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Interesting village meeting
I wanted to talk about the Dexter village council meeting a bit earlier than this, but hey - the story won't be out until tomorrow.
Was very interesting reading about what the state Boundary Commission took issue with in the village's legal definition of the village boundaries. I agree with Joe Semifero's quietly voiced criticism of OHM's work here. I'm not knocking Rhett Gronevelt or his colleagues, but it's kind of surprising that their work didn't pass the state surveyor's scrutiny. Who knows. Maybe OHM did the best with what they had not knowing whether the village would want to pay additional costs to have another surveyor come out and clean things up. Sometimes consultants and other contract workers for a municipality try to keep their costs down for various reasons.
I'm still working on a story about the Westridge residents, who jammed Monday's meeting to capacity. Apparently there are concerns with the Border to Border Trail and connector project. A design option has residents concerned about "transients" wandering into the subdivision or parking en masse along curbs, among other things. This should be an interesting one when it's done.
Also look for the next Take Care article here on my blog before it goes to print next week. I wanted to get it in this week but with our Moving Forward special section deadline days away and other personal matters going on it had to wait a bit. I hope it's as interesting to read as it has been to research and (eventually) write.
Another note on Moving Forward, my article will feature Palmer Ford heavily and also Matt LaFontaine who has a huge presence in this county, so for those of you who usually toss the special section (I know you're out there - *glares*), you might want to hang onto this one and look through it. The new format is much tighter and much more focused than it has been the previous two years. All of the Washtenaw writers are responsible for at least an entire section.
No - I won't tell you which one. You'll have to read all of them.
Was very interesting reading about what the state Boundary Commission took issue with in the village's legal definition of the village boundaries. I agree with Joe Semifero's quietly voiced criticism of OHM's work here. I'm not knocking Rhett Gronevelt or his colleagues, but it's kind of surprising that their work didn't pass the state surveyor's scrutiny. Who knows. Maybe OHM did the best with what they had not knowing whether the village would want to pay additional costs to have another surveyor come out and clean things up. Sometimes consultants and other contract workers for a municipality try to keep their costs down for various reasons.
I'm still working on a story about the Westridge residents, who jammed Monday's meeting to capacity. Apparently there are concerns with the Border to Border Trail and connector project. A design option has residents concerned about "transients" wandering into the subdivision or parking en masse along curbs, among other things. This should be an interesting one when it's done.
Also look for the next Take Care article here on my blog before it goes to print next week. I wanted to get it in this week but with our Moving Forward special section deadline days away and other personal matters going on it had to wait a bit. I hope it's as interesting to read as it has been to research and (eventually) write.
Another note on Moving Forward, my article will feature Palmer Ford heavily and also Matt LaFontaine who has a huge presence in this county, so for those of you who usually toss the special section (I know you're out there - *glares*), you might want to hang onto this one and look through it. The new format is much tighter and much more focused than it has been the previous two years. All of the Washtenaw writers are responsible for at least an entire section.
No - I won't tell you which one. You'll have to read all of them.
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