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July 17, 2014
CITY OF ROMULUS
BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING
15920 HURON RIVER DRIVE
ROBERT PAGE
Notice is hereby given that the City of Romulus will hold a public hearing at
7:00 p.m. on
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
for the purpose of considering a variance request. The public
hearing will be held at the Romulus City Hall Council Chambers, 11111 Wayne Road,
Romulus MI 48174-1485.
The Board of Zoning Appeals has set the public hearing to consider a variance from the City
of Romulus Zoning Ordinance as follows:
1.
Fence Height Variance
(Section 3.05(1)) to allow an 8-foot high privacy fence located at
15920 Huron River Drive. The ordinance allows a height of six (6) feet therefore a 2-foot
variance is requested. A variance to Section 3.05(b)(2) is also requested to allow an unfin-
ished fence to face an adjacent property.
The subject property is located on 15920 Huron River Drive. DP#82-80-121-99-0009-000.
Copies of the application are available for review at City Hall during regular business hours.
All interested parties are encouraged to attend and will be given an opportunity to comment on
said request. Written comments may be submitted until 12:00 noon, Wednesday, August 6,
2014 and should be addressed to Carol Maise, City Planner, Planning Department, 11111
Wayne Road, Romulus, MI 48174-1485.
Ellen Craig-Bragg, City Clerk
City of Romulus, Michigan
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July 17, 2014
Asbestos and Hazardous Material
Abatement and Demolition Services
The City of Inkster will receive Requests for Qualifications (RFQ's) at the OFFICE
OF THE CITY CLERK, 26215 Trowbridge Avenue, Inkster, Michigan, 48141, until
July 30, 2014, at 11:00 am. The purpose of this RFQ is to create a list of qualified
vendors to provide abatement of asbestos and hazardous materials and demolition
services for the City of Inkster. Services are being requested for single family or
multi-residential homes and commercial buildings.
Specifications and forms are available on the City of Inkster's website at www.city-
ofinkster.com or contact Community Development @ 313.563.9760.
THE CITY OF INKSTER RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ACCEPT OR REJECT
ANYAND ALL BIDS, TO WAIVE ANY IRREGULARITIES, AND ACCEPT ANY
BID IT MAY DEEM TO BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY.
Publish: July 17, 2014
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ELLEVILLE
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Art Affair planned for
next week in downtown
Senior Brigade visits library
Officers graduate from command class
Check us out online at www.associatednewspapers.net.
The Belleville Area Council
for the Arts Will host the Fourth
Annual Artaffair on Main, from
10 a.m. until 7 p.m., Saturday,
July 26 and from 10 a.m. until 5
p.m. Sunday, July 27.
The display and sale of fine
art, craft and entertainment will
take place on the the tree-lined
streets of downtown Belleville.
Local artist Tim Marsh will
again be joining the show along
with many other artists like
Ypsilanti native Vicki Meyer
with her imaginative yard art
and Ohio native Lenny Putz and
his beautiful photography.
ArtAffair on Main 2014 will offer
a food court featuring a variety
of sandwiches, rib plates and
Palazzolo'sGelato truck.
New for 2014, ArtAffair on
Main will partner with the
Detroit Institute of Arts in offer-
ing a drop-in workshop which
will feature DIA guided projects
for guests to create and take
home with them. Wine and
Canvas Ann Arbor staff mem-
bers will be on hand to help visi-
tors in create beautiful paintings
of their own. Both of these cre-
ative opportunities will be pro-
vided free of charge during the
event.
ArtAffair on Main 2014 will
also include entertainment on
the Main Stage. Entertainers
this year include Detroit legend
Thornetta Davis at 6 p.m.
Saturday. Ann Arbor-based folk
singer Abigail Stauffer opens the
Saturday schedule at noon and
will be followed at 2:30 p.m. by
piano player Matthew Ball.
Sunday shows begin at 1 p.m.
with Ypsilanti's Voices in
Harmony. At 3 p.m., Belleville's
own Machine Gun Kelly Band
will perform.
Artaffair on Main is a juried
show and participation in each
accepted genre (drawing, jewel-
ry, photography, etc.) is limited.
More information about
Artaffair on Main, as well as all
the other Belleville Area
Council for the Arts presenta-
tions can be found at bellevil-
leartscounil.org.
Representatives from the
Senior Brigade will discuss
online safety at a meeting set to
begin at 6 p.m. July 21 at the
Leanna Hicks Inkster Public
Library.
Advisors will discuss email
safety tips, how to recognize and
avoid online scams, basic com-
puter security measures, helpful
online resources and general
online safety tips.
The meeting is open to the
public and there is no admit-
tance fee.
Representatives from The
Senior Brigade will return to the
library to discuss Residential
Care Choices during a meeting
set to begin at 6 p.m. Aug. 18.
