LOCKE TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES
JUNE 6, 2023 7:00 PM
LOCKE TOWNSHIP HALL, 3805 BELL OAK RD, WMSTN
- Call to order by Chairperson Lackey / Pledge of Allegiance – 7:00 p.m.
PC Present: Shepler, Smith, Hull, Lackey, Atty Homier
Absent: Howard
Public Present: Duane Pickney, Rae Pickney, Bob Davis, Deanna Davis, Bruce Jennings, Nanci Jennings, Richard Allen, Sheri Rambo, Julie Moore, Christine Babcock, Penny Dale
- Approval / Additions to agenda, none added (Shepler/Smith)
- Action to approve the May 16, 2023 minutes (Shepler/Smith)
New Business
- Atty Homier gave a summary of the proposed ordinance changes. The largest change would be adding an overlay to an area the township desires the zoning to be.
- The PC will need to determine a proposed layover beginning at the next regular PC meeting.
Action: Homier’s office will help determine the amount of demonstrated need for Locke Township. At the next regular PC meeting, the PC will use that information to propose an overlay area. After the overlay area is determined and agreed upon, the PC will review the drafts in comparison to the determined overlay area.
- Public comment:
Public commentor has a question on natural disasters striking the area and who is responsible to cleaning up the area.
Public commentor on natural disaster and the cost of decommissioning vs. the cost of clean up in the case of the emergency. [answered in page 8 & 9 of current drafts]
Public commentor had remarks related to recycling of the solar panel stands. He does not want the reinstatement of land to allow bases to remain in ground and yield the land unusable. Also, the flight plan from DTW/FNT to LAN goes over our township hundreds of times a day. In addition there are continuous miliary flights from Grand Ledge to Flint that fly very low. It needs to be written in the zoning for FFA compliance.
Public commentor shared information regarding a news story they learned about concerning contamination.
- Meeting adjournment – 8:19 (Hull/Smith)
