Scio Township DDA Minutes
September 11, 2006 @ 12:00 noon
Scio Township Hall
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103
Chairman Upton called the meeting to order at 12:09 P.M.
Members Present: Colvin, Cornish, Holland, Luckhardt Nielsen, and Upton
Members absent: Bliss Fox and Weaver
Others present: Del Vecchio, Fecho, Hedberg, Siddall and S. Murray(Home Builders Assoc.)
Nielsen moved and Colvin seconded a motion to approve the minutes of June 12, 2006, as revised. The motion passed by a vote of all of the members present.
Notes from the Road committee meeting of August 31, 2006 were received and filed with the following addition: Mark Loch was a associate of Bill Zipp at OHM and has been aware of the progress on Phase III.
Washtenaw County Road Commission Report:
Del Vecchio passed out copies of the Jackson Road Phase III Realignment Parcel Acquisition Status Report . He described the acquisition progress for each property in Phase III. Questions were asked and answered during his review. The Honey Creek proposal was discussed in some detail. The realignment of Staebler Road has been accepted. Honey Creek will be relocated in the area near Staebler and Jackson.
Fecho asked about a staging area for Phase III. There was some discussion about possible staging areas. Siddall said that the staging area would be up to the contractor.
Siddall said that Phase III plans are over 80% complete, but not ready to meet with MDOT. WCRC will meet with MDOT in late fall or early winter. They will “wrap up” the final plans next year. An intermittent crossover for the Honey Creek proposal has been discussed.
Upton questioned whether the Staebler Road and Scio Farms Meter Pit Relocations were part of the existing contract with OHM. These items are additions.and justified per the WCRC staff.
Siddall said the Baker Road project was under negotiation with MDOT and construction should begin in March of 2007.
Del Vecchio discussed the status of the excess Road Commission property. Since the Costco withdrew from the PUD project, a North Zeeb Road Task Force has met several times . The NZRTF has submitted a report with recommendations to the Road Commissioners. There has been some activity to try to attract Google to the Road Commission property. National Archives is involved in this activity. Del Vecchio showed some slides that were part of the Task Force report.
Fecho said the Township is working jointly with National Archives and the WCRC. All three support the attraction of Google to the properties. There was more discussion of the Google possibility.
Landscape Consultants Report:
Hedberg said that the cooler weather and rain has been helpful to the trees and grass. There will be two mowings in September and one or two more in October. Fertilizer will be applied this fall. Perhaps Phase I and II will be aerated in the spring. Phase II grass is suffering. Maybe the soil was too compacted. Phase I landscaping is doing much better than Phase II. Tee to Green has been doing a good job.
Chairman’s Report:
Upton passed out an appendix to the Citizen’s Council report from Jim Crowfoot.
Upton feels that the items in Crowfoot’s paper were covered in the Council report. Trustee King wants to build a fire station and buy a fire truck as part of the DDA plan. There was some discussion about a fire station, trucks and related costs. Insurance rates as related to fire protection were discussed.
There was some discussion about updating the Township master plan and what contribution the DDA might make. There was more discussion about what the DDA can and cannot fund.
Upton suggested removal of the word “design” from the plan, if the DDA is asked to fund a portion of the master plan.
Upton passed out and explained copies of a power point presentation, which he than went through and will present at the public hearing before the Township Board.
Township Manager’s Report:
Fecho briefly discussed the OHM drainage report and mentioned that the plan did not need approval of the Drain Commissioner.
Executive Directors Report: DeLong submitted the following printed reports with the agenda: Balance Sheet as of August 31, 2006, Cash Flow Detail fiscal year to date, Investment Summary-Ann Arbor Commerce Bank and Investment Summary-United Bank and Trust. There were no questions.
Other Reports: None
Old Business: None
New Business:
Holland moved and Colvin seconded a motion to recommend approval of the Second Amendment to the Jackson Road Phase III Engineering Services Agreement to the Scio Township Board to include Staebler Road Realignment design and the Scio Farms Meter Pit Relocation design in the amount of $55,000.00 to a total of $971, 000.00.
Roll Call: Bliss Absent, Colvin Yes, Cornish Yes, Fox Absent, Holland Yes, Luckhardt Yes, Nielsen Yes, Upton Yes, Weaver Absent. The motion passed.
Holland moved and Nielson seconded the payment of the following invoices:
Scio Township Treasurer (2002 Bond Int.) $130,356.25
(Postage for mailing) $76.05
Printing Systems, Inc. $121.00
Carlisle/Wortman $1,175.66
Panera Bread $117.26
Richard A. DeLong $800.00
Mancino’s $88.15
First Impression Printing $189.50
Unit Packaging Corp. $612.40
Total $133,537.27
Roll Call: Bliss Absent, Colvin Yes, Cornish Yes, Fox Absent, Holland Yes, Luckhardt Yes, Nielsen Yes, Upton Yes, Weaver Absent. The motion passed.
Discussion and Audience participation: None
Adjournment:
Cornish moved and Luckhardt seconded a motion to adjourn at 2:27 P.M. All members, who were present, approved the motion.
