Delhi Twp Committe Meeting April 5, 2011

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DELHI CHARTER TOWNSHIP

COMMIT TEE OF THE WHOLE

Community Services Center2074 Aurelius Road, Holt, MI 48842

(517) 694-2137

TuesdayApril 5, 2011

6:30 p.m.

Agenda

A. Department of Public Services March Activity Report

B. Blight Prevention and Neighborhood Protection Program

C. Amendment to the Delhi Charter Township Code, SpecificallySection 10-118 (also known as Ordinance No. 32, Section 2.1)Relating to the Discharge of Firearms, Weapons and Devices

Public Comment


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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICES

Monthly ReportMarch 2011

Effluent Flow Data (Average MGD)

Laboratory Testing and Quality Control Quality Assurance Program

Tests Run For Number Run % Passing

Permit Compliance 239

Process Control 1754

Quality Control 82 88%

Check Samples 10 100%

DMRQA-Study 30 Proficiency

Miscellaneous Sampling 14

Totals 2099 94%


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Training

Date

# ofEmployeesAttended Training Course Description

3/7/2011 1 Turf Grass seminar (East Lansing)

3/7/2011 1 2007 Excel 1 (New Horizons)3/8/2011 1 Great Lakes Conference (East Lansing)

3/8-9/2011 3 Pesticide Applicator Training (East Lansing)

3/15/2011 1 2007 Excel 2 (New Horizons)

3/16/2011 1 Flow Meter Webinar

3/17-18/2011 1 MRWA Annual Conference (Traverse City)

3/21-22/2011 1 2007 Access 1 (New Horizons)

3/28/2011 1 Commercial Core Exam (East Lansing)

3/30-31/2011 1 MDNRE Anaerobic Sludge Digestion Course (Mt. Pleasant)

Maintenance

WORK ORDERS

Note: Work order totals do not include monthly, weekly and daily preventive maintenance tasks.

Projects performed during the month of March were:


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The fire sprinkler suppression system at the CSC was replaced with new piping by acontractor

Carpets were cleaned at the CSC, ICSD and DDA buildings Installed energy efficient LED outdoor lighting at Lift Station D, Waverly Road and Dell

Road lift stations

Touch up painting was completed at the CSC, ICSD and DDA

Cleaned windows and replaced weather stripping as needed at the CSC

Removed trash and cleaned up the streetscape areas in the township Installed spring banners on the decorative light poles in the business district

Miss Digs Performed

Complaints and Call-Outs Received

COMPLAINTS


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CALL OUTS

Sanitary Sewer Permits Issued

SEWER PERMITS ISSUED


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Sanitary/Storm Sewer Inspections Performed

SANITARY SEWER INSPECTIONS

STORM SEWER INSPECTIONS


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Construction Projects

A preconstruction meeting was held on March 16, 2011 for the Lift Station D, Force Main andPOTW Screen project. The by-pass pumping portion of the project will start on April 11, 2011.

Feet of Sanitary Sewer Cleaned (Vactor Truck Work)

Feet of Sanitary Sewer Televised (Camera Truck Work)


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Cemetery

BURIALS

There were two (2) foundation/niches installed in March.

Community Outreach

This last month Gill was located at two local churches in our community St. James Catholic

Church in Mason and Messiah Lutheran Church in Holt.

On March 17, the POTW hosted the Michigan Water Environment Association (MWEA) Section7 meeting with a tour of the new digester complex and lunch.

Six (6) baby lambs were born in March. Pictured are Diamond and Dale, twins born to Darcey.A status is updated on the Firebird and Flock Facebook pagewhenever lambs are born. Facebook Friends then postpotential names for the new arrivals; for tracking purposes,the names must begin with the first letter of the mothersname. The most popular names are then given to the lambs.Oreo and Shoaban have each also had a set of twin ewes

that have yet to be named. Several more lambs will bearriving any day.

All twenty-four (24) sheep were sheared this month and thewool has been sent to Zeilinger Wool Company in Frankenmuth for processing.


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Industrial Pretreatment Program

March IPP Activities

Site Plan Review

3/29/2011 2509 Eaton Rapids Road - Showcase Motors

Inspections - Grease TrapsCompliant 02/25/11 7-11 1997 Aurelius

Compliant 02/25/11 Biggby Coffee - 2006 Cedar

Non Compliant 02/25/11 Buddies Grill - 2040 Aurelius

Compliant 02/28/11 Big Ten Holt - 2005 Eifert

Compliant 02/25/11 Burger King - 2464 Cedar

Compliant 02/25/11 Burger King - 2520 E. Jolly

Compliant 02/25/11 Champions - 2440 N. Cedar

Compliant 02/25/11 Chisholm Hills - 2395 Washington

Compliant 02/25/11 Coach's - 6201 Bishop

Compliant 02/25/11 Coffee Barrel - 2237 Aurelius

Compliant 02/28/11 Cottage Inn Pizza - 1995 Cedar

Compliant 02/25/11 Delhi Caf - 4625 Willoughby

Compliant 02/25/11 Fat Boys Pizza - 2040 Aurelius

Compliant 02/25/11 Eagles - 1111 N. Cedar

Compliant 02/25/11 IngCredible - 2454 S. Cedar

Compliant 02/25/11 Jade Garden - 1979 Aurelius

Compliant 02/25/11 Kroger - 2495 N. Cedar

Compliant 02/25/11 Little Caesar's - 2221 N. Cedar

Compliant 02/25/11 McDonald's 2775 Eaton Rapids Rd.

Compliant 02/25/11 McDonald's 2530 E. Jolly

Compliant 02/25/11 McDonald's 2400 N. Cedar

Compliant 02/25/11 Sam Corey Senior Center- 2108 N. Cedar

Compliant 02/25/11 Sammy's II - 1957 Cedar

Compliant 02/25/11 Subway - 2765 Eaton Rapids Rd.

Compliant 02/25/11 Tacos E Mas - 1850 Cedar

Compliant 02/25/11 Tim Horton's - 2450 E. Jolly

Compliant 02/25/11 Tim Hortons - 2350 Cedar

Compliant 02/25/11 Wendy's - 2727 Eaton Rapids Rd.


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Delhi Charter Township

Department of Community Development

MEMORANDUM

TO: John B. Elsinga, Township Manager

FROM: Tracy L.C. Miller, Director of Community Development

DATE: Friday, April 01, 2011

RE: Blight Prevention & Neighborhood Protection Program

As we have previously discussed with the Board, Delhi Township currently has $20,780 reservedin the 2011 Budget for community reinvestment via housing rehabilitation. These funds were

realized from the sale of a home purchased by the Township from HUD under the $1 HomeSales to Local Governments program. Under this program, Delhi bought the home onWoodworth Street completed necessary improvements to increase the quality of the home andcomply with applicable building codes and then sold the house for a significant profit. Arequirement of participation in the $1 Home Sales program is that any profits must be utilizedfor future public reinvestment projects. To fulfill this requirement and to help providestabilization of Township neighborhoods I am proposing that we implement the programoutlined below.

Although our ability to make a large impact across the Township will be limited at first, the needfor this type of program is evident. Even thought many economic analysts are beginning topredict that the worst is now over with regards to the economy, we have seen an unprecedentednumber of foreclosures and property abandonments in recent years. The effects of this have beento flood the housing market with homes selling well below value and that have sustained damagedue to vacancy or misuse. Many homes are being converted to rentals as a result of this glut.For example, in 2009, 50 homes were registered for the first time as rentals and in 2010 a total of33 have been converted. All of these are single-family homes.

Many rentals are very well managed and maintained. However, there is no question that thepresence of many rentals in a concentrated area can have a blighting affect on a neighborhood.The presence of owner-occupied units is very important to maintaining the stability and value ofan area. Additionally, ensuring that a home that is deteriorating or on the verge of decline isbeing maintained is essential to preserving the quality of a neighborhood. Evidence has shownthat a single blighted house in a neighborhood can and will have a contagious effect onsurrounding properties.

The program proposed below could help to offset some of the impacts mentioned above. It is nota unique concept, with many urbanized communities across the State implementing similarlygeared programs. Overtime a revolving fund could be established that would permit the programto be broadened. If the current conditions change in the future and the need to intervene in the


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housing rehabilitation process is reduced, the program funds could be redirected to anotherhousing effort at that time. Ive outlined the proposed process below for consideration at theupcoming Board meeting. Thank you.

Blight Prevention & Neighborhood Protection Program

Program Purpose: To prevent the deterioration of otherwise stable neighborhood areas bystrategically acquiring foreclosed or abandoned properties for rehabilitation by the Townshipand sale to private owner-occupants.

Targeted Properties are: Foreclosed or abandoned properties, that is neglected and blighted. Unlikely to be acquired by a private individual who intends to occupy the structure (i.e.

owner-occupied) by the standard mechanisms. Located in an otherwise fairly stable neighborhood that will benefit from the

Townships intervention as outlined. Can be acquired and rehabilitated without exceeding the ultimate value of the property. Are available for $1 under the special HUD proram.

Benefits:1. Elimination of blight and helping to prevent the spread of blight within a

neighborhood area.2. Preventing the transition of a single-family home to a rental property by Encouraging

home-owner occupancy within a neighborhood.3. Preventing unsafe abandoned buildings within the Township.4. Stabilize and reinvest in an existing neighborhood to help preserve property values.5. Encourage private investment in nearby homes.

