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Berkeley council tables Act 51 decertification resolution to clarify “vacate” language
Summary
City Council voted unanimously to table resolution R0525, which would decertify roughly 700 feet of roadway from Michigan's Act 51 road mileage list, until staff and the state clarify language that could be read as a property vacation.
BERKELEY, Mich. — The Berkeley City Council on May 5 voted unanimously to table resolution R0525 after discussion over wording in a Michigan Department of Transportation form that staff and the city attorney said could be read to "vacate" property rather than simply remove certain segments from the Act 51 road-mileage list.
DPW Superintendent Adam Wazniak told council the affected segments total about 700 feet across multiple locations and that MDOT had identified areas that are "not technically through ways." Wazniak said the decertification is an accounting change for the Act 51 mileage list and that routine maintenance and services for the areas would…
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