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May 3, 2004
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FRIENDSHIP TOWNSHIP
BOARD MEETING
MONDAY, MAY 3, 2004 @ 7:00 P.M.
@ Friendship Township Hall
Meeting called to order at 7:10 p.m. by Clerk. Board members present were Mottl, Donahey, Van Divner and Ward. Scott absent. Visitors included Jack Turner, Craig Cottrill, Kirsten Fredrickson, Kate Bassett, Douglas Smith, Ivan Zuieback, Wilbur and Caroline Kurburski.
Van Divner nominated Mottl to chair meeting, second by Ward, PASSED. Mottl assumed the chair.
Agenda reviewed. No changes.
Minutes of April meeting approved as presented.
Treasurer’s report received.
Planning- County Case # 22A-95 Request by Craig Cottrill for a Special Use Permit per Land Development Standards and Site Unit Condominium Open Space Plans. Donahey reported on Planning Commission meeting and follow-up of conditions set forth in the Township Board minutes of April 5, 2004.
Public comments received.
Doug Smith, a neighbor to the proposed development, said the application should be denied because 1) it ignores 50% open space; 2) cannot make decision without Master Deed; 3) need written documents stating what rules are.
Ivan Zuieback, resident of Lower Shore Drive, said the application should be denied as presented because 1) ignores open space; 2) Lower Shore Drive is a designated Natural Beauty Road; 3) Lower Shore Drive not able to handle increased traffic; 4) lots next to road should have 80-100 foot setbacks.
Mottl moved, Donahey seconded, PASSED, to recommend to the Emmet County Planning Commission concerning Case # 22A-95 Craig Cottrill that the County Planning Commission table the application once again and send it back to the Township for further consideration. The exchange of ideas is making progress. It is imperative that this “give and take process” continue to a mutual resolution to the developer and the community. We are, therefore, requesting that the County table this case, returning it to the local Planning Commission and Township Board for completion and subsequent return to the County Planning and Zoning at their next meeting. The Friendship Planning Commission requests time for review by them, the public, and experts to be named, of the documents required by Section 2405 and received at their meeting on April 26th or the previous Friday, April 23rd: KME (4/23), Health Dept. (4/23), Surface Soil & Test Well (4/26). Applicant has indicated that there are experts’ reports since the Planning Commission meeting on April 26 which have not been presented to or reviewed by the Township Board as of May 3, 2004. There needs to be documentation, to be included in the Master Deed and reviewed by the Township regarding lighting; signage; clarification of different colored areas on site map i.e. tree cutting, clearing, uses; ownership and maintenance of the common elements; uses of the clubhouse; lots 15, 16, 17 and 62 only lots that can have driveway on Lower Shore Drive; no driveway cuts on M-119. The Board requests cross sections (between lots 55/56 and 58/59) of the switchback road showing M-119, the road cut, and high point of the bank in alignment with Article VII, Section 702, [which is the impact the road (excavating, filling, grading) may have on the Intent of SR1 & SR2 and on M-119/Heritage Hwy]. The Board also requests that applicant consider increasing the front set back on Lower Shore Drive and decreasing the rear lot set back of lots 14-18.
Residents bounding the proposed development have requested documentation needed to prevent the destruction of the rural character and viewsheds of the area. The discretionary Special Use and Site Plan review standards of the zoning ordinance contemplate the arrangement of the elements of a development to harmonize its appearance with the surrounding countryside and to minimize its impact on significant
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natural features. (See Special Use Section 2100(5) on consistency with the County Comprehensive Plan, and especially Site Plan Review Sections 2405(4)(b) and (d) discussing the arrangement of features on the property to protect land values and promote the intent of the ordinance, as well as to provide buffering and greenbelts as necessary to carry out ordinance objectives). (4-0)
Mottl moved, Donahey seconded, PASSED, to adopt Resolution 2004-02, Resolution Authorizing Clerk to Submit Grant Application for Optical Scan Election Equipment. Roll call vote: Mottl-yes; Donahey-yes; Ward-yes; Van Divner-yes. (copy attached)
Clerk sent letter to Attorney James T. Ramer, indicating that he was to continue as attorney of record for the Tax Tribunal Case of Great Lakes Energy v. Friendship Township, Case No. 270968, at an hourly rate of $175.
Donahey reviewed bills and checks.
Van Divner moved, Ward seconded, PASSED, to approve payment of bills. Checks # 4679-4695 were written in the amount of $4,032.98. (4-0)
Meeting adjourned at 10:20 p.m.
Janell Van Divner, Clerk
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