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01-12-0019 Motion by McEachern, seconded by Dobrowolski and unanimously carried,
it was resolved to approve the second reading and adoption of a proposed Ordinance
addressing floodplain management provisions of the State Construction Code.
ORDINANCE NO. 2012-01
CITY OF WAYNE
PUBLIC NOTICE
C HAPTER 1478
ORDINANCE ADDRESSING FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT PROVISIONS
OF THE STATE CONSTRUCTION CODE
Community Name: City of Wayne, County: Wayne
An ordinance to affirm an enforcing agency to discharge the responsibility of the City of
Wayne located in Wayne County, and to designate regulated flood hazard areas under the
provisions of the State Construction Code Act, Act No. 230 of the Public Acts of 1972, as
amended.
The City of Wayne ordains:
Section 1. AGENCY DESIGNATED. Pursuant to the provisions of the state construction
code, in accordance with Section 8b(6) of Act 230, of the Public Acts of 1972, as amend-
ed, the Building Official of the City of Wayne is hereby designated as the enforcing agency
to discharge the responsibility of the City of Wayne under Act 230, of the Public Acts of
1972, as amended, State of Michigan. The City of Wayne assumes responsibility for the
administration and enforcement of said Act through out the corporate limits of the com-
munity adopting this ordinance.
Section 3. DESIGNATION OF REGULATED FLOOD PRONE HAZARD AREAS. The
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Flood Insurance Study (FIS) Entitled
“Wayne County, Michigan (All Jurisdictions)” (Name) and dated 2-2-12 and the Flood
Insurance Rate Map(s) (FIRMS) panel number(s) of 26163C: 0216E, 0218E, 0220E and
0240E and dated 2-2-12 are adopted by reference for the purposes of administration of the
Michigan Construction Code, and declared to be a part of Section 1612.3 of the Michigan
Building Code, and to provide the content of the “Flood Hazards” section of Table
R301.2(1) of the Michigan Residential Code.
Section 4. REPEALS. All ordinances inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance
are hereby repealed.
Section 5. PUBLICATION. This ordinance shall be effective after legal publication and
in accordance with the provisions of the Act governing same.
Adopted: January 17, 2012
Published:January 26, 2012 Matthew K. Miller
Effective:January 27, 2012 City Clerk
CITY OF WAYNE
FINAL DETERMINATION PUBLIC NOTICE
The City of Wayne continues to participate in the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development's (HUD) Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program as administered by
the County of Wayne.
Objectives The City's program objectives are the following: A] To provide the benefits of
CDBG funding to persons of low and moderate income and to areas where at least fifty-one percent
(51 %) of the residents are of low to moderate income. B] To eliminate slums, blight and blighting
influences. C] To facilitate and support private investment, reinvestment and development D] To
conserve and improve the housing stock. E] To improve public facilities, including but not limited to
parks and streets. F] To maintain a high level of performance in the management of all CDBG proj-
ects.
Public Hearing #1 On January 10, 2012, the Planning Commission approved and recommend-
ed to the City Council the proposed projects listed below. Public Hearing #2 On January 17, 2012,
the City Council approved the projects listed below.
Projects 2012-2Q13
Activity Location Amount
Code Enforcement Eligible Area $ 12,000.00
Public Facilities, Streets Eligible Area $ 50,000.00
Public Services, Seniors City Wide $ 13,237.00
Housing Rehabilitation City Wide $ 4,190.00
Administration $ 8,825.00
Total: $ 88,252.00*
Program Income received by the City of Wayne as a result of the repayment of existing
CDBG deferred loan liens, in an estimated amount of $25,000.00, if any, will be used for Housing
Rehabilitation. There may be, in addition, an estimated annual appropriation from Wayne County -
for 2011-2012 the amount was $26,663.00 - for Housing Rehabilitation available to the City of
Wayne. *[This is an estimated total amount based, in part, on reported reductions to the approved
total for the current (2011-2012) program year. The City has not yet been notified by Wayne County
of the final HUD allocation for 2012-2013. If the amount of total funding is reduced or increased by
HUD or Wayne County, the above project amounts may be adjusted as necessary or desirable.]
