SUBSTITUTE                                                                                  ADOPTED - JANUARY 22, 2008

Agenda Item No. 13

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 INGHAM COUNTY BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY BROWNFIELD PLAN CALLED SHAW’S ON NEWTON LLC AND INGHAM COUNTY FAST TRACK LAND BANK AUTHORITY

RESOLUTION #08-006

WHEREAS, the Ingham County Board of Commissioners created the Ingham County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority (ICBRA) in September 2001 (resolution #01-279) 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 ICBRA recommends approval of an amendment to the County Brownfield Plan to redevelop properties in Meridian Charter Township Michigan identified with 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 because the project will reuse a contaminated site and will increase the Township’s tax base while creating new jobs; and

WHEREAS, the description of the Property along with any maps and the Brownfield (finance) Plan are available for public inspection at the office of the ICBRA, Hilliard Building, 121 E. Maple Street, Mason; and

WHEREAS pursuant to the Act, the Board of Commissioners is required to hold a public hearing on the approval and adoption of the Brownfield Plan Amendment and to publish that notice in accordance with Section 13 of the Act.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, a public hearing shall be set for February 12, 2008 before the Board of Commissioners at 7:30 pm in the Board of Commissioners’ Room, Ingham County Courthouse, Mason, Michigan to hear any interested persons on the adoption of a resolution approving the Brownfield Plan Amendment called Shaw’s on Newton LLC and Ingham County Land Bank Fast Track Authority for redevelopment of property in Meridian Charter Township.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that pursuant to the Act, the Clerk shall provide notice of the public hearing to taxing jurisdictions that levy taxes subject to capture under the Act and shall give notice to the public by causing notice to be published twice in a newspaper of general circulation in the County at least twenty (20) days before the date set for the public hearing.

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

Nays:  None          Absent:  None        Approved 1/15/08