Topics discussed will include
how to choose a nursing home,
how to choose home healthcare,
how to recognize and report
abuse or neglect and ways to
keep loved ones save.
This meeting is also free and
open to the public.
The library is located at 2005
InksterRoad in Inkster.
Van Buren Township Police
Sgt. Louis Keele and Sgt. Marc
Abdilla were among the graduat-
ing members of the 351st class of
Northwestern University School
of Police Staff andCommand.
The two recent graduates were
congratulated by Van Buren
Township Director of Public
Safety Gregory Laurain at a meet-
ing of the township board of
trustees earlier thismonth.
"This 10-month program is the
most challenging and rewarding
law enforcement management
program in the nation and I am
proud of you on your successful
completion," Laurain told the pair.
Keele has been with the
department since 1995. During his
19-year career he has served in
the road patrol, detective bureau,
and cross-trained as a public safe-
ty officer in 2008. He was promot-
ed to the rank of sergeant in 2013
and is now assigned as shift
supervisor.
Abdilla has been with the
department since 1996. During his
18-year career he has served in
road patrol, detective bureau, and
cross-trained as a public safety
officer in 2006. Abdilla was pro-
moted to the rank of sergeant in
2013 and is now assigned as shift
supervisor.
multiple other incidents, were
cited by officers as outside
normal police operating pro-
cedures and called “a dan-
ger” in the complaints union
representatives made to city
officials, including City
Manager Richard Marsh, last
fall. The Risk Management
analysis described the votes of
no confidence as “well-
deserved.”
The city is currently under
a financial consent decree
with the state, issued in an
effort to avoid an emergency
financial manager in the
municipality.
Following that decree, the
city laid off half the police
department at one time and
the current police staff is at
about 24, down from 60 three
years ago.
Napoleon said in an inter-
view last fall after the second
vote of no confidence was
filed against him, that the offi-
cers in the department “lied
about me” and that they
“weren't qualified to be offi-
cers.”He also said the officers
who served under him had
“no integrity” and were “out
to getme.”
The Risk Management
analysis, presented to Marsh,
suggested that “City leaders
must recognize the negative
consequences of ignoring
Manager/Council protocols”
and cited the political influ-
ence, patronage, favoritism
and confusion currently in the
city. The analysis further rec-
ommended that the city hold
the city manager accountable
and replace Napoleon with a
chief from outside the agency
with experience in leading in
amulti-agency environment.
The study also noted that
many of the actions of
Napoleon have legal implica-
tions for the city.
Napoleon proposed having
the Wayne County Sheriff's
office, led by his brother,
Sheriff Benny Napoleon, pro-
vide police services in the city
of about 25,000 residents. He
had proposed the measure
months ago and the move was
supported by Hampton, who
recently told reporters that a
“feasibility study” of such a
movewas underway.
The Risk Management
analysis concluded, however,
that the sheriff's department
does not have the resources
necessary to “take over” and
resolve the multitude of law
enforcement problems or
crime suppression tactics nec-
essary to regain order in the
community.” The study rec-
ommended a multi-agency
task force to solve the city-
wide problems and suggested
that the Wayne County Sheriff
“could become a valuedmem-
ber of the Task Force effort
that we recommend.”
The plan suggested by Risk
Management said that the
members of the city council
should openly endorse and
encourage day-to-day opera-
tional control of city business
as the responsibility of the city
manger. The agency recom-
mended a multi-agency task
force to combat crime and vio-
lence in the city led by the
state police and the use of all
existing manpower in the
police department to proac-
tive patrol and assistance in
the task force effort.
The report suggests that
the city seek federal and state
funding to assist in the task
force operation.
“The City of Inkster does
not have the ability to ade-
quately protect its citizens
from crime and violence,”
noted the report which also
said, “The delivery of police
services is in turmoil,” and,
“There is a growing culture of
lawlessness in the communi-
ty.”
The report also said, “The
safety of officers is compro-
mised.”
In his letter of resignation,
Napoleon
also
said,
“Additionally, the recent
senseless murder of a 2-year-
old baby makes my decision
thatmucheasier.”
He was referring to the
recent shooting outside the
Parkside Estates Housing
Complex when 2-year-old
Kamiya French was killed by
an assailant who walked up to
the porch where she was sit-
ting with her father, Kenneth
French, and a family friend.
The man spoke to her father
briefly then shot the child in
the head at point-blank range.
The assailant then turned the
gun on 12-year-old Chelsea
Lancaster, wounding her seri-
ously. The gunman also shot
Kenneth French, wounding
himseriously requiring hospi-
talization.
At the time, Napoleon's
comments that the attack was
“in retaliation” for a shooting
that took place in April at a
local after-hours club, were
criticized.
Two men, Raymone
Jackson, 24, and Rapheal
Daniel-JordanHearn, 29, both
of Inkster, were arrested and
remain in the Wayne County
Jail on multiple charges
including first-degree murder
in the incident.
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