[0:00] Okay, I would like to
[0:01] call the
[0:02] Planning Commission meeting to order
[0:03] at 7:00 p.m. Let us
[0:04] rise for the Pledge of
[0:05] Allegiance. Okay, uh,
[0:22] Jennifer, would
[0:23] you like to call a
[0:25] vote?
[0:26] I will announce. Doug
[0:27] Newaker. We
[0:28] are going to postpone
[0:29] this meeting.
[0:30] I just saw him
[0:31] coming back, but if
[0:31] you want, read
[0:32] him last.
[0:33] Katie Westmoreland.
[0:34] Here.
[0:35] Jennifer Swagger is here.
[0:36] Michelle Westmoreland.
[0:37] Here.
[0:38] And Lori Zellner.
[0:40] Here.
[0:40] And Doug just walked in.
[0:42] We also have a
[0:43] typo here.
[0:44] Oh, thanks for noticing
[0:46] that. Good. Can I
[0:47] get a motion
[0:49] to approve the minutes of the
[0:51] Planning Commission meeting
[0:52] of January 15, 2025?
[0:54] Oh, Doug will love
[0:56] this offer. Good. Does
[0:58] anyone want a second
[0:59] on the January 2nd motion
[1:01] regarding the
[1:02] January 15th minutes?
[1:08] I support.
[1:12] Okay, everyone in favor?
[1:15] The proposal is accepted.
[1:18] Okay, next, can I
[1:19] have a motion
[1:20] to approve the
[1:21] agenda for tonight
[1:22] ?
[1:27] I am making a motion
[1:28] to approve the
[1:29] agenda for
[1:30] today's
[1:31] meeting in
[1:32] writing. Are there
[1:34] any comments? I
[1:35] support. Good.
[1:37] I support. OK.
[1:40] All in favor? The proposal
[1:43] is accepted. Okay, at
[1:44] this point I would like to
[1:45] ask if
[1:46] we would like to have a public
[1:48] discussion, but it looks like
[1:49] we only have our
[1:50] speaker. So, we
[1:54] will move on to new
[1:55] things. Um, our
[1:57] first item on the
[1:58] agenda is that
[1:59] I would like to
[2:00] welcome our
[2:01] new
[2:02] Planning Commissioner, Michelle
[2:03] Westmoreland. Thank you for
[2:04] being part of
[2:05] our group. We really
[2:07] appreciate it. Good. Hmm, the
[2:09] next item on the
[2:10] agenda is to
[2:11] review the
[2:12] site plan for Addison
[2:13] Township Fire Station
[2:14] #1. Hmm, the
[2:15] suggested
[2:16] training period.
[2:17] Sorry.
[2:19] Proposed
[2:20] training ground
[2:21] and planning on the
[2:22] east side of
[2:23] the site. As a reminder
[2:24] for the record, the
[2:26] Planning Commission's consideration is strictly
[2:27] based on our
[2:28] local
[2:29] zoning ordinance. This
[2:30] applies to
[2:32] site planning standards.
[2:33] The applicant remains
[2:34] solely
[2:34] responsible for
[2:36] determining and
[2:36] obtaining any
[2:38] independent permits
[2:39] required by the county,
[2:40] state, or
[2:41] external
[2:41] organizations. So,
[2:43] um, I guess now I'd
[2:44] like to ask
[2:45] Chief Moraschi
[2:46] if you'd like to
[2:47] stand up and
[2:48] present your
[2:49] project to us.
[2:49] Thank you for coming.
[2:51] We'll do it quickly
[2:53] because the lines are at 8:30. There are
[2:56] no queues. So, as you
[2:57] guys know, our
[2:58] fire department doesn't
[2:59] run on the village
[3:00] water supply, I
[3:01] missed that, sorry.
[3:02] Municipal
[3:04] water system, right?
