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October 13, 2011
CITY OF ROMULUS
BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING
8450 MERRIMAN
SPEEDWAY GAS STATION
Pursuant to Michigan Public Act 12 of 2008 (amended Public Act 110 of 2006, The City
and Village Zoning Act), notice is hereby given that the City of Romulus will hold a pub-
lic hearing at
7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 2, 2011
for the purpose of considering
variance requests. 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 variances from the
City of Romulus Zoning Ordinance as follows:
1.
Front Yard Setback Variance
(Wickham)
- Section 7.05, Table 7.05 requesting a front
yard variance to allow a building setback of 10.08 feet. The Ordinance requires 50 feet.
Therefore, a 39.92 foot variance is required.
2.
Front Yard Setback Variance
(Wickham)
- Section 7.05, Table 7.05 requesting a front
yard variance to allow a parking setback of 4.04 feet. The Ordinance requires 20 feet.
Therefore a 15.96 foot variance is required.
3.
Side Yard Setback Variance
- Section 7.05, Table 7.05 requesting a side yard variance
to allow a side yard building setback of 10.08 feet. The Ordinance requires 20.00 feet.
Therefore a 9.92 foot variance is required.
4.
Side Yard Setback Variance
- Section 7.05, Table 7.05 requesting a side yard parking
setback of 3.61 feet. The Ordinance requires 10.00 feet. Therefore a 6.39 foot variance
is required.
5.
Landscape Greenbelt Variance Wickham
– Section 13.02(c) requesting a variance to
allow 4.04 feet for landscape greenbelt. The Ordinance requires 15.00 feet. Therefore a
10.96 foot variance is required.
6.
Loading Variance
– Section 14.03(b) requesting a variance to allow for no designated
loading space. The Ordinance requires one, 10 foot by 50 foot loading space.
The Board of Zoning Appeals will also consider a variance from the City of Romulus Sign
Ordinance as follows:
1. S
ign Height Variance
– Table 29.07 requesting a variance to allow a 20 foot high pole
sign. The Ordinance allows up to 15 feet high. Therefore a 5 foot height variance is
required.
2.
Sign Area Variance
– Table 29.07 requesting a variance to allow a 72-square foot per
side (144 square foot total) pole sign. The Ordinance allows up to 40 square foot (80
square foot total). Therefore a 64-square foot (128 square foot total) variance is
required.
The subject property is located at 8450 Merriman Road. DP#82-80-043-99-0003-000.
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 com-
ment on said request. Written comments may be submitted until 12:00 noon, Wednesday,
November 2, 2011 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
Publish: October 13, 2011
ABSTRACT
WAYNE CITY COUNCIL MEETING NO. 2011-29
OCTOBER 4, 2011
Regular Meeting of the City Council held Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. at Wayne
City Hall, 3355 S. Wayne Rd. All members present. Presentation of Life Saving Award to
Westland Police Officer Harlan Epperson and presentation from Jim Ridgeway regarding
a grant received from NOAA to remove the Rouge River Dam. APPROVED: minutes of
Regular Meeting of September 20, 2011; Bid award to Denmark Heating & Cooling for
$14,850 for City Hall Boiler; Appointment of Patricia Rice to LOCC until 2018; new
SDM License to Merriman Place LLC at 5774 Merriman; Weed List #10; the purchase of
5227 Howe Road for $50,000.00; Traffic Control Order No. 598; amendment to the
Professional Services Agreement with Denise Sciacca; the appointment of Dobrowolski
as a voting delegate and Rowe as an alternate to the National League of Cities
Conference; consent calendar. Received and filed Communications and Reports.
Adjourned 9:16 p.m.
