[0:00] Ladies and gentlemen,

[0:01] good evening. I hereby

[0:02] call a regular

[0:03] meeting of the Canton

[0:05] Township Board of Trustees for

[0:07] September 22, 2026

[0:08] at 7:00 p.m. Please

[0:10] stand for the

[0:11] Pledge of

[0:12] Allegiance.

[0:15] I pledge allegiance to the

[0:17] flag of the United

[0:18] States of America and to

[0:19] the republic for which it

[0:20] stands, one

[0:21] nation under God,

[0:22] indivisible, with

[0:23] liberty and

[0:24] justice for

[0:25] all.

[0:28] Thank you. Mr. Secretary

[0:30] Segers, could

[0:31] you please hold a roll call

[0:32] vote?

[0:36] Tonight should

[0:38] be easy. Uh, Madam

[0:39] Chief, oh,

[0:41] wait. We don't

[0:42] do that. Uh,

[0:43] Chief Gramlich.

[0:47] Yes, thank you. Here.

[0:48] Good. Let it

[0:50] be recorded that

[0:51] Secretary Segers

[0:52] is present and Treasurer

[0:53] Slavens is absent.

[0:56] Ganguly's proxy is absent and

[0:58] Ansari's proxy is absent.

[1:00] Mr. Foster?

[1:01] Good evening.

[1:02] And Mr. President

[1:03] Borninski?

[1:03] Good evening.

[1:04] Thank you. Can I

[1:05] make a motion

[1:06] to approve the

[1:07] agenda,

[1:08] please?

[1:08] Madam Chief, I

[1:09] propose to adopt the

[1:10] agenda as

[1:11] presented

[1:12] . I

[1:13] support.

[1:14] The motion was made by

[1:15] Clerk Siegrist,

[1:16] seconded by Trustee

[1:17] Foster. All "for" - "

[1:18] I". "

[1:19] Against" - "no".

[1:20] The proposal is accepted. Are

[1:22] there any council

[1:23] or commission reports? Kate,

[1:26] let me know.

[1:28] Hmm, yes, PR AS. I'm not

[1:34] sure what we

[1:36] call ourselves now,

[1:37] previously LSEC. Hmm, John

[1:39] can correct me

[1:40] if I'm wrong. We

[1:43] met last

[1:44] week, and, um, there were

[1:46] some updates, um,

[1:47] from John and me. You

[1:50] know them all because

[1:51] they all relate to

[1:52] things that, um,

[1:53] happen. Hmm, but

[1:55] I think the most important thing

[1:56] we did at

[1:57] our meeting

[1:58] last week was that

[2:00] we adopted a new

[2:01] charter.

[2:02] Oh, okay. Good. Anything

[2:05] specific that

[2:06] stood out?

[2:08] No, mostly

[2:09] just an update because it's

[2:10] been a while.

[2:12] Good. Thank you. Are there any

[2:14] items for

[2:15] public

[2:15] discussion only from the

[2:16] agenda items

[2:17] ? We will hold a

[2:19] public discussion

[2:20] at the end of the meeting. Are there

[2:21] any comments just

[2:22] on the agenda items

[2:23] ? Okay, I

[2:24] have two participants online

[2:26] . If you would like to

[2:27] make a public

[2:28] comment on the

[2:29] agenda items

[2:29] , please like

[2:31] me on

[2:32] air. Okay, I don't see

[2:33] any. Great,

[2:34] thank you. Okay, we're

[2:36] moving on to

[2:37] approving

[2:38] the minutes of

[2:39] September 8, 2026, and

[2:41] September 15, 2020.

[2:42] So, it is proposed. I

[2:44] support.

[2:44] The motion was made by

[2:45] Secretary Seeger,

[2:46] seconded by Trustee

[2:47] Chairman Berninsky.

[2:48] All "for" - "I". Against - "

[2:50] no". The proposal

[2:51] is accepted.

[2:53] Bill payment.

[2:54] Madam Manager, I

[2:55] propose to pay the

[2:56] bills.

[2:59] Can I express my

[3:00] support? I

[3:02] support.

[3:02] The motion was made by

[3:03] Secretary Seeger,

[3:04] seconded by Trustee

[3:05] Chairman Berninski

[3:06] and Foster. All "for" - "I

[3:08] ".

[3:08] Against - "no".

[3:09] The proposal is accepted.

[3:12] Approval calendar.

[3:13] Madam Chair, I

[3:14] propose that the council

[3:15] adopt the

[3:16] approval calendar as

[3:17] presented

[3:18] . MC1 is considering

[3:19] approving an annual

[3:21] contract renewal

[3:22] with the

[3:23] Michigan Police Legal Consulting Group. C2

[3:24] is considering

[3:26] approving the

[3:27] use of funds

[3:28] for the reconstruction of the

[3:29] Zip Was Natural Area. C3

[3:32] consider the

[3:33] reading question.

[3:34] Excuse me, second

[3:35] reading on

[3:37] Township Code of Ordinances,

[3:38] Chapter 46, Article 8,

[3:40] Division 1, Section

[3:42] 46-509,

[3:43] Kratom

[3:44] and Dangerous

[3:45] Psychoactive

[3:46] Substances Regulation Ordinance, and then

[3:48] finally, Item C4

[3:49] will consider

[3:49] approving a

[3:51] purchase order for the

[3:52] sealing of the

[3:57] C&J asphalt parking lot. I

[3:58] support.

[3:59] The motion was made by

[4:00] Clerk Seeger, seconded by

[4:01] Trustee

[4:02] Berninski. All

[4:03] "for": Me.

[4:05] Against? No. The proposal

[4:07] is accepted. General

[4:08] calendar. G1 is considering

[4:10] purchasing a

[4:12] Toro Links satellite system for

[4:14] Pheasant Run Golf Club.

[4:18] Madam Chair, I

[4:19] move to cancel the

[4:20] bidding process and

[4:21] approve the purchase of a

[4:30] Toro Links irrigation system from Spartan Distributors for

[4:33] $195,216.65

[4:36] for the year 2027. I

[4:38] support.

