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November 17, 2011
CITY OF ROMULUS
BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING
6492 WAYNE ROAD
THE UPSCALE WAREHOUSE
Pursuant to Michigan Public Act 12 of 2008 (amended Public Act 110 of 2006, Michigan
Zoning Enabling Act), notice is hereby given that the City of Romulus will hold a public
hearing at
7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 7, 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 Parking Setback and Greenbelt Buffer Variance
- Sections 7.05(b)(6)
and 13.02(c) requesting a front yard parking setback and greenbelt buffer on
Vinewood of 7 feet 6 inches. Since a 15-foot front yard setback and greenbelt buffer
is required, a variance of 7 feet 6 inches is requested.
2.
Parking Adjacent to Residential Setback Variance
– Section 7.05(b)(4) requesting
a parking setback adjacent to a residential use of 3 to 10 feet where 20 feet is
required. The 10-foot variance is requested along the northwest (adjacent to Lot 32)
and west (adjacent to Lot 30) property lines and up to 17-foot variance (3-foot to
13-foot setback proposed) along the northeast and north (adjacent to Lot 9) property
lines, adjacent to residential zoning.
3.
Buffer Variance
– Section 13.02(d) requesting a 3- to 13-foot wide buffer between
commercial and residential property where 20 feet is required. The 7- to 17-foot
wide variance is requested along west, northwest and portion of north and northeast
property lines, adjacent to residential zoning.
4.
Fencing Variance
– Section 13.03(b)(2) requesting to allow the existing 6-foot
chain link fence in the front yard to remain along Wayne Road and Vinewood. The
Ordinance only permits a 3-foot high solid fence or 4-foot high wrought iron fence
in the front yard.
5.
Parking Space Variance
– Section 14.01(f) requesting to allow 25 parking spaces
where 26 parking spaces are required. A variance of 1 parking space is requested.
6.
Loading Variance –
Section 14.03(b) which requires 1 loading space. The applicant
is requesting that no loading space be provided.
The subject property is located at 6492 Wayne Road. DP# 82-80-020-02-0009-303.
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,
December 7,, 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: November 17, 2011
MINUTES OF REGULAR ROMULUS CITY COUNCILMEETING
OCTOBER 24, 2011
Romulus City Hall Council Chambers, 11111 Wayne Rd. Romulus, MI 48174
The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by Mayor Pro-Tem LeRoy D. Burcroff.
Present:
John Barden, LeRoy Burcroff, Linda Choate, William Crova, Celeste Roscoe, William
Wadsworth, Eva Webb.
Administrative Officials in Attendance:
Alan R. Lambert, Mayor
Ellen L. Craig-Bragg, Clerk
Stacy Paige, Treasurer
1.
Moved by Barden, seconded by Crova to accept the agenda as presented.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes
- Barden, Burcroff, Choate, Crova, Roscoe, Wadsworth, Webb.
Nays
- None
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
11-305 2A.
Moved by Wadsworth, seconded by Webb to approve the minutes of the regular meeting
of the Romulus City Council held October 10, 2011.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes
- Barden, Burcroff,
Choate, Crova, Roscoe, Wadsworth, Webb.
Nays
- None
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
11-306 4A.
Moved by Crova, seconded by Roscoe to schedule a joint study session with Romulus
Community Schools on Monday, November 7, 2011 at 5:00 p.m. to be held at Romulus City Hall
Council Chambers, 11111 Wayne Road, Romulus, MI 48174 to discuss shared services between the
school district and the city.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes
- Barden, Burcroff, Choate, Crova, Roscoe,
Wadsworth, Webb.
Nays
- None
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
4.
Moved by Barden, seconded by Choate to accept the chairperson's report.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes
- Barden, Burcroff, Choate, Crova, Roscoe, Wadsworth, Webb.
Nays
- None
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
11-307 5A.
Moved by Wadsworth, seconded by Roscoe to award Bid 11/12-18 for the acquisition
of sidewalk ice melt compounds for a one-year period with an option to renew for one additional
year to the lowest bidding company meeting the specifications, Washington Elevator Company, Inc.
at the quoted price of $6.25 per bag.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes
- Barden, Burcroff, Choate, Crova, Roscoe, Wadsworth, Webb.