[3:05] We work on a
[3:06] rural
[3:07] water source. We truck
[3:08] all our water
[3:09] to the fire. Something very
[3:10] complicated. Unfortunately, we
[3:12] have to
[3:13] practice a lot to be
[3:14] good at it,
[3:15] right? Therefore, we
[3:15] need to have a place
[3:17] to train. And if
[3:18] you guys ever
[3:18] drive
[3:19] by on a Wednesday night
[3:20] , you've seen all the
[3:21] trucks out front, and
[3:22] we're working on our
[3:24] water system, and we're
[3:25] simulating driveways,
[3:26] that's what we do, right?
[3:28] We pick up all our
[3:29] cars in the front parking lot. We drive
[3:31] up and down there, and we
[3:32] simulate it being something like a
[3:35] 400-foot driveway, or
[3:37] 200 feet, or 1,000 feet long,
[3:38] right? We can
[3:41] move these
[3:42] components around when
[3:43] we get to the situation,
[3:44] right? So, with that in mind
[3:46] , we thought about the
[3:48] backyard of our
[3:49] station. I call
[3:50] it the backyard,
[3:51] right? By department
[3:52] . And you were all there to
[3:53] watch on
[3:54] Wednesday, on Wednesday.
[3:55] Sorry. I wasn't there
[3:56] . I was at another
[3:58] meeting. What we
[3:59] want to do is
[4:00] if you see that
[4:01] the slope drops off very sharply
[4:02] , we
[4:03] want to put
[4:04] some kind of filter there
[4:06] to be able to
[4:06] simulate an approach
[4:08] so that we can
[4:09] practice from behind
[4:10] instead of
[4:11] destroying the asphalt,
[4:12] right? Now, in front.
[4:14] So, we came up with this
[4:15] idea, and I apologize
[4:16] for how
[4:17] crude it is, but we're
[4:18] trying to do
[4:19] it inexpensively, right? But
[4:20] our city has a lot of
[4:21] taxpayers, and
[4:22] we want to
[4:23] make sure
[4:24] we're using our
[4:25] money in the best possible way,
[4:26] right? So we put
[4:27] some things together and
[4:28] thought, well,
[4:29] wait a minute.
[4:30] We have a pond there. If
[4:33] we make it
[4:34] slope down to the pond,
[4:35] fill it in, and
[4:36] build a driveway there,
[4:37] we can
[4:38] use that
[4:39] as our imitation for the
[4:40] driveway, right? So, that's where
[4:42] I am
[4:43] today, and
[4:44] I've brought some things up for the
[4:45] board of
[4:46] directors to consider. If there are
[4:47] any questions about
[4:48] the project, I would like to
[4:49] answer them
[4:50] now.
[4:52] Perfectly. Perfectly. Do you
[4:55] have any questions? Do
[4:57] you have a deadline for when you
[5:00] will start and finish?
[5:02] Hopefully, if this
[5:04] is approved, I'll
[5:05] call
[5:06] people tomorrow. I want to start
[5:08] work before winter, right? And
[5:10] then, um, put
[5:12] gravel in there and
[5:13] leave it for the winter
[5:14] , um, and then
[5:15] continue. Yes,
[5:16] as soon as possible. I've already,
[5:18] um, prepared the land
[5:19] for free, um, they're
[5:21] delivering it, but
[5:22] unfortunately I'm going to have to
[5:23] hire a bulldozer
[5:24] to
[5:25] move it all, right?
[5:26] So, this is where we
[5:27] are. That's what
[5:28] I'm on. So, as soon as possible
[5:30] ...Answer
[5:31] your question. I
[5:32] know it's long.
[5:34] The answer: "As soon as possible
[5:35] ." As
[5:36] soon as possible.
[5:38] That's good.
[5:39] I don't have a question,
[5:41] but I checked the
[5:42] FEMA website. I don't think I
[5:43] agree with you that
[5:44] these are not wetlands
[5:45] .
