ADOPTED - NOVEMBER 13, 2007

Agenda Item No. 10

Introduced by the County Services Committee of the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ADOPTION OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE COUNTY OF INGHAM BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY BROWNFIELD PLAN SHAW’S ON NEWTON LLC

AND INGHAM COUNTY FAST TRACK LAND BANK AUTHORITY

RESOLUTION #07-274

WHEREAS, the Ingham County Board of Commissioners created a Brownfield Redevelopment Authority (Resolution #01-279) in September 2001 pursuant to PA 381 of 1996, as amended (the Act) in order to promote the redevelopment of environmentally distressed, functionally obsolete, and/or blighted areas of the County; and

WHEREAS, the Ingham County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority recommends approval of an amendment to the Ingham County Brownfield Redevelopment Plan to redevelop five parcels of property in Meridian Charter Township, Michigan, tax ID numbers 33-02-02-04-201-002, 33-02-02-04-201-003, 33-02-02-04-201-004, 33-02-02-04-251-002 and 33-02-02-04-251-001 (the “Property”) containing 13.7 acres, into a combination retail, commercial and multi-unit residential development; and

WHEREAS, the project will reuse a contaminated site including demolition of existing buildings, site preparation, due care, environmental response activities and public infrastructure improvements and will provide a significant increase to the Township’s tax base while it creates both temporary construction jobs and new permanent jobs; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Act, this Board of Commissioners is required (a) to hold a public hearing on the approval and adoption of the Brownfield Plan Amendment for the Redevelopment of the aforementioned properties and (b) to publish notice of the public hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the County of Ingham, all in accordance with Section 13 (10) of the Act.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, a public hearing shall be set on November 13, 2007 by the Board of Commissioners and to be held before the Board of Commissioners on December 11, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. in the Board of Commissioners Room, Ingham County Courthouse, Mason, to hear any interested persons on the adoption of a resolution approving the Brownfield Plan for the Redevelopment of the Meridian Township properties in the Shaw’s on Newton LLC and Ingham County Fast Track Land Bank Authority project.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the County Clerk of the County of Ingham (the AClerk@) shall give notice to the public of the public hearing by causing notice to be published twice, in a newspaper of general circulation in the County of Ingham, the first of which shall be published at least 20 full days before the date set for the public hearing.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Clerk shall provide notice of the public hearing to the taxing jurisdictions that levy taxes subject to capture under the act, at least 20 days before the date set for the public hearing.

ADOPTED - NOVEMBER 13, 2007

Agenda Item No. 10

RESOLUTION #07-274

COUNTY SERVICES: Yeas:  De Leon, Nolan, Copedge, Soule, Dougan, Severino

Nays:  None             Absent:  None     Approved 11/6/07