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October 13, 2011
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON
PLANNING COMMISSION
2012 MEETING SCHEDULE
At the Meeting of October 3, 2011, the Planning Commission of the Charter Township of Canton adopted the fol-
lowing meeting schedule for 2012:
January 9, February 6, March 5, April 2, May 7, June 4, July 9, August 6,
September 10, October 1, November 5, December 3.
The meetings will be held at 7:00 p.m. in the First Floor Meeting Room of the Administration Building, 1150 S.
Canton Center Road.
Greg Greene - Chairman
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CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON
PUBLIC HEARING
CDBGADVISORY COUNCIL
On October 19, at 2:00 p.m. in Meeting Room "D" in the lower level of the Administration Building, 1150 S. Canton Center Road,
Canton, Michigan, the Canton Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Advisory Council will hold a public hearing on the FY
2010 Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report ("CAPER"). Written comments or requests for information should be
directed to: Mike Sheppard, Financial Analyst, Finance Department, 1150 S. Canton Center Road, Canton, Michigan 48188, (734)
394-5225.
Publish: October 13, 2011
Terry Bennett, Clerk
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CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON
ACCESS TO PUBLIC MEETINGS
The Charter Township of Canton will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired
and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities at the meeting/hearing upon two
weeks notice to the Charter Township of Canton. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the
Charter Township of Canton by writing or calling the following:
David Medley, ADA Coordinator
Charter Township of Canton, 1150 S. Canton Center Road
Canton, MI 48188
(734) 394-5260
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Grant funds sought for Ford Road – I-275
State Sen. Patrick Colbeck (R-
Canton) has introduced a Senate
Concurrent Resolution urging pri-
oritization of the I-275 project and
asking the United States Congress
and U.S. Department of
Transportation to approve a grant
to reconfigure the I-275/Ford Road
interchange.
“In addition to fostering eco-
nomic development in the region,
this project addresses the top two
most dangerous stretches of road in
the state, Ford Road between
Lilley Road and Ikea Drive and
Ford Road between Haggerty and
the south I-275 ramp,” Colbeck
said.
“Every day more than 50,000
vehicles travel the roads in and
around the I-275/Ford Road inter-
change, creating lengthy traffic
backups and numerous accidents,”
said Colbeck. “As the population
continues to rise in Canton
Township, this problem will only
worsen. The project is not only nec-
essary to make our roadways more
efficient, but to also protect human
life.”
Canton Township authorities,
led by Canton Township
Supervisor Phil LaJoy, recently
applied for the federal
Transportation Investment
Generating Economic Recovery
(TIGER) grant, which would pro-
vide the $20.3 million in federal
dollars to fund the project. Not only
would the interchange reconfigura-
tion reduce accident rates, it would
also reduce emissions, resulting in
an estimated 10 percent decrease
in vehicle hours traveled, LaJoy
said.
“This project enjoys overwhelm-
ing support from local leaders and
the surrounding community, not
just for the improvements we will
see frombehind thewheel, but also
for its economic impact,” Colbeck
said. “The project itself will create
more than 200 construction jobs
and upon completion the reconfig-
uration will encourage increased
economic development, creating
more jobs in the area.”
Colbeck has requested that the
Senate Transportation Committee
hold a hearing in the 7th District to
discuss the matter and is working
with committee chair Senator Tom
Casperson to schedule themeeting.
Copies of the resolution will be
transmitted to the President of the
United States Senate, the Speaker
of the United States House of
Representatives, the members of
the Michigan congressional delega-
tion, and the U.S. Department of
Michigan’s Best
Amerman school honored for
promoting science for girls
Civil War veteran to
receive headstone Thursday
Amerman Elementary School in
Northville is being honored as a Michigan
Association of School Boards 2011
Michigan's Best Award recipient for success-
fully tackling a significant gender achieve-
ment gap in science, where boys were out-
performing girls. Amerman's winning pro-
gram earned the honor in the Improving
Student Achievement in Math and Science
category for its innovation and impact on
student achievement.
