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DESIGN 5
PULSE NEWS & OPINION
Developers want to build smaller homes. FOR
DESIGN
What’s stopping them?
Homebuilders cite limitations within zoning ordinances, building codes
Take a stroll far enough down Re-
gent Street and you might forget you're
still in the city of Lansing.
Wedged into the east side’s con-
ventional, single-home and single-lot
grid is a small village created by local
builder Dave Muylle. It's a neighbor-
hood within a neighborhood, with a
shared garden space, a cabana and a
Kevin Tracy of Okemos was the
landscaped brick walkway to connect
first person to identify the June
several, smaller cottage-homes — all of
12 Eye for Design as “the 4 o’clock
them smaller than 1,000 square feet.
hour marker on the sundial at the
Muylle doesn’t necessarily like the
Riverwalk Theater,” noting that he
phrase “tiny homes.” They’re small.
was part of the team that designed
They create a sense of community.
it. He adds that it “was a labor of
The real estate world would call them
love for Tom Goodman of Haslett,
quaint. But zoning restrictions might
who did all the complicated calcu-
be more quick to label them a head-
lations to make sure it’s accurate
ache, he contended. While Muylle is
to within a couple of minutes.”
passionate about his project, he admits Kyle Kaminski/City Pulse Goodman, a retired engineer and
he’d never try something like it again. Developer Brent Forsberg is eager to tap further into the smaller-home market in long-time volunteer at Impression
“No typical developer would try to Lansing after the successful construction of this 600-square-foot, one-bedroom 5, passed away unexpectedly in Oc-
do this either,” Muylle added.
home on Elm Street in REO Town. tober, shortly after the sundial was
“It’s just too much work to justify the
installed.
effort it takes to make things like this tage Lane in 2007. More than 10 years the neighborhood it was a good idea. The owl above may be found in
possible. There’s this crazy system that later, he’s still working. Most cities ar- Board meetings and hearings followed East Lansing. The first person to
everyone has to wade through to get to en’t conducive to tinier homes, at least more board meetings and hearings. correctly identify its location will
this point. It’s nobody’s fault. It’s just those that fall below minimum foun- “There’s just not as much allowance receive a City Pulse Eye for De-
the way the rules are written.” dation sizes. In Lansing, most homes for creativity anymore,” Muylle said. sign mug. Keep your ears as well
Zoning ordinances, by nature, are need to measure at least 24 feet by 24 “Things have been moving in that di- as your eyes open when looking for
designed to impose restrictions on land feet. Smaller lots, on occasion, will al- rection for a while. We all want to this detail and send your answer
use and development. Brian McGrain, low for 20-foot-by-20-foot develop- build safe houses, but the process is to daniel@eastarbor.com by Tues-
the city’s director of planning and eco- ments. just so burdensome, and it tampers day, July 9.
nomic development, said those rules Bigger, as they say, is usually better. down a lot of that creativity. It seems — Daniel E. Bollman, AIA
— along with the building code — help The system is built on the idea. And people without a lot of resources just
ensure structures are built safely, add any exceptions are a long shot. can’t build anything anymore.”
value to the city’s housing stock and “I don’t really know how you could Added McGrain: “A lot of times, peo-
conform to local neighborhoods. make a case for a variance,” said Lan- ple want to do things that just don’t fit
But a lot of it hasn’t been updated in sing’s zoning administrator, Sue Sta- into our building and zoning codes.
decades. And a growing voice is calling chowiak. “If anybody really wanted to These exist, on one hand, to lead to
for a modern-day facelift. pursue tinier homes in the city, they’d consistent and attractive development
Some local developers contend that have to contact a City Council mem- patterns in the city. From a building
restrictions within zoning ordinanc- ber and see if there is any support for standpoint, it also contributes to safety
es, along with the often-convoluted a change in the ordinance. It really and livability in these places.”
process for variances and municipal would be difficult otherwise.” “ Too rigid? Well, they are what they
approval for construction, can pose a Muylle’s cottages narrowly fit those are.”
hindrance to homebuilders and would- foundation-size minimums, but it Developer Brent Forsberg is eager
be homeowners — especially for newly made drafting a site plan a jigsaw puz- to build more smaller-scale homes af- “Eye for Design” is our look at some of the
nicer properties in Lansing. It rotates each with
built homes with a smaller-than-typi- zle for a builder who admittedly lacks ter the success of his 600-square-foot Eye candy of the Week and Eyesore of the Week.
cal footprint. development expertise. He bought sev- home on Elm Street in REO Town. If you have a suggestion, please e-mail eye@
Muylle started construction on Cot- lansingcitypulse.com or call Berl Schwartz at
eral parcels for the site. He convinced (517) 999-5061.
See Tiny homes, Page 6
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Tiny homes
from page 5
It only has one bedroom with no up-
per or lower level and no garage, but
there’s a renewed market interest for
small-scale urban homes, he said. Not
everyone needs that much space.
“We’re looking at basically a reboot
of the industrial age bungalow and the
smaller, workforce house in the 600-
to-900 square-foot range,” Forsberg
said. “We’ve been working on approval
for this for eight months and we just
received notice about this foundation
restriction. It just throws up another
barrier to development.
“We’d like to look at a diversity of
housing stock, but ordinances like this
are standing in the way.”
Plenty of published research points
to economic benefits in smaller-scale
living. Tiny homes — although often
much smaller than 600 square feet
— are also growing in popularity with
the rise of TV shows like HGTV’s “Tiny
House, Big Living,” among several oth-
ers. They can also be more affordable
and environmentally friendly.
