Lansing (MI) City Council info packet for Monday's July 18 meeting

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REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LANSING, MICHIGAN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 10TH FLOOR LANSING CITY HALL 124 W. MICHIGAN AVENUE AGENDA FOR JULY 18, 2011 TO THE HON. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL: The following items were listed on the agenda in the City Clerk's Office by 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 14, 2011, in accordance with Section 3-103(2) of the City Charter and will be ready for your consideration at the regular meeting of the City Council on Monday, July 18, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at the Council Chambers, 10th Floor, City Hall. I. ROLL CALL II. MEDITATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE III. READING AND APPROVAL OF PRINTED COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS Approval of the Printed Council Proceedings of July 7, 2011 IV. CONSIDERATION OF LATE ITEMS (Suspension of Council Rule #9 is needed to allow consideration of late items. Late items will be considered as part of the regular portion of the meeting to which they relate.) V. TABLED ITEMS VI. SPECIAL CEREMONIES 1. Tribute; In recognition of the Capital City African American Cultural Association VII. COMMENTS BY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY CLERK VIII. COMMUNITY EVENT ANNOUNCEMENTS (Time, place, purpose, or definition of event – 1 minute limit) IX. SPEAKER REGISTRATION FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON LEGISLATIVE MATTERS X. MAYOR’S COMMENTS XI. SHOW CAUSE HEARINGS XII. PUBLIC COMMENT ON LEGISLATIVE MATTERS (Legislative matters consist of the following items on the agenda: public hearings, resolutions, ordinances for introduction, and ordinances for passage. The public may comment for up to three minutes. Speakers must sign up on white form. ) 1

Transcript of Lansing (MI) City Council info packet for Monday's July 18 meeting

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REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LANSING, MICHIGAN

CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 10TH FLOOR LANSING CITY HALL

124 W. MICHIGAN AVENUE

AGENDA FOR JULY 18, 2011 TO THE HON. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL:

The following items were listed on the agenda in the City Clerk's Office by 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 14, 2011, in accordance with Section 3-103(2) of the City Charter and will be ready for your consideration at the regular meeting of the City Council on Monday, July 18, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at the Council Chambers, 10th Floor, City Hall.

I. ROLL CALL

II. MEDITATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

III. READING AND APPROVAL OF PRINTED COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS

Approval of the Printed Council Proceedings of July 7, 2011

IV. CONSIDERATION OF LATE ITEMS (Suspension of Council Rule #9 is needed to allow consideration of late items. Late items will be considered as part of the regular portion of the meeting to which they relate.)

V. TABLED ITEMS

VI. SPECIAL CEREMONIES

1. Tribute; In recognition of the Capital City African American Cultural Association

VII. COMMENTS BY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY CLERK

VIII. COMMUNITY EVENT ANNOUNCEMENTS (Time, place, purpose, or definition of event – 1 minute limit)

IX. SPEAKER REGISTRATION FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON LEGISLATIVE MATTERS

X. MAYOR’S COMMENTS

XI. SHOW CAUSE HEARINGS

XII. PUBLIC COMMENT ON LEGISLATIVE MATTERS (Legislative matters consist of the following items on the agenda: public hearings, resolutions, ordinances for introduction, and ordinances for passage. The public may comment for up to three minutes. Speakers must sign up on white form.)

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A. SCHEDULED PUBLIC HEARINGS

1. In consideration of Snow and Ice Removal Assessment for Winter 2010-11

XIII. COUNCIL CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATIVE MATTERS

A. REFERRAL OF PUBLIC HEARINGS

B. CONSENT AGENDA

1. BY COUNCIL MEMBER CAROL WOOD

a. Tribute; In recognition of the Capital City African American Cultural Association

2. BY THE COMMITTEE ON DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING

a. ACT-3-2011; AT&T Easement, Riverfront Park south of Saginaw St.

C. RESOLUTIONS FOR ACTION

D. REPORTS FROM COUNCIL COMMITTEES

E. ORDINANCES FOR INTRODUCTION and Setting of Public Hearings

F. ORDINANCES FOR PASSAGE

XIV. SPEAKER REGISTRATION FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON CITY GOVERNMENT RELATED MATTERS

XV. REPORTS OF CITY OFFICERS, BOARDS, AND COMMISSIONS; COMMUNICATIONS AND PETITIONS; AND OTHER CITY RELATED MATTERS (Motion that all items be considered as being read in full and that the proper referrals be made by the President)

1. REPORTS FROM CITY OFFICERS, BOARDS, AND COMMISSIONS

a. Letters from the City Clerk:

i. Providing notice of the State of Michigan Liquor Control Commission’s issuance of a permit authorizing the sale of spirits, mixed spirit drink and/or beer and wine on Sunday morning to:

Ravneet, Inc. dba R & K Market located at 4013 Aurelius Rd.

Country Club of Lansing located at 2200 Moores River Dr.

ii. Submitting Minutes of Boards and Authorities placed on file in the City Clerk’s Office

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2. COMMUNICATIONS AND PETITIONS, AND OTHER CITY RELATED MATTERS

a. Letter from Judy Schmania of 4901 Sierra Dr., Howell, regarding medical marihuana dispensaries

XVI. MOTION OF EXCUSED ABSENCE

XVII. REMARKS BY COUNCIL MEMBERS

XVIII. REMARKS BY THE MAYOR OR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

XIX. PUBLIC COMMENT ON CITY GOVERNMENT RELATED MATTERS (City government related matters are issues or topics relevant to the operation or governance of the city. The public may comment for up to three minutes. Speakers must sign up on yellow form.)

XX. ADJOURNMENT

CHRIS SWOPE, CITY CLERK

Persons with disabilities who need an accommodation to fully participate in this meeting should contact the City Clerk’s Office at (517) 483-4131 (TDD (517) 483-4479). 24 hour notice may be needed for certain accommodations. An attempt will be made to grant all reasonable accommodation requests.

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CITY OF LANSINGNOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held in the Council Chambers of CityHall, 124 W. Michigan Avenue, Lansing, Michigan, 10th Floor, on July 18, 2011, at 7:00 P.M. forthe purpose of considering special assessment roll #SR-001 for snow and ice removal in winter2010-11, pursuant to Sectionl 020.06 and Section 1026.06(c) of the Code of Ordinances.

SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL ASSESSMENT ROLL WINTER-2010-Assessment RollNumber SR-001

Assessable toProperty Owner(s)

Total $21, 337.38

PROPERTIES TO BE ASSESSEDPARCELNUMBER23-50-80-01-481-02133-01-01-03-303-01233-01-01-03-303-02233-01-01-04-126-03133-01-01-04-126-07133-01-01-05-301-31133-01-01-08-176-46133-01-01-08-201-43133-01-01-08-203-01133-01-01-08-230-07133-01-01-08-251-10133-01-01-08-251-11133-01-01-08-251-55133-01-01-08-377-09133-01-01-08-377-10133-01-01-08-483-00133-01-01-09-281-01133-01-01-09-281-01133-01-01-09-281-16233-01-01-09-281-16233-01-01-09-356-05133-01-01-09-356-05133-01-01-09-356-11133-01-01-09-356-11133-01-01-09-356-11133-01-01-09-356-12133-01-01-09-383-16133-01-01-09-383-17133-01-01-09-404-022

PROPERTYADDRESS3925 TRUXTON LANE2706 N EAST ST2700 N EAST ST3414 TURNER ST3322 TURNER STN GRAND RIVER AVE1517 REDWOOD ST1629 ROBERTSON AVE1520 N JENISON AVE1524 KNOLLWOOD AVE1348 N JENISON AVE1342 N JENISON AVE1419 REDWOOD ST830 CAWOOD ST826 CAWOOD ST758 CHICAGO AVEN LARCH STN LARCH ST611 E GRAND RIVER AVE611 E GRAND RIVER AVE836 N SYCAMORE ST836 N SYCAMORE STN PINE STN PINE STN PINE ST901 N PINE ST217 W MADISON ST219 W MADISON ST314 E GRAND RIVER AVE

PARCELNUMBER33-01-01-29-155-13133-01-01-29-156-02133-01-01-29-158-13133-01-01-29-176-28133-01-01-29-176-28133-01-01-29-177-20133-01-01-29-232-14133-01-01-29-233-00133-01-01-29-235-08133-01-01-29-252-07133-01-01-29-253-03133-01-01-29-257-06133-01-01-29-258-13133-01-01-29-280-26333-01-01-29-304-02133-01-01-29-304-02133-01-01-29-327-25133-01-01-29-329-04133-01-01-29-376-11233-01-01-29-376-12233-01-01-29-376-14133-01-01-30-178-26133-01-01-30-277-46133-01-01-30-278-10133-01-01-30-278-17233-01-01-31-131-21133-01-01-31-131-29133-01-01-31-176-37133-01-01-31-176-371

PROPERTYADDRESS1822 LORAINE AVE2615 FAIRFAX RD1816 VICTOR AVE2518 PATTENGILL AVE2518 PATTENGILL AVE2608 PATTENGILL AVE2212 STIRLING AVE2201 STIRLING AVE818 WOODBINE AVE1128 KELSEY AVE1414 LORAINE AVE1400 VICTOR AVE1117 W RUNDLE AVE2701 S M L KING JR BLVD2038 PEGGY PLACE2038 PEGGY PLACE1605 PEGGY PLACE1600 HOLLY WAYW HOLMES RDW HOLMES RD1618 W HOLMES RD2600 DEERFIELD AVE2811 WOODVIEW DR2717 HAMPDEN DR2211 COLONIAL PLAZA4001 STRATFORD AVE3912 WAINWRIGHT AVE3812 STILLWELL AVE3812 STILLWELL AVE

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33-01-01-09-408-051 N WASHINGTON AVE 33-01-01-31-205-071 3713 WAINWRIGHT AVE33-01-01-09-408-061 109 E OAKLAND AVE 33-01-01-32-201-223 3512 S M L KING JR BLVD33-01-01-10-181-001 1436 MASSACHUSETTS AVE 33-01-01-32-201-223 3512 S M L KING JR BLVD33-01-01-10-181-181 1224 MASSACHUSETTS AVE 33-01-01-32-201-223 3512 S M L KING JR BLVD33-01-01-10-181-191 1220 MASSACHUSETTS AVE 33-01-01-32-203-244 3822 S M L KING JR BLVD33-01-01-10-252-002 1408 E NORTH ST 33-01-01-32-226-532 905 W HOLMES RD33-01-01-10-327-161 1109 FARRAND ST 33-01-01-32-276-057 4211 S M L KING JR BLVD33-01-01-14-104-331 527 N HAYFORD AVE 33-01-01-32-276-063 4221 S M L KING JR BLVD33-01-01-14-126-492 637 N FRANCIS AVE 33-01-01-32-303-072 2028 REO RD33-01-01-14-308-071 327 S FAIRVIEW AVE 33-01-01-32-352-481 2007 REO RD33-01-01-15-302-221 214 S HOSMER ST 33-01-01-32-376-350 1726 W JOLLY RD33-01-01-15-310-131 312 S EIGHTH ST 33-01-01-33-101-001 721 W HOLMES RD33-01-01-15-334-231 1222 PROSPECT ST 33-01-01-33-203-275 3630 S CEDAR ST33-01-01-15-359-001 738 E KALAMAZOO ST 33-01-01-33-252-123 3820 S CEDAR ST33-01-01-15-432-211 331 SHEPARD ST 33-01-01-33-254-142 4000 S CEDAR ST33-01-01-15-432-231 1715 E KALAMAZOO ST 33-01-01-33-254-181 3900 S CEDAR ST33-01-01-16-110-181 435 N PINE ST 33-01-01-33-280-091 647 MAPLEHILL. AVE33-01-01-17-135-151 1705 S GENESEE DR 33-01-01-33-284-111 647 JESSOP AVE33-01-01-17-177-081 1618 INVERNESS AVE 33-01-01-33-284-121 648 FENTON AVE33-01-01-17-382-001 1729 W LENAWEE ST 33-01-01-33-378-261 210W JOLLY RD33-01-01-17-403-191 1134 W WASHTENAW ST 33-01-01-33-405-021 309 E POTTER AVE33-01-01-17-451-431 W KALAMAZOO ST 33-01-01-33-405-041 317 E POTTER AVE33-01-01-17-451-441 W KALAMAZOO ST 33-01-01-33-405-152 4516 S CEDAR ST33-01-01-20-480-001 1701 S M L KING JR BLVD 33-01-01-33-407-201 4717 DONALD ST33-01-01-20-480-001 1701 S M L KING JR BLVD 33-01-01-33-407-245 S CEDAR ST33-01-01-20-480-151 1031 W BARNES AVE 33-01-01-33-451-191 404 E SYRINGA DR33-01-01-21-430-075 1523 S CEDAR ST 33-01-01-33-452-020 315 E JOLLY RD33-01-01-21-430-075 1523 S CEDAR ST 33-01-01-33-452-020 315 E JOLLY RD33-01-01-21-462-013 1701 HERBERT ST 33-01-01-33-452-020 315 E JOLLY RD33-01-01-21-462-016 408 ISBELL ST 33-01-01-33-452-030 5032 S CEDAR ST33-01-01-27-129-021 1915 HARDING AVE 33-01-01-33-452-030 5032 S CEDAR ST33-01-01-27-137-021 2111 HARDING AVE 33-01-01-33-452-030 5032 S CEDAR ST33-01-01-27-137-031 2115 HARDING AVE 33-01-01-34-155-001 814 MAPLEHILL AVE33-01-01-27-137-041 2117 HARDING AVE 33-01-05-03-301-401 5600 S PENNSYLVANIA AVE33-01-01-27-137-051 2205 HARDING AVE 33-01-05-03-352-411 6021 ORCHARD CT33-01-01-27-155-201 822 EDISON AVE 33-01-05-03-352-615 5700 S PENNSYLVANIA AVE33-01-01-27-155-211 816 EDISON AVE 33-01-05-04-202-042 JOLLY CEDAR CT33-01-01-27-177-021 2313 ALPHA ST 33-01-05-04-202-042 JOLLY CEDAR CT33-01-01-28-102-121 1908 OSBAND AVE 33-01-05-04-202-042 JOLLY CEDAR CT33-01-01-28-106-021 2113 S RUNDLE AVE 33-01-05-04-252-051 218 REDNER ST33-01-01-28-203-001 2017 FOREST AVE 33-01-05-04-353-051 610 W MILLER RD33-01-01-28-204-241 2224 MAPLEWOOD AVE 33-01-05-04-377-152 238 W MILLER RD33-01-01-28-404-264 2832 S CEDAR ST 33-01-05-04-377-152 238 W MILLER RD

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33-01-01-28-404-272 2820 S CEDAR ST 33-01-05-04-377-152 238 W MILLER RD33-01-01-28-404-282 2800 S CEDAR ST 33-01-05-04-378-121 116 W MILLER RD33-01-01-28-430-011 601 E WILLARD AVE 33-01-05-04-379-021 236 RARITAN RD33-01-01-28-431-023 2827 S CEDAR ST 33-01-05-04-428-311 650 LOUISA ST33-01-01-29-126-011 2011 BOSTON BLVD 33-01-05-04-428-311 650 LOUISA ST33-01-01-29-126-011 2011 BOSTON BLVD 33-01-05-04-478-057 6036 KAYNORTH RD33-01-01-29-126-011 2011 BOSTON BLVD 33-01-05-04-478-082 6004 KAYNORTH RD33-01-01-29-126-111 1506 LENORE AVE 33-01-05-05-252-001 W NORTHRUP ST33-01-05-05-252-011 1310 W NORTHRUP ST 33-01-05-10-101-091 E MILLER RD33-01-05-05-276-021 5317 S M L KING JR BLVD 33-01-05-10-101-101 E MILLER RD33-01-05-05-276-021 5317 S M L KING JR BLVD 33-01-05-10-101-101 E MILLER RD33-01-05-05-329-246 5708 HUGHES RD A 33-01-05-10-101-101 E MILLER RD33-01-05-05-356-162 6031 S M L KING JR BLVD 33-01-05-10-101-111 828 E MILLER RD33-01-05-10-101-091 •E MILLER RD 33-01-05-10-152-042 6541 S CEDAR ST33-01-05-10-101-091 E MILLER RD

Let it be known any person who intends to protest this special assessment must appear andprotest at the special assessment hearing or file a written objection thereto which must bedelivered to the City Clerk prior to the close of the hearing in order to appeal the amount of thespecial assessment to the Michigan Tax Tribunal. Any appeal to the Michigan Tax Tribunal mustbe taken within thirty days of the confirmation of the special assessment roll, provided a protest wastimely made. The protest of this special assessment must be presented by the property owners,or their representative in person at the Public Hearing or written protest in the manner described.Copies of the Street Addresses, Tax Parcel Numbers and amount assessed to each propertyowner, respectively, for each of the properties will be posted in the 9th Floor City Clerk's Office;First Floor Lobby of City Hall; and the 10th Floor City Council Chambers. Public ServiceDepartment: 517-483-4455.

