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August 23, 2012
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON
ELECTION NOTICE
TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS of the Charter Township of Canton, notice is hereby given that a Special Primary Election will be
held in the Charter Township of Canton on Wednesday, September 5, 2012 from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. for the purpose of nominating
candidates to fill the vacancy in the following office:
11th District Representative in Congress
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON
PRECINCT NUMBERS AND LOCATIONS
Listed below are the polling locations for the Wednesday, September 5, 2012 Special Primary Election, which will be open from 7:00
a.m. to 8:00 p.m. for the purpose of voting:
Precinct No.
Name of Facility
Address
1 & 23
Discovery Middle School
45083 Hanford Rd
2
Connection Church
3855 S. Sheldon Rd
3, 10, 21
St. John Neumann Church
44800 Warren Rd
4 & 13
Miller Elementary School
43721 Hanford Rd
5 & 31
Crescent Academy
40440 Palmer Rd
6 & 32
Canton Township Administration Building
1150 S. Canton Center Rd
7 & 8
Salem High School
46181 Joy Rd
9 & 34
Eriksson Elementary School
1275 N. Haggerty Rd
11 & 19
Tonda Elementary School
46501 Warren Rd
12 & 14
Hulsing Elementary School
8055 Fleet St
15
Walker-Winter Elementary School
39932 Michigan Ave
16 & 17
Bentley Elementary School
1100 S. Sheldon Rd
18 & 29
Field Elementary School
1000 S. Haggerty Rd
20
Township Fire Station No. 1
1100 S. Canton Center Rd
22
Hoben Elementary School
44680 Saltz Rd
24 & 25
Canton High School
8415 N. Canton Center Rd
26, 27, 36 & 40
Summit on the Park
46000 Summit Parkway
28
Canton Township DPWYard
4847 S. Sheldon Rd
30
Mettetal Airport
8550 N. Lilley Rd
33 & 37
Dodson Elementary School
205 N. Beck Rd
35
Canton Human Services Center
50430 School House Rd
38
Historic Cherry Hill School
50440 Cherry Hill Rd
39
Plymouth High School
8400 N. Beck Rd
41 & 42
Workman Elementary School
250 N. Denton Rd
The Office of the Township Clerk, 1150 S. Canton Center Road, will be open from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. on Saturday,
September 1, 2012 for obtaining and casting absentee ballots. Qualified voters must appear in person to receive a ballot.
The Clerk's Office will be closed on Monday, September 3, 2012 for the Labor Day holiday.
On Tuesday, September 4, 2012, those requesting an absentee ballot must appear in person at the Clerk's Office between 8:30 a.m. and
4:00 p.m. Emergency absentee ballots ONLY will be issued on Election Day, Wednesday, September 5, 2012.
To obtain election instructions in an alternative format (audio or Braille), contact the Clerk's Office at 734-394-5120 prior
to Election Day.
If you are unsure of your voting location, please refer to your voter registration card, check the Clerk's voting page on
Canton's Website at www.canton-mi.org/clerk/voting.aspx, or call the Clerk's office at 734-394-5120.
Terry G. Bennett, Clerk
Publish: August 23, 2012
EC082312-0606 2.5 x 6.424
ROMULUS HOUSING COMMISSION
PUBLIC NOTICE
INVITATION FOR BID
The Romulus Housing Commission (RHC) will receive sealed bids in its offices at 34200
Beverly Road, Romulus, Michigan, until the hour of 1:00 PM local time on September 12,
2012. Work will be performed per plans and specifications. Bids are desired for
Comprehensive Maintenance / Repair Services for 100 public housing dwelling units and
RHC's two (2) office locations, located in the City of Romulus, Michigan. Contracted
services will include unit maintenance/repair and vacant unit make-ready preparation.
Plans and specifications may be obtained from the RHC office, 34200 Beverly Road,
Romulus, Michigan 48174. For more information you may contact the RHC Director at
(734) 729-5389 during normal business hours Monday through Friday between the hours
of 9 AM and 5 PM.
A pre-construction conference and walk-through will be held at 6094 Second Street,
Romulus, Michigan on August 22, 2012 at 11:00 AM.
Publish:
8-09-2012
8-16-2012
8-23-2012
EHO / EOE / M/F/D
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON
ZONING BOARD OFAPPEALS AGENDA
SEPTEMBER 13, 2012
Notice is hereby given that there will be a meeting of the Zoning Board of Appeals
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2012 at 7:00
PM.
The meeting will be held in the Board Room at the Township Administration Building located at 1150 S. Canton Center Road,
Canton, MI 48188.
7:00 P.M.
Call to Order
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll Call:
Jim Cisek, Craig Engel, Vicki Welty, Dawn Zuber
Alternate:
Approval of Agenda
Approval of Minutes: August 9, 2012 Minutes
Election of Officers
General Calendar:
1.
