE ROLE THIS YEAR WITH HELPING US, WITH TRANSPORTING OF THE DEER, WITH MAKING SURE THE COOLER GETS CLEANED AND SOME OF THOSE.

AND THEN IF THERE'S DEER STANDS THAT ARE FOUND IN OUR PARKS AND LAND RESERVES THAT ARE PRIVATE AND THAT PART OF OUR PROGRAM, HE WILL TAKE CARE OF OF TAGGING THOSE AND EVENTUALLY REMOVING THEM.

SO IT'S SO HELPFUL TO HAVE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND SOME OF THESE NUTS AND BOLTS THINGS FROM OUR OWN STAFF. SO I APPLAUD OUR OWN DPW STAFF FOR ASSISTING AND HAVING SOME EXCITEMENT TOWARD MAKING THIS ALL HAPPEN AND WORK MORE SMOOTHLY AND HOPEFULLY AND ENCOURAGING MORE OF OUR HUNTERS THEN TO TO GET OUT THERE A LITTLE MORE OFTEN BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HELP WITH ALL THE OTHER STUFF.

THAT'S NOT SO MUCH FUN.

MORE DISCUSSION FROM BOARD MEMBERS, TRUSTEE WISINSKI? THANK YOU. I ALSO WANT TO COMMEND DIRECTOR MAISNER, THIS IS A BIG UNDERTAKING, I KNOW IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST AND YOU'VE JUST DOUBLED IT.

I RECEIVED WE RECEIVED A CONCERN FROM A RESIDENT ABOUT TWO THINGS.

ONE OF THEM SAID THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE CONSIDERING NUISANCE OR OUR GARDENS AND SUCH AS A PROMOTION FOR THIS PROGRAM.

AND AND I JUST WANT TO REITERATE, I DON'T THAT'S WHERE I THINK THIS BOARD IS TRULY COMING FROM. AND THAT WHAT TREASURER DESCHAINE HAD MENTIONED IS, AS WE LOOK AT AS A PUBLIC HEALTH THREAT AND IN AND I WAS WONDERING IF WITH CHIEF PLAGA COULD MAYBE EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SAFETY IN THE [INAUDIBLE] AND WHAT YOU DO SEE AND WHAT YOU DO KNOW ABOUT THE PUBLIC SAFETY ASPECT OF THE DEER MANAGEMENT HERE IN MERIDIAN.

SURE, TRUSTEE, I WOULD SHARE WITH YOU THAT CAR DEER ACCIDENTS ARE ONE OF THE MAJOR THINGS THAT WE DEAL WITH ON A REGULAR BASIS.

WE ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS IS YOU LOOK AT THE CAR DEER NUMBERS IN THE CORRIDORS OR THE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE HIGH NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS.

GRAND RIVER AVENUE BETWEEN POWELL AND MARSH ROAD IS REALLY ONE OF THE HIGHEST AREAS OF CAR DEER ACCIDENTS. BUT A LOT OF THOSE GO UNREPORTED.

OUR FOLKS FROM DPW WHO GO OUT AND ACTUALLY REMOVE DEER FROM THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

THEY'LL BE REMOVING DEER FROM YOU DON'T SEE ACCIDENTS OCCURRING.

PEOPLE WE HAVE INJURY, ACCIDENTS, INEXPERIENCED DRIVERS SWERVE TO MISS DEER AND CAN BE INVOLVED IN CRASHES INVOLVING TREES OR OTHER INANIMATE OBJECTS OR OTHER VEHICLES THAT CAUSE DAMAGE AND INJURY.

SO REDUCING THE NUMBER OF THOSE CAR DEER ACCIDENTS IS DEFINITELY A PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN.

AND I THINK THIS PROGRAM IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO GETTING A BETTER HANDLE ON THAT ISSUE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. AND ONE MORE QUESTION FOR DIRECTOR MAISNER, WHEN YOU SAY THAT THE FOLKS ARE THERE TAKING THE THE PROCESSOR, THAT DOES THAT MEAN THAT THAT HUNTER ACTUALLY TAKES THAT MEAT HOME TO EAT AND THIS IS COMING FROM A VEGETARIAN? BUT IT OR ARE WE JUST THROWING AWAY THAT? NO, WHAT IS HAPPENING, IS IT WELL, DURING CWD, IF THE HUNTER, WHATEVER THEY SHOT, WAS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO HAVE IT PROCESSED AND THEY COULD EAT IT, WELL, FIRST THEY WOULD HAVE TO TAKE THE HEAD TO BE TO BE TESTED WITH THE DNR.

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NOW, WHAT'S HAPPENING IS WE ARE TRANSPORTING THE MEAT TO THE PROCESSOR AND THEN WE ARE TAKING ALL OF THAT MEAT AND DONATING IT TO THE FOOD BANKS.

SO NOTHING IS BEING THROWN AWAY.

WE ARE REQUIRING THE HUNTERS TO SHOOT ONE DOE FOR US BEFORE THEY CAN SHOOT A DOE FOR THEMSELVES. SO HOPEFULLY THAT ENCOURAGES AT LEAST TWO PER HUNTER.

AND I THINK WE HAVE SEVENTY FIVE HUNTERS, SO THAT WOULD GET US TO OUR 150 LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, SO. AND I FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT OUR SEASON, IT STARTED OUT REALLY WELL SO FAR, OUR HUNTERS ARE SO EXCITED JUST TO SEE THE EXTRA EFFORT, I THINK, BEING MADE ON THEIR BEHALF.

AND I THINK THEY'RE WORKING A LITTLE EXTRA HARDER FOR US TOO.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

CLERK DREYFUS? I HAVE BEEN AROUND SINCE THE BEGINNING OF DEER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND OF COURSE, BEFORE THAT, WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE ONE IN PLACE.

AND WHAT I'M REALLY IMPRESSED ABOUT IS THAT I JUST WHEN I SEE WHERE THE ENHANCEMENTS HAVE BEEN NOW, IT REALLY SHOWS THAT THERE'S NOT JUST A LIST OF CERTAIN THINGS LIKE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND WHAT YOUR GOALS ARE, BUT WHAT I REALLY SEE IS THE DEPTH AND BREADTH OF THE THINKING. THE CREATIVE THINKING REALLY IS EXPANDED, REALLY THINKING OUTSIDE THE JUST THE SORT OF LIKE ONE MONOLITHIC THINKING.

AND YOU'RE REALLY LOOKING AT THE IMPACT YOU KNOW, THE IDEA OF EXPANDING TO SENDING THE LETTERS TO PRIVATE OVER FIVE ACRE PROPERTY OWNERS, DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING SHOWS EXPANDED THINKING.

AND THAT'S WHAT I'M PERSONALLY MOST HAPPY TO SEE.

EVERYTHING IS USUALLY EVOLVING AND GROWING LIKE A WEBSITE SO THE DEER PROGRAM IS SIMILAR.

IT KEEPS EVOLVING AND GROWING.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL THIS YEAR, EVEN IF IT DIDN'T HIT THE FULL THREE HUNDRED. IT PROBABLY WILL, BUT EVEN IF IT DIDN'T, IT'S CERTAINLY SHOWING THE RIGHT ACTIVITIES AND THE RIGHT MINDSET TO KEEP US MOVING FORWARD.

I THINK MOST RESIDENTS ARE REALLY HAPPY WITH IT.

THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A FEW THAT ARE UPSET WITH IT FOR THEIR OWN PERSONAL BELIEF SYSTEMS ABOUT ANIMALS AND OTHER THINGS.

AND OVERALL, IT'S GOING TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY FOR ALL THE REASONS OBVIOUSLY WE DEAL WITH HERE. THERE IS SOMETHING TO BE SAID, THOUGH, AND I DO WANT TO MAKE THIS POINT.

EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS, BUT I THINK IF YOU'RE LISTENING, IT'S STILL IMPORTANT TO BE SAID THAT LIVING IN A COMMUNITY LIKE OURS, KILLING DEER IS ONLY ONE PART OF IT.

WE SHOULD BE CAREFUL ABOUT THE PLANTS THAT ARE PLANTED AROUND THE PROPERTIES AND THINGS LIKE [INAUDIBLE] AND OTHER THINGS.

DEER FRIENDLY PLANTS JUST HELP TO ATTRACT MORE AND MORE DEER REGARDLESS SO YOU CAN GET DNR RESOURCES AND LOCAL RESOURCES ON HOW NOT TO PLANT THOSE THINGS.

AND ALSO, IT'S UNWISE, MAYBE POTENTIALLY ILLEGAL, I THINK IF WE CHANGE THE ORDINANCE TO FEED DEER AND ENCOURAGE DEER AS WELL.

SO THAT'S THE OTHER SIDE OF THE EQUATION, THE DEER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.

AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE HOME TV TO CONTINUE DOING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ABOUT WHAT RESIDENTS CAN DO TO HELP DO THEIR PART TO REDUCE DEER.

THE IMPACT OF DEER IN THE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING.