“Smaller homes can be reinvigorat-
ing to a neighborhood,” added Devel-
oper Jeff Deehan. “They bring fresh Kyle Kaminski/City Pulse
energy, creative spaces, and younger Cottage Lane is home to several small cottages on Lansing’s eastside. Local builder Dave Muylle hopes to have the project
people that want to have more options wrapped up in the next four years as he navigates his way around local ordinances and codes.
for financial viability. There are a lot
improving overall affordability on the are concerned about smaller homes President Peter Spadafore: “Afford-
of people interested in these products
local market. being lower quality, he said. ability is important, but we have to be
but a lot of our city’s housing stock are
But the system of codes and rules “We have several smaller homes that careful not to kowtow to fads in con-
these aging, larger buildings.”
— especially with foundational mini- are not in good shape, which could be struction designs. In 10 years, is this
Grand Rapids limits single-family
mums — is stalling development. due to less quality and could be due to going to be something we regret? I
homes to a minimum of 750 square
“A lot of it just comes down to the less upkeep. So, some may make an ar- don’t have much of an opinion, I just
feet. In Ann Arbor, every dwelling
idea that doing something differ- gument for not repeating the mistakes don’t know this is something that
unit requires at least 225 square feet
ent is difficult,” said Developer Scott of the past,” Schor added. “I have yet needs to be addressed in Lansing.”
of habitable room space. Some munic-
Schmidt. “There are a lot of advantag- to hear a complaint or a proposal (for Muylle, in the meantime, plans to
ipalities also allow smaller homes —
es to smaller homes with shared green zoning changes). If someone has a pro- keep pushing the boundaries of exist-
depending on their size and location —
spaces, but the biggest barrier is the posal, I’m willing to look at it.” ing zoning restrictions as he continues
to qualify as an accessory dwelling unit
approval process and a system that City Councilman Adam Hussain, to charge forward with his project on
or “granny flat,” as often labeled.
doesn’t want to allow for change and who chairs Economic Development Cottage Lane. If all goes well, he hopes
The construction of smaller homes
almost seems to be resistant to it.” and Planning Committee, labeled the to be finished in the next four years.
could lead to a wider array of afford-
Added Deehan: “A lot of people are movement toward tinier homes a “fad.” But, as his experience has showed, he
able housing options for residents,
looking into smaller homes. These de- He said their affordability is tempting, knows not to keep his fingers crossed
especially
velopers are being told the city does not but a lot of that savings could be lost for an expeditious timeline.
STATE OF MICHIGAN first-time
PROBATE COURT want smaller homes. They only want in self-storage rentals. Besides, Lan- “Unless you’re a big developer and
COUNTY OF INGHAM homeowners
PUBLICATION OF NOTICE larger, family-style homes. They’re just sing already has plenty of affordable have engineered drawing and archi-
FILE NO. GA looking to
not issuing permits for anything else. options. tects to design it, it’s very difficult to
In the matter of Richard Blood. live and work
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS These are the types of rules that can “There are folks that are intrigued by build in Lansing,” Muelle added. “In a
including: * whose address(es) within their
are unknown and whose interest be seen as arbitrary and sometimes the idea but I don’t believe it will last,” lot of neighborhoods, people can’t af-
in the matter may be barred or cities, Deehan
affected by the following: harmful policy measures.” Hussain said. “Tiny homes are, well, ford to bring in that expertise. We need
TAKE NOTICE: A hearing will be said. They can
held on July 3, 2019, at 2:00 p.m. Mayor Andy Schor wants to see “all tiny, and they are very impractical. In- to figure out a way for people to invest
at 313 W. Kalamazoo St., Lansing, also cost less
MI before Judge Dunnings for the options” for housing in Lansing but he dividuals can’t start families in these in their communities. It’s good for the
following purpose: Guardianship to build and
hearing for incapacitated adult. hasn’t weighed in one way or another homes and families can’t grow in these neighborhood and helps everybody.”
fit into small-
6/27/19
about streamlining the construction homes." Hussain believes tiny homes — KYLE KAMINSKI
Jimmie Harris er parcels,
(Adult Protective Services)
of smaller homes in the city. His only don't have the same appeal in Lansing kyle@lansincitypulse.com
5303 S. Cedar St.
Lansing, MI 48911 using less
requirement: The building needs to as they might have in other cities.
(517) 775-5442
CP#19-190 energy and
meet codes and city ordinances. Some Added Lansing City Council Vice
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Lansing shields police misconduct reports
City Attorney blocks release of officer complaints CITY OF EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN
NOTICE OF ADOPTION
ORDINANCE NO. 1456
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE ZONING USE DISTRICT MAP OF CHAPTER 50
-- ZONING -- OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF EAST LANSING
Please take notice that Ordinance No. 1456 was adopted by the City of East Lansing City
Council at their meeting held on June 18, 2019 and will become effective upon the expiration
of seven (7) days after the publication of the following summary of ordinance.
