II ighland Park
writing th
C
th n di io. Some
of their own, uch
vocatio 1 education.
Carter . d that under a ne 100,000
chool ystem
By RON SEIGEL
5 ec'.' to the MIchl .n CItizen
WGHLAND PARK - Scotty
Wainwright, administrative as­
sistant to the Mayor, stated that
the Highland Park city admini­
stration received most of the in- .
formation requested by the
Highland Park Building Author­
ity about a project proposed by
Mayor Linsey Porter.
The planned project involved
construction of a new police and
fire headquarters on the site of
Th orthw t tim' t Clu
of Detroit and Friends are giving
a "Roast/Dinner For Mr. Herb
Strather," on Friday, March 25,
1994, from 7p.m.-1 a.m. atHotel
Pontchartrain, downtown De­
troit on W. Larned at Washing­
ton Blvd.
Mr. Strather is a past distin­
guished Governor, Michigan
District, and is a current mem­
ber of the Board of Directors of
the Optimist International
Foundation. He has founded
more than 35 Optimist Clubs in
Michigan, and a number of oth­
e in various other states, and
maintains m mberahips in
Northwest and Evening Opti­
mist Clubs, and others.
The proceeds, after expenses,
will be donated to: The Optimist
Youth Foundation of Detroit",
and The Optimist International
Foundation.
ATTENDEE : $30 Table of
10 - $300. Roasters: $50 (3 min­
utes each), and must R.S.V.P. by
HP school
di triet get
funding
By RON SEIGEL
S ecla! .J!!_the Michl .'!_ Cltlze�
HIGHLA D PARK - The
Highland Park School District
was informed it can get an addi­
tional $7,500 in the Michigan
Early Childhood Education pro­
gram to give 107 four-year-olds
with extraordinary n ed of spe­
cial assis an pr p ration for
school.
The gi-ant would go up from
$267,500 to $275,000.
In order to m t th eligibility
requiremen s , the Highland
Park chool board vot t i
Tuesd y, March 8 m ting that
the mon y would s nt for
this pu e.
We appreciate
all signed
letters from
our readers.
March 11.
Call: (313) 933-0310. All tick­
ets must be pre-paid by March
18, 1994. There is limited seat­
ing available.
The Master of Ceremonies is
Mr. Charlie Wiles, President of
Optimist International.
For tickets, call Patrick. Gor­
don, (810) 358-3866.
Mail to: The Optimist Youth
Foundation of Detroit, P.O. Box
27257, Detroit, MI 48227
For Hotel Reservations: (313)
965-02aO. (Special Rate for Opti­
mists).
ing candidate for developer, th
Georgia based Municipal Devel­
opment Corporation (MDC), re­
questing further information.
On Tuesday March 15, Wain­
wright told the Michigan Citi­
zen, MDC has sent the city most
of the information the Building
Authority requested. This in- .
eludes:
Petitions for school
board election
By RON SEIGEL
HIGHLAND'PARK - People can file nominating petitions for
this year's Highland Park's school board election until 4 p.m.
Monday, April 14, 1994. Petitions can be picked up from the'
school board office at 20 Bartlett, just west of Woodward.
Elections this year will involve two four-year terms and one
three year term to fill the remainder of an unexpired term. It
will be field Monday, June 13, 1994.
Highland Park
Chamber of Commerce
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Re ervations:
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for a project that was not legally
agreed upon
However, Wainwright aid
that the bonding' auld have to
be in place before the city would
sign a management contract,
taking action on the project. He
said MBC could use the 13 mil­
lion from the Building Authority
for the project as collateral on
the bonding.
Wainwright said that the city
also got information that it had
title to all buildings involved. He
added the city was still in nego­
tiation as to how much the state
would pay to lease the-offices for
the Department of Social Serv­
ices.
At issue was the amount of
money the state would provide
for maintenance costs. Wain­
wright . d Building uthority
meeting would be held this week
in which the members ould ex­
amine the material.
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the abandoned Monterey Motel
and Howard Johnson's Restau-'
rant on the south side ofth city,
the renovation of a union build­
ing to rve as a new city hall,
and the construction of offices for
the Michigan Department of So­
cial Services on Hamilton, which
the state would pay to lease from
the city.
The Highland Park Building
Authority, which is considering
the project, voted at its Wednes-
day March 9 meeting to send • A letter from an investment
letters to the state and the lead- bank stating that it has a rela­
, tionship with the corporation, to
ensure there are viable investors
in the project. While Building
Authority representatives com­
plained at the last meeting that
this was not definitely stated,
Wainwright indicated that it
was in the current letter. rue
said he could not gi the name
of the in tment bank until th
contract as igned.)
• Documents assuring the
Georgia ba ed company is le­
gally able to operate in Michi­
gan.
• Detailed construction and
floor plans.
THE BUILDING authority
asked for documentation of th
corporation's ability to provide
bonding on the project. Wain­
wright said the city's legal coun­
sel agreed that the corporation
could not get bonding, before a
contract was signed designating
it as the developer. He said it
was impossible to seek bonding
announce
ar h Bu · e un heon
H ow to get your banker to say yes
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HP Chamber of Commerce, 12541 Second, Highland Park, MI48203.