BERTRAND TOWNSHIP – PUBLIC HEARING – ADOPTION OF THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF A STREET LIGHTING DISTRICT IN BERTRAND CROSSING

BERTRAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP
BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF A STREET LIGHTING DISTRICT IN BERTRAND CROSSING.

TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE PROPOSED BERTRAND TOWNSHIP LIGHTING SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT, AND ALL OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS – NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT FOR LIGHTING, February 8, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. at Bertrand Charter Township Hall, 3835 Buffalo Road, Buchanan, MI 49107
WHEREAS, the Engineer for Bertrand Township reported to the Township Board regarding the proposed costs and boundaries for street lighting being provided in a proposed Township Street Lighting District in Bertrand Crossing; and
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Bertrand Township Board will meet to review the proposed geographical boundaries for the Lighting District, and to consider adoption of a legal description for the Special Assessment District for Lighting, which description is proposed as follows:
THAT PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 5 AND THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 8, TOWNSHIP 8 SOUTH, RANGE 17 WEST, BERTRAND TOWNSHIP, BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN, DESCRIBED AS: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 5 SAID POINT ALSO BEING THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 8; THENCE NORTH 02° 04′ 43″ EAST ON THE WEST LINE OF SAID SECTION 5 A DISTANCE OF 1738.14 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 87° 55′ 17″ EAST 651.79 FEET TO THE WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF STATE HIGHWAY U.S. 31; THENCE SOUTH 38° 15′ 40″ EAST ON SAID WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE 629.86 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 27° 31′ 19″ EAST ON SAID WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE 347.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 09° 45′ 43″ EAST ON SAID WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE 347.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 01° 10′ 54″ WEST ON SAID WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE 1060.59 FEET; THENCE NORTH 88° 16′ 10″ WEST 149.63 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 01° 19′ 37″ WEST 150.36 FEET TO THE WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF CHICAGO STREET; THENCE SOUTH 02° 10′ 33″ WEST ON SAID WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE 185.97 FEET TO THE CENTERLINE OF CHICAGO STREET; THENCE SOUTH 57° 55′ 53″ WEST ON SAID CENTERLINE 653.71 FEET TO THE CENTERLINE OF FOUNDATION DRIVE; THENCE NORTH 01° 10′ 54″ EAST ON SAID CENTERLINE 47.84 FEET TO THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF CHICAGO STREET; THENCE SOUTH 57° 55′ 53″ WEST ON SAID NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE 711.69 FEET TO THE EAST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF MAYFLOWER ROAD; THENCE NORTH 02° 04′ 43″ EAST ON SAID EAST RIGHT OF WAY LINE 1459.53 FEET; THENCE NORTH 87° 52′ 25″ WEST 40.00 FEET TO THE CENTERLINE OF MAYFLOWER ROAD AND THE WEST LINE OF SAID SECTION 8; THENCE NORTH 02° 04′ 43″ EAST ON SAID CENTERLINE AND SAID WEST SECTION LINE 40.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. CONTAINING 76.82 ACRES MORE OR LESS.
The Township Board will meet to review this legal description and decide whether to move forward with adopting the above legal description for the Special Assessment District for Lighting at its regular Board meeting at the Bertrand Charter Township Hall, at 3835 Buffalo Road, Buchanan, MI 49107, on February 8, 2024, at 7:00 p.m.
Bertrand Charter Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services upon four (4) days’ notice to the Township. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Township by writing, emailing, or calling the Township Clerk at the address below.
Copies of all materials related to the proposed Special Assessment Lighting District, including a copy of the proposed map of the District, may be requested and examined at the office of the Township Clerk at the address set forth below during regular business hours any time after January 25, 2024. These documents will be made available during regular business hours until the date of the hearing, and will be available for examination at the hearing. All interested parties are invited to be present at the hearing.

DON VITE, CLERK
BERTRAND CHARTER TOWSHIP
Bertrand Charter Township Hall
3835 Buffalo Road, Buchanan, MI 49107
Telephone: (269) 695-5001
Email: clerk@bertrandtownship.com