THE CITY OF EAST LANSING ORDAINS:
The Zoning Use District Map is hereby amended to rezone the Shaw Estates Neighborhood
to R-O-1 Residential Rental Restriction Overlay District. The boundary of the proposed
District follows the east side of those parcels on the west side of Whittier north of Longfellow
to the north boundary of Shaw Estates, the north side of those parcels on the north side of
Whitman between the east side of lot 5 of Shaw Estates and the west boundary of Shaw
Estates #2, the west side of those parcels on the west side of Prescott between the north
boundary line of Shaw Estates #2 and lot 75 of Shaw Estates #2, and the south side of those
parcels on the north side of Longfellow from Prescott to Whittier. The rezoning includes the
following properties:
Parcel Number Street Address
33-20-01-12-301-001 1089 WHITMAN DR
33-20-01-12-301-002 1207 PRESCOTT DR
33-20-01-12-301-003 1197 PRESCOTT DR
33-20-01-12-301-004 1179 PRESCOTT DR
33-20-01-12-301-005 1175 PRESCOTT DR
33-20-01-12-301-006 1151 PRESCOTT DR
33-20-01-12-301-007 1137 PRESCOTT DR
Amateur videos and body camera footage showed Lansing Police Officer Lindsey 33-20-01-12-301-008 1087 PRESCOTT DR
Howley repeatedly striking a teenage girl during an arrest last month on Dakin 33-20-01-12-301-009 1085 PRESCOTT DR
33-20-01-12-302-001 1104 WHITMAN DR
Street. 33-20-01-12-302-002 1090 WHITMAN DR
33-20-01-12-302-003 1062 WHITMAN DR
Three years of records detailing com- which people of color are targeted with- 33-20-01-12-302-004 1048 WHITMAN DR
plaints filed against officers at the Lan- in the criminal justice system. Some 33-20-01-12-302-005 1032 WHITMAN DR
33-20-01-12-302-006 1022 WHITMAN DR
sing Police Department will remain have also pushed for more public ac- 33-20-01-12-302-007 1000 WHITMAN DR
hidden from public view after city of- countability. 33-20-01-12-302-008 922 WHITMAN DR
33-20-01-12-302-009 902 WHITMAN DR
ficials blocked their release in a recent “We expect more from our local po- 33-20-01-12-302-010 882 WHITMAN DR
Freedom of Information Act request. lice force and we will not allow this to 33-20-01-12-302-011 862 WHITMAN DR
The Lansing City Attorney’s office last be covered up and swept under the rug.” 33-20-01-12-302-012 842 WHITMAN DR
33-20-01-12-302-013 822 WHITMAN DR
week shot down a City Pulse request to said Joan Waters-Austin, co-founder of 33-20-01-12-303-001 1240 PRESCOTT DR
review any complaints of misconduct the Black Lives Matter chapter in Lan- 33-20-01-12-303-002 1045 WHITMAN DR
33-20-01-12-303-003 1253 BRYANT DR
among city police officers — and the sing, during a recent demonstration 33-20-01-12-303-004 1207 BRYANT DR
records to show they were handled — organized in front of Lansing City Hall. 33-20-01-12-303-005 1197 BRYANT DR
dating back to 2016. An appeal was also “Police policing themselves will never 33-20-01-12-303-006 BRYANT DR VACANT
33-20-01-12-303-009 1200 PRESCOTT DR
denied. lead to justice.” 33-20-01-12-303-010 1210 PRESCOTT DR
“A blanket release of all information But the results of that probe — along 33-20-01-12-303-011 1180 PRESCOTT DR
subjects the city to legal action or could with an unnamed number of other re- 33-20-01-12-304-001 843 WHITMAN DR
33-20-01-12-304-002 804 LONGFELLOW DR
subject us to an unfair labor practice,” ported incidents of misconduct — will 33-20-01-12-304-003 824 LONGFELLOW DR
explained Mayor Andy Schor. “I will not only be retold through the lens of the 33-20-01-12-304-004 842 LONGFELLOW DR
33-20-01-12-304-005 860 LONGFELLOW DR
put the city in a questionable legal posi- Police Department and the city officials 33-20-01-12-304-006 880 LONGFELLOW DR
tion through a broad release of employ- with inside access to the investigations. 33-20-01-12-304-007 900 LONGFELLOW DR
ee personnel information that violates The complaints and reports themselves 33-20-01-12-304-008 920 LONGFELLOW DR
33-20-01-12-304-009 940 LONGFELLOW DR
our policies and their rights of our city are entitled to a heavy degree of privacy, 33-20-01-12-304-010 960 LONGFELLOW DR
employees.” officials decided. 33-20-01-12-304-011 980 LONGFELLOW DR
33-20-01-12-304-012 996 LONGFELLOW DR
In May, City Pulse sought to review “I share as much as I can with the 33-20-01-12-304-013 1152 BRYANT DR
any complaints of officer misconduct public and have been very transpar- 33-20-01-12-304-014 1158 BRYANT DR
at the Police Department since 2016, ent during my tenure as police chief,” 33-20-01-12-304-017 1182 BRYANT DR
33-20-01-12-304-018 1190 BRYANT DR
along with records to show how those Yankowski added. “Recent examples 33-20-01-12-304-019 1200 BRYANT DR
internal investigations were handled. validate that. Final determination is 33-20-01-12-304-020 1210 BRYANT DR
33-20-01-12-304-021 921 WHITMAN DR
That was more than a month before an balanced by the rights of our officers 33-20-01-12-304-022 893 WHITMAN DR
officer repeatedly struck a teenage girl and employees as well as our collective 33-20-01-12-304-023 873 WHITMAN DR
and was placed on administrative leave bargaining agreement, so we will follow 33-20-01-12-304-024 1164 BRYANT DR
33-20-01-12-304-025 1170 BRYANT DR
amid an ongoing internal probe. our policies and the law.”