THANK YOU CLERK.

MS. JACKSON YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP? YES, I DO SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM.

I ALSO COMMEND THE PARKS GROUP FOR THE CHANGES THEY HAVE MADE TO AMPLIFY THEIR EFFORT AND TO IMPROVE THE PROGRAM.

BUT I STILL FIND THAT THERE'S SOME PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT.

AND SO I'D LIKE TO EMPHASIZE, I HAVE A MS. MAISNER EMPHASIZE SOME OF THE BASICS AND FUNDAMENTALS.

I THINK YOU'VE ALREADY MENTIONED THAT THIS YEAR'S GOAL IS 300 DEER.

AND YOU I THINK SOMEONE MENTIONED THAT THERE'S SEVENTY FIVE HUNTERS PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM THIS YEAR AND ACTUALLY TWO PROGRAMS THIS YEAR.

I GET THAT AND EXPANDED.

THESE FOOD BANKS.

I'VE READ HASLETT AND OKEMOS FOOD BANKS ARE RECIPIENTS OF THIS FOOD SOURCE, ARE THESE PRIVATE FOOD BANKS OR ARE THESE FOOD BANKS RUN BY THE TOWNSHIP? I'M NOT FAMILIAR.

YEAH, THEY ARE THEY'RE OPERATED THROUGH LIKE OKEMOS COMMUNITY CHURCH AND HASLETT COMMUNITY CHURCH. GREAT, THANK YOU.

AND THE ANOTHER QUESTION THAT I'VE ENCOUNTERED IS WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THE HUNT OCCURS, EITHER ON PUBLIC LAND?

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PRIMARILY? CORRECT. AT A CERTAIN TIME OF DAY IN THE DAYTIME OR AT NIGHT? WELL, TYPICALLY THEY'RE OUT AT DAWN AND AT DUSK TILL THE MORNING IN AN EVENING, BUT NOT MUCH DURING THE DAY, OK.

AND THAT'S PROBABLY THE SAME CONDITION THAT WILL OCCUR FROM JANUARY TO, WHAT, MARCH WHEN THE ACTUAL POLICE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING WITH FIREARMS TO CULL THE DEER? I'LL LET CHIEF PLAGA RESPOND.

SO THAT IS NOT THE SAME CONDITIONS.

WE WILL BE WORKING UNDER SIMILAR PARAMETERS IS WHAT THE USDA WAS DOING WHEN THEY START SHARPSHOOTERS WERE TAKING THE DEER OFF OF PUBLIC LAND.

WE WILL BE WORKING IN PARK AND NATURAL AREAS.

WE'LL ALSO BE CONSIDERING WORKING WITH PRIVATE LANDOWNERS.

NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AGREE, WE WOULD NEED MORE THAN ONE OR TWO CONTIGUOUS PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE PROPERTIES OR SMALL TO BE ABLE TO GO IN AND DO THESE THINGS WE'LL BE DOING THEM AT NIGHT WITH SPECIALIZED FIREARMS THAT ARE.

THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A SILENCED FIREARM, BUT THEY'RE SUPPRESSED, THEY MAKE MUCH LESS NOISE THAN A REGULAR FIREARM, AND THE CONDITIONS MUST BE RIGHT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO IT SAFELY. MYSELF AND STAFF HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH SOME OF THE SHARP SHOOTERS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PROCEDURES AND METHODS THAT WE TAKE IN THAT JANUARY TO MARCH ARE THE BEST IN SAFE PRACTICES THAT ARE OUT THERE.

BUT IT WILL BE DONE IN SOME OF IT WILL BE DONE AFTER DARK HOURS, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY I MEAN, THAT'S WHEN THE DEER ARE MOVING AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THEM AND GET IN CLOSE PROXIMITY AND DO IT HUMANELY.

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A HUNT WHEN WE'LL BE DOING IT, BECAUSE THE HUNTERS IN THE PROGRAM HAVE TO FOLLOW ALL THE DNR REGULATIONS.

WE'RE WE'LL BE RECEIVING A SPECIAL PERMIT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES OR WE'RE GOING TO BE APPLYING FOR ONE.

AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO WE'LL HAVE CERTAIN RULES WE HAVE TO FOLLOW, BUT WE'LL BE ABLE TO HUNT OUTSIDE OF THOSE HOURS DURING DARK.

AND THERE'S A FEW OTHER THINGS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT A HUNTER IN THE PROGRAM WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO. AND MY LAST QUESTION, ARE THERE ANY.

IS THERE ANY SIGNAGE OR OTHER WAYS BESIDES THROUGH THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS TO LET THE COMMUNITIES, PARTICULARLY NEAR THESE PRIVATE PROPERTIES, KNOW THAT THIS IS GOING ON DURING THIS PERIOD? RIGHT.

SO ANY OF THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE IN OUR PROGRAM OUTSIDE OF THE PRIVATE PROPERTIES WHO HAVE JUST HOPPED ON BOARD, THERE'S SIGNAGE AT EVERY ENTRANCE TO THOSE PROPERTIES, AND THEN THE HUNTERS ALSO HAVE A PLACARD THAT GOES ON THEIR DASHBOARD.

SO WHEN THEY SHOW UP AND THERE'S A CAR THERE, IT CLEARLY STATES THAT THAT WHAT THEY'RE THERE FOR AND THAT THAT'S THEIR PART OF THIS PROGRAM.

PROPERTY OWNERS WHO ARE ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTIES BEING HUNTED HAVE ALL RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE TOWNSHIP INFORMING THEM OF WHAT'S HAPPENING.

OUR HUNTERS ALSO HAVE TO CHECK IN EVERY DAY BEFORE THEY GO OUT OR WHEN THEY ARRIVE TO HUNT AT A SPOT. THEY ALSO CHECK OUT EVERY DAY.

AND SO WE KEEP RECORDS OF WHO'S HUNTING, HOW MANY TIMES FOR HOW LONG AND HOW MANY DEER THAT THEY TAKE. AND THAT'S ANOTHER WAY THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY.

WE HAVE A HUNTER WHO'S OUT SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND THEN MAYBE THERE'S ONLY SOMEBODY WHO'S GOING ONCE A WEEK. WELL, THAT ONCE A WEEK PERSON, THEN WE MIGHT SUPPLEMENT THEIR SITE WITH ANOTHER HUNTER TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MAXIMIZING OUR HOURS AND OUR PROPERTIES WITH OUR HUNTERS. AND SO, YEAH, WE WORK REALLY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE'S COMMUNICATING.

THEY ARE COMMUNICATING WITH US ON A REGULAR BASIS.

I THINK JANE GREENWAY WAS INVOLVED A LOT OVER THE WEEKEND WITH, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEONE NEEDS HELP TRACKING A DEER, THEY CAN GO ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE AND OTHER HUNTERS WILL HELP THEM WITH THAT.

BUT YEAH, IT IS VERY HIGHLY MANAGED.

AND ALL OF OUR HUNTERS HAVE GONE THROUGH A PROFICIENCY TEST.

THEY'VE COME THROUGH. I CAN'T THINK OF THE WORD THAT I WANT, BUT WE WORK THROUGH LIKE WHAT OUR GOALS ARE, THE PROGRAM, WHAT ARE THE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS, ORIENTATION AND A WHOLE ORIENTATION OF WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS.

MANY OF OUR HUNTERS HAVE BEEN WITH US FROM THE BEGINNING.

AND THERE IS THE BROTHERHOOD AND SISTERHOOD, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME WOMEN HUNTERS AS WELL, WHO ARE VERY PROTECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM.

THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING GOES WELL, TOO.

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AND IT'S REALLY ONE OF A KIND PROGRAM.

AND IT HAS PUT US IN CONTACT WITH A PORTION OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WE REALLY HAVEN'T REALLY HAD THAT MUCH OF A CONNECTION WITH.

WE'RE BIG WITH FAMILIES AND YOUNG CHILDREN AND SPORTS PROGRAMS AND SPECIAL EVENTS AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. BUT THESE PEOPLE WHO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE REALLY ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS AND OPENNESS TO EXPLAIN ALL OF THAT TO [INAUDIBLE] WHO ARE NOT HUNTERS AND HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT HOW IT OPERATES AND WHERE IT GOES. AND SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH THAT.

ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS? I'LL MAKE A FEW COMMENTS, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE REALLY CONCERNED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A WILDLIFE THAT'S HERE IN THE COMMUNITY AND THEY DON'T LIKE TO SEE US TAKING DEER BUT.

A NUMBER OF THINGS HAVE BEEN MENTIONED HERE THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT.

THERE'S THE SAFETY THAT THE CHIEF MENTIONED IN TERMS OF AUTOMOBILES AND PASSENGERS AND ACCIDENTS. THERE'S ALSO THAT COMMUNITY BENEFIT, THOUGH, ON THE PLUS SIDE, BECAUSE THE FOOD BANKS, PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED OF PROTEIN ARE GOING TO GET IT IN PART BECAUSE OF THIS PROGRAM. BUT THERE'S ALSO THE FACT THAT IN THE WILD, THERE ARE PREDATORS THAT MAINTAIN THE DEER POPULATION AND A POPULATION THAT'S HEALTHY FOR THE DEER.

