Rail Meeting Moved, Garden Day, Street Names, Shovel-Gate

[Kurt A]

Hello Neighbors, 

Wow I didn't even make it out of the weekend before I had more news for you. 

The Meeting about the Commuter rail coming to Ypsilanti has been moved from the Haabs Building to City Hall. The meeting is this Wednesday with an Open House (trying to find out what that is) starting at 4pm with a formal presentation from SEMCOG starting at 7pm. 

APRIL 26th -- GARDEN DAY AT PROSPECT PARK -- this is something I'm putting together for anyone interested in gardening. I'll try to have activities for kids as well as a class on Gardening and hopefully some more informational sessions. 

Below you will find a letter from Pete Murdock and Brian Robb explaining their views on Shovelgate 2009. 

Below you will find the history behind the street names in our subdivision. 


That's it for now. 
Take care, 
ProspectParkNeighborhood at comcast.net 



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Neighbor Bob Krzewinski found this and I thought I'd share 


http://www.aadl.org/ypsigleanings/13335 


Prospect Park Subdivision 

The land was bounded on the north by Holmes Road, on the east by Prospect, on the south by East Forest, and on the west it extended half-way to River Street. 

New street names: 
Dwight 
Hemphill Road 
Stanley 
Gordon Avenue 
Holmes Road 

This land was a part of the original farm taken from the government by Joseph Peck, grandfather of Mr. Dwight Peck and Mr. Charles Peck. Their father was exchanged during a few terrifying moments for a papoose of the same age because the Indian mother failed to understand an American joke told by signs. The property, at least this portion of it, was sold to the Ypsi-Ann Land Company previously mentioned, a member of whom made these explanations. 

Dwight Street was named for one of the owners. He and Mrs. Peck live in the homestead on East Forest. 

Hemphill Road was named for Robert W. Hemphill, farmer, business man and banker. He once owned the farm, later owned by Mr. Beyer who donated to Beyer hospital. 

Gordon Avenue was named for the maiden name of Mrs. Sink, wife of Mr. Sink of the University. Mr. Sink was financially interested in the Ypsi-Ann Land Company. 

Stanley Road was named for Dr. Stanley of the University School of Music. He was an associate and friend of Mr. Sink. 

Holmes Road was named for Edgar D. Holmes, father of Mr. Harvey C. Holmes, so long the city clerk. The family came about 1873 and owned the farm adjoining until 1919-this from Mr. Harvey C. Holmes. 
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The recent uproar over the City’s implementation of the snow removal ordinance has been embarrassing, frustrating and maddening. A policy with wide community support to make our walks safe and useable in the winter and what seemed like a fairly simple implementation process has become completely FUBAR’d. We apologize for this situation and any inconveniences or heartburn this may have caused anyone. We appreciate the patience folks had while we tried to sort fact from fiction in following up all the concerns and experiences people shared with us. The process is sometimes slower and less visible than one might like, but your concerns were not ignored. 

The obvious conclusion is that the implementation and oversight of this program was horrid. The City can not vouch with any degree of certainty that notices of abatement were actually delivered or any abatement work was actually done. Consequently, all invoices for abatement have been cancelled, an employee has resigned, the contract for the snow removal service will be bid out and the City Administration has been put on notice that this lack of oversight is unacceptable. 
Moving forward, the entire snow removal implementation process is under review to remove any of the shortcomings that have became evident. Many of the suggestions we received will be incorporated. Snow removal is really up to all of us and we would enlist the involvement of the community through the neighborhood, commercial and rental owners associations to publicize the rationale and the potential consequences of the snow removal ordinance. We would like to concentrate our efforts on walkways to schools, commercial areas and other areas of high pedestrian traffic coupled with an effective complaint based system, and we would like to see some changes that would target scofflaws and recidivists that consistently ignore this ordinance. 
Spring is almost upon us, and we should have sufficient time to get this right for next snow season. As always, any comments or suggestions are welcome. 
Ward Three Councilmembers 
Pete Murdock - 485-7799 pmurdock at cityofypsilanti.com < mailto:pmurdock at cityofypsilanti.com > 
Brian Robb - 485-9122 brobb at cityofypsilanti.com < mailto:brobb at cityofypsilanti.com > 



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