Since then, Police Chief Michael Yan- City officials opted to withhold all A true copy of Ordinance No. 1456 can be inspected or obtained at the Office of the City
kowski has called for a renewed sense misconduct records in their entirety Clerk at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing, Michigan during normal business hours.
of transparency within his department. without exception. Jennifer Shuster
Citizens have rallied against police bru- City Clerk
CP#19-188
tality and the disproportionate rate at See Police, Page 8
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Police
tively for the public good, then we do “I really wish I could’ve been more cerned citizens united with one com-
so,” Schor said in response to the re- helpful here,” Wood added. “Our hands mon goal, to create positive change in
quest, noting that the city’s appointed are tied on this one.” our city,” according to a Facebook page
Board of Police Commissioners and its The issue of publicly releasing police dedicated to the group.
from page 7
independent investigator also provide misconduct reports has been repeated- “This is exactly what I’ve been try-
The reason given: Lansing’s inter- “significant citizen oversight” through ly litigated across the country. Laws in ing to avoid,” Lynn added. “I’ve tried to
est in maintaining the privacy of those publicly accessible meetings. some states exempt them from release. communicate to the powers that be how
records outweighs the public’s interest Under the City Charter, the City Others give discretion to the individu- important this is, time and time again.
in their release. Besides, some of those Council president could have over- al agencies. In Michigan, they’re only They’ve been listening but obviously
investigations rely on internal cooper- turned the denial and provided what- considered exempt if the agency deter- they aren’t hearing us.”
ation. A public spotlight might make ever records she saw fit to release upon mines that its own departmental priva- The ACLU of Michigan in 2016 filed
that difficult. City Pulse’ appeal. But the Council’s cy outweighs public interest. a lawsuit against the East Lansing Po-
“If an incident arises and we feel that current president, Carol Wood, de- And that’s Lansing’s tack: “Such in- lice Department on behalf of Michigan
we need to release information proac- clined to do on Monday afternoon. vestigations require the cooperation State University student Evan Stivers
and information provided by employ- over a similar request for citizen police
ees. Should such information be dis- complaints. While a ruling was never
CITY OF LANSING
NOTICE OF REGISTRATION closed, it would have a chilling effect reached, officials there agreed to release
FOR THE TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 2019 ELECTION upon internal investigations,” officials those complaints immediately upon
To the qualified electors of the City of Lansing:
said. public request.
After a black teenager was repeat- “Without the ability to hold officers
Please take notice that the City of Lansing will hold an Election on August 6, 2019. edly struck by a white Lansing Police and their departments accountable for
For the purpose of nominating candidates to the following offices: Department officer last month during their actions, the number of cases in-
City: Council Member At Large (2), Council Member Ward 1 a controversial arrest on Dakin Street, volving law enforcement misconduct
Any qualified elector who is not already registered, may register to vote at the office of the
local activists (particularly those within and abuse of power will only grow,” ac-
Lansing City Clerk; the office of their County Clerk; a Secretary of State Branch office, or the Black Lives Matter movement) have cording to an ACLU release published
other designated state agency. Registration forms may be obtained at mi.gov/vote and mailed called for departmental change. And shortly after the settlement in the Stiv-
or dropped off at the office of the Lansing City Clerk. Voters who are already registered may
update their registration at www.expressSOS.com. they weren’t too pleased to hear about ers case. Calls to the ACLU were not re-
the latest move from the city. turned for this story.
The last day to register in any manner other than in-person with the Lansing City Clerk’s “There’s no time in recent history that An attorney at the Michigan Press
Office is Monday, July 22, 2019.
LPD transparency was more important Association said state law allows for
After this date, anyone who qualifies as an elector may register to vote in person with proof of than now. The community is fearful, personnel records of law enforcement
residency (MCL 168.492) at the following locations and times:
angry and trust is waning fast,” said officers to be shielded from public re-
Michael Lynn Jr., a firefighter suing the lease, but only if city officials can ap-
Location Address Regular Business Hours
city over alleged and unrelated racism. propriately balance public interest with
Lansing City Clerk - City Hall 124 W. Michigan Ave. Mon - Fri 8am - 5pm “This refusal is dangerous, irrespon- their perceived right to privacy. It’s an
Lansing, MI 48933
sible and gives the optics that there is argument that can usually only be fully
Lansing City Clerk - 2500 S Washington Ave. Mon - Fri 8am - 5pm
Lansing, MI 48910
something to hide.” resolved in the courtroom.
Election Unit
Wednesdays 8am-7pm Lynn is also the cofounder of Lan- — KYLE KAMINSKI
sing Residents United, a “group of con- kyle@lansingcitypulse.com
Additional times outside of the above listed regular business hours are as follows:
Location Address Additional Hours NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS
Lansing City Clerk - City Hall 124 W. Michigan Ave. Election Day August 6
EAST LANSING PLANNING COMMISSION
Lansing, MI 48933 7am - 8pm
Notice is hereby given of the following public hearings to be held by the East Lansing
Lansing City Clerk - 2500 S Washington Ave. Saturday August 3 Planning Commission on Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at 7:00 p.m., in the 54-B District Court,
Election Unit Lansing, MI 48910 10am - 2pm Courtroom 2, 101 Linden Street, East Lansing.
