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under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all for all.

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» Number two on our agenda is roll call.
Mr. McLei,

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» present.
>> Miss Hood,

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» present.
>> Mr. Gato,

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» present.
>> And Chandler is present.

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» Mr. Lloyd is excused.
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» Mr. Lloyd is excused.
>> Yeah, Mr. Lloyd is excused

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and and that. All right. Item four is
approval of the minutes for the board of

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zoning appeals.
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» I'm I'm sorry.
>> Item three, the approval of agenda.

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» Oh, I'm sorry. I've jumped over B. Uh,
item three is approval of tonight's

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agenda.
>> So moved.

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» Support.
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» Motion by Mr. M. Minelli. supported.
Mrs. Hood to approve the agenda for this

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meeting. Take a roll call vote. Mr.
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» yes.
>> Miss Hood,

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» yes.
>> Mr. Gaty,

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» yes.
>> Chair Chandler votes yes. The agenda is

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approved for this meeting.
Item four is approval of minutes of the

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board of zoning appeals regular meeting
held on February the 4th, 2026.

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» So moved.
support

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» motion by Mr. Minelli
supported by Miss Hood to approve the

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minutes of the board of zoning appeals
regular meeting held on February 4th

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2026 take a roll call vote Mr. Mcelli
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» Miss Hood
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» Chair votes channel chair votes yes.
Those minutes are approved. And at this

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time I want to let the audience know
that there is not a full board for this

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meeting tonight.
Uh the vote of of all of the members for

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the first case on the agenda is
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and three of the four members
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required for any for approvals.
Uh the applicants can re decide now

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whether you want your case heard
or want to postpone it for a full board

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meeting. So we'll start this uh under
under old business. Item A is BCA 2025-

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Z 007
for Mr. Tire and brakes.

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The location for is 6363 middle belt DP
number is 8002-

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02-00004-003

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and the applicant is Hussein Khalil, Mr.
retire and Carolyn Eritano property

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owner.
The request is the following. The item

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number one is a reconsideration
of the board's February the 4th, 2026

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decision regarding the use variance
based on additional information provided

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by the applicant. Item two, use variance
in accordance with section 22.03.

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03 powers and duties D. Use variances of
the city of Ramlas zoning ordinance to

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utilize the property as a tire and brake
shop. The property is zoned C2 business

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where vehicle related uses are
prohibited. The project for that is for

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auto repair and tire service. Would the
applicants come to the the board and let

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us know if you want to continue with u
not having a full board meeting?

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» Good evening. Uh we would like to post
postpone it.

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» Your your wish is to what to wait for
for a full board?

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» Yes, sir.
>> Hopefully, we'll have it at the next

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meeting.
Uh okay. I get at this time I'll take a

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we need
>> I'll make a we need a motion

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» a motion for for
>> I make a motion to postpone BZA 2025007

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till our next regular meeting
>> you you may want to instead of next

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regular meeting if we actually we are
going to have some other cases but next

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instead of saying regular perhaps say
next available meeting

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» next available
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» in case something happens in Yeah.
>> Until our next available meeting

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» when we have a full board.
>> When we have a full board.

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» Let's hope we have
>> key thing.

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» Okay.
>> Is there support?

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» I second that
>> motion by Mr. Menali to postpone this

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request uh till the next available
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Excuse me. Take a roll call vote. Mr.
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» Yes.
>> Mr. Gatoy.

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» Yes.
>> Miss Miss Hood.

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» Yes. The chair votes yes. Uh we'll
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meeting.
>> Thank you.

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» When there's a full board.
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» All right. Thank you.

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» All right. Next item on on the agenda.
Let me see where I'm at here.

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is under new business. It's for BZA
2026-00001

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for Bucks Oil. The location is 31055
Beverly Road. The DP number is

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80-008-99-00002-0000.

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Uh the applicant is Eric Buck. He is the
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and the request is a variance from the
city of Romulus zoning ordinance section

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off streetet loading requirements
orientation of or overhead dock doors to

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allow the overhead doors along the front
of the building to face Beverly Road.

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The project is used oil and antifreeze
processing and treatment facility. Um,

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» Mr. Buck.
>> No, I'm Mr. Brock. I'm

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» Mr. Brock. That's close.
>> That's close. Yeah.

