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Michigan Ave. • Lansing, MI 48912 • www.lansingcitypulse.com Notice is Hereby Given that a Public Hearing of Apportionment for special assessment of costs incurred by the drainage districts listed below will be held at the office of the Ingham County ADVERTISING INQUIRIES: (517) 999-5061 Drain Commissioner, 707 Buhl Avenue, in the City of Mason, Michigan, 48854, on Tuesday, August or email [email protected] 8, 2017, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. PAGE CLASSIFIEDS: (517) 999-5066 At the meeting to review the apportionment of benefits, I will have the tentative apportionments against parcels and municipalities within the drainage district available to review. 6 EDITOR AND PUBLISHER • Berl Schwartz Any drain assessments against land will be collected in the same manner as property taxes. [email protected] • (517) 999-5061 For assessments to be collected in installments, the Drain Code (Act 40 of 1956, Sec. 154 [e]) provides that the assessment may be paid in full with any interest to date at any time and thereby Schor’s fundraising far outpaces Brown Clarke’s. P. 6 ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER • Mickey Hirten avoid further interest charges. [email protected] ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR • Eve Kucharski DRAIN # DRAIN NAME MUNICIPALITY SECTION NUMBER [email protected] • (517) 999-5068 A10-00 ASSELTINE AND BRAVENDER INGHAM TOWNSHIP 8,9 PAGE PRODUCTION MANAGER • Amanda Proscia DRAIN [email protected] • (517) 999-5066 B35-01 BARNES, WAVERLY DELHI TOWNSHIP 7 8 STAFF WRITERS • Lawerence Cosentino COMMERCE BRANCH DRAIN [email protected] C13-00 CLARK AND POTTER DRAIN BUNKER HILL TOWNSHIP 5,6 Todd Heywood INGHAM TOWNSHIP 32 Ahead of Jazzfest, catch up with two great musicians. [email protected] LESLIE TOWNSHIP 1 C16-00 CLINTON DRAIN BUNKER HILL TOWNSHIP 2-4, 9-11, 14-16, SALES & MARKETING DIRECTOR • Rich Tupica 21-23, 26, 27 C17-00 CLUCKEY DRAIN DELHI TOWNSHIP 13,14, 23, 24 PAGE [email protected] C32-00 COUNTRY CROSSROADS DELHI TOWNSHIP 19 SALES EXECUTIVES DRAIN Mandy Jackson • [email protected] D14-00 DOAN CREEK DRAIN LOCKE TOWNSHIP 32 12 Cory Hartman • [email protected] WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP 13, 24-26, 35, 36 LEROY TOWNSHIP 5-8, 17-20, 29, 30-32 Find out how serenity and competition can merge. Contributors: Andy Balaskovitz, Justin Bilicki, Daniel INGHAM TOWNSHIP 1-3, 10-15, 22-27, 35 E. Bollman, Capital News Service, Bill Castanier, WHITE OAK TOWNSHIP 36 Mary C. Cusack, Tom Helma, Gabrielle Lawrence BUNKER HILL TOWNSHIP 5-8, 17-21, 27-34 STOCKBRIDGE TOWNSHIP 1 Johnson, Eve Kucharski, Terry Link, Andy McGlashen, VILLAGE OF DANSVILLE 3-9 Cover Kyle Melinn, Mark Nixon, Shawn Parker, Stefanie Pohl, 14,15, 22, 23 Dennis Preston, Allan I. Ross, Rich Tupica, Ute Von D18-00 DRUM AND HECK DRAIN DELHI TOWNSHIP 7 Art Der Heyden, Paul Wozniak D20-00 DUBOIS DRAIN AND BUNKER HILL TOWNSHIP 7, 8, 16-21 MITCHELL BRANCH Delivery drivers: Frank Estrada, Dave Fisher, Jack G03-03 LANIER BRANCH OF NORTH DELHI TOWNSHIP 7 “Affluence,” by Nichole Biber. Sova, Richard Simpson, Thomas Scott Jr. BRANCH OF GILBERT DRAIN Interns: Danielle Chesney, Clarissa Kell, Dylan Tarr G03-10 GILBERT CHISOLM HILLS DELHI TOWNSHIP 8 BRANCH DRAIN G03-12 GILBERT, HOUGHTON DELHI TOWNSHIP 17 HOLLOW BRANCH DRAIN G12-00 GREEN DRAIN DELHI TOWNSHIP 11,14, 15, 22, 23 G12-07 GREEN, THREE LAKES DELHI TOWNSHIP 11 BRANCH DRAIN H32-00 HARKNESS DRAIN LESLIE TOWNSHIP 12, 13, 24 BUNKER HILL TOWNSHIP 7,18 H56-00 HEENEY DRAIN BUNKER HILL TOWNSHIP 2, 3, 11 I08-00 IVYWOOD DRAIN DELHI TOWNSHIP 1, 12 J01-00 JACKSON DRAIN DELHI TOWNSHIP 14 K08-00 KEELER DRAIN DELHI TOWNSHIP 29,30,32 L04-00 