Sunday August 4
1. A public hearing will be held to consider a modified site plan application from Tailwind
East Lansing III, LLC for the property at 6210 Abbot Road to modify the site plan
12pm - 4pm
conditions of approval for the Gaslight Village development to remove the limitation on
leasing for periods of less than two years. The subject property is located in the RM-8,
Election Day August 6 Planned Unit Development, zoning district.
7am - 8 pm
2. A public hearing will be held to consider Ordinance 1458, an ordinance to amend
ABSENT VOTER BALLOTS the use district map of Chapter 50 – Zoning – of the Code of the City of East Lansing
Any registered voter may request an Absent Voter Ballot. No reason required. to rezone 314, 328, 334, and 340-344 Evergreen Avenue from RM-32, City Center
Multiple Family Residential District, to B-3, City Center Commercial District.
The Lansing City Clerk’s Office must have a signed application to issue an Absent Voter
Ballot. Applications are available at the locations referenced in the above table or by visiting Call (517) 319-6930, the Department of Planning, Building and Development, East Lansing
our website at lansingmi.gov/clerk. City Hall, 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing, for additional information. All interested persons
will be given an opportunity to be heard. These matters will be on the agenda for the next
Monday, August 5, 2019 at 4:00 pm is the deadline to request an absentee ballot except for Planning Commission meeting after the public hearing is held, at which time the Commission
those who register to vote on Election Day. Ballots issued on Monday, August 5, 2019 must may vote on them. The Planning Commission's recommendations are then placed on the
be requested and voted in person at the Lansing City Clerk’s Office, locations referenced in agenda of the next City Council meeting. The City Council will make the final decision on
the above table. these applications.
Those registering to vote on Election Day, Tuesday, August 6, 2019, are eligible to receive an The City of East Lansing will provide reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as
absent voter ballot at the Lansing City Clerk’s Office, locations referenced in the above table. interpreters for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered
at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities upon request received by the City seven (7)
Chris Swope, CMMC/MMC calendar days prior to the meeting. Individuals with disabilities requiring aids or services
Lansing City Clerk should write or call the Planning Department, 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing, MI 48823.
Phone: 517-483-4131 Phone: (517) 319-6930. TDD Number: 1-800-649-3777.
Email: City.clerk@lansingmi.gov
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The Asian Carp war
pery, bottom-feeding fish to keep their come together in a bipartisan fashion
retention ponds clean about 40 years and get this started.”
ago. The foul tasting, overgrown gold- She has a partner in Walberg,
fish ultimately escaped into the Mis- who feels confident about President
Why spending $830M to stop a fish sissippi River, where they’ve gobbled Donald Trump’s background as a
sounds appealing up the food the native fish typically
eat, destroying populations of catfish
builder with big ideas as a reason the
administration would be interested in
JOLIET, Illinois — The U.S. Army flushing system. and other species the river fish. getting behind the plan.
Corps of Engineers made the case Col. Steven Sattinger and his team With no natural predators in the “It’s encouraging just to be stand-
Tuesday to both Michigan U.S. sen- couldn’t make a 100% guarantee that Great Lakes, the concern is that if this ing here and talking about an actual
ators and nine the project would stop every single rapidly producing fish makes it into construction project,” Walberg said. “I
Michigan U.S. carp from scooting into Lake Michi- Lake Michigan, it will push out our feel confident that it has to happen, so
House members gan along this shipping channel. But walleye, trout, salmon and every other it will happen.”
POLITICS
on why a 10-year, after he outlined the exhaustive steps native species. U.S. Rep. Andy Levin, D-Bloom-
$830 million being proposed to stop this ravenous Currently, the Army Corps counts field Hills, said he appreciated the
plan to jazz up invasive species from swimming sev- on an electrical barrier and overfish- knowledge the U.S. Army Corps put
the Brandon eral hundred yards further north, it’s ing several miles downstream to keep into its plans, but he remains skep-
Road Lock and hard to image one could. the carp from the single lock that con- tical. Are more manipulations to a
Dam is the best Most members walked away from nects the Mississippi River network manmade structure the best path
way to prevent today’s tour feeling much better of and the Great Lakes. forward?
Asian Carp, at least putting down the $4 million Instead of closing the lock and “My basic view is that our species
and possibly other needed in the Fiscal Year 2020 federal forcing the shipping industry to port has a lot of hubris, a lot of arrogance
invasive species, from entering Lake budget to continue the study. The their cargo for some distance over in relationship to the natural world,”
Michigan. grand vision is to finish up everything land, the Army Corps has cooked up he said. “If you think more broadly,
U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Holly, by 2028. the following design: we’re almost at a point where we’ve
who represents the Lansing area, and “It may be expensive on the front An “air bubble curtain” would be messed the planet up so much that it’s
U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Tipon, who end, in total, but nowhere near the built as a blockade to underwater questionable whether we can recover
represents Eaton County, quizzed cost if we actually have an Asian Carp creatures at the shipping channel’s en- fully.”
officials about the expanded technol- problem in the lakes,” Slotkin said. trance. From there, two acoustic fish He questioned whether it wouldn’t
ogy being proposed at this choking off “That is the disaster. The worst-case deterrents pump out the equivalent of be a better idea to end the shipping
point on the Chicago Canal — a first- scenario. There’s a really strong feel- bad music for fish to chase them away. channel altogether, disconnect the
of-its-kind air bubble curtain, sound ing to get this done.” When there’s no boats around, an Des Plaines River from the Chicago
waves, more electrical barriers and a Southern farmers imported the slip- electrical barrier in between the of- River and force shippers to transport
fensive soundwave zones will paralyze their goods over land.
