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Highland I�ark Focus
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HIGHLAND PARK - In the
I t regularly scheduled city
council meeting of the year,
Mayor Robert Black ell
eel HiPlaDd Parkers for
o support over the 22
o -half yean of public senic:e
to the cityo
He recapped his mayoral 0
tory of becomiDg the first
o AmericaD mayor aDd
e first full-time mayor iD 1968.
.. � daDe my job,. Blactwd
°d.Hesaid . co 0 • a
run for the seoale vacated
by the resignatioD of Buil
Brown.
41 AGENDA ITE
The coUDCi1 too actio 41
°tema in a meeting that stretc:bed
OYer four hours. There, 'NeJ'e 36
ite origiDaUy scheduled, me
re dded prior to the closed
SCSI.x°'D item added
duriDg the JDC'lt',fi"l
By 10 P the couacil
acted four items.
Duriaathe· ODthe
first item, two COUDCil IDOl ...
re reaciDded bd CoaDc:iI­
maD Comer Heath raoIwd the
e 0 a motioD to reject a
bid for the purchase of the
former Holiday InD aod HiP­
laDder Hotel 42 Gerald.
CoUDCil approved die motioa
yiDs th only one bid had
been received f '.ma-
I tisement in the Detroit N
CoUDCil also requested further
iDfOl'lDMioD &om the bidder OD
. plus for the facility.
The botel, cant for
time, deeded to the city iD
ovember, accordiDa to Cam­
munity Development Depart­
ment staffer William Hughley.
CLEA RESIDENTS
UPSET
� the leDgthy pre-meet­
ing public comment session,
lIWly McLean Street resideDts
expressed concerns about aime
OD their street.
Residenb reported breaking
enteriJl& m"lliop, police
patrol problems, lack of quick
IUpOGSe by the police.
Residenta also were angry
over aUedaed half- y bouaes
00 the
State . Ethel Terrell,
• OIlM�said
unaware of the crime problems
because of her sc:beduIe ill LaDs-
o
Harold JoImaoa, who returDI to
the Detroit Police Department
ill January, said the department
Deeds • ee of area resi­
dears and crime victims to
report crimes aDd • police
with identification of auapects
and determiDe time periods
these crimea take place.
J said, "Irs DOt a theft .
problem --- it' a narcotica
problem..
He said the department Iud
tree crack team Iaeladi
federal o8iCen . . the
crack but c.c:e arrested,
"there' DO the • •
CoaciI approved a req
&om 0 aafety depart_
ment for tlac purchue of a
hydra . forc:eable entry J.
Life· ofIicen to
through iteeI doors com-
mOD1y fouad ill Cl"ack IAAI�
nBloc
By LMaciu.
'7baDt You for m,t;,. our
block beautifur plaques e
presented to four DOI.,,,.n
t the aonual TeDD� Block
Club Ghri tmas party held
Saturday, December 5.
JOICphiDeAllea, p-aideat of
the 200 TCDDJIOIl BIocl Oub,
recognized for bomeowDcrs OIl
the block: Elbert aDd Mildred
Boze, Roacue F"1Cld, Hearetta
Keys and James d Mary
Lucile Ferpsono The 200 block
TeDDysoD Block Oub 0 com_
posed of 16 (,miliea in the Ou­
land to Brush bIoc:L
Allee, prcIident of block
club for a total of 10 yean
eed the .
the� edbyJ and
Mary Lucile F� .
er
in final council ses ion
·Blackwell off he hoo
The Hipland Park City
CouDcil in a pJit W)te, 3-2,
agreed to pay off a $44,696
debt of Mayor Robert Blaclt-
11.
In February it leamed
that Blackwell had spent
S50,000 without city
authorization n be hired
Detroit attorney Edward BeD
for legal scrvic:e&..
The moDe)' Blactwd used
came &om the fuDd CllrysIer
gaYe the city for ecoaomic
ID other action, the councl.l:
• ApprOYed the sale of vacant
lots 217 ConDecticut, 309
Elmhurst, 206 CoDDeCticut,
32830 Puritan and 231
FIoreace.
• Tabled a request by Alpha
Market to purcha e tax­
re1erted property at 12313
Hamilton UDtiI more infor­
mation is available about
Alpha's use of the IaDd.
• Approved the sale of S3
P aDd 123 Rhode Is
.Two properties had DO
bidders and wiD be readYer­
ti ed for sale. One at 93
Beresford and ODe 124 Fer­
ris.
• Referred to staff for recom-
Club
r·
deYelopmeDl part of the
automaker's effort to get
HighlaDd Park's blessing to
relocate in Auburn Hills. The
Hjghland Yart 8pp(ovaI
necessary for Chrysler to earn
tax break in Auburn Hills.
BeD hired to prepare
IepI for the econ .
� corporalioD the
city would establish • the
CbryiIer moaey.
The coUDCil wte, Dec. 7,
was to pay Blackwell's
daughter J E. Hatcher,
SS,(D); and daupter Bobbi
L, BlackweD, S3S,()OO; aDd·
aide, Bobbie Davis,
S4,692.S0. The three loaDed
Black ell the money iD
February to help him repay
the city.
The council did Dot re­
quire Blackwell to repay
SS,n, or the amount BeD
would normally charge the
�ty for legal services.
mendation a request by
Adam Gotley of Emergency
Care Service to purchase the
former ACE Hardware
buiJdiDg at 12931-33 Hamil­
ton to serve a garage for his
firm.
• Accepted a bid of $49,000
from Universal Roofing to
reroof the Community
Center, formerly the Dairy
Workers HaD.
Council also wted to appoint
mayor-eled Martha Scott to the
DEVCO board of directors.
Councilman Dwight Downes
will retain his poUtioa on the
board, Councilman Linsey
Porter withdrew his name &om
the board.
INCREASE HOME OPAl
HELP FOR SENIORS
Tbe CouDcil also boosted ibe
amount of puts available to
senior citizens to repair their
h &om the present )eYe1 of
SS78 to S�OOOo According to
Community Development
Director Darwin Heard, these
are graots to residents over 60
yean of age for use in minor
home repair.
The CoUDcil also approved:
• Annual paymeat to 0pera­
tion Peed All, 17 Highland, to
de&ay stafling COlts.
• A contract to KiDgS
RemodeJiD& Co for repairs
on the property 9S Wa -
Iy.
• The Council tabled a
proposal to devevlop
townhouses in the
Thompson, Glendale,
Hamilton, Wa�1y are.
The neu regularly �·(hded
council meeting will be Monday,
Jan. 4, 1988.