[0:00] Right.
>> Working in progress.
[0:03] » I've got a few of those in the drawer.
[0:35] call the August 24th, 2026 meeting of
the Delta Township Planning Commission
[0:40] to order. If everyone would rise for the
pledge, please.
[0:46] I pledge algiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
[0:52] republic for which it stands. One nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[0:59] justice for all.
[1:04] » The secretary would call the role,
please.
[1:06] » Yes. Chairman Kinski,
>> here.
[1:09] » Vice Chair Marian Proctor,
>> present.
[1:12] » Secretary Wel, present. Wendy Bradley is
absent. Mike Mid
[1:19] » present.
>> Commissioner Mudrey
[1:21] » present.
>> Commissioner McConnell,
[1:24] » you'll not be here tonight. No, not
tonight. And Commissioner Cow
[1:28] » here.
>> We have a quorum.
[1:30] » Thank you.
Everybody should have received a copy of
[1:34] the uh agenda. Do I have a motion to
approve the agenda as presented?
[1:39] » Move the agenda.
>> Moved and supported. Any discussion?
[1:44] Seeing none, all in favor signify by
saying I. I.
[1:48] » All opposed. The agenda is adopted.
Next is approval of the minutes from our
[1:55] August 10th, 2026 regular meeting, which
all of you should also have received. Do
[2:02] I have a motion to approve the minutes
from that meeting?
[2:07] » So moved.
>> Support.
[2:09] » Moved and supported. Any discussion?
Seeing none, all in favor signify by
[2:16] saying I. I opposed.
The minutes are approved.
[2:23] Uh it appears as though we do not have
any correspondence.
[2:27] » That's true. We do not.
>> Okay. There is no old business. We do
[2:32] not have a public hearing. So, we are on
to other business, which is a site plan
[2:39] review number PFSP2026-000010
[2:47] from Mallalerie Building Contractors LLC
to construct a warehouse at 7800
[2:54] Northport Drive, west of Canal Road and
north of Millet Highway. Parcel number
[3:00] 04-
028-400-191-01.
[3:10] » Yep. Our colleague Hayden is taking the
lead on this project, so he'll provide
[3:13] an introduction.
>> Hello everyone. Um, as you mentioned,
[3:18] yes, we have a site plan review. Um, the
applicant Mallerie Building Contractors
[3:24] LLC is seeking site plan review approval
for the construction of a new 30,000
[3:29] square foot detached warehouse building
um at the Professional Metal Works site.
[3:34] The site is located at 7800 Northport
Drive, which is just off of Canal uh
[3:41] Street, Canal Road, just north of Millet
Highway. Uh the property is 11.04 04
[3:47] acres and is zoned industrial.
It is currently occupied by the
[3:52] profession by Professional Metal Works
LLC. Um existing conditions on the site
[3:57] include the company's roughly 50,000
square foot factory building. Um 97
[4:05] parking spaces and landscaping which
includes both a green belt along
[4:09] Northport Drive as well as parking lot
landscaping. Um, the proposed warehouse
[4:15] is described as a pre-engineered metal
building with the intended use for
[4:20] storing raw and finished materials.
There are 15 site plan review criteria,
[4:26] all of which are listed in the staff
report. We really don't have too many
[4:29] concerns uh to note given the scope of
this project being just an addition to
[4:34] an existing site, but there are a few
things that I will mention.
[4:38] Um, as I mentioned, there are currently
97 parking spaces on the site, three of
[4:42] which are barrierfree spaces. Um, and
there are no new spaces being proposed.
[4:49] In order to add utility lines to the
proposed warehouse, there will be 12
[4:53] spaces that will be temporarily
unusable. Um, kind of in the Do you want
[4:59] to go to the site plan?
>> Sure.