Process:1. Community Development staff identifies a property that meets the criteria.

a. Prepare an initial estimate of rehabilitation costs/needs.2. If acquisition is successful begin rehabilitation work.*3. Once completed (or nearly completed), list property with agent.

a. Advertise that the property is for owner-occupants only.b. Ensure that list price recoups investment costs. Attempt to make a small gain

(when possible) on the sale to provide additional funding for next project.4. Sale of home occurs.

a. Set recouped funds and any new profits aside to continue to build a revolvingfund for the program.

b. Evaluate project to identify where program improvement can be made and whatworked well.

*It is important to realize that there is a need to react very quickly to acquire some of theseproperties. We are currently limited in the amount that we can offer (without prior Boardapproval) to $10,000, which has been just too low of an offer on some of the properties that we


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would like to acquire. However, because of the way that the online bidding process works, wewould likely not have time to request Board permission to offer more than this amount and stillmake a bid within the required timeframe to be successful. It would be helpful if the Boardwould authorize us to make an offer of up to $20,000 on a property that we believe is a goodproject under this program.


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Delhi Charter Township

Department of Community Development

MEMORANDUM

TO: John B. Elsinga, Township Manager

FROM: Tracy L.C. Miller, Director of Community Development

DATE: Tuesday, March 29, 2011

RE: Chronological Information Ordinance 32.1 (Amendment of Section 10-118

Relating to Discharge of Firearms, Weapons and Devices in Certain Areas of the

Township)

On November 4, 2009 Ms. Gwendolyn Rytlewski and Mr. Brent Woodman appeared before the

Township Board and requested that consideration be given to ordinance language which wouldregulate bow and firearm target practicing in residential neighborhoods. Staff was asked to lookinto the feasibility of this request and bring something back to the Board for consideration. In

early 2010 the Township Managers office began researching this matter. Existing ordinance

language was identified (1967), which reads as follows:

Section 2.1

No minor shall fire or discharge in any of the platted areas of the Charter Township of

Delhi any fire arms which include shot guns, rifles or pistols, B-B or pellet guns, slings

or sling shots, bows and arrows, or have said weapons in their possession uncased except

that the above weapons, with the exception of fire arms, may be fired, operated or used

under the direct supervision and control of an adult.

This existing language contains the following main provisions:

1. It is limited to minors.2. It is limited to platted areas of the Township.3. It requires adult supervision if a minor is going to fire/operate/use any of the weapons

except for a firearm.

4. A firearm can not be fired/operated/used by a minor regardless of adult supervision.It was determined that the best approach would be to modify this existing language to

accommodate the current desired regulations. To that end, on March 16, 2010 the Board tookaction (1st consideration) to amend this section of the Township Code. There was no one from

the public that spoke against this proposal at this meeting. However, a petition in support of the

proposed language/amendment was received that contained the signatures of twenty Townshipresidents

The proposed amendment, at that time, included the following provisions:

1. Expanded scope of regulations to include all people, not just minors.


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2. Included Cross-bows in the list of weapons.3. Expanded the areas regulated to:

a. Within or into any platted area.b. Within 400 of any public park or public building.

4. Included an exclusion for:a.

law enforcement personalb. self-defense

c. supervised recreation programs (conducted by a certifiedfirearms instructor)5. Included misdemeanor language.

After this meeting, the Township Board Members and Staff began to receive a lot of inquiresfrom citizens who were concerned about the proposed amendment. I was asked to participate in

determining the potential impact of the ordinance amendment, as currently proposed, and

provide a suggested alternative if desirable.

At the April 6, 2010 Board meeting I presented a second draft based on the original proposal of

the amendment. The Board voted to approve, upon first consideration, the second draftlanguage. The draft language included the following requirements:

1. Continued to expand the scope of regulations to include all people, not just minors.2. Continued to include Cross-bows in the list of weapons.3. Clarified the expansion of the areas regulated to cover all densely developed areas

(not just platted areas) as follows:

a. Platted areas, residential condominium developments, property zoned or used formulti-family residential use, school property and parks or other public property.

b. The 400 from public buildings language was removed because of the potentialimpact to properties nearby the more remote Township facilities (i.e. POTW).

4. Included an exclusion for:a. law enforcement personalb. self-defensec. Supervised recreation programs conducted by a certified instructor, expanded to

recognize that all recreation programs may not be for firearms and that

therefore the instructor may not be a firearms instructor as was previously

specified.

5. Continued to include the misdemeanor language.A map which illustrated the probable impact of this language on specific properties was also

provided to Board members.

On April 20, 2010 the Township Board held second consideration of the proposed language.

At this meeting seven individuals spoke against the amendment. Four of the individuals thatspoke were owners of the residentially zoned riverfront properties on Waverly Road. There was

significant discussion about the fact that although these properties are zoned residential, they are

large and generally rural in nature. Ultimately, the Board voted to indefinitely postpone theamendment.


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There has been a continued interest on behalf of those that support the amendment and those that

oppose it since that time. Our office estimates that we receive an average of one phone call orvisit a week from an individual who is interested in the status of the amendment. The majority,

although not all, of these contacts are from those that are opposed to the amendment, although a

thorough understanding of the amendment by the individual is not always evident. I think that it

may be fair to assume that at least some citizens that would otherwise support the ordinance havenot been active participates because it may be assumed that this type of activity is already

prohibited, as it is in many urban and suburban municipalities.

For reference, Ive looked at the ordinances of several municipalities that are similar to Delhi

Township or representative of our region to determine the level and type of regulation that exists.While some communities do not appear to have regulations on the books about these activities, a

large portion do. In general, it appears that communities that are currently urban or are in the

process of urbanizing, frequently adopt regulations. To confirm this conclusion, I examined the

regulations of a number of truly urban communities (City of Lansing, Grand Rapids, Flint, AnnArbor, etc.) and found that all of these communities prohibit the discharge of weapons. In

contrast, none of the truly rural communities (Eaton Township, Brookfield Twp., etc.) that Iexamined had any restrictions. Below is a summary of the information I gathered:

Community Name

& Size

Does Local

Regulation

Exist?

Summary of Regulation(s):

These regulations cover discharge only, not ownership, carry, etc.

Delta Township30,759 est. pop.

YES Hunting or Discharge of a firearm for any reason is prohibited in Section 1(developed area) or within 150 yards of schools.

Restrictions use of rifles in certain areas. Land use restrictions that classify Archery & Shooting Ranges as an Outdoo

Commercial Recreation Est.. Requires a SLU Permit (like a SUP). Could us

this language to exclude backyard ranges from residential areas.

City of Lansing113,810 est. pop.

YES Prohibits any discharge of a weapon (all types) within the City limits. Includes an exception for the LAPD and Parks & Rec programs.

Lansing Township8,458 est. pop.

YES Prohibited. Includes exception for personal defense, law enforcement or at aapproved shooting range.

City of DeWitt4,702 est. pop.

YES Prohibits discharge of weapons, except that bow & arrows, BB guns/air gun(only) may be used on private property with the owners permission.

Includes extra hunting regulations, requiring a hunter to be at least 450 fromany building or public street and 200 from any property lot line, whichever i

greater. The use of Crossbows is prohibited. This is more restrictive than stat

law. The purpose of protecting safety of persons is stated as the reason for th

extra regulation within the ord. language.

City of Charlotte8,915 est., pop.

YES Defines a firearm to including guns, BB guns, pellet guns, bows, etc. Prohibited completely within City limits.

City of Owasso14,748 est. pop.

YES Prohibited.

City of St. Johns7,300 est. pop.

YES Prohibited. Includes exception for personal defense, law enforcement or at aapproved shooting range.


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Pittsfield Township

(Washtenaw Co.)30,167 est. pop.

YES Prohibited within defined urbanized areas.

Brighton Township

(Livingston Co.)

17,673 est. pop.(84% urban area/ 16% rural

per Township website)

YES Prohibited within defined urbanized areas. May be limited to discharge of guns, depending on their definition of

firearm.

Macomb Township

(Oakland Co.)70,326 est. pop.

YES Prohibits discharge (Sec. 12-341).

Superior Township

(Washtenaw Co.)Est. pop. 10,740

YES Prohibits discharge of all firearms within the urbanized areas. Establishecriteria for other, less dense, areas.

Charter Township of

Orion (Oakland Co.)33,463 est. pop.

(98% urban/2% rural)

YES Establishes standards (setbacks, etc.) for private target ranges for bow/arrowProhibits practice with broad heads.

Prohibits discharge within defined urbanized areas.

Leoni Township (Jackson

Co.)13,259 est. pop.


YES Prohibits within identified urbanized areas.

Summit Township

(Jackson Co.)21,534


YES Prohibited, except at an approved target range.

In December of 2010, the Board indicated that this matter would be addressed in the early part of

2011. As a follow though, Ive attached a proposed Ordinance amendment that limits the

affected properties to only those that are north of the Urban Service Boundary (USB) as outlined

in our Master Plan (also see attached map). Adding this language to the proposed amendmentremoves the platted parcels on Waverly Road and a few others that are clearly rural in naturefrom regulation. I believe based on our previous discussion that this change in the proposal will

go a long way in remedying most of the concerns previously expressed.