[5:45] Yes, that's how it is now. Aha.
[5:47] Just because I could, that's why
[5:48] .
[5:49] Yes. And what was that pond
[5:50] ...we dug it out
[5:52] when we were building the
[5:53] station in 2004. To
[5:55] provide water to
[5:56] someone who had a
[5:57] water source for
[5:58] our station for
[5:59] this training and the
[6:00] surrounding
[6:01] area, right? So
[6:03] this dry hydrant
[6:04] is used for
[6:05] fires.
[6:06] A.
[6:06] In this area.
[6:07] Good.
[6:08] Behind the station.
[6:09] So, um, I was looking at
[6:10] your elevation map that
[6:12] you have, your current
[6:13] elevation, and then your
[6:14] proposed elevation
[6:16] . And, um, my question
[6:19] is: can you
[6:20] guarantee that, um, the
[6:22] learning drain
[6:23] stays in place
[6:24] and doesn't move onto
[6:25] other, um,
[6:27] other people's property?
[6:29] Yes, um, good
[6:30] question. Yes, we
[6:31] do this because I want
[6:33] this water to drain
[6:34] into the pond, right? And so that we
[6:36] can provide
[6:37] ourselves with a source of water for the
[6:38] tide, right? And also
[6:39] use this in
[6:41] our modeling.
[6:42] So we guarantee
[6:43] that, as you can see, the
[6:45] slopes there, um, we
[6:46] took, um, the topography
[6:48] from the internet and
[6:49] drew it, and it
[6:50] goes from
[6:51] about 991 to the
[6:53] pond and up to
[6:54] about 9, um, at
[6:55] the top. I think it's a
[6:56] thousand. I just
[6:58] think it's about 8
[6:59] feet or no, sorry,
[7:00] 6 feet, hmm, difference.
[7:02] We're going to
[7:02] take this down to the
[7:03] pond.
[7:04] Good. There will be a
[7:06] small, um, ledge,
[7:07] so to speak, kind of
[7:08] , um, more of a slope
[7:10] along the district
[7:11] sewer, right? Because
[7:13] we don't want
[7:13] to interfere with that.
[7:14] Perfectly.
[7:15] We want all
[7:16] water to flow into the
[7:16] district sewer.
[7:17] Good.
[7:18] Right? So, we
[7:19] want it to
[7:20] drain into our pond.
[7:21] Perfectly.
[7:21] Going to...Yes, I'm
[7:22] going to provide
[7:23] that because I
[7:24] need a water drain
[7:25] to fill the pond.
[7:26] Good. Good. So, and, you may not know the
[7:30] exact number. I'm not
[7:34] necessarily looking for an
[7:35] exact number, but like
[7:36] during the exercises, I don't
[7:38] know if
[7:39] different volumes of water are used, but
[7:41] can you imagine
[7:42] what volume of water
[7:43] is served during the
[7:44] exercises?
[7:47] Yes, yes, I know that. It
[7:49] depends on what kind of
[7:50] manual line we have.
[7:51] Good.
[7:52] So the one
[7:53] and a half inch line that we
[7:54] actually take
[7:55] inside the house,
[7:56] or what we
[7:56] call our
[7:57] speed line,
[7:58] is about 130
[7:59] gallons per minute. A
[8:00] 2½
[8:01] inch line is about 400
[8:02] gallons per minute, and a
[8:03] deck gun or a
[8:04] drencher gun
[8:06] on the roof of a
[8:07] truck is about
[8:08] 1,000 gallons per minute
[8:09] .
[8:10] What was the second one? 1 and
[8:11] a half was 150
[8:14] and 1/2 was 130 gallons and
[8:16] then 400 gallons for a
[8:18] 2 and a half
[8:19] inch hose. And then the
[8:20] drencher gun—
[8:22] it's the top gun,
[8:23] it's mounted on a
[8:24] truck, and it's 1,000
[8:25] gallons per minute.
