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ANN ARBOR CHARTER TOWNSHIP The regular monthly meeting of the Ann Arbor Charter Township Board of Trustees was called to order by Supervisor Langford at 7:30 p.m. at the Township Hall, 3792 Pontiac Trail, Ann Arbor, MI 48105. Present: Supervisor Elizabeth Langford, Clerk Catherine Braun, Treasurer Virginia Forshee, Trustees Richard Dieterle, Michael Moran, John Allison, Della DiPietro. Also present: Attorney Sandra Sorini, Fire Chief Ericson. No one signed up for Citizen Participation for discussion of agenda items. Moran moved to amend agenda to add a New Item H - Approval of New Water Rates. Allison supported and motion carried. Approval of Minutes: Moran moved approval of the June 18, 2001 minutes. DiPietro supported and motion carried. 2000
Audit Report: Ken Palka and John Pfeffer were in attendance to review
the 2000 Township Audit. DiPietro moved to accept the audit report. Dieterle
supported and the motion carried. DiPietro asked for a report on estimated
loss of revenue for properties the Township will lose after the 2007 tax
year. Budget Amendment: Moran moved to amend the budget to provide for the retention of Applied Sciences and Technology, Inc. for peer review of Ave Maria Golf Club Golf Course not to exceed $10,000.00. Allison supported. DiPietro suggested an amendment to the contract that says Environmental Review of the Turf Management plan will include a statement of the completeness of the plan and whether such information was made available in adequate time for review. Motion carried with Braun opposing as she had not been able to review the information. UATS Membership: Moran moved approval of the 2001-2002 membership dues in the amount of $1,000.00. Dieterle supported and motion carried. Claims Listing: Moran moved approval of claims listing for July 2, 2001 in amount of $82,706.21 and July 11, 2001 in amount of $14,235.40. DiPietro supported and motion carried. Comcast Telecommunications Permit Agreement: Timothy Collins from Comcast Telecommunications was in attendance to answer questions and to explain that certifying the lineal footage in the rights of way is cost prohibitive, but they can provide calculations which demonstrate that the right of way fee does not exceed the franchise fee. Comcast will pay any right-of-way fee, which exceeds the cable franchise fee within ten (10) days of receipt of the Township's invoice for such amount. They will be doing reversed certification rather than lineal footage. Also, Comcast is substituted for MediaOne. Allison moved to authorize signing of the contract with changes. Moran supported and motion carried. Ayrshire PUD: Architect Damian Farrell was in attendance to request a waiver of the 20-acre minimum as recommended by the Planning Commission on July 9, 2001. Allison moved approval to waive the 20-acre minimum for a PUD in the Ayrshire subdivision. DiPietro supported and motion carried. Water Rates: Moran moved to table action on the Ann Arbor City water rates increase effective July 1, 2001 until the August meeting to get exact rate for township residents. Braun supported and motion carried. DiPietro suggested a request for proposal from Ayres, Lewis for a Long Range Capital Replacement Plan for Utilities. Fire & Safety: Dieterle reported that the Fire & Safety Committee did not meet in July for lack of agenda items. The next meeting will be scheduled in September. Planning Commission: Moran reported for the July 9, 2001 Planning Commission meeting. Non-Agenda Items: Sam Thomas was in attendance to discuss site plan violations for his ParkView subdivision on Old Earhart Road. He will start work immediately to raise one fire hydrant, take out unsuitable asphalt and replace with new asphalt, scrape and sweep the road. He is meeting with Tri-Mount Tuesday, July 17th at 10:00 a.m. to discuss the list of deficiencies provided by Gary Dresselhouse. He agreed to provide a report at the August Board meeting. K. Srinivasan requested copies of reports regarding Ave Maria Golf Course. He also stated that the Road Commission has requested that Domino's move the entrance to the Golf Club 80 feet farther to the north on Dixboro Road but to date he has not seen any revised drawings showing this. He distributed a letter listing major unresolved concerns and referred to holes no. 3 and no.8, which particularly impact his residence. Moran moved to adjourn. Dieterle supported and motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 9:17 p.m. Catherine A. Braun
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