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Residents press Mount Clemens on KS Community Center hours, programming and dispensary siting
Summary
Multiple residents urged clearer, in-person answers about the KS Community Center schedule and programming; one resident pressed the commission about local dispensary siting and asked how many dispensaries will be permitted in Mount Clemens. City manager provided written responses and noted hours, staffing, funding and enrollment information.
Several residents used the public-comment portion of the Mount Clemens commission meeting to seek clearer, in-person answers about the KS Community Center and to raise concerns about cannabis dispensary siting.
Alan Cobs told the commission he felt written responses to prior questions had been defensive and incomplete and asked directly: “what is the maximum number allowed of dispensaries that we will have in the Mount Clemens city limit?” He also asked why a dispensary was sited at the intersection of Grasser Avenue (described in the packet as a major street) near a predominantly Black neighborhood and whether the city planned grocery store recruitment. Cobs asked for an in-person meeting for verbal answers.
City manager Mr Shipman then presented a set of administrative responses to previously submitted questions. On KS Community Center operations Mr Shipman said the center will be open beginning Tuesday, March 26, two days a week (Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.) for questions, sign-ups and community input; the Parks and Recreation Board is being reinstated to help guide programming and volunteers are being solicited. The packet lists program funding history: approximately $411,000 invested since the city took KS back for capital projects, about $45,000 invested in programming, and staff said the city has applied for four grants and received three totaling approximately $500,000.
On cannabis, staff noted that the city commission approved a marijuana ordinance in 2023 that sets where marijuana facilities may locate and that at the time of the meeting three state‑licensed facilities had received licenses and were open for business. Mr Shipman said the dispensary in question is on Grasser Avenue, described as a major street, and does not run through a neighborhood.
Multiple commissioners acknowledged that written answers can feel terse and supported scheduling an in-person meeting to provide more detailed answers and community input.