[8:26] Someone can't
[8:27] hold it in. So it's
[8:28] mounted on a
[8:29] truck and it's
[8:30] flowing at a speed...That
[8:31] makes sense. Will you be
[8:32] training
[8:33] year-round?
[8:35] Hmm, no. We don't
[8:37] train very much
[8:38] in the winter.
[8:38] Okay, it was me,
[8:40] and the ice, and so
[8:41] on.
[8:41] So we kind of leave
[8:42] that to the real
[8:43] firefighters.
[8:44] Good. I was
[8:45] wondering how that would affect...
[8:47] Um, because it would kind of
[8:48] change the whole, I think,
[8:49] plan of what you're
[8:50] trying to do.
[8:52] Um, you know, like this
[8:53] . Good. So, um,
[8:57] my next question
[8:59] is: Are you planning on
[9:00] bringing in about 3,000
[9:01] yards plus or minus of
[9:02] gravel and other types of
[9:03] bulk soil. Um,
[9:07] so you're really
[9:08] going to fill in
[9:10] and change the shape of
[9:10] this slope. How
[9:12] will the
[9:13] side
[9:14] embankments be finally stabilized? Are you thinking
[9:16] about something like
[9:17] riprap or seeds,
[9:18] or will it be grass.
[9:21] And another question that
[9:22] I hadn't thought about before,
[9:23] as you just mentioned.
[9:27] For the winter, to get
[9:28] the grass growing, I'll have to
[9:29] quickly
[9:30] sow some rye
[9:31] so that something sticks
[9:33] and holds the soil in
[9:34] place.
[9:36] Good. Good.
[9:37] Because it's the only thing I can
[9:39] grow right now.
[9:40] Of course.
[9:41] So when
[9:43] you, um, have a road
[9:44] to your
[9:45] training
[9:46] ground, you know,
[9:47] of course we need
[9:49] some kind of slope. I
[9:51] was wondering if you
[9:53] were thinking about a 4:1 slope,
[9:55] which has a 25% slope, which is
[9:57] very gentle,
[9:58] for example, for
[9:59] lawn mowers, or if you
[10:01] could do a 33
[10:03] % slope, which is a 3:1 slope. It's
[10:04] steeper. You
[10:06] can still do, you
[10:07] know, a zero
[10:08] turn.
[10:08] Yes, we will do it
[10:09] more gradually. We'll
[10:11] try to keep
[10:12] it level from the edge
[10:13] down to the pond.
[10:14] Okay, so more
[10:15] subtle...
[10:15] Yeah, the top, that
[10:16] little picture
[10:18] I drew
[10:19] shows the bottom for
[10:20] every, I don't know,
[10:21] so many feet.
[10:22] Good.
[10:23] This is
[10:23] normal.
[10:24] This will be very
[10:25] gradual.
[10:25] Okay, so make
[10:26] maintenance easy for
[10:28] you guys and then
[10:29] you don't have to
[10:30] worry about,
[10:31] you know, because I was thinking about
[10:32] keeping an eye on
[10:33] maintenance. But,
[10:34] um, sometimes when you have the
[10:36] force of the water coming
[10:36] down at that
[10:38] speed because of the way
[10:39] the hose is being pumped,
[10:41] it would probably like to
[10:42] , you know, cause
[10:43] a little erosion there,
[10:45] so that would be, you know,
[10:46] difficult. Yes, that's definitely
[10:50] , um, that'll definitely do
[10:52] it. So, even where the
[10:55] slope
[10:56] or incline ends, you still
[10:58] stay within the
[10:59] indentations that you have
[11:00] given us here.
[11:02] Yes. Oh, yes.