YOU KNOW, WOLVES AND OTHER PREDATORS WILL TAKE DEER AND USE THAT.

THAT KEEPS THE POPULATION AT A LEVEL WHERE THE DEER DON'T GO HUNGRY.

THERE'S THE RIGHT NUMBER OF DEER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.

AND THAT'S GONE WHEN YOU GET INTO A TOWNSHIP LIKE MERIDIAN WITH THE RESIDENCES THAT WE HAVE. AND SO THE DEER.

JUST BY THEIR NATURE, STARTED EATING ALL OF OUR VEGETATION, ET CETERA, WHETHER WE WERE GARDENERS OR FLORISTS, SO TO SPEAK, BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO GO AND THERE'S NO PREDATORS KEEPING THEIR NUMBERS DOWN.

SO WE BECOME THE PREDATORS BY DEFAULT.

WHETHER OR NOT WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY WHERE THAT'S NECESSARY FOR US, IT'S NECESSARY IN THE LONG RUN FOR THE DEER. IT'S A SAD THING TO SAY, BUT IT'S TRUE.

SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS, GOOD REASONS FOR THIS PROGRAM.

WE GOT TO KEEP THE DEER POPULATION UNDER CONTROL.

IT'S WORKING EXTREMELY WELL.

AND I THINK THESE NEW IDEAS, THE NEW THINGS THAT ARE PROPOSED THAT WE'RE VOTING ON HERE TODAY ARE GOING TO MAKE IT EVEN A BETTER PROGRAM.

NOW, THE LAST THING I WANT TO MENTION IS THAT WITH REGARD TO THE FOOD BANKS, THE OKEMOS AND THE HASLETT COMMUNITY CHURCHES RUN THOSE FOOD BANKS, BUT THEY'RE SUPPORTED BY OTHER CHURCHES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

I'VE NOT HEARD WHAT EITHER OF THOSE CHURCHES, THE CHURCH I BELONG TO GIVES A LOT OF MONEY TOWARDS THE THOSE FOOD BANKS.

AND I KNOW THAT OTHER GROUPS, SOCIAL GROUPS, FRATERNAL GROUPS, THEY ALSO DO.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN GETTING THAT FOOD OUT THERE, WHETHER IT'S THE DEER MEAT OR OTHER FORMS OF SUBSTANCE ANYWAY.

ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE, IF NOT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE? CLERK DREYFUS? TRUSTEE SUNDLAND? YES. TRUSTEE WISINSKI? YES. SUPERVISOR STYKA? YES.

CLERK DREYFUS VOTES YES.

TREASURER DESCHAINE? YES.

TRUSTEE JACKSON? YES. TRUSTEE OPSOMMER? YES. MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYONE.

THANK YOU CLERK. RIGHT NOW, WE MOVE ON TO 12C THE TWENTY TWENTY THIRD QUARTER BUDGET

[12C. 2020 3rd Quarter Budget Amendments]

BASED ON THE 2019 RESULTS, THE PROJECTED FUND BALANCE AS OF DECEMBER 31ST, 2020 WILL BE EIGHT MILLION AND SEVENTY THOUSAND, SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY NINE THOUSAND, SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY NINE DOLLARS.

MIRIAM, OUR STATE FINANCE DIRECTOR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN THIS FOR US, PLEASE? SURE. SO WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS THE THIRD QUARTER BUDGET AMENDMENTS WE'RE REQUESTING USE OF THE TWENTY NINE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND TEN ADDITIONAL, THERE'S QUITE A FEW.

YOU'VE GOT THREE PAGES WORTH OF ITEMS. A LOT OF THEM ARE JUST ITEMS THAT WE NEED AS A KIND OF CLEAN UP.

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WE RECEIVED A COUPLE OF THE CARES GRANTS, SO THERE'S SOME REVENUE THERE.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THE LOSS OF REVENUE ON A LOT OF OUR PROGRAMS. SINCE WE WITH THE COVID-19, WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO HAVE A LOT OF OUR PROGRAMS. SO WE'RE REDUCING THE ANTICIPATED REVENUE WITH ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS. AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THAT THAT OFFSETS ON THE SECOND PAGE OF YOUR EXHIBIT UNDER THE RECREATION PIECE OF THAT, WHERE WE'VE LOWERED ALL OF THOSE ANTICIPATED EXPENSES ALSO.

SO THOSE REVENUES ARE OFFSET WITH THE LOWERING OF THOSE ANTICIPATED EXPENSES.

THERE'S A COUPLE OF ITEMS ON HERE THAT HAVE ASTERIXIS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY BY THE BOARD, BUT WE JUST NEEDED TO ADD THEM INTO THIS.

WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT READY, THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS AND THEN ALSO THE DEER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. WE'VE ADDED THE COST.

AND WITH THAT, ALSO, IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE OTHER ITEMS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OF THOSE.

ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? OR WANT TO MAKE ANY STATEMENTS, ARGUMENTS FOR OR AGAINST? TRUSTEE WISINSKI? SO. MIRIAM, DIRECTOR MATTISON, SO WE HAVE A LOWER THAN ANTICIPATED PROJECT, IS THAT IN THE. IS THAT LOWER THAN ANTICIPATED FOR FY TWENTY ONE, OR IS THAT RESULT OF FY 20? AND DO WE EXPECT THOSE TO GO BACK UP ONCE WE ARE COVID SAFE? SO FOR THE REVENUE SIDE, FOR THE RECREATION PROGRAMS, IS THAT THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? YES.

JUST 2020 ANTICIPATED REVENUES.

WE DO ANTICIPATE THE PROGRAMS TO START BACK UP, YOU KNOW, WITH THE CHANGES IN COVID.

SO THIS IS JUST WHAT WE EXPECT FOR THE 2020 FISCAL YEAR.

THANK YOU. WELCOME.

I WILL MENTION THAT UNLESS I'M FINDING SOMETHING, IT LOOKS LIKE THE PROGRAM FEES THAT WE DID NOT RECEIVE ARE ALL RELATED TO THE ATHLETICS, TO THE STUDENT, TYPE OF RECREATION.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES THAT'S CORRECT. MANAGER [INAUDIBLE].

ONE OTHER PIECE OF INFORMATION, IN FAIRNESS TO DIRECTOR MAISNER'S DEPARTMENT, YES, WE'VE HAD A HUGE SETBACK IN OUR REVENUE FOR PARKS AND REC, BUT WE ALSO AT THE SAME TIME HAD AN ELIMINATION OF A POSITION IN THAT DEPARTMENT IN RECREATION.

SO IT'S BEEN A HUGE OFFSET TO THE LOSS OF REVENUE.

AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE NOT SEEING BIG NUMBERS OF WHAT, TO TRUSTEE WISINSKI'S QUESTION.

IT'S A GOOD ONE. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TWENTY TWENTY ONE IS GOING TO BRING FOR ALL THE REVENUE FOR THE PARKS.

BUT KEEP IN MIND THAT THAT POSITION WE DON'T PLAN TO FILL GOING INTO TWENTY TWENTY ONE.

SO THERE IS THE OFFSET THERE.

AND DIRECTOR MAISNER'S DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN HIT HARD STAFFING HERE FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS IN THE PAST 90 DAYS.

AND ONE OTHER SIDE NOTE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT, KEEP IN MIND, AND I'M SURE ALL OF YOU ALREADY KNOW THIS, BUT IT'S WORTH REMINDING YOU THAT A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE USE OF FUND BALANCE COMES FROM A TWO POINT TWO MILLION DOLLAR HVAC PROJECT . THAT'S ONCE THAT'S ELIMINATED THEN THE BUDGET LOOKS EXTREMELY GOOD.

SO JUST A REMINDER ON THAT.

WHICH IS PART OF THE REASON WHY IT'S GREAT TO HAVE A GOOD FUND BALANCE.

TREASURER DESCHAINE? I WANT TO COMMEND THE MANAGER AND DIRECTOR MAISNER AND ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS FOR KEEPING THIS TO THE TWENTY NINE THOUSAND DOLLAR INCREASE IN THE FUND BALANCE THE [INAUDIBLE] HERE.

WE ALSO HAVE OUR MERIDIEN REDEVELOPMENT MONEY, ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY NINE THOUSAND OF SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THAT.

SO KEEPING THIS IN THIS COVID YEAR, ONLY A TWENTY NINE THOUSAND DOLLAR HIT TO OUR FUND BALANCE IS GOOD BECAUSE A LOT OF IMPORTANT EXPENSES IN HERE.

AND THIS BOARD KNOWS HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS THAT WE DO WHAT WE COULD TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES. THAT'S WHERE WE WERE.