[5:02] » Yeah. Got uh the directly west of the
drive. um just those right there, but
[5:08] that'll be temporary um
pending construction completion. Um and
[5:15] because there are no new parking spaces
and there's already an existing green
[5:19] belt, there's no additional landscaping
required. Um similar to the parking that
[5:25] I mentioned, there are two landscaped
trees that will be temporarily removed
[5:28] while installing the utility lines. Um,
and the site plan does indicate, yeah,
[5:33] those two right there, right where the
cursor is, the site plan indicates that
[5:36] they will be replaced. Um, and so that's
just been added, the replacing of those
[5:40] trees as a condition of approval.
The construction site of the proposed
[5:46] warehouse is directly to the west of the
current building, um, which is currently
[5:52] a fairly flat, empty area with no trees.
Uh but when looking at the Eagle wetland
[5:58] database, there appears to be a
potential section of wetland soil in the
[6:02] southwest corner of the construction
area. Um planning staff visited the site
[6:07] and observed some cattails in the area.
So the applicant will just be required
[6:12] to reach out to Eagle to verify the
protection status of any potential
[6:16] wetlands uh on the site. And this has
also been added as a condition of
[6:21] approval.
There are 15 conditions of approval
[6:25] listed, most of which being the typical
boilerplate conditions applicable to
[6:29] every site plan review. Um, there are
just a few more that I haven't mentioned
[6:33] yet that I will now. Number one, um,
just some more basic site plan
[6:40] information is required. Uh, floor
plans, side elevations, including the
[6:44] height and depicting lot coverage
calculations on the site plan.
[6:49] Number 14, uh a completed chemical
survey will need to be submitted uh
[6:54] prior to approval, even if there are no
chemicals being stored on the site. Just
[6:57] a completed survey reflecting that fact.
And then finally, uh number 15, the
[7:03] utilities and engineering departments in
their submitted comments have requested
[7:08] a basis of design for water and sanitary
sewer. And so that will also be needed
[7:13] to approve recycling. Uh these items
have been relayed to the applicant. The
[7:19] applicant, Mr. Chase Mallerie of
Mallalerie Building Contractors LLC, is
[7:24] here with us tonight to answer any
questions you may have for him.
[7:28] » Thank you. Would the applicant like to
speak? Uh, please approach the podium.
[7:33] State your name and address for the
record, please.
[7:38] » Good evening, everybody. Uh, Chase
Mallerie, Mallerie Building Contractors.
[7:41] My address is 9808 Old M78 Hasllett,
Michigan. Um, yeah, Aiden, thanks for
[7:48] the intro. He covered basically
everything. Um, Professional Metal Works
[7:54] is expanding and needs more warehouse
storage. Um, and that's what this
[7:58] building's solely for. Um, there's a
truck dock on the north side of the
[8:02] building where they'll um, do receiving
and shipping out of the material. Um,
[8:08] and then really most of it will get
received there and then they'll funnel
[8:12] it into the existing building for
production and that sort of stuff. Um,
[8:17] but yeah, if you guys have any
questions, feel free.
[8:21] » Commissioners, any questions or
observations?
[8:26] » No.
[8:29] » If not, thank you. We're going to do
>> Y. Thank you.
[8:33] » Okay.
Is somebody prepared to make a motion
[8:39] with regard to this request?
>> I can do that.
[8:43] » Okay, Marita.
>> Okay. I move the planning commission
[8:46] grant site plan and review approval of
the request from Mallalerie Building
[8:51] Contractors LLC to construct a 30,000
square ft warehouse building located at
[8:58] 7800 Northport Drive being parcel number
04
[9:04] 028400
[9:08] 1 91 01 as described in case number
PFSP. P 2026-000010
[9:19] subject to the following conditions of
which there are 15.
[9:24] Do I have support?
>> Support.
[9:27] » Moved and supported. Do we have any
additional discussion?
[9:35] Seeing none, all in favor signify by
saying I. I. All opposed.
[9:43] The motion passes.
Thank you. Any further advice for the
[9:49] applicants?
>> No. So, you've got you've been um
[9:52] working with Hayden on this project. So,
he sent you a couple things that that
[9:55] were reflected in the conditions from
today. So, um just keep in touch with
[9:59] him on providing those items and if you
need any help from us, just let us know.
