Below are the main points of the agenda
V. Public Comment for items not on the agenda
VI. Blue Heron Park Plans – Mindy Milos-Dale
VII. Snell Road Update – Jeff Smith
VIII. Recommendation of appointment for open citizen member appointment and term.
IX. Request for a SPTC member to be the point person on maintenance coordination.
See complete agenda here: https://ecode360.com/OA3183/document/753127367.pdf
There is no meeting “packet”.
See agenda and associated meeting “packet” materials at the link below. If have not followed the Planning commission, the proposed annual report to the Board of Trustees may interest you. It summarizes what the Planning Commission has done in 2024 and meeting attendance records.
Silver Shamrock has withdrawn their proposal, leaving only Cannelle’s. Oakland Township Board formed a three-person subcommittee of Supervisor Robin Buxar, Treasurer John Giannangeli and Trustee Jack Elder to assist Manager Joe Merucci in negotiating the details of the contract. This item addresses at the 1-14-25 Board meeting.
At the previous 1-09-25 10 AM Special Meeting of the Board at the Cider Mill with Matt Knio, owner of Cannelles, he said all his 6 restaurants are the same. You can pick one from his website to visit, if desired. https://www.cannelledetroit.com/
His detailed proposal is in this previous posting. https://oaklandtownshipsentinel.com/2025/01/09/two-paint-creek-cider-mill-concessionaire-proposals-reviewed-with-board-of-trustees-1-9-24/
Edited 1/10/25 – correct attendance names; remove statement that I will render opinion on choice
Edited 1/11/25 – add statement at end encouraging comments on this website as means to communicate with Township Board
Edited 1/12/25 – add pastry photos
This item will likely be on the Tuesday 1/14/25 Board agenda, possibly for a decision or more likely, I predict, a Board member will propose a subcommittee to study this further.
I attended the 10 AM session today 1/9/25 where the two food service company owners reviewed the written proposals they had submitted to the township in the RFP (Request for proposal) process. Board members asked questions. The four members of the public present were allowed to ask questions and comment. Present were Trustees Jeanne Langlois, Emily Campbell and John Casadei, Treasurer John Giannangeli, and Clerk Dave Mabry. Board members Trustee Jack Elder and Supervisor Robin Buxar were not present. Also present was Parks and Recreation Director, Ben McLoskey, Parks Commissioner Cathy Rooney and Deputy Clerk Meggan Brown.
The proposals are attached here. I obtained copies via FOIA from the Township Clerk immediately after the meeting and scanned them to these PDF files.
Not mentioned in the Cannelle proposal, but discussed at this meeting with the drawing below is their proposal to remove the north wall in the existing space and take over the small room. (The one with paneling and a fireplace.) This would provide additional restaurant seating for 36 people as shown in this drawing which I slightly modified to show the wall to be removed and clairfy the orientation.
Photos below of sample French pastries brought to meeting by owner Matt Knio of Cannelles.
If you comment on this post it is an easy way to communicate your thoughts to neighbors and our Board of Trustees, who usually read these posts. In this format one must click on “comments” to see them. As I write this there is one comment below. Unsigned anonymous comments; comments with personal attacks or with known errors of fact, won’t be approved for posting.
This was copied from the Oakland Township website this A.M.
Oakland Township Board of Trustee members will be gathering at the Paint Creek Cider Mill, 4480 Orion Road, Rochester, 48306 on Thursday, January 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM for the purpose of meeting with and reviewing the Paint Creek Cider Mill vendor applications for the following vendors:
10:00 AM – Cannelle
Immediately Following – The Silver Shamrocks LLC
No decision will be made at this gathering.
These two excellent stories cover most of the 12/10/24 Board of Trustees Meeting. I see no point in The Sentinel duplicating their coverage. We can use that time for launching our Oakland Township Citizen Task Force concept. Please subscribe to be well-informed.
“Big Cost Increase in Sheriff’s Department Contract”, page 1
“Oakland Township Considers Renewable Energy Ordinance“, page 2,
To subscribe to The Record, $15 on-line or $49 in print or $1.25 per issue at Paint Creek Cider Mill box
Donni Steele (Oakland Township house representative to the Michigan legislature for the far southwest 1/16 th of our Township, Lake Orion and other parts of Oakland County) put an excellent editorial in the December 18th Record Newspaper, page 11, alerting us primarily to HB-6019 which proposes eliminating sand and gravel mining as things that our township can regulate via our zoning ordinance. About Donni Steele | Michigan House Republicans
HB-6019, introduced 11/14/24 by Republican Joseph Aragona of District 60 (much of Macomb County) About Joseph Aragona | Michigan House Republicans proposes to modify the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act. HB-6019 IS in the Regulatory Reform committee Michigan House – Regulatory Reform for consideration as shown here at these two links-2024-HIB-6109.pdf, House Bill 6109 of 2024 – Michigan Legislature.
If you sign up for notifications of this committee’s activities Committee Meeting Notifications – Michigan Legislature you will receive emails that show when they meet to discuss this. You then can thrn potentially go to Lansing and comment on this bill when, if ever, they discuss it.
Moving the Garling Barn is the biggest, highest $$, currrent project. Read the draft minutes below to see all that was discussed on all topics. It takes only a few minutes. If something really peaks your interest, watch that part of the meeting on the video.
Link to draft Minutes – Minutes
Link to video (1hour, 16 minutes) Historic District Commission – Nov. 20, 2024
The Record provides brief summaries of crimes in Oakland Township each week in a box. This week the box is on page 2. We have more than I thought.
Also in this issue of The Record is an interesting editorial on page 13 asking for our help in pushing the legislature to pass FOIA laws that include the governor’s office. Apparently we are one of only two states exempting the governor’s office from Freedom of Information requests. (Think Flint Water Crisis.)
Also on page 13 is the paper’s perspective on its nine years of service.
You can subscribe to The Record on-line for $15 here: https://www.myrecordnewspaper.com/
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