Josh Goldstein of Gags & Games, Inc. DBA: Halloween City; 35901 Veronica, Livonia, MI 48150 applicant for property
located at 40150 Ford Road, Canton MI 48187; North side of Ford Rd. between Lotz and Haggerty Roads; appealing
Zoning ordinance 3.03 (I) Cessation of operation: reestablish use of a non-conforming retail use. Parcel 048-99-0012-004
(Planning)
2.
Danny Veri of Blake Anthony Homes, Inc. 4952 Dewitt, Canton, MI 48188 applicant for property located at 1497 Morton
Taylor Rd, Canton MI 48187; East side of Morton Taylor Rd between Cherry Hill and Palmer Rds. ; appealing Zoning
ordinances 2.24(A) Setbacks from wetland areas and watercourses-Wetlands protection and 26.02 Rear yard setbacks.
Parcel 091-99-0001-719 (Planning)
3.
Colleen Fitzgerald of Sky Zone, 42550 Executive Drive, Canton, MI 48188 applicant; Bryan Amann, Bryan L. Amann
PLLC., 28470 Thirteen Mile Rd. Ste. 220, Farmington Hills, MI 48334 project representative for property located at 42550
Executive Drive, Canton, MI 48188; North side of Michigan Ave between Lilley and Morton Taylor Rds; appealing Zoning
ordinance 2.26 Screening of roof-mounted mechanical units. Parcel 138-02-0002-000 (Planning).
Written comments need to be submitted prior to 5:00 PM on the date of the hearing. All written comments must be sent to the Charter
Township of Canton, Clerk's Office, 1150 S. Canton Center Rd., Canton, MI 48188.
Publish August 23, 2012
EC082312-0603 2.5 x 4.878
PLANNING COMMISSION
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
REQUEST FOR VARIANCE FROM THE SUBDIVISION AND LAND DIVISION REGULATIONS - CHAPTER 110 OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON, WAYNE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to the Subdivision Control Ordinance of the Charter Township of Canton, that the Planning
Commission of the Charter Township of Canton will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, September 10, 2012 in the
First Floor Meeting
Room of the Canton Township Administration Building, 1150 S. Canton Center Road at 7:00 p.m.
to consider the request by the peti-
tioner to permit the following proposed variances to the Subdivision Control Ordinance for the project known as Demmer Quick Lane
located south of Michigan Avenue and east of Sheldon Road.
The petitioner has requested a variance pursuant to Section 110-143 to allow a driveway to access Michigan Avenue.
Written comments addressed to the Planning Commission should be received at the Canton Township Administration Building, 1150
Canton Center S. prior to Thursday, September 6, 2012 in order to be included in the materials submitted for review.
Greg Greene, Chairman
Publish: Newspaper -
August 23, 2012
EC082312-0608 2.5 x 2.437
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON
DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
INVITATION TO BID
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Charter Township of Canton, 1150 Canton Center S, Canton, Michigan will accept sealed bids
at the Office of the Clerk up to 3:00 p.m. Thursday, September 6, 2012 for the following:
CUSTOM MUNICIPAL STREET BANNERS
Bids may be picked up at the Finance & Budget Department, or you may contact Mike Sheppard at: (734) 394-5225. All bids must be
submitted in a sealed envelope clearly marked with the proposal name, company name, address and telephone number and date and
time of bid opening. The Township reserves the right to accept or reject any or all proposals. The Township does not discriminate on the
basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or disability in employment or the provision of services.
TERRY G. BENNETT, CLERK
Publish 8/23/2012
EC082312-0604 2.5 x 2.047
N
ORTHVILLE
Northville voters will be asked to
approve a $20.87 million bond pro-
posal for the school district Nov. 6,
which will not increase the current
schoolmillage rate.
The funds would be used, school
officials said, to replace aging dis-
trict technology and provide proven,
interactive classroom technology to
meet the needs of students at all lev-
els and abilities.
Members of theNorthville Board
of Education unanimously
approved a resolution to put the
issue on the November ballot at
their July 9 meeting. While nearly
90 percent of the bond funds are
earmarked to address technology
improvements, the proposal also
includes funds for the purchase of
replacement buses for the aging
fleet, officials said.
“The guiding principles through-
out the district's technology plan-
ning - and in our decision to bring
this bond request before voters - are
what will best support student
achievement and prepare students
for a lifetime of learning,” said
Northville Superintendent of
Schools Mary Kay Gallagher. “As
instructional delivery systems are
updated and refined, true student-
focused, immersive learning can
take place when the most appropri-
ate technologies are available in the
classroom.
“Technology is a powerful part of
our everyday lives, whether at
school, work or home. Numerous
educational studies show - and col-
leges and employers tell us - that
technology use as a resource and a
required skill-set must be devel-
oped in today's young people to
enable their success in college and
in their careers.”
