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BOARD OF TRUSTEES
AGENDA
AND DRAFT MINUTES
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Call to Order
Pledge of Allegiance
Members Present/ Members Absent
Call to the Public
1.
Approval of Agenda
2.
Consent Agenda
All items listed are
considered to be routine by the Board and will be enacted by one motion.
There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Board member or
Citizen so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the
Consent Agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda.
a.)
Approval of April 23, 2009 Regular Meeting Minutes
b.)
Approval of April 23, 2009 Informational Meeting Minutes
c.)
April 20, 2009 Heritage Days Report
d.)
April 28, 2009 Park Minutes
e.)
Assessors Report
f.)
Complaint Report
g.)
DPW Report
h.)
Treasurers Report
i.)
Zoning Report
3.
Hometown
Village
4.
Marion
Retail
Center
5.
Budget
6.
Road Projects
7.
Proposed Txt# 07-08 Section 3.02 Definitions of Front Yard
(Corner
Lot
Frontage requirements)
8.
Proposed Txt # 01-09 Section 11.01 B #7 Uses Permitted in
Public
Land
9.
Proposed Txt# 02-09 Section 7.10 Schedule of Regulations
footnote ‘e’ (Corner
Lot
Frontage requirements)
10.
Proposed Public Land
Rezoning #08-08 thru #14-08
11.
Marion
Township
Park
Committee (Officers and volunteers)
12.
Park Project Priorities/Budget
13.
Watershed Intergovernmental Agreement
14.
Parking Lot Resealing
15.
FEMA Update
16.
Work Crew
Correspondence/ Updates
Mentoring
Call to the Public
Adjournment
DRAFT MINUTES
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Bob Hanvey, Paula Wyckoff, Tammy Beal, Les Andersen, Travis Hodge,
Scott Lloyd, and Dan Lowe
MEMBERS
ABSENT:
None
OTHERS
PRESENT:
Phil Westmoreland, OHM
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CALL TO ORDER
Bob
Hanvey called the meeting to order at
7:00 p.m.
PLEDGE TO
FLAG
BOARD
MEMBERS PRESENT
The board
members introduced themselves.
None.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
HOMETOWN
VILLAGE
OF
MARION
Wendy
Donovan,
1300 Hudson Drive
, wants to know who owns phase
III
and if they are responsible for the construction material clean up.
There are piles of concrete left and the children are playing on the
pile, there is concern for the children’s safety.
Bob
Hanvey told her the lots are owned by the bank and the large 27 acre parcel
is owned by the State of
Michigan
. He asked Dan Lowe if
Fonson’s would process the concrete.
Dan
Lowe said yes, it would cost approximately two to three thousand dollars.
The
Hometown Homeowners Association is also concerned with illegal dumping at
the west end of the site.
There
was extensive discussion on how to get the concrete removed and who would
pay for the removal.
Bob
Hanvey explained the situation regarding the Homeowners Association taking
Marion
Township
to the State of
Michigan Tax Tribunal
and the repercussions.
The
group decided to gather more information and come back before the Board of
Trustees in the next couple of weeks.
John
Mischi,
4512 Cedar Lake Road
, asked if the Hagler violation was included in the consent agenda motion.
Bob
Hanvey said yes.
MARION
RETAIL
CENTER
Phil Westmoreland
updated the board members
on this project. Advanced has
not completed the cleaning so there is no final bill.
BUDGET
Bob
Hanvey updated the board members on this item and asked for any additional
input.
TOWNSHIP
ROAD
PROJECTS
The
Board of Trustees received a copy of the bid for
Triangle Lake Road
and LCRC traffic counts.
Les Andersen
told the Board that Tim Johnson, LCRC, suggested the
order of brine applications as
Triangle Lake Road
first,
Keddle Road
second and
Sexton Road
third.
The
Board of Trustees asked Phil Westmoreland to get bids for the
County Farm Road
repaving.
Les
Andersen motioned to approve the first application of brine.
Scott Lloyd seconded. Roll
call vote: Lowe, Lloyd, Beal,
Hanvey,
Wyckoff
, Andersen, Hodge—all yes. Motion
carried 7-0.
PROPOSED
TXT# 07-08 SECTION 3.02 DEFINITIONS OF FRONT YARD (CORNER
LOT
FRONTAGE REQUIREMENTS)
Bob
Hanvey asked the Board of Trustees if they had any comments.
None heard.
Les
Andersen motioned to approve Section 3.02 Definition of Front Yard.
Tammy Beal seconded. Motion
carried 7-0.
PROPOSED
TXT# 01-09 SECTION 11.01 B # 7 USES PERMITTED IN PUBLIC LAND DISTRICT
Bob
Hanvey asked the Board of Trustees if they had any comments.
None heard.
Les
Andersen motioned to approve Section 11.01 B #7 Uses Permitted in Public
Land District. Tammy Beal
seconded. Motion
carried 7-0.