THOSE GRANTS A FEW MONTHS AGO AND YOU MAY NEED TO AGAIN, WE'RE NOT OUT OF THIS YET, AS WE

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EIGHTY THOUSAND IN INTEREST.

WAS THAT JUST CONSERVATIVE BUDGETING INITIALLY OR HAVE WE EXPERIENCED SOME CHANGE IN INTEREST RATES? NO, IT WAS A CONSERVATIVE BUDGET ESTIMATE TO START OFF WITH, AND THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR WE DID VERY WELL AS WE DID ALL OF LAST YEAR, THOSE RATES HAVE NOW FALLEN TO THE FLOOR.

WE WERE GETTING TWO PERCENT WE'RE NOW, GETTING POINT TWO PERCENT.

OK. [INAUDIBLE] LOCK THOSE IN BEFORE THE RATES FELL THROUGH THE FLOOR AS WELL, AND THOSE WERE EXPECTED REVENUES FROM THOSE.

REMEMBER THAT WE ARE LIMITED BY THOSE DUE TO OUR BONDING AUTHORITY, WE CAN'T MAKE MORE MONEY THAN WE PAY IN OUR BONDING, SO ARBITRAGE LIMITS US TO HOW MUCH WE CAN EARN ON THOSE. THOSE RATES HAVE ALL BEEN LOCKED IN.

OK, THANK YOU.

MY MY ONLY OTHER QUESTION IS THE FEDERAL GRANTS, I BELIEVE IT'S ALL COMPRISED UNDER THE SECOND LINE ITEM ON THE REVENUE WAS LISTED AS OTHER FEDERAL GRANTS, ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE THOUSAND. AND A NUMBER OF THEM HAVE BEEN ALLUDED TO.

BUT CAN WE GET A FULL RUNDOWN OF WHAT GRANTS ARE IN THERE AND JUST WHAT THE GENERAL PURPOSES? YEAH, THERE'S TWO OF THE CARES GRANTS THAT ARE IN THERE.

IT'S MANAGER WALSH REFERENCED IT EARLIER THAT WE HAD RECEIVED OUR HAZARD PAY REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE CARES.

THAT WAS SIXTY NINE THOUSAND.

AND THEN THERE'S ALSO THE OTHER SECOND CARES, WHICH WAS TO REPLACE THE CVTRS PAYMENT FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.

SO THAT THOSE ARE THE TWO NUMBERS THAT ARE IN THERE.

AND I THINK THE CVTRS WAS THIRTY THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS.

OK. BASICALLY, STATUTORY REVENUE SHARING AND HAZARD PAY REIMBURSEMENT.

YES. OK. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MANAGER WALSH? THERE ARE TWO OTHER THINGS JUST REAL QUICKLY THAT THE BOARD SHOULD BE AWARE OF. ONE IS THAT THE BUDGET'S BEEN ADOPTED AT THE STATE AND WE'VE SEEN THE REVENUE SHARING NUMBERS AND WE WILL BE GETTING THE THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND, ROUGHLY THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND . THAT IS NOT WAS NOT INCLUDED AS A REVENUE SOURCE IN YOUR TWENTY TWENTY ONE BUDGET.

SO THE ADDITIONAL COST OF THE SOLAR AND SOME OTHER THINGS THAT THE BOARD CHOSE TO PUT IN THAT BUDGET HAVE ALL BEEN COVERED BY THAT REVENUE SHARING THAT WE'LL RECEIVE BACK.

SO RIGHT NOW, YOU COULD ESTIMATE YOUR FUND BALANCE AT AROUND SEVEN POINT EIGHT MILLION FOR TWENTY TWENTY ONE.

IT'S BEEN RESTORED BACK TO WHERE IT WAS.

AND IN THE SECOND NOTE THAT'S REALLY WORTH NOTING IN THAT SEVERAL DEPARTMENT HEADS, NAMELY CHIEF HAMEL AND DIRECTOR MATTISON AND I BELIEVE CHIEF PALGA MAY BE INVOLVED IN THIS, IS THAT WE HAVE SUBMITTED FOR REIMBURSEMENT THROUGH THE CARES ACT AND THAT REQUEST IS BETWEEN SEVEN AND EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, SEVEN AND EIGHT, SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WE'VE ASKED FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR COST THROUGH COVID AND ALL THAT. AND ON THAT, WE WILL HAVE AN ANSWER IN THE COMING WEEKS, A COUPLE OF MONTHS.

AND THAT COULD ALSO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON OUR BUDGET GOING FORWARD IN A POSITIVE WAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? I THINK WE'RE READY TO VOTE.

CLERK DREYFUS? TRUSTEE WISINSKI? YES. SUPERVISOR STYKA? YES. CLERK DREYFUS VOTES YES.

TREASURER DESCHAINE? YES.

TRUSTEE JACKSON? YES.

TRUSTEE OPSOMMER? YES. TRUSTEE SUNDLAND? YES. BUDGET AMENDMENTS PASS SEVEN ZERO.

THANK YOU. WE'RE READY TO MOVE ONTO OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS.

[13A. Walnut Hills]

AND I WANT TO MENTION THAT IN A WE HAD BEEN TAKING ACTION TO FORCE THE LANDOWNER TO TAKE DOWN THE VARIOUS BUILDINGS WHICH HAVE PROVEN TO BE A NUISANCE WITH PEOPLE GOING INTO THEM, THE BUILDINGS, A REAL ABANDONED BUILDING PROBLEM.

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AND I'LL LET MANAGER WALSH FILL US IN.

THANK YOU, MR. SUPERVISOR.

THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, OBVIOUSLY FOR YEARS AND ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST MONTHS, BUT EVEN MORE SO IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS, THERE WAS A DEADLINE TO REMOVE SEVERAL BUILDINGS, NAMELY CLUBHOUSE [INAUDIBLE] AND OTHERS BY OCTOBER 5TH.

THAT DECISION WAS TAKEN TO JUDGE JAMO'S COURT LAST WEDNESDAY.

AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE DECISION WAS UPHELD IN SHORT ORDER BY JUDGE JAMO THAT WE HAD THE RIGHT TO MOVE FORWARD BY THE BOARD INSTITUTED DEADLINE OF OCTOBER 5TH.

WE'RE OBVIOUSLY NOW A ONE DAY PAST OCTOBER 5TH.

BUT IN THE LAST SEVEN TO 10 DAYS, WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING WE'VE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS, NOT NEGOTIATIONS WITH A LOCAL FAMILY WHO HAS TIES ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE LOCAL SCHOOLS FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS.

THEY OWN A BUSINESS IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.

AND WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT THIS, I WAS VERY SKEPTICAL BECAUSE OF THE TIMING OF ALL OF THIS. WE WANT TO SAVE THE CLUBHOUSE AND ALL OF THAT.

SO I'VE HAD PROBABLY 15 OR 20 CONVERSATIONS WITH THE FAMILY.

AND AS YOU KNOW, SOME OF YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO MEET THE FAMILY AND LISTEN AND HEAR THEM OUT. THIS IS A REAL DEAL.

THEY ARE SERIOUS ABOUT GOING FORWARD AND PURCHASING THE ONE HUNDRED NINETY THREE ACRES.

THEY HAVE A PURCHASE AGREEMENT SIGNED WITH SUMMER PARK REALTY.

THEY HAVE 30 DAYS TO DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE.

SO THE QUESTION BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS A RATHER SIMPLE ONE.

DOES IS THE BOARD WILLING TO PROVIDE UNTIL YOUR NEXT MEETING ON THE 20TH? ARE YOU ARE YOU WILLING TO DIRECT STAFF TO HOLD OFF? BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A BID TO REMOVE OR DEMOLISH THE CLUBHOUSE.

THE BUSINESS FROM MICHIGAN DEMOLITION, A VERY REPUTABLE COMPANY, AND THE COST IS ABOUT THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

WE COULD MOVE IN NEXT WEEK AND MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

THE QUESTION FOR YOU TONIGHT IS, DO YOU WANT TO DELAY STAFF ENFORCING THE OCTOBER 5TH DEADLINE AND GIVING THE FAMILY TWO WEEKS TO DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE AND HAVE A REPORT BACK FROM STAFF AT YOUR OCTOBER 20TH MEETING? THAT'S THE DECISION THAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU AS A POLICYMAKERS OR ARE YOU GOING TO DIRECT STAFF? WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

EVERYONE'S HAD MONTHS AND YEARS TO WORK THIS OUT.

AND NOW WITH OCTOBER 5TH AND HERE WE ARE STILL DISCUSSING WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN.

I WANT TO CREDIT DIRECTOR KIESELBACH AND PRINCIPAL PYROMANCER BECAUSE AND OUR COUNCIL MAT KUSCHEL WHO DID A GREAT JOB OF JUDGE JAMO LAST WEEK.

THEY HAVE PUT IN AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO GET US TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY, AND THAT SHOULD NOT GO UNNOTICED.

