Michigan Laws 125.2216 – Rehabilitation plan; public hearing; notice; opportunity for interested persons to be heard; receipt and consideration of written communications; opinions; arguments; documentary evidence; record of h
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(1) Before adopting a resolution approving a rehabilitation plan, the township board shall hold a public hearing on the rehabilitation plan. In addition to the notice requirements of the open meetings act, Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, being section 15.261 to 15.275 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be given by publication 3 times in a newspaper of general circulation designated by the township, the first of which shall be not less than 20 days before the date set for the hearing. Notice of the hearing shall be posted in at least 20 conspicuous and public places in the resort district not less than 20 days before the hearing.
(2) Notice of the time and place of hearing on a rehabilitation plan shall contain a description of the resort district in relation to highways, streets, streams, or otherwise; a statement that maps, plats, and a description of the rehabilitation plan are available for public inspection at a place designated in the notice; and a statement that all aspects of the rehabilitation plan are open for discussion at the public hearing. The notice may include other information that the township board considers appropriate.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 125.2216
- Board: means the governing body of an authority. See Michigan Laws 125.2202
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Rehabilitation: means construction, reconstruction, repair, or maintenance of a road, street lighting, a sanitary sewer, a storm sewer, storm water drainage facilities, or a flood control project within a resort district, or establishment and operation of a system of garbage collection within the resort district. See Michigan Laws 125.2202
- Rehabilitation plan: means a plan as described in section 15. See Michigan Laws 125.2202
- Resort district: means an area that encompasses a natural geographic feature used for recreation, such as an inland lake or the Great Lakes shoreline, that is specifically designated by resolution and approved as provided in this act, and a portion of which is land that is or was a part of a resort association incorporated under 1 of the following:
(i) 1897 PA 230, MCL 455. See Michigan Laws 125.2202Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
(3) At the time set for the hearing, the township board shall provide an opportunity for interested persons to be heard and shall receive and consider written communications with reference to the testimony. The hearing shall provide the fullest opportunity for expression of opinion, for argument on the merits, and for introduction of documentary evidence pertinent to the rehabilitation plan. The township board shall make and preserve a record of the public hearing, including all data presented at the hearing.