Ingham County Clerk - Mike Bryanton

2006 PROPOSALS

STATE PROPOSALS

PROPOSAL 06-1

A PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO REQUIRE THAT MONEY HELD IN CONSERVATION AND RECREATION FUNDS CAN ONLY BE USED FOR THEIR INTENDED PURPOSES

The proposed constitutional amendment would:

Create a Conservation and Recreation Legacy Fund within the Constitution and establish existing conservation and recreation accounts as components of the fund.
Use current funding sources such as state park entrance and camping fees; snowmobile, ORV and boating registration fees; hunting and fishing license fees; taxes and other revenues to fund accounts.
Establish the current Game and Fish Protection Fund and the Nongame Fish and Wildlife Fund within the Constitution.
Provide that money held in Funds can only be used for specific purposes related to conservation and recreation and cannot be used for any purpose other than those intended.

Should this proposal be adopted?

Yes

PROPOSAL 06-2

A PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE STATE CONSTITUTION TO BAN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PROGRAMS THAT GIVE PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT TO GROUPS OR INDIVIDUALS BASED ON THEIR RACE, GENDER, COLOR, ETHNICITY OR NATIONAL ORIGIN FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION OR CONTRACTING PURPOSES

The proposed constitutional amendment would:

Ban public institutions from using affirmative action programs that give preferential treatment to groups or individuals based on their race, gender, color, ethnicity or national origin for public employment, education or contracting purposes. Public institutions affected by the proposal include state government, local governments, public colleges and universities, community colleges and school districts.
Prohibit public institutions from discriminating against groups or individuals due to their gender, ethnicity, race, color or national origin. (A separate provision of the state constitution already prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin.)

Should this proposal be adopted?

Yes

PROPOSAL 06-3

A REFERENDUM ON PUBLIC ACT 160 OF 2004~AN ACT TO ALLOW THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A HUNTING SEASON FOR MOURNING DOVES

Public Act 160 of 2004 would:

Authorize the National Resources Commission to establish a hunting season for mourning doves.
Require a mourning dove hunter to have a small game license and a $2.00 mourning dove stamp.
Stipulate that revenue from the stamp must be split evenly between the Game and Fish Protection Fund and the Fish and Wildlife Trust Fund.
Require the Department of Natural Resources to address responsible mourning dove hunting; management practices for the propagation of mourning doves; and participation in mourning dove hunting by youth, the elderly and the disabled in the Department's annual hunting guide.

Should this proposal be approved?

Yes

PROPOSAL 06-4

A PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO PROHIBIT GOVERNMENT FROM TAKING PRIVATE PROPERTY BY EMINENT DOMAIN FOR CERTAIN PRIVATE PURPOSES

The purposed constitutional amendment would:

Prohibit government from taking private property for transfer to another private individual or business for purposes of economic development or increasing tax revenue.
Provide that if an individual's principal residence is taken by government for public use, the individual must be paid at least 125% of property's fair market value.
Require government that takes a private property to demonstrate that the taking is for a public use; if taken to eliminate blight, require a higher standard of proof to demonstrate that the taking of that property is for a public use.
Preserve existing rights of property owners.

Should this proposal be adopted?

Yes

PROPOSAL 06-5

A LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVE TO ESTABLISH MANDATORY SCHOOL FUNDING LEVELS

The proposed law would:

Increase current funding by approximately $565 million and require State to provide annual funding increases equal to the rate of inflation for public schools, intermediate school districts, community colleges, and higher education (includes state universities and financial aid/grant programs).
Require State to fund any deficiencies from General Fund.
Base funding for school districts with a declining enrollment on three-year student enrollment average.
Reduce and cap retirement fund contribution paid by public schools, community colleges and state universities; shift remaining portion to state.
Reduce funding gap between school districts receiving basic per-pupil foundation allowance and those receiving maximum foundation allowance.

Should this proposal be approved?