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» All right. Give us a little explanation
of what you're doing.

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» Sure. Uh, my name is Michael Brock. I'm
with Hennessy Engineers here tonight u

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with with Bucks Oil. Um, Bucks is
located at 30155 Beverly Road between

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Maravan and Middleb Belt. Um, that's
kind of an overview, an aerial overview

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of the of the property. They're um the
property itself is 9 and 1/2 acres, but

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they're only using about three and a
half at at this point. Uh, the property

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is zoned M1 Light Industrial.
Uh, let's see. There is a a proposed

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20,000 foot building that is set back
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line.
Uh we're here tonight for a to request a

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variance for overhead doors uh facing a
front yard. Now these are these are

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pullth through doors. It's it's not a
truck. So they're just pull through

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doors is what it is. And the doors would
be uh like an opaque glass uh type of

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door. So it wouldn't be uh like a
regular loading dock door. They'd be um

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they'd be more of a more aesthetically
pleasing than uh than just a regular

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loading dock door. So these doors would
be exit only. So actually I

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have a truck route. So it would be
bringing in tanker trucks and coming

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into the rear of the building um
unloading them or loading them up and

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then pulling through the front of the
building. So those doors would would

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only be open and closed or they would
only be open when a truck is exiting and

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then they would they would close. So
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» Yeah, they're nice doors like that.
Yeah, I see that. Nice doors.

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» And you know, we we do have a buffer
type, what is it? D, a buffer type D of

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landscaping that's along the front yard.
And you can see how we offset the drive

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to be
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portion of the building and not in front
of the doors. So the intent there was to

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screen those doors with an extensive
amount of landscaping. So there's a 4ft

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high BM and then a buffer type D
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That's about it at this point. I'll I'll
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little Mr. Chairman.
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just it looks like from what I remember
from our site plan review at planning

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commission level the trucks are going to
come off the road off of Beverly and

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then they're going to cycle around the
back of the building. So you're not

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going to open the doors initially to let
it in. It'll go in do what work it has

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to do and then the front doors will only
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» That's correct.
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of times that door is staying open.
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themselves are more opaque, looking more
like a a bank of windows would look if

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you didn't know any better.
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» And these are all the things that we
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plan review.
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» That along with the fact that we
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reasonings why the setup had to be and
it was basically the the lot design

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doesn't allow to have it and the
building had twisted in any way to

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accommodate the doors on the side.
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our my first design actually was was
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I knew we couldn't or we're not really
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road, but there's just not a not enough
room to pull the trucks in and out

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because of the uh because of the the
narrow width of the property. So there

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there wouldn't be enough room to to pull
them in and out. But yes, this uh thank

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you for that reminder. Y
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kind of a truck route uh diagram.
They'll pull in the back of the building

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unload while the front of the the doors
at the front of the building will remain

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closed and then once they're ready to
leave, door comes up, they they exit,

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door comes back down. Um
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can see the three three glass um
overhead doors there in the front. there

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be an opaque type of glass so you
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of maybe do maybe the um upper row of
windows, maybe making those uh um you

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know regular glass to to let light in,
you know, but um the remainder of it

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would be would be opaque opaque glass.
There's a picture in here that kind of

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well it's very small the picture but
they wouldn't have signage and anything

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like that. They you know but it'd be
that you know like a decorative type of

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uh type of garage door.

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» Yeah.
Introduce Bucks Oil to you.

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» Good evening. My name is Craig Patrick,
one of the partners at Bucks Oil. This

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is my oldest son, Buck. Facility.
He's been a college for environmental

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engineering.
>> Thanks.

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» Thank you for your time tonight.

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» Okay. Well, I guess we got a pretty good
idea what you're going to be doing over

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there.
>> Yes. Uh I guess that particular portion

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that you presented we can kind of close
that and leave it o open it up for the

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board members to for questions or
comments regarding your program.

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» Sure.
I I'll start with what what kind of how

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do you process the used oil? So the used
oil comes in some of it has high water

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content. So you're effectively
mechanically and then chemically

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breaking the h the hydrocarbon molecule
off the water molecules. You're

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segregating oils and water. So we've
gotten into emergency response last few

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years and we're doing a lot of cleanups
where there's incidents on freeways and

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typically it's raining or snowing at the
time. So we're getting hydrocarbon

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and water matrix that are blended. All
of the material currently goes to three

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different CWTs um in Detroit area or
southeast Michigan area. Um it's just

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we've grown enough that we wanted to
build our own.