[11:03] Good. Good. Hmm,
[11:09] I have another
[11:10] question that I will
[11:11] pass on to the other members of
[11:12] the commission: I appreciate
[11:14] your
[11:15] thinking about
[11:15] creating a berm,
[11:17] for example, near the
[11:19] Leonard drainage system. You know,
[11:20] just to
[11:20] make sure that the water
[11:22] stays
[11:22] inside your
[11:23] property so that we do
[11:25] n't have, well, you know,
[11:26] any intrusion,
[11:27] even if it's
[11:29] Leonard's drainage system. It makes
[11:30] life easier for all of us when it
[11:32] comes to, um,
[11:33] things like that. But do
[11:34] you feel like there are
[11:35] any tree lines,
[11:36] vegetation, or anything
[11:37] else that could be
[11:38] disturbed in this way?
[11:39] Just grass and whatever else
[11:41] is there now. We do
[11:42] n't mow it.
[11:44] We usually mow it
[11:45] about once a year,
[11:46] or sometimes in the spring we
[11:47] have, um,
[11:49] wildfire training where we
[11:51] burn it.
[11:52] Good.
[11:53] We do
[11:53] training, but sometimes
[11:54] we need the
[11:55] right conditions so
[11:56] she can burn that
[11:57] vegetation there. So
[11:58] usually, if we
[11:59] can't burn it, we
[12:00] mow it, um, with a
[12:01] brush cutter, once a year.
[12:03] Of course. I
[12:04] don't want all these
[12:05] trees to grow.
[12:06] I know, and they really are sprouting
[12:07] .
[12:08] Yeah, and when we first
[12:09] got there, when we
[12:10] first moved in
[12:11] 2004, um,
[12:13] we were mowing all this
[12:13] grass in that place. There was
[12:14] too much of it, and I
[12:15] had to call the
[12:16] boss. I'm like, "
[12:17] No, that's too much
[12:18] mowing. We'll just
[12:19] leave it as is." And hmm
[12:21] , a premonition of burning
[12:22] it for a forest fire
[12:24] .
[12:24] Good.
[12:25] So, they are trained.
[12:26] Perfectly. Oh, sorry.
[12:28] I have another one. So, um
[12:30] , and I think your,
[12:31] um, assistant
[12:31] chief that we
[12:32] talked to on Wednesday
[12:33] when we, um, went
[12:34] there, he
[12:36] explained things really well, but I was
[12:37] hoping you
[12:37] could elaborate a
[12:38] little bit more. You
[12:40] dug that
[12:41] pond yourself, right? So do you
[12:42] have an idea of ​​the
[12:43] volume of the water, how much
[12:44] water it holds, and what
[12:45] happens to your
[12:47] overflow? Do you have an
[12:48] overflow?
[12:49] It was built
[12:50] many years ago to
[12:52] Winthrop Village specifications, and there is a drainage
[12:54] that leads to the
[12:55] Leonard Drain. So if
[12:56] this pond ever
[12:57] gets that
[12:58] high, there will be a
[12:59] drainage that leads
[13:00] that way. I've never
[13:01] seen one in all the
[13:02] years I've been there go
[13:03] that high.
[13:04] Got it. Okay, Okay, just
[13:07] wanted to make sure
[13:08] he would hold it.
[13:09] So that's all I have
[13:10] for myself regarding the questions.
[13:13] Someone else may
[13:13] ask, because I'm just
[13:15] ready. Uh, I just
[13:18] said that as for the
[13:19] stones going into your
[13:21] foundation, I'm on Porter
[13:22] Lane. We had to
[13:24] add some rocks. There are
[13:25] no large
[13:26] stones there. Is there any
[13:27] reason not to put
[13:28] large stones at
[13:29] the base, or is it
[13:30] more expensive? There's, um, there's going to be
[13:32] crushed concrete, but
[13:34] it's going to be smaller, not
[13:35] really big, but
[13:36] well, I mean
[13:37] this big or
[13:38] big, you know,
[13:38] like, it's
[13:39] huge. Yes,
[13:40] no, sorry, I can't
[13:41] do that.
