Chickens, Block Party, Luna Lake Garden Mulch Day, Beerfest,

[Kurt A]

Hello Neighbors, 

I was happy to meet a lot of you for the first time at our neighborhood block party. I would also like to thank the folks that helped get the party together. 

A few of note are: 
Christina Berggren (who created the fliers and did a lot of the leg work) 
Carol and Woody (who provided goodies, a canopy, and all the last minute odds and ends) 
Jeff Yoder (who brought the tunes) 
Liam and Dave (who brought a tent and the grill) 
Mary Potts (who provided the face painting). 
The YPD who sent Officer Hart to the neighborhood to entertain the kids and hand out goodies 
and everyone else who provided the good food and good company. 

If you missed the neighborhood block party, you are in luck, there is a city wide block party of sorts coming up on August 8th. I think we should bring down some canopies and create a PPNA area at the CoPAC Picnic. 

Here is the info on the CoPAC Picnic. 
Join your neighbors for a fun afternoon at Riverside Park. Enjoy food provided by local restaurants (Sidetrack, Wolverine, Beezy's, Terry Bakery, and many more) and neighborhoods while exploring the bookmobile, an old fire truck, or just chatting with fellow Ypsi residents. 


When: Saturday, August. 8, 2009, 1-4pm 
Where: Riverside Park 
Who: All Ypsi Residents 

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Chickens: -- It may sound funny but it is a serious issue. 

I don't think I'll be getting chickens but I think the citizens of Ypsilanti deserve the right to have chickens. The ordinance that is up for adoption will place a limit of 4 hens (no roosters allowed) as well as conditions for housing and caring for the chickens. Apparantly there are some folks on the west side that are fighting hard against the chicken issue. When I grew up in the Prospect Park Neighborhood there were a few people with dozens of chickens and even that many were not an issue. The biggest point I can make is that I don't know what year the chickens in our neighborhood went away. 

If you have a chance and have an opinion on the chicken issue let your council people know. It is my understanding that Murdock and Robb (our councilmembers) will support the ordinance. It sounds like Richardson, Nickels, and Swanson are against and Bodary isn't going to show up. As it stands now it looks like the ordinance will fail so get on your lobbying shoes. 

You should also show up and use your 3 minutes to express your views at the city council meeting on Tuesday. 



Mayor 
Paul Schreiber 
Mayor at cityofypsilanti.com 
(734) 277-5446 (Cell) 


Please contact the City Clerk's Office at (734) 483-1100 or the number above for an appointment. 

Mayor Pro-Tem 
S.A. Trudy Swanson-Winston, Ward 1 
satswanson at hotmail.com 

Council Members 
Lois Richardson, Ward 1 
loiserich at hotmail.com 

Michael Bodary, Ward 2 
mbodary at cityofypsilanti.com 


William Nickels, Ward 2 
kbnickels at aol.com 

Peter Murdock, Ward 3 
pmurdock at cityofypsilanti.com 


Brian Robb, Ward 3 

brobb at cityofypsilanti.com 




Here is a message from Amanda Edmonds about the issue 

Friends/Neighbors/Colleagues-- 


The chicken ordinance for the City of Ypsi has its second reading & public hearing tomorrow (Tuesday) night during council. After the first public hearing and vote two weeks ago, it was moving forward and seemed like with a few tweaks, would have enough council support to pass. However, in the meantime, a lot of people, especially in the western part of the city (Normal Park & College Heights) have spoken up against it to their council people and the mayor... there's been enough opposition that it is now iffy if it has enough support to pass. 


The thing about living in a pretty small place is that every email and call to council and mayor has the potential to really count-- they really do use the quantity of yays and nays they get on an issue (or at least this one) to decide their vote... and they have not been hearing from enough supporters of chickens. If they don't hear from enough by tomorrow night, and during the meeting, the chicken ordinance could be dead. 


If you are supportive of chickens in the city, here's what you need to do today/tomorrow-- it can take five minutes but is super crucial right now: 


1) Write and/or call your council member and express your support. Doesn't have to be long or creative, just make your voice heard. Two lines is fine, more is even better! 
2) Email the mayor also. He wants and needs to hear from people-- he also votes on council. His email is mayor at cityofypsilanti.com 
3) Show up at council tomorrow night and during the public hearing, say a few words. 


http://cityofypsilanti.com/bd_city-council has email addresses for the council & the cell phone number for the mayor. Lois Richardson doesn't do email much-- her number is 482-2017. Trudy Swanson's number is 487-3904. 

Amanda Maria Edmonds 
Executive Director , Growing Hope 
amanda at growinghope.net 
734.330.7576 


One More Mulch Day is planned for Saturday July 25th starting at 10am. We need help weeding and spreading mulch around the Luna Lake garden. This will be a pretty low key work day so come out and help. Bring wheelbarrows, shovels and rakes if you have them. Do a little work before Beerfest and you'll feel better about being at BeerFest 



Michigan Beer Fest 
If you haven't been, the BeerFest is a good time. I know the $30 in advance and $35 at the gate pricing seems a little high for a few beers, it is worth it. Come and hang out with neighbors and friends and enjoy the BeerFest for a few hours on Friday and/or Saturday. I know there will be a large group from the PPNA at the Fest on Saturday and there might even be some hanging out afterwards. 

Take Care, 
Kurt Anschuetz 
prospectparkneighborhood at comcast.net 











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