New county park plans on Rochester Hills agenda

A brand new provincial park will transfer nearer to actuality when the Rochester Hill Metropolis Council meets Monday.

The board will vote on a upkeep settlement with the county’s parks and recreation division. The county fee in October permitted a 30-year, $4 million settlement that claims the town will keep 280 acres of the 275-acre Clinton River Oaks park and the county pays the town just below $64,000 a yr for the upkeep companies.

The brand new park shall be created from the 200-acre Bloomer-Yates Park, in addition to a 126-acre parcel that after belonged to plastic container producer Letica and almost 50 adjoining acres that the county bought from Rochester.

Clinton River Oaks is the primary county park within the northeast quadrant of the county and would be the third largest park within the county park system.

The council may also vote on the switch of 1 Class C liquor license for the Emagine Theater at 200 Barclay Circle at Bloomfield 14, an oblique subsidiary of Kinepolis Group, a world firm that owns 110 film theaters and is below contract to buy 14 film theaters in Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin from Emagine Leisure.

The town’s liquor license evaluate board met earlier this month and voted to advocate approval. Ought to the council approve the applying, it would go to the Michigan Liquor Management Fee for closing approval. A Class C license permits on-site gross sales of beer, wine, spirits and blended drinks.

Emagine’s Rochester Hills location opened in 2010 within the Hampton Village Middle and is taken into account an upscale theater.

The council will meet Monday, January 26, at 7 p.m. at Metropolis Corridor, 1000 Rochester Hills Drive. The complete assembly agenda and package deal can be found on-line at www.rochesterhills.org.