Below is a summary of the proposed Ordinance amendment:

1. Expand the scope of regulations to include all people, not just minors.2. Include Cross-bows in the list of weapons.3. Clarify the expansion of the areas regulated to cover all densely developed areas (not

just platted areas) as follows:

a. Platted areas, residential condominium developments, property zoned or used formulti-family residential use, school property and parks or other public property,

which are located north of the Urban Service Boundary as presented on the

official Future Land Use Map which is a part of the Delhi Township Master Plan.


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4. Continue the exclusion for:b. Law enforcement personalc. Self-defensed. Supervised recreation programs conducted by a certified instructor, expanded to

recognize that all recreation programs may not be for firearms and that

therefore the instructor may not be a firearms instructor as was previouslyspecified.

5. Continue to include the misdemeanor language.However, there are other property owners who believe that target shooting, particularly with

bow/arrows, pellet guns, etc., should be permitted within the densely populated areas of theTownship. Largely, the individuals that share this belief that we have spoken to, have told us

that they believe deciding to engage in this activity should be left to individual judgment to

determine safety and appropriateness.

Another common theme has been that Ive always practiced shooting in my back yard and there

has never been any problem. This may or may not be true for all affected parties. However, onething that is certain is that the Township has changed in that last 20 years and has become muchmore urbanized.

Another change has been in the evolution of shooting sports equipment. Most people are prettyaware of what a handgun, shotgun or rifle can do. However, the compound bows and air guns of

today are much more powerful than those that were available even 15 - 20 years ago. This

advancement in technology may constitute a greater threat in a densely populated urban area than

in the past if a misfire or other user/mechanical malfunction were to occur. For example, atypical compound bow today is capable of 360 per second or greater speed and broad

heads/arrows that are capable of easily penetrating plywood and in some cases concrete block.

For more information, see the following web links: www.ragebroadheads.com/compare.aspx ,www.eastonarchery.com/products/nfused , www.mathewsinc.com. Similarly, air guns have also

evolved. Specifications for common modern air guns can be found atwww.crosman.com.

I hope that the information outlined above is helpful. Please let me know if there is anything else

that I can provide to you and/or the Board that would assist with the consideration of this matter.

Thank you.
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INGHAM COUNTY, MICHIGAN

ORDINANCE NO. 32.1

PREAMBLE

AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE DELHI CHARTERTOWNSHIP CODE AND SPECIFICALLY SECTION10-118 AND DELHI CHARTER TOWNSHIPORDINANCE NUMBER 32 ARTICLE II, SECTION2.1 THEREOF RELATING TO DISCHARGE OFFIREARMS, WEAPONS AND DEVICES IN CERTAINAREAS OF THE TOWNSHIP; TO PROVIDEPENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF SAID SECTION;

AND TO PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.

The Charter Township of Delhi, Ingham County, Michigan, ordains:

SECTION I. AMENDMENT OF CODE SECTION 10-118 ENTITLEDDISCHARGE, POSSESSION OF WEAPONS BY MINORS AND ORDINANCENO. 32, ARTICLE II, SECTION 2.1.

Code Section 10-118 entitled Discharge, Possession of Weapons byMinors, and Ordinance No. 32, Article II, Section 2.1, shall be and are herebyamended to read as follows:

Discharge of Firearms and Other Weapons and Devices.a. No person shall fire or discharge any firearm, including B-B or pellet

guns, slings, slingshots, or bows and arrows (including cross-bows)within or into any residential platted area of the Township,residential condominium development, property zoned or used formultiple residential use, school property, and parks or other publicpropertywhich are located north of the Urban Service Boundary aspresented on the official Future Land Use Map which is a part ofthe Delhi Township Master Plan.The foregoing prohibition shall notapply to any law enforcement official, persons discharging suchdevices in self-defense, or any supervised recreational programconducted by a certified instructor. Violation of this section shall bea misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of up to Five Hundred andno/100 Dollars ($500.00), imprisonment for up to ninety-three (93)days, or both such fine and imprisonment, plus costs as determinedby the Court.


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SECTION II. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall become effectiveimmediately upon its adoption and publication as provided by law.

First Reading: _________________________First Publication: _________________________

Second Reading: _________________________Second Publication (Posting): _________________________Effective Date: _________________________

_________________________Stuart Goodrich, Supervisor

_________________________Evan Hope, Clerk

I, Evan Hope, Clerk of the Charter Township of Delhi, hereby certify thatthe foregoing constitutes a true and complete copy of Ordinance No. ____, dulyadopted by the Board of Trustees of the Charter Township of Delhi, InghamCounty, Michigan, on the ____ day of _______________, 2011, and that thesame was posted and published as required by law on the ____ day of

_______________, 2011.

___________________________________Evan Hope, Clerk


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DELHI CHARTER TOWNSHIPMINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING HELD ON MARCH 16, 2010

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SUBJECTTOA

PPROVAL

RELATIVE TO THE OPERATION OF FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES IN SUPPORT OFPROVIDING YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WITH A BETTER QUALITY OFLIFE.

A Roll Call Vote was recorded as follows:Ayes: Hope, Ketchum, Sweet, Bajema, Goodrich, HayhoeAbsent: AmmonMOTION CARRIED

AMENDMENT TO THE DELHI CHARTER TOWNSHIP CODE, SPECIFICALLY SECTION 10-118 (ALSO KNOWN AS ORDINANCE NO. 32, SECTION 2.1) DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS,WEAPONS AND DEVICES, INTRODUCTION AND FIRST CONSIDERATION

The Board reviewed a memorandum dated March 10, 2010 from Twp. Mgr. Elsinga(ATTACHMENT VIII).

HOPE MOVED UPON INTRODUCTION AND FIRST CONSIDERATION, TO AMENDTHE DELHI CHARTER TOWNSHIP CODE, SECTION 10-118, ALSO KNOWN ASORDINANCE NO. 32, SECTION 2.1, RELATING TO THE DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS,WEAPONS AND DEVICES (PROPOSED ORDINANCE NO. 32.1).

Discussion was held on the ordinance amendment. Trustee Bajema stated that he would likemore time to review the language of this amendment.

BAJEMA MOVED TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM UNTIL THE APRIL 6, 2010 BOARD OFTRUSTEE MEETING.

Trustee Ketchum suggested that a committee be formed to review this ordinance amendment.

Mark Starr, Total Firearms Manager, 1380 N. Cedar St., Mason, questioned how this ordinanceamendment would affect the indoor shooting range component of his business. Mr. Starr furthercommented on the State of Michigan law which addresses the discharge of firearms.

A Roll Call Vote was recorded as follows:Ayes: Bajema, Goodrich, Hayhoe, Hope, Ketchum, SweetAbsent: AmmonMOTION CARRIED

RESOLUTION NO. 2010-001 2010-2015 COMMUNITY RECREATION MASTER PLAN

The Board reviewed a memorandum dated March 11, 2010 from Twp. Mgr. Elsinga(ATTACHMENT IX).

BAJEMA MOVED TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2010-001 WHICH ADOPTS THE2010-2015 COMMUNITY RECREATION MASTER PLAN.

A Roll Call Vote was recorded as follows:Ayes: Goodrich, Hayhoe, Hope, Ketchum, Sweet, BajemaAbsent: AmmonMOTION CARRIED


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DELHI CHARTER TOWNSHIPCOMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING HELD ON APRIL 6, 2010

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PROVAL

The members of the Delhi Charter Township Committee of the Whole met on Tuesday, April 6,2010, in the Multipurpose Room at the Community Services Center, 2074 Aurelius Road, Holt,MI. Supervisor Goodrich called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.

Members Present: Supervisor Stuart Goodrich, Clerk Evan Hope, TreasurerHarry Ammon, Trustees Derek Bajema, John Hayhoe, Roy Sweet

Member Absent: Trustee Jerry Ketchum

Others Present: John Elsinga, Township ManagerMark Jenks, Director of Parks & RecreationSandra Diorka, Director of Public ServicesTracy Miller, Director of Community DevelopmentWendy Thielen, Assistant Township Manager of Human ResourcesTricia Vander Ploeg, Administrative Assistant/Deputy SupervisorAmy Finch, Assistant Township Clerk/Deputy Clerk

BUSINESS

STATE REVOLVING FUND (SRF) PROJECT PLAN AMENDMENT

Twp. Mgr. Elsinga introduced Jamie Burton from Hubbell, Roth and Clark. Mr. Burton gave abrief presentation on the background of the original State Revolving Fund (SRF) Project Planand the amended project plan.

Twp. Mgr. Elsinga distributed a memorandum to the Board members dated April 5, 2010 fromTom Traciak, American Community Infrastructure Finance, Inc. (ATTACHMENT I). Thememorandum stated that with the reduced project scope cost and review of the year end actualnumbers for 2009 and the updated 2010 Budget, it is Mr. Traciaks observation that no furtheradjustment should be made to the Basic Service Charge and the Commodity Charge.

Trustee Bajema commented that the amended project would not necessitate a rate increase thisyear. Twp. Mgr. Elsinga concurred. Trustee Bajema also requested that in the future the Boardvote on the commodity charge and the basic service charge separately.

