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NORTHVILLE - PLYMOUTH

Grant, loan to fund Bathey site clean-up

The clean up of a former The funding from the state The 15-acre site is located on have to obtain approval of the ally connect to Main Street and
manufacturing site in Plymouth will be administered through Mill Street near Amelia, south site plan and a rezoning from green space, walking paths and
is being helped by funding from the Plymouth Brownfield of Main Street. Pulte Homes members of the Plymouth City benches and public amenities
the Michigan Department of Redevelopment Authority has submitted a plan to con- Commission. along Mill Street.
Environmental Quality. which will have oversight of the struct townhomes on the south The project, to be called Mill Pulte will be responsible for
The state agency recently clean up at the site. 10 acres of the land expected to Street Towns, will also include the cleaning of the entire site
announced that a $650,000 grant The site of the plant, which cost from $280,00-$320,000. a pedestrian crosswalk on Mill with remediation of the 10-
has been awarded to the city to manufactured baskets that held The plan has been approved Street to connect the homes to acres where the construction of
help with remediation at the auto parts while they were plat- by members of the Plymouth neighborhoods access to loca- the townhomes is proposed
former site of the Bathey ed or chemically tested, was Planning Commission although tions across the street. There including the removal of con-
Manufacturing Co. along with a closed in the late 80s and has a final remediation plan is still will also be a walkway from the taminated soil to be replaced by
$1 million loan from the state. been vacant for decades. being finalized. The project will development which will eventu- clean soil.
City files lawsuit against Northville school district

The City of Northville and the school building to make way for “The city is not voicing an ”
Northville Community School the homes. opinion on whether the building The city is not voicing
District are headed for a court- City officials argued that the should stay or go, but we are
room showdown. property and school building is requesting that the (school) dis- an opinion on whether the
Attorneys for the city filed a located in the Northville Historic trict follow the same rules that our building should stay or go...
lawsuit against the school district District boundaries and therefore residents follow, which require
Nov. 9 seeking to halt the demoli- the demolition requires a permit them to seek HDC approval,” State Historic Preservation Act matter of jurisdiction and come to
tion of Main Street Elementary from the members of the Historic Northville Mayor Ken Roth said and the city's Historic a decision that would be a win/win
School, where a plan to sell the District Commission. in a prepared statement. Preservation Ordinance,” Roth for the school district and the city,”
property to a developer for the School district officials, howev- “The city's position is that added. Gallagher said. “The decision the
construction of four luxury homes er, claimed that the district is demolishing a building in a his- Mary Kay Gallagher, superin- school board made regarding the
has been approved by members of exempt from the ordinance toric district for the purpose of tendent of the Northville schools Main Street School property came
the board of education. A pur- requiring that permission citing selling the land to a private devel- said the lawsuit is regrettable. after many months of collecting
chase agreement included the an opinion from the Michigan oper to build four single-family “Certainly, we had hoped that input from the community and
demolition of the 79-year-old Attorney General in 1997. homes is not exempt from the we could agree to disagree on this everyone who would be affected.”
Mitchell know of ” was recovered, lawn mower that was delivered the pleasure of Price, reporting quo type of case like Mitchell's',
according to Tiderington, and
to Mitchell's home.
the defendant usually gives up
to Mitchell. No charges have
many of the items, clearly Directly related to the case been filed against Kidd. valued information to the pros-
FROM PAGE 1 labeled “Plymouth Township” are circumstances regarding Heise said he would be rep- ecution in exchange for a
with a black marker, were township seasonal employee resenting the township and the lighter sentence.
was paid $16,476.79 while found in Mitchell's garage by Matthew Kidd, who was super- board members with the sub- According to Tiderington,
absent from his job. He was sub- authorities during the warrant vised by Mitchell. Kidd was mission of a Victim Impact the penalty in Mitchell's case
sequently terminated by newly- search. Floor tiles from the paid a gross total of $19,623.80 Statement, as requested by the under the subject federal cor-
elected Supervisor Kurt Heise. township park pavilion, a com- for 661.5 hours of work in the court. ruption laws is going to be
Tiderington told the trustees mercial lawn mower, a lawn months of October, November Mitchell was charged under much lighter, “likely 36 to 48
that during the ongoing investi- blower and a 4-wheel drive and December 2016, racking up “information” which typically months” prison time verses 10
gation, Mitchell was “employed John Deere Gator “worth about more than 181 hours of over- means the defendant is cooper- years and a $250,000 fine.
out of town.” Informed sources $12,000,” were among the stolen time in the off-season fall and ating with the federal authori- Tiderington said Mitchell could
say he was living Rockford, items. winter period. Records show ties and has negotiated a plea be sentences anywhere from
Illinois and visiting Mexico Tiderington also reported Kidd was paid $22.44 an hour deal. Mitchell pleaded guilty on “probation to prison time.”
where his wife was reportedly that Mitchell had prepared and time and one half for over- Aug. 29, to “Count One of Mitchell's sentencing hearing
working for an automotive man- fraudulent purchase orders, time, receiving an average of Information” under Federal is set for Jan. 17, 2019 before
ufacturing company. one that had the appearance of $1,635.31 weekly for his part- Program Theft laws and will Judge Terrence G. Berg in the
All the missing property “we a repair, but in reality was for a time parks job. Kidd served at not face a trial. In a quid-pro- U.S. Federal Court in Detroit.