SO THAT'S THE QUESTION FOR YOU, MR. SUPERVISOR. A TWO WEEK HIATUS UNTIL OCTOBER 20TH, OR ARE YOU DIRECTING STAFF TONIGHT TO MOVE FORWARD IMMEDIATELY? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND CAMPBELL HAD MENTIONED THAT IT APPEARS THAT THERE IS A GLITCH AND IT'S GOING TO BE A PURCHASE OF THIS PROPERTY BY AS MANAGER WALSH SAID A LOCAL PERSON OR PERSONS WHO WANT BUILD A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES, JUST A FEW, NOT THREE HUNDRED ON THE PROPERTY. AND THAT WE WILL KNOW THAT BY OUR NEXT MEETING WHETHER THAT'S GOING TO PROCEED.

BUT THEY DO WANT AS PART OF THE PURCHASE.

THEY'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO USING THE EXISTING CLUBHOUSE STRUCTURE AND MAYBE SOME OF THEIR OUTBUILDINGS NEXT TO IT FOR THEIR PURPOSES IN TERMS OF BUILDING NEW BUILDINGS.

SO IF THEY IN FACT MOVE FORWARD, WE WOULD END UP WITH THE RESULT WE WANT AT THIS DIFFERENTLY. OTHERWISE, WE CAN BE STUBBORN AND GO FORWARD TOMORROW WITH KNOCKING THEM ALL DOWN. TRUSTEE OPSOMMER? YES, I WOULD CONCUR, I WOULD EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR HAVING STAFF DELAY ANY ACTION OR ENFORCEMENT OF THE ORDER THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE TO DEMOLISH THE CLUBHOUSE AND THE POOL FOR THE TIME BEING UNTIL OUR NEXT MEETING TOGETHER, THAT WOULD ALLOW THE FAMILY THE TIME THAT THEY NEED TO. PURSUE THEIR DUE DILIGENCE.

I WOULD ONLY JUST. CAUTION THAT, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD WITH THE

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IS ABOUT HOW YOU GO ABOUT SECURING ESPECIALLY THE CLUBHOUSE AND THE POOL THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A SOLUTION WHERE YOU COULD CAP IT WITH STRUCTURE ABOVE THE CLUBHOUSE IS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM. AND, YOU KNOW, THIS MIGHT.

PROLONG THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE THERE TO SOME EXTENT, BUT THE FAMILY DID SEEM MUCH MORE.

CREATIVE IN COMING UP WITH SOLUTIONS, AND THEY WOULD BE MUCH MORE PRESENT ON THE SITE THAN THE CURRENT OWNER, AND SO THAT SHOULD HELP ALLEVIATE THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, IF THEY I THINK ONCE THEY PUT WINDOWS INTO IT, IF IT COMES TO THAT POINT, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A HUGE FINANCIAL INTEREST IN MAKING SURE THAT THE SITE IS PROPERLY SECURED AND PROTECTED, BECAUSE ONCE THOSE WINDOWS GO IN, THEY WOULD HAVE A HUGE COST IF THERE WAS ANY DAMAGE.

SO THAT'S THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS ON WHAT THE BOARD SHOULD DO AT THIS TIME.

TRUSTEE SUNDLAND, YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP? YES, I AGREE THAT WE SHOULD DELAY A LITTLE BIT.

WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT OH, WE'RE GOING TO DELAY TO OCTOBER 20TH MEETING, BUT I THINK THAT WE SHOULD SUPPORT.

THIS THE POTENTIAL OWNERS OF THIS PROPERTY AND WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.

VERY GOOD. ALSO, WE HAD THE TREASURER AND THEN WE HAD THE CLERK.

BUT I AGREE WITH TRUSTEE SUNDLAND THAT WE SHOULD DELAY THIS FOR AT LEAST THE TWO WEEKS AND FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IS A HUGE COST TO TEAR THE OLD BUILDING DOWN AND.

IT MIGHT BE REPURPOSED AND USED RATHER THAN DEMOLISHED, SEEMS TO BE THE BEST USE OF RESOURCES. I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE CHIEF, THOUGH.

WHAT KIND OF CALLS ARE YOU GETTING FOR THAT LOCATION? IS IT AS BAD, RIGHT NOW, AS IT WAS THIS PAST SUMMER OR IS IT QUIETED DOWN A BIT OUT THERE? WE HAVEN'T HEARD MUCH ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON UP THERE, BUT WE HAVEN'T ASKED ABOUT IT EITHER. SO CAN YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE KIND OF VANDALISM CALLS OR OTHER ISSUES YOU MIGHT BE HAVING ON THAT PROPERTY RIGHT NOW? I THINK WITH THE ACTIVITY, THE HOUSE WAS TAKEN DOWN AND SOME OF THE OTHER STRUCTURES WERE REMOVED, WHICH HAS HAD LEGITIMATE ACTIVITY ON THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF CALLS THAT WE'VE HAD OUT THERE, WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE OUT THERE, EYES AND EARS OUT THERE WORKING, ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING THAT KEEPS THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING OUT THERE AND DO SOMETHING AWAY.

ALSO, YOU'VE TAKEN AWAY SOME OF THE BUILDINGS THAT THEY UTILIZED TO FOR VANDALISM, BREAKING AND ENTERING. SO WE'VE HAD A REDUCTION, BUT IT'S HARD TO TELL IF THAT'S JUST BECAUSE THERE'S FEWER PEOPLE GOING OUT THERE OR IF IT'S BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN PEOPLE ON THE PROPERTY ACTUALLY WORKING AND COMING AND GOING.

OK THANK YOU. AND THEN THE CLERK.

CLERK DREYFUS? THANK YOU.

IN THE PAST MEETINGS, I HAD QUESTIONED THE OWNER ABOUT THE CLUBHOUSE, MY CONCERN, I WENT ALONG WITH THE ORDER FOR DEMOLITION TO ALLOW US TO CONTINUE AND TO CONTINUE FOR THE ORDER OF DEMOLITION. BUT THE ONE I WAS MOST CONCERNED ABOUT WAS THE CLUBHOUSE.

I DO BELIEVE IN A SUSTAINABILITY CONCEPT.

YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOCK DOWN VIABLE BUILDINGS IF YOU CAN REHAB THEM, RETROFIT THEM AND OTHERWISE KEEP THINGS OUT OF A LANDFILL AND OUT OF A WASTE STREAM.

SO THE CLUBHOUSE, I THOUGHT, WAS QUITE A USEFUL BUILDING AND VANDALISM SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THE ONLY REASON THAT WE WANTED TO HAVE THAT ORDER, THAT BUILDING TO BE KNOCKED DOWN.

BUT I KNEW THAT IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS NO OTHER WAY, APPARENTLY BECAUSE OF THE WAY CIRCUMSTANCES WERE PLAYING OUT.

SO I WASN'T REAL THRILLED WITH THE IDEA OF HAVING TO KNOCK DOWN THE CLUBHOUSE, SEEING THAT THERE'S AN OFFER ON THE TABLE FOR A PRIVATE PERSON, PRIVATE ENTITY TO PUT UP MAYBE THREE OR FOUR BUILDINGS OF THEIR OWN, WHICH WILL REMAIN TO BE SEEN, AND THEN TO PRESERVE PROBABLY LARGE TRACTS OF LAND AND THEN TO REDO THE CLUBHOUSE IS A FANTASTIC ALMOST.

YOU KNOW WHAT? IT WAS VERY UNEXPECTED, UNEXPECTED, POSITIVE NEWS THAT WE DIDN'T DO ANY WORK TO GET SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO COME INTO OUR HANDS.

SO WE ABSOLUTELY SHOULD NOT EVEN HAVE TO PRESSURE FOR TWO WEEKS IS KIND OF ARBITRARY AS LONG AS THE DEAL'S GOING THROUGH.

I'M SURE THAT THE WAY IT'S GOING TO MOVE IS THE CLUBHOUSE WILL BE SAFE AND SECURE, PROBABLY FROM VANDALS IN THE FUTURE WITH THE NEW OWNERS AS WELL.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE THEIR OWN PERSONAL PRIVATE PROPERTY THAT THEY CARE ABOUT AND JUST INVESTED A LARGE SUM OF MONEY IN.

SO DEFINITELY LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THEM MAYBE JOIN IN.

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AND WE CAN CERTAINLY WAIT ON ANY ENFORCEMENT OF BUILDING DEMOLITION.

AND [INAUDIBLE] THE CONVERSATION WITH THE PURCHASER.

TWO WEEKS WORKS FINE FOR THEM.

OTHER BOARD MEMBERS? I THINK WE HAVE A VOTE.

OH, TRUSTEE OPSOMMER? NO. OH, JACKSON, SORRY, [INAUDIBLE] EACH OTHER.

GO AHEAD TRUSTEE JACKSON. I REALLY HAVE NOTHING DIFFERENT TO ADD TO THE CONVERSATION.

