PUBLIC NOTICE 

CITY OF CLARE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS ON
PROPOSED 2020-2021 BUDGET

The City of Clare Planning Commission will hold a remote, telephonic public hearing on Wednesday, May 13, 2020, 6:30 p.m. at Clare City Hall, to receive public comment pertaining to Fiscal Year 2020-21 Capital Improvement Projects as part of the budget process.  The public is encouraged to provide public comment during the public comment period or public hearing section of the meeting; or you may submit written comment to the City Clerk at Clare City Hall, 202 W. Fifth St., Clare, MI 48617; send an email to dlyon@cityofclare.org; or provide verbal comment by calling (989) 386-7541 x106 prior to 5 p.m. on the date of the hearing.  Dial-in instructions to attend the meeting via telephone are provided on the meeting agenda available to you on the city’s website at www.cityofclare.org; posted on the lobby bulletin boards at Clare City Hall, and on Cable Channel 189.

The City will be conducting a budget workshop for the Fiscal Year 2020-21 during the regularly scheduled 6:00 pm, May 18th, 2020, City Commission meeting.  Following the recommendations made by the City’s Planning Commission, the capital improvements schedule will be presented to the City Commission. The meeting will be held via remote telephone session with the dial-in information being provided on the agenda for that meeting.  If you are unable to attend the meeting and have input you wish to be considered, you may submit written comment to the City Clerk as outlined in paragraph 1 of this notice.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on June 1st, 2020, the Clare City Commission will hold a public hearing to consider adoption of the City’s Fiscal Year 2020-2021 budget at 6:00 p.m. Notice and instruction will be provided on the meeting agenda in advance of the meeting as to whether the meeting will be held in the lower level of the Pere Marquette District Library at 185 E. Fourth St., Clare, MI or via remote telephone session.  A copy of the proposed budget is available for public inspection by contacting the City Treasurer at skingsbury@cityofclare.org or by calling (989) 386-7541 ext. 107.

The City of Clare is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

Diane Lyon
City Clerk
Published May 15, 2020

 

PUBLIC NOTICE 

The City of Clare Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, June 10, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. at Clare City Hall, Clare, Michigan, to receive public comment pertaining to the Renewal of a Special Use Permit by Green Bronco LLC, for a Medical Marihuana Cultivation Facility, Processing Facility and Provisioning Center located  at 535, 545 & 555 Industrial Drive,  Clare, Michigan.  The Planning Commission encourages and will accept public comment during the hearing or in writing if the written comments are received by the City Clerk not later than 5:00 p.m. on the date of the hearing.  If the meeting is held telephonically, the dial-in information will be made available on the meeting agenda which will be posted on the city’s website www.cityofclare.org and on the bulletin board located at City Hall, 202 W. 5th St., Clare.  A copy of the Special Use and Site Plan application are available for review by contacting the City Clerk at dlyon@cityofclare.org or by calling 989-386-7541 ext. 106. 

The City of Clare is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

Diane Lyon
City Clerk
Published May 26, 2020

 

 

PUBLIC NOTICE 

 ATTENTION CLARE AREA RESIDENTS

The City of Clare City Commission will hold a public hearing on June 15, 2020 to receive public comment pertaining to a proposed amendment of the city’s Codes of Ordinance to allow the use of ORV’s on city streets.  ORV use on city streets is currently prohibited under Chapter 44; Section 44-5, Off Road Vehicles (ORV’s), within the City’s Codes of Ordinance.  Public comment can be submitted during the hearing or in writing if the written comments are received by the City Clerk not later than 4:00 pm on the date of the hearing.   Written comment can be mailed to Clare City Hall, 202 W. Fifth St., Clare MI 48617, submitted by fax (989) 386-4508 or by email to dlyon@cityofclare.org.

The City of Clare is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

Diane Lyon
City Clerk
Published May 15, 2020

 

PUBLIC NOTICE

The City of Clare, in partnership with the Clare County Arts Council and the Clare Railroad Depot Committee, has been awarded a grant of $51,874 from the State of Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs (MCACA). The grant was awarded through the MCACA peer review process and was one of 494 applications to compete for MCACA fiscal year 2015 funding.

The grant funds will used to rehabilitate a portion of the historic Clare Railroad Depot to create a first-ever, permanent site and address for the Clare County Arts Council, which presently borrows and uses locations and spaces throughout Clare County for its meetings, art and education training classes, and its many, highly diversified art and culture programs.

Completion of the project will greatly enhance the Clare County Arts Council’s ability to strengthen its existing art and cultural programs; expand and create new programs; and enable a greater outreach of and for those programs.

Organizations receiving a MCACA grant are required to match those funds with other public and private dollars. To complete this portion of the capital project, the Clare Railroad Depot Committee will contribute nearly $80,000 and the local business and private community will volunteer nearly $30,000 in professional trade skills, labor, and sweat-equity.

The local match funds for this project are available due to the generous donations and outstanding support from the Greater Clare Area Community. Major contributors include the MidMichigan Community Action Agency, Herbert H. & Grace A. Dow Foundation, the Rollin M. Strosacker Foundation, the Clare County Community Foundation, the DTE Foundation, Chemical Bank, Chicago Vessel Fueling Company, the Clare Irish Committee, the Clare County Arts Council, AJ & Sandy Doherty, Robert Knapp, Anna Pryor, the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan, and innumerable businesses and individuals who are committed to local historic preservation and share a passion for promotion of local art and culture programs. Fund-raising efforts for this and all projects related to the preservation and rehabilitation of the historic Clare RR Depot are ongoing and are primarily attributed to the dedicated efforts of the Clare Depot Committee, the Clare Area Arts Council, the Clare Area Chamber of Commerce, and a local group of railroad aficionados.

The MCACA peer review process used to select grant recipients allows for each application to be competitively considered by a panel of in-state and out-of-state arts and cultural professionals. This ensures that taxpayers, who support this project through legislative appropriations, and all Michigan residents and visitors, will have access to the highest quality arts and cultural experiences.

A complete list of Michigan grant recipients is available by contacting MCACA at 517.241.4011 or by visiting the MCACA website, www.michiganbusiness.org/arts.

This activity is supported by the MICHIGAN COUNCIL FOR ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS.

Diane Lyon
City Clerk

Published February 4, 2015