Dennis Hennen, Berkley City Council

At Monday's meeting City Council recognized Holiday Decoration awards, approved the P&R master plan, started preparing for 2021 sidewalk repairs, and approved a legal settlement for the 2014 & 2017 flooding.

Two tax abatement programs with an estimated value of $1.5 million were granted to La Salette School development by Berkley City Council in a 6 to 1 vote. This is a complex subject, and in this article I will try to distill the highlights. 

This is a crowdsourced list of homes that have treets, decorations, or both.

City Council met on Monday night. Items included the holiday parade, parking, and an election update.

On Monday, Council approved major updates to Oxford/Merchant's park, including a splash pad, a sidewalk repair program, and a pedestrian plaza on Coolidge by the High School. 

There are two demonstrations coming up this week in Berkley. I encourage all who feel passionately about issues facing people of color or who want to learn more and feel they can attend safely to do so.

At yesterday's council meeting, approvals were given for a Five-Year Recreation Master Plan, costs for the 12 Mile Resurfacing, and approving a contractor to start city wide road repairs using the 2018 infrastructure millage funds.

On Tuesday night City Council held its first on-line meeting ever. Items included the Coronavirus emergency, DDA Director, DPW purchases, and Yad Ezra food distribution.

I was able to attend the Open House on the 12 Mile Road Project this morning. If you are able to attend, I recommend it as they have a large map that is very good and would be hard to replicate online. If you can’t go, below are some updates and a summary of the project.