Nays
- None.
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
11-308 5B.
Moved by Crova, seconded by Barden to authorize the mayor and clerk to enter into an
agreement with Itron for mechanical and software for the water leak detection equipment acquisition
approved by City Council on September 26, 2011.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes
- Barden, Burcroff, Choate, Crova, Roscoe, Wadsworth, Webb.
Nays
- None
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
11-309 5C.
Moved by Barden, seconded by Choate to re-appoint Craig Plank to the City of
Romulus Cemetery Advisory Board of Trustees for a two-year term that will expire on November 1,
2013.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes
- Barden, Burcroff, Choate, Crova, Roscoe, Wadsworth, Webb.
Nays
- None
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
11-310 5D.
Moved by Webb, seconded by Barden to concur with the recommendation of Debra
Hoffman, Finance Director, to introduce Budget Amendment 11/12-3 to replace in-car laptops for
the police and fire departments.
FUND/DEPT.
CURRENT
AMENDED
ACCOUNT NO.
ACCOUNT NAME
BUDGET AMENDMENT BUDGET
9-1-1 FUND
Expense
261-3610-736.80-10
911 Fund Capital Outlay
0 75,000
75,000
Fund Balance
261-0000-390.00-00
911 Fund Fund Balance
404,351
(75,000)
329,351
To replace in-car laptops for the Police and Fire Departments.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes
- Barden, Burcroff, Choate, Crova, Roscoe, Wadsworth, Webb.
Nays
- None
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
11-311 6A1
. Moved by Crova, seconded by Wadsworth to concur with the Property Disposition
Committee to execute the quit claim deeds (two copies) conveying the City's ownership interest in
road right-of-way property located at the southeast corner of Wayne and Ecorse Roads - Parcel
Number 80 034 02 0120 300.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes
- Barden, Burcroff, Choate, Crova, Roscoe,
Wadsworth, Webb.
Nays
- None
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
11-312 6A2.
Moved by Wadsworth , seconded by Crova to schedule a study session with Jim Poet,
owner of the Romulus Progressive Club on Monday, November 7, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. to be held in
the City Hall Council Chambers, 11111 Wayne Road, Romulus, MI, 48174 to discuss the
Progressive Club.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes
- Barden, Burcroff, Choate, Crova, Roscoe, Wadsworth, Webb.
Nays
- None
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
11-313 6A3.
Moved by Barden, seconded by Roscoe to schedule a study session with fire chief,
David Allison and police chief, Robert Dickerson, on Monday, November 7, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. to be
held in the City Hall Council Chambers, 11111 Wayne Road, Romulus, MI 48174 to discuss pro-
posed revisions to the City of Romulus Police, Fire and Safety Commission by-laws.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes
- Barden, Burcroff, Choate, Crova, Roscoe, Wadsworth, Webb.
Nays
- None
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
11-314 11.
Moved by Barden, seconded by Choate to authorize the city treasurer to disburse funds
as listed in Warrant 11-20 in the amount of Five Hundred Seventy- Five Thousand, Six Hundred
Fifty-Five Dollars and Ninety-Two Cents. ($575,655.92).
Roll Call Vote: Ayes
- Barden, Burcroff, Choate, Roscoe, Wadsworth, Webb.
Nays
- None Abstain - Crova.
Motion Carried
.
12.
Moved by Wadsworth, seconded by Roscoe to adjourn the regular meeting of the Romulus City
Council.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes
- Barden, Burcroff, Choate, Crova, Roscoe, Wadsworth, Webb.
Nays
- None
Motion Carried Unanimously
.
I, Ellen L. Craig-Bragg, Clerk for the City of Romulus, Michigan do hereby certify the foregoing to
be a true copy of the minutes of the regular meeting of the Romulus City Council held on October
24, 2011.
Publish: November 17, 2011
C
ANTON
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ORTHVILLE
BLOCK program wins grant
The B.L.O.C.K. Youth and Teen Center is
the recent recipient of a Youth Advisory
Council Grant awarded by the Canton
Community Foundation. Members of The
B.L.O.C.K.'s Junior Advisory Council (JAC), a
teen group which provides opportunities for
middle school and high school students to
build lifelong leadership skills, actively
sought out and applied for the Community
Foundations' grant last spring.