I DO SUPPORT THE WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE CONSENSUS TO DELAY ANY TOWNSHIP ACTION ON THE ORDER TO REMOVE THE BUILDING IN HOPES THAT THE THAT THESE OWNERS WILL COME UP WITH A GREAT IDEA THAT ALLOWS THEM TO PRESERVE THAT ASSET ON THE PROPERTY.

I DO HOPE, THOUGH, AND AS THEY DEVELOP THEIR OWN PLANS, THAT THEY REMEMBER HOW MUCH THIS PROPERTY MEANS TO THE WHOLE TOWNSHIP, PARTLY BECAUSE OF ITS PROXIMITY TO ONE OF OUR PRESERVES.

AND OTHER HISTORICAL CONSIDERATIONS OF THE VALUE OF THE TOWNSHIP TAKES AND HOW THIS PROPERTY IS MANAGED.

TRUSTEE OPSOMMER, YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP? YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO ADD ONE OTHER THING TO THE DISCUSSION.

WELL, ACTUALLY TWO OTHER ITEMS. SO THERE IS A HYPOTHETICAL BASED ON THE CONVERSATION WITH THIS FAMILY WHO PRESENTLY LIVES HERE IN THE TOWNSHIP, THAT THEY MAY ACTUALLY WANT THE CLUBHOUSE DEMOLISHED AND TO START OVER, BUT STILL PURCHASE THE SITE AND DEVELOP IT WITH A SIMILAR CONCEPT.

I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY VERY UNLIKELY.

THEY DO HAVE BEING A LOCAL FAMILY, LIVING IN THE TOWNSHIP.

THEY ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE HISTORY OF THE SITE.

AND SO IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, THEY'LL WANT TO PRESERVE IT.

BUT THEY'RE DOING COST ESTIMATES AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE TWO WEEK TIME FRAME IS.

SO NO ONE SHOULD BE SURPRISED IF THAT VERY UNLIKELY SCENARIO WERE TO OCCUR.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE NO ONE IS SURPRISED BY THAT.

AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I WOULD JUST ADD SO THAT EVERYONE'S EYES ARE WIDE OPEN, ESPECIALLY THE NEIGHBORS WHO LIVE ADJACENT WITH THE CONSENT AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE THROUGH THE MEDIATION AND THE COURTS.

THERE WAS GOING TO BE A 50 PERCENT OPEN SPACE.

PLUS THE WETLANDS AND OTHER LAND CAN'T COUNT TOWARDS THE 50 PERCENT OPEN SPACE.

AND THAT WAS GOING TO BE BASICALLY DEEDED TO THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION AND THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN PUBLIC LAND THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE NOT IF YOU'RE ON SKYLINE OR THE GREENS OR HERITAGE HILLS, YOU'RE NOT IN THAT HOH.

BUT NO ONE'S REALLY GOING TO ASK YOU WHICH NEIGHBORHOOD YOU LIVE IN.

IF YOU'RE UTILIZING AND WALKING THAT OPEN SPACE WITH THIS CONCEPT AND WITH THIS MODEL, IF THIS PRIVATE TRANSACTION OCCURS, WHICH IS NOT WITHIN THE CONTROL TOWNSHIP, IT WOULD ALL BE A PRIVATE ESTATE. SO LIKELY THEY'RE NOT GOING TO ALLOW TRESPASSING.

AND THERE OBVIOUSLY IS A CULTURE OF RESIDENTS USING THAT LAND.

EVEN WHEN IT WAS AN ACTIVE GOLF COURSE, THEY CROSS COUNTRY SKI ON IT.

THEY WOULD WALK ANY, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY ALL FOUR SEASONS, PEOPLE WOULD WALK ON IT.

SO EVERYONE JUST NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THAT WITH THIS THERE IS A LOSS TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS A BENEFIT. SO THERE'S PROS AND CONS.

THANK YOU. ARE YOU ARE YOU BACK, MR. SUPERVISOR? I KNOW THAT HE WAS HAVING SOME PROBLEMS WITH ZOOM.

I THINK HE'S TRYING TO GET BACK ON.

HE'S FROZEN, I DON'T KNOW IF.

TRUSTEE OPSOMMER, YOU WANT TO JUST FINISH UP WITH THIS ISSUE? YES, WE CAN.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS OR THIS DISCUSSION, ITEM 13A? TREASURER DESCHAINE? I THINK IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT ANOTHER LOSS THIS IS, IS TO EAST LANSING SCHOOLS, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE NEW HOMES AS BEING AN INFUSION OF STUDENTS IN THAT PART OF THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO ANYTHING LIKE THIS, THERE ARE BENEFITS AND COSTS.

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THIS IS KIND OF THE IDEAL OUTCOME TO PRESERVE SO MUCH OF THIS OPEN GREEN SPACE.

THIS IS WHAT THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS BUILT THEIR HOMES AROUND.

AND MUCH OF THAT WILL BE ENHANCED.

BUT THERE ARE ALSO DOWNSIDES TO IT.

AND MENTIONING THE FACT HAS BEEN PUBLIC SPACE, BUT NOW WILL NOT BE PUBLIC SPACE FOR WALKING ALSO IS RELEVANT.

SO OVERALL, I THINK IT'S A VERY GOOD DEVELOPMENT BUT THERE ARE COSTS TO IT AND WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF THOSE. MANAGER WALSH, COULD YOU SPEAK REALLY BRIEFLY TO THE CONVERSATION THAT YOU HAD WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT? YES, AND THAT'S A VALID POINT THAT WAS RAISED BY TRUSTEE OPSOMMER THIS MORNING.

BEFORE I EVEN SPOKE PUBLICLY ABOUT THIS ON MONDAY MORNING.

I DID CONTACT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I DID CONTACT THE SUPERINTENDENT DORI OF EAST LANSING SCHOOLS. I DID RECEIVE A RESPONSE BACK FROM HER AND SHE WAS VERY APPRECIATIVE OF KNOWING THE CURRENT SITUATION AND POTENTIALLY THE FUTURE CONDITION OF WALNUT HILLS.

THANK YOU MANAGER WELSH.

SUPERVISOR STYKA ARE YOU WITH US? I AM NOW.

[LAUGHTER] WE'RE STILL ON 13A, WALNUT HILLS DISCUSSION.

GO AHEAD. YOU LEADING US THROUGH THIS.

YEAH, I ASSUME WE'VE REACHED A CONSENSUS THAT I HAD NOT HEARD ANYBODY SAY ANYTHING NEGATIVE. AND THE LAST PERSON I HEARD WAS MR. OPSOMMER, AFTER A LOT OF OTHERS HAD TALKED.

OK, WE REACHED A CONSENSUS WE'LL ASK OUR STAFF NOT TO PROCEED FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.

I DON'T THINK WE NEED A MOTION ON IT, I THINK THAT'S JUST FINE.

[13B. Halloween Options]

MANAGER, DO WE HAVE SOMEBODY ON THE HOOK FOR THIS? WE DO, DIRECTOR MAISNER AND CHIEF PLAGA HAD BEEN WORKING ON THIS JUST TO KIND OF CONDENSE EVERYTHING DOWN. THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE STAFF, IF THERE IS ONE, IS THAT WE REALLY DON'T DO ANYTHING.

IN REGARDING THE HALLOWEEN EXCEPT FOR FOLLOW CDC GUIDELINES, FOLLOW THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND PEOPLE WILL MAKE INDIVIDUAL CHOICES.

BEYOND THAT DISCUSSION, UNLES THE BOARD WANTS TO INTERVENE SOMEHOW ON THE HALLOWEEN.

THE ONLY OTHER DISCUSSION TO HAVE IS DIRECTOR MAISNER'S BEEN WORKING HER CREATIVE MIND ON SOME CONCEPTS FOR HALLOWEEN THAT WE COULD SOMEHOW PUT TOGETHER AND I KNOW SUPERVISOR STYKA'S ASKED US TO DO THAT.

SO I KNOW IF YOU WANT TO START WITH DIRECTOR MAISNER AND THE IDEAS THAT THEY HAVE.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WE'RE NOT ASKING THE BOARD TO CUT DOWN HOURS TO GET INVOLVED IN NO HALLOWEEN TRICK OR TREATING AND ALL OF THEM.

LEAVE IT UP TO THE PROFESSIONALS ON THAT.

WE'RE HERE TO JUST TALK ABOUT CREATIVE IDEAS.

UNLESS YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT DIRECTION, YOU WANT TO GO.

SO I WOULD ASK DIRECTOR MAISNER TO TALK ABOUT HER CREATIVE IDEAS.

[INAUDIBLE] FOR THE POINT OF VIEW THAT IT'S LIKELY THAT.

IT LOOKS LIKE SUPERVISOR STYKA IS STILL CONTINUING TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH HIS INTERNET CONNECTION. [INAUDIBLE] CAN ANYBODY HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN NOW.

OK, WELL, I PUT THIS UP.

CAN YOU HEAR STILL? I CAN HEAR YOU.

BECAUSE I THOUGHT SOME FAMILIES WOULD BE RELUCTANT TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN OUT OF [INAUDIBLE].