[13:41] Oh, okay. So it's
[13:43] actually
[13:43] small.
[13:44] Good.
[13:45] And then that will be the base,
[13:46] and then we will
[13:46] go up from there.
[13:47] Because we found that we
[13:48] needed such a base in
[13:49] certain places where
[13:50] it is completely
[13:51] underwater. We need
[13:53] something stronger. Hmm,
[13:54] and luckily we're not in
[13:55] such a swampy
[13:56] area.
[13:57] Yes. Well, I thought, you
[13:58] all, you're not in a
[13:59] swampy area,
[14:00] but you have something heavy
[14:01] going through
[14:03] it.
[14:03] Yes.
[14:05] It was just my
[14:06] new experience.
[14:07] Yeah, and I actually
[14:09] sold, uh,
[14:09] specs from other
[14:11] projects all over
[14:12] town with my
[14:13] requirement that they have a
[14:14] road and, uh,
[14:16] support for a 60,000-
[14:17] pound truck.
[14:18] So I know she
[14:19] can handle it.
[14:21] We didn't have to pay for it
[14:22] . It just
[14:23] paid off.
[14:25] Cool.
[14:25] Good. Anyone else? Okay
[14:28] , so I'll just
[14:29] summarize what we
[14:30] just did here
[14:31] before we move on
[14:33] to the
[14:33] proposal. So
[14:36] basically, the project
[14:37] that Chief Murawsky is asking us
[14:38] to do
[14:39] , it
[14:40] seems to me that the
[14:41] requested
[14:42] use
[14:43] supports
[14:44] public safety operations,
[14:45] which is important to this
[14:46] community, and we
[14:47] appreciate that, and we appreciate
[14:48] our firefighters.
[14:51] It seems that all obstacles
[14:53] have been taken into account. It seems like the
[14:55] engineering substructure
[14:56] you mentioned
[14:57] also supports your
[14:58] equipment, as
[14:59] the weight you
[15:00] mentioned is the weight of the
[15:01] fire engines. And
[15:03] it looks like the planning
[15:05] will direct the water to a
[15:06] pond on the property
[15:07] and stay within the boundaries of the
[15:08] site. So, in
[15:13] light of this, I
[15:13] move to approve the
[15:15] site plan for
[15:17] Fire
[15:18] Station One Training Site as
[15:19] depicted on the
[15:20] site plan dated August 26,
[15:21] finding
[15:23] that the layout,
[15:24] setbacks, and
[15:24] proposed
[15:25] layout
[15:26] meet
[15:27] the standards of the
[15:28] Village Zoning Ordinance under
[15:29] these conditions. First,
[15:33] the applicant is solely
[15:34] responsible for
[15:36] determining
[15:36] the need for and
[15:37] obtaining any
[15:38] necessary
[15:39] work permits for
[15:40] approval from
[15:41] external
[15:42] county government agencies prior to
[15:43] construction commencing.
[15:46] Second, all
[15:47] earthworks, layout and
[15:48] drainage must be
[15:49] constructed and
[15:50] maintained in
[15:51] strict
[15:51] accordance with
[15:52] approved elevations
[15:54] so that all training
[15:55] runoff is directed
[15:56] to the local pound without
[15:57] adversely affecting
[15:58] adjacent sites. And
[16:01] finally, thirdly,
[16:02] disturbed slopes
[16:03] should be
[16:03] finally
[16:04] stabilized
[16:05] with vegetation or
[16:06] suitable
[16:06] soil cover
[16:08] after planning is completed
[16:09] . Do
[16:10] I have a second?
[16:12] I will support.
[16:17] We will hold a
[16:18] roll call.
[16:19] Good. Yes, we
[16:20] will hold a roll call
[16:21] . Please take a
[16:22] roll call on
[16:23] this matter. Lori?
[16:24] Yes.
[16:25] Doug?
[16:26] Here.
[16:27] Katie?