Yes

COUNTY PROPOSAL

INGHAM COUNTY POTTER PARK ZOO AND POTTER PARK
MILLAGE QUESTION

For the sole purpose of providing funding for the continued operation of the Potter Park Zoo and Potter Park, including funding for operations, maintenance, and improvements, shall the Constitutional limitation upon the total amount of taxes which may be assessed in one (1) year upon all property within the County of Ingham, Michigan, be increased by up to 0.46 mill, $0.46 per thousand dollars of state taxable valuation, for a period of three (3) years (2006-2008) inclusive and by up to 0.41 mill, $0.41 per thousand dollars of state taxable valuation, for a period of two (2) years (2009-2010) inclusive? If approved and levied in full, this millage will raise in the first calendar year of the levy and estimated additional $3,233,430.00 for operations, maintenance, and improvements for Potter Park Zoo and Potter Park, and is contingent upon a lease and operational agreement being approved by the City of Lansing and County of Ingham.

Yes

CITY OF EAST LANSING

RESOLUTION FOR BALLOT PROPOSAL TO AUTHORIZE
SALE OF THE CITY LAND LEASED TO THE UNIVERSITY
PLACE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION

Shall the City Council be authorized to sell the 1.57 ~acre parcel of land bounded by Charles Street, Albert Avenue, and MAC Avenue which is currently leased to the University Place Condominium Association under Ground Lease recorded at Liber 1661, Page 221, of Ingham County Records, being Tax Parcel No. 33-20-02-18-150-014?

Yes

EAST LANSING AND MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP

ANNEXATION PROPOSALS

(For precinct 18A only, proposal #1)

A PROPOSAL FOR THE ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN TERRITORY IN THE

CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF MERIDIAN, INGHAM COUNTY, MICHIGAN

TO THE CITY OF EAST LANSING, INGHAM AND CLINTON COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.

SHALL THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE CHARTER

TOWNSHIP OF MERIDIAN BE ANNEXED TO THE CITY OF EAST LANSING?

Encompassing lands in the Southwest 1/4 of Section 6, Town 4 North – Range 1 West, Meridian Charter Township, Ingham County, and including Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 as platted and recorded in “Elmdale”, Liber 13 of Plats, Page 20, Ingham County Records; Commencing at the Southwest corner of said Section 6; thence S89°03'04"E along the South line of said Section 6 a distance of 1764.31 feet to the Southwest corner of said "Elmdale"; thence N01°00'00"E along the West line of said "Elmdale" 839.50 feet to the Southwest corner of Lot 1 of said "Elmdale" and the point of beginning of this description; thence N85°18'26"W 375.97 feet to the East line extended of Taylor's Acres No. 1 as recorded in Liber 14 of Plats, Page 14, Ingham County Records; thence N01°15'00"E along said East line 415.25 feet to the centerline of Lake Lansing Road; thence S80°05'04"E along said centerline 377.94 feet; thence S01°00'00"W 33.49 feet to the Northwest corner of said "Elmdale"; thence along the North and East line of said "Elmdale" as surveyed the following three courses: (1) S79°11'43"E 260.30 feet, (2) Southeasterly 289.94 feet along a tangential curve to the right, said curve having a radius of 207.40 feet, a delta angle of 80°05'57", and a chord length of 266.90 feet bearing S39°08'08"E, (3) S00°55'49"W 100.12 feet to the Southeast corner of Lot 10 of said "Elmdale"; thence N88°51'09"W, along the South line of said Lot 10 a distance of 428.67 feet to the point of beginning. Said lands covering 6.33 acres of land more or less and subject to all easements, rights-of-way and restriction if any.

A “YES” VOTE MEANS THE PROPERTY WILL BE ANNEXED.

A “NO” VOTE MEANS THE PROPERTY WILL NOT BE ANNEXED.

YES

LESLIE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

OPERATING MILLAGE PROPOSAL
EXEMPTING PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE AND
QUALIFIED AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY

This proposal will allow the school district to levy the statutory rate of 18 mills on all property except principal residence and qualified agricultural property required for the school district to receive its revenue per pupil foundation allowance.

Shall the limitation on the amount of taxes which may be assessed against all property, exempting therefrom principal residence and qualified agricultural property as defined by law, in Leslie Public Schools, Ingham and Jackson Counties, Michigan, be increased by .94 mill ($0.94 on each $1,000.00 of taxable valuation) for a period of 5 years, 2006 to 2010, inclusive, to provide funds for operating purposes; the estimate of the revenue the school district will collect if the millage is approved and levied in 2006 is approximately $42,770 (this millage is to restore millage lost as a result of the reduction required by the Michigan Constitution of 1963)?

Yes