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» Do you reprocess that? I do you reuse
that oil? Is it kind of reusable?

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» 99% of the oil that Bucks hauls we take
down to refineries. So the one gallon of

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oil,
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» 50 gallons goes right back into the
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» So they they're taking like the hydro um
the ad pack out of the oil. It goes

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right back into the asphalt. We're not
building a refinery like that. This is

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just to get the water portion off of the
oil so that the refineries can accept

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the material.
these local uh car parts facilities like

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O'Reilly's and Advanced Auto, they
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» Yes, sir.
>> Is do you go out and pick up that kind

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of oil?
>> Yes, sir. Yeah. So, that is the primary

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collection oil portion of
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» we do car dealers, quickie loops, little
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Uh Detroit Metro Airport generates
>> Oh, that'd be a big one. contaminated

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oils. So we we haul a lot up there.
>> Same applies to anifreeze.

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» Yes. So antifreeze is we do refine the
antifreeze oursel. We've got vacuum

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distillation currently in Monroe,
Michigan. Um but the idea is in the

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future we would like to bring that
operation up here. And I would highly

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suggest that any of you that want to do
a tour down there, it's a really neat

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process. I I could nerd out on this
stuff all night long. So

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» yeah, but we do refine used antifreeze
right back into usable glycol that can

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go right back in.
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» that's amazing.
>> A lot of people take their used

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antifreeze and dump it in the backyard.
>> Kill your grass.

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» I shouldn't say that. Just have them
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material. That's fine.
>> Thank god we got people like you that

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can
>> Yeah. So

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» salvage it.
>> Yeah. We're I mean I know we're

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basically, you know, looked at as an oil
company, but we're the guys that are the

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middleman between environmental
regulation and actual oil companies.

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We're that gray area that's taking the
molecules that are recoverable and

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recovering them in a in a
environmentally safe method.

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» And just so you guys are aware, we are
now the largest used oil filter recycler

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in the world right here in
congratulations. Never done a tour. I'd

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love to get one.
>> I'd love to see it.

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» Love to see it.
>> I would love to have you.

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» I really go by there every once in a
while. I'll stop.

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» But by volume, we're now the licens.
>> That's I think you guys should be proud.

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» Absolutely we are.
>> Yeah. I I think that uh the education

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for the young man is important for the
business. Following his footsteps,

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smart, great business.
>> I am the last of the uh cowboy based

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» Sure.
>> collectors. The next generation coming

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up behind us all have high level
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it and take the company farther than
Eric and I would ever consider. I'm in

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the same sort of kind of safety realm
and I've learned so much from the

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younger people. Uh they've taught me so
much. So I really admire that and go to

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school, get your education, take it over
and and grow it and right here in

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Romulus.
>> Be proud of it. I mean I see you guys

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everywhere and it's a great business.
>> Yeah. Thank you,

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» Mr. Chairman. Mr. B,
>> if I could through the to the planner.

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This is a public hearing, correct? We
need to open the public hearing for

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comments.
>> Oh, yeah.

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» Well, let's put it for the record.
>> Still Yeah. Open it up for the record.

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» We have to be official around here, you
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» Is there anybody in the public sitting
in there that would like to comment on

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anything? Come to the podium. One thing
I would like to comment on with the

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front facing doors.
>> Can you come up?

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» Yeah. Just just that helps our recording
secretary who who's got to listen to

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this.
>> So my my name is Trevor Reese with

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Jackal Contracting. So I'll be the
builder on site here. And one thing to

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consider with the front facing doors is
with the path of entry and exit, we're

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also trying to eliminate trucks backing
up just safety hazards in general. So

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having one smooth path around the
facility is very important to me who has

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to train the operators and show them how
to use the facility in a safe way. So

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that's one thing I want.
>> So you won't have stacking issues into

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the road or anything.
>> Yeah. Because I I can see somebody

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looking at this and saying, "Well, just
keep everything in the back." Yeah.

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» And get rid of the front doors and then
it's just chaos and it's not safe.

