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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes — March 19, 2013

The Lincoln Township Planning Commission met on March 19, 2013, to approve the agenda and minutes from the January 7, 2013 meeting, discuss the MUGA re-negotiation with the City of Midland, and review Section 3.10 of the zoning ordinance and the Michigan Right to Farm Act in response to a resident inquiry.

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Called to order
6:30 pm
Adjourned
7:45 pm
Presiding
Sheila Mesler
Present
Reid Duford, Sheila Mesler, Chris Clark, Mark Thornton, Sue Ensign
Decisions in these minutes (2)

Lincoln Township – Midland County

Planning Commission

Sheila Mesler - Chairperson, Susan Ensign - Vice Chairperson

Reid Duford – Secretary

Members - Chris Clark, Mark Thornton

March 19, 2013

The meeting of the Lincoln Township Planning Commission was called to order by Chairperson Sheila Mesler at 6:30 pm.

Roll call was taken: Reid Duford, Sheila Mesler, Chris Clark, Mark Thornton, and Sue Ensign were all present.

Motion: Carried unanimously

A motion was made by Sue Ensign to approve the agenda and was supported by Chris Clark. Motion approved 5-0.

Motion: Carried unanimously

Motion by Reid Duford and supported by Sue Ensign to approve the minutes of the January 7, 2013 meeting. Motion approved 5-0.

Public Comments

Rodney Nanney, AICP introduced himself to the Planning Commission and offered some insight on the topics being discussed.

Commission Comments

Sue Ensign spoke about a letter received by the township attorney, Peter Poznak, with regard to the Right to Farm Act and further discussed in New Business

Old Business

Discussion of MUGA re-negotiation process with the City of Midland

New Business

The Planning Commission had a discussion about Section 3.10 of the zoning ordinance: Animal and Fowl Other than Household Pets and PA 261 of 1999 (Michigan Right to Farm Act) in regard to an inquiry from Mr. and Mrs. Lowe, a township resident at 2401 N Stark Rd.

The meeting adjourned at 7:45 pm

Signature line for Reid Duford

Secretary

Lincoln Township Planning Commission Midland County

This page was converted from the original PDF on September 23, 2026. If anything here differs from the original, the original is the official record.

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