Neighborhood Issues at City Council Meeting April 13, 2015

Here is the agenda for the Monday April 13, 2015 Council meeting.

Date: Monday, April 13, 2015
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Place: Council Chambers, 10th Floor, City Hall.

ISSUES: There are 3 issues currently in play that neighborhood leaders and residents may wish to address. 

(1) Proposed budget for CDBG Fiscal year 2015.  In the past these funds were used to support the operation of an independent neighborhood council, among many other things.  The funds seem to have been diverted to a position within the city.  This hearing is an opportunity to request that those funds be returned to fund an independent neighborhood council as advocated for by Colonial Village Neighborhood Association. This is public hearing item number 1 on the agenda. Details below:

CITY OF LANSING NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ANNUAL CONSOLIDATED STRATEGY AND PLAN SUBMISSION AND ACTION PLAN PROPOSED BUDGET FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) FUND RESOURCES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015-2016 The City Council of the City of Lansing will conduct a public hearing on Monday, April 13, 2015 at 7:00 P.M. in the City Council Chambers, 10th Floor Lansing City Hall, 124 W. Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI on the City’s proposed Annual Consolidated Strategy and Plan Submission which includes the budget for the use of Community Development Block Grant, HOME Program and Emergency Solutions Grant Program funds for the Fiscal Year starting July 1, 2015 and ending June 30, 2016. Copies of the proposed Annual Consolidated Strategy and Plan Submission and Annual Budget for the use of funds are available for review in the City Clerk’s Office and in the Development Office of the Department of Planning and Neighborhood Development and will also be available for review at the public hearing. All interested parties are invited to attend the public hearing. 517-483-4477. CHRIS SWOPE, LANSING CITY CLERK 

(2) Rezoning of the former EDS building from commercial to wholesale (Z-1-2015).  The Rejuvenating South Lansing group has analyzed the situation and is recommending against the rezoning. This is public hearing item number 2 on the agenda. Details below:

CITY OF LANSING NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Z-1-2015, 930 W. Holmes Road Rezoning from “F” Commercial District to “G-2” Wholesale District The Lansing City Council will hold a public hearing on Monday, April 13, 2015, at 7:00 p.m. in Council Chambers, 10th Floor, Lansing City Hall, 124 W. Michigan Avenue, Lansing, Michigan to consider Z-1-2015. This is a request by DealPoint Merrill, LLC to rezone the property at 930 W. Holmes Road, excluding the area beginning at the front property line along W. Holmes Road, to a depth of 120 feet to the north and from the front property line along S. Washington Avenue to a depth of 80 feet to the west, from “F” Commercial District to “G-2” Wholesale District, with the condition that no fences will be constructed on the property. The purpose of the rezoning is to permit the building at 930 W. Holmes Road to be used for a “climate controlled self-storage and logistics facility” as well as retail and office uses. For more information please call Lansing City Council at 517-483-4177. If you are interested in this matter, please attend the public hearing or send a representative. Written comments will be accepted between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on City business days if received before 5 p.m., Monday, April 13, 2015 at the City Clerk’s Office, Ninth Floor, City Hall, 124 West Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI 48933 or email city.clerk@lansingmi.gov. Chris Swope, City Clerk 

(3) Rescinding personal property tax abatement for Niowave due to non-compliance with agreement. The Walnut Neighborhood organization worked with Niowave, and LEAP to negotiate an agreement which was a requirement of their receipt of the tax abatement.

Niowave has failed to comply with the agreement and the Walnut Neighborhood Organization is requesting support for this matter from council members. 

Given Niowave's continuing unwillingness to complete the FULL terms of its Sept. 2013 agreement with the neighborhood, we expect City Council to keeps its October 2013 agreement to RESCIND Niowave's tax abatement.

They are also requesting other interested neighborhoods to support their request during the "Public Comments" time at city council and/or at a special Development and Planning meeting scheduled Wednesday, April 22, 2015, 7:00 p.m., GLHC Neighborhood Empowerment Center, 600 W Maple.

HOW TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK: 

• To speak on the first two issues sign up to speak under "Public Hearings".  
  
• To speak on the third issue,  Niowave, sign up to speak under "Public Comments" at the end of the meeting.  
  
• You must sign up at the beginning of the meeting on the forms by the door when you enter the room.