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» So that's one thing that I'd like to add
to that.

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» Like it. That's all. Oh,
>> thank you. I can close that public

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hearing.

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All right, that portion of the public
hearing is closed and thank you.

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Any other further comments from the
board members or questions?

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» This was basically approved by the
planning commission.

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» Site plan was correct.
>> This varian site plan.

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So,
>> so and and actually to that point, we do

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need a revised site plan and I know it
reads a little weird that we want it in

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30 days. It's actually for your benefit.
Um planning commission we actually we

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we've changed the timing on our planning
commission approvals. These variances

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are only good for 12 months. So, if you
don't pull a permit within 12 months, um

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it expires. You got to come back and go
through this whole thing again, which we

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just like like to avoid this way. Plus,
this stuff is hanging around too long.

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We get on mic all the time. We got to
finish these things up. So, you know, I

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got talking talking talking with the
folks, you know, back at back at DPS and

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we said, "Let's let's get because we
really so many people get they think,

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oh, 12 months is not a problem, but by
the time you get going and if you

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haven't started construction, that's why
we tell you to wait to get in here until

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you're really really serious, your
engineering's all done, and you know,

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get that variance and get get rolling so
you don't risk it expiring." So that's

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why we want to we're not going to come
out and you know make a big deal if it's

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not within 30 days but we really would
like like that revised plan and so we

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can get it get it moving and get you
guys into engineering. So

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» I'll be on it.
>> Good. Thank you. So with that, I would

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like to make a motion to approve BZA
2026-001

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for Bucks Oil at 30155
Beverly to allow three overhead doors

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along the front of the building that
will face Beverly Road subject to the

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following.
Number one, if the doors are highly

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visible upon completion of the
construction of the building, additional

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landscaping and/or larger uh starting
size plant material may be required as

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determined by the city for adequate
screening. And number two, a revised

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site plan addressing the conditions of
the planning commission and the city

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consultants and staff must be submitted
within 30 days of this approval.

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support.

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» Okay. Motion by Mr. Gador, supported by
Mrs. Hood to approve

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the
various requests for Bucks Oil to

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regarding the overhead doors and the the
stipulations stated.

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Take a roll call vote. Mr. Gaty,
>> yes.

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» Miss Hood,
>> yes.

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» Mr. McAllie,
>> yes. Chandler, chair votes,

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excuse me, your request has been
approved. Good luck with that project.

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» Okay.
>> Can't wait to see it go.

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» Want to say you guys are doing a great
job.

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» And we and we have one question. Where
are you going to school?

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» I went to
>> Oh, good.

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» Great. Environmental engineering.
>> Good job.

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» Good.
>> Two of my boys graduated.

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» That's excellent.
>> Both of my boys graduated there, too.

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» It is. Yeah,
>> I was happy with every

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» All right. Thank you very much. I
appreciate it. My My clock's ticking

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now.
>> 30 days.

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» We are going to check on you, Mike.
>> Caleb bug you.

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» All right. The next item number seven,
reports of communications.

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The first one on A is planning
commission liaison report.

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» I have nothing this meeting.
>> All right. I item B, city planner status

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report.
>> So, you've got that in front of you. As

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you can see, we've got a lot of stuff
happening. Um,

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» there's another one. Actually, I think
you might be seeing Mr. Brock again in

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another month or two. He's got a project
uh new Mawa which is a trucking facility

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on Middle Belt. You guys approve that
with conditions and he's got to get a

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variance on that.
And a couple of the other projects that

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we're seeing may have may have them. So,
they may be coming to you maybe by the

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summer. But, um if you've got any
questions, some of these are big

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projects and they're going to city
council. uh Marman School, which is a

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reuse of the building for self storage
and some flex space. Uh contractors can

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go in there and have their office and if
they need a little bit of storage, you

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know, their stuff.
>> Um but yeah, the the one of the

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highlights of that project is the whole
back of the property is getting conveyed

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to the city. So for park use, it's where
the dog park is if you're if you're

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familiar with that area back there. So,
uh, there'll be some improvements to

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Marman Road kind of just as you're
coming off of, uh, Eureka.

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So, it's a it's a it's a good project
coming.