[16:27] Yes.
[16:28] And Michelle?
[16:29] Yes.
[16:29] Perfectly. And Jennifer?
[16:31] Yes.
[16:32] So, everyone is "in favor." All "
[16:34] for".
[16:35] The proposal is accepted.
[16:37] Okay, you're accepted,
[16:39] thank you for your
[16:40] presentation and your
[16:41] time, and, um, if you have a
[16:43] Lions game, you don't
[16:44] feel the need to
[16:45] stay. Therefore.
[16:48] Okay, so, um, we're
[16:49] moving on to, um,
[16:50] item number three, which is
[16:52] to update
[16:53] information regarding the
[16:54] village council. Hmm, we have
[16:55] n't
[16:55] met in a while, so I'll
[16:57] just try to
[16:57] provide, um, a
[16:58] CliffNotes version of the updates
[16:59] regarding the village council.
[17:01] Hmm, we're looking for a
[17:02] DPW manager. Um,
[17:04] interviews
[17:05] will probably start next
[17:07] week. Hmm, we have a
[17:08] few applications. We have
[17:10] three candidates, but
[17:10] if someone
[17:11] is interested in a
[17:12] part-time job
[17:13] that is a bit
[17:14] irregular, maybe
[17:15] it's someone who likes outdoor activities
[17:16] .
[17:16] Hmm, we could, you know,
[17:18] be some of the
[17:18] locals. Local
[17:19] people are always the best.
[17:21] Maybe even a
[17:21] retiree, we would
[17:22] like to talk to them
[17:23] .
[17:23] They don't have to
[17:24] be villagers,
[17:25] right?
[17:26] They are not required
[17:27] to be residents of the village.
[17:28] No. Hmm, next
[17:30] point - we are
[17:30] looking forward to the
[17:33] 2027 road repair project. Hmm, and
[17:36] we're going to start
[17:37] on the north side of
[17:38] Forest Street, but
[17:40] we're having
[17:41] difficulties, and that's our
[17:42] audit. Hmm, this is an ongoing
[17:44] problem that just has
[17:46] n't been solved. Hmm, the
[17:47] previous person who
[17:49] conducted our
[17:50] audits, and we, being a
[17:51] small
[17:52] municipality,
[17:53] conduct audits every
[17:54] two years. Hmm, they did
[17:56] n't audit us
[17:58] for 2024 and 2025. We
[18:00] canceled the audit and
[18:01] transferred it to a new
[18:03] auditor. So, um,
[18:05] they made us some
[18:06] promises, but they
[18:08] didn't keep them, and now
[18:09] we have a very stressful
[18:10] deadline. Hmm, we
[18:13] need to make this
[18:15] first payment to our
[18:16] engineers, hmm, by
[18:17] the end of September. Hmm, without
[18:22] the money under Act 51
[18:23] and without the audit, not
[18:24] only will we not be able to
[18:25] complete the road
[18:26] project, but we also won't
[18:27] be able to get the
[18:29] grants. I tried to
[18:32] apply for a
[18:33] Ralph K.
[18:34] Wilson grant about
[18:35] a month ago, and the first
[18:37] question was, "We
[18:38] need a copy of
[18:39] your audit." So
[18:41] we are absolutely
[18:42] stuck in
[18:43] attracting money to this
[18:44] village. So, um,
[18:46] I really hope that something
[18:48] will be, um,
[18:48] settled. Hmm,
[18:52] the sale of land in
[18:54] Leonard Natural Park is almost
[18:55] complete. Hmm, and then
[18:57] they can start
[18:58] making some
[18:59] improvements to the park. The
[19:00] largest park committee we've ever had
[19:02] .
[19:04] Exciting things are happening. It
[19:05] seems to me that you
[19:06] guys are local
[19:07] plants, and there are
[19:08] a lot of
[19:10] really exciting
[19:11] projects going on there.
