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              February 27, 2014
            
            
              CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON
            
            
              NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
            
            
              2014 SIDEWALK REPAIR PROGRAM
            
            
              HEARING OF NECESSITY FOR SIDEWALK REPLACEMENTS
            
            
              IN THE FOLLOWING SUBDIVISIONS:
            
            
              Aziz Estates Sub #1
            
            
              Aziz Estates Sub #2
            
            
              Camden Park
            
            
              Cherry Blossom Estates
            
            
              Dasher Heights
            
            
              Hidden River Estates
            
            
              Maple Ridge Woods
            
            
              Pheasant Creek
            
            
              Pheasant Creek North
            
            
              Pheasant Woods
            
            
              Sierra Heights #1
            
            
              Sierra Heights #2
            
            
              Sunflower North
            
            
              Villa Maria
            
            
              Westfield Estates
            
            
              Miscellaneous Locations
            
            
              Metro Act Locations
            
            
              NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Public Act 80 of the Public Acts of 1989 of the State of Michigan, as amended, and pur-
            
            
              suant to the findings of necessity; assessment against owners of property; hearing; exceptions; notice of the Charter Township of
            
            
              Canton that the Board of the Charter-Township of Canton will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, March 25, 2014 at the Township
            
            
              Administration Building, 1150 S. Canton Center Road, Canton, MI 48188 at 7:00 p.m. in the Board Room for the proposed sidewalk
            
            
              replacements.
            
            
              Publish: The Eagle 02/27/14 & 03/20/14
            
            
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              CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON
            
            
              NOTICE TO PUBLIC
            
            
              BOARD OF REVIEWAPPOINTMENTS
            
            
              Notice is hereby given by the undersigned, Terry G. Bennett, Clerk of the Charter Township of Canton, County of Wayne, State of
            
            
              Michigan to all residents of the Charter Township of Canton:  that all persons protesting their assessment must complete petitions prior
            
            
              to appearing before the Board.  A personal appearance is not required.  All petitions must be received in the Assessor's office by March
            
            
              13, 2014 at 4:30 p.m.
            
            
              The Board of Review will be held in the Canton Township Hall on the first floor, at 1150 S. Canton Center Road.  Entry into the build-
            
            
              ing can be accessed through the front doors of Township Hall. Please come prepared, as an eight (8) minute limit before the Board will
            
            
              be strictly adhered to.
            
            
              The following is the schedule for March Board of Review.
            
            
              Tuesday, March 4, 2014
            
            
              Organizational Meeting - 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
            
            
              (No Appointments)
            
            
              Monday, March 10, 2014
            
            
              Hearings from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. -  4:30 p.m.
            
            
              (Appointments Only)
            
            
              Tuesday, March 11, 2014
            
            
              Hearings from 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
            
            
              (Appointments Only)
            
            
              Wednesday, March 12, 2014
            
            
              Hearings from 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
            
            
              (Appointments Only)
            
            
              Thursday, March 13, 2014
            
            
              Hearings from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. 4:30 p.m.
            
            
              (Appointments Only)
            
            
              Please be advised that on Tuesday, March 11 after 4:30 p.m. and Wednesday, March 12 after 4:30 p.m. entry to the building can only be
            
            
              accessed through the front entrance of the Township Hall.
            
            
              If you have any questions regarding the March Board of Review, you may call Jamie Rohraff, Secretary to the Board of Review (734)
            
            
              394-5111.
            
            
              TERRY G. BENNETT, CLERK
            
            
              Charter Township of Canton Township
            
            
              Publish:  The Eagle
            
            
              February 13th, 20th, 27th  2014
            
            
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              Charter Township of Canton Board Proceedings -February 18, 2014
            
            
              A regular study meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Charter Township of Canton held Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at 1150 Canton
            
            
              Center S., Canton, Michigan.  Supervisor LaJoy called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. and led the pledge of allegiance.
            
            
              Roll Call
            
            
              Members Present: Bennett, LaJoy, McLaughlin, Sneideman, Williams. Members Absent: Anthony, Yack. Staff Present: Director Faas,
            
            
              Building Official, Weyer  Guests Present:  Phillip Neuman, Esq., Forrest Wall, VP Apartment Association of Michigan, Michael Tobin
            
            
              Group Five Mgmt.
            
            
              Adoption of Agenda
            
            
              Motion by Bennett, seconded by Williams to approve the agenda.  Motion carried unanimous-
            
            
              ly.
            
            
              STUDY SESSION TOPIC
            
            
              Item 1. Rental Unit Inspection Program (MSD) The Board received a PowerPoint presentation on a
            
            
              rental unit inspection program for which Municipal Services Department would request Board input on before finalizing the recom-
            
            
              mended program. The presentation covered the Objectives of a Rental Inspection Program, Performance Bench Marks and Standards,
            
            
              Current Township Inspection Programs, a Rental Inspection Program outline, Projected Revenues, Steps to Implement the Program, an
            
            
              Ordinance Draft, Survey of Other Communities Fees, PA 167 of 1917, and SB N. 31. If the Board desires staff to proceed with imple-
            
            
              mentation, numerous Board actions will be required throughout the year.
            