Publish: October 13, 2011
Matthew K. Miller
City Clerk
CITY OF INKSTER
GENERAL ELECTION
TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF INKSTER, County of Wayne:
Notice is hereby given that a General Election will be held in the City of Inkster on
Tuesday, November 8, 2011 from 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. at which time the candidates
who seek election to the following non-partisan offices are to be voted for in your city:
Mayor and Councilperson for District I, II, III, IV, V, VI; Library Board Directors and
Taylor School Board (D3-P4 only) are qualified to appear on the November 8, 2011 bal-
lot:
The places of voting for the General Election to be held on November 8, 2011 will be as
follows:
Locations
District 1/Precincts 1 and 2 Baylor-Woodson Complex, 29115 Carlysle
District 2/Precincts 1 and 2 Recreation Complex (gymnasium), 2025 Middlebelt
District 2/Precinct 3
Pentecostal Temple Church, 30053 Parkwood
District 3/Precinct 1
Smith Chapel A.M.E. Church, 3505 Walnut
District 3/Precinct 2
Department of Public Service, 26900 Princeton
District 3/Precinct 3
Demby Community Center, 4360 Hickory
District 3/Precinct 4
F.L. Peterson Academy, 4000 Sylvia
District 3/Precinct 5
Thompson Towers, 27727 Michigan Avenue
District 4/Precinct 1
Hicks School, 100 Helen
District 4/Precinct 2 and 3 New Jerusalem, 821 Inkster Road
District 5/Precinct 1
Pilgrims Travelers Missionary Baptist Church, 2945 John
Daly
District 5/Precinct 2
Tomlinson School, 25912 Annapolis
District 6/Precinct 1
Twin Towers, 2000 Inkster Road
District 6/Precinct 2
Daly School, 25824 Michigan Avenue
The polls for said election will be open at 7:00 a.m. and will remain open until 8:00 p.m.
on said day of election. Every qualified elector present and in line at the hour prescribed
for the closing thereof shall be allowed to vote. Voting sites are ADA compliant.
Publish: October 13, 2011
Velida Gutierrez
City Clerk
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Comcast unveils program to aid underprivileged
Authority chairman is replaced
Education experts agree, the internet is
nowessential to learning.
Low-income families, however, often do
not have access to computers or internet
service, leaving some students at a disadvan-
tage in the classroom.
Not if Comcast can do something about it.
The cable and internet provider recently
announced the launch of a new program,
Internet Essentials, which will offer residen-
tial internet service for $9.95 plus tax per
month to local families with children
enrolled in the school free lunch program.
The program also provides qualifying fami-
lies with a vouch to purchase a low-cost com-
puter for $149.99 plus tax and includes no
price increases, no activation fees or equip-
ment rental fees for the termof the program.
The new program was announced last
week at an event co-hosted by Kathy
Walgren, CEO of the YWCA-Western Wayne
County and Lisa Birmingham, vice president
of Government and Regulatory Affairs, for
Comcast's Heartland Region at the YWCA in
Inkster. Joining tomark the launchwere Sen.
Hoon-Yung Hopgood, Rep. Richard
LeBlanc,, Rep. Bob Constan, Rep. George
Darany, Westland Mayor William Wild,
Wayne Mayor Al Haidous and Inkster Mayor
HilliardHampton.
According to Comcast, the Internet
Essentials program addresses three of the
primary barriers to internet use: a lack of
understanding of how the Internet is rele-
vant and useful; the cost of a home comput-
er; and the cost of the internet service.
Available to low-income families in Western
WayneCounty and acrossMichiganwith chil-
dren who receive free lunch under the
National School Lunch Program (NSLP), the
goal of Internet Essentials is to help close the
digital divide and ensure more Americans
benefit from all the Internet has to offer, he
added.
“While America has increasingly become
a digital nation, many low-income western
Wayne County families are being left at a dis-
advantage, because they don't have Internet
service at home. Comcast is leading the
charge inmaking broadband adoption a real-
ity formore families,” saidHopgood. “We are
proud to pledge support, but we can't do this
alone. We need parents, educators, commu-
nity leaders and other government officials
to join in this effort, spread the word and
help increase broadband adoption in our
community.”