CHRIS SWOPE, LANSING CITY CLERK

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OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERKLANSING, MICHIGAN

June 30, 2011

FROM: Chris Swope, Lansing City Clerk

SUBJECT: NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Re: Special Assessment Roll # SR-001, knownas Snow and Ice Removal, the violation of Chapter 1020.06 (a)(b), SNOW AND ICEORDINANCE.

Whereas, failure to comply with Ordinance 1020.06 (a)(b), Snow and Ice, caused the City ofLansing to remove snow or ice from sidewalks in front of and adjacent to the propertydescribed below:

Parcel Number:

Property Address:

PROPERTY BENEFITTED-SNOW AND ICE REMOVALThe records of the Lansing City Assessor indicate that you are the owner or a party of interest in the abovenamed property. By Ordinance adopted by the Lansing City Council (Chapter 1020 Section 1020.06 (c)(2), of theCode of Ordinance, the City is directed to provide you with the following information regarding the removal ofsnow or ice by the City.

YOUR ESTIMATED COST OF THE WORK a:.Subject to confirmation of the Assessment Roll

SEE OVER FOR MORE INFORMATION

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PUBLIC HEARING INFORMATIONThe City Council will hold a Public Hearing in the Council Chambers on the 10th Floor of City Hall, 124 W.Michigan Ave., Lansing, Michigan 48933 on Monday, July 18, 2011 at 7:00 P.M. to review, prior to confirmation,said assessment roll, and consider any complaints or objections that there may be with respect to thisassessment.APPEAL INFORMATIONA property owner or party in interest, or his or her agent, may appear in person at this hearing to protestthe special assessment or may file his or her appearance by letter delivered to the City Clerk prior to the close ofsaid hearing and his or her personal appearance shall not be required.

A written appeal of the Special Assessment may be made to the Michigan Tax Tribunal,611 West Ottawa St., P.O. Box 30232, Lansing, MI 48909. If filed within thirty days afterconfirmation of the special assessment roll and that special assessment was protestedat this hearing.

DESCRIPTION OF WORKMinimum Snow Removal Cost(first 20 minutes of removal):Additional Snow Removal Cost (over20minutes)in 20 Minutes increments:

Units

Rates

Amounts

TOTAL:

PAYMENT AND PENALTY INFORMATIONThe total assessment if due, must be paid within 60 days from billing date to avoid a 5% penalty.

INITIAL BILLING WILL BE MAILED BY THE CITY TREASURER WITHIN 10 DAYS OF THE COUNCILCONFIRMATION OF THIS ROLL. THE CITY COUNCIL TYPICALLY CONFIRMS AN ASSESSMENT ROLLONE WEEK AFTER THE HEARING, PROVIDING THERE IS CONCURRENCE. ANY UNPAID SPECIALASSESSMENT OR PORTION THEREOF WILL BE INCLUDED ON YOUR SEMI-ANNUAL PROPERTY TAXSTATEMENT.

If you have questions regarding this project, please contact the following _departments:

Contract/work to be done Public Service Department

483-4455

Protests/appeals (see appeal information above)

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SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ROLL SR-001 SNOW REMOVAL

The City Council will hold a Public Hearing in the Council Chambers on the 10th Floor of CityHall, 124 W. Michigan Ave., Lansing, Michigan 48933 on Monday, July 18, 2011 at 7:00 P.M. toreview, prior to confirmation, said assessment roll, and consider any complaints or objectionsthat there may be with respect to this improvement or the assessment.

PARCELNUMBER

PROPERTYADDRESS

TAXPAYER NAME TOTALOWNER COST

23-50-80-01-481-021 3925 TRUXTON LANE UNITY PLUS HOLDINGS L L C 116.3333-01-01-03-303-012 2706 N EAST ST GREGWARE MANAGEMENT L L C 116.3333-01-01-03-303-022 2700 N EAST ST GREGWARE PROPERTIES L L C 116.3333-01-01-04-126-031 3414 TURNER ST FLORIAN RODICA L 116.3333-01-01-04-126-071 3322 TURNER ST STAIN IRIS P & STAIN DENISE L 116.3333-01-01-05-301-311 N GRAND RIVER AVE ALLEN BUCK DEWITT 165.1233-01-01-08-176-461 1517 REDWOOD ST LARSEN ROBERT & RACHELLE 116.3333-01-01-08-201-431 1629 ROBERTSON AVE AMERIHOME COMPANY 116.3333-01-01-08-203-011 1520 N JENISON AVE PERTEET RONALD & QUEEN 116.3333-01-01-08-230-071 1524 KNOLLWOOD AVE INGHAM COUNTY LAND BANK 116.3333-01-01-08-251-101 1348 N JENISON AVE ZEINEH EDWAR A 116.3333-01-01-08-251-111 1342 N JENISON AVE NAVARRO ALBERT & ESPERANZA 116.3333-01-01-08-251-551 1419 REDWOOD ST VANATTEN JAMES & MELINDA K 116.3333-01-01-08-377-091 830 CAWOOD ST KIMMERLY KERSTEN M 116.3333-01-01-08-377-101 826 CAWOOD ST MSHDA 116.3333-01-01-08-483-001 758 CHICAGO AVE BJM TRUST 165.1233-01-01-09-281-011 N LARCH ST CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RAILWAY 116.3333-01-01-09-281-011 N LARCH ST CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RAILWAY 0.0033-01-01-09-281-162 611 E GRAND RIVER AVE CZUBAK PAUL E & PAMELA Z 116.3333-01-01-09-281-162 611 E GRAND RIVER AVE.. CZUBAK PAUL E & PAMELA Z 0.0033-01-01-09-356-051 836 N SYCAMORE ST FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSO 116.3333-01-01-09-356-051 836 N SYCAMORE ST FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSO 165.1233-01-01-09-356-111 N PINE ST BUCHNER ALFRED E 165.1233-01-01-09-356-111 N PINE ST BUCHNER ALFRED E 116.3333-01-01-09-356-111 N PINE ST BUCHNER ALFRED E 116.3333-01-01-09-356-121 901 N PINE ST NIOWAVE PROPERTIES L L C 116.3333-01-01-09-383-161 217 W MADISON ST INGHAM COUNTY TREASURER 116.3333-01-01-09-383-171 219 W MADISON ST INGHAM COUNTY TREASURER 116.3333-01-01-09-404-022 314 E GRAND RIVER AVE TATE WBC L L C 116.3333-01-01-09-408-051 N WASHINGTON AVE JOHNSON PAULA J 116.3333-01-01-09-408-061 109E OAKLAND AVE JOHNSON PAULA J 116.3333-01-01-10-181-001 1436 MASSACHUSETTS A. DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST CO 116.3333-01-01-10-181-181 1224 MASSACHUSETTS A INGHAM COUNTY TREASURER 116.3333-01-01-10-181-191 1220 MASSACHUSETTS A B A C HOME LOANS SERVICING L P 116.3333-01-01-10-252-002 1408 E NORTH ST ELLIOTT ROBERT CHARLES 165.1233-01-01-10-327-161 1109 FARRAND ST 2051125 ONTARIO INC 116.3333-01-01-14-104-331 527 N HAYFORD AVE MEEK GARRETT A 116.3333-01-01-14-126-492 637 N FRANCIS AVE ROBINSON THOMAS G 116.3333-01-01-14-308-071 327 S FAIRVIEW AVE ROSE LESLIE 116.3333-01-01-15-302-221 214 S HOSMER ST INGHAM COUNTY TREASURER 116.33

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SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ROLL SR-001 SNOW REMOVAL

The City Council will hold a Public Hearing in the Council Chambers on the 10th Floor of CityHall, 124 W. Michigan Ave., Lansing, Michigan 48933 on Monday, July 18, 2011 at 7:00 P.M. toreview, prior to confirmation, said assessment roll, and consider any complaints or objectionsthat there may be with respect to this improvement or the assessment.

PARCELNUMBER

PROPERTYADDRESS

TAXPAYER NAME TOTALOWNER COST

33-01-01-15-310-131 312 S EIGHTH ST TRUDEAU JOSEPH J 116.3333-01-01-15-334-231 1222 PROSPECT ST MOBLEY FRANK & CARMON 116.3333-01-01-15-359-001 738 E KALAMAZOO ST 738 E KALAMAZOO L L C 165.1233-01-01-15-432-211 331 SHEPARD ST MTG ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYS 116.3333-01-01-15-432-231 1715 E KALAMAZOO ST INGHAM COUNTY TREASURER 165.1233-01-01-16-110-181 435 N PINE ST TRAYNOR STEVEN L 116.3333-01-01-17-135-151 1705 S GENESEE DR PIZZO ROXANN 116.3333-01-01-17-177-081 1618 INVERNESS AVE WEATHERBEE ERIK J 116.3333-01-01-17-382-001 1729 W LENAWEE ST DEYOUNG JAMES C & JANICE K 213.9133-01-01-17-403-191 1134 W WASHTENAW ST BARNES JOVI 116.3333-01-01-17-451-431 W KALAMAZOO ST GREEN HOWARD & BRENDA 116.3333-01-01-17-451-441 W KALAMAZOO ST GREEN HOWARD & BRENDA 116.3333-01-01-20-480-001 1701 S M L KING JR BLVD M MOOSE L L C 116.3333-01-01-20-480-001 1701 S M L KING JR BLVD M MOOSE L L C 116.3333-01-01-20-480-151 1031 W BARNES AVE MICK TIMOTHY G 116.3333-01-01-21-430-075 1523 S CEDAR ST HOWRANI F A & C J FAMILY L L C 165.1233-01-01-21-430-075 1523 S CEDAR ST HOWRANI F A & C J FAMILY L L C 116.3333-01-01-21-462-013 1701 HERBERT ST POORMAN JEFFREY E 116.3333-01-01-21-462-016 408 ISBELL ST FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSO 116.3333-01-01-27-129-021 1915 HARDING AVE WILLIAMS ROLLIN & APRIL 116.3333-01-01-27-137-021 2111 HARDING AVE CARPENTER CHRISTINE L 116.3333-01-01-27-137-031 2115 HARDING AVE FISHER RICHARD W 116.3333-01-01-27-137-041 2117 HARDING AVE KECKEISSEN CINDY 116.3333-01-01-27-137-051 2205 HARDING AVE HESS CAROL A 116.3333-01-01-27-155-201 822 EDISON AVE KILEY KATHRYN M 165.1233-01-01-27-155-211 816 EDISON AVE INGHAM COUNTY TREASURER 165.1233-01-01-27-177-021 2313 ALPHA ST WILKINSON DANIEL J 116.3333-01-01-28-102-121 1908 OSBAND AVE PHILLIPS DAVID E & JENNIFER L 116.3333-01-01-28-106-021 2113 S RUNDLE AVE MYERS RHONDA JEAN 116.3333-01-01-28-203-001 2017 FOREST AVE SWEGLES FREDERICK A & 165.1233-01-01-28-204-241 2224 MAPLEWOOD AVE SOURI METRI & JACQUELINE & 116.3333-01-01-28-404-264 2832 S CEDAR ST VLAHAKIS JOHN J 116.3333-01-01-28-404-272 2820 S CEDAR ST VLAHAKIS JOHN J 116.3333-01-01-28-404-282 2800 S CEDAR ST B & V PROPERTIES L L C 116.3333-01-01-28-430-011 601 E WILLARD AVE LIPPERT R L & S L 116.3333-01-01-28-431-023 2827 S CEDAR ST KEENA E THOMAS JR & MCGLONE KAT 165.1233-01-01-29-126-011 2011 BOSTON BLVD BRANKLIN JOANNE M 116.3333-01-01-29-126-011 2011 BOSTON BLVD BRANKLIN JOANNE M 116.3333-01-01-29-126-011 2011 BOSTON BLVD BRANKLIN JOANNE M 116.3333-01-01-29-126-111 1506 LENORE AVE VILLAGE MARKET COMPANY 116.33

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The City Council will hold a Public Hearing in the Council Chambers on the 10th Floor of CityHall, 124 W. Michigan Ave., Lansing, Michigan 48933 on Monday, July 18, 2011 at 7:00 P.M. toreview, prior to confirmation, said assessment roll, and consider any complaints or objectionsthat there may be with respect to this improvement or the assessment.