[4:39] The motion was made by

[4:40] Clerk Seager,

[4:41] seconded by Trustee

[4:42] Foster. Spartan

[4:43] Distributors provided a

[4:45] quote for a

[4:46] Toro Link system to

[4:47] replace the

[4:48] Toro LTC satellite system. The

[4:49] LTC system is obsolete and will no longer

[4:51] be supported

[4:52] for service

[4:53] and parts.

[4:54] Toro

[4:54] recommended

[4:55] replacing it

[4:56] as soon as possible to

[4:57] eliminate any

[4:58] service and

[4:59] support interruptions. These

[5:00] satellite units

[5:01] control

[5:02] approximately 1,500

[5:03] sprinkler heads

[5:04] . The irrigation system

[5:05] ensures that we

[5:06] provide a great

[5:07] lawn for our

[5:08] customers. Pleasant Run

[5:09] serves over 200

[5:10] acres of land, all of which is

[5:12] irrigated by this

[5:13] system. This new

[5:14] technology

[5:14] will ensure less

[5:15] loss in

[5:16] water distribution for

[5:17] maintenance and more

[5:18] efficient

[5:18] water supply.

[5:19] In addition to the need to

[5:20] repair old,

[5:21] outdated parts

[5:22] and equipment,

[5:24] the likelihood of

[5:25] lawn damage is also reduced.

[5:26] Let me see. And

[5:27] also, let me

[5:28] see. The

[5:30] 2027 budget will be amended

[5:31] to reflect this

[5:32] purchase of

[5:33] capital machinery and

[5:35] equipment. You see,

[5:36] this is Director of the Fever, do you

[5:38] want to add anything?

[5:39] Uh, just wanted to

[5:40] add that if it

[5:42] is approved, it will

[5:43] be the first of two RBAs

[5:44] . The second RBA

[5:45] is for

[5:46] hardware. And we will

[5:47] issue an RFP, if

[5:48] approved,

[5:50] to find

[5:50] a vendor who will

[5:52] actually do

[5:53] the installation to

[5:54] do the actual work.

[5:55] So you will see

[5:56] another RBA

[5:57] offering a much

[5:58] smaller amount in

[5:59] the future for its

[6:00] installation. But this

[6:02] applies to the

[6:03] equipment itself from the

[6:04] Toro distributor.

[6:07] Good. Thank you. Good.

[6:09] Okay, did you have a

[6:10] question?

[6:11] Yeah, I just wanted

[6:12] to ask,

[6:18] maybe it's already in

[6:19] your second

[6:20] kit, but, uh,

[6:21] since it's

[6:22] about

[6:23] equipment, does that

[6:24] include, uh,

[6:25] sprinkler heads

[6:26] and piping, or is

[6:27] it just the controllers?

[6:33] Uh, these are controllers, uh

[6:35] , and these are, uh, yes,

[6:36] boxes for, uh, all over the

[6:38] field. So, uh,

[6:43] it's not individual heads

[6:45] as such, but it's, uh,

[6:46] there are boxes all over the

[6:48] hole all over the field,

[6:49] uh, that help

[6:50] control all

[6:51] the heads, if that

[6:53] makes sense.

[6:56] Yes. I just wanted to

[6:58] ask because I

[6:59] thought if we

[7:01] had to do

[7:02] separate

[7:02] sprinkler heads and

[7:03] piping, etc., it would be

[7:05] pretty

[7:07] serious and

[7:08] hopefully we wouldn't be

[7:09] doing this for

[7:10] very long.

[7:11] Yes.

[7:12] On this field.

[7:13] Yes. Okay, thank you. Are

[7:15] there any other questions

[7:16] or comments? No? Everyone

[7:18] who is in favor of the proposal

[7:19] says:

[7:20] Yes.

[7:20] Those against, no. The proposal

[7:22] is accepted. Item G2.

[7:24] Madam Chair, I move to

[7:26] authorize the

[7:27] Canton Township Clerk to

[7:29] sign a permit for

[7:30] Ace Pyro LLC to store,

[7:35] transport, and

[7:36] display

[7:37] fireworks at the

[7:39] Festival of Lights on

[7:40] October 9, 2026.

[7:42] I have support.

[7:43] The proposal was made by

[7:44] Clerk Seeger, and

[7:45] seconded by Trustee

[7:46] Berninski. The

[7:46] Arts

[7:47] and Humanities Partnership is

[7:48] collaborating with

[7:49] several

[7:49] community groups

[7:50] to host a

[7:52] Festival of Lights celebration on

[7:53] Friday, October 9th, at

[7:53] Heritage Park.

[7:54] The Festival of Lights is a

[7:55] cultural celebration of

[7:56] lights that

[7:57] symbolizes the victory of

[7:58] light over darkness.

[8:00] This free

[8:00] event is open to

[8:01] all community members

[8:02] so they can

[8:03] learn and

[8:04] celebrate together through

[8:05] Native American cultural

[8:06] dance, a DJ,

[8:06] Indian food, and henna.

[8:08] The evening ends with

[8:09] fireworks. The fire

[8:11] inspector reviewed the

[8:14] fireworks display permit application and

[8:14] accompanying documentation

[8:16] from Ace Pyro LLC of Salina,

[8:17] Michigan, and

[8:18] found it to be in

[8:18] compliance with all

[8:19] requirements of the National

[8:20] Fire

[8:21] Protection Association and all

[8:22] state and

[8:23] federal

[8:24] fireworks laws. Therefore, the

[8:25] fire inspector

[8:26] recommends issuing a

[8:27] permit for the Festival of

[8:30] Lights fireworks for 2026.

[8:31] Director Figer, do you have

[8:32] anything to add? Well

[8:34] , nothing more

[8:35] to add.

[8:36] Okay, so

[8:37] permission is needed, and they are

[8:38] asking for it. Any

[8:39] questions or

[8:40] comments? No. Everyone is “for

[8:42] ” the proposal, say

[8:44] Ya.