According to David L. Cohen, Comcast
Corp. executive vice president, “The Internet
is a great equalizer and a life-changing tech-
nology. Internet Essentials helps level the
playing field for low-income families by con-
necting students online with their teachers
and their school's educational resources as
well as enabling parents to receive digital lit-
eracy training so they can do things like
apply for jobs online or use the Internet to
learn more about healthcare and govern-
ment services availablewhere they live.”
A household is eligible to participate in
the Internet Essentials program if it is locat-
ed where Comcast offers Internet service
and has at least one childwho receives a free
school lunch under the National School
Lunch Program. To be eligible, the family
must not have subscribed to Comcast
Internet service within the last 90 days and
must not have an overdue Comcast bill or
unreturned equipment.
Comcast will sign up eligible families in
the program for at least three years and
through the end of the 2013-2014 school year.
Any household that qualifies during this
three-year period will remain eligible for
Internet Essentials provided the household
still qualifies for the program until that child
graduates fromhigh school.
For general information about Internet
Essentials, visit www.internetessentials.com
for English and visit www.internetbasico.com
for Spanish. Educators or third-parties can
more information at www.internetessen-
tials.com/partner. Parents looking to enroll in
the program can call 1 (855) 846-8376 or, for
Spanish, 1 (855) 765-6995.
There are two new faces on the Romulus
Downtown Development Authority (DDA),
after a long-serving member was not re-
appointed to the post.
William Crane, who had served on the
board since Councilman William Wadsworth
suggested his appointment in 1985, was not
reappointed after his termexpired last month.
Crane, who owns Crane Funeral Home, was
the chairman of the board.
“He has done a lot for the community, I
think he should continue on the board,” said
Wadsworth, who added that he thought the
people appointed to replace Crane and Paul
Witherow, were good choices to do so.
Witherow had informed the city that his
schedulewas too busy to continue to serve.
Mayor Alan Lambert appoints citizens to
the various boards in the city. He recommend-
ed that FrederickHay, RonHopson andDiane
Lambert be reappointed to the board; their
terms would run through 2015. Hopson is the
vice-chair of the board.
Lambert also suggested Keith Johnston,
owner of Johnston Lithograph, and Cynthia
Wilkin, assistant vice president of the
Romulus Comerica Bank branch, be appoint-
ed to fill the spots vacated by Crane and
Witherow.
“I think they'll do a good job for us,” said
Lambert.
Councilwoman Eva Webb said she thought
the appointees were good choices, but was dis-
appointed that Cranewas not re-appointed.
“He was one of the best volunteer business
persons that I knew,” she said. “There was so
much thatmandid over the years.”
Lambert agreed and said he would send a
thank you letter for all his service.
“He has done a lot of work for the commu-
nity and I certainly appreciate that,” Lambert
said.
Members of the Belleville City Council
have voted to clean up the skate park in
the community one last time.
Council members said during the
meeting that should this attempt result in
further damage to the park by vandals, it
will be permanently closed.
The park has been vandalized numer-
ous times. According to Director of Public
Works Keith Boc whenever a trash recep-
tacle is placed in the park, it is set on fire
and thrown into the pond.
Police Chief Gene Taylor also told the
council and audience at the Oct. 3 meet-
ing about problems at the facility. He cited
instances of trespassing onto nearby pri-
vate property as a problem stemming
from the park, said that there were
instances of drug and alcohol use at the
facility and fights about control of the
skate park.
The park must remain open through
June of next year as a condition of the
grant obtained fromWayneCounty to fund
the park almost 10 years ago. Kay Adkins
offered to work with volunteers to clean
up the area. She plans to appoint a com-
mittee of teens and adults to help cleanup
and then maintain the park. She can be
contacted at (734) 697-9376 for information
about the committee or clean up efforts at
the facility.
Vandals threaten skate park