[10:03] » Good.
>> And otherwise, after that is happens um
[10:07] once you've addressed those conditions,
we can move you on to a building permit.
[10:10] » Sounds great.
>> Thank you so much.
[10:12] » Thank you.
>> Thanks. Thank you gentlemen.
[10:13] » Thank you.
[10:18] » Okay. See no one here from the public.
We have no public comments.
[10:25] » Mr. Manser.
>> Uh just a couple things going over. So
[10:29] um some updates on our end.
Um the board did approve the master plan
[10:36] at meeting last week. So we have a
master plan. It's a good start. and I'm
[10:41] just kind of considering a good like the
end of one component and we'll move on
[10:44] to the next of um discussing the plan
and keeping it on you know as part of
[10:49] our review now. Um so you'll start to
see some of those elements pop up in our
[10:54] staff memos and using that document to
um reflect on these projects and work
[10:59] them into our reviews. So that will
happen more slowly probably at first,
[11:03] but over time we'll we'll build that
out. Um we'll start with just the future
[11:07] land use map and things like that. Um,
from there for the next meeting, we've
[11:13] got two public hearings scheduled. One
is a pretty large resoning of 58 acres
[11:19] on the east side of South Marketplace
Boulevard, uh, south of the Secretary of
[11:23] State, kind of encompassing the end, if
you're familiar where the Secretary of
[11:27] State is, the Executive Court
development never really got finished.
[11:31] So, that was going to be a series of
office condos there, and they stopped
[11:35] pretty much after the first three
buildings. So the I development company
[11:38] that owns all that land is proposing to
reszone the rest of that site and um
[11:44] going all the way south to St. Joe
Highway to a multi RM multiple family.
[11:49] So you'll see that reszoning. It was
referred by the board its last meeting.
[11:54] So you'll we'll have a public hearing on
the 14th on that. And then there's a
[11:57] public hearing scheduled for a actually
a resident initiated zoning amendment
[12:03] which is we do allow in our zoning
ordinance. I've actually never dealt
[12:08] with one. Not that it's a lot different
from the plane commissioner or the board
[12:11] initiating an amendment, but residents
here in Delta can initiate amendments.
[12:16] We have an application fee. There's an
application. They provide the language
[12:20] that they want to see.
our team will write it up and kind of
[12:24] give you the pros and the cons of what
they're proposing. Uh just a kind of a
[12:29] general policy review. But the issue at
hand is we have a requirement in the
[12:34] zoning ordinance for
primary public and non public that's
[12:41] what they call public and private
schools have to be on primary roads. So
[12:45] Eaten County publishes a list of all the
primary roads. They have a map and it's
[12:48] all the roads you probably already think
are the primary roads are the main
[12:52] northwest roads. So, the school um Cedar
Classical Academy is over on Wil
[13:00] Technically on Wilshshire, but they have
Canal Frontage as well, if you're
[13:03] familiar with that. And they're a
private school that um actually started
[13:07] in Marinian Township and I worked out
there and they are have had a couple
[13:10] locations and they've been in the former
I think BSNA building or I remember who
[13:16] was there but someone was over there. Um
>> AAA Okay, I knew there were letters
[13:21] numbers. um they want to find a place to
grow at and have found a place but it is
[13:27] not on a primary road. So it's not a
item for the zoning board of appeals
[13:33] because it's not dimensional. It's that
would be kind of a policy change if the
[13:37] zoning board of appeals looked at it.
That would be a decision that really is
[13:40] a policy issue. So um they went just
decided to apply and that will be in
[13:46] front of you. So it'll work like other
amendments where it'll go to the plane
[13:50] commission for recommendation and then
to the board for final action.
[13:55] So if we'll we will identify as many um
you know we'll provide a policy analysis
[14:01] of that and give you a I think a pretty
solid look at both sides of that um
[14:06] proposal from them.