PROPOSED
TXT# 02-09 SECTION 7.10 SCHEDULE OF REGULATIONS FOOTNOTE ‘e’ (CORNER
LOT
FRONTAGE REQUIREMENTS)
Bob
Hanvey asked the Board of Trustees if they had any comments.
None heard.
Scott
Lloyd motioned to approve Section 7.10 Schedule of Regulations Footnote
‘e’ Definition of Front Yard amendment.
Paula Wyckoff seconded. Motion carried 7-0.
PROPOSED
PUBLIC
LAND
REZONING RZN# 08-08 THRU #14-08
Dan
Lowe objects to the rezoning of the Howell Public Schools property.
No one knows what will be done on that property in the future and it
is better to leave it as a non-conforming use.
Paula
Wyckoff motioned to approve RZN# 08-08 thru 13-08. Dan
Lowe seconded. Roll
call vote:
Wyckoff
, Hodge, Hanvey, Lloyd, Beal, Andersen, Lowe—all yes. Motion
carried 7-0.
Les Andersen motioned to approve RZN# 14-08.
Tammy Beal seconded. Roll
call vote: Beal-yes,
Andersen-yes, Hodge-yes, Paula-yes, Lowe-no, Hanvey-yes, Lloyd-yes.
Motion carried 6-1.
MARION
TOWNSHIP PARK COMMITTEE (OFFICERS & VOLUNTEERS)
Les
Andersen motioned to approve Charles Musson as Chair, Beth Schrader as
Co-Chair and Paula Wyckoff as Secretary.
Travis Hodge seconded. Motion carried 7-0.
PARK
PROJECTS PRIORITIES/BUDGET
Scott
Lloyd motioned to approve $8,000 for
Marion
Township
Park
#1.
Paula Wyckoff
seconded. Roll call vote:
Hanvey, Lowe,
Wyckoff
, Beal, Lloyd, Hodge, Andersen – all yes.
Motion carried 7-0.
Travis
Hodge motioned to have the advisory committee pursue a site plan, parking
lot, pavilion and play equipment.
Les Andersen
seconded. Motion
carried 7-0.
WATERSHED
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT
Bob
Hanvey told the Board of Trustees that Mike Kehoe suggested don’t sign the
agreement,
Marion
Township
can still participate. Bob
Hanvey asked the Board if they had any comments.
None heard.
PARKING
LOT RESEALING
Bob
Hanvey suggested they wait until after the Heritage Festival.
FEMA
UPDATE
Dan
Lowe called Mr. Fahey and found out the mapping firm has been fired for
incompetence and they have been inundated with complaints.
He filled out a Letter of Map Amendment and FEMA turned him down.
Jack
Lowe, Woodcreek, said this letter reinforces what he said in the beginning.
Since we joined they can expand their jurisdiction to cover every
lake owner. They couldn’t
expand if
Marion
Township
had not joined.
Bob
Hanvey noted a bi-annual report is attached.
WORK
CREW
Bob
Hanvey said there was not enough interest.
LIABILITY
The
following volunteers will be added to the
Marion
Township
policy for
June 13, 2009
and
June 14, 2009
:
Howard
Manson, Brian Manson, John Manson, Will Manson, Josh Manson, George and
Nancy Mitroka, and Ryan Lloyd.
CORRESPONDENCE/UPDATES
Mentors
are needed for juvenile offenders.
Bob
Hanvey said there are concerns about the water quality for the site
excavation on
Amos Road
. Bob took samples to the Health
Department and the results will be back in a week.
Judge
Pikkarainen approved $6,000 for expert witnesses.
Marion
Township
can appeal or take the money. There
is some confusion regarding the appeal by Meyers and it may be extended.
There
is a deposition for the appraisers in June for the
Highland
case.
HAPRA
met at the
Marion
Township
hall Monday night.
Heritage
Days meeting will be held at the
Marion
Township
hall on Monday, May 18th.
Charles
Musson,
333 Triangle Lake Road
: Aaron Regner presented the
Buck Pole design and he needs to know the size of the sleeve inserts; we can
let him know at the next meeting.
MPSC
is now in charge of cable complaints
Hometown
filed an MTT appeal and we must submit in 21 days.
This will be a full tribunal case and the Board of Trustees should
decide if they want Attorney Goodman or Mike Kehoe.
Dan
Lowe motioned to hire Mike Kehoe for the primary Hometown tribunal case with
Mr. Goodman as needed. Bob
Hanvey seconded. Roll call vote
– Hodge, Beal, Andersen, Lowe, Hanvey, Lloyd,
Wyckoff
– all yes. Motion carried 7-0.
CALL TO THE PUBLIC
None heard.
ADJOURNMENT
Scott
Lloyd motioned to adjourn at
9:40 p.m.
Les Andersen seconded.
Motion carried 7-0.
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