PARCELNUMBER

PROPERTYADDRESS

TAXPAYER NAME TOTALOWNER COST

33-01-01-29-155-131 1822 LORAINE AVE DUZENBURY MARLENE D 165.1233-01-01-29-156-021 2615 FAIRFAX RD FREY KAREN KIT 116.3333-01-01-29-158-131 1816 VICTOR AVE NOT FAR FROM HOME L L C 116.3333-01-01-29-176-281 2518 PATTENGILL AVE MORAN JAMES N 165.1233-01-01-29-176-281 2518 PATTENGILL AVE MORAN JAMES N 116.3333-01-01-29-177-201 2608 PATTENGILL AVE KNOPPS JASON & KELLY 165.1233-01-01-29-232-141 2212 STIRLING AVE INGHAM COUNTY TREASURER 116.3333-01-01-29-233-001 2201 STIRLING AVE WARREN RONNY 116.3333-01-01-29-235-081 818 WOODBINE AVE KUJAWA THOMAS L 116.3333-01-01-29-252-071 1128 KELSEY AVE AGUS THE 116.3333-01-01-29-253-031 1414 LORAINE AVE NATIONAL CITY MORTGAGE 116.3333-01-01-29-257-061 1400 VICTOR AVE EL TORREON L L C 116.3333-01-01-29-258-131 1117 W RUNDLE AVE ASSAF AHMED 116.3333-01-01-29-280-263 2701 S M L KING JR BLVD NAKFOOR JOHN W & NAKFOOR KATHL 116.3333-01-01-29-304-021 2038 PEGGY PLACE FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSO 165.1233-01-01-29-304-021 2038 PEGGY PLACE FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSO 116.3333-01-01-29-327-251 1605 PEGGY PLACE FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CO 116.3333-01-01-29-329-041 1600 HOLLY WAY GONZALEZ RODRIGUEZ ISMAEL 116.3333-01-01-29-376-112 W HOLMES RD CHARTER DEVELOPMENT CO L L C 116.3333-01-01-29-376-122 W HOLMES RD CHARTER DEVELOPMENT CO L L C 116.3333-01-01-29-376-141 1618 W HOLMES RD RAL REALTY L L C 116.3333-01-01-30-178-261 2600 DEERFIELD AVE WILSON BENITA L 165.1233-01-01-30-277-461 2811 WOODVIEW DR FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CO 116.3333-01-01-30-278-101 2717 HAMPDEN DR MID MICHIGAN RITE PROPERTIES L L C 116.3333-01-01-30-278-172 2211 COLONIAL PLAZA FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSO 116.3333-01-01-31-131-211 4001 STRATFORD AVE JOHNSON PATRICIA A 116.3333-01-01-31-131-291 3912 WAINWRIGHT AVE FLAGSTAR BANK 116.3333-01-01-31-176-371 3812 STILLWELL AVE ALBRECHT.ROBBY 116.3333-01-01-31-176-371 3812 STILLWELL AVE ALBRECHT ROBBY 116.3333-01-01-31-205-071 3713 WAINWRIGHT AVE FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSO 116.3333-01-01-32-201-223 3512 S M L KING JR BLVD INGHAM COUNTY TREASURER 165.1233-01-01-32-201-223 3512 S M L KING JR BLVD INGHAM COUNTY TREASURER 116.3333-01-01-32-201-223 3512 S M L KING JR BLVD INGHAM COUNTY TREASURER 116.3333-01-01-32-203-244 3822 S M L KING JR BLVD LE THU-HUONG MICHELLE 116.3333-01-01-32-226-532 905 W HOLMES RD MAXINE VILLAGE LLC 116.3333-01-01-32-276-057 4211 S M L KING JR BLVD BROWN RICHARD L & MICHELLE R 116.3333-01-01-32-276-063 4221 S M L KING JR BLVD BROWNING DONALD R 116.3333-01-01-32-303-072 2028 REO RD A S D DIVERSIFIED L L C 116.3333-01-01-32-352-481 2007 REO RD TORCH WAY PROPERTIES L L C 116.3333-01-01-32-376-350 1726 W JOLLY RD NEW COMMUNITY TABERNACLE CHUR 116.33

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The City Council will hold a Public Hearing in the Council Chambers on the 10th Floor of CityHall, 124 W. Michigan Ave., Lansing, Michigan 48933 on Monday, July 18, 2011 at 7:00 P.M. toreview, prior to confirmation, said assessment roll, and consider any complaints or objectionsthat there may be with respect to this improvement or the assessment.

PARCELNUMBER

PROPERTYADDRESS

TAXPAYER NAME TOTALOWNER COST

33-01-01-33-101-001 721 W HOLMES RD TIBBS KENDA E 116.3333-01-01-33-203-275 3630 S CEDAR ST LEVANDOWSKI STANLEY S & PATRICIA 116.3333-01-01-33-252-123 3820 S CEDAR ST D & D LANSING L L C 116.3333-01-01-33-254-142 4000 S CEDAR ST KRAMER CAROLINE J 116.3333-01-01-33-254-181 3900 S CEDAR ST K I C L L C 116.3333-01-01-33-280-091 647 MAPLEHILL AVE ROGGENBECK MICHELLE M 116.3333-01-01-33-284-111 647 JESSOP AVE DEMAY SUSAN 116.3333-01-01-33-284-121 648 FENTON AVE HARRISON AARON C 116.3333-01-01-33-378-261 210 W JOLLY RD URBAN JAMES 116.3333-01-01-33-405-021 309 E POTTER AVE WIXSON ALICE 116.3333-01-01-33-405-041 317 E POTTER AVE GARNO CHRISTOPHER & GARNO MICH 116.3333-01-01-33-405-152 4516 S CEDAR ST DALY PETER J & PATRICIA E 116.3333-01-01-33-407-201 4717 DONALD ST CRABTREE COREY 116.3333-01-01-33-407-245 S CEDAR ST RASHID RICHARD 165.1233-01-01-33-451-191 404 E SYRINGA DR WELLS FARGO BANK 116.3333-01-01-33-452-020 315E JOLLY RD BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING L L C 116.3333-01-01-33-452-020 315 E JOLLY RD BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING L L C 165.1233-01-01-33-452-020 315 E JOLLY RD BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING L L C 116.3333-01-01-33-452-030 5032 S CEDAR ST 5032 CEDAR L L C 213.9133-01-01-33-452-030 5032 S CEDAR ST 5032 CEDAR L L C 213.9133-01-01-33-452-030 5032 S CEDAR ST 5032 CEDAR L L C 165.1233-01-01-34-155-001 814 MAPLEHILL AVE VILLARREAL JOANN 116.3333-01-05-03-301-401 5600 S PENNSYLVANIA AV VLAHAKIS JOHN J & SANDRA C 116.3333-01-05-03-352-411 6021 ORCHARD CT SMITH BOEGNER PROPERTIES L L C 116.3333-01-05-03-352-615 5700 S PENNSYLVANIA AV N. D. DEVELOPMENT L L C 116.3333-01-05-04-202-042 JOLLY CEDAR CT THE BROTHERS LAND CO 116.3333-01-05-04-202-042 JOLLY CEDAR CT THE BROTHERS LAND CO 116.3333-01-05-04-202-042 JOLLY CEDAR CT THE BROTHERS LAND CO 165.1233-01-05-04-252-051 218 REDNER ST HSBC BANK USA N A 116.3333-01-05-04-353-051 610 W MILLER RD EVANS CARLTON & 165.1233-01-05-04-377-152 238 W MILLER RD DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST CO 116.3333-01-05-04-377-152 238 W MILLER RD DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST CO 116.3333-01-05-04-377-152 238 W MILLER RD DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST CO 116.3333-01-05-04-378-121 116 W MILLER RD BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING LP 116.3333-01-05-04-379-021 236 RARITAN RD HOLMES GREGORY M 116.3333-01-05-04-428-311 650 LOUISA ST VANDECAR KYLE & KRISTINE M 116.3333-01-05-04-428-311 650 LOUISA ST VANDECAR KYLE & KRISTINE M 116.3333-01-05-04-478-057 6036 KAYNORTH RD THORNTON RUSSELL III 116.3333-01-05-04-478-082 6004 KAYNORTH RD FREDERICKSON DOROTHY 165.1233-01-05-05-252-001 W NORTHRUP ST REIBELING JAMES A & ELLEN C 116.33

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The City Council will hold a Public Hearing in the Council Chambers on the 10th Floor of CityHall, 124 W. Michigan Ave., Lansing, Michigan 48933 on Monday, July 18, 2011 at 7:00 P.M. toreview, prior to confirmation, said assessment roll, and consider any complaints or objectionsthat there may be with respect to this improvement or the assessment.

PARCELNUMBER

PROPERTYADDRESS

TAXPAYER NAME TOTALOWNER COST

33-01-05-05-252-011 1310 W NORTHRUP ST REIBELING JAMES A & ELLEN C 116.3333-01-05-05-276-021 5317 S M L KING JR BLVD ANDERSON MARK W & BETHANY J 116.3333-01-05-05-276-021 5317 S M L KING JR BLVD ANDERSON MARK W & BETHANY J 0.0033-01-05-05-329-246 5708 HUGHES RD A FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSO 116.3333-01-05-05-356-162 6031 S M L KING JR BLVD LIFE CHANGERS CHRISTIAN CENTER 165.1233-01-05-10-101-091 E MILLER RD GOOD WILL CO INC 116.3333-01-05-10-101-091 E MILLER RD GOOD WILL CO INC 116.3333-01-05-10-101-091 E MILLER RD GOOD WILL CO INC 116.3333-01-05-10-101-101 E MILLER RD GOOD WILL CO INC 116.3333-01-05-10-101-101 E MILLER RD GOOD WILL CO INC 116.3333-01-05-10-101-101 E MILLER RD GOOD WILL CO INC 116.3333-01-05-10-101-111 828 E MILLER RD GOOD WILL CO INC 116.3333-01-05-10-152-042 6541 S CEDAR ST WOLVERINE DEVELOPMENT CORP 165.12GRAND TOTALS

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Chris SwopeLansing City Clerk

July 14, 2011

President Robinson and Members of the Lansing City Council10th Floor City HallLansing, MI 48933

Dear President Robinson and Council Members:

The State of Michigan Liquor Control Commission has provided notice of the issuance of apermit authorizing the sale of spirits, mixed spirit drink and/or beer and wine on Sundaymorning to:

• Ravneet, Inc. dba R & K Market located at 4013 Aurelius Rd.• Country Club of Lansing located at 2200 Moores River Dr.

If I, or my staff, can provide further assistance or information relative to these permits,please contact us at 483-4131.

Cc: Lansing Police Department

Lansing City Clerk's OfficeNinth Floor, City Hall, 124 W. Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI 48933-1695

517-483-4131 ❑ 517-377-0068 FAXwww.lansingmi.gov/clerk ❑ [email protected]

Sincerely,

aChris Swope, CMLansing City Clerk

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Chris SwopeLansing City Clerk

July 14, 2011

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President Robinson and Members of the Lansing City Council10th Floor City HallLansing, MI 48933

Dear President Robinson and Council Members:

The Minutes from the Meetings of the following Boards and Authorities of the City ofLansing were placed on file in the City Clerk's Office and are attached for your informationand review.

BOARD NAME DATE OF MEETING

Board of Ethics March 15, 2011Board of Fire Commissioners May 11, 2011

April 13, 2011

Board of Police Commissioners

February 9, 2011January 19, 2011May 17, 2011

Election Commission May 20, 2011Historic District Commission May 2, 2011

April 4, 2011Lansing Housing Commission May 25, 2011

April 27, 2011March 30, 2011

Park Board May 11, 2011

If my staff or I can provide further assistance or information relative to the filing of theseminutes, please contact us at 483-4131.

Sipceely,

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Chris Swope, CM'CLansing City Clerk

Lansing City Clerk's OfficeNinth Floor, City Hall, 124 W. Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI 48933-1695

517-483-4131 ❑ 517-377-0068 FAXwww.lansingmi.gov/clerk ❑ [email protected]

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APPROVED MINUTESLANSING CITY BOARD OF ETHICS

REGULAR MEETINGMARCH 15, 2011 - 5:30 P.M.

LPD NORTH PRECINCT CONFERENCE ROOM

The meeting was called to order at 5:30 P.M. in the Conference Room, Lansing PoliceDepartment North Precinct, Lansing, Michigan.

BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT:

Susan Grettenberger, PhD, ChairpersonRev. Charles Bicy, Vice-ChairpersonWes ThorpPenny Gardner, PhDConnie DoyleKirk Hewitt

ABSENT:

Rev. John Folkers

A QUORUM WAS PRESENT

OTHERS PRESENT: Don Kulhanek, Deputy City AttorneyChris Swope, City ClerkJoan Jackson Johnson, HRCS Director

PUBLIC COMMENT: There was no public comment

APPROVAL OF AGENDA:

Moved by Ms. Gardner to approve the agenda as submitted.

MOTION CARRIED

SECRETARY'S REPORT:

Approval of Minutes: Moved by Mr. Bicy to approve the minutesof February 8, 2011 as corrected to note Mr. Bicy's arrival under the Board members present.

MOTION CARRIED

Communications and Petitions sent and received since the last meetinq:

1.

Statement of Financial Interests submitted by Karen Hulett, City Council Legislative OfficeManager

The Board reviewed the statement and found no issues to further debate or discuss.

Moved by Ms. Gardner to receive and place on file the letter with no further action needed.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

1.

Report on Complaint #2010-002

Moved by Mr. Bicy to go into closed session to consider a complaint against an employee at therequest of the employee pursuant to the Open Meetings Act provisions under MCL 15,268(a)

MOTION CARRIED by the following roll call vote

Yeas: Ms. Grettenberger, Mr. Bicy, Mr. Thorp, Ms. Gardner, Ms. Doyle, Mr. HewittNays: None

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The Board returned to open session.

Moved by Ms. Gardner that the Board of Ethics adopt the prepared opinion as Opinion #044 ofthe Board of Ethics

MOTION CARRIED

2.

Revision of the Affidavit of Disclosure

No action was taken on this item

3.

Revision of the Ethics Ordinance - General Discussion on Ethics

No action was taken on this item

NEW BUSINESS:

1.

Follow-up on Board Vacancies and Term Expirations

Mr. Swope provided information about several of the Board positions and will provide aninformation sheet with all term expirations to Board members.

ADJOURNED 6:14 P.M.

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Virg Bernero, MayorTom Cochran, Fire Chief

City of LansingBoard of Fire Commissioners

120 E. Shiawassee StreetLansing MI 48933

(517) 483-4200Fax (517) 483-4488

www.lansingfire.com

OFFICIAL MINUTES OF THE LANSING BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERSREGULAR FIRE BOARD MEETING

-play 11, 2'011

The Lansing Fire Board met in regular session on May 11, 2011 at 5135 PleasantGrove Rd. Lansing MI. Fire Commissioner Chairperson Helen Keeney called themeeting to order at 6:00 p.m.

Commissioners PresentRobert Brown Jr., Louis Vinson, Helen Keeney, Alicia Perez-Banuet, Frank Ferro,Robert Hudson, Yvonne Young McConnell, Jody Washington

Others Present

-Fire Chief Tom Cochran, Patti Starnes, Station 6 crew

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Additions to the Agendanone

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NNrriApproval of Minutes

A motion was made by Commissioner Perez-Banuet and supported by CommissionerBrown to approve the April minutes as written. Motion carried with a unanimous vote.

Communications• Thank You letter from an occupant at the Maplewood Manor fire on April 7th

Several of residents were very pleased with the property protection. The crewstry very hard to salvage items and especially save photos and personal items.Chief Cochran discussed the salvage and overhaul portion of firefighting.

PresentationsIntroductions took place between Captain Hamilton, Station Crew and the Boardmembers.

Administrative Comments - Fire Chief Tom Cochran

Commissioners ExcusedNIA

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Budget• $20 million deficit city wide• LFD - 20% reduction• 25% staff reductions• Close .2 stations• 48-36 minimum staffing decrease• Eliminate 3 B.C.'s and will re-implement the Safety officer at a Captain level• Up to 34 FF layoffs• Demotions• Will affect department as a whole• 3 Teamster secretary's• Admin Assistant staff from 2 to 1• Training staff from 3-2• Prevention staffing from 4-2• Maintenance staff from 4-2• Emergency Management - most of the positions are grant funded so division will

not be affected.• 2.5 million deficit• Thanks for all who attended and helped with the millage.• Chief Cochran is working with the divisions on the core services of what we can

provide. Chief Cochran is concerned about injuries. He has also been workingclosely with the union.

• Chief Cochran's message is that we will survive. This is the worst crisis we havehad and we will make through. If people call 911 we will respond. We need tolook at our core functions and make some changes. The Union may vote onconcessions. We may get some revenue sharing from the State. Helen Keeneyasked when the affected employees will be of the payroll. Chief Cochranreported that they are 4 paychecks away and they get paid every 2 weeks.

• Chief Cochran asked the Board members to look at the budget and reply back tohim with any thoughts and/or questions.

Patriot Flag Ceremony took place last Tuesday May 3 rd . It was a great event. Theflag was 30x60 and was carried from Wentworth Park to the State Capital. We will besending thank you letters to those who participated. Hi Ball Crane company flew theflag at the Capital. Many participated including Police, Fire, Glen Erin band and thepublic. Commissioner Perez Banuet reported that the Accident Fund employeeswatched from the windows.

Battle for the Blood- Red Cross blood drive between Police and Fire. Basketballgame will be held in June and is the kickoff to the event.

Bike Rodeo - May 21 10am-2 pm Sinas Dramis bike rodeo at station 8 - Sinas Dramisruns the event and gives away bike helmets, bike raffle and other events. Last year of600 kids participated. Please stop by if you get a chance.Risk Watch safety program at Averill Elementary school involving several agencies.Sinas Dramis law firm donated bike helmets to the students.