any fish that make that far. Former Attorney General Mike Cox
CITY OF LANSING
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING So even if the fish pulls a Tom championed this idea years ago, as did
Cruise in “Mission Impossible” and other members of Congress. But the
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held on Monday, July 8, 2019 at finds a way through the bubbles, the costs to commerce and the shipping
7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 10th Floor Lansing City Hall, 124 W. Michigan Ave.,
Lansing, MI for the purpose of considering: soundwaves and the electrical current, industry ultimately killed that idea in
it still needs to find a way to not get favor of the aforementioned creative
An Ordinance of the City of Lansing, Michigan, to amend the Lansing Codified
Ordinances by amending Chapter 658, Section 658.04 to clarify the places where washed away in the new flushing lock solution.
crowding, obstructing or blocking of passage is prohibited; and providing for warning by the Army Corps wants to build. ‘”Let’s say we spend this $800 mil-
a law enforcement officer to cease such behavior. Whether all the bells and whistles lion and put all these technologies in
For more information, please call 517-483-4177. If you are interested in this matter, please the Army Corps put together will cost and 30 years from now it didn’t turn
attend the public hearing or send a representative. Written comments will be accepted $830 million isn’t known, yet. It’s not out to work?” Levin said. “We’ll have
between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on City business days if received before 5 p.m., on the day of
the Public Hearing at the City Clerk’s Office, Ninth Floor, City Hall, 124 West Michigan Ave.,
even known if all the bells and whis- felt kind of foolish that we didn’t just
Lansing, MI 48933 or email city.clerk@lansingmi.gov. tles will make the final project. That’s accept the limits of humans.”
what the $4 million study is for. (Kyle Melinn of the Capitol news
Chris Swope, Lansing City Clerk, MMC/CMMC
www.lansingmi.gov/Clerk “In the Pentagon, that’s budget service MIRS is at melinnky@gmail.
www.facebook.com/LansingClerkSwope CP#19-184 dust,” Slotkin said. “Certainly, we can com.)
CITY OF LANSING CITY OF LANSING
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held on Monday, July 8, 2019 at Northwest Corner, Jolly Road & S. Waverly Road
7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 10th Floor Lansing City Hall, 124 W. Michigan Ave., (11097 Jolly Hwy. & 4820, 4848, 4880, 4902, 5030, 5050 & 5058 S. Waverly Road)
Lansing, MI for the purpose of considering:
The Lansing City Council will hold a public hearing on Monday, July 22, 2019, at 7:00 p.m.,
An Ordinance of the City of Lansing, Michigan, to Amend the Lansing Codified in Council Chambers, 10th Floor, Lansing City Hall, 124 W. Michigan Avenue, Lansing,
Ordinances By Amending Chapter 664, Section 664.01 to make violation of subsection Michigan regarding the future zoning designations of the 8 parcels of land (11 acres) located
(c), which prohibits language that would tend to cause an immediate breach of the at the northwest corner of Jolly Road and S. Waverly Road that were recently annexed into
peace, a Municipal Civil Infraction. the City of Lansing from Delta Township.
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the Public Hearing at the City Clerk’s Office, Ninth Floor, City Hall, 124 West Michigan Ave., the Public Hearing at the City Clerk’s Office, Ninth Floor, City Hall, 124 West Michigan Ave.,
Lansing, MI 48933 or email city.clerk@lansingmi.gov. Lansing, MI 48933 or email city.clerk@lansingmi.gov
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Watching democracy die, part 1
which a once-dominant group is losing Senate wouldn’t allow Obama to fill
its majority status, leading to an “over- his seat on the Supreme Court, the first
heated, oversuspicious, overaggressive, time since Reconstruction that a presi-
grandiose, and apocalyptic” style of dent had been denied the chance to fill
The American experiment is more fragile than you think, politics — and what’s transpired over such a vacancy.
and it’s not just about Trump the 30 years has been predictable. This was, in effect, a declaration that
Led by Newt Gingrich and Tom norms were irrelevant and winning was
As it turns out, it was a bad week an unspoken agreement that the two DeLay, Republicans played hard- everything. The opposing party wasn’t
to be reading a book called “How political parties would share power and ball against Bill Clinton, eventually just a rival; it was an enemy. The ends
Democracies Die.” the branches of government wouldn’t impeaching him over a relatively justified the means, and maintaining
The 2018 tome, exploit the Constitution’s ambiguities minor offense when other investiga- power was all that mattered.
INFORMED DISSENT
by Harvard polit- to their own ends. tions proved fruitless. When George That attitude was on display last
ical scientists That worked (for the white ruling W. Bush won a disputed election, they week in Oregon, where the state’s
Steven Levitsky class, anyway) until the Civil War, and eschewed bipartisanship and aban- Republican senators fled, some to the
and Daniel again after Reconstruction. Parties doned oversight of disastrous wars; protection of armed militia, to deny the
Ziblatt, presents competed for power, but they weren’t Senate Democrats began retaliating by Democratic majority a quorum to pass
case studies of ideologically coherent. Democrats jamming Bush’s judicial appointments. a cap-and-trade bill; more on that in
how democratic included Southern white suprema- American politics has always had its part 2.