AMENDMENT TO DELHI CHARTER TOWNSHIP CODE SPECIFICALLY SECTION 10-118(ALSO KNOWN AS ORDINANCE NO. 32, SECTION 2.1) DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS,WEAPONS AND DEVICES, INTRODUCTION

The Board reviewed a memorandum dated March 31, 2010 from Tracy Miller, Director ofCommunity Development (ATTACHMENT II).

Tracy Miller, Director of Community Development, stated that interest was expressed to amendOrdinance No. 32 to limit the discharge of weapons within certain areas of the Township whereit would be unsafe due to population density. Ordinance 32 is specific to minors; the amendedlanguage would apply to all persons, not just minors, as well as include cross-bows as opposedto just bow and arrows. The language specifies areas where the discharge of weapons would


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not be allowed. It also states circumstances where the prohibition would not apply. Violation ofthis ordinance shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of up to five hundred dollars.

Gwendolyn Rytlewski, 1567 Gander Hill Drive, stated that she appreciated the proposedamendment to this ordinance. Ms. Rytlewski questioned the supervised recreational programconducted by a certified instructor. Ms. Miller stated that the idea was not to exclude organizedprograms conducted by a certified instructor and further stated that a certified instructor wouldnot allow the unsafe discharge of a weapon.

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICES MARCH MONTHLY REPORT

Sandra Diorka, Director of Public Services, reported on the highlights of the Department ofPublic Services March Monthly Report (ATTACHMENT III).

ADJOURNMENT

Meeting adjourned at 7:11 p.m.

Date: ______________________ __________________________Evan Hope, Township Clerk

Date: ______________________ __________________________Stuart Goodrich, Supervisor

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The Delhi Charter Township Board of Trustees met in a regular meeting on Tuesday, April 6,2010 in the Multipurpose Room at the Community Services Center, 2074 Aurelius Road, Holt,Michigan. Supervisor Goodrich called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

ROLL CALL

Members Present: Supervisor Stuart Goodrich, Treasurer Harry Ammon, Clerk Evan Hope,Trustees Derek Bajema, John Hayhoe, Roy Sweet

Member Absent: Trustee Jerry Ketchum

Others Present: John Elsinga, Township ManagerMark Jenks, Director of Parks & RecreationSandra Diorka, Director of Public ServicesTracy Miller, Director of Community DevelopmentWendy Thielen, Assistant Township Manager of Human ResourcesTricia Vander Ploeg, Administrative Assistant/Deputy SupervisorAmy Finch, Assistant Township Clerk/Deputy Clerk

COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC Ingham County Commissioner Steve Dougan stated that hewould be seeking a fourth term on the Ingham County Board of Commissioners.

CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION EAGLE SCOUT JACOB McGILL

Supervisor Goodrich presented Jacob McGill with a Certificate of Recognition for earning therank of Eagle Scout.

2009 ANNUAL REPORT - PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT

Marks Jenks, Director of Parks and Recreation, gave the 2009 Annual Parks and RecreationDepartment Report (ATTACHMENT I).

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

AMENDMENT TO THE DELHI CHARTER TOWNSHIP CODE, SPECIFICALLY SECTION 10-118 (ALSO KNOWN AS ORDINANCE NO. 32, SECTION 2.1) DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS,WEAPONS AND DEVICES, FIRST CONSIDERATION

The Board reviewed a memorandum dated March 31, 2010 from Tracy Miller, Director ofCommunity Development (ATTACHMENT II).

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ARTICLE II, SECTION 2.1, RELATING TO THE DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS,WEAPONS AND DEVICES (PROPOSED TOWNSHIP ORDINANCE NO. 32.1)

A Roll Call Vote was recorded as follows:Ayes: Hope, Sweet, Ammon, Bajema, Goodrich, HayhoeAbsent: KetchumMOTION CARRIED

CONSENT AGENDA

A. Approval of Minutes Joint School Board Meeting of March 8, 2010

B. Approval of Minutes Regular Meeting of March 16, 2010

C. Approval of Claims March 23, 2010 (ATTACHMENT III)

D. Approval of Payroll March 18, 2010 (ATTACHMENT IV)

E. Approval of Payroll April 1, 2010 (ATTACHMENT V)

Trustee Bajema requested that Item C Approval of Claims-March 23, 2010 be removed formthe consent agenda for discussion.

SWEET MOVED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED WITHITEM C APPROVAL OF CLAIMS-MARCH 23, 2010 REMOVED FROM THECONSENT AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION.

A Roll Call Vote was recorded as follows:Ayes: Sweet, Ammon, Bajema, Goodrich, Hayhoe, HopeAbsent: KetchumMOTION CARRIED

NEW BUSINESS

PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES AMENDMENT TO STATE REVOLVING FUND(SRF) PROJECT PLAN

The Board reviewed a memorandum dated March 31, 2010 from Twp. Mgr. Elsinga(ATTACHMENT VI).

HAYHOE MOVED TO APPROVE THE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICESAMENDMENT TO STATE REVOLVING FUND (SRF) PROJECT PLAN FROMHUBBELL, ROTH AND CLARK, INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $20,000.

A Roll Call Vote was recorded as follows:Ayes: Sweet, Ammon, Bajema, Goodrich, Hayhoe, HopeAbsent: KetchumMOTION CARRIED


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be some short term traffic impacts associated with Lift Station D construction but there wont beany road closures or detours with the amended projects.The project plan has been revised slightly since it was put out for public notice and the only thingthat changed from that document was the current user costs for sanitary sewer service is actually$41.35 per month, per meter equivalent and thats because the sewage rates were increased

just back in the December/January timeline, that was revised. And now I would ask if there areany questions. Come to the microphone, state your name and address.

STUART GOODRICH: Lets start with the Board to start with; are there any questions from theBoard?

DEREK BAJEMA: Can we get a copy of that presentation?TOM GRANT: This one?

DEREK BAJEMA: Yes.

TOM GRANT: Certainly, you have one.

DEREK BAJEMA: We do?

TOM GRANT: Yeah.

STUART GOODRICH: If you dont, well have one. Now the audience (no comments werereceived from the audience). Very good.

TOM GRANT: Im finished. Thank you.

STUART GOODRICH: Thank you very much Tom.

HOPE MOVED TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

A Voice Poll was recorded as follows: All AyesMOTION CARRIED

The Public Hearing closed at 8:10 p.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

AMENDMENT TO THE DELHI CHARTER TOWNSHIP CODE, SPECIFICALLY SECTION 10-118 (ALSO KNOWN AS ORDINANCE NO. 32, SECTION 2.1) DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS,WEAPONS AND DEVICES, SECOND CONSIDERATION (PROPOSED TOWNSHIP

ORDINANCE NO. 32.1)

The Board reviewed a memorandum dated March 31, 2010 from Tracy Miller, Director ofCommunity Development (ATTACHMENT V).

HAYHOE MOVED UPON SECOND CONSIDERATION, TO AMEND THE DELHICHARTER TOWNSHIP CODE, SECTION 10-118, ALSO KNOWN AS ORDINANCENO. 32, ARTICLE II, SECTION 2.1, RELATING TO THE DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS,WEAPONS AND DEVICES (TOWNSHIP ORDINANCE NO. 32.1).


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Tracy Miller, Director of Community Development, gave a re-cap of this amendment. Ms. Millerstated that this amendment was introduced to the Board on March 16, 2010 at which time theBoard decided to postpone the item until April 6, 2010 for further review of the amendment. Theproposed amendment is to Section 2.1.

Various questions were asked and comments were made by the Board relative to areas in theTownship that would be affected by this amendment.

Trustee Ketchum stated that he owns a very small lot and shoots his bow and arrow in his yard.Trustee Ketchum further stated that he feels that this amendment is unreasonable in restrictingthis type of activity so he will vote nay on this amendment.Trustee Bajema stated initially he had a number of concerns with this proposed amendment.Trustee Bajema further commented that this is not a perfect map; however, it gives a basis forneighbors being able to care about the safety of their children and it is his hope that commonsense could be factored in if law enforcement is called into a situation so he will be supportingthe amendment.

The following individuals spoke in opposition of the proposed amendment:

Gerald Kelley, 676 Waverly Road Garold McKenzie, 568 Waverly RoadMike Malone, 718 Waverly Road Michael Finn, 616 Waverly RoadPam Bailey, 2143 College Road Steve McGarry, 1932 Persimmon PathBryan Rubingh, 2344 Gilbert Road

Mr. Rubingh distributed a proposal to this amendment to the members of the Board.Letters were received by the Board from Gordon Miles, 750 Waverly Road and Jan Kelley, 676Waverly Road in opposition of the proposed amendment.

Trustee Bajema asked if certain properties could be excluded from this amendment if they didnot make sense to be included. Ms. Miller answered in the affirmative; however, she stated that

care should be taken in doing this.

GOODRICH MOVED TO POSTPONE THIS (ITEM) INDEFINITELY.

A Roll Call Vote was recorded as follows:Ayes: Sweet, Ammon, Bajema, Goodrich, Hayhoe, Hope, KetchumMOTION CARRIED

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RESOLUTION NO. 2010-006 WATER QUALITY AWARENESS WEEK

The Board reviewed a memorandum dated April 13, 2010 from Twp. Mgr. Elsinga(ATTACHMENT VI).