LFD Memorial Service May 28th at 11:30 a.m. - if you would like to attend please do.

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Events - Chief Cochran has been involved in many events including the annual Sikhparade, diversity luncheon, neighborhood groups etc.

Committee Reports• None

Old Business• Commissioner McConnell said hats off to chief for the outstanding job he did at

the budget hearings. Chief Cochran thanked her for attending and for hersupport.

New Businessnone

General Order:• Commissioner Vinson has flyers for the gateway community services fund raiser.• Chief reported that Yvonne was reaffirmed and Jill Rhode has been appointed to

the board. She was a former Budget Director for the City of Lansing.• Commissioner Perez-Banuet reported that June is her last month and she will be

bringing pizza to the meeting.• Commissioner Washington asked how much is cut from the budget chief said

$5.3 million.• Working on the SAFER grant and the Homeland Security grant• Trying to get the IAFF 421 layoff clause from 3 to 5 years.• Commissioner Young-McConnell asked if we were still looking at regionalization

plan. Chief Cochran reported that several regional departments are trying to geta regional study done with a 50 percent match grant.

• Commissioner Ferro asked about private ambulance companies. Discussion.Chief Cochran reported that Fire Based EMS is the best way to go.

• Commissioner Washington asked about a hydrant on Rockway and Foster.Hydrant destroyed.

AdjournmentFerro / Vinson A motion was made by Commissioner and supported by Commissionerto adjourn the meeting. A unanimous vote was taken. The meeting adjourned at 7:50p.m.

Minutes Submitted by:

on June 8, 2011.Patti Starnes

APPROVED June 8th , 2011

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Virg Bernero, MayorTom Cochran, Fire Chief

City of LansingBoard of Fire Commissioners

120 E. Shiawassee StreetLansing MI 48933

(517) 483-4200Fax (517) 483-4488

www.lansinqfire.com

OFFICIAL MINUTES OF THE LANSING BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERSREGULAR FIRE BOARD MEETING

April 13, 2011

The Lansing Fire Board met in regular session on April 13, 2011, at 1821 ToddAve., Lansing MI 48910. Fire Commissioner Chairperson Helen Keeney called themeeting to order at 6:00 p.m.

Commissioners PresentLouis Vinson, Helen Keeney, Alicia Perez-Banuet, Frank Ferro, Jody Washington,Robert Hudson, Yvonne Young McConnell

Commissioners ExcusedRobert Brown Jr.

Approval of Minutes

; c.nA motion was made by Commissioner Ferro and supported by Commissioner Younrng- ‘.oMcConnell to approve the March minutes as written. Motion carried with a unanimocasvote to approve the March minutes as written.

CommunicationsThank you card from a citizen for the special care the crew gave to her husband.

PresentationsStation 5 Crew introduced themselves to the Board. Captain Thomas, EngineerMartinez, FF Christiansen, (FF Lenoir & FF Wolfhert out on an EMS call)

Administrative Comments Fire Chief Tom Cochran• Budget hearings started last night. Chief Cochran's budget presentation will be

tomorrow at Pattengil on Marshall St. @ 6:30 p.m. He does not have any new

Others PresentFire Chief Tom Cochran, Patti Starnes, Station 5 Crew:

Additions to the AqendaNone

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information at this point. Everyone is aware of the $20 million deficit and theimpact it will have on the Lansing Fire Department. Chief Cochran reported thathe is very optimistic and hopes that the millage will pass. Chief Cochran has abudget prepared if it does not pass.

• Commissioner Young-McConnell asked if the board could see the 2 budgets;millage passing and the non- passing version. Yvonne would like a copy up frontfor reviewed so that they are prepared when they get to the point of voting on thebudget. Chief Cochran will provide the documents.

• May 3rd Patriot Flag tour - The 30-feet-by-55.5-feet flag was donated to theWorld Memorial, an international non-profit dedicated to healing from the Sept.11 terrorist attacks. The flag will be flown in every state in the country. Theevent starts at 9 a.m. at Wentworth Park and includes a march to the Capitolwhere the flag will fly for a period of time along with a ceremony. LFD will beparticipating.

.• Chief Cochran has attended several neighborhood organization meetings in thelast month. Commissioner Perez-Banuet asked how the meetings went. ChiefCochran thought they went well and he answered a lot of questions about thebudget and the fire department. Commissioner Washington reported that ChiefCochran did a great job speaking and answering questions at the EastsideNeighborhood organization was very grateful for his attendance.

• Mobile Food Pantry at Cristo Rey on Saturday at 9 am.

Last week Chief Cochran and his son Dominic participated along with Dr. JoanJohnson Jackson at the Feed the Kids program for our local students on springbreak. They delivered lunches to several organizations.

• Commissioner Hudson informed Chief Cochran that the Touch a Truck is comingup in May.

• Upcoming Events:

o Ingham Regional Medical Center has invited LFD to participate in theirHero gala at the Lansing Country Club.

o LFD Softball tournament at Cottonwood Campground is coming up.

o Battle for Blood is coming up for the Red Cross. Chief Cochran and ChiefSzymanski will be holding a press conference soon. It also involves abasketball game at the Westside YMCA between Police and Fire. Lastyear we met our goal of close too 800 units of blood.

A new kitchen has been installed at station 5. The station received new countersand cupboards.

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• Saturday Fire Ops at the Training Tower may be canceled due to lowparticipation. Only 3 people signed up. Chris Lake will let everyone knowtomorrow.

• Commissioner Alicia Perez-Banuet's term is up the end of June and she will notbe seeking another term. She has appreciated the opportunity to serve. ChiefCochran thanked her for her service to the Lansing Fire Department and thecitizens of Lansing. Yvonne Young McConnell's term is up in June and she hassent her letter in for reinstatement.

• Fire at 2509 Maplewood - received a still alarm, which is an engine companyand truck company....prior to arrival crews called for a full alarm. Crews arrivedwithin 4 minutes of the call and fire was extinguished 8 minutes after that. Thecrews did a great job of cutting vents in the roof...there was a lot of fire. A 58 yrold male perished in the fire. The crews located him and transported him toSparrow. Fire has been ruled accidental. The Chiefs point is that you can doeverything right and still have a bad outcome. The neighbors were very thankfulthat there was minimal damage to the remaining apartments and many personalitems were recovered.

• FIRE calls - There has been an increase in fires lately.

• EMS calls - had a number of CPR's lately and several saves.

• 100 Club organization life saving award ceremony will be held on April 26th at5:30 p.m. at the Golden Rose on Okemos Rd. The organization assists withscholarships for children of Firefighters and Police Officers who are killed in theline of duty. They are a very active group. LFD has received 2 nominations; 1for a life saving award and 1 for an excellence award. If anyone is interested inattending let Chief Cochran know.

• Commissioner Vinson inquired about the Frandor fire. Chief Cochran said it wasin Lansing Twp. LFD responded for mutual aid with 2 engines and 1 truck. Thestore was totaled and it is under investigation and suspicious. The crews alongwith Lansing Twp and East Lansing did a great job with minimal damage to thesurrounding businesses. The surrounding businesses did have smoke and waterdamage. Chief Cochran explained how quickly fires progress and move throughbuildings.

• Susan G. Komen race is this weekend. Chief Cochran has directed staff to weartheir pink shirts this week.

• 1st annual Capital Area Film Festival runs this weekend Thursday thru Sundayand his son Dominic is co-founder and co-chair. Info is in the City Pulse and theLansing State Journal.

Committee Reports

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• Chairperson Keeney reported that the 2010 Fire Commissioner Year End reportwas submitted to the Mayor and City Council. A copy was included in the Aprilpacket.

OldBusiness• None

NewBusiness• Millage - Chief reported that the Keeping Lansing Safe Committee has formed in

favor of the millage. They will be doing a phone bank, door to door and yardsigns. Discussion followed.

• Commissioner Washington commented on the stark difference between LFD andthe private companies on patient care and response time. LFD crews areprofessional and quick. She works in a local nursing home and has witnessedthe difference first hand.

• The medic crew introduced themselves. FF Eric Wohlfert and FF Brian Lenoir.FF Lenoir spoke to the Board about his experience as a firefighter. Chiefcommented that Brian was a former Muskegon FF who was laid off. FF Lenoircommented that he was laid off after 4 years. He found out LFD was hiring andapplied, went through the process and interviewed with Chief Cochran and hasbeen with LFD for 4.5 years. He definitely saw the difference from LFD and otherdepartments the he worked in such as townships in that LFD response time is somuch faster. Homes are usually saved with minimal damage.

General Order:^ Commissioner Vinson is working on a fundraiser for Gateway Community

Services on June 9th and will send out the info.

• National Tele-Communicator's Week is this week. Chief Cochran sent a letter toDispatch thanking them for their work. He will also be taking them pizzas onFriday. They are truly the unsung heroes working behind the scene.

• Commissioner Washington asked about her new fire commissioner orientation.She would like to be included in the orientation when the new person comes in.Chief Cochran reported that he will certainly include her in the orientation. RobertHudson is also interested in the orientation. Commissioners can also do a ride-along as well. Chairperson Keeney commented on how interesting andinformative the ride-along is.

• Alicia Perez-Banuet noted corrections in the March minutes on page 2 - NewBusiness - paragraph 3 should read: Commissioner Ferro stated that there area couple of the Neighborhood Associations that are not on the NeighborhoodAssociation list. Commissioner Washington stated that she will have that listfixed tomorrow at the meeting.

Adjournment

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A motion was made by Commissioner Vinson and supported by CommissionerWashington to adjourn the meeting. A unanimous vote was taken. The meetingadjourned at 6:51 p.m.

Minutes Submitted by:

on May 11, 2011.Patti Starnes

May 11 th , 2011APPROVED

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City of LansingBoard of Fire Commissioners

120 E. Shiawassee StreetLansing MI 48933

(517) 483-4200Fax (517) 483-4488

www•lansingfire.com

OFFICIAL MINUTES OF THE LANSING BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERSREGULAR FIRE BOARD 'MEETING

February 9. 2011

The Lansing Fire Board met in regular session on February 9 th , 2011, at 120 EastShiawassee, Lansing MI. Fire Commissioner Chairperson Helen Keeney calledthe meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.

Commissioners PresentRobert Brown Jr., Louis Vinson Yvonne Young McConnell, Helen Keeney, Alicia Perez-Banuet?,

Commissioners ExcusedFrank Ferro, Jody Washington, Robert Hudson,

Others PresentFire Chief Tom Cochran, Michelle Greko, Dave Keeney

Additions to the AqendaNone

Approval of MinutesA motion was made by Commissioner Brown and supported by Commissioner Vinsonwith Commissioner Perez-Banuet abstaining. Motion carried with a unanimous vote.

Communications• Chief Cochran presented information regarding the Firefighter Assistance Grant

that the Department has received and the matching funds. He stated that it willbe used to purchase a compressor for the Scott Air bottles, wet/dry suits for IceRescue, electric Positive Pressure Ventilation Fans, Descenders for rope rescue.

• Chairperson Keeney asked if we had the matching funds for this grant.^ Chief Cochran stated that it is a Capital Improvement Project and that he had

been assured that the funds were there and available.• Chief Cochran handed out the 2010 Annual Report.

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Presentations• Chief Cochran gave an updated in depth presentation on the budget and what

the Fire Department will be proposing. He stated that this has been a processand we are still not there yet.

• Chief Cochran discussed areas to raise revenue as part of the budget.• Chief Cochran discussed a Safer grant that we will be applying for in August or

September and it will allow us to fill firefighter positions that we won't be fillingand the grant will pay their wages for 3 years.

• Chief Cochran spoke about getting an inflatable safety house to use for variousevents.

Administrative Comments - Fire Chief Tom Cochran• Chief Cochran spoke about the USAR truck. He said that it is at Station 8 on

Marshall Street and the board is welcome to go over there anytime and look at it.Chief Cochran gave a brief description of what the truck's purpose is.

• Chairperson Keeney stated that she saw it driving down the road and it is huge.• Chief Cochran stated that he would have March's meeting moved to Station 8 so

that everyone can get a view and tour of the truck.

Committee Reports

• Finance - Commissioner Vinson and Commissioner Ferro met with the Chief anddiscussed budget issues.

Old BusinessCommissioner Perez-Banuet spoke about meeting with the neighborhood associationsand it looks like it is going to be important with the budget and things.

Chief Cochran said that he thought that would be very important to do because of theproposed millage increase.

New BusinessNone

General OrderNone

AdjournmentA motion was made by Commissioner Vinson and supported by Commissioner Perez-Banuet to adjourn the meeting. A unanimous vote was taken. The meeting adjournedat 7:30 p.m.

Minutes Submitted by: on March 9, 2011.

March 9th , 2011APPROVED

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City of LansingBoard of Fire Commissioners

120 E. Shiawassee StreetLansing MI 48933

(517) 483-4200Fax (517) 483-4488

wwwJansingfire.com

OFFICIAL MINUTES OF THE LANSING BOARD OF 'FIRE COMMISSIONERSREGULAR FIRE BOARD MEETING

March 9, 2011

The Lansing Fire Board met in regular session on March 9th , 2011, at 815Marshall, Lansing Ml. Fire Commissioner Chairperson Helen Keeney called themeeting to order at 6:45 p.m.

Commissioners PresentRobert Brown Jr., Louis Vinson, Helen Keeney, Alicia Perez-Banuet, Frank Ferro, JodyWashington, Robert Hudson

Commissioners ExcusedYvonne Young McConnell,

Others PresentFire Chief Tom Cochran, Michelle Greko, BC Miller, Captain Kriegbaurn, EngineerConnie Summers, Engineer Carl Pawluk, Engineer Chris Wheeler, Firefighter AdamRuff, Lt Wade Elton

Additions to the Agenda• Commissioner Hudson discussed that a group of people are going around with

petition's to bring a casino to downtown Lansing.

Approval of MinutesA motion was made by Commissioner Vinson and supported by Commissioner Brown.Motion carried with a unanimous vote.

Communications• None

Presentations• Captain Kriegbaum and Engineer Summers gave a tour of the USAR Truck

beginning at 6:00 p.m. and concluded at 6:40 p.m.• Chief Cochran stated that at the back of the board packet there is a list of facts

that Captain Kriegbaum put together with regards to the USAR truck.

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• Commissioner Washington asked if this information was allowed to be shared.Chief Cochran responded yes.

• Chairperson Keeney stated that it is important for this vehicle to be shown andsaid that the City did not buy it. Chief Cochran said that if he could take thevehicle out and give the Governor a ride he would, but I do not have the authorityto do so.

• Lt. Elton discussed a pancake breakfast to raise funds to go to Honor GuardSchool. It is tentatively set for April 16 here at Station 8.

Administrative Comments - Fire Chief Tom Cochran• Chief Cochran thanked Captain Kriegbaum and Engineer Summers for the tour

of the USAR truck.• Chief Cochran stated that City Hall on the Road is starting back up. The first one

will be March 22 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the former South Precinct at thecorner of Holmes and Cedar St.

• Chief Cochran discussed the kick off of a program that Fire Marshal Sabonstarted this week at Averill School. It is called the Risk Watch Program. It isdesigned for 2nd grade kids and to help them learn about safety in all areas, i.eBus Safety, Fire and Water Safety, Gun Safety and Health Safety. It is a pilotprogram.

• Chief Cochran discussed grant funding for equipment the crews will use forsafety purposes while on a highway rescue.

• Chief Cochran discussed the upcoming Bike Rodeo that is coming up in May atStation 8 sponsored by Sinas and Dramis Law Firm.