[8:45] Against–no. The proposal

[8:47] is accepted. G3.

[8:49] Madam Chair, I

[8:51] move that

[8:53] Resolution 2026-53 be approved,

[8:57] approving the

[8:58] revised

[8:59] preliminary

[9:00] development plan for Silver Creek

[9:01] Estates, formerly known

[9:03] as Everton Reserve, in this

[9:04] planning application. I

[9:07] support.

[9:08] The motion was made by

[9:09] Clerk Seeger,

[9:10] seconded by

[9:11] Trustee Foster. Silver

[9:12] Creek Estates, formerly

[9:13] known as Everton Reserve,

[9:14] is a proposed

[9:15] detached condominium

[9:16] consisting of 62

[9:17] single-family

[9:18] homes on a

[9:19] 34.68-acre site

[9:20] located on the

[9:21] north side of

[9:22] Cherry Hill and the

[9:23] west side of Back

[9:25] Road.

[9:26] Two entrances are proposed: one

[9:27] public entrance from

[9:28] Cherry Hill Road and

[9:29] one gated emergency exit

[9:30] from Back Road.

[9:32] Since the apartments

[9:33] will be separate

[9:34] condominiums,

[9:34] the areas outside

[9:35] the buildings will be

[9:36] common elements

[9:37] , not separate

[9:38] areas. The allowable

[9:39] density for

[9:41] single-family homes in the

[9:42] current R2 district

[9:44] is up to 2.17

[9:45] units per acre, and

[9:46] the applicant is proposing a

[9:47] density of 1.79 units

[9:48] per acre. At my

[9:50] meeting on March 3,

[9:52] 2020, I assume it is

[9:54] 2025 or 2026.

[9:56] Hmm, that's a

[9:57] typo. This is from...

[9:58] the planning commission

[9:59] previously recommended

[10:00] approval of a preliminary

[10:01] version of this plan on

[10:03] that date, but, uh, as for the

[10:04] current

[10:05] version that

[10:05] is before the

[10:06] council

[10:07] tonight, it was

[10:08] recommended by the

[10:09] planning commission on

[10:10] July 6, 2026.

[10:11] July 6th, okay. On July 6,

[10:13] 2026, the planning commission

[10:14] recommended

[10:15] approval of the

[10:16] preliminary

[10:17] site plan. Director

[10:18] Norwood, do you have

[10:19] anything to add?

[10:20] Hmm, thank you, Madam

[10:21] Manager. I have nothing to

[10:22] add. Uh,

[10:23] however, you heard from

[10:24] community planner Patrick

[10:25] Sloan. He is also here to

[10:26] answer

[10:27] any questions.

[10:28] Thank you, Patrick. Do

[10:30] you have anything to add? Uh

[10:31] , yes. A little

[10:32] history of the project. So

[10:34] , uh, that original

[10:35] typo

[10:36] that was in the main

[10:38] text, uh, that I

[10:39] had there, uh, that was a

[10:40] previous version of the

[10:42] same plan. And, uh,

[10:43] so this is a plan that has

[10:44] already been considered by the

[10:46] planning commission and the council.

[10:48] And, uh, this project

[10:49] was previously called the

[10:50] Everton

[10:51] Preserve. The

[10:53] preliminary

[10:54] site plan was

[10:55] approved by the

[10:56] township board of trustees on

[10:58] May 13, 2025. And since then,

[11:00] the applicant

[11:01] has been working to

[11:02] obtain

[11:03] state, county, and

[11:04] town permits, as well as

[11:05] engineering department approval,

[11:07] before

[11:08] applying for final

[11:10] site plan review for this

[11:11] condominium project

[11:12] . During this

[11:14] process, the applicant

[11:15] applied to the

[11:16] Eagle Department of State for a

[11:18] wetland permit review.

[11:20] And during this

[11:21] review, Eagle looked for

[11:22] ways to minimize

[11:23] any impact on

[11:24] wetlands.

[11:27] And the previous version of

[11:28] the plan showed

[11:29] full access to the

[11:30] road. And

[11:32] during the wetland survey

[11:33] , in

[11:34] an attempt to minimize the

[11:35] impact on the

[11:36] wetlands on the

[11:37] eastern side of

[11:38] the site, it was

[11:39] determined that it would be

[11:40] better to have access to

[11:41] the secondary road

[11:42] for emergency vehicles only

[11:44] .

[11:45] This allowed

[11:47] this access to be narrowed and significantly

[11:48] reduced the impact on the

[11:49] wetlands

[11:50] on the eastern side of the

[11:51] site. And having a

[11:54] closed emergency

[11:56] access on a

[11:56] secondary road

[11:57] would still allow

[11:58] emergency services

[11:59] to approach from Back

[12:00] Road, but all

[12:01] public

[12:02] transport traffic would be

[12:03] from Cherry Hill Road.

[12:06] So, the applicants

[12:07] revised their plans from

[12:09] 2025. We

[12:10] are still in the

[12:11] preliminary

[12:12] development plan stage,

[12:13] as it is the same

[12:14] development, the same

[12:15] number of apartments, the

[12:16] same density,

[12:17] even the same

[12:17] development layout.

[12:19] However, due to the change

[12:20] in access, the change in

[12:21] traffic patterns, this issue

[12:22] had to be brought back

[12:23] to the

[12:24] planning commission and board of

[12:25] trustees for

[12:26] preliminary

[12:27] development plan review. The last thing

[12:29] I will mention regarding the

[12:30] significant changes to the

[12:31] project itself is that

[12:32] due to the increase in

[12:34] traffic on Cherry Hill

[12:35] Road, the applicants added a

[12:36] dedicated

[12:38] detour signal to allow

[12:40] left turns to the east,

[12:41] left turns into the

[12:42] area, and then

[12:43] installed a

[12:45] detour signal on the

[12:46] south side of

[12:47] Cherry Hill Road so that during

[12:48] rush hour or if there are

[12:50] vehicles

[12:51] waiting to make a

[12:52] left turn, any

[12:53] vehicles

[12:54] traveling east would

[12:55] have a detour signal around them

[12:57] . So,

[12:58] the signal light

[12:59] for the detour along

[13:00] Cherry Hill Road and the

[13:01] change to emergency vehicle-only access to Back

[13:02] Road

[13:05] are two major changes

[13:06] since the

[13:08] site plan was previously approved. So, with that in

[13:09] mind, I'd be

[13:10] happy to answer

[13:11] any questions.