AMMON MOVED TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2010-006 RECOGNIZING THE WEEKOF MAY 2, 2010 AS DELHI CHARTER TOWNSHIP WATER QUALITY AWARENESSWEEK.

A Roll Call Vote was recorded as follows:


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DELHI CHARTER TOWNSHIP BOARD MEETING2074 Aurelius Road, Holt 48842 (517) 694-2137

Tuesday, April 5, 20117:30 p.m.

Agenda

Cal l the Meet ing to Order

Pledge of Al legianc e

Roll Cal l

Comm ents f rom the Publ ic FOR COMPLETE GUIDELINES FOR ADDRESSING THE BOARD, PLEASE SEE PROCEDURESFOR ADDRESSING THE BOARD LOCATED AT THE BACK TABLE. ANYONE WISHING TO COMMENT ON ANY MATTER

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AND PERSONS ADDRESSINGTHE BOARD MUST STATE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND WILL BE GIVEN FOUR (4) MINUTES. ANY COMMENTSLONGER THAN 4 MINUTES SHOULD BE REDUCED TO WRITING AND SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK AND WILL BE MADE A PART OF THERECORD.

USet /Adjust Agenda

1. 2010 Annual Report Township Clerks Office

Consent Agenda

2. a) Approval of Minutes Committee Meeting of March 15, 2011b) Approval of Minutes Regular Meeting of March 15, 2011c) Approval of Claims March 22, 2011d) Approval of Payroll March 17, 2011e) Approval of Payroll March 31, 2011

New Bus iness

3. Spartan Speedway 2011 Race Schedule4. Resolution No. 2011-007 Authorizing the Issuance and Delegating the Sale of Charter

Township of Delhi 2011 Refunding Bonds, Series A5. Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW) Annual Laboratory Supply and Equipment Order6. Amendment to the Delhi Charter Township Downtown Development Authority Executive

Director Employment Agreement7. Delhi Charter Township Downtown Development Authority Employment Contract C. Howard

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Reports11. Supervisor: a) Joint School Board Meeting April 19, 2011 6:00 p.m.12. Treasurer:13. Clerk:14. Trustees:15. Manager:

Limi ted CommentsMEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE BOARD REGARDING ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA ATTHE TIME SUCH ITEM IS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION BY THE BOARD. ANYONE WISHING TO COMMENT ON ANY MATTER NOT ON THE AGENDA

MAY DO SO AT THIS TIME.

AdjournmentThe Township will provide reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as interpreters for the hearing impaired and audio tapes ofprinted materials considered at the meeting for the visually impaired, for individuals with disabilities at the meeting upon five (5) workingdays notice to the Township. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact Delhi Charter Township,Evan Hope, Township Clerk, 694-2135.

ALL PAGERS, CELL PHONES, RADIOS AND SIMILAR DEVICES ARE TO BE TURNED OFF OR TO SILENT MODE DURING ALLBOARD MEETINGS.


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The members of the Delhi Charter Township Committee of the Whole met on Tuesday, March15, 2011, in the Multipurpose Room at the Community Services Center, 2074 Aurelius Road,Holt, MI. Supervisor Goodrich called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.

Members Present: Supervisor Stuart Goodrich, Clerk Evan Hope, Treasurer Harry Ammon,Trustees Derek Bajema, John Hayhoe, Jerry Ketchum, Roy Sweet

Members Absent: None

Others Present: John Elsinga, Township ManagerAl McFadyen, DDA Executive DirectiveLt. Mike DeBruin, Delhi Division, Ingham County Sheriffs OfficeMark Jenks, Director of Parks & RecreationBrian Ball, Shift Supervisor, Fire DepartmentSandra Diorka, Director of Public ServicesTracy Miller, Director of Community DevelopmentJames Lenon, POTW Maintenance SupervisorWendy Thielen, Assistant Township Manager of Human ResourcesTricia Vander Ploeg, Administrative Assistant/Deputy SupervisorAmy Finch, Assistant Township Clerk/Deputy Clerk

BUSINESS

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT FEBRUARY ACTIVITY REPORT

Tracy Miller, Director of Community Development, reported on the highlights of the February2011 Community Development Department Activity Report (ATTACHMENT I).

FIRE DEPARTMENT FEBRUARY ACTIVITY REPORT

Brian Ball, Shift Supervisor, reported on the highlights of the February 2011 Fire DepartmentActivity Report (ATTACHMENT II).

INGHAM COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE/DELHI DIVISION FEBRUARY ACTIVITY REPORT

Lt. DeBruin, Ingham County Sheriffs Office/Delhi Division, reported on the highlights of theFebruary 2011 Ingham County Sheriffs Office/Delhi Division Activity Report (ATTACHMENT

III).

ADJOURNMENT

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The Delhi Charter Township Board of Trustees met in a regular meeting on Tuesday, March 15,2011 in the Multipurpose Room at the Community Services Center, 2074 Aurelius Road, Holt,Michigan. Supervisor Goodrich called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

ROLL CALL

Members Present: Supervisor Stuart Goodrich, Clerk Evan Hope, Treasurer Harry Ammon,Trustees Derek Bajema, John Hayhoe, Jerry Ketchum, Roy Sweet

Members Absent: None

Others Present: John Elsinga, Township ManagerAl McFadyen, DDA Executive DirectorMark Jenks, Director of Parks and RecreationSandra Diorka, Director of Public ServicesTracy Miller, Director of Community DevelopmentJames Lenon, POTW Maintenance SupervisorWendy Thielen, Assistant Township Manager of Human ResourcesTricia Vander Ploeg, Administrative Assistant/Deputy SupervisorAmy Finch, Assistant Township Clerk/Deputy Clerk

COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC - None

CONSENT AGENDA

A. Approval of Minutes Committee Meeting of March 1, 2011

B. Approval of Minutes Regular Meeting of March 1, 2011

C. Approval of Claims March 8, 2011 (ATTACHMENT I)

D. Approval of Payroll March 3, 2011 (ATTACHMENT II)

AMMON MOVED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

A Roll Call Vote was recorded as follows:Ayes: Hayhoe, Hope, Ketchum, Sweet, Ammon, Bajema, Goodrich

MOTION CARRIED

NEW BUSINESS

PROPOSAL FOR FINAL DESIGN, BIDDING AND CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERINGSERVICES POTW SLUDGE DRYER PROJECT


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The Board reviewed a memorandum dated March 8, 2011 from Twp. Mgr. Elsinga(ATTACHMENT III).

AMMON MOVED TO APPROVE THE PROPOSAL FOR FINAL DESIGN, BIDDINGAND CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING SERVICES FROM HUBBELL, ROTH &CLARK, INC. FOR THE POTW SLUDGE DRYER PROJECT AT AN ESTIMATEDCOST OF $502,240.

Trustee Bajema stated that because of the cost of this project he will be voting no on this item.

Clerk Hope stated that a letter was received from John Holmstrom, 1856 Heatherton Dr., Holt, insupport of the Sludge Dryer project.

Mark Farone, 1950 Hamilton St., spoke in opposition to the Sludge Dryer project.

A Roll Call Vote was recorded as follows:Ayes: Hope, Sweet, Ammon, Goodrich, HayhoeNays: Ketchum, BajemaMOTION CARRIED

SET PUBLIC HEARING PROJECT PLAN AMENDMENT FOR STATE REVOLVING FUND(SRF) FUNDING FOR POTW IMPROVEMENTS

The Board reviewed a memorandum dated March 9, 2011 from Twp. Mgr. Elsinga(ATTACHMENT IV).

SWEET MOVED TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING FOR APRIL 19, 2011 AT 8:00 P.M. TOHEAR COMMENTS ON THE PROJECT PLAN AMENDMENT FOR STATEREVOLVING FUND (SRF) FUNDING FOR POTW IMPROVEMENTS TO INCLUDESOLAR DRYING.

A Roll Call Vote was recorded as follows:Ayes: Ketchum, Sweet, Ammon, Bajema, Goodrich, Hayhoe, HopeMOTION CARRIED

AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 64 AMURCON CORPORATION CONTINUATION OFPAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES (PROPOSED TOWNSHIP ORDINANCE NO. 64.1)

The Board reviewed a memorandum dated March 8, 2011 from Twp. Mgr. Elsinga(ATTACHMENT V).

HAYHOE MOVED UPON SECOND CONSIDERATION, TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO.64 FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXTENDING THE PILOT (PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES)FOR AMURCON CORPORATION/TAMARACK 2009 LIMITED DIVIDEND HOUSINGASSOCIATION LIMITED PARTNERSHIP FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4400 WESTHOLT ROAD COMMONLY KNOWN AS TAMARACK APARTMENTS (TOWNSHIPORDINANCE NO. 64.1).

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Ayes: Sweet, Ammon, Bajema, Goodrich, Hayhoe, Hope, KetchumMOTION CARRIED

AGREEMENT BETWEEN DELHI CHARTER TOWNSHIP, McKENNA ASSOCIATES, INC.AND THE CENTER FOR MUNICIPAL SOLUTIONS FOR WIRELESS ORDINANCE ANDCONSULTANT SERVICES

The Board reviewed memorandums dated March 8, 2011 from Twp. Mgr. Elsinga and March 9,2011 from Tracy Miller, Director of Community Development (ATTACHMENT VI).