Contact: Peter J. McInerney, Community Development Director, 3355 S. Wayne Road, Wayne, MI
48184 (734) 722-2002.
Publish: January 26, 2012
ABSTRACT
WAYNE CITY COUNCIL MEETING NO. 2012-04
JANUARY 17, 2012
A Regular Meeting of the City Council held Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. at
Wayne City Hall, 3355 S. Wayne Rd. ALL MEMBERS PRESENT. A moment of silence
was held for James Darfler. PRESENTATION: Lisa A. Lark, Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Fund. APPROVED: minutes of Regular Meeting of January 3, 2012 and Special
Meetings of January 3 & 11, 2012; FY '12 - '13 CDBG Program Funds; Site Plan #2011-
15 for TNT Trailers, 5055 Hannan; Second reading and adoption of Floodplain
Management Ordinance; calling public hearings on February 21, 2012 to consider changes
to the Zoning Ordinance governing wind turbines and Chapter 1284 Flood Hazard Areas;
participation in the DIA "Inside/Out" Program and the use of City-owned property; declar-
ing 4547 Gloria a hazard/nuisance and also declaring the same on an emergency basis;
consent calendar. Received and filed Communications and Reports. Adjourned 9:57 p.m.
Publish: January 26, 2012 Matthew K. Miller
City Clerk
INKSTER - WAYNE - WESTLAND
Local commissioner
leads ethics committee
Teens vie for scholarship
School hosts open house Sunday
Jury returns split verdicts in
armed robbery, shooting trials
Wayne County Commissioner Joan
Gebhardt (D-District 12) was appointed
Monday by Commission Chairman Gary
Woronchak (D-Dearborn) to chair the newly-
organizedSpecial Committee onEthics.
The Special Committee onEthics is in the
process of preparing the first comprehen-
sive county ethics ordinance for final
approval by the commission. The committee
will take the draft ethics ordinance present-
ed last month by the commission ethics task
force, for which Gebhardt served as chair,
and work out details of how it will be
enforced and funded.
“Wayne County will benefit greatly from
the organization of this committee as we
strive to continue and strengthen our ethics
policies,” Gebhardt said. “I am honored to
be named as chair of this committee, and
along with the other members, will push for-
ward to assure greater transparency is
achieved and ethical guidelines aremet.”
“The Ethics Task Force did a lot of work
to put this document together, and the coun-
ty will benefit from their service,” said
Woronchak.
Events that have become known in recent
months, from relationships between the
county and contractors to a federal investiga-
tion and FBI subpoenas for county records,
show that the commission is proceeding in a
positive direction of creating formidable
ethics policies, he added.
“This ethics ordinance will help to
resolvemany of those issues that have gener-
ated quite a fury in Wayne County,”
Gebhardt said.
An ethics ordinance generally sets stan-
dards of conduct for officials and employees
and rules for disclosure and openness
designed to avoid conflicts of interest and
improper business practices.
As part of its deliberations, the task force
examined ethics ordinances from other gov-
ernments, discussing what best practices
couldbe applied toWayneCounty.
Controversy has surrounded the county
since late September, when it was revealed
that its former economic development direc-
tor got a severance payment of $200,000
when she left her county job to become CEO
ofMetroAirport.
The furor that followed resulted in the
termination or resignation of high-ranking
appointees in the administration of County
Executive Robert Ficano. The new airport
CEO returned themoney and later was fired
fromthe airport position.
Federal authorities continue to investi-
gate the county in the wake of the severance
scandal. The FBI subpoenaed county
records to determine whether laws were
broken. Meanwhile, news media reports
have brought scrutiny to county contracting
practices, projects, employment packages
andmore.
Teachers, administrators and staff mem-
bers at St. Mary Catholic School in Wayne
will be offering some extracurricular lessons
from11 a.m. until 2 p.m. this Sunday.
The school will host an open house and
science expo at the facility, located at 34516
Michigan Ave. near Wayne Road to provide
information to parents interested in 2012-
2013 school year enrollment or who wish to
learnmore about the school.