MR. SUPERVISOR, YOU MIGHT WANT TO TRY TURNING YOUR VIDEO OFF AND SEEING IF THAT CAN HELP ESTABLISH A BETTER CONNECTION.

OK, SO WHILE WE'RE WAITING ON SUPERVISOR STYKA'S CONNECTION, WHY DON'T WE HAVE DIRECTOR MAISNER GO OVER HER CREATIVE OPTIONS THAT SHE HAS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD AND MEMORANDUM? GREAT, THANK YOU. AS YOU KNOW, IN YEARS PAST, THE TOWNSHIP AS A WHOLE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF CELEBRATING HALLOWEEN AND HOME TV HAS HAD ACTIVITIES.

OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS AN OPEN HOUSE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS AN OPEN HOUSE, AND HARRIS NATURE CENTER HAS HAD AN AMAZING EVENT AS WELL THAT I THINK THAT BROUGHT IN AROUND NINE HUNDRED PEOPLE FOR HAYRIDES AND ALL SORTS OF PUMPKIN DECORATING AND THOSE TYPES OF

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BUT DURING THIS TIME, I THINK WE JUST STILL NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT GATHERING PEOPLE TOGETHER. AND SO WE'VE COME UP WITH A FEW IDEAS FOR VIRTUAL CELEBRATIONS WITH A COSTUME CONTEST AND PUMPKIN CARVING AND AND HOUSE DECORATING.

AND THERE COULD BE DRAWINGS WHERE MAYBE WE PURCHASED WE COULD PURCHASE GIFT CARDS FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES LIKE [INAUDIBLE] AND SOME OF THOSE TYPES OF RESTAURANTS AND BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY TO GIVE OUT IN A DRAWING.

SO IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE VOTING ON BEST, BUT JUST ANYONE WHO PARTICIPATES WOULD BE PUT IN FOR A DRAWING.

AND THEN WE COULD POST THOSE THINGS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND WORK WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT. AND AS FAR AS ANY IN-PERSON ACTIVITIES WE'VE IN THE PAST, WE'VE DONE HALLOWEEN PARTY AT THE SMALL DOG PARK THAT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL.

WE JUST OPENED THE LARGE DOG PARK ON OCTOBER 1ST.

AND SO WE WERE THINKING OF MAYBE A HALLOWEEN EVENT FOR A RIBBON CUTTING.

BUT AT THIS POINT, MIKE DEVLIN IS OFF ON EXTENDED SICK LEAVE RIGHT NOW.

SO I'M NOT SURE WHERE WE STAND WITH BEING ABLE TO EVEN ACCOMPLISH THE HALLOWEEN EVENTS AT THE DOG PARK. WE'RE GOING TO SIT TIGHT ON THAT FOR ABOUT ANOTHER WEEK AND KNOW THERE WAS TALK ABOUT MAYBE DOING SOME TYPE OF A CELEBRATION AT MARKETPLACE ON THE GREEN.

HALLOWEEN IS ON A SATURDAY THAT COINCIDES WITH OUR FARMER'S MARKET.

WE'VE ALREADY BEEN RECEIVING AROUND ATTENDANCE OF TWO THOUSAND TO THREE THOUSAND PEOPLE ON A SATURDAY.

SO TO ADVERTISE AND BRING IN ADDITIONAL HALLOWEEN CELEBRATION AT THE MARKET COULD REALLY CREATE A HUGE GATHERING.

THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.

I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SUGGESTION OF MAYBE JUST ASKING OUR VENDORS TO STICK AROUND FOR AN EXTRA HOUR AND LET KIDS COME IN, TRICK OR TREAT THERE.

BUT I'M NOT GETTING A VERY POSITIVE RESPONSE FROM THAT FROM OUR VENDORS AT THIS POINT.

BUT SO I JUST THINK WE REALLY TRY TO STICK WITH MORE VIRTUAL ACTIVITIES THIS YEAR AS FAR AS OFFERING ANY PROGRAM, QUOTE UNQUOTE, FOR HALLOWEEN RIGHT NOW.

AND WE'LL STILL TRY TO DO SOMETHING AT OUR DOG PARKS, BUT THAT'S STILL UP IN THE AIR RIGHT NOW AS WELL. ALL RIGHT, QUESTIONS AND THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS ? TRUSTEE WISINSKI? THANK YOU, DIRECTOR MAISNER CLEARLY PUT SOME THOUGHT INTO THIS, AND WE'VE HAD TO CANCEL SO MANY THINGS THIS YEAR AND IT'S DISHEARTENING AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE THOUGHT YOU DID PUT INTO IT. BUT I WOULD CONCUR AS A PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONAL THAT I JUST AM UNCOMFORTABLE DOING ANY IN-PERSON GROUP ACTIVITIES.

AND I THINK YOU'VE COME UP WITH SOME GREAT IDEAS THAT WE COULD DO VIRTUALLY.

AND THERE'S PROBABLY MORE IDEAS OUT THERE THAT OTHER TOWNSHIPS ARE DOING.

BUT I WOULD ONE HUNDRED PERCENT SUPPORT BASED ON CDC RECOMMENDATIONS AND [INAUDIBLE] RECOMMENDATIONS AND EVEN INGHAM COUNTY [INAUDIBLE] HAS ALSO INDICATED THAT WE WANT TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS AND EVERYDAY CHANGES.

SO I WOULD JUST SAY THAT I WOULD SUPPORT AND CERTAINLY CONTRIBUTE TO ANY BRAINSTORMING FOR ANY VIRTUAL ACTIVITIES THAT YOU MIGHT DO AND CERTAINLY PARTICIPATE.

I'M SORRY, TREASURER DESCHAINE, GO AHEAD.

I AGREE WITH TRUSTEE WISINSKI, WE NEED TO FOLLOW THE PUBLIC HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS ON THIS, WHICH IS TRADITIONAL TRICK OR TREATING REALLY SHOULD NOT HAPPEN THIS YEAR.

BUT THAT'S NOT OUR CALL.

IT'S NOT OUR HOLIDAY.

IT'S A HOLIDAY THAT PEOPLE CELEBRATE KIND OF ON THEIR OWN.

IT'S GOING TO BE UP TO EVERY FAMILY IN MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP TO MAKE THAT CALL AND NEIGHBORHOODS TO DECIDE ON HOW THEY'RE GOING TO PARTICIPATE.

BUT AS A BOARD, WE HAVE NO ROLE, NOR SHOULD WE HAVE A ROLE EXCEPT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO FOLLOW THE PUBLIC HEALTH GUIDELINES.

IT'S REALLY, AT THE SAME TIME, A VERY SAD THING TO THINK THERE WILL BE NO HALLOWEEN OR VERY DIFFERENT HALLOWEEN THIS YEAR THAN PAST YEARS.

WE'VE ALL PAID A HUGE PRICE FOR THIS PANDEMIC.

AND WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IN MARCH THAT WE WOULD BE WE KNEW IN MARCH THIS WAS BAD, BUT WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THEN THAT HALLOWEEN WOULD BE CANCELED AND MOVING INTO THE FALL WE'RE REALLY NO BETTER SHAPE THAN WE WERE SIX MONTHS AGO WITH THIS PANDEMIC HAS NOT COME UNDER CONTROL YET AND.

UNTIL IT IS, WE REALLY CAN'T RESUME LIFE AS WE'VE KNOWN IT, AND THAT'S A LOSS FOR

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AND I ASK THEM TO SACRIFICE AS WELL, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO BECAUSE THEIR LIVES ARE AT STAKE, EVERYONE'S LIFE AT STAKE WITH THIS VERY DEADLY CORONAVIRUS.

SO SAD AS IT IS, WE'VE GOT TO LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH ADVICE ON HALLOWEEN.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. OTHER BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? NOT SEEING ANY AT THE MOMENT, TRUSTEE WISINSKI? JUST TO FOLLOW UP A FOLLOW UP COMMENT THAT THAT TREASURER DESCHAINE YOU'RE RIGHT, I MEAN, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DO WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO.

WE CAN'T REALLY CALL OFF HALLOWEEN.

BUT IF WE CAN ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE VIRTUAL EVENTS AND HAVE SOMETHING FUN FOR THEM TO DO, HOPEFULLY THAT WILL ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO STAY HOME AND STAY SAFE.

JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE.

TRUSTEE WISINSKI.

ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS OR THOUGHTS? SEEING NONE, DIRECTOR MAISNER, I WOULD JUST SHARE THE ONE THOUGHTS THAT I HAD IN REVIEWING THIS WITH THE PROPOSED HALLOWEEN AT THE MARKETPLACE ON THE GREEN, CAN WE ASK THAT OUR VENDORS PRE BAG THOSE SO THAT THEY CAN DO A CONTACTLESS KIND OF PICK UP LIKE EACH OF THE BAGS COULD BE SPACED OUT AT THE VENDOR STATION AND SO THE KIDS CAN JUST KIND OF TAKE THEIR BAG AND WALK AWAY RATHER THAN USING BOWLS OR OTHER DISTRIBUTION METHODS THAT WE OFTEN SEE. RIGHT.