AMMON MOVED TO APPROVE THE THREE-YEAR AGREEMENT BETWEEN DELHICHARTER TOWNSHIP AND McKENNA ASSOCIATES, INC. AND THE CENTER FORMUNICIPAL SOLUTIONS FOR WIRELESS ORDINANCE AND CONSULTANTSERVICES AND TO ADOPT THE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS FEE SCHEDULEAS ATTACHED IN EXHIBIT A.

Trustee Bajema stated that he likes this idea; however, he feels that between the TownshipAttorney and the Director of Community Development the regulation of wireless communicationtowers could be handled, thus he will be voting no on this item.

Supervisor Goodrich stated that this agreement will be of no charge to the Township. An initialescrow deposit will be collected from the applicant to cover all costs associated with the reviewof their project including staff time.

A Roll Call Vote was recorded as follows:Ayes: Ammon, Goodrich, Hayhoe, Hope, Ketchum, SweetNays: BajemaMOTION CARRIED

AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO RESOLUTION NO. 2007-075 DESIGNATION OF TOWNSHIP PARKSAND RECREATIONAL AREAS AND PUBLIC LAND AREAS

The Board reviewed memorandums dated March 8, 2011 from Twp. Mgr. Elsinga and February11, 2011 from Tracy Miller, Director of Community Development (ATTACHMENT VII).

SWEET MOVED TO ADOPT AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO RESOLUTION NO. 2007-075WHICH DESIGNATES CERTAIN AREAS WITHIN DELHI CHARTER TOWNSHIP ASTOWNSHIP PARKS AND RECREATIONAL AREAS AND DESIGNATED PUBLICLAND AREAS.

A Roll Call Vote was recorded as follows:Ayes: Bajema, Goodrich, Hayhoe, Hope, Ketchum, Sweet, AmmonMOTION CARRIED

PUBLIC HEARING 8:00 P.M.

RESOLUTION NO. 2011-002 MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCESTRUST FUND GRANT APPLICATION NORTH TRAIL CONNECTOR PROJECT


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HOPE MOVED TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENTOF NATURAL RESOURCES TRUST FUND GRANT APPLICATION NORTH TRAILCONNECTOR PROJECT.


(As a requirement of this grant, the following public hearing was transcribed verbatim.)

Tracy Miller, Director of Community Development: By way of providing a little bit of backgroundon this project, you all know that in 2007, the Township adopted a non-motorized transportationplan. There was a lot of public participation in that process. The top priority that came out of thatplanning effort was the construction of a non-motorized pathway that would connect to theLansing River Trail and go south through the Township to eventually connect to communities tothe south such as the Hayhoe River Trail in Mason. Also, the Parks and Recreation (Master)Plan was just recently redone that also prioritizes the trail system as being a major recreationamenity. The first section of this north/south main trail was built several years ago usingCongestion Mitigation Air Quality Grant funds that come from the Federal government throughthe Municipal Planning Organization, the MPO, through MDOT to our Act 55 Agency, which inour case is Ingham County. We entered into an agreement with them to install that trail usingthose funds. That was a $437,000 grant, approximately, to install that. The second section of thattrail, the one between Holt (Road) and Willoughby Road going along Depot and up throughValhalla Park, was built as part of the Cedar Street Reconstruction Project by the DDA. Itstretches approximately from Dallas to Holbrook on the east side of Cedar Street. The nextsection is what has been coined the North Trail Connector and I dont know why we ever startedcalling it that, but its basically the north part of the main trail that connects to the Lansing RiverTrail and it will connect the existing section that currently ends at Willoughby Road. It will gonorth all the way under I-96 at the Sycamore Creek through the Oakwood Executive Parkadjacent to Trinity Church down Five Oaks, across Jolly Road at Aurelius to connect with the

Lansing River Trail that currently ends in McGuire Park, which is right next to that 7-11. Youveseen a lot of construction activity there lately. This is about 2.8 miles of trail; it is a very largesection. We were strongly encouraged by the State of Michigan, both MDOT and the MDNRE, toapply for that entire project as a joint application under their two grant programs that typicallyfund these types of projects. Total project cost is estimated to be about 2.9 million dollars, oversixty percent of which would be given to us from State sources if we are successful in our grantawards. The first source money we have already applied for; you all authorized the submission ofthat grant several meetings ago now. Thats approximately 1.45 million dollars, and its under theMichigan Department of Transportation Enhancement program. Enhancement grant dollars areFederal dollars that come from the Federal Highway Administration to MDOT, the MichiganDepartment of Transportation. They can only be used for off-road enhancements, trail projectsare their favorite kind of projects but they also do, for example, if anyone is familiar with the

enhancements that were done in downtown Eaton Rapids as a part of the M-50 redo, those wereenhancement dollars as well. So theyre off-road, they cant be used for road projects. Thesecond component of this project from a grant perspective is under the Michigan NaturalResources Trust Fund grant program. You all are familiar with this program; in fact we justreceived a grant from this program to build the bathroom pavilion at Valhalla Park. The fundingavailable under that program used to be at a level of $500,000 per project; it is now $300,000 perproject, that is brand new information but these dollars actually come from mineral and gasleases that the State of Michigan has with public entities on private property. So its not taxrevenue driven. The money comes from private entities to the State and it is by law, set aside for


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recreation projects. Again, they love trail projects that serve as recreation as well astransportation. So we would need to apply for that grant by the end of this month. A publichearing is required in order to do that. That is what we are doing tonight. Hopefully we will beawarded both grant projects. I think that we would, well I pretty much know, that we need thegrants in order to move forward with the construction of this project. The DDA is committed tofunding the Townships match for the grants but without the grants, Im not sure that the projectcould go forward anytime soon. That being said, the trail that exists has been phenomenallypopular. Any day of the year, it doesnt matter if there is a foot of snow on it; I know you can talkwith our Parks Director, Mark Jenks, but there are people using the trail, they enjoy it. It has beena huge enhancement to Valhalla and the neighborhoods that can already access the trail. Thereally neat thing about the current trail sections as well as the north trail connector that we aretalking about is that a huge majority of the Townships neighborhoods are connected bysidewalks where they could gain access to the trail and ride their bikes with their family or walk orwhatever they want to do all the way to Michigan State or all the way to Potter Park Zoo. Itsreally a huge, huge amenity for our community to be able to tie into this regional resource. Arethere any questions that I havent covered?

Trustee Ketchum: One question, how long will it be before we find out about the grants,approximately, do you know?

Ms. Miller: I would say that we will probably have word by early summer. But because of the waythe States funding, well you know, October 1st would be the first opportunity that funding wouldbe available, so we wouldnt probably see construction until early next spring, spring of 2012.

Trustee Hayhoe: Just a question, comment. First, there are no general funds from the Townshipgoing to this; this is all State money and DDA money?

Ms. Miller: That is correct. Natural Resource Trust Fund does allow for in-kind, so obviously, likemy time. . .

Trustee Hayhoe: Donations

Ms. Miller: Right.

Trustee Hayhoe: No taxpayer money then?

Ms. Miller: DDA funds, thats it.

Trustee Hayhoe: I would like to make a comment on that. My business has been on CedarStreet for over forty years and we started paying into that DDA fund when it first started andbeing sort of an old fashion guy, Im not really in favor of sidewalks, I dont walk on them a lot buthaving children and grandchildren now living in the community I can see the future and talking to

some young people in the community, I think it is a good project for them and something we canstart for them to walk on so I will probably vote in favor of this.

Clerk Hope: We did receive some letters on this issue. I gave you copies of them. One is notnecessarily against the trail but against the DDA putting money toward it. The basic theme is thatthe DDA has other priorities. This is from Vince Dragonetti, 2211 Aspenwood Drive, Holt.

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Debra Tews, 3852 Calypso Lane, HoltAmy Dalton, 1826 Enfield Dr., HoltKathi Shipley, 2337 Park Lane, HoltVern Taylor, 3852 Calypso Lane, HoltStan and Karen Kogut, no address andDavid and Laura Purol, 2701 Pine Tree Road, Holt

I also received a phone call today from someone who was not able to make it tonight, wanted meto pass on to the Board, Michael Fifelski, 4603 Holt Road, wanted me to let you all know that heand his wife support this and his quote he wanted me to tell you is that he thinks that this is thebest idea that weve ever had.

Trustee Bajema: My only question was in the discrepancy in the memos. Tracy, your memo saidthat the grant to MDOT was for 1.447 million; Johns memo said it was for 1 million. Tracy, yourson the Natural Resources Trust Fund said it was for $300,000; Johns said it was for $500,000.

Ms. Miller: If the numbers, the numbers that are in mine are right, sorry John.

Trustee Bajema: Thanks.

Ms. Miller: I think the confusion is because of the trust fund change, because when we originallytalked about this we thought it was $500,000 and thats like brand new information, so I thinkthats probably where that came from.

Trustee Bajema: I like your MDOT grant number better than Johns.

Ms. Miller: Well then ultimately, they will give us what they give us. It just depends on fundingavailable.