            
              Adjourn
            
            
              Motion by Bennett, supported by Williams at 8:15
            
            
              p.m. to adjourn. Motion carried by all members present.   - Philip LaJoy, Supervisor - Terry G. Bennett, Clerk -
            
            
              Copies of the complete text of the Board Minutes are available at the Clerk's office of the Charter Township of Canton, 1150 S. Canton
            
            
              Center Rd, Canton, MI 48188, during regular business hours and can also be accessed through our web site www.canton-mi.org after
            
            
              Board Approval. Publish: February 27, 2014
            
            
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              NOTICE TO RESIDENTS
            
            
              CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON
            
            
              If you experience an overflow or backup of a sewage disposal system or storm water system, you must file a written claim with the
            
            
              Charter Township of Canton, Division of Public Works within 45 days after the overflow or backup was discovered.  Notice should be
            
            
              mailed to Charter Township of Canton, Division of Public Works, 1150 S. Canton Center, Canton, Michigan 48188.  Failure to provide
            
            
              the written notice will prevent recovery of damages.  Contact the Division of Public Works at 734/394-5150 for assistance immediately
            
            
              upon discovery of an overflow or backup.
            
            
              THANK YOU
            
            
              CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON
            
            
              DIVISION OF PUBLIC WORKS
            
            
              Publish:  February 27 and March 06, 2014
            
            
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              CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON
            
            
              ACCESS TO PUBLIC MEETINGS
            
            
              The Charter Township of Canton will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired
            
            
              and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities at the meeting/hearing upon two
            
            
              weeks notice to the Charter Township of Canton.  Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the
            
            
              Charter Township of Canton by writing or calling the following:
            
            
              Gwyn Belcher, ADA Coordinator
            
            
              Charter Township of Canton, 1150 S. Canton Center Road
            
            
              Canton, MI  48188
            
            
              (734) 394-5260
            
            
              Published:  February 27, 2014
            
            
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              Michigan Economic Development Corp. will
            
            
              provide $10 million and Ohio will also invest
            
            
              funds in the project, according to the
            
            
              University ofMichigan..
            
            
              The institute will be the newest facility in
            
            
              the National Network of Manufacturing
            
            
              Innovation, a White House initiative to help
            
            
              manufacturers become more competitive.
            
            
              The concept came from the federal
            
            
              Advanced Manufacturing Partnership which
            
            
              began in 2011. JackHu, the interimpresident
            
            
              of research at theUniversity of Michigan and
            
            
              college President Mary Sue Coleman both
            
            
              served on the group that recommended the
            
            
              newnetwork of research labs.
            
            
              “Companies from around the country will
            
            
              come here not only because of our technolog-
            
            
              ical capabilities, but also because we have
            
            
              the workforce they need in their efforts to
            
            
              revitalize and transform domestic manufac-
            
            
              turing,” Coleman said in a prepared state-
            
            
              ment.
            
            
              An announcement from the White House
            
            
              said the Michigan-based consortium won a
            
            
              competition to be one of the first threemanu-
            
            
              facturing innovation institute in the nation.
            
            
              The others are based in North Carolina
            
            
              and anotherwill be inChicago.
            
            
              TheWhiteHouse statement described the
            
            
              laboratory as a “teaching factory” and said it
            
            
              will “provide an opportunity for education
            
            
              and training of students and workers at all
            
            
              levels, while providing the shared assets to
            
            
              help companies, most importantly small
            
            
              manufacturers, access the cutting-edge capa-
            
            
              bilities and equipment to design, test and
            
            
              pilot new products and manufacturing
            
            
              processes.”
            
            
              The annual Canton Home Improvement
            
            
              Expo will take place from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.
            
            
              on Saturday, March 1 and from 11 a.m. to 5
            
            
              p.m. Sunday, March 2 at the Summit on the
            
            
              Park inCanton.
            
            
              Highlights include free parking and
            
            
              refreshments; live broadcasts form special
            
            
              guest stars Murray Gula, Host of "Your Home
            
            
              withMurray Gula" onFTRradio.comand Joe
            
            
              Gagnon "The Appliance Doctor" from 1600
            
            
              WAAM; how-toworkshops on a variety of top-
            
            
              ics; live wood carving demonstrations; a
            
            
              hands-on children's' project center; and mul-
            
            
              tiple raffles throughout theweekend.
            
            
              For more information, visit www.canton-
            
            
              mi.org/homeexpo.aspx or call (734) 394-5200.
            
            
              The hockey chronicles of both peninsulas of
            
            
              Michigan will be celebrated at the Canton
            
            
              Public Library at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 2.
            
            
              Veteran broadcaster Raymond Rolak will
            
            
              showcase historical anecdotes from the
            
            
              Michiganhockey landscape.
            
            
              This multi-media presentation will show
            
            
              the timeline of college hockey, including the
            
            
              explanation for the Big Ten hockey champi-
            
            
              onship being awarded to Michigan State in
            
            
              1959.  Longtime Plymouth Township resident
            
            
              Tom Mustonen, now a retired educator, was a
            
            
              contributing member of that team.  Other local
            
            
              connections to international hockeywill be dis-
            
            
              cussed.
            
            
              The event is part of the Hockey Weekend
            
            
              Across America promotion sponsored by USA
            
            
              Hockey.  The effort has two objectives, to pro-
            
            
              motehockey onbotha local andnational level.
            
            
              There is no charge and audience members
            
            
              are encouraged to wear their favorite jerseys.
            
            
              The Canton Public Library is located at 1200 S.
            
            
              Canton Center Road. For more information,
            
            
              call (734) 397-0999.
            
            
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