I'M GUESSING THAT OUR VENDORS WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO GIVE AWAY TO THE CUSTOMERS WHEN THEY PURCHASE THINGS, AND WE WEREN'T, YOU KNOW, I GUESS AFTER WE PUT THIS TOGETHER, I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE REALLY WANTED TO ENCOURAGE VISITATION FOR TRICK OR TREATING AT THE MARKET THIS YEAR AFTER THIS WENT OUT.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE SOME CANDY THAT WILL BE BACK THERE FOR THE CUSTOMERS.

BUT I CAUTION MAYBE ADVERTISING A BIG HALLOWEEN EVENT.

I THINK TRADITIONALLY WE ALWAYS HAVE HAD SOME CANDY THERE AND CIDER AND DONUTS.

WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, THAT TYPE OF A SETTING GOING ON.

BUT I DON'T REALLY FORESEE MUCH OF THAT TAKING PLACE THIS YEAR.

YEAH, I WOULD THINK IF YOU DO, IT WILL BE PRE BAG.

IT WON'T JUST BE LIKE PUT YOUR HAND IN A BOWL AND GRAB IT OUT.

I DEFINITELY CONCUR, AND I THINK IT'S BEST NOT TO ADVERTISE IT OR PROMOTE IT IN ANY WAY, BUT BEING ON HALLOWEEN, SOME VENDORS ARE GOING TO BRING THEIR CANDY.

SO YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, FORSIGHT, I THINK IS SPOT ON, BUT JUST MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE COGNIZANT AND FOLLOWING CDC GUIDELINES WHEN THEY DO KIND OF COMMINGLE, YOU KNOW, THE SATURDAY FARMER'S MARKET WITH HALLOWEEN.

NO TRUSTEE, I TOTALLY AGREE.

AND THAT'S A GOOD SUGGESTION THAT WE'LL PASS ON TO OUR VENDORS AS WELL, BECAUSE IT WAS PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST, MUCH MORE CASUAL.

AND NOW THIS YEAR, I THINK WE NEED TO BE A LITTLE MORE DELIBERATE WITH HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT. SO I WILL DEFINITELY HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH OUR VENDORS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

DIRECTOR MAISNER.

SUPERVISOR STYKA, DO WE HAVE YOU? FOR AT LEAST ONE MOMENT. I ASSUME THE CONVERSATION HAS GONE WELL.

CAN YOU SUM UP WHERE WE ARE? RIGHT. AS WE HAVE GONE THROUGH OUR DISCUSSION ON THE HALLOWEEN OPTIONS FOR 2020 THAT DIRECTOR MAISNER HAS PROPOSED.

WE HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND THOUGHTS, BUT BY AND LARGE, THE BOARD IS THERE APPEARS TO BE A CONSENSUS FOR THE DIRECTION THAT DIRECTOR MAISNER IS TAKING US IN AND YOU KNOW, NO ONE SAYS THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE YET ANOTHER HOLIDAY IN THE TRADITIONAL SENSE. UNDERSTOOD.

HEY, WELL, I GUESS I'M READY TO MOVE ON TO COMMENTS FROM PUBLIC.

[INAUDIBLE] WE, OF COURSE, CAN TAKE TELEPHONE CALLS AT FIVE ONE SEVEN THREE FOUR NINE ONE TWO THREE TWO OR IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO SO, YOU CAN USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE INSIDE THE ZOOM INTERFACE AND WE CAN ENABLE YOU TO SPEAK INSIDE THE MEETING ITSELF.

I SEE NO HANDS GOING UP AND THERE ARE NO TELEPHONE CALLS FOR YOU SIR.

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AND SO THAT'S WHO. AND THAT IS ABOUT FORTY FIVE TO FIFTY PEOPLE.

AND THEN ALSO OUR FARMER'S MARKET ADVISORY BOARD.

NOW, THE WEDNESDAY MARKET WILL BE TAKING PLACE.

SO WE WILL HAVE SOME VENDORS UNDER THE PAVILION SO IT WON'T BE A RIBBON CUTTING TO AN EMPTY PAVILION. SO THERE WILL BE SOME FOLKS ROAMING AROUND FROM THAT.

OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM WILL BE TAPING THIS LIVE TO FACEBOOK AND THEN ALSO THEY'RE GOING TO TAPE IT AS WELL.

AND THEN IF THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO JUST SUBMIT COMMENTS AND I'M THINKING OF MAYBE OUR PARTNERS WITH CBL PROPERTIES OUT OF TENNESSEE, THEY PROBABLY WILL NOT BE MAKING THE TRIP HERE, BUT THEY WILL SEND A VIDEO MESSAGE.

AND OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM PLANS TO PUT A VIDEO TOGETHER FOR REPLAY LATER ON THAT WILL PROBABLY INCLUDE MY STAFF AND THEIR VEGETABLE COSTUMES.

WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE FUNDRAISING PORTION OF THIS WHOLE THING AND THEN MOVING IT THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION PHASES WITH SOME PHOTOS AND THEN THE ACTUAL RIBBON CUTTING AND THEN COMMENTS FROM OTHERS WHO WERE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND.

SO THAT IS THE PLAN.

PROBABLY A 30 MINUTE PROGRAM FOR TOMORROW.

BUT WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING JUST TO COMMEMORATE THE OPENING OF MARKETPLACE ON THE GREEN.

AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT NEXT YEAR, THEN HAVING A MUCH LARGER CELEBRATION.

THANK YOU. YES, TREASURER DESCHAINE, I ASSUME INTO BOARD COMMENTS AT THIS POINT.

WE ARE, BUT I'LL USE THIS AS A QUESTION TO DIRECTOR MAISNER FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR.

ARE YOU PLANNING ON MOVING THE EXISTING FARMERS MARKET VENDORS INTO THE NEW PAVILIONS? OUR WEDNESDAY MARKET FOR SURE.

WE'LL MOVE THERE, OUR SATURDAY MARKET WHEN THIS IT IS A HUGE FACILITY, BUT WITH WHEN THE MARKET WAS DESIGNED, WE WEREN'T REALLY FAMILIAR WITH COVID YET.

AND SO OUR MARKET IS QUITE LARGE AND WE'VE DONE A REALLY GREAT JOB OF SPACING OUR VENDORS AND KEEPING NICE WIDE AISLES FOR OUR CUSTOMERS.

SO WE ARE CAUTIOUSLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF WE CAN STILL MOVE INTO THE MARKET FOR THE SATURDAY MARKET QUITE YET AND STILL BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN OUR DISTANCING.

SO WE ARE LOOKING INTO THAT SO GETTING OUR WEDNESDAY MARKET IN THERE JUST TO KIND OF GET A FEEL FOR WHAT THAT IS.

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE VENDORS GO IN AND SOME STILL STAY OUT.

AND THEN ALSO OUR INDOOR MARKET FOR THE MARKET, THE INDOOR MARKET THAT WOULD BE IN THE MALL IN THE WINTERTIME.

WE ARE TAKING A LOOK AT RECONSIDERING THAT AS WELL AND MAYBE EXTENDING THE OUTDOOR MARKET THROUGH DECEMBER AND THEN TAKING A PAUSE IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY AND COME BACK SOME TIME IN MARCH. SO THERE WOULD STILL BE ALMOST THE SAME AMOUNT OF MARKET DAYS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

IT WOULD JUST BE OUTDOORS, WHICH SEEMS REALLY ODD FOR US BECAUSE WE'VE NEVER REALLY HAD AN OUTDOOR MARKET IN THAT COLD OF TEMPERATURES.

BUT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, ANN ARBOR HAS OUTDOOR MARKET ALL WINTER LONG.

AND SO IT'S FOR SOME OF OUR VENDORS, IT'S QUITE COMMON.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY MOVING TO IS EXTENDING THEIR OUTDOOR MARKET MID-DECEMBER.

IN WHICH CASE, WE WOULD GO UNDER THE PAVILION BECAUSE WE WON'T HAVE AS MANY VENDORS THAT SHOW UP LATER IN THE YEAR AS THEY DO RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU. OK, OTHER BOARD MEMBERS FOR FINAL COMMENTS? I HAVE A QUESTION YOU MAY HAVE MENTIONED EARLIER, LUANN, IN TERMS OF THE THE RIBBON CUTTING, I ASSUME WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING DISTANCING AND MASKING FOR ALL THE PARTICIPANTS. ABSOLUTELY.

ABSOLUTELY. OK. THEN I GUESS WE'RE READ TO ADJOURN.

MOVE TO ADJOURN. MOVED BY OPSOMMER.

SUPPORT. SUPOORTED BY JACKSON. ALL IN FAVOR JUST WAVE YOUR HAND.

KATHY, ARE YOU ADJOURNING? RICHARD, THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.