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Work Session
Discussion Items
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Discussion on Changing the Name for
Spring Lake Yacht Club Property Owned by the Village of Spring Lake
This agenda item is
intended to follow-up on the suggestion of a name change. One suggestion made last month was “Thum
Point.” I am meeting with members of
the Yacht Club in advance of this meeting to discuss. Members of the Club will likely attend
tonight’s meeting and public hearing.
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Discussion on Closing Meridian Street
for a June 11th Street Party and for a June 13-17 Bible School
This item would not
normally justify a work session but complaints were received over the last
year when Meridian was closed on Wednesday evenings. These individuals, as well as the First
Baptist Church Youth Pastor, have been invited to be present tonight.
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Discussion on the Sign Ordinance
Following the joint
Planning Commission/Village Council meeting, I began a program with John
Hansen as our Code Enforcement Officer to require sign ordinance
compliance. This program resulted in
a number of improvements at gas stations, on sidewalks, at churches and at
banks.
Corresponding with
this enforcement, I invited business input on what they found to be standard
elsewhere and how we could amend our signage ordinance to become a more
historic and quaint Village. A number
of suggestions were made about uniform sandwich board size and materials,
outdoor displays and the size of pylon signs permitted.
Attached is some
language that John Hansen, Planning Commission Liaison, brought before the
Planning Commission. It is not
complete, but is a start. The
Planning Commission demonstrated a keen interest in thinking through the
language for all of the Village’s permitted signage. When presented by me with the likelihood
of more computer-generated signs, they moved and approved a resolution
recommending a 60-day moratorium on any new permanent signs. Their intent is to find time for them to
work on the ordinance.
This moratorium is
wise given the intergovernmental zoning training hosted by Grand Haven on
Wednesday, April 27th. I
learned that once a sign right is established and it has a lifetime that
exceeds many mortals.
I requested Village
Attorney Sullivan to research the legalities of a moratorium and to present
his findings tonight. If the Council
would like to proceed, an agenda item should be added to tonight’s
agenda.
Miscellaneous
Announcements or Status Reports
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Close Savidge for one day pertaining to
Alden Place utilities?
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Approve a resolution to encourage use of
phosphate-free fertilizers?
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Applications to Historic Conservation
District (Need one more)
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Applications to Lloyd’s Bayou Lake Board
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Status of Watershed Permit with FTCH
help ($600 per year)
Upcoming Agenda Items (Tentative)
May 16
TIF Hibernation
TBD
June 6
Budget Approval
Schedule for Storm
Watershed Permit and Public Hearings for required ordinances
June 20
Manager evaluation
July 6
Possible Cancellation?
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