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Board of Trustees Meeting on June 21, 1999
The Genoa Township Board
Meeting type: Regular
Date: June 21, 1999
Time: 7:00pm
Agenda:
1. Public Hearing on the General Fund Budget for fiscal 1999-2000
A. Call to the public.
B. Disposition of salaries for the elected officials.
C. Disposition of the General Fund Budget.
2. Request for approval of a special use permit, environmental impact assessment (06-15-99), and corresponding site plan (05-25-99) for a proposed 18-hole golf course at 4141 Bauer Road, Section 25, petitioned by Mt. Brighton, as recommended by the Planning Commission 06-14-99.
A. Disposition of special-use permit for a driving range.
B. Disposition of the environmental impact assessment.
C. Disposition of the site plan.
3. Request for approval of the environmental impact assessment, corresponding to the site plan for a 40,000 square foot expansion to Michigan Rod Products, a manufacturing facility, located at 1326 Grand Oaks Drive, petitioned by Rhoads & Johnson, as recommended by the Planning Commission 06-14-99.
4. Request for approval of the Future Road Improvement Fund #261.
Administrative Business:
A. Correspondence.
B. Payment of Bills.
C. Approval of Minutes: May 17, 1999 and June 7, 1999.
D. Standing Reports.
Adjournment.
Minutes:
A regular meeting of the Genoa Township Board was called to order by Supervisor Murray at 7:00 p.m. The Pledge of Allegiance was then said. The following board members were present constituting a quorum for the transaction of business: Robert Murray, Paulette Skolarus, Robin Hunt, Jean Ledford, Craig Jarvis and Kathy Robertson. Also present were Township Manager Michael Archinal and six persons in the audience.
Moved by Ledford, supported by Robertson, to approve the Agenda as presented. The motion carried.
A call to the public was made with no response.
1. Public Hearing on the General Fund Budget for fiscal 1999-2000
A call to the public was made with no response. The public hearing was then closed.
Moved by Jarvis, supported by Ledford, to approve a $2,000.00 salary increase for the Supervisor, Clerk and Treasurer. The motion carried unanimously.
Moved by Jarvis, supported by Robertson, to approve the general fund budget for fiscal 1999-2000 as presented. The motion carried unanimously.
2. Request for approval of a special use permit, environmental impact assessment (06-15-99), and corresponding site plan (05-25-99) for a proposed 18-hole golf course at 4141 Bauer Road, Section 25, petitioned by Mt. Brighton, as recommended by the Planning Commission 06-14-99.
A. Disposition of special-use permit for a driving range.
Moved by Skolarus, supported by Robertson, to approve the special-use permit as discussed by the Planning Commission. The motion carried unanimously.
B. Disposition of the environmental impact assessment.
Moved by Robertson, supported by Hunt, to approve the impact assessment dated 06-15-99, which states the driving range will be permitted to open between the hours of 6:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m., 7 days a week, until October 1,2000, or the completion of Phase II, whichever comes first. The motion carried unanimously.
C. Disposition of the site plan.
Moved by Jarvis, supported by Ledford, to approve the site plan contingent upon the following:
- Township engineer review and approval of all plans and specifications, and a review and approval of the structural integrity of the pedestrian tunnel.
- Petitioner shall receive all MDEQ permits for work within the wetlands and copies of all shall be provided to the township.
- Petitioner shall maintain both cul-de-sacs for use by the Mt. Brighton Subdivision subject to change in ownership and any modifications shall be acceptable to the Livingston County Road Commission.
- Petitioner shall remove the affordable housing adjacent to green #18.
- The golf course shall not be opened for business prior to township approval and construction of Phase II; however, the petitioner shall be entitled to open the driving range from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., 7 days a week, until October 1, 2000, or completion of Phase II, whichever comes first.
The motion carried unanimously.
3. Request for approval of the environmental impact assessment, corresponding to the site plan for a 40,000 square foot expansion to Michigan Rod Products, a manufacturing facility, located at 1326 Grand Oaks Drive, petitioned by Rhoads & Johnson, as recommended by the Planning Commission 06-14-99.
Moved by Robertson, supported by Ledford, to approve the impact assessment dated 06-13-99 as presented. Moved by Robertson, supported by Ledford, to amend the motion to include the conditions approved with the site plan as follows:
- Township engineer review and approval of all plans and specifications with special attention to the review items in the McNamee, Porter & Seeley letter dated June 9, 1999.
- All materials of the addition shall match the existing materials on the building.
- Protective fencing shall be provided during construction for all trees along the east lot line.
- All outdoor storage as exists on the site now and in the future shall cease and desist. The curb and additional paved area shall be extended as cited in the McNamee, Porter & Seeley letter of 6/9/99.
- Petitioner shall add a gate to the dumpster enclosure.
- Petitioner acknowledges and accepts the REU calculations for sewer and water as contained in the McNamee, Porter & Seeley letter of 5/19/99 subject to final confirmation by the township.
The motion carried unanimously.
4. Request for approval of the Future Road Improvement Fund #261.
Moved by, Ledford supported by Robertson, to approve the Future Road Improvement Budget as presented. The motion carried unanimously.
Administrative Business:
Moved by Skolarus, supported by Hunt, to approve the request by Rojewski to attend the Michigan Assessors Association Conference at a cost of $579.92. The motion carried unanimously.
Moved by Skolarus, supported by Ledford, to authorize Archinal to advise the Powers family that they could pursue annexation to Brighton City in order to obtain sewer service. The motion carried unanimously.
Moved by Ledford, supported by Jarvis, to request the Clerk contact Heikkinen to ask for a draft to change the township fire and recovery ordinance. The motion carried unanimously.
Moved by Ledford, supported by Robertson, to authorize the payment of vouchers totaling $196,465.87. The motion carried unanimously
Moved by Ledford, supported by Jarvis, to approve the Minutes of the May 17, 1999 regular meting of the board as presented. The motion carried unanimously.
Moved by Hunt, supported by Robertson, to approve the Minutes of the June 7, 1999 regular meeting of the board as presented. The motion carried.
Moved by Skolarus, supported by Ledford, to approve the hiring of Kelly Kolakowski, with a Bachelors Degree in Urban and Regional Planning as a temporary part time employee with a salary of $10.00 per hour plus expenses until August 30, 1999. Further her work will include the review of sites completed to make sure that they are in compliance with the restrictions of the Planning Commission and Township Board as approved during the site plan review process. The motion carried unanimously.
Moved by Robertson, supported by Ledford, to add National City Bank (previously First of America) as an authorized investment bank for the township. The motion carried unanimously.
The regular meeting of the Genoa Township Board was adjourned at 8:30 p.m.
Paulette A. Skolarus
Genoa Township Clerk
(BA, LCP 06-30-99)