Supervisor Goodrich: I would like to add also that we, I cant remember exactly the dates, but I

think in 2007 or 2008, we did a survey, sent them out to 1,300 people in Delhi Township. . .

Twp. Mgr. Elsinga: 1,200

Supervisor Goodrich: Ok, I knew I was close, 1,200 people, and this was one of the things thatthey also indicated that they wanted to see, walkable Delhi Township, to become walkable andmore friendly and that way. And we did two surveys, two years apart, so we have kind of takenthat into consideration also.

Ms. Miller: Can I just make what I think, one more point. Im not sure I made this clear, but justso everyone is on the same page, this is only to submit the grant applications. If the State comesback to us and says, you know what, we love your project but we are only going to give you ten

dollars and the rest you have to fund yourself, we do not have to accept the grant.

Trustee Bajema: How much is the DDA willing to go, do we know?

Supervisor Goodrich: That has, the amount has not been determined, because we dont knowwhat they will, what kind of grants we are going to get. When we know where the grants are wewill make the determination on whether or not . . .

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Supervisor Goodrich: It could be. Ok, Board all set? Audience, if somebody would like to cometo the mic, please identify yourself. If you would like to line up that would be great, that would getthings over a whole lot quicker.

Win Stebbins: Im Win Stebbins, 4427 Holt Road. Im a new resident in Holt. I support this path.Its a marvelous connector to the Greater Lansing trail system. It would be a marvelous activity. Ihope it brings Lansing people into Holt and beyond south, further south. The present trail thatgoes through Valhalla Park and ends at Willoughby, you really have to turn around and comeback because Willoughby is not really bicycle friendly either direction. I really support the GreaterLansing trail system and for this two mile stretch to open up twenty or twenty-five or forty miles oftrail would, that would, just connect Holt and this area with the Greater Lansing bicycle trailnetwork and I hope that it brings them down into Holt also, two-way traffic.

Supervisor Goodrich: Thank you very much. I would say that we have had more people visitingthe cemetery than we ever had before. Thats kind of a little side thing there.

Matt Lincoln: My name is Matt Lincoln. I currently am a Lansing resident. I live in south Lansing,5640 Annapolis, like that really matters to you guys. Anyway, Im looking to move to DelhiTownship. My kids both go to Holt Schools, which is one of the reasons; another reason isbecause this Township continues to invest in important projects like to improve the quality of lifelike this for its citizens, so Im speaking in support of the project today. Just a little background, Ido bike to work, which I work downtown in Lansing and I pick it up right there at Jolly Road at 7-11 and my kids and I frequent Valhalla Park in the summer and it is amazing when we are thereseeing the popularity of that trail, and right now it doesnt go anywhere. So it would be awesometo see that connection and obviously if I ever do move to Holt then I will still be able to use thetrail system to bike to work every day. I am supportive and I think its a great project, not only, Ithink, I think its a project that is key in this economy. Not only for transportation, but to improvehealthy living as well and the fitness and improve the overall quality of life. Thank you.

Supervisor Goodrich: Thank you very much.

Patrick Flahie: Hi, my name is Patrick Flahie. I live at 4139 Santa Clara. I have lived in theTownship for eight years now. Just wanted to say bike paths are a valuable asset tocommunities. They provide recreational opportunities, promote fitness and well-being and helpremove vehicles from the road by providing safe alternatives to motorized transportation.Specifically connecting the River Trail makes Delhi Townships trails more valuable to residentsand local businesses. With that connection, residents would be able to safely walk, run or ride toHawk Island, Michigan State, Potter Park, downtown Lansing and Old Town without having to tryto negotiate that stretch of Aurelius. It is something that Im willing to do. I do it on foot to run upto Hawk Island or I ride up there, but Im not going to put my three kids on that road to trailbehind or something like that. Additionally, local businesses benefit from additional exposure topotential customers. During the summer I regularly ride my bike on the River Trail up to Old

Town for breakfast or over to the dairy store at Michigan State for an ice cream. People that livein this area are just as likely, if given the opportunity, to say lets go for a ride, lets grab an icecream at Sweet Sensations, a beer at the Crystal Bar or a coffee at Biggby. So were opening upour businesses to new potential customers. So in summary, I think this trail is a very smart use ofTownship resources and should be aggressively pursued. Thank you.

Supervisor Goodrich: Thank you. For all of you people who are exercising, I hope you will signup for the Winter Warm-Up. If you havent, Tricia is the person to see and she will take care ofsigning you up. All you have to do is report to her the exercising and the walking and riding and


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how many hours, that sort of thing. We are currently in second place; Charlotte leads the waywith probably 5-600 miles. To win this, if we were to win this, it means three thousand dollars outof Blue Cross Blue Shield, first prize. Second prize, is what a thousand?

Tricia Vander Ploeg, Administrative Secretary: Two

Supervisor Goodrich: Fifteen hundred?

Ms. Vander Ploeg: Two

Supervisor Goodrich: Two thousand. Last year we came in second. We took the money and putit into a drinking fountain that is over along the trail. The three thousand would also go into thetrail. So if you exercise or do anything like that, please see Tricia, she will take care of it for you.Ok Tricia?

Ms. Vander Ploeg: Yes, it sounds good. I really wanted to do that, thats awesome.

Joan Fabiano: My name is Joan Fabiano, and Im a resident of Holt and I just want to makesure, I came in a little late so I want to make sure I get all of my facts straight and I thought Iheard Stuart say that Delhi Township was willing to invest 1.8 million?

Supervisor Goodrich: No

Ms. Fabiano: Ok, what did you say?

Supervisor Goodrich: I did not say anything.

Ms. Fabiano: Oh, ok. Because Derek mentioned something about what were you willing,because, Im sorry, whats your name?

Ms. Miller: Tracy.

Ms. Fabiano: Yes, Tracy. Tracy was saying you can apply for the grant but the money you get inthe grant you might get ten dollars, you might get whatever. Then Derek said something aboutwell, how much are you willing to invest in this project?

Supervisor Goodrich: Well, thats close to the question he asked me.

Ms. Fabiano: Oh, ok.

Supervisor Goodrich: He asked me was there a set amount, was that written in stone kind of . . .

Trustee Bajema: From the DDA.

Supervisor Goodrich: And I said no, no it was not written in stone; we could go more, Im sure.

Ms. Fabiano: Ok, how much is the DDA willing to invest?

Supervisor Goodrich: Ive already answered that.


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Ms. Fabiano: Ok, because the way it stands now, its like what could be the total amount of theproject. How much would be the total amount of this trail.

Trustee Bajema: 2.6 million, I believe.

Ms. Fabiano: Ok, 2.6 million.

Ms. Fabiano: Then its pretty hard to say if we dont really know the amount that the DDA iswilling to invest in this. It could be upwards of over a million dollars. And I think John said thatbecause it comes from DDA, its not taxpayer money, but the DDA is funded through property taxcollection, is that not correct. So, it is taxpayer money. So even though I am a physical fitnessbuff, Im a hiker, a walker, I use the trails, Im against this project because I think its not a gooduse of taxpayer money in a recession. And we were told last year, that we might not have fireand police because we did not have the money, so millages were put on the ballot which raisedeverybodys property taxes in a recession with declining property values. So if we didnt have themoney and had to have millages, I dont understand why we are engaging in, even though it issomething nice, we would like to have, we are engaging in a project that could cost the taxpayermoney from property taxes well in excess of a million dollars. So I dont support that type ofspending in this environment, in this type of climate, in a recession.

Supervisor Goodrich: Thank you.

Robert Roach: Robert Roach. I live at 3650 Observatory Road in College Heights. Ive lived inthis community for nineteen years now and Im an avid runner, I do ironman triathlons and so youwill probably see me run by your houses throughout the year, and bike ride. I travel a lot for workthroughout the day, throughout other communities, throughout Michigan and I am very jealous ofother communities that have these walk trails, bike trails because the entire time I run I have notrails or sidewalks I run on, so when I go down Willoughby Road or Dell Road or Pine Tree RoadIm playing chicken with cars. Last year I took, I have four children, I took them down WilloughbyRoad, they had to ride on the dirt while I was running and my youngest went right into the road

and the car had to swerve and thank God the car was paying attention and when I heard of thistrail being constructed I was probably that happiest person in Holt. And cause you know a milliondollars or two million dollars cannot replace a kids life that has no place to exercise or to walk.We all want our kids to go out and be athletic and you know, obesity is, you hear about it all thetime. Well, lets get these kids having the ability to actually ride their bikes somewhere wherethey dont have to worry about getting hit by cars. Walk up to, go up to Potter Park Zoo, takeadvantage of Hawk Island. Im very conservative in nature, I dont like taxes being raised orspent but this project I will help raise money to have this done, I really think its a necessity andone of the nice things this winter with this trail we have from Depot to Holt Road to Willoughby,even though its only a mile stretch, in the winter, we had a bad winter and I was running throughsnow because, you know, the streets that I do run on were not even snow plowed but as soon asI hit that trail, it was ice free. So who ever maintains that, thank you very much, I appreciate it.

Hopefully, we can, you know; if you need help lobbying the State or doing whatever, Ill dowhatever I can to get this trail in place.

Supervisor Goodrich: Thank you very much. Its the Parks and Rec Department that uh, thegentleman in the white shirt at the round table.

