CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF MERIDIAN, 2026 ORDER TO MAINTAIN SIDEWALK, SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT #22, NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING, June 16, 2026

CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF MERIDIAN
2026 ORDER TO MAINTAIN SIDEWALK
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT #22

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

TO THE RECORD OWNERS OF, OR PARTIES IN INTEREST IN, THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY CONSTITUTING THE PROPOSED SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT:
Carriage Hill Estates: Lot 10 and 12
Carriage Hill Estates No. 2: Lot 24
Carriage Hill Estates No. 3: Lot 29, 34, 53,68, 70, 71, 85
Crestwood No. 2: Lot 9, 11, 15, 21, 26, 32
Crestwood No. 3: Lot 41, 58
Crestwood No. 5: Lot 79, 87
Everett Farms No. 4: Lot 71
Everett Hills: Lot 1 Everett Woods: Lot 45 Heritage Hills: Lot 46
Heritage Hills No. 3: Lot 88 and 118
Heritage Hills No. 4: Lot 142, 146, 148, 149 Sierra Ridge Estates: Stormwater Detention Sierra Ridge Estates No. 2: Lot 45
Whitehills Lakes: Lot 2 Whitehills Lakes No. 1: Lot 35 Wood Creek: Lot 12

Township Ordinance Section 58-32 places the duty to maintain the sidewalk in a good and usable condition with the adjacent property owner; and also states the Township Board may order the maintenance of the sidewalk and establish an assessment district of the benefited properties. The adjacent property owner will be allowed 20 days, from date of notification, to perform the work, and if not completed, the Township shall proceed with the work and assess the cost in accordance with the assessment district.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Township Board of the Charter Township of Meridian, acting on its own initiative as permitted by Act 188, Public Acts of Michigan, 1954, as amended, has determined for the public health, safety, and welfare of the Township and its inhabitants to make the following described public sidewalk improvements: repair and maintain sidewalk in the aforementioned proposed special assessment district and to defray the cost thereof by special assessment against the properties specially benefited thereby. Plans and estimates have been prepared and are on file with the Township Clerk for public examination.

TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Township Board will meet Tuesday, June 16, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. at the Meridian Township Municipal Building, 5151 Marsh Road, Okemos, MI 48864-1198, for the purpose of hearing objections, written or oral, to the proposed improvement, special assessment, and the special assessment district therefore. The Township Board is also interested in hearing those that favor the proposed project.

Appearance and protest at the hearing in the special assessment proceedings is required in order to appeal the amount of the special assessment to the state tax tribunal. Your personal appearance at the hearing is not required, but you or your agent may appear in person at the hearing and protest the special assessment. To make an appearance and protest, you must file your written objections by letter or other writing with the Township Clerk before the close of this hearing. The owner or any person having an interest in the real property may file a written appeal of the special assessment with the state tax tribunal with 30 days after the confirmation of the special assessment roll if that person appeared and protested the special assessment at this hearing.

Dated: June 3, 2026

Angela Demas, Township Clerk
Charter Township of Meridian

CP#26-218