[13:12] Summer, anything from the

[13:14] planning commission?

[13:15] There is nothing to add

[13:16] other than what is in the

[13:18] planning commission minutes.

[13:20] Are there any questions from the

[13:21] council?

[13:21] A.

[13:22] Okay.

[13:25] Um, yes. So, I

[13:30] noticed that, um, in the

[13:32] planning commission minutes and, um, in the

[13:34] ZBA minutes as well,

[13:40] there were concerns

[13:41] about, um, flooding and

[13:42] wetlands.

[13:49] Um, and I noticed that Mr.

[13:51] Constantino mentioned

[13:52] Mott Drain. And I'm

[14:00] wondering, um, this isn't

[14:02] directly related to the

[14:03] site plan, but I'm

[14:05] wondering if, um, we mean

[14:06] , can

[14:07] the administration

[14:08] find out when the

[14:09] last time there was

[14:11] dredging there.

[14:17] Yes, we can, we can

[14:18] do it. And as part of

[14:20] this site plan, the

[14:22] applicant is proposing

[14:23] an easement over Mott

[14:24] Drain, and that is a requirement of

[14:25] Wayne County. Mott

[14:27] Drain is

[14:28] under the jurisdiction of

[14:29] Wayne County, so we

[14:30] can contact the

[14:31] county to find out

[14:32] when they last

[14:33] performed

[14:34] maintenance there or

[14:35] if they have allowed

[14:36] any

[14:37] maintenance there.

[14:38] Right. Right.

[14:40] Yes, I mean it would be

[14:41] good to know

[14:42] when this last

[14:43] happened, and if

[14:44] it hasn't happened

[14:46] in the last

[14:47] few years, we

[14:48] should make sure

[14:49] it happens. Um,

[14:56] and then I'm also

[14:57] wondering, um, does it look like the

[14:59] previous

[15:00] site plan shows

[15:01] that there's a large, um, pond or wetland on the east side,

[15:02] directly

[15:04] adjacent to

[15:05] Dodson Elementary School.

[15:08] And, um, even though my

[15:16] kids attended

[15:17] Dodson, it's been

[15:19] a few years now. My

[15:22] youngest is 25. So I'm

[15:23] wondering if there's any kind of

[15:25] fence there, as far as

[15:26] we know.

[15:28] Yes. The site plan

[15:33] shows that there

[15:36] is a fence along the line bordering Dodson.

[15:40] Good. Do we know

[15:46] if there is also a fence

[15:47] that runs

[15:48] along the property line

[15:49] near the house to the

[15:51] east? Or near

[15:56] houses? Because I just wouldn't want

[16:00] any

[16:02] child to have access to

[16:03] that pond.

[16:08] I can zoom in on the

[16:09] aerial image,

[16:11] and looking at the

[16:23] last

[16:24] aerial shot, it's hard

[16:25] to tell because there's a

[16:26] pretty thick

[16:27] tree line. And some of the

[16:29] recent

[16:30] aerial photos have foliage, so

[16:32] it's hard to see if

[16:33] this fence extends

[16:34] along the contour of the school.

[16:37] Good. I just want

[16:39] to ask if

[16:40] we can first...

[16:48] Who is part of

[16:49] the resolution that you're

[16:50] asking about?

[16:53] Well, I mean, you

[16:55] need to discuss

[16:56] this with the school. Um, and I,

[17:04] um...So, if we

[17:11] approve the

[17:12] preliminary

[17:13] site plan tonight, what are the

[17:14] next steps,

[17:15] Patrick?

[17:17] Um, the

[17:18] applicant's next steps

[17:19] will be to undergo an

[17:20] engineering

[17:21] examination at the

[17:22] town's Engineering Department.

[17:26] They will approach

[17:27] Wayne County for

[17:28] county consideration

[17:29] regarding

[17:30] stormwater management,

[17:31] soil erosion,

[17:32] public road accesses. Um

[17:34] , they will apply to the

[17:36] Michigan Eagle State Office for

[17:39] utility permits and wetland permits

[17:41] . Um, and this

[17:43] process can take,

[17:44] um, several months, and

[17:45] then, um, once

[17:46] they get

[17:47] approval from, um,

[17:48] state, county,

[17:49] and local

[17:51] governments, they

[17:51] go back to the

[17:53] Canton Township Planning Commission and the

[17:55] Township Board of Trustees for

[17:56] final review of the

[17:57] site plan. So,

[17:59] um, when they

[17:59] come back with the

[18:00] final review of the

[18:01] site plan, it

[18:02] will be reviewed again by, um

[18:03] , the

[18:04] planning commission and the board of

[18:05] trustees.

[18:06] Right.

[18:06] Um, and then looking at

[18:07] , um, some of the

[18:08] Google Street

[18:09] View photos, it looks like there's a chain-link fence running along the

[18:10] north side of the

[18:11] school boundary

[18:13] . Hmm,

[18:14] I can see it from Back

[18:15] Road and a good

[18:16] portion of the school

[18:17] grounds, but there's a

[18:18] lot of vegetation there,

[18:19] so it's a little hard

[18:20] to tell if

[18:21] it runs along the entire boundary of the

[18:22] site. So this is something

[18:23] we can investigate

[18:24] and find out.

[18:25] Good. That would be good

[18:29] , because I just

[18:30] want to make sure that

[18:31] we don't have, um,

[18:32] any kids

[18:33] accessing this

[18:35] area from the

[18:35] school grounds.