JEFFERY C. BILLMAN
governments cists as well as New Deal progressives. kooks, both left and right. But they’d Then came Donald Trump, a man
throughout histo- Republicans included Northern liberals always been kept to the fringes. Until, with no use for norms or even the rule
ry have fallen to authoritarian regimes as well as Midwestern conservatives. that is, Barack Obama came to power, of law. Even with evidence of corrup-
as a warning that the 230-year-old Evangelical voters split between par- and the Republicans fully embraced tion and obstruction of justice well
American experiment is more fragile ties. the Tea Party. The inmates took over surpassing that which toppled Richard
than we think. Parties squabbled over taxes and the asylum, and the GOP was all too Nixon, McConnell’s Senate — and for
To my mind, two recent events rein- spending, but rarely anything fun- happy to try to delegitimize its oppo- the first two years of Trump’s admin-
forced the book’s premise. But more damental. Congress was collegial. nent: He was a Marxist, a Muslim, a istration, the GOP-led House — has
than that, they made me wonder if Filibusters were almost unheard of, terrorist sympathizer, an anti-Amer- refused to conduct meaningful over-
we’ve not just reached the precipice judicial appointments rarely blocked. ican, maybe not even an American at sight.
but, in fact, already jumped. And voters often split their tickets. all. Instead, McConnell ditched the fili-
Before we get there, we need to fully Then came the Civil Rights Act and Obama, of course, was none of those buster on Supreme Court nominees —
understand what that premise is. And, the Voting Rights Act, which, over things. He was a centrist Democrat another norm gone — to confirm two
try as I might, 305 pages on two centu- the next generation, drove Southern who inherited a financial crisis. But right-wing justices who last week gave
ries of political history proved impossi- whites to the GOP and racial liberals the Republicans who were in power, Republican legislatures carte blanche
ble to effectively summarize in a para- to the Democrats; a subsequent wave listening to their base, refused any to keep gerrymandering themselves
graph or two. So instead, I’m splitting of immigration from Latin America attempt to address the recession. Then into power; more on that in part 2, as
this column into two parts. This week, and Asia made the Republicans even they tried to block health care reform well.
we’ll look at how we got here. Next more reliant on white votes. Around — and everything else. They held up As Levitsky and Ziblatt put it: “The
week, we’ll explore the two stories that the same time came Roe v. Wade and judges. They tolerated no compromise mounting assault on norms of mutual
have left me uneasy about the fate of other culture wars, and the religious among their ranks. They shut down the tolerance and forbearance — mostly,
our democracy. right became a central part of the government and nearly led the country though not entirely by Republicans —
Ready? Here we go. Republican majority. into a default. has eroded the soft guardrails that long
A simplified version of Levitsky and Politics was now linked to worldview, And they discovered that being the protected us from the kind of partisan
Ziblatt’s premise goes something like not banal issues like taxes. It didn’t Party of No was politically effective. fight to the death that has destroyed
this: There’s nothing magical about the take long for the Party of Lincoln to Again, the Democrats retaliated, democracies in other parts of the
U.S. Constitution. Other countries have become a white, evangelical, increas- breaking their own norms. Throughout world.”
copied it, sometimes word for word, ingly conservative movement radical- his second term, Obama governed As we’ll see, the journey from “erod-
and collapsed. Indeed, in its early days, ized by the reinforcing methamphet- largely by executive order; Democrats ed” to “extinguished” might not be that
when political factions arose that were amine of Fox News and talk radio. eliminated the Senate filibuster for far off.
deeply distrustful of each other, the Top all of that off with “status anxi- most judicial appointments. (Jeffrey Billman is the editor of INDY
U.S. almost did, too. What held us ety” — an idea first described in 1964 Then, in February 2016, Antonin Week, in Durham, North Carolina.)
together was a set of informal norms, by historian Richard Hofstadter, in Scalia died, and the escalation contin-
ued. Mitch McConnell decided that the
CITY OF LANSING
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CITY OF LANSING
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held on Monday, July 8, 2019 at
7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 10th Floor Lansing City Hall, 124 W. Michigan Ave., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held on Monday, July 8, 2019 at 7:00 p.m.
Lansing, MI for the purpose of considering: in the City Council Chambers, 10th Floor Lansing City Hall, 124 W. Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI for the
purpose of considering:
An Ordinance of the City of Lansing, Michigan, to amend the Telephone Harassment
Ordinance in its entirety, section 658.05 of the Lansing Codified Ordinances, by defining An Ordinance of the City of Lansing, Michigan, to amend the Lansing Codified Ordinances by
and regulating the conduct of telecommunications access device harassment, and to amending Chapter 606 Section 606.03 to require signs or advertisements to include on the sign,
provide penalties thereof. contact information of the person or organization conducting the sale.
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between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on City business days if received before 5 p.m., on the day of on City business days if received before 5 p.m., on the day of the Public Hearing at the City Clerk’s Office,
the Public Hearing at the City Clerk’s Office, Ninth Floor, City Hall, 124 West Michigan Ave., Ninth Floor, City Hall, 124 West Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI 48933 or email city.clerk@lansingmi.gov.
Lansing, MI 48933 or email city.clerk@lansingmi.gov.
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ARTS & CULTURE ART BOOKS FILM MUSIC • • •
Art in the Wild asks Lansing to think big
By AUDREY MATUSZ
When artist Matthew Bohan isn’t
creating illustrations for medical pro-
fessionals, he paints water birds — blue
herons specifically. He acquired an
affinity for the winged water creatures
as a regular on the River Trail. Years
ago, the painter captured a fleeting
moment of a heron taking off with a
fish in its beak – a reminder of nature’s
ephemeral state.