• Chief Cochran discussed information regarding the up coming millage proposaland the budget.

Committee Reports• None

Old Business• None

New Business• Commissioner Hudson discussed a coalition group called Lansing Jobs Coalition

and they are trying to get placed on the ballot for a casino in Downtown Lansing.Stated it would create 1500 post construction full-time jobs and looking atcontracting with the City Police and Fire, which could mean more jobs andrevenue for the City. He is in support of this as is his neighborhood.

• Commissioner Washington discussed a concern that she had about commentsthat have been made about the Fire Department by some very influential peoplein the City.

• Commissioner Ferro stated that there are a couple of the NeighborhoodAssociations that are not on the list. Commissioner Washington stated she willhave that fixed tomorrow at the meeting.

General Order:• None

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AdjournmentA motion was made by Commissioner Vinson and supported by CommissionerWashington to adjourn the meeting. A unanimous vote was taken. The meetingadjourned at 7:50 p.m.

'Melie& 9 de.Minutes Submitted by:

on April 13, 2011.Michelle Greko

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City of LansingBoard of Fire Commissioners

120 E. Shiawassee StreetLansing MI 48933

(517) 483-4200Fax (517) 483-4488

www.lansingfire.com

OFFICIAL MINUTES OF THE LANSING BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERSREGULAR FIRE BOARD MEETING

January 19, 2011

The Lansing Fire Board met in regular session on January 19 th , 2011, at 120 EastShiawassee, Lansing M1. Fire Commissioner Vice-Chairperson Louis Vinsoncalled the meeting to order at 6:10 p.m.

Commissioners PresentRobert Brown Jr., Frank Ferro, Robert Hudson, Jody Washington, Louis Vinson

Commissioners ExcusedYvonne Young McConnell, Helen Keeney

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Approval of Minutes

:gw:A motion was made by Commissioner Hudson and supported by Commissionerto accept the December minutes as written. Motion carried with a unanimous vole.

CommunicationsNone

PresentationsChief Cochran stated that he e-mailed everyone the information that Jerry Ambrose,Executive Assistant to the Mayor, has submitted to the City Council and thispresentation will be based on that.

Jerry Ambrose stated that he just wanted to stop by and inform everyone of where weare with the budget. He said that the next several months are going to be contentiousbecause of the circumstances of where we are at. The big picture is that the economyand how it affects the City's revenue has not improved the way we thought it would or

Others PresentFire Chief Tom Cochran, Michelle Greko, Eric Weber, Jerry Ambrose

Additions to the AgendaNone

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as quickly as we thought it would. We continue to see short falls in our revenues. Ourfiscal year budget for 2009 which began July 1 was a $117 million dollar budget for thegeneral fund and of that the Fire Department's portion was around $30 million. Whenwe closed the books for the end of that year we didn't take in $117 million we took in$108 million and that was because our income tax revenues were down because wecontinued to have fewer and fewer people working. Property tax revenue was downbecause the state, after we had our budget in place, made some administrativechanges to the personal property tax multiplier, cost the City nearly $1.5 million. TheState, through an Executive Order, reduced the revenue sharing by $2 million. Therewere some other things to, but by large we had some things happen revenue wise thataffected us badly. We knew some of that early in the year we went through what stepswe could to reduce our cost during that year. At the end of the year we didn't spend$117 million which was good, but we did spend about $112 million. So we spent about$4.5 million more than we took in last year, which we were not at all pleased with.Luckily we had the reserves and that is why we don't spend every penny that we haveand try to keep a little in the check book. But we spent about half of the reserves, sothat is of concern to us. Now we saw all that coming at the time we adopted this year'sbudget. This year's budget that we are living in now is $109 million and we made a lot ofchanges. Half our work force is working 36 hr weeks. We've got changes in our laborcontracts with Fire and Police and other things to reduce costs. We are all familiar withcut backs to the budget, what can we do with less than we get.

Our budget this year is $109 million and as best as we can tell we are on track with ourspending over all. Our revenues are about what we expected having said that we havethe State of the State address that will be taking place in a few minutes and we are notsure what the State will do in this fiscal year. We do know that we have a lot of propertytax appeals under way right now. There are a lot of people not making any money.Businesses are being advised to appeal their assessments and a lot of property ownersare appealing their assessments. The decision will come from the Michigan TaxTribunal and we are at risk of having to pay back taxes to property owners. So we aredealing with a $109 million budget right now.

We look forward to next year, the fiscal year begins on July 1 and the Mayor has topresent a balanced budget to City Council by March 28. We are spending a lot of timeright now trying to figure out what budget the Mayor is going to purpose at the end ofMarch and look forward to what the Council will end up adopting sometime in May. Aswe look at what our revenues will be for next year we have to consider that propertyvalues are going to continue to drop. Our Assessor tells us that over all the propertyvalue is down by 8 percent. So that is about $3 million less in revenue that we will getfrom property tax. Income Tax, good news there, as reported by the State there aremore people working today than there was a few months ago. We see that we arecollecting income taxes at a better rate than we did last year, but we are nowhere closeto what income tax revenue was in 2008. So there is improvement there but not much.We have already heard that the new Governor will not be raising taxes and the wordrevenue sharing has come up several times and for us that is a significant threat. Weget about $14 million in revenue sharing; $ 7 million can not be touched by the legislatorwithout constitutional amendment. That is good news but the bad news is the other $7million can be touched. As we know from passed experience they didn't feel bad abouttaking away $2 million, so we need to decide what we think the State is going to do interms of revenue sharing. So we assume we are going to lose a little bit, we actually

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think we will be losing a couple of million, but we also know we could lose as much as$7 million. So if you look at property tax revenue, income tax revenue and revenuesharing those are our big 3 revenue sources they also account for about 80 percent ofall of the revenue that we get. We are projecting about $103 million to build our budgeton next year. So that's a challenge and that would be more workable if it weren't forknowing that our costs are going to go up just to meet the obligations that we need tomeet. Half of our work force is working 36 hours a week and we designed that as atemporary measure not a permanent one. So if we look at everything we are doingtoday and said what is it going to cost us next year to do everything that we are notdoing but to work people at 40 hours and not at 36, we came up with a figure of $118million. So just to do what we are not doing today and to move people back to 40 houra week, we need $118 million and we have a $103 million in revenue. That is the $15million that we have talked about. So that is the challenge that we have. As I have saidwe have been doing this exercise for 4 years going on the 5th year and where the City'swork force for employees was over 1300 in 2005 it is now less than 1000. Now wehave to find $15 million and reduce expenses to meet the revenues that we expect tocome in. So that is the challenge that we are facing and we are well into that process ofthinking it through.

Every department including the Fire Department has been asked to tell us what theycan do with a budget target that is 85 percent what otherwise it would be. Now that is$25 million for a budget roughly for the Fire Department. Now for all the conversationsthat you may hear about, nothing has been decided and will not be until the Mayor hassubmitted his budget to the City Council in March. We will probably have budgetdecisions in our head by the first week in March. But right now we are going to betalking about a lot of things. I know the Chief has been talking with his staff about a lotof different things. We should not confuse those things with decisions that haven't beenmade.

Chief Cochran has been told to tell us what he can do with a $25 million budget asopposed to $30 million. Now we have to see what a Fire budget looks like at $25 millionand a Police budget at $30 or $32 million. We have to see what other budgets look likewith 15 percent taken out. A lot of departments have already seen significant changesand we are going to look at that and the Mayor is going to look at that and he is going todo what he needs to do to present a budget that he is comfortable with. He has beenpretty stead fast from day 1 that public safety is his number 1 priority. He is not going torecommend a budget that is going to compromise public safety being Police or Fire.But that doesn't mean whatever the Police Department and Fire Department wants isgoing to be what they get. They are going to have to look at some choices. We aregoing to work with our employees to address some cost saving measures. Over the last3 to 4 years we have had great success with our employees on coming up with ideas.

Our cabinet has been great on coming up with alternatives that we can live with. I thinkfor the most part if you ask someone out in the city if they have seen their servicesseriously degraded from the City over the last 4 or 5 years, I don't think that they wouldsay that they have. Most people will say oh yeah I didn't know that. They care about ifthey call 911 they had better get a response and it had better be quick if their house ison fire or if there is someone in their house. They would like their streets occasionallyplowed. They want to know if they have concerns with something in theirneighborhoods that someone is going to address that. There are a number of things

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that they expect to get and they have been getting. They expect to have a decent parkssystem; they just renewed the Parks Mileage. So they value those. So we have done agood job over the last few years, as have many cities.

Commissioner Ferro asked if that $15 million cut includes $2 million in revenue sharing.

Jerry said yes it is. We have a risk that the Governor will purpose to eliminate allstatutory revenue sharing and that would be another 5 so it would be $20 million insteadof $15 million.

Commissioner Ferro asked if all of the property tax appeals were approved how muchof a loss would that be?

Jerry responded that it would be $3 million and that would be worse case. We can'tcontrol the time frame on it either.

Commissioner Brown asked what has been the real affect of the 36 hour weeks.

Jerry stated that people have noticed that because it is sometimes a little harder to get ahold of a department. Some offices are closed on Friday's. Planning andNeighborhood Development works four 9 hour days and are closed on Fridays andpeople had to adjust to that. Treasurer's office is closed every other Friday. Early onwe had people coming in and knocking on the door. Interdepartmentally it is probablymore complicated. We tried to be flexible with the employees and when you call to talkto someone you find out that they are not there that day. Beyond that we made surepeople had the ability to pay their taxes. We had builders that weren't to happy thatneeded permits only to come down and find out that the office was closed on Friday.We tried to work with that by saying that if you call us in advance we will make theadjustments. It's been ok. But it has been tough internally to schedule more thananything. There have been times that we have had to work people more than 36 hoursand then the question comes up who gets to do that?

Commissioner Washington asked when is that set to end.

Jerry stated that the agreement with the labor contracts was until the end of this fiscalyear. We will be talking with our Unions.

Commissioner Hudson asked if stepping up our enforcement of collections give you abigger increase in revenue.

Jerry stated that it would some but not a lot. I think you have to look at our population.We have a high number of folks who just can't afford it. We could harass them morebut what little we would get would not be worth the harassment. We had thisconversation with District Court, District Court creates enough revenue to take care ofthem selves and that is not the case here. We will be looking at all the fees and chargesto see if they are enough and we will be looking at the way we do things as we havealways done. I wish there was a silver bullet somewhere but there is not. People haveasked about raising taxes and yes it can be done by Council, but if they raise it 4 mil it isonly going to give $8 million not $15. The Mayor has been pretty stead fast on livingwithin our means.

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Commissioner Hudson asked if they have gone back and looked at possible savingsthat did not get passed and reviewed those again?

Jerry said that they have looked at everything a second time.Commissioner Hudson asked about like another incentive for retiring?

Jerry stated that they have offered 2 years in a row a retirement incentive. He said wehave worked hard not to lay anyone off and have been successful so far. I am not surethe answer is offering another retirement incentive right now.

Commissioner Washington asked if there was any consideration to selling assets.

Jerry stated that we are going down an entire list of things. Some things will not happenthat quickly. Long term we could look at selling City Hall. We are looking at our entireinventory of Parks. We have 104 Parks in the City about half of them are reallyconsidered by the Parks Department as program Parks.

Commissioner Vinson stated that the City has a lot of rental property has it beenconsidered to raise the fee for rentals?

Jerry said that it is one of the items on the list to look at.

Firefighter Weber asked if there was an option to sell the Golf Courses.

Jerry said that we only have 1 golf course left open. The rest of them are vacant andthey are on the list to look at selling. But some of these things do require the vote of thepeople to sell them. We have tried to minimize our cost to maintain them only to getweed ordinance violations from the Townships.

Commissioner Brown asked if the City Council was being fairly corporative with theMayor of the budget issues.

Jerry stated that they do no know yet. He said you are one of the first groups that wehave meet with. At this point we have talked with them but they don't know what wehave proposed to Fire and Police. They are concerned; their question is how are yougoing to do this?

Commissioner Ferro asked about regionalization. He asked if that has been looked atas a possibility and what kind of cost savings is there?

Jerry stated that it has been talked about and talked about a lot. I think there is notenough pain yet and not enough incentive yet. He stated that in his opinion only that ifthe State was to say you want revenue sharing than you need to do something specificon regionalism, if that were to happen I think you would see a lot of people jumping.That is a multi million dollar incentive. Then people would begin to pay attention. Thereare more corporations going on than one sees. The 911 Center for example is regional.They will be moving out to their new location on Jolly Road and Cedar Street by spring2012 and then we won't be supporting them once that happens. There has been talkand meetings about the Fire Departments.

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Chief Cochran said that there is a meeting on Friday regarding that. Jerry said it bestthat there is this perception out there that it is Lansing's problem and Lansing is the onethat is hurting and we are not going to come in and solve Lansing's problems. In allfairness there is a lot that we have done, a lot of positive things and I have discussedthose with you.

Commissioner Hudson asked if there is a priority list of all departments that are funded?As a homeowner I feel Fire and Police are very important and I am all in favor ofsupporting neighborhoods. If I had to choose between having a community centerpainted or something for the kids to do during the summer and having patrols on thestreets or in the stations I would choose safety. Do you have a list of where the moneyis going?

Jerry stated that all of them are important. The budget that will be presented will reflectthe Mayors priorities. Part of what we need to do as a city is grow. We have to havepeople who want to live here; we need to have businesses that want to locate here. Wecan't do it if there are holes in the streets and if you wonder if Police and Fire are goingto respond. It's not that simple, you can't just go down the list, and we want to do it all.The one thing we do know is that everything we do benefits some people. All you haveto do is say that you are taking something away and all of a sudden you have this groupof people coming up with reasons not to. This budget will be a getting back to basicbudget. For example, to provide basic Fire services, do we need to do everything thatwe are currently doing, do we need to have all the personnel that we are using?

Commissioner Vinson asked when looking at the budget, do you look at it on a 1 yearstatus or a 2 year status?

Jerry said that he was glad that this question was asked. He said we like to look at it bymulti year. Last year at this time we said it's not only going to be tough this year butover the next 4 years it will be tuff. We predicted that it would be 2015 before we sawgrowth and revenues would resume before we would see a difference and we have nowrevised it to be 2016. We are looking financially ahead and there are things that wehave got to begin to do now if we are going to try and impact the City finances in thenext 2 years. We have to look ahead and know where we are going. So having saidthis and with all the gloom and doom we are going to continue to invest in the City. Wehave got to continue to make this City attractive, we have got to aggressively pursuebusinesses to come here. We will get through it.

Chief Cochran stated that we have got to look at the positives, looking right across thestreet we have the world headquarters for the Accident Fund and bringing jobs to thedowntown area.

Administrative Comments - Fire Chief Tom Cochran• Introduced Michelle Greko. She is a newest staff member here at the office. She

is filling in for Patti who is off on leave.• Mike Lewis had back surgery and is doing well.• We have had some very productive meetings and have some great ideas on

building a budget on $25 million. I have brought in my division heads and someadministrative assistants and we have been very productive. I am

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communicating with the unions. The unions are meeting with their boards andare having some very serious discussions. We are about ready to submit our firstround of proposals.

^ We have taken delivery of our new Tech Rescue Vehicle. It is at Station 8. Thatwas purchased through grant funds. It is a beautiful rig and there is a lot involvedwith that like transferring all the equipment. Training is required to operate thisvehicle. Would like to see about changing the location of February's meeting toStation 8 so you can see the new vehicle.

• End of year report is being worked on and needs to be completed.• Tri-ad, No Senior with out Christmas. We held the event on December 15 and it

was very successful. 270 Christmas baskets were delivered. They were verygrateful for the hard work of the Firefighters at the station. It was really great tosee the parade of Police and Fire vehicles going through the station picking upbaskets and going and delivering them to the seniors. That was a huge positiveevent.

