Macomb Township Board of Trustees approve garden center event signage

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — The north side of 22 Mile Road will look a bit busier over the next few months after the Macomb Township Board of Trustees approved a special event permit for Deneweth’s Garden Center at the Aug. 28 board meeting.

Running from Aug. 30 to Oct. 31, the event is for the center’s end of season “Fall Fun Fest.” The special event approval allows the center to place four to six flags and additional signage along 22 Mile to promote the garden center’s fall items and events taking place there on weekends.

“The special event is longer than what we would typically allow, which is why we need board approval for this,” Macomb Township Planning Director Josh Bocks said. “Really, the only thing this is affecting, the only thing that is triggering it as a special event, is they have some extra signage out front.”

Trustees approved the request unanimously. Deneweth’s Garden Center is located at 16125 22 Mile Road.

 

Street lighting SAD
Trustees also approved a street lighting special assessment district for the fourth phase of the Stillwater Crossing Site Condominium development.

“This is the latest phase of this particular development,” Macomb Township Land Development Director Jim Van Tiflin said. “They’ve gotten to the point now where DTE has given us the estimate, they’ve deposited the money with the township, and we need to move forward with setting up a special assessment district so we can pay DTE’s bill through the special assessment.”

The assessment will pay for streetlights in the fourth phase of the Lombardo Homes development consisting of units 190-273, covering the streets Burgeon Drive, Maple Leaf Drive, Mooring Drive and Savory Drive. Documentation in the meeting packet puts the total contribution from Lombardo Homes to the SAD at around $82,615.

A public hearing about the assessment was held during the meeting with no members of the public providing input. Lombardo Homes’ website says the development is opening this winter, and a map showing available units indicates a future phase of development.

 

Fire HVAC units
A new air conditioning and heating controller is coming to Macomb Township Fire Department Station 3.

Purchased through Syenergy Engineering of Rochester Hills for about $4,460, the controller interfaces between the heating, ventilation and air conditioning unit hardware and software. Department of Public Works Director Kevin Johnson says the units will be able to work with the current HVAC systems and any new HVAC units and software purchased for the fire station.

 

Planning Commission meeting rescheduled
The Tuesday, Oct. 15 Macomb Township Planning Commission meeting was rescheduled one week back to Tuesday, Oct. 22.

Election training sessions utilizing the board’s meeting room are the cause for the rescheduling.