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» Is there any information on that bill's
convenience store in Michigan Fuels

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that's going to be on Ecourse Road?
>> Yeah, there's I mean, we've we've done

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one quick review of it. Um, they've got
some challenges with sewer and, you

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know, some things there, but that's
something PL planning commission

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probably won't see it for a little bit.
that we haven't gotten a resubmitt in,

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but that's a public hearing. It's a
resoning, your standard ones that you're

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seeing, resoning, special land use, and
site plan, and then a trip to city

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council.
>> So,

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» yeah, let's

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All right. Any other questions or
comments on on city planner status

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report?

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If not, we'll move on to item eight
discussion.

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You know, we're we're missing we we've
only got a

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vice chairman on on this board right
now. Uh we're going to have election of

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officers. Hopefully, if we ever have a
full board

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and I think that's something for
everybody to think about,

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there's some
officers openings available.

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So we kind of give that some more
thought.

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Any comments or anything on the election
of officers?

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» With regard to that, Mr. Mcelli cannot
serve in that capacity because he's on

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the planning commission.
>> Just the way the

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» I was going I tried nominating him.
>> Yeah.

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» Yeah. I think we I'm pretty sure we
checked into that through the clerk's

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office and the enabling legislation said
you can't when you're one of those kind

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of positions. uh you can serve as vice
chair uh but you can't serve as the

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chair.
>> So

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» well I mean
>> I think that I think

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» if it came down to I would be willing to
serve as vice chair but

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» and I'm going to verify that
>> if you verify it before once we get a

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quorum
>> give that some thought between now and

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the next meeting.
>> Okay.

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» I think it's time for some new blood.
>> Well, you've done an excellent job in

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the show.
>> Yeah, you've done a fantastic job.

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» Very very lucky. I think about 22 years
worth.

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» Yeah, understood.
>> We're also um hoping hoping that uh some

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alternates will be appointed soon. So,
it's one of the problems we've had the

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last several months with um you know,
decisions and whatnot and that's the

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reason the enabling legislation allows
for alternates because of these number

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of votes that are needed on certain
particularly on use variances which are

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rare. Did who all went to training that
Dan did? You two did He went to the

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advanced also that night.
>> Did you?

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» Yeah, I went to both last night. It was
amazing. I really really enjoyed it.

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» Good.
>> It was It was great.

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» Good.
>> One thing I found fascinating was if I'm

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absent and we were to pull an alternate
in on an item, agenda item.

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» Yeah.
>> And then it got postponed

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» when it came back, I would not come back
and vote on it. The alternate would have

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to come back in and I would sit down.
>> Yep. And that was something I hadn't

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thought about. Yeah, there's some
there's some tricky aspects of things

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and that's we talked earlier about the
both for planning commission and the uh

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board of appeals by in the planning
commission case it's bylaws for you guys

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it's called rules of procedure but those
are all I'm working with Carla Wartman

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to get those all rewritten and to be
very specific about some of these things

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about appointments about voting um most
of it's it's there out there it's just

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in different places and you know kind of
pulling it all together. We sometimes we

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sometimes
>> it was good training.

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» Yep. Good.
>> Well, that's going to continue. Um and

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when things come up, um the city's very
supportive of that, of course, which

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which makes us very happy in our
department. Get you guys all and and us

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too. Um I've been doing doing some
stuff. I did, you know, various ones

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here and there. I think there's an
ethics class coming up that I've got to

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do next month. Um, but that's out there.
We're also going to try hard. Both our

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consultants, our planning consultant,
Carla Wartman, is relatively new.

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They've been here a couple years now.
John Enos, both John Enos and Doug Lan,

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which I you had dug at planning and
zoning essentials.

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» Yeah, he he was the one that did that.
>> Yeah, he does that. and then also Dave

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Greco, our new city attorney to have
them in um and do do some training, you

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know, with you guys probably along with
planning commission just to, you know,

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get get things done at one time.
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that's that.
Any other discussion?

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If not, number nine is adjourned. So
moved.

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» Yeah, I second it.
>> Motion by Mr. Mali, support by Mr. Gatis

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to adjourn the meeting. Excuse me. Take
a roll call vote. Mr. McAllie, yes. Mr.

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Caty,
>> yes. Miss Hood,

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» yes. Chair votes yes. This meeting is
adjourned.

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Okay.