Committee ReportsNone

Old BusinessNone

New BusinessNone

General Order:Commissioner Washington requested to be excused from February's Meeting for shewill be in Cancun for 2 weeks.

AdjournmentA motion was made by Commissioner Ferro and supported by Commissioner Brown toadjourn the meeting. A unanimous vote was taken. The meeting adjourned at 7:10p.m.

Minutes Submitted byr VLi.^E ' =?

^ on February 9, 2011.Michelle Greko

APPROVED: February 9, 2011

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BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERSMEETING MINUTES

TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2011

MEMBERS PRESENT:Commissioner Maria Mejorado, ChairCommissioner Linda SimsCommissioner Patty FarhatCommissioner Bob NoordhoekCommissioner Bill RenfrewCommissioner Sandra Kowalk-ThompsonCommissioner Jan Kolp

MEMBERS EXCUSED:Commissioner Clyde Carnegie

OTHERS PRESENT:Chief Teresa SzymanskiBernard Brantley, Commission InvestigatorJim DeLine, SecretaryMichael Mathis, Legal Advisor

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC/GUESTS:Ellie Renfrew, Wellesley Dr

CALL TO ORDER - Commissioner Mejorado

After having established a quorum, Commissioner Mejorado called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m.Commissioner Kolp led those present in the Pledge of Allegiance.

PUBLIC COMMENT - Agenda Items

ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA

APPROVAL OF MINUTES - Commissioner Mejorado

The minutes of the regular meeting of April 19 were approved as submitted and placed on file.

EDUCATION PRESENTATION

No education presentation was scheduled for the April meeting.

ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT - Chief Szymanski

Chief Szymanski expressed her appreciation to Commissioner Farhat for the hard work she did on thecampaign supporting the recent millage proposal. She was also appreciative of Commissioner / ChaplainCarnegie for his attendance at line-up and staff meetings after the millage defeat. She and Captains Halland Yankowski also attended and offered to be available to employees. The Chief feels that the defeatwas not a referendum on the Police Department, but on the economy.

Last night, the City Council approved the Mayor's austere budget. Union concessions are still apossibility and could result in decreasing the number of layoffs. She is hopeful on that front. The positionof Administrative Assistant to Special Operations has been spared as it will shift from the general fund to

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being financed with forfeiture money. We will now go forward with layoff notices. The layoffs will beeffective July 1. Four were already sent out to sergeants who have the option of returning to thenonsupervisory unit of the FOP. A total of approximately fifty LPD employees will receive notices. Thismeans officers with as many as eight years with LPD could be laid off. Morale is low but many officersare still giving their all.

Two informational sessions for FOP members have been scheduled with a variety of resource peopleavailable including chaplains, Tom Krug, the Chief and Captains plus people from Michigan Works,retirement firms, MCOLES, and MESC. An informational session for Teamsters is planned but no datehas been set.

In answer to questions from the Board, Chief Szymanski reported that LPD is applying for a grant whichcould fund as many as eleven officers. The caveat is that we must agree to retain the level of staffing fora year after the grant concludes. Commissioner Sims noted that the Greater Lansing Visitors andConvention Bureau is checking into grants that would help to fund coverage during events.Commissioner Farhat asked about the possibility of Council authorizing a tax increase within its limit to doso. The Chief replied that she is doubtful that would happen. Commissioner Kowalk-Thompson notedthat once the public sees the impact of having a smaller police force, they may be more inclined to vote toincrease funding. In answer to other questions, the Chief noted that approximately 14% of those laid offare minority.

HUMAN RELATIONS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES LIAISON

Bernard Brantley reported for Dr. Joan Jackson Johnson that the mobile food pantry is scheduled to beheld at Plymouth Congregational Church this weekend. Commissioner Sims reported that a family of fivehas moved in to a home on Risdale in the One Church / One Family program. She also announced thatthe Project Homeless Connect will be expanded this year to serve the working poor. It will be named,"Project Community Connect."

FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE

No representative present.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

Establishment of a "Flower Fund" - tabled.Update of Commission Investigator Job Description - tabled.

CORRESPONDENCE SENT AND RECEIVED

Correspondence for the month of April was accepted and placed on file.

DEPARTMENT REPORTS

Commissioner Kowalk-Thompson noted a math error in the Detention report (p. 48) and she noted the bigjump in calls placed to the 911 center via VOIP (p. 58). Commissioner Renfrew asked for moreinformation on a "Crystal Report" mentioned on page eighteen. The Chief explained that it is a report oncrime. Department reports for the month of April were accepted and placed on file.

BOARD COMMITTEE REPORTS

Gov't / Community Liaison Committee - Commissioner Kowalk-Thompson announced August 23 as thedate of the Board's outing in the City suite at Cooley Law School Stadium.

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Awards & Incentives Committee - Commissioner Noordhoek reminded all to attend tomorrow. He ishopeful that the ceremony is upbeat and well attended.

Budget Committee - Commissioner Renfrew had nothing to report.

Complaint Committee - Commissioner Farhat announced that the committee met last night and had agood meeting.

Commission Investigator- had no additional comments.

OTHER REPORTS

Precinct Consolidation Steering Committee - had no report. Commissioner Farhat asked if this initiativeis still being considered and the Chief reported that it was.

Ad Hoc Committee on Board Policies and Rules - Commissioner Noordhoek reported that the committeemet earlier today and is making progress.

COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS

Commissioner Kowalk-Thompson - reported on her positive experience working on the millage campaignwith a firefighter from Station 6. She admires Commissioner Farhat for her tireless hard work on thecampaign and is devastated on its defeat. She also congratulated Chief Szymanski on being nominatedin the Woman of the Year recognition. It was a good night and fun event.

Commissioner Renfrew - apologized to the Board for not being able to assist in the millage campaign ashe continues to aide his wife extensively. Board members were completely understanding and supportiveof-this effort. In light of the millage's defeat, he suggested several things including the possible use of aclosed fire station for police use and the increased importance of a strong Neighborhood Watch program.

Commissioner Noordhoek - had no additional comments.

Commissioner Farhat expressed her appreciation to all who assisted in the millage campaign andcongratulated Commissioner Carnegie on being named Pastor of Friendship Baptist Church. She alsodiscussed the MATS presentation to the public where no one showed up. That reflects positively on theDepartment as it is a report on racial profiling.

Commissioner Kolp - expressed deep sorrow at the defeat of the millage and is glad that people are notgiving up on exploring options to more fully fund the Police Department. She noted that many of theofficers being laid off will leave and not be available if / when they can be recalled.

Commissioner Sims - expressed her appreciation to Commissioner Farhat for putting her "heart and soul"into working on the campaign to pass the millage. The effort was extremely well organized and"everything that could have been done, was done." She also expressed her appreciation to ChiefSzymanski for being on her cable television program on election night and to Commissioner Kolp for thefollow-up on Board member attendance matters. The ad hoc committee will include this issue as theydiscuss rules and procedures. She noted that it is always good to see the number of firefighters thatassist with the mobile food pantry. She also commended Chief Szymanski on her leadership at thisdifficult time for many of the officers and she noted the successful Stop the Silence march.

Commissioner Mejorado - was glad to be in attendance at the Stop the Silence march and at the publicmeeting regarding the MATS report. She requested that those present keep people in Louisiana who areaffected by the recent flooding in their prayers.

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OTHER BUSINESS I DISCUSSION ITEMS

Commendation for Jim and Pat Heyden - Commissioner Noordhoek moved that theBoard commend Jim and Pat Heyden for the work they do with the Lansing Police HistoricalPreservation Association by presenting them with a certificate of appreciation. The motionpassed and Jim DeLine will prepare a draft for the Chair's approval.

PUBLIC COMMENT

None.

ADJOURNMENT - Commissioner Mejorado

There being no further business to discuss, Commissioner Mejorado adjourned the meeting at 6:30 p.m.

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Official Proceedings of theCity of Lansing Election Commission

May 20, 2011

Meeting was called to order by City Clerk Swope at 10:04 a.m.

Members Present:

Chris Swope, City ClerkMaria Irish, City Assessor

Others Present:

Kevin Reeves, City Clerk's OfficeBruce Utter, Election CoordinatorDoh Kulhanek, City Attorney's OfficeKarl Biasi

1. Approval of Minutes

Moved by City Assessor Irish to accept the printed proceedings of the City of LansingElection Commission Meeting of May 18, 2011. Motion Carried.

11. Public Comment

There was no public comment.

Ill. Ward Redistricting

City Clerk Swope showed City Assessor Irish the changes on the proposed new cityward boundary map. Moved by City Assessor Irish to redistrict the wards. MotionCarried.

IV. Precinct Adjustments

City Clerk Swope presented the precinct adjustments made and the rationale for same.Moved by City Assessor Irish to adopt the redistricting plan. Motion Carried.

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5:30 p.m. Monday, May, 2, 2011

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316 North Capitol Avenue, Suite C3

MINUTES

1. CALL TO ORDER - The meeting was called to order at 5:33 p.m.Members Present:

Philip Mondro, Cassandra Nelson, Mary Toshach, Tom Truscott,Nathalie Winans

Members Absent:

Kara Wood (Excused)Staff Present:

Bill Rieske

2.

APPROVAL OF AGENDA - It was moved by Mr. Truscott, seconded by Ms. Toshach, andCARRIED unanimously (5-0) to approve the agenda as printed.

3.

COMMUNICATIONSA Media Advisory form MSHDA regarding 2011 Governor's Awards for HistoricPreservation.An e-mail from the National Trust Midwest Office regarding the MichiganLegislature's appropriation for the state historic tax credit.

4.

PUBLIC COMMENTS - None.

5.

STAFF COMMENTS - Mr. Rieske reported that Sandy Allen has been appointed by the Mayor tofill one of the vacancies on the Commission. She is awaiting Council confirmation at this time.

PRESENTATIONS - None.

7.

BUSINESS SECTIONA.

Minutes for approval - March 16, 2011, April 4, 2011 meetings.It was moved by Ms. Nelson, seconded by Ms. Winans, and CARRIED unanimously (5-0) toapprove the March 16 minutes as corrected. (Commission members had pointed out numerouscorrections.) The minutes for the April 4 meetings were not presented for approval.

B.

Old Business - DISCUSSION ITEMSa. HDC Work Program - Master Plan Context. Mr. Rieske completed the

presentation on the Master Plan, and focused on the Plan's PET (preserve, enhance, transform)analysis. He state that given the resources available, not everything can be preserved toSecretary of the Interior's Standards. The Commission can therefore have an important role inprioritizing resources for preservation.

b. Historic Properties Rating Table. Mr. Rieske presented a table depicting therating systems of Oakland and San Francisco, CA; the Vieux Carre Commission; and the City ofNew Orleans, and a draft column for Lansing. A discussion ensued regarding the validity of sucha rating system, and the data and expertise required for making these determinations. Ms.Toshach reported that the selected communities utilized "The Evaluation of Historic Buildings", byHarold Kalman, as a source for their rating system. Mr. Truscott noted that Jefferson City, MOmay be a good resource as well.

C.

Other Business - None.

8.

PENDING ITEMS: FUTURE ACTION REQUIREDA. Discussion of potential policy regarding the designation of single resource properties that

have already pulled building permits for renovation.B. HDC Guidelines and Review Procedures.

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C. Neighborhood Pattern Book.D. Historic preservation planning and its relationship to the Master Plan Project:E. Work Program

9.

COMMISSION MEMBER COMMENTS - None

10.

COMMISSION MEMBER PRESERVATION RECOGNITIONS - None.

11.

ADJOURNMENT - The meeting was adjourned at 6:45 p.m.

Next regular meeting 5:30 PM, Monday, July 11, 2011, in the PND Conference Room

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CITY OF LANSINGHistoric District Commission

5:30 p.m. Monday, April 4, 2011Planning & Neighborhood Development Conference Room

316 North Capitol Avenue, Suite C3

Minutes 1.

CALL TO ORDER - The meeting was called to order at 5:32 p.m.Members Present:

Philip Mondro, Cassandra Nelson, Mary Toshach, Torn Truscott,Nathalie Winans

Members Absent:

Kara Wood (Excused)Staff Present:

Bill RieskeAlso Present:

Jason Kildea, The Gillespie Group

2.

APPROVAL OF AGENDA - It was moved by Mr. Truscott, seconded by Ms. Toshach, andCARRIED unanimously (5-0) to approve the agenda as printed.

3.

COMMUNICATIONS - None.

4.

PUBLIC COMMENTS - None

5.

PUBLIC HEARINGS -- HDC-1-11 - Marshall St. Armory, 330 Marshall St., Free-standingSign.

A. Public HearingMr. Kildea reported that the City and Gillespie Group coordinated on closing the end of ElvinCourt changing the address from 300 Elvin Court to 330 Marshall. He presented an archedentrance sign that extends across the driveway entrance. The design depicts features such asspires and mounted guns on each side, all to create a distinctive entrance to the property whileharkening to the historic character of the building. In this design, a spire reaches upward from thetop of the sign, with a circle saying "25" to signify the year built (1925). A smaller sign extendsfrom the bottom of the arch, containing the address "330 Marshall". Removable banners areshown on each of the sign poles.

Ms. Toshach suggested a more contemporary design with the spires and the date removed andno "faux history". In the ensuing discussion, Commission members recommended that the fulldate should be used, and represented in a historical marker rather than on the entrance sign.They recommended that the historical marker and firearms be located in the lawn area in the SEcorner of the property.

B. Commission ActionDuring the discussion, Nathalie Winans sketched a conceptual design for the sign that depictedthe Commission's recommendation. It was moved by Ms. Toshach, seconded by Mr. Truscott,and CARRIED unanimously (5-0) to approve the design concept as depicted in the diagram. Theapplicant and each of the commissioners initialed the diagram to indicate their concurrence, andthe diagram is attached to these minutes to document the decision.

6.

STAFF COMMENTS - Mr. Rieske reported that some people were interested in purchasing gg1E. Hillsdale.

7.

PRESENTATIONS - None.

8.

BUSINESS SECTIONA.

Minutes for approval - March 16, 2010 meeting. No minutes were presented forapproval.

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B. Old Business - DISCUSSION ITEM - HDC Work Program - Master Plan Context.TABLED - NO ACTION TAKEN.

C. Other Business - None.

9.

PENDING ITEMS: NO ACTION TAKENA. Discussion of potential policy regarding the designation of single resource properties that

have already pulled building permits for renovation.B. HDC Guidelines and Review Procedures.C. Neighborhood Pattern Book.D. Historic preservation planning and its relationship to the Master Plan Project.E. Work Program

10.

COMMISSION MEMBER COMMENTSMs. Nelson noted that the Lansing's Historic Districts Ordinance calls for Commissionmembership to include an architect, if one is available. This prompted a discussion about BarryWood, an architect who was appointed to the Commission, but not confirmed by City Council.

Ms. Toshach suggested that the Planning Board membership include an HDC member. Mr.Rieske stated his belief that this dual membership is not permitted in the Michigan PlanningEnabling Act P.A. 33 of 2008).

Mr. Truscott noted that 2011 is the sesquicentennial anniversary of the start of the Civil War, andencouraged the celebration of history.

11.

COMMISSION MEMBER PRESERVATION RECOGNITIONS - None.

12.

ADJOURNMENT - The meeting was adjourned at 6:52 p.m.