Guided tours will be offered and registra-
tion details and tuition assistance informa-
tionwill also be available.
St. Mary School is fully accredited and has
been designated as a School of Distinction by
the Michigan Non-public Schools
Accrediting Association. The school offers
full day 3-year and 4-year old preschool class-
es and utilizes Smart Boards in grades K-8
enhancing curriculumthrough technology.
More information is available at (734) 721-
1240.
A Wayne County Circuit Court jury
found one Inkster man guilty and another
innocent of armed robbery in trials earlier
thismonth.
Dior Dickerson, 21 and Kevin Corley, 17,
were each charged with armed robbery
and Dickerson was also charged with
assault and felony firearms violations. The
charges stemmed from an investigation by
the Inkster Police Department into the rob-
bery and shooting of Mario Sagona, 24, of
Westland. It was alleged that Dickerson and
Corley had lured Sagona to the Cherryhill
Club apartments to rob him last March.
During the robbery, Sagona was shot in the
right leg.
During the six-day trial, attorneys from
the Wayne County Prosecutor's office
secured guilty verdicts on all charges
against Dickerson, but the jury found
Corley not guilty of the armed robbery
offense.
Dickerson now faces possible life in
prison on the armed robbery conviction.
He will be sentenced by Judge Ulysses
Boykin at the FrankMurphy Hall of Justice
on Jan. 31.
Corley was represented by Inkster attor-
ney StevenBullock.
“Mr. Corley is very pleased that the jus-
tice system worked for him in this case,”
Bullock said.
“This jury listened carefully to the evi-
dence and decided that the prosecutor was
unable to sustain their burden of proof as
toCorley,” he concluded.
Contestants in the Distinguished Young Women of Michigan Scholarship Program this
Saturday will include, front row, Eberechi Ogbuaku of Inkster, Lisa Cook of Alpena, Bethany
Ehardt of Milford, Payton Reilly of Howell, Ankita Nallani of Troy and Theresa Hall of Inkster.
In the back row are Maricia Stafford of Ypsilanti, Marie Idunate of Westland, Christine Houle
of Saline, Emily Sioma of Grass Lake, Elesia McCray of Macomb, Brianna Shareef of Wayne
Westland, Sarah Baker of Irish Hills and Allison Zylka from Plymouth Canton.
Five local women will be attempting to
make the best impression possible this
Saturday as they vie for scholarships during
the Distinguished Young Women of
MichiganProgram.
Brianna Shareff and Maria Idunate from
Westland, Theresa Hall and Eberechi
Ogbuaku from Inkster and Allison Zylka
from Plymouth, all winners of local pro-
grams, will now compete for more than
$10,000 in college scholarships at 6 p.m.
Saturday at SalineHighSchool .
This is the 54th year of the program and
there will be 13 candidates vying for not only
the scholarship money, but the opportunity
to represent Michigan at local events and at
the national finals inMobile, AL.
The program is based on academic
scholastics, leadership, physical fitness and
talent. Contestants will perform on stage in
an opening number and compete in a per-
forming arts talent routine, a physical fitness
routine and self expression. For their talent
selections, Shareef, the Distinguished Young
Woman of Wayne-Westland will perform a
lyrical dance to "Tonight". Idunate, the
Distinguished Young Woman of Westland
will perform a jazz dance to the song "Don't
Rain onmy Parade". Hall, theDistinguished
Young Woman of Inkster-Wayne County will
perform a Praise Dance to "We Must Praise
Him". Ogbuaku, the Distinguished Young
Woman of Inkster will perform an African
dance to the song "Obinobim". Zylka, the
Distinguished Young Woman of Plymouth-
Canton will perform a tap dance to "Band
Play Out". Contestants are also evaluated on
academic scholastics and an interview.
Tickets to the event can be purchased at
SalineHigh School the day of the event or by
contacting the Michigan State Committee at
email Michigan@distinguishedyw.org.
Ticket price is $15 and all proceeds go
toward scholarship awards.