City of Coldwater issued the following announcement.
Electronic Special Meeting of the City of Coldwater Planning Commission
Telephone Conferencing Meeting Notice
Thursday April 2, 2020 at 5:30 p.m.
In accordance with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ recommendations designed to help prevent the spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Executive Order 2020-15 declaring public bodies subject to the Open Meetings Act can use telephone or video conferencing technology to meet and conduct business, the City of Coldwater Planning Commission will hold such a meeting via telephone conferencing at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 2, 2020, for the purpose of review of SPR20-02 A request by the Grand Vista Assisted Living, LLC to build a Convalescent Care Facility at 300 Vista Drive. For current and up-to-date information regarding the coronavirus, visit www.Michigan.gov/Coronavirus or www.CDC.gov/Coronavirus.
Members of the public wishing to participate in the meeting through electronic means will have access to the meeting through the following methods:
ELECTRONIC PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING ACCESS
For individuals who may wish to give public comment, the method for providing public comment during this remote-participation meeting is to call the following toll-free numbers:
1-888-475-4499 or 1-877-853-5257 {Meeting ID: 832-302-351#) Participant ID is not required.
Callers wishing to give public comment may call in before the meeting starts and wait in a "virtual waiting room." These instructions will be included in every official published agenda of the Planning Commission. Those calling in will be able to hear the audio of the Planning Commission meeting, yet their microphone will be muted. Callers who do not wish to give public comment are encouraged to view the meeting live-streamed on YouTube by selecting Planning Commission meeting of April 2, 2020 at bit.ly/ColdwaterVideo.
ELECTRONIC PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING PARTICIPATION
The following are the procedures by which persons may contact members of the public body to provide input or ask questions about any business that will come before it.
To help meeting flow and organization, all public comment will be taken at the beginning of the meeting and again at the end of the meeting.
Phone-in audience: To make a public comment, state your name and express your interest when called upon to do so.
The time limit for an individual’s public comments shall be 5 minutes.
If you would like to contact the Planning Commission about any matter, on the agenda or otherwise, please do so via the email addresses below by 3:30 pm prior to the meeting and if you wish your email to be read at the meeting, please so specify in your email:
Planning Chairman Aloha Miller: awmiller192@gmail.com
Planning Member Jeff Budd: jbudd@coldwater.org
Planning Member Jessika Cole: Jessika.l.cole@gmail.com
Planning Member Aaron Garn: aaron.garn@zetaone.com
Planning Member Dave Rumsey: rdavid.rumsey@gmail.com
Mayor Tom Kramer: tkramer@coldwater.org
Planning Member Michael Beckwith: mbeckwith@coldwater.org
Planning Member Chris Stevens: rmservicechris@aol.com
Planning Member Zack Stempien: zstemp84@hotmail.com
Zoning Administrator Dean Wal rack: dwalrack@coldwater.org
The City of Coldwater will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids such as YouTube viewing of the meeting complete with Closed Captioning. If other aids and services are needed for individuals with disabilities please contact the City Clerk, at sheath@coldwater.org
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