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Mount Clemens sets Oct. 16 hearing for downtown maintenance assessment; consent items and event permits approved
Summary
The commission scheduled the first public hearing on a downtown maintenance assessment district for Oct. 16, approved consent-agenda items including event permits and a DDA appointment, and heard public comments about a blight notice and renewed downtown activity.
The Mount Clemens City Commission set Oct. 16, 2023, as the date for the first public hearing on a proposed downtown maintenance assessment district and unanimously approved routine consent-agenda items, including event permits and an appointment to the Downtown Development Authority.
City Manager Mr Shipman said the Oct. 16 hearing will be when staff presents proposed assessment rates; property owners within the proposed district will receive mailed notices, maps and assessment rolls and the city must publish notice in the newspaper.
During the public-comment period, resident Kevin Sharper of 165 Court Street said he received a mailed "fix it or ticket" blight notice after a recent vehicle accident and told the commission he did not understand why his property had been cited. "I didn't understand why it was a blight violation," Sharper said. Staff replied that the administration will follow up, that Community Development can explain the ordinance, and that the city manager or staff would contact the resident after the meeting.
Another resident, Spencer Calhoun of 27 Valley Drive, Apartment 204, praised downtown activity following Labor Day and reminded viewers that the Mount Clemens Cable Communications Commission will host a candidate forum for mayor and city commission candidates at the Mount Clemens Public Library on Oct. 5 at 6:30 p.m.
On the consent agenda, commissioners approved purchases and payment of invoices and moved the consent agenda by roll call. The agenda also included approval of a DDA board appointment (Judge Swalsky) and permits for the Mount Clemens High School homecoming parade.
City Manager Shipman also gave a report on ongoing projects and community events: funding was approved for downtown lighting along North Main Street from Cass Avenue to Market Street; Canadian National Railroad will close Harvard Street between North Rose and Elder Street from Sept. 25–29, 2023 for crossing repairs; paving began Sept. 11 on Robertson Court and Brett Meyer, with both streets expected to reopen in mid-October weather permitting; absentee ballots for the Nov. 7 city election will be mailed next week; and fall recreation programs and several downtown events were promoted.
What happens next: staff will present assessment rates at the Oct. 16 public hearing, follow up with the public commenter about the blight notice, and carry out the consent-agenda items as approved.