The decision to place the bond
proposal on the ballot followed an
extensive Technology Needs
Assessment completed this spring
by a team of district administrators
and teachers from all levels, as well
as representatives from the technol-
ogy consulting firm, Wright &
Hunter, Gallagher added. The team
reviewed the district's current infra-
structure and technology and
looked ahead to instructional needs
nowand in the future.
Bond funds will protect the dis-
trict general fund, Gallagher said.
“During these challenging eco-
nomic times, severe cuts in state
funding for public schools have
forced us to delay much-needed
technology improvements and bus
replacements,” said Northville
Board of Education President
Dottie Garrity. “Asking the commu-
nity for bond funds is one of the few
options currently available to school
districts - along with sinking funds -
to raise the dollars necessary to
address these critical needs, while
also ensuring that the school dis-
trict's limited operating funds are
available to support student learn-
ing.”
Voters in Northville approved a
1-mill, five-year Sinking Fund mill-
age that included technology net-
work infrastructure upgrades -
being completed over the summer -
along with numerous building
repairs and improvements in May.
These technology upgrades will
increase the district's capacity so
the network infrastructure can
accommodate the increased volume
of digital applications and devices,
as well as provide building-wide
wireless access in every school
building. While the network infra-
structure upgrades made possible
through the Sinking Fund dollars
provide an important foundation,
Sinking Fund money, by law, cannot
be used to purchase technology
equipment and software required
for the next phase in the district's
critical technology improvements,
Gallagher said..
“If approved, the Technology
Bond will keep Northville's taxpay-
er dollars in Northville and protect
our community's investment in the
outstanding educational programs
that are the hallmark of Northville
Public Schools,” Garrity said.
“Strong schools are the foundation
of a strong community where peo-
ple want to live, businesses want to
locate, and property values are
higher.”
The Technology Bond funds
would support the district's technol-
ogy plan for at least the next 12
years by issuing bonds through two
separate series. Series 1, compris-
ing $16.27 million, would be issued
in 2013 to implement the technology
improvements across the district, as
well as purchase replacement
buses. Series 2, comprising $4.6 mil-
lion, would be issued in 2017 to
“refresh” the district's initial tech-
nology investment from the bond
and extend the viability of the dis-
trict's computing devices as technol-
ogy continues to evolve at a increas-
ingly fast pace.
The replacement school buses
included in the bond proposal will
allow the district to retire some of
the aging vehicles in the 46-bus
fleet. Thirteen of the current district
buses are at least 15 years old with
an average of 153,000 miles. For sev-
eral of these buses, it is no longer
cost-efficient to make the costly
repairs that will likely be necessary
in the near future to keep them
operational, Gallagher said.
The district has posted more
information about the Technology
Bond Proposal at www.northville.
k12.mi.us. Questions can be emailed
to nps@northville.k12.mi.us
Strong schools are the foundation of a strong community
where people want to live, businesses want to locate,
and property values are higher
”
School district to seek voter OK of bond
School reform bill OK’d in House
Teen faces sex abuse charge
Representatives in the Michigan House
voted to reform the Michigan public school
employee retirement system, creating a sav-
ings of more than $927 million statewide in
the next two years, according to state Rep.
KurtHeise, who supported themeasure.
Northville and Plymouth-Canton schools
will savemore than $15million over the next
two years alone under proposed reforms to
the state's public school employee retire-
ment system, according to nonpartisan budg-
et analysis, Heise said.
"These reforms take immediate steps to
create essential savings for our local
schools," said Heise, R-Plymouth. "Without
these reforms, money will continue to be
siphoned away from the classrooms and fur-
ther diminish school budgets. This was
another tough decision by the legislature to
preserve and protect the retirement system
while putting more money back in the class-
room."
Under the reforms passed today,
Plymouth-Canton Public Schools would save
$10,538,878 in the next two years and
Northville would save $5,117,051 according
to the report.
The 28 Michigan community colleges also
would see nearly $70 million in savings over
the next two years under this plan.
An 18-year-old Northville man has
been charged with the sexual abuse of an
11-year-oldneighbor.
Northville police issued a warrant for
Joseph Miklos' following the victim's
account of the incident to his father and a
second interview conducted with him at
CareHouse inPontiac.
Miklos turned himself in to police fol-
lowing an issuance of an arrest warrant.
He was arraigned Aug. 8 in 35th District
Court.
Police reports said the 11-year-old's
father became concerned by his son's
sleep disturbances and general
demeanor. When questioned, the boy said
that Miklos had invited him to his house
to play video games on July 25. While the
pair were in the basement, the boy said
that Miklos forcefully engaged in the
unwanted sexual contact after he refused
his request to performa sexual act.