[18:39] And if it looks like it is, and

[18:40] it's an out-of-

[18:41] area condition where there's a

[18:42] hole in the fence that's

[18:43] not adjacent to the site

[18:44] , we can

[18:45] contact the school

[18:46] and let them know and

[18:47] work with them

[18:48] to let them know, uh

[18:49] , about future

[18:51] development proposals and what

[18:52] might be in their

[18:53] best interest

[18:54] from a safety perspective.

[18:55] Good. I appreciate it.

[18:58] Thank you. Are there any more

[19:00] questions, Michael?

[19:02] Hmm, I have no

[19:04] questions. Hmm, but I want to

[19:11] express my

[19:12] gratitude to the

[19:13] planning commission, Eagle, and, um, the

[19:14] ZBA, because I think

[19:16] this final

[19:17] site plan is better

[19:18] than the original one that

[19:19] was adopted with the

[19:20] secondary

[19:21] access road

[19:22] that was supposed to be in the

[19:23] wetland easement

[19:24] . I

[19:27] think sometimes, um,

[19:28] we have a hard time when our

[19:30] standards conflict with

[19:31] each other, and, um,

[19:32] we have conflicting

[19:34] values about what is the

[19:35] right thing to do in a

[19:36] particular situation.

[19:41] I understand access and

[19:42] the need for multiple

[19:44] entrances and exits for

[19:45] safety reasons, ahem

[19:46] , but I also share

[19:47] many of the concerns,

[19:49] ahem, of community members

[19:50] about the unnecessary

[19:51] loss of

[19:52] wetlands and, ahem,

[19:53] forests. Hmm, I think it's

[19:59] hard for us to, um,

[20:03] see these

[20:03] standards and

[20:04] see this loss of

[20:05] wetlands

[20:07] due to having a

[20:08] paved

[20:09] surface, um, within the

[20:10] easement. Uh, and

[20:12] then ask yourself

[20:13] why this community has

[20:14] so many

[20:15] floods.

[20:16] This is, um, almost absurd

[20:18] . As? So, in this

[20:20] case, I think, um,

[20:22] this is a good

[20:22] use of, um, the

[20:24] planning process.

[20:26] Um, and a much better, plan,

[20:28] based on that

[20:30] standard.

[20:31] I hope that through

[20:33] the work we have

[20:34] done over the

[20:35] past few

[20:36] years, Canton will be

[20:37] known as much for its

[20:38] green spaces and

[20:39] environmental

[20:40] assets as for its

[20:41] development.

[20:43] Still, I think it's,

[20:45] um, optimal

[20:46] use and a

[20:47] good, good, plan. So

[20:50] I have no questions.

[20:52] My kids drive a Datsun.

[20:56] I know, um, I feel like I

[20:58] feel like I'm

[20:59] less concerned about

[21:00] safety because this,

[21:02] um, area is very, um

[21:03] , inaccessible, um, from

[21:04] this

[21:05] playground, based on

[21:07] my experience

[21:08] being near these

[21:09] swings. My daughter

[21:15] Sloan loves this

[21:16] swing set that will go next to this one

[21:17] . Um, but

[21:21] I, I definitely appreciate those

[21:23] concerns. You know,

[21:27] with that in mind, I

[21:28] think the

[21:29] ZBA variances and I think the

[21:31] plan amendments

[21:32] look pretty

[21:33] good. So I

[21:35] will vote "yes".

[21:38] Thank you. Summer, do you have anything

[21:39] to add?

[21:41] Thank you. I have a

[21:42] question. So, these

[21:43] will be private

[21:44] roads, is that

[21:45] correct?

[21:45] That's right. It's a

[21:46] private road, and I

[21:48] can see that there will be

[21:49] sidewalks. You

[21:51] 're going to put

[21:52] sidewalks all the way to the edge of the

[21:54] lot along the

[21:54] creek, and then all the way to

[21:56] Back Road and all the way to Cherry

[21:57] Hill before that, is that

[21:58] correct? Good. And

[22:03] then what benefits

[22:04] for the community did you, I know

[22:05] , propose?

[22:09] Hmm, of course. Some of the

[22:12] benefits of this

[22:13] development are

[22:14] that, um, they

[22:15] exceed some of the

[22:16] standards for, um,

[22:17] Wayne County for

[22:19] road access.

[22:22] Their, um,

[22:23] traffic study did not

[22:24] show that the level of

[22:26] traffic, um, required an

[22:27] overtaking lane or a

[22:28] speeding light

[22:29] along Cherry Hill

[22:30] Road. Uh, based on

[22:33] our extensive

[22:34] experience during

[22:35] the morning and evening rush hours, um,

[22:36] we felt that, um, both

[22:38] at the staff level and

[22:39] at the

[22:40] planning commission level, a

[22:41] ramp light

[22:42] would be appropriate on

[22:43] Cherry Hill Road,

[22:45] consistent with the other

[22:46] developments along

[22:47] this stretch of Cherry

[22:48] Hill. So, the applicant,

[22:50] um, was offered to

[22:52] include this in

[22:53] the project, um, which

[22:54] exceeded the limits of

[22:55] the resolution. And then, um

[22:57] , since the project is not a

[22:58] planned

[22:59] development area, um, there is no

[23:01] minimum

[23:02] open

[23:03] space requirement. But one of the

[23:04] things we're

[23:05] looking to do with the

[23:06] developer is

[23:07] try to, um,

[23:08] try to

[23:09] minimize the

[23:10] development area, um, with a

[23:11] base zoning of

[23:12] about two

[23:13] units per acre, um,

[23:14] they're going to want to

[23:15] try to get

[23:16] as

[23:17] close to that

[23:18] density as possible, but

[23:19] at the same time, um, the site

[23:20] has a lot of, um,

[23:21] environmental issues

[23:22] and access issues

[23:24] . So, um, the developer

[23:25] worked to,

[23:26] um, make the most of

[23:27] that in

[23:28] terms of

[23:29] providing

[23:30] density in the

[23:31] development zones,

[23:32] embracing the natural

[23:33] features as much as possible. Um,

[23:35] the project still required a

[23:37] waiver application for

[23:38] some of the setbacks. Um,

[23:39] if it was a PDD, it would

[23:41] be, um, otherwise it would be

[23:42] treated as a

[23:43] change request within the

[23:44] PDD process.