[19:13] This should be very
[19:14] interesting. Yes.
[19:15] Yeah, I mean,
[19:17] just to
[19:17] make
[19:18] something really beautiful that has to
[19:20] be really
[19:21] unique, and with the
[19:22] trail, you know, we have a
[19:23] lot of business. Some
[19:27] came to us because they
[19:28] use the trail
[19:29] . They were like, “Hey,
[19:30] we like this.
[19:31] We need an
[19:32] outbuilding for a
[19:33] day or longer.”
[19:34] Oh, that's great. It's just
[19:35] so nice to hear that.
[19:36] So, that's all I have
[19:38] for an update on the
[19:39] village council. We'll
[19:40] just get back to
[19:41] business as usual. And the old
[19:44] thing is
[19:45] 42, 85 Forest Street, that's that
[19:47] awful yellow
[19:48] house over there. Hmm, at the
[19:51] last
[19:52] village council meeting
[19:54] we had on Monday,
[19:55] we had a hearing
[19:56] on the case. Hmm,
[19:58] Kaja Holdings representatives
[19:59] didn't show up. Hmm, that
[20:02] allowed us to
[20:03] move on to the
[20:04] next stage, which is
[20:05] submitting all the
[20:06] documents this
[20:07] week. Hmm, we'll start
[20:10] tracking time for 60
[20:12] days. After the
[20:14] 60 days are up,
[20:15] Oakland County will begin
[20:17] issuing
[20:18] demolition permits for this
[20:19] property. So, um, it would be
[20:23] nice if that
[20:24] went away. Um,
[20:27] law enforcement
[20:29] , um, the village received
[20:30] a complaint from um, a
[20:31] local resident, that
[20:32] several piles of bricks
[20:33] were stacked near
[20:34] Leonard's Market very, high and were about to
[20:37] topple over. They
[20:39] rolled over.
[20:41] They have already
[20:41] rolled over.
[20:42] They rolled over, did
[20:44] n't they? Um, and someone had to
[20:45] get hurt. I think
[20:46] maybe the owner could have
[20:48] flipped them. So,
[20:49] he was served with a few
[20:51] different, um,
[20:53] violation notices, um, and then
[20:54] he got one, um,
[20:55] on Wednesday, which, actually,
[20:57] I take
[20:58] back. It was on
[21:00] Tuesday. That he
[21:01] actually had 24
[21:03] hours to
[21:04] do something, or the
[21:05] fines, civil
[21:06] violations,
[21:06] would start at
[21:08] $75 a day,
[21:09] every day, until they were
[21:10] cleaned up. Um, we
[21:11] just had to
[21:12] severely limit it
[21:14] because these building
[21:15] materials have been there
[21:17] since 2018.
[21:19] Yes. I think it
[21:22] was hard to see them
[21:23] behind the broken van
[21:24] that had been sitting there for 2
[21:25] years. Hmm, but now that
[21:26] he's gone, so
[21:28] hopefully we'll
[21:28] see some action
[21:30] on that, and
[21:30] hopefully this
[21:31] area will, um,
[21:32] be cleaned up, and then,
[21:33] you know, things
[21:34] will look a little
[21:35] better here, gradually. Hmm,
[21:36] do any of the
[21:38] planning commissioners have any
[21:39] questions,
[21:40] concerns, or
[21:41] comments they would
[21:42] like to make at
[21:43] this time? No?
[21:46] Good. With no
[21:47] further business
[21:48] before the
[21:48] planning commission, would
[21:49] anyone like to
[21:50] move that
[21:51] the meeting be closed?
[21:53] I propose to close the
[21:54] meeting. Do
[21:55] you offer?
[21:56] Yes.
[21:56] Can I have a second?
[21:57] I will support. Will you
[21:59] support? Good.
[22:01] Hmm, everyone in favor?
[22:03] Yes.
[22:03] The proposal is accepted.
[22:05] 7:22