Next regular meeting - 5:30 PM, Monday, May 2, 2011, in the PND Conference Room

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COMMISSION 310 Seymour Lansing, Ml 48933 (517) 487-6550 Fax (517) 487-6977

MINUTES OF THE MAY 25, 2011LANSING HOUSING COMMISSION MEETING

PRESENT AT ROLL CALL: President BaltimoreVice-president BellCommissioner NelsonCommissioner Robbins

STAFF:

Patricia Baines-Lake

David AboodKendra Schmidtman

Phil ChajkowskiForrest Babcock

Rhonda PagelRamiro Salazar

Dona Davenport

President Baltimore called the meeting to order at 6:01 pm.

All Commissioners present at roll call with the exception of Commissioner Nelson whoarrived at 6:04PM.

The Minutes of April 27, 2011 Regular Board Meeting were presented to theCommissioners for approval. Commissioner Bell moved to approve the minutes, itbeing seconded by Commissioner Robbins.

Approved: Unanimously

Resolution #1123 -Approval of Resolution #1123 - authorizes the finance division towrite off accounts receivable in excess of 90 days. Commissioner Nelson moved toapprove Resolution #1123, with Commissioner Bell seconding the motion.

Approved: Unanimously

Resolution #1124 - Fiscal Year 2010 Audit Finding Plan was presented to the Board byFinance Manager Ramiro Salazar. Commissioner Bell moved to approve theResolution with a corrected Transmittal for Resolution #1124. Commissioner Robbinsseconded the motion.

Approved: Unanimously

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Resolution #1125 -Authorization to enter into a Contract with Able Concrete forinstallation and replacement work Commission wide. Commissioner Nelson moved toauthorize entering into this Contract with Commissioner Robbins seconding the motion.

Approved: Unanimously

Kendra Schmidtman presented the Housing Choice Voucher Report to the Board.There were 40 more applications pulled to try and reach the 200 new lease ups. A 1month HCV report was presented with the Report. Discussion was held on whether theBoard prefers the 1 month or if they would rather have a 3 month report. The Boardstated they would rather have the 3 month report.

Phil Chajkowski, Finance Manager presented the Low income Public Housing and theCentral Office Cost Center financial reports.

Forrest Babcock presented the Asset Management Overview and Asset ManagerParsons' and Mendoza April activities for AMPs 102-104, 107-111 Asset Manager's,Pagel and Abood presented their individual reports on their two AMPS. Mr. Babcockalso spoke to doing an extensive study on utility use and contracting with a largecompany to come in and revamp with the new bells and whistles and us paying back aswe save money on electric, gas and water.

The Board asked for a report on number of residents paying flat rent.

Director Lake spoke to the new design for the Hildebrandt Park office and communitycenter. The Housing Choice Voucher Department is undergoing a mini-reorganization.There will be no more furlough days as of June 15, 2011. They will be doing a site visitto Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids administers 3000 Housing Choice Vouchers. .interviews are complete and an individual has been offered the CLC Coordinatorposition part-time.

There has been activity regarding Oliver Towers and the City.

We have extended the deadline for the Website RFP to June 2, 2011.

No public comment.

There being no further business, Commissioner Nelson moved to adjourn the meeting.

The meeting adjourned at 7:28 pm.

May 25, 2011 Board Meeting Minutes

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Patricia Baines Lake, Executive Director and Secretary

May 25, 2011 Board Meeting Minutes

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COMMISSION

310 Seymour Lansing, MI 48933 (517) 487-6550 Fax (517) 487-6977

MINUTES OF THE APRIL 27, 2Q11LANSING HOUSING COMMISSION MEETING

PRESENT AT ROLL CALL: President BaltimoreCommissioner NelsonCommissioner Robbins

ABSENT:

Vice-president Bell

STAFF:

Patricia Baines-Lake

David AboodKendra Schmidtman

Phil ChajkowskiForrest Babcock

Rhonda PagelRamiro Salazar

Dona DavenportSona Mendoza

President Baltimore called the meeting to order at 6:03 pm.

President Baltimore noted a mistake on the minutes -- he was not present at themeeting to ask for adjournment after noting the correction -he asked for a motion toapprove the minutes of March 30, 2011. Commissioner Georgina Nelson responded bymoving to approve the minutes as presented. Commissioner Robbins seconded themotion.

Approved: Unanimously

President Baltimore requested approval to change the Agenda to include a closedsession after the informational part of the meeting. Commissioner Nelson moved andCommissioner Robbins seconded a motion to amend the agenda.

Approved: Unanimously

Resolution #1122 A proposed Bed Bug Policy was presented to the Board forapproval. In addition, the Board was provided a copy of LHC's Bed Bud for approvalStandard Operating Procedure for their information. Director Lake described thetrainingemployees received from the State Health Department and our exterminationcontractor. After discussion, Commissioner Nelson moved to approve the Policy withCommissioner Robbins seconding the motion.

Approved: Unanimously

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Director Lake presented the Capital Fund Report to the Board. This report outlines thework being done with the 2008-2009 and 2010 Capital Funds.

Phil Chajkowski, Finance Manager presented the Low Income Public Housing and theCentral Office Cost Center financial reports. He noted we have taken over theManagement Agent duties for Oliver Gardens. Finance Manager, Ramiro Salazarpresented the Housing Choice Voucher Program Financials. He described the value ofthe increased administrative fee the Housing Choice Voucher Program will earn with thenew lease ups.

Forrest Babcock presented the Asset Management Overview and Asset ManagerParsons' February activities for AMPs 102-104. Asset Manager's, Pagel, Mendoza andAbood presented their individual reports on their two AMPS.

Kendra Schmidtman reported 156 new Housing Choice Vouchers were leased up fromthe 200 person Housing Choice Voucher Draw which started in November 2010. Allquality file audits were done and were 100% accurate.

Commissioner Nelson moved and Commissioner Robbins 2"d the motion to go intoClosed Session to discuss litigation. Closed session started at 6:48 pm.

Regular session reconvened at 7:12 pm.

Commissioner Nelson moved to approve the settlement terms regarding the litigation aspresented.

Approved: Unanimously

During the closed session Director Lake exempted herself from the discussion of amatter associated with the law suit because of a preexisting relationship with theresident. Commissioner Nelson also made a motion to accept the recommendation ofthe Director of Asset Management regarding the resident's Transfer request.

Approved: Unanimously

Director Lake presented her Quarterly Report. Some of the highlights were - LHC hascompleted the initial draft of a RFP to dispose of Oliver Tower and secure new officespace, however, the City of Lansing is completing its review and edit and the RFP forWeb Design services is going out May 2. She also provided an overview of the trainingemployees received this quarter.Public Comment: None

There being no further business, Commissioner Nelson moved to adjourn the meeting.

The meeting adjourned at 7:45 pm.

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Date

April 27, 2011 Board Meeting Minutes

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LHCCOMMISSION 310 Seymour Lansing, MI 48933 (517) 487-6550 Fax (517) 487-6977

MINUTES OF THE MARCH 30, 2011LANSING HOUSING COMMISSION MEETING

PRESENT AT ROLL CALL: Vice President Bell

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Commissioner Nelson

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ABSENT:

President Baltimore

STAFF:

Patricia Baines-Lake

David Abood

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Kendra Schmidtman:7,;z emPhil Chajkowski

Forrest BabcockRhonda Pagel

Vice President Bell called the meeting to order at 6:07pm. Immediately after roll callVice president Bell convened the Public Hearing on LHC's 2011-2012 Annual Plan.

Forrest Babcock gave a general overview of the annual plan process and providedhighlights of the two on site meetings. He provided a pictorial overview of the projectscompleted by the commission utilizing ARRA funds and Capital Funds. Mr. Babcockthen provided a detailed overview of the proposed future capital fund expenditures bysite and in general and proposed policy changes to the Admissions and ContinuedOccupancy Plan ("ACOP") and the Housing Choice Voucher Administrative Plan. TheVice President asked the members of the public if they had any questions. Mr. Forrestresponded to the public's question and then entertained questions from the Board. Bothentities asked questions regarding the proposed ACOP changes. After receivingresponses to all questions Commissioner Nelson moved and Commissioner Robbinssecond a motion to submit the Annual Plan as drafted by staff.

Resolution #1121 Annual Plan Submission was presented to the Board forconsideration. Commissioner Nelson moved to approve the submission to HUD,Commissioner Robbins seconded the motion.

Approved: Unanimously

Vice President Bell asked if the minutes of the February 23, 2011 had been reviewed bythe Commissioners. Commissioner Georgina Nelson responded by moving to approvethe minutes as presented. Commissioner Robbins seconded the motion.

Approved: Unanimously

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Vice President Bell asked if the minutes of the March 10, 2011 had been reviewed bythe Commissioners. Commissioner Georgina Nelson responded by moving to approvethe minutes as presented. Commissioner Robbins seconded the motion.

Approved: Unanimously

Resolution #1120 Annual Certified Audit was presented to the Board for approval. JeffCunningham of the Rezick Group provided an overview, by telephone of the changesmade since completion of the draft. The Audit includes a finding against theCommission for utilizing Housing Choice Voucher Funds for Public Housing purposes.The auditor indicated Low Income Public Housing had the funds available to correct thefinding. He also went over the Commission's response to the finding which he felt wasadequate. The Director committed to book a transfer of funds from Low Income PublicHousing to Housing Choice Voucher sufficient to correct the Audit Finding within 30days. After some discussion to better understand the nature of the finding and how tocorrect the same, Commissioner Nelson moved to approve submitting the audit to HUD,Commissioner Robbins seconded the motion.

Approved: Unanimously

Ramiro Salazar, Finance Manager presented the Housing Choice Voucher Programfinancial report, Central Office Cost Center and individual Asset Management Project'sfinancial reports.

Forrest Babcock presented Asset Management Overview, Asset Manager Parsons'January activities for AMPs 102-104 and Asset Manager, Pagel's report on Hildebrandtscattered site 105

David Abood reported on S. Washington Park and AMP 112 , and Sona Mendozareported on activity at LaRoy Froh and AMP 111.

Kendra Schmidtman explained the 200 person Housing Choice Voucher Draw whichstarted in November 2010. She indicated a significant result of this effort would bevisible in the cumulative increased lease up numbers on next month's report

Director Lake indicated the Detroit Field Office Director completed a tour of LHC sitesand some of the ARRA improvements. He also now understands 1st hand the need torelocate our Central Office.

Members of the public who spoke during the Public Hearing had no additionalcomments or questions.

Vice President Bell asked if there was any other business.

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There being no further business, Commissioner Baltimore moved to adjourn themeeting.

The meeting adjourned at 7:53 pm.

Patricia Belies Lake, Executive Director and Secretary

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PARK BOARD MINUTESFoster Community Center

May11,2011

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Rick Kibbey, Dusty Fancher, Ron Loft, Adam Hussain, Paul Carrier, Pat Murray,Luke Canfora

MEMBERS ABSENT:

Excused: Patricia Spitzley

OTHERS PRESENT:

Murdock Jemerson, Parks and Recreation Director; Pat Lindemann, Ingham CountyDrain Commissioner and 2 representatives; Bob Trezise, EDC; Randy Hannan,Mayor's office; Marti Wheeler; Julie and Phil Mannino; Sue Eareckson, Friends ofBancroft Park; Will Rogers and Marylou Mason, Chavez Commission; Joan Nelson;Kellie Brown, Board Secretary

CALLED TO ORDER:

7:10 p.m.

ADDITIONS/DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA

None

STATEMENT OF CITIZENS

None

BOARD MINUTES

Motion was made by Pat Murray to accept the April 13, 2011 minutes as submitted, seconded by Dusty Fancher. 7yeas, 0 nays

Motion carried

NEW BUSINESS

Cesar Chavez Memorial Committee- Presentation

Will Rogers, Cesar Chavez Committee, proposed a memorial at Riverfront Park and provided a rendition of theproposed monument. It would be a three sided, polished gray granite monument with bronze plaques on each sidedepicting the history of Mr. Chavez. Mr. Rogers stated Great Lakes Monument received the project.

The monument would be 70 yards north of the Shiawassee Bridge in Riverfront Park. They are proposing themonument would be housed in a 20'x40'x10' pergola. The design of the pergola has not yet been determined. Oneach side of the monument would be benches engraved with sponsors.

Rick Kibbey inquired if this is in the vicinity of the restrooms and playground. Mr. Rogers stated it is not. Kibbeyalso inquired if it is in the flood line and that would need to be checked and verified.

Murdock Jemerson stated he had spoke with Mr. Rogers about the process and this is a preliminary presentation.The committee has been provided the form from the department regarding memorials to complete and return.

Luke Canfora inquired if funding has been established. Mr. Rogers indicated the project is almost completelyfunded.

Rick Kibbey suggested the committee meet with the Parks Department's landscape architect to obtain hisprofessional opinion.

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Pat Lindemann, Ingham County Drain Commissioner, stated years ago they were working off of a federal grant tofigure out what was wrong with the Red Cedar River. This river is one of the most polluted rivers in the state, whichmeans it exceeds the total daily maximum loading by the EPA regarding quality for human contact. When the studywas done there were 236 storm inputs that went into the Red Cedar River and out of all of them the MontgomeryDrain was the worst. The Montgomery Drain is the drainage district which encompasses Frandor, the neighborhoodto the north, a little bit of Lansing Township and the Red Cedar Golf Course. This watershed is 70% to 80%impervious, which means about 9 out of 10 drops of rain run right into the river. Lindemann reviewed pictures ofdischarges and pollution which run into the river.

Pat Lindemann stated about 5 years ago he contacted the City of Lansing, Mayor Bernero and the Park Board totalk about his plans. He worked with a team from Clean Water Action and some MSU students who put together asurvey which encompassed businesses in Frandor and golfers to receive their input about cleaning the river andwhat they thought of Frandor as a shopping center. The bottom line was almost 100% of people interviewed agreedthe situation needed to be repaired.

Pat Lindemann stated a couple of years ago they started to work steadily to examine every possibility and there is ahuge interest in the economic development possibilities and rebuilding the park.

Pat Lindemann stated they would like to use the golf course to take the polluted water and run it off the landscapethrough a series of interventions, such as rain gardens, wetland systems, etc. The water will run through a series ofponds to make the park a semi-recreational area to interact with the storm water. Lindemann provided andreviewed conceptual drawings of the interactive park, reviewed the economic impact to offer 12 acres alongMichigan Avenue as part of an incentive to draw cash from the project. If engineered correctly, this could create95% clean up of the polluted water.

Pat Lindemann stated this is only a vision; it is not a designed, engineered project. Their intent is to go to everyneighborhood group, CATA, bicycle clubs, etc to find out what they would like to see in the park and design the bestpossible project in the end to meet everyone's needs.

Paul Carrier stated he remembers a previous presentation and inquired about possible grants. Lindemann statedBob Trezise will discuss the contamination and Brownfield possibilities.

Pat Lindemann stated Phase II of the Clean Water Act which kicked off in March 2003 obligates areas such as this,under Federal Law, be cleaned up.

Pat Lindemann asked for a Park Board member to sit in on the monthly project meetings to provide input on thedesign of this project.

Bob Trezise, Lansing Economic Development Corporation, stressed this is the first step of a conceptual vision.There will be a summer full of participation to receive input on what will work and will not, criticisms, and whatpeople would like. Fundamentally they are trying to make a connection between communities, the river front, theenvironment and jobs.

Bob Trezise stated three words describe the Red Cedar Renaissance and those are jobs, environment andrecreation. The first step toward devising the Michigan Avenue gateway is to obtain 12 acres of the Red Cedar GolfCourse. This will create a new project investment, clean the run water off before it enters the river and providerecreational opportunities.

