WHITEHILLS LAKES SOUTH #1 PUBLIC STREETLIGHTING IMPROVEMENT SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 428  NOTICE OF HEARING

WHITEHILLS LAKES SOUTH #1 PUBLIC STREETLIGHTING IMPROVEMENT

SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 428

 NOTICE OF HEARING

TO THE RECORD OWNERS OF, OR PARTIES IN INTEREST IN, THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY CONSTITUTING THE PROPOSED SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT:

Lots 1 through 13 (inclusive), Whitehills Lakes South #1

              PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Township Board of the Charter Township of Meridian, acting on a request from property owners of Whitehills Lakes South #1 and on its own initiative, pursuant to Act 188, Public Acts of Michigan, 1954, as amended, has determined to make the following described public streetlighting improvement:

                  Install, operate, and maintain four (4) LED streetlights, white bulb, Traditional fixtures with cut-off and gray standard poles along Southridge Road;

and to defray the cost thereof by special assessment against the properties specially benefitted 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 18, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. at the Meridian Township Municipal Building, 5151 Marsh Road, Okemos, Michigan  48864-1198, for the purpose of hearing objections to the improvement 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.

The Township Board may proceed with the improvement and special assessment district unless written objections from more than 20% of the property owners are filed with the Township Board at or before the hearing.

"FOR PURPOSES OF THIS HEARING, THE AMOUNT TO BE ASSESSED AGAINST YOUR PROPERTY IS ESTIMATED TO BE:             

           First Year Cost:                   $121.54/Lot                                                        Annually Thereafter:                   $55.39 /Lot

Deborah Guthrie, Township Clerk

CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF MERIDIAN

CP#24-542