[23:45] Um, but the process

[23:46] of deviating from the

[23:48] site plan is somewhat similar.

[23:50] Hmm, not necessarily the

[23:52] site plan and

[23:52] variation process has

[23:53] the same benefits,

[23:54] but

[23:55] the development has

[23:56] preserved significant

[23:57] open space,

[23:59] many natural

[24:00] features, and

[24:00] through

[24:02] access management, sidewalks have appeared

[24:03] along both

[24:04] sides of the interior

[24:05] streets, filling the

[24:06] gaps between the

[24:07] sidewalks along

[24:08] Cherry Hill and Beck. And

[24:11] while there

[24:12] doesn't

[24:12] necessarily have to be a

[24:14] sidewalk from Back Road to the development, with this 20-

[24:14] foot

[24:15] emergency-only access

[24:16] , we expect

[24:17] a lot of foot traffic to

[24:19] use it, just like

[24:20] in other

[24:21] developments where it's

[24:22] used

[24:23] for emergency

[24:24] services only.

[24:24] Hmm. Good. Of course.

[24:27] Okay, yes, of course,

[24:29] yes, there will still be a

[24:30] gap just

[24:31] north of the school with a

[24:32] sidewalk in front of this

[24:33] building. This area

[24:35] also has a lot of

[24:36] Phragmites, and it is an

[24:37] invasive species that

[24:38] we are trying

[24:39] to remove from our

[24:40] drainage areas. Is it

[24:41] possible

[24:42] that some of them

[24:43] will also be removed

[24:45] along Cherry Hill

[24:46] Road during this time? You know, there's a lot right in

[24:49] front of Dodson School

[24:51] , and I'm

[24:52] sure it's

[24:53] probably near Chippewa

[24:54] Court, where

[24:55] Chippewa

[24:56] Court is also shown. There are some

[24:57] Phragmites just, um, and

[24:59] , apparently, even on the

[25:00] site. You can't see them here

[25:02] , but I know that

[25:04] when I drive by

[25:05] , I see a lot of

[25:06] Phragmites.

[25:07] Um, we can

[25:08] work with the

[25:09] applicant and the district

[25:10] to see to what

[25:12] extent, um, they can

[25:13] do that.

[25:14] Good. Thank you.

[25:17] Good evening, Mike

[25:19] Knowles from Ambler Group. Well,

[25:20] glad to be here. So,

[25:23] um, the frontage along

[25:24] Cherry Hill will be, um,

[25:25] substantially built up.

[25:30] So, of course, we will

[25:31] eradicate Phragmites

[25:32] along the frontage, um,

[25:33] of the development,

[25:34] by installing an

[25:35] overtaking lane, um, and an

[25:36] acceleration and

[25:37] deceleration lane, um, a

[25:39] frontage path, and the

[25:40] necessary embankments in

[25:41] that location. I think

[25:44] we'll

[25:45] fix it well, at least

[25:46] across the entire territory.

[25:47] Good. Okay, thank you.

[25:50] Okay, are there

[25:51] any more questions? Okay,

[25:54] everyone who is in favor of

[25:55] the proposal, say

[25:56] YES. I. I.

[25:57] Against, no. The proposal

[25:59] is accepted. Thank you.

[26:01] Our last

[26:05] question is G4.

[26:08] Madam Chair, I

[26:10] propose to cancel the

[26:11] bidding process and

[26:13] approve the

[26:15] purchase order for Spartan

[26:16] Distributors for

[26:18] $72,202.26 for a

[26:20] fairway mower for

[26:22] Fellows Creek Golf Club. I

[26:25] support.

[26:26] A proposal.

[26:27] The motion was made by

[26:28] Clerk Seeger,

[26:28] seconded by Trustee

[26:30] Chairman Berdinsky.

[26:31] Fellows Creek Golf Club

[26:32] needs a new

[26:33] fairway mower to replace

[26:34] one of two existing

[26:35] mowers that have

[26:37] reached the end of their service life. Troon Golf

[26:38] Corporation, a third-party

[26:39] management company that

[26:40] operates the course on behalf of

[26:42] the township, has

[26:42] an arrangement with Spartan

[26:44] Distributors, a regional

[26:45] sales

[26:46] representative for Toro, which

[26:47] provides national

[26:48] pricing. This usually

[26:49] provides a significant

[26:50] discount from their

[26:51] standard prices and the

[26:52] prices of any

[26:53] similar

[26:53] suppliers. The Toro

[26:54] Reelmaster 3555D meets

[26:56] industry standards

[26:58] and was used in

[26:59] demonstrations at Fellows

[27:01] Creek. This lawn mower is

[27:02] only available

[27:03] through this

[27:04] distributor in the

[27:05] Michigan region. This

[27:06] stylish

[27:06] lawn mower

[27:07] allows

[27:08] golf course staff to

[27:08] mow

[27:10] fairways evenly, and its

[27:10] design makes it

[27:11] easy

[27:12] to use

[27:12] on flat and sloping

[27:13] surfaces. The

[27:16] Fellows Creek Golf Course Administration budget for

[27:17] 2026 includes

[27:18] capital expenditures

[27:19] for the purchase of machinery

[27:21] and equipment. In

[27:22] light of these

[27:23] considerations, PRCS

[27:24] requests that the

[27:26] bidding

[27:27] process be waived and

[27:28] recommends approval of

[27:30] the acquisition of Toro Reelmaster for

[27:31] $72,202.26. And

[27:34] this would be due to the fact that

[27:35] funds are

[27:35] available for

[27:36] capital expenditures

[27:37] on machinery and

[27:38] equipment.

[27:39] Director Lefebvre, do you have

[27:40] anything to add?

[27:42] Nothing to add,

[27:43] but always happy to

[27:44] answer

[27:44] questions.