The Red Cedar Renaissance would be located where what was known as the Red Cedar Golf Course and is nowknown as the Red Cedar Park is located. The Park is owned by the City of Lansing, is deed restricted and can onlybe sold with consideration by the Park Board and with approval of the people of the City of Lansing in a public vote.That still will not be the end of it, the real decision making process is when City Council would need to consider apurchase/sale or development agreement. Specifically the City is proposing to sell 12 of the 61 acres. The 12acres run along Michigan Avenue on the eastern edge. This does not include the western corner, which hasanother set of restrictions.

Trezise stated this is a private, mixed use development and in discussions with Michigan State University they areinterested in international areas. Forty-nine acres is for the "backyard" of the development for a natural park.

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The Michigan Avenue Gateway is the grand vision and encompasses the Michigan Avenue corridor along the parkand Frandor and the area represents a lot of job creation potential.

Dusty Fancher inquired about the 12 acre development along Michigan Avenue and would the building allow for anopen view to the "backyard" park and where the parking and access to the park would be. She does not want thepark to be hidden.

Bob Trezise stated the question has come up regarding significant flooding issues at the park. The 12 acres existsin a flood plain, but not a flood way which makes a large difference. Construction in a flood way is difficult to do, butin a flood plain it is fine with the right construction techniques.

Bob Trezise stated an environmental study has been done and the soil is badly contaminated from the pesticidesand fertilizers used over the years at the golf course. This does make it a Brownfield eligible, but the soils arestrong and good for development. A TIF would be placed around the 12 acres and new buildings would create taxrevenue.

The plan is to capture the money for 10 years or so to pay off development; second proceeds from the sale of theproperty could be used for amenities; third there should be some attempt in the RFP of how the developer wouldparticipate in the "backyard" and fourth would be to utilize EDC, DNR, EPA, etc grants to off set costs.

Kibbey is concerned with money from the sale of the land being diverted to something else and not being used forthe original intentions for the park. He also inquired what the land is appraised at. Bob Trezise stated the appraisalis about one-half of the way finished.

Randy Hannan stated on behalf of Mayor Bernero there is not a problem with using proceeds for capitalimprovements to the park. The process for selling the 12 acres would be placed on the Council agenda before May23 for approval in order to be placed on the August ballot for public vote.

If the city voters approve the sale, the EDC would do a national RFP, a web site would be created with questionsand answers for all developers to view regarding the project.

Rick Kibbey inquired if the owners of Frandor are receptive. Pat Lindemann stated yes and no.

Randy Hannan stated the objective with the Frandor owners is to push the assessment down as low as possiblewith Brownfield money to minimize the effect on the tenants.

Rick Kibbey inquired if everyone had a chance to review the Committee of the Whole resolution. He stated the onething that caught his eye is the language which reads "WHEREA AS, any net proceeds from the sale of the Parcelwould be exclusively dedicated to capital improvements within the remainder of the park; and". His suggestion was"the idea that 12 acres of dedicated park public park land along Michigan Avenue could be incorporated into a"gateway" project between East Lansing and Lansing. We further agree with the concept presented that the urbanportion of the site (the 12 acres along Michigan Avenue) would be developed to urban standards and uses, and thatthe balance of the site would be an improved and upgraded public park including uses to process storm water fromthe Montgomery Drain, some recreational uses including trails and naturalized vegetation and habitat consistentwith the Red Cedar floodplain. The overall use of the site is to feature low-impact development practices as typifiedby the Tollgate project by Groesbeck golf course". "Any funds from sale of Red Cedar are not to be used forpredevelopment expenses for the project, but to be retained for capital improvements at Red Cedar Park ONLY.""We have been lead to understand this action is for the purpose of allowing the drain commissioner to exploreproposals and partners for the project and that no sale of the property will be finalized until the Park Board and thepublic have an opportunity to review the proposed project. In case the project does not proceed, the parkland willnot be sold. We have additionally been told that the Park Board will have voting representation on the committeewhich reviews the RFP responses.

Kibbey stated he wrote this down so that the Board would have a written record of what the understanding of thisproject was and he would like to see this as an addendum to the resolution.

Paul Carrier moved to approve the resolution with the recommended amendment. Fancher supported.

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Pat Murray stated he could support the proposal with the removal of a line in the fifth WHEREAS that states "theredevelopment of the Parcel is in the best interest of the City because". Without the removal of said line, Murraystated he could not support this resolution. He is not against people voting on this, but he cannot support this withpeople thinking he feels it is in the best interest of the people.

Randy Hannan stated it is a matter of procedure and a recommendation can be made to make this change, but ithas been submitted to Council and only they can change the resolution.

Pat Murray clarified the Park Board does not vote on the resolution, but votes to support the resolution.

Murdock Jemerson stated he would like to see the Park Board mentioned in the resolution in some way and whataction was taken by the Board in relationship to this resolution.

Dusty Fancher called for question. Kibbey stated a question has been called and a vote will be on the resolution aspresented with the understandings of what has been on the table.

5 yeas; 1 nay; I abstained

Motion carries

Ron Loft stated he was going to vote no until he read the last paragraph on the second page which states if thevoters approve this is August, there will be a second vote on the plan. His reservation is, in any best case scenarioand in the past, plans have not always materialized as first presented, making him reluctant to change any plan.

Randy Hannan stated in response to Murdock's comment about having something in Council's resolution about thePark Board's action he will recommend it to the Committee of the Whole and add an additional WHEREAS.

Waverly Park

Randy Hannan stated on Monday Mayor Bernero proposed to City Council to seek authorization for voters to sellWaverly Park and Michigan Avenue Park in the August primary election. As you know they are adjacent parks toMichigan Avenue and Saginaw. Both parks are outside of the city limits in Lansing Township and total about 100acres. As is the case with Red Cedar the authorization to sell would be the first step, not the last. Any actual dealwould come back to the Park Board for consideration and to City Council for final approval.

Randy Hannan clarified that Mayor Bernero is and has always been a strong advocate of the city's park system,however he has a lot of other departments to manage just as well as the City likes to manage the parks. There is anextremely limited amount of resources due to the national recession and the collapse of real estate values; we arechallenged to do with less and less revenue. As a result of this, we have to take a hard look at our park system andwe have to ask what we can afford to maintain in the manner we all expect in order to meet the standards we havefor the park system. Randy inquired if there are too many parks, some would argue there is no such thing; we haveover 2000 acres of parks including cemeteries and are adding more parks, such as Hunter's Ridge and MaguirePark and re-opening Crego Park. Over the years the budget challenges have forced the City to put more and moreof the Park Millage money into operations and maintenance as opposed to capital improvements. This does notleave much for capital improvements or for matching funds for Trust Fund grants. Administration would like to puton the table and consider selling these parks to generate very much needed money for capital improvements in ourparks. That is exactly where the net proceeds from the sale of these properties would go. None of it would be usedfor operations, because as stated it is never a good idea to sell capital assets and then use the money for annualoperating costs, because it is a one-time fix.

Randy Hannan stated at this time administration does not know how much the properties are worth. It would clearlybe in the millions of dollars.

Dusty Fancher stated on the resolution presented to the Board, the third WHEREAS states the net proceeds "canbe" dedicated and could a recommendation be made and would the Mayor support the recommendation to changethe "can be" to "shall".

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Randy Hannan stated he would make the recommendation.

Dusty Fancher moved to support the resolution with the changes discussed with Mr. Hannan. Adam Hussainseconded.

Pat Murray stated he has a similar argument; he could support the proposal with the removal of a line in the thirdWHEREAS that states "the sale of the Property is in the best interest of the City because". Without the removal ofsaid line, Murray stated he could not support this resolution. He would be love to vote on a simple proposal thatstates the Parks Board believes the proposal to sell the property should be submitted to the clcctivco electors of theCity of Lansing for approval, but on a vote to support this whole resolution he would be a no vote.

Ron Loft stated he has more reservations probably because this seems vaguer and we are not planning to keep anyof this as park land and he is nervous because he feels he was appointed to this Board to try to protect the City'sinterests in the parks. He appreciates the net proceeds could help with capital improvements, but he is not sure thislanguage would necessarily protect that in future budgetary problems and crisis down the road when money may beneeded in other areas outside of the parks. He has strong reservations and would not be supportive.

Dusty Fancher stated in her opinion putting this before the Park Board to ask the voters of the City of Lansing if theywant to sell this or not is how our charter is designed and extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures andshe would have a lot more reservations if this park was in the city.

Pat Murray inquired if anyone has spoken to Lansing Everett's Cross Country team. Murdock Jemerson stated hehas not spoken to them about the sale of the property.

Rick Kibbey called for question.

Ron Lott stated when the Park Board states this type of resolution, in some voters' minds it may appear the ParkBoard encourages a yes vote and he still has reservations.

Rick Kibbey clarified the motion was to accept the resolution with the amended language to change "can bededicated" to "shall be dedicated"

5 yeas; 2 nays

Motion Carried

Murdock Jemerson asked Randy to make the same recommendation regarding including the Park Board's action tothe resolution.

OLD BUSINESS

Park Metrics

Tabled until next month.

Naturalization of Parks

Rick Kibbey stated last month they had a list of parks they were going to look at and asked for a list of criteria to usein reviewing the parks. The list is not available.

Tabled until next month

UPDATES

Golf RFP

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Murdock Jemerson stated they received six proposals and this Friday the committee will be meeting to review theproposals. Jerry Ambrose, Stephanie Robinson, Doug Kelly, Jason Crocker, Murdock Jemerson, Tom Beavers,Scott Keith, Mr. Baker, and Pat Spitzley.

At the first meeting there will be a consultant, Director Richard Singer, from the National Golf Foundation who hasreviewed all the proposals and will be providing a synopsis of the companies and the proposals, questions will beentertained from the committee to Mr. Singer and the committee will get the proposals to review to come back withrecommendations.

Luke Canfora suggested obtaining their OSHA history and their labor violation history. Murdock Jemerson statedthat question was not asked in the RFP to provide that information.

Cemetery RFP

Murdock Jemerson stated only received one RFP and it is back out to bid with a June 2 return date. A similarprocess will be done to put a committee together and a request for a park board member will be made.

Murdock Jemerson stated Pat Spitzley was concerned with doing due diligence in the sale of Waverly and RedCedar and making sure grant monies were not used in the development of these parks. Murdock provided a list ofgrant history and neither of these parks were listed as receiving grant money.

Meeting adjourned at 9:15 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted: Kellie Brown, Park Board SecretaryApproved June 8, 2011

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To:

Lansing City Council10th Floor -City Hall124 W. Michigan AveLansing , MI 48933(517) 483-4177(517) 483-7630 fax

Date:

07/11/11

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From:

Judith "Judy" SchmaniaCl

Regarding:

Medical marijuana

I am not a Lansing resident and I do not live in your city but I :doshop there frequently and outside of Livingston County my dollarsare spent primarily in Lansing Michigan. I have attended collegein Lansing for years. I continue to attend continuing educationprograms held at hotels in Lansing. I often list the Radisson Hotelas one of my favorite venue locations for future educationprograms. My family and I frequently dine out in your city. Iwanted to let you know that medical marijuana businesses do not"scare" me away, they do not make me feel "unsafe" and they.don' t "scare my dollars away. "

Please listen to all of the people about medical marijuanadispensaries but please don' t be fooled by those who use tacticslike saying potential customers for other businesses in the areaare "scared away" or "feel unsafe" because a dispensary islocated in the area. Michigan voters weren ' t scared when theyvoted to approve medical marijuana for Michigan residents. I donot believe medical marijuana dispensaries scare people or makethem feel unsafe and I certainly don ' t think they taint Lansingwith a bad image. Rather just the opposite is true when I thinkabout Lansing. I believe the leadership has forward thinking in

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regulating dispensaries as a business as well as demonstrates yoursound business judgment and your understanding of complex amedical, political and financial issue facing your city regardingdispensaries.

I don ' t think medical marijuana dispensaries are evil or run by"evil doers. " I do think medical marijuana is a medication andshould be classified as such and dispensed in a manner that allprescribed medications are dispensed. I believe when "Big Pharma"recognizes the potential money-maker of medical marijuana theywill be inundating the world with slick media techniques designedto promote getting the medication from a pharmacy near you thatyou can trust that will guide you to safe and effective use of thedrug.

Medical marijuana dispensaries should be classified as a business.Medical marijuana should only be dispensed in a business locationand not from someone's home in a residential neighborhood. I don ' tever want to see big neon green marijuana leaves flashing in someresidential neighborhood window.

I believe a bipartisan team of Reps. Barney Frank, D-Mass., andRon Paul, R-Texas, has introduced federal legislation that wouldpermit states to legalize, regulate, tax and control marijuanawithout federal interference. The bill would limit the U.S.government role in marijuana enforcement to interdiction of cross-border or inter-state smuggling. Citizens would be able to legallygrow, use or sell cannabis in the states, which have legalized theforbidden weed.

Michigan voters voted to allow medical marijuana for medicalpatients in this state. However there remains a difficult strugglebetween state and federal law enforcement over interpretation ofthe law, the growing and dispensing of medical marijuana that has

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become a roadblock for patients to find legal, reliable resourcesfor this medication. Federal laws against possession and sale ofmarijuana are antiquated, outdated uninformed, clearlydemonstrate a lack of education, are roadblocks for medicalpatients and are far too expensive to waste time, energy anddollars on today.

I voted to legalize medical marijuana. As a nurse and a humanbeing I looked into my heart and then I set out on a researchquest for information about marijuana, and benefits of medicalmarijuana before I cast my vote that day. I also talked topatients seeking the medication and to business people interestedin this possible new service business. There were stacks of welldocumented studies that clearly repeatedly demonstrated thatmedical marijuana is a drug that effectively benefits manydiseases and conditions such as relieves chronic pain, aids in nausearelief, stimulates appetites of cancer patients receiving chemo-therapy and aids in certain eye conditions.

However I could find no FDA approval for the drug, but then theFDA couldn ' t legally study a recognized and well-establishedillegal substance because they would be in defiance of the law andwould end up in the legal system and not aiding it. I looked intomy heart and felt strongly that I could no longer deny thismedication to people who are seeking relief for conditions thatmedical marijuana benefits. It concerns me that even after thatvote passed patients are still struggling to find legal reliablesources, growers and dispensary businesses continue to be raidedand charged with illegal activity that is clogging up our courts andjustice system.

I am not seeking medical marijuana for myself or any familymember. I never could inhale regular cigarettes and I am not a

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smoker. What can I say-me and Bill Clinton-go figure! HaHaHa!

I understand law enforcement concerns involving control of theproduct. However I feel that it is time to recognize the benefitsof the drug for medical patients and admit the war on drugs hasbeen a total failure in the country. With all the troubles thiscounty is "quagmired " in these days lets redirect our energy, ourresources and our laws to benefit people and move forward with anew approach to drugs. We need decriminalization laws, betterdrug education techniques and we need a treatment-based drugpolicy.

The Marijuana Policy Project noted that that 2 weeks agomarked the 40th Anniversary of when President Nixon declaredthat the federal government was at war with marijuana and otherdrugs. Nixon had rejected recommendations by a presidential panelthat the country moves toward decriminalization and an educationand treatment-based drug policy. That was way back in 1972! Thewar on drugs is just another name on a list of wars and policeactions we still haven' t won, we never will! It 's time to changestrategy, focus and actions.

This proposed legislation follows a recent report by the GlobalCommission on Drug Policy, released early this month thatpronounced the War on Drugs a failure and advocated legalregulation of marijuana.

Sixteen states and the District of Columbia - including the "LeftCoast" of Washington, Oregon and California - have voted to allowmedical use of marijuana - with a doctor's prescription - torelieve pain. But federal laws against possession and sale ofmarijuana have continued to be enforced. Last November, 46.5percent of California voters opted in favor of an initiative tolegalize marijuana in America 's most populous state.

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It's time for change. Thanks for your time and attention.

Judy

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