Bohan’s still life of the fleeing heron
is one of three murals going up on the
retaining wall of a parking lot north
of Joann Fabrics in Frandor Shopping
Center. Wednesday marks the official
ribbon cutting, inviting residents to
learn more about the new project series
Courtesy Photo
and its connection to a larger, environ-
mental initiative.
Melody Angel is the board
“People who have not been down to president for Art in the Wild.
the River Trail may not know what is
along the river,” Bohan said referring to attracted those already familiar with
his mural. “If you go there then you’ll low impact living. The environmental-
think ‘OK, how do we protect this?” ists started dreaming up ways to get the
The group behind the Frandor attention of all Lansing residents and
murals is Art settled on creating a $10 million art
“Murals on Frandor” in the Wild, a destination.
Unveiling nonprofit with “I’m going all the way or nothing,”
Wednesday, July 10 Angel said about her ambitious project.
Noon a mission to
Joann Fabrics educate the “Each artwork is going to have a short,
533 Mall Ct., Frandor, environmental message that anyone can
Lansing community on
artinthewild.org how to pro- relate to that teaches them about how to Courtesy Photo
tect the Red keep the Red Cedar River clean.” "Shy That Way" by Linda J. Beeman made through the wastefree, Japanese
Cedar River. Elevated to the sacred printmaking process called mokuhanga.
The murals started as photographs of Using the allure of beautiful artwork,
Angel hopes to create a welcoming wooden blocks that are then pressed ect to clean the storm water of the
artwork that were enlarged and printed
environment for passersby to learn dai- on to a flat surface. The process leaves Montgomery Drain — the watershed
on adhesive PVC material that will be
ly habits to reduce water pollution. To behind faintly pigmented prints that that extends one mile north of Frandor
heat-transferred onto the three cement
assist her with the visuals, she sought reveal the subtleties of color and tone and empties into the Red Cedar River.
walls of the parking lot. The technique
the help of artists like Bohan and Linda — which is ideal when painting land- Efforts to rebuild the failing infra-
of printed —opposed to hand painted
J. Beeman, a visual arts instructor at scapes, according to Beeman. structure of drain pipes, as well as
— murals is growing in popularity for
Interlochen who has been an environ- It is tradition in moku hanga to install wetlands and waterfalls for nat-
public art projects for its guaranteed
mental advocate for 12 years. depict nature. On Beeman’s website, she ural filtration, have taken 20 years,
three to four-year life span.
Beeman, 61, is the product of a long explains how the medium brings atten- Angel said. This is largely due to the
The murals are just one of several
line of Michigan farmers who emigrat- tion “to the vulnerability of our natu- hefty public funding required to spon-
artistic sites Art in the Wild hopes to
ed from New York in the 19th century. ral spaces” causing “the rarely noticed sor the project. In the meantime, Angel
bring to the Frandor area. The nonprof-
Her grandmother grew up on a farm or hidden” to become “elevated to the thought of a creative way to inform res-
it started around four years ago when
in Bennington Township and taught sacred.” While Beeman’s submission idents — without using taxpayers’ mon-
Melody Angel, the board president of
Beeman to appreciate nature. isn’t a literal image of nature, it empha- ey — of the small things they can do to
Art in the Wild, and her husband, Pat
Through moku hanga woodblocking sizes an important link to it through reduce water pollution.
Lindemann, the Ingham County drain
— a waste-free Japanese printmaking ancestry and the quiet, often unseen, Last year, Art in the Wild secured
commissioner, realized that their local
method — Beeman made a 12-by-18- beauty of its inhabitants. its nonprofit status. Angel is build-
presentations on water pollution only
inch replica of a photograph of her High stakes ing a team to assist with grant writ-
grandmother that will be enlarged to Angel said that the stakes of losing ing to gather funding from backers in
access to clean water in Lansing are Michigan and beyond. She’s also in the
Correction: scale one of the three connected park-
what makes her dream worth chasing. brainstorming stage of integrating a
Two categories were missing from ing lot walls.
“It was a little 2-by-2-inch sepia- She referenced the steel sculpture diverse range of voices in future instal-
last week's Top of the Town 2019 entitled “Portrait of a Dreamer” located lations. The board president has started
winners list: Best Radio Station and toned photograph that my grandfather
took when they were courting and she in downtown Lansing, which she said this process by speaking with a former
Best Bagel. Here are the results: cost around $75,000, as the level of Lansing area principal on ways to have
was sitting in a boat and has this big
hat, so he can’t see her face, because she grandeur imagined for the future instal- students from school districts across the
Best Radio Station: 100.7 WITL lations. The board president remarked tri-county area produce art for the des-
97.5 WJIM — Second Place is very shy,” Beeman explained.
Beeman discovered moku hanga the end goal for the project is to have tination.
94.9 WMMQ — Runner Up “about 100 major sculptures” stretch- “To have a goal that is bigger than
online while she was searching for non-
toxic art materials that would not irri- ing from Ranney Park to the Red Cedar life and then to just really go for it and
Best Bagels: Flour Child Bakery Park. enroll everyone else in that possibility,
Panera Bread — Second Place tate her skin. The water-based process
involves applying watercolors to carved The location for the art installation it makes all of us believe that big things
Big Apple Bagels — Runner Up was determined by an ongoing proj- can happen in our lives,” Angel said.City Pulse • July 3, 2019 www.lansingcitypulse.com 13
FOURTH OF JULY
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Carpool, 6:30 p.m.
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Fireworks,10 p.m.
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