[27:45] or

[27:46] comments? No? Everyone

[27:49] who is in favor of the proposal,

[27:50] say "I do." Against - "no"

[27:52] . The offer is accepted

[27:53] . Okay, now is the time for

[27:55] any additional

[27:56] public comments

[27:57] . I'll look

[27:58] online. Let me

[27:59] see.

[28:02] Please raise your hand

[28:03] if you would like to

[28:03] leave a comment.

[28:05] Not available online.

[28:06] Okay, sir, please

[28:07] come to the podium and

[28:08] state your name and

[28:09] comment. Thank you.

[28:14] My name is Gerald

[28:16] Keith Dotson. 2370

[28:19] Westgate Court, Canton

[28:21] , Michigan. I strongly

[28:25] support the brave

[28:27] men and women of the

[28:28] Canton Police. This is

[28:34] not a photograph. This is a

[28:35] memory. I got lost

[28:37] on a main street in

[28:39] Royal Oak, New York,

[28:45] at night, and a

[28:46] Royal Oak police officer

[28:47] rescued me.

[28:52] He brought me to the

[28:53] police

[28:54] station. And when

[28:57] my

[28:58] uncle came to pick me up, I was sitting on the

[28:59] table, my

[29:00] legs dangling, eating vanilla

[29:01] ice cream. That's what

[29:04] police officers do.

[29:06] They help us.

[29:08] Day and night,

[29:09] around the clock, they

[29:10] protect us. If

[29:12] you don't like

[29:13] the police, if you

[29:14] need help,

[29:15] call the criminal

[29:17] . I'm sure they

[29:18] will come and

[29:18] help you. I don't

[29:20] believe in

[29:21] defunding our

[29:22] police officers. These are

[29:24] shameful idiots who

[29:26] think this won't

[29:27] win. These brave

[29:30] men and women of the

[29:32] Canton Police

[29:33] deserve our

[29:34] support and

[29:35] gratitude. We

[29:38] support them 100%,

[29:39] and no one, no one,

[29:40] comes here to

[29:42] Canton, Michigan

[29:43] , and attacks a

[29:45] Canton police officer. This is not in New

[29:47] York. If I'm out there

[29:49] on the sidewalk, I guarantee

[29:51] you I won't stand

[29:52] there and

[29:53] watch.

[29:56] There is no

[29:57] tolerance in this community for

[29:58] attacks on our

[29:59] police officers. And I

[30:01] want, because they are

[30:03] my heroes, I honor them

[30:04] all. Thank you.

[30:07] very much. Uh, there are no other

[30:08] comments in the room

[30:10] . Okay, thank you.

[30:11] Public discussion

[30:12] is closed. Okay, we're

[30:13] moving on to the

[30:14] administrative

[30:15] part. Patrick,

[30:16] is there something?

[30:17] Eh, nothing more

[30:18] to add. Thank you.

[30:19] Ashley? Nothing? Good.

[30:24] Rochelle, Mrs. Rochelle?

[30:26] No? John?

[30:28] We have Oktoberfest this

[30:29] Saturday, uh, at

[30:30] Preservation Park, from 12:00 to

[30:32] 4:00 p.m. We hope

[30:33] to see everyone there. Uh

[30:34] , big event,

[30:35] lots of vendors. So

[30:36] we will also

[30:37] consider, uh, your

[30:38] thoughts on our

[30:38] master plan

[30:39] during this time.

[30:40] So we have a

[30:41] temporary meeting there and

[30:42] a lot of, uh, events

[30:43] for people to

[30:44] express their

[30:45] opinions and, uh, a lot of

[30:46] different ways. So

[30:47] , I hope to see

[30:48] everyone there.

[30:49] We also have an

[30:50] Agent Orange

[30:51] 5K race. We're having a

[30:53] fun, uh, fun

[30:54] run, a walk, uh

[30:55] in the morning, uh, and also a

[30:57] 5K run. So

[30:58] registration for it is

[30:59] still open, and, uh

[31:00] , you can

[31:00] register until

[31:01] Saturday morning. So

[31:03] come,

[31:03] enjoy, and

[31:04] support a good

[31:05] cause.

[31:06] And this is on Saturday morning?

[31:07] yes

[31:08] .

[31:08] In the village of Cherry Hill.

[31:09] Yes, the village of Cherry Hill.

[31:11] It starts in the reserve park and

[31:12] ends in the

[31:12] Art Warehouse.

[31:13] Well, if someone

[31:14] wants to go for a nice

[31:14] run or

[31:15] walk, this is the

[31:15] place.

[31:16] Yes.

[31:16] Thank you. Good job.

[31:19] Officer Andis?

[31:21] No.

[31:22] Thank you. Dr. Norwell

[31:24] ? No. Deputy

[31:26] Chief? No. Kate?

[31:33] Well, at 8:05 it will be the first

[31:35] day of fall.

[31:36] A.

[31:37] So, happy

[31:38] autumnal equinox

[31:39] .

[31:39] It feels like

[31:40] autumn. Yes.

[31:43] Today yes.

[31:45] Thank you. Summer?

[31:47] Well, I was going to

[31:48] say "happy

[31:49] autumnal equinox

[31:50] ," so Kate stole my

[31:52] thunder.

[31:52] You could say "

[31:53] Happy

[31:54] Hobbit Day."

[31:55] Of course. What

[31:57] kind of thing is this?

[31:59] How is Michael? We know

[32:01] you have a lot to do

[32:03] with the upcoming

[32:04] elections.

[32:04] We have a lot of things to do.

[32:07] It seems like I'm having the

[32:08] autumnal

[32:09] equinox more often today

[32:10] than I've ever had in my entire life.

[32:11] This is exciting. Hmm, we'll

[32:18] send out absentee

[32:19] ballots on Thursday.

[32:24] 2 days later, September 24th.

[32:29] And we have 25,000 of the 72,000

[32:31] active

[32:31] registered

[32:33] voters in Canton who

[32:35] are on that list. So

[32:40] , this speaks about you.