This award funded the purchase a new
printer for The B.L.O.C.K.'s computer lab, as
well as toner, paper and additional network-
ing supplies. Canton's Information
Technology Department provided installa-
tion and network configuration support for
this project.
“Technology plays a large role in the lives
of teens,” said Recreation Specialist
Stephanie Pavlo. “By providing teens access
to updated technology, we are not only help-
ing them to succeedwith school projects, but
we're helping to keep themon a level playing
fieldwith their peers.”
Members of the Junior Advisory Council
regularly attend The B.L.O.C.K.'s afterschool
Program and actively provide teen input for
the on-going development of youth program-
ming in addition to taking part in community
outreachprojects.
The B.L.O.C.K. Youth and Teen Center
provides students in grades 6-12 with a teen-
friendly atmosphere that is home to all of
their favorite activities. Visitors to The
B.L.O.C.K. can enjoy a computer lab with
internet, video games, pool tables, air hock-
ey, Foosball, a big screen TV, a quiet study
room and a café for snacks and small meals,
all in a safe and supervised environment.
The B.L.O.C.K. (Building Leaders Out of
Canton's Kids) Youth and Teen Center is
located at 44237 W. Michigan Ave. For more
information, call (734) 398-5570 or visit
Cantonfun.org.
Farmer’s Market offers special
Thanksgiving harvest foods
Shoppers searching for local, harvest
fresh food for their Thanksgiving table
need look no farther than the Canton
Farmers' Market which will be open from 9
a.m. until 2 p.m. Nov. 20 at the historic
Cady-Boyer barn in Preservation Park on
RidgeRoad.
This special Market will feature an
assortment of Michigan-harvested fruits
and vegetables in addition to specialty
products made by local Michigan vendors,
a spokespersonnoted.
Pre-orders are currently being accepted
for turkeys. Contact vendors Garry
Kuneman at Natural Local Food Express
for organic, fresh turkeys at (248) 231-6533
or Starr Stennis at Boyer Meat Processing
for fresh turkeys at (734) 495-1342.
Donations of personal care items will
also be accepted for Open Door Ministry, a
local outreach organization that provides
food, warm clothing, personal care items
and job information to families in 20 com-
munities.
The inevitability of their double lives
finally catching up with them is not some-
thing two dashing young Englishmen expect
to have happen, but when it does, the result
is hilarious. See it unfold when the Tipping
Point Theatre presents the Oscar Wilde clas-
sic
The Importance of Being Earnest
through
Dec. 18.
The curtain rises at 8 p.m. on Thursdays
through Saturdays, with matinees at 3 p.m.
Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the theater at
361 E. Cady St. Tickets are $28 -$30 for adults
and $26-$28 for students and senior citizens.
They are on sale now and available by call-
ing the box office at (248) 347-0003.
Featuring Producing Artistic Director
James R. Kuhl as JackWorthing, a fine coun-
try gentleman, who goes by the name
“Ernest” while visiting London to escape his
many responsibilities as a landowner and
guardian of a young ward named Cecily. His
friends and family at home think Ernest is a
wickedly irresponsible brother in the city
that Jack must deal with. Jack's close friend
in town is Algernon Moncrieff, a rather way-
ward bachelor with a secret friend of his
own named Bunberry, who allows him to
escape to the countrywhen it's convenient.
The dual ruses work well until Jack falls
in love with Gwendolen Fairfax, Algernon's
cousin. When Algernon learns of Jack's story,
including Cecily's fascinationwithErnest, he
decides to become Ernest and shows up at
Jack's country place, creating a whole new
set of hilarious problems for Jack, Algernon,
Cecily, Gwendolyn and everyone else.
“This show is pure fun,” said Director
JuliaGlander.
“People will experience a hilarious romp
about love and appearances - with a few sur-
prises thrown in. It's amerry-go-round of fun
and a party not to be missed that follows
Wilde's own theme 'that we should treat all
the trivial things of life seriously and all the
serious things of life with sincere and stud-
ied triviality.'”
‘Earnest’ on Tipping Point stage