By developing hands-on programs and
materials and engaging the community to
enrich its science activities, the Amerman
School Improvement Team has been able to
improve science proficiency for its female
students from 52 percent to 100 percent over
the past 12 years, noted Amerman principal
Dr. StephenAnderson.
“As the father of two daughters, I'mproud
that our girls at Amerman have had the
opportunity to learn from role models and
parents that they too can be engineers, sci-
entists, doctors, or astronauts,” said
Anderson. “Both boys and girls have found
out how fun it is to apply learning thanks to
the great parent involvement we've
received.”
Northville Public Schools
Superintendent Mary Kay Gallagher said,
“This much-deserved recognition by MASB
is reflective of more than a decade long part-
nership among Amerman students, staff and
parents, as well as many community groups,
to engage young girls, and all students, in a
meaningful way inunderstanding and apply-
ing science in real-world situations.”
MASB Michigan's Best entries are judged
by an independent panel of experts in each
area, based on uniqueness, the critical need
served, and evidence of impact on student
achievement. More than 150 entries were
received from school districts across the
upper and lower peninsulas. Each winner
receives a trophy for display at the school
and $1,500 to sustain their efforts. Amerman,
along with the other Michigan's Best Award
recipients, participated in two rounds of
judging and represent the top honor in each
of the nine categories for MASB's Education
Excellence program.
Representatives from Amerman and the
Northville school district will be on hand to
accept the award at the Oct. 29, Michigan's
Best Awards Ceremony, whichwill be part of
theMASBAnnual Convention.
Nearly 100 years after he was laid to rest,
Albert Nelson Stevens will receive a head-
stone in a dedication ceremony at
Plymouth'sRiversideCemetery onOct. 19.
While preparing for the Plymouth
Characters Cemetery Walk, an annual event
of the Plymouth Historical Museum, histori-
ans discovered that Stevens, a featured char-
acter and Civil War veteran from Company
D, 4th Michigan Volunteer Infantry, had no
grave marker to commemorate his life,
explainedLiz Kerstens, executive director of
the Plymouth Historical Museum. Countless
veterans have fallen victim to this oversight,
but Stevens will no longer suffer such
anonymity. Some of Stevens's descendants
will be present for the ceremony, including a
granddaughter and great-grandson, Kerstens
added.
According to Public Law 107-103, signed
on Dec. 27, 2001, the Veterans
Administration is required to furnish an
appropriate government marker for the
grave of a veteran buried in a private ceme-
tery. Rick Danes, commander of the
Sergeant John S. Cosbey CampNo. 427, Sons
of Union Veterans (SUV) in Dearborn, sub-
mitted the application in cooperation with
the Plymouth Historical Museum and the
City of Plymouth Department of Municipal
Services, who agreed to install the head-
stone at no charge.
The dedication ceremony will take place
at 1 p.m. onWednesday, Oct. 19, in Block B of
Riverside Cemetery on Plymouth Road,
near the 35th District Court. The ceremony
will be conducted by members of the Cosbey
Camp SUV and the Plymouth Historical
Museum's Mike Gillett, a reenactor who por-
trays a Civil War Union chaplain. Other Civil
War reenactors will be present to lend the
ceremony authenticity, Kerstens said.
Mr. Stevens was born July 4, 1841, in
Whitmore Lake. He enlisted in Company D,
4th Michigan Volunteer Infantry on June 20,
1861, but was discharged Dec. 10 of that
same year, because of rheumatism contract-
ed in poor camp conditions. He reenlisted
on Dec. 5, 1864, in Company A, 30th MI
Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged June
30, 1865.
Albert Nelson Stevens died March 28,
1916, at Eloise Institution, in Wayne County
and is buried inRiversideCemetery.
Through a partnership with the University of Michigan Solar Race Team, Amerman fourth
graders apply their knowledge of electricity by designing, testing, applying technology (digi-
tal scales, calculators and spreadsheets) and then racing solar cars built using Lego kits.
Kayla Shaw (right), with Shelby Warford, shows off a car. The two girls are now students at
Hillside Middle School.