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Supervisor Goodrich: Very good. Thank you. Is there anyone else who would like to speak for oragainst?

Dale Miihlbach: Im Dale Miihlbach. I live at 1965 Hamilton Street. I agree with the young ladythat spoke about this is not the right time to spend our money for this, we have other needs.Cedar Street through Holt, my God, that is a washboard. Every street you go into in this city, thislittle Township here is the same way and then we go and we waste. Not that I wouldnt beagainst that if it were better times, but right now is not the time to do something like this. Raiseour taxes, we like to see what we get for them, roads is number one right now, not this bike trail,not this bike trail. Think about that long and hard please.

Supervisor Goodrich: Well, if I can just comment. Two separate fundings. First of all the roadsare taken care of by the Ingham County Road Commission. We dont have any control over that.Solely taken care of by the Ingham County Road Commission, one of our Commissioners issitting in the audience, they are also involved in that too, the County Commissioners. Not theTownship Board, we dont have anything to say about any of the roads and Cedar Street by theway will be taken care of hopefully . . .

Mr. Miihlbach: Seems like I heard that a couple of years ago . . .

Supervisor Goodrich: Yep, right.

Mr. Miihlbach: And every year it seemed to be something new coming in, like this bike trail herethis year.

Supervisor Goodrich: The bike trail doesnt have anything to do with it.

Mr. Miihlbach: Maybe it dont, just like this young lady said, its the taxpayers . . .

Supervisor Goodrich: I understand

Mr. Miihlbach: Our monies keep going up, and up and up, even in a recession. How much didmy taxes go down, seven dollars, seven dollars is all it went down. But I can imagine before theyear is over it will probably go up two hundred dollars.

Supervisor Goodrich: Ok

Mr. Miihlbach: If you keep doing stuff like this. Thank you.

Supervisor Goodrich: Thank you.

Steven Leiby: Steven Leiby, 2691 Hydra. I live on the west end of the Township. Ive been here

for fifteen years almost. Like a few of the other people, I have ridden the River Trail. Ive beenabicyclist a long time. Aurelius Road, Ive ridden it from Jolly Road to Willoughby. Im not surethat I like driving it, riding it on a bicycle, its not fun at all even though there is a City bike lanethere. Well, its supposedly a bike lane. So I would support this. Its a good idea. Its not roadmoney and I think the Township should apply for it. It would be a good asset. The River Trail hasbeen a wonderful asset for the City of Lansing, its gotten a lot of people; it brings a lot ofattractions. And having observed this kind of trail being built in other parts of the State, peoplespeaking against it are usually the people living closest to it and then after it is built when they goto sell their land, they advertise that they are within a hundred yards of this trail, its a wonderful


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thing and it raises the values. My house value has gone down a lot more apparently than yourshave, because my taxes did not go down seven dollars, they went down a whole lot more thanthat. And I understand that this is target money, its not road money and our roads do need workbut I would encourage you to support this application. Thank you.

Supervisor Goodrich: If you want to speak, please get up and get in line so it speeds things up.Hi there.

Chris Gilliland: Hi, Im Chris Gilliland. I live at 1525 Holbrook Drive so we are the very end of thecurrent bike trail that starts at Holt Road. I understand that the bike trail is a good thing and toconnect the Holt community with the Lansing community and the East Lansing community. I dohave also some concern about is this the right time to do it? I understand that grant money, itsounds like, and I am going to ask again, the Board that everything is going to be taken care ofthrough grant money and DDA, is that true?

Supervisor Goodrich: Thats correct.

Ms. Gilliland: Ok. If the grant money is a little short, the DDA will hopefully, I guess my commentis do we have the assurance of the Board that no other money from the Township budget will gointo this project. Either the DDA will make up the difference or they are going to scrap it.

Supervisor Goodrich: Thats for the Board to make that determination. I wont speak for that. ButI can say that it will go in front of the DDA to entertain an increase if we dont get everything thatwe expect.

Ms. Gilliland: Cause Im just thinking that if the DDA has that kind of money laying around, wemay want to hold off and tap them for what the State is not going to be giving us in revenuesharing. I mean, the Township is up for obviously a big shortage if the Governors proposedbudget goes anywhere near through what they are talking about and we are going to havetrouble with schools because that is four hundred and seventy dollars per pupil. So it could, Im

just looking down the road that what we may be looking at a year or two years from now in thisTownship about continuing to just keep up the standard of living we have right now. And Iunderstand again the path and its a good thing but I am just a little concerned that maybe weshould be saving that for rainy day money and not putting it into this just because we can get agrant. Its like if I told my husband that diamonds were on sale and they were three carats andthey were a thousand dollars off, I still have to come up with the other five thousand to buy thatdiamond, so just because something is on sale or just because you get a grant doesntnecessarily mean that its the right time to do it. Thank you.

Supervisor Goodrich: But if you told Mike to go and buy it he would.

Ms. Gilliland: Inaudible comment.

Supervisor Goodrich: Seeing nobody else moving to the mic . . .

Mark Farone: Oh, Ill do it. Two points to kind of bring it together. In principle I agree with theconcept of the trail. I think it is an excellent idea given our society and our ideas to improve ourhealth. I have to back up as a taxpayer and I have to ask the hard questions. The hard questionsare, let me back up. The DDA is the Downtown Development Association right, thats theacronym? The Downtown Development Authority, I have to ask the hard business question, Imbusiness minded. I think the charter of the DDA is to develop the downtown. With all due respect,


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whats my return on the investment? I have to ask that question. It doesnt pass my personallimits test, though be it, I understand my fellow citizens desire to walk and exercise. So Ichallenge the Board yet again, we talked in August or July for the other millage, its time totighten belts, its time to allocate funds to secure the future commitment of Delhi versus a shortterm need. And I do applaud my fellow citizens and their desire to have this but it gets back tothe return on investment. Thats my concern, allocating funds that are a big question mark folks,a big question mark. I think its 50% of 2.9 is what I think I got on my notes. So bear that in mind,I would rather see that 1.5 go to developing business and business infrastructure within theTownship. My two cents. Thank you very much.

Supervisor Goodrich: Thank you. One of the things I think we need to keep in mind; this publichearing is only to tell us whether or not we should apply for the grant money. Am I correct onthat?

Ms. Miller: Yeah, and comments on the project in itself. You know, support for the project andwhether its a good idea for the community is what MDNR is interested in finding out. All goodcomments.

Supervisor Goodrich: Ok, very good. Ill entertain a motion to close the public hearing.

Clerk Hope: I move to close the public hearing.

Treasurer Ammon: Support

Motion to Close Public Hearing 8:32p.m.

HOPE MOVED TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.


RESOLUTION NO. 2011-006 MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCESTRUST FUND GRANT APPLICATION NORTH TRAIL CONNECTOR PROJECT

The Board reviewed memorandums dated March 10, 2011 from Twp. Mgr. Elsinga and TracyMiller, Director of Community Development (ATTACHMENT VIII).

HOPE MOVED TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NO. 2011-006 WHICH SUPPORTS THESUBMITTAL OF A MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES TRUSTFUND GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE NORTH TRAIL CONNECTOR PROJECT.

A Roll Call Vote was recorded as follows:Ayes: Goodrich, Hayhoe, Hope, Sweet, Ammon, BajemaNays: KetchumMOTION CARRIED


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ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT

PETITION TO REZONE CASE NO. 11-868 2509 EATON RAPIDS ROAD FRANK LUD TAX PARCEL #33-25-05-07-351-009 A-1, AGRICULTURAL TO C-2, GENERAL BUSINESS(PROPOSED TOWNSHIP ORDINANCE NO. 620)

The Board reviewed a memorandum dated March 8, 2011 from Tracy Miller, Director ofCommunity Development (ATTACHMENT IX).

HAYHOE MOVED TO APPROVE THE REZONING OF CASE NO. 11-868, 2509 EATONRAPIDS ROAD, TAX PARCEL #33-25-05-07-351-009, FRANK LUD, FROM A-1:AGRICULTURAL TO C-2: GENERAL BUSINESS, AS RECOMMENDED BY THEPLANNING COMMISSION AT THEIR FEBRUARY 14, 2011 MEETING, BASED ON ITBEING CONSISTENT WITH PURPOSE AND INTENT OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE,BEING COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING AND ANTICIPATED DEVELOPMENT INTHE AREA, PURSUANT TO THE MASTER PLAN, AND THE OTHER CONDITIONSPRESENTED IN THE STAFF REPORT DATED FEBRUARY 1, 2011 (ZONINGORDINANCE NO. 620).

A Roll Call Vote was recorded as follows:Ayes: Hayhoe, Hope, Ketchum, Sweet, Ammon, Bajema, GoodrichMOTION CARRIED

REPORTS

SUPERVISOR

Supervisor Goodrich reported on upcoming meetings he will be attending.

TREASURER

Treasurer Ammon reported on the collection of the winter property taxes.

TRUSTEES

TRUSTEE SWEET

Trustee Sweet reported on a public information meeting that he attended regarding theWashington Road sidewalk project.

TRUSTEE KETCHUM

Trustee Ketchum stated that he spoke with the owner of Totalfire Arms, 1380 N. Cedar Street,Mason, in rega

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Delhi Twp Committe Meeting April 5, 2011