LAMOREAUX DRAIN DELHI TOWNSHIP 12 M42-00 MATTHEW DRAIN DELHI TOWNSHIP 15,16 M49-00 MCCLUSKEY DRAIN BUNKER HILL TOWNSHIP 11 O15-00 OAKWOOD DRAIN DELHI TOWNSHIP 1, 2 CITY OF LANSING 2 R24-00 ROOT DRAIN DELHI TOWNSHIP 30 S01-00 SALOW DRAIN BUNKER HILL TOWNSHIP 25 STOCKBRIDGE TOWNSHIP 30, 31 S04-00 SCHOOLCRAFT DRAIN DELHI TOWNSHIP 14, 23 S09-00 SHEARER DRAIN BUNKER HILL TOWNSHIP 20, 28, 29 V11-00 VICARY DRAIN BUNKER HILL TOWNSHIP 19, 20, 29, 30, 32 W69-00 WOODED VALLEY DRAIN DELHI TOWNSHIP 11, 14 Proceedings conducted at the day of review are subject to the Michigan Open Meetings Act. Persons with disabilities needing accommodations for effective participation in the meeting should contact the Ingham County Drain Commissioner at (517) 676-8395 or the Michigan Relay Center at 711 (TTY) at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting to request mobility, visual, hearing, or other assistance. You are Further Notified that persons aggrieved by the apportionment may appeal to the Ingham County Probate Court within ten (10) days of the Day of Review. Patrick E. Lindemann Ingham County Drain Commissioner CP#17-207 See pages 10, 11 & 18 for more Public Notices City Pulse • August 2, 2017 www.lansingcitypulse.com 5 PULSE NEWS & OPINION Red flag sale City Hall — hailed for its style — could fall OF THE WEEK A request for proposals to purchase and total cost of $50 million or more.” objectives as possible: Dominant hub of the redevelop Lansing City Hall may result in Longtime Lansing City Councilwoman business activity in Downtown, Maximizes the ionic example of Mid-Century Modern Carol Wood could only think of three or four density on the site, Takes full advantage of the architecture being demolished to make way who might qualify: Ferguson Development, location and views, LEED Certified sustain- for a new building. able and environmen- Developer Harry Hepler of H tally friendly, Increase Inc. who reviewed the RFP, said it tax revenue, Provides appeared to him the only way a devel- and promotes conve- oper would be able to compete for the nient and safe pedestri- project would be to present plans to an and bicycle access, demolish, rather than rehab, the City Serves as a catalyst for Hall and Police Department buildings further development, Eyesore of the Week and subsume the plaza between them. Attracts and retains 617 S. Capitol Ave., “The current City Hall is a shin- talented people in the Lansing ing example of Mid-Century Modern area, Increases visi- architecture that should be restored, tor numbers, Creates not torn down,” HepIer said today. “I a 24/7/365 center of This property was provided am confident the building could be activity and use.” as a reader tip, with the added fully restored for less than $200 per An architectural comment that it is just down the square foot, a significant savings from rendering of possi- street from a recent Eye Candy. the costs I’ve heard thrown around to ble redevelopments One can just make out the bottom move into new facilities.” included in the propos- of an upper level shutter, which is Hepler’s company converted the als appears to show the undersized in two directions: too old Motor Wheel factory on Saginaw entire elimination of short to reach the nearby sill and Street and an old tractor factory on Courtesy Image the current buildings too narrow to cover the adjacent Pere Marquette across from the old The city has issued a Request for Proposals to rehab or replace City and plaza, bringing a window. While the missing shingles Clara’s restaurant to apartments. He Hall that is raising eyebrows among preservationists and a leading multi-story building and damaged roof sheathing offer also developed the complex near the developer.