City Council approves all mayor's re-appointments
Jun. 16, 2010 · 3:42 a.m.
After much procedure, Ypsilanti City Council approved six mayoral re-appointments to city boards and committees Tuesday, including the two postponed from earlier...read more
Council postpones two reappointments
Jun. 4, 2010 · 4:57 p.m.
Two of Ypsilanti's volunteer board members were not reappointed on schedule Tuesday night, owing to a 4-2 vote by City Council to delay the appointments until...read more
Downtown properties to be rehabilitated
Jun. 4, 2010 · 10:40 a.m.
Three recently-vacated properties in downtown Ypsilanti, two of them condemned, will soon be renovated owing to recent purchase by a local development company and...read more
Ypsilanti Township authorizes litigation against Liberty Square
May. 28, 2010 · 6:53 p.m.
Residents living in the Liberty Square complex of townhouses will see a sticker appear on their homes Tuesday, when the Ypsilanti Township Building Department places...read more
Ford plant granted tax exemption by township
May. 24, 2010 · 5:44 p.m.
New machines and equipment will soon be wheeled into Ford's Rawsonville Plant in Ypsilanti Township as it begins manufacturing a line of batteries for the new global...read more
Inconsistencies in company’s plans, resident concerns cause delay
Feb. 5, 2009 · 11:20 a.m.
Efforts to approve the construction of a new Verizon Wireless tower in Ypsilanti Township were tabled once more at the Township board’s regular meeting on February 3.
This marks the latest delay of the measure that was started last year, with intentions of putting up a new tower at 5 and 7 Emerick Road in Ypsilanti Township.
Several Township officials stated the new tower would bring “much needed” jobs to the area, but inconsistencies in the company’s plans caused this motion to be put on hold until the board’s next regular meeting scheduled for Febraury 17.
“At this point, I couldn’t really make a recommendation [for board approval of the site plan],” said David Nicholson, Ypsilanti Township’s planning director.
Verizon Wireless has been awaiting approval from the Township, as they planned to have the tower up and running by the fall, said John Crane, a representative from Verizon Wireless who declined to give any direct comment to the Ypsilanti Citizen. “I do appreciate [the board’s] patience.”
Verizon Wireless previously received approval for the tower from the Township’s Zoning Board of Appeals and Planning Commission, but needed to present a detailed plan for “special land use” and a site plan at the meeting on Tuesday.
The company has worked with Sabre Towers – as well as some additional companies – to try to meet all of the Township’s needs.
Another burden to the passage of the project has been the residents in the area voicing concerns that they would not want a phone tower anywhere near their houses.
Verizon Wireless reassured the Township that every precaution is being taken and that they are dedicated to get the tower built to the specifications that the township approves.
“Verizon Wireless is a green and lean company,” Crane said, referring to the company’s efforts to reduce the amount of energy used. In addition the company plans share the tower, letting other companies use the capacity of the tower not being used by Verizon. “We regularly share space.”
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