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City Council MinutesCity of Inkster, Michigan City of Inkster, Michigan Special Council Meeting Monday, March 9, 2009 5:30 p.m.
The Special Meeting of the Council of the City of Inkster, Wayne County, Michigan, assembled in the Council Chambers, 26215 Trowbridge, on Monday, March 2, 2009.
Call Meeting to Order Mayor Hampton called the meeting to order at 5:46 p.m.
Roll Call Honorable Council Present: Michael Canty, Timothy Williams, Mayor Hilliard L. Hampton, II, Courtney Owens (arrived-5:50 p.m.), Marcus Hendricks (arrived-6:12 p.m.) Honorable Council Excused: Michael A. Greene, Patrick Wimberly
In Attendance Ann K. Capela, City Manager Jenneatta Mitchell, (for the City Clerk) Ronald Wolkowicz, Director-Parks & Recreation Archer Collins, Director-DSP Patrick Depa, Director-Planning & Economic Development Terry Crow, McKenna & Associates Presentations Master Plan for the City of Inkster Mr. Patrick Depa and Mr. Terry Crow presented the Master Plan for the City of Inkster, along with renderings, and discussed the negative and positive aspects of the City of Inkster. Negatives: o The lack of sit-down restaurants, pathways,, and upscale retail shopping.o The overall quality of Michigan Avenue is an area of concern.o Too many motels, boarded up houses in our city.Positives: A strong sense of family/community. The public school system could be a selling point. q Needs:We need to establish more service oriented business, construct a rail station, establish a cultural & arts center, public venue, day care, and a convention center. q There are 3 main corridors:o Trowbridge corridor (near City Hall)o Intersection of Inkster & Michigan Ave. – Working with the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) on US-12 Corridor to reduce the width of Michigan Avenue and reduce the speed limit from 40 miles per hour to 35 miles per hour which would make it safer for pedestrians. Would like to expand the library or use old City Hall as a new library, possibly use the library as a nature center, improve signage and appearance at gateways.o Michigan Avenue corridorq How do we use this Master Plan as a marketing tool to get national chains to come into our city?
(Cont’d) o By effectively using what we have – enforce ordinances, upgrade landscaping and architectural designs, acquire property, demolish dilapidated property, utilize the Downtown Development Authority (DDA), Tax Increment Finance Authority (TIFA),and the Brownfield Redevelopment Commission, but most importantly, we must all be thinking and moving in a progressive direction. q Mayor Hampton asked how overlay district would help. The response was that the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) study to narrow Michigan Avenue would allow for more development, streetscape enhancement, and should promote the Marvelettes having Inkster’s first Gold Record, etc.q Councilman Hendricks asked what "big name" chain stores want and look for. Mr. Crow stated that smaller stores need an acre of land, while drugstores need a two mile radius.Parks & Recreation Master Plan Upon completion of the presentation of the City’s Master Plan, Mr. Patrick Depa and Mr. Terry Crow began the presentation of the Parks & Recreation Master Plan and Mr. Archer Collins joined in the discussion. q The state has specific guidelines on how many parks per population. Neighborhood parks have a ˝ mile radius and would mostly be used by middle and high school children. Community parks would have walking trails and larger sports facilities.q National standards state we should have 1 basketball court for every 5,000 people which would equal 6. We have 19 courts (11 plus 8 school courts)q The park improvement plan to be completed over 5 years included the following parks: Wheatley, Lemoyne, Bel Air, ___, and ____.q Many of the picnic areas in the parks need tables, grills, shelters, trash bins, improved restrooms, the basketball courts need news rims, poles, and resurfaced courts, sandboxes, swings.q Mr. Collins also discussed improving the baseball diamond at Wheatley Park and possibly partnering with Westwood Schools. Once the diamond is enhanced he would like to add a scoreboard, possibly an electronic board. The focus is on Wheatley Park because it’s a high traffic area that’s off of Beech Daly and the lighting would draw attention to people driving by.q Councilman Hendricks: Kennedy Park has been neglected for a long time and citizens would like to use that baseball diamond.
There being no further business to come before Council, on motion duly made by Councilman Canty, seconded by Councilman Williams and carried, the Special Council Meeting of March 9, 2009 was adjourned at 7:31 PM
Respectfully Submitted, Velida Gutierrez-Smith, City Clerk City of Inkster ATTEST: Hilliard L. Hampton II, Mayor City of Inkster
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