[32:42] Okay, Mr. Dodson is

[32:44] one of them. So that's

[32:45] about a third of

[32:46] our registered

[32:48] voters. Hmm, they

[32:51] should get

[32:52] their ballots

[32:53] anytime starting

[32:55] Monday, like the

[32:56] 28th. Hmm, it might still take them

[33:00] a little while to

[33:01] get there. Um, we're

[33:03] asking people, if

[33:05] you don't find your

[33:06] ballot in your

[33:07] mailbox by October 9th, to

[33:09] contact my

[33:10] office. Maybe not in

[33:12] the next few days.

[33:13] Give it some

[33:14] time. Uh, some

[33:15] local post

[33:16] offices like to

[33:17] redirect mail

[33:19] to larger ones. Um, in

[33:20] big

[33:20] bureaucratic

[33:21] systems you

[33:22] have to

[33:22] make excuses,

[33:23] so they increase the

[33:24] volume of mail. And so

[33:25] a lot of these, um,

[33:26] U.S. Postal Services,

[33:28] they send mail to

[33:29] larger centers to

[33:30] then send it

[33:31] back, um, to

[33:33] adjust their

[33:34] statistics a little bit, which I

[33:35] understand. This is what

[33:36] happens when you

[33:37] work in government. Um,

[33:38] but, um, yeah, just

[33:40] remember that the

[33:41] ballots may take a

[33:43] few more days to arrive. Um, but

[33:44] keep an eye on this. Please

[33:45] contact us if you don't

[33:47] receive them by the 9th

[33:48] . Additionally, if

[33:50] you are traveling

[33:51] within the next 2

[33:52] weeks, election mail will

[33:53] not be forwarded.

[33:56] So, your ballot will not

[33:57] be delivered, um, to

[33:58] whatever

[33:59] destination you

[34:01] are headed to, and it will also,

[34:02] um, not be

[34:03] delayed. He

[34:05] will come back. This is a

[34:06] security feature, um,

[34:08] to make sure that

[34:09] only individuals, um, who

[34:10] are eligible to

[34:11] receive ballots

[34:12] receive them. So,

[34:14] please

[34:14] contact my

[34:15] office if you

[34:16] are traveling within the

[34:17] next 2 weeks

[34:18] so we can

[34:19] make sure we

[34:19] have a

[34:20] valid address for you,

[34:21] or we can

[34:22] keep your

[34:22] newsletter here and we won't have to

[34:24] deal with

[34:25] mailing it. So,

[34:26] just remember

[34:27] that. Early

[34:29] voting

[34:30] will begin in a

[34:31] couple of weeks, on October 24th.

[34:33] This is 9 days before

[34:34] the election. So, while it

[34:38] may seem like a long way off to you all

[34:39] ,

[34:40] the election has already

[34:41] begun in my

[34:42] office. So, we

[34:45] work there. We will also be

[34:50] sending out little

[34:51] cards to every

[34:52] household in Canton that has a

[34:53] registered

[34:54] voter, because for

[34:55] those who choose not to

[34:56] vote absentee,

[34:57] or for those who

[34:58] choose not to

[34:59] vote

[34:59] early at

[35:00] Summit in the Park,

[35:01] that is, for those who

[35:02] choose

[35:03] to vote on

[35:04] Election Day at their

[35:05] precinct, many of

[35:06] these locations have changed.

[35:10] If you participated

[35:11] in the August election and

[35:12] voted on

[35:14] Election Day, you probably

[35:15] found out where

[35:16] your

[35:17] polling place was. And

[35:18] we sent a new

[35:19] voter ID to

[35:20] every voter in

[35:21] Canton. However, I

[35:23] also live a busy

[35:25] life and don't pay

[35:26] attention to all my

[35:27] mail. And I often

[35:29] find myself in the same

[35:30] place I usually

[35:32] go, because I'm a person of

[35:33] habit. So we are

[35:36] sending out a flyer,

[35:37] informing people on

[35:39] one hand of their

[35:41] early

[35:42] voting opportunities at

[35:43] the summit from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 9

[35:44] days before the election, and on the

[35:46] other hand

[35:46] informing them of

[35:48] their new

[35:49] voting location. Not

[35:53] just the address, but

[35:54] a photo of the building

[35:55] and a small map

[35:56] to help them

[35:58] get there. So we

[36:00] do everything we can

[36:02] to provide voters with

[36:03] all the

[36:04] information they need to

[36:05] vote the way

[36:06] they choose.

[36:08] Nevertheless, please

[36:09] come and

[36:10] vote.

[36:12] Thank you.

[36:13] Please.

[36:14] So, today I had

[36:15] lunch at Waltonwood. They

[36:17] had a

[36:17] centennial party there for

[36:19] people who had

[36:19] turned 100 years old.

[36:20] They are trying to

[36:21] break the record for

[36:22] the number of

[36:23] centenarians in

[36:23] one place. Hmm, there

[36:25] were 11 centenarians,

[36:27] ranging in age from 999 to 105. Um,

[36:29] they didn't break the record

[36:30] , there were only 11 of them.

[36:32] The record still

[36:33] stands in Macomb.

[36:36] So next year

[36:37] they will try again

[36:38] . So we're going to

[36:39] advertise this widely. But it

[36:41] was...They opened

[36:42] it to the public.

[36:43] They had one person

[36:44] from the public.

[36:44] Most of them

[36:45] came from other

[36:46] nursing homes

[36:47] . But it

[36:48] was a lot of fun.

[36:49] Very fun. Okay, is there

[36:51] anything else I

[36:52] missed? Good.

[36:53] So, Happy Centennial Day. Happy

[36:55] first day of autumn.

[36:56] Um, can I

[36:57] ask for a

[36:57] postponement of the

[36:58] meeting?

[36:58] So I'm trying. I

[36:59] support.

[37:00] The motion was made by

[37:01] Clerk Siegrist,

[37:01] seconded by Trustee

[37:02] Foster. All "for" - "I".

[37:04] "Against" - "

[37:05] no". The meeting

[37:06] has been postponed. Thank you.

[37:07] Good night.

Canton Township Board of Trustees Regular Meeting - September 22, 2026

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