So um those are those are the big items
[14:12] for us. Uh the we do have an
application, it's been mentioned it
[14:15] before, for seven seven brew coffee on
the west side um in the area just west
[14:21] of Texas Roadhouse. It's the former
Paradise Motors. So um I think I may be
[14:27] mentioned before, but I've got some as I
would imagine others do have some
[14:31] traffic concerns about that project. the
township is working. I've met with that
[14:35] development team and we are working on
hiring a traffic consultant to support a
[14:39] review of a traffic study and just the
general traffic issues over there. So,
[14:44] as you know, it's part of an area that
there are quite a few crashes and
[14:49] there's a high volume of traffic. Um,
and they are proposing to use flower
[14:55] land, which um, I haven't lived here as
long as maybe some of you, but it's a
[15:00] private road that has, um,
>> right
[15:04] » options for turning left and right as of
now. So, uh, we are also working with M
[15:08] DOT on their um, boulevard project in
that area. That's still a couple years
[15:14] off. So there's a lot of complicating
factors around this and we want to make
[15:18] sure that we're not that we're looking
at at every aspect of it and giving
[15:22] everyone that the decision makers all
the guidance and all the facts that you
[15:25] might need to make a call on it because
it's a potential hight traffic generator
[15:29] in an area that is already pretty
challenging to drive in. So just don't
[15:33] want to don't want to ever have to look
back on projects like this and say we
[15:37] made a big mistake or so I want you to
have all the information. So, um, we're
[15:41] going to be interviewing a couple firms
that'll be able to represent the
[15:43] township and they'll be coming to you
for a special land use permit and site
[15:47] planner review at some point in the
future. They're kind of on hold right
[15:51] now.
>> Yeah. For those of you that uh didn't
[15:56] see it uh in the past week, there was
actually quite an extensive write up uh
[16:02] in the local media covering
specific businesses that were had
[16:08] changes upcoming, new businesses to be
open. Uh a fair amount of discussion
[16:14] about the new master plan.
uh in terms of just lay education as to
[16:21] what's going on. Uh I thought they did a
pretty good job of calling attention to
[16:26] those things and helping to inform the
general public out there. So if you
[16:31] haven't looked at it, it's worth looking
it up online uh and reading it. Like I
[16:35] said, it's pretty extensive.
>> Yeah. It's the long it's are you talking
[16:38] about the Delta unfiltered article?
Yeah.
[16:40] » Yeah. So, so I'm also staffed to our
several other boards and commissions,
[16:44] but the corridor improvement authority
and it was the article mostly focuses on
[16:48] the the discussions that have been
happening at the corridor improvement
[16:51] authority. So, I I'll send it out to
everyone if you're interested. Um, it's
[16:55] a good overview of kind of all the
issues that they've been talking about.
[16:57] We've been working with that group
trying to get a work plan together. Um,
[17:01] just in general, I don't think anything
is like actually the article kind of
[17:04] centers around this, but nothing's
happening particularly quickly. I mean,
[17:07] it's a long, you know, a long
commercial. We're not alone in having an
[17:10] aging commercial corridor,
>> right,
[17:12] » that needs attention. So there, but the
article summarizes a lot of the issues
[17:15] pretty well. So I'll send a copy out to
everyone.
[17:18] » Yeah. The single biggest take takeaway
in the article is that there's an awful
[17:22] lot to fix and it's going to happen in
bits and pieces because it's the only
[17:25] way it can. They talk about the
complications between zoning, statutory
[17:30] requirements, taxing, [gasps and sighs]
the CIA, you name it. All those pieces
[17:34] that have to somehow come together. Uh,
but like I said, it it's at least a bit
[17:40] thoughtprovoking and kind of puts it in
the front of people's minds that this is
[17:44] going to be long and complicated. So, I
would recommend it.
[17:48] » Yeah. Thank you for mentioning that.
>> And then that's all for us unless anyone
[17:53] has any questions.
>> Okay.
[17:57] Do we have any additional comments from
the commissioners?
[18:06] Seeing none, do I have a motion to
adjurnn?
[18:11] Support.
Moved and supported. Any discussion? No.
[18:18] Meeting is adjourned.
>> Thank you.