Pink Section Petition Signing Begins!
Here are the details on opportunities to sign the petition for the PINK Section:
The Pink Section contains 225 parcels and we hope to gather signatures of support from more than the minimum required. With winter at hand, our approach until spring will be a little different than the usual door-to-door effort. You can sign the petition in one of the following ways:
Sign at the Village offices during “office hours” – Cathy Weissenborn, Village Manager, or a volunteer will be in the office; just drop in during announced hours to sign a petition.
Petition signing events – these may be held in a neighbor’s home or at the Village Hall.
Make an appointment – send an email to Roads@bloomfieldvillage.net to request an appointment. We will bring a petition to you.
Beginning in January, we will start a process of contacting residents directly to set up appointments to sign the petition.
The schedule for office hours and other signing events at the Village Hall will be available on the home page of the Roads website, www.VillageRoads.org. If you are heading out of town for the winter, please take advantage of one of these opportunities to sign the petition before you leave.
We would like to complete the petition process for the Pink Section by the end of March if possible. If we still need to gather additional signatures at that point, we will start a door-to-door effort in the spring.
Because the petitions are legal documents governed by Public Act 188 and other legal requirements, there are some technicalities to be aware of:
If a homeowner is married, both spouses must sign the petition regardless of whether both are listed on the title. It would help us greatly if both spouses can sign at the same time.
If the home is held by a trust, the petition must be signed by person(s) authorized by the trust documents to do so. We will be required to submit paperwork to Bloomfield Township to document the authority of the person(s) signing.
If the home is held by a corporate entity or LLC, the petition must be signed by person(s) with the authority to do so, usually an officer of the corporate entity. We will be required to submit copies of the relevant paperwork that document the authority of the person(s) signing.
What if I don’t support the SAD?
We understand that, as bad as our roads are, not every homeowner will support this effort. If you don’t support the SAD that will rebuild our roads, do not sign the petition. If you don’t sign the petition, you are essentially “voting NO.” One request – once you have decided you do not support the SAD, please inform our Road Committee volunteer that you have made a decision and won’t sign the petition. We respect your decision and don’t want to harass you; we ask you to be respectful of the volunteers trying to contact you.
Petition language
Access a reference copy of the petition language here. This includes the exact language of the official petition (excluding the signature pages) - the official petitions are in hardcopy only, and have the signature pages attached.