Purdy also listed a need for increased firefighter and police presence among the township's concerns, as well as added parkland and the protection of natural resources. He also said the water treatment facility was already functioning at 78 percent, with 90 percent of the water supply in use. The township will also have to consider aesthetic concerns such as the widening of roads and the preservation of open spaces. At the meeting, the commission will hear as much public input as possible in deciding the shape of the master plan. One issue will be the tension between development and preserving the township's rural character.
People share community values.
That's what we're going to try to get out of the township. The first reading of a moratorium on development was read at the Ypsilanti Township Board of Trustees meeting last week. The moratorium, which will be for six months, halts development approval in the township while the master plan is updated. The hearing was postponed due to a miscommunication in the published legal notice of the hearing. Recommended to the Board of Trustees a special land use provision for Strong Tower Ministry, which will begin planning for a church to be built on Spencer Lane.