Kimball Township Planning Commission
Kimball Township Municipal Office
2160 Wadhams Rd., Kimball Michigan
Public Hearing/Regular Meeting MINUTES
September 23, 2025
6:30 P.M.
Open Meeting: Pledge of Allegiance
Meeting began at 6:30pm
Roll Call of Members:
Present: Orr, Barrett, Miller, Tuttle, Lokers
Absent: Henry, Howard
Also Present:
Building Inspector, Neil Erickson
Tom Fitzpatrick for Storage of America
Mr. and Mrs. Heathcoat-5101 Burma Rd
- Approval of Agenda: Public Hearing/Regular Meeting
Barrett made a motion to approve the Agenda for September 23, 2025. Support from Miller. All were in favor. Motion Carried.
- Approval of the August 26, 2025, Minutes
Barrett moved to approve August 26, 2025 minutes with correction of 4a to amend the support. Mr. Miller made the support motion.
All were in favor of the correction. Motion Carried.
- Public Hearing
- PUBLIC HEARING: Application for Soil Removal (for Pond Expansion) located at 5101 Burma Rd. Tax ID 74-25-023-2044-000
Public hearing for application for soil removal and pond expansion permit opened at 6:32pm motion made by Barrett. Support by Mr. Tuttle. All were in favor, motion carried.
Charles Heathcoat came up to speak about his plans for the property. Wanting to alleviate the flooding on his property by making his pond larger and eliminating some of the sand. Mr. Torello (Torello Trucking) will be the company removing the sand.
Planning Commission will ask Charles to come back to answer some of their stipulations to this removal process.
Timeline, Days of operation, hours of operation, revocation. Residents will come back later in the meeting with answers to these stipulations.
Residents’ Concerns/Comments:
Mr. Risner, 5100 Burma Rd. Has no issues with the pond enlargement due to witnessing the damage of water on the property.
Asked where the dirt was going? The answer was that dirt will be taken out and taken away from property. With that answer she had no further concerns.
Lokers questioned: Building on property with answer of a promise of county digging deeper ditches. Neil explained the process to Mr. Lokers.
Mr. Risner walked on the ditch line and there is obstruction on Railroad property that may be causing some issues.
Tom Fitzpatrick from Storage of America and spoke on the drain commissioner’s rights. He has many years of experience with the commissioners. Residents must petition the commissioners to contact the Railroad. They do have some power in removing obstructions by the Railroad. He reiterates that the Railroad must respond to the Drain Commissioner.
Resident will be back before old business to answer the concerns referenced above.
Motion to close public meeting was made at 6:48pm by Barrett, supported by Miller. All in favor, motion carried.
Barrett moved to table Pond Expansion under Old Business.
- New Business
- Storage of America Port Huron, LLC
1661 RANGE RD; Tax ID Number(s):
74-25-13-3006-00 and 74-25-13-3006-100
First Site Plan
Thomas Fitzpatrick, P.E. SVP of Development
Mr. Fitzpatrick, senior vice-president for site plan approval for expansion of facility to add outdoor units. This will be the largest facility with storage in 7 state portfolio. They will be using a tracking design system. They are currently at 90-95% capacity.
Discussion on specifications and concerns from Fire, Engineers and DPW. Mr. Fitzpatric is willing to meet for pre-construction meeting with the different departments. Mr Fitzpatric is looking for calculations from the St. Clair County Drain commission, could not find them. Asking if Kimball twp. can look for these.
Motion to approve site plan named Storage of America Port Huron LLC at 1661 Range Rd. Tax ID Number(s): 74-25-13-3006-00 and 74-25-13-3006-100
as an amendment to the master site plan on file with conditions being compliance with twp. engineer’s letter dated September 15, 2025, compliance with DPW foreman’s request dated September 15, 2025 and Fire Site plan review requirements dated: September 23, 2025.
Motion made by: Barrett Supported by: Lokers
Roll Call Vote: Barrett, Lokers, Orr, Miller, Tuttle – YES
Absent: Henry, Howard
Motion Carried
- Old Business
Return of 5150 Burma Rd requests:
Monday – Friday, 7am-5pm, No weekends. Asking for a 12-month timeline to finish project. Discussion. Applicants agree with putting down a reclamation amount of $1,000 as a bond. Torello trucking agrees to put a bond down with the road commission separately if required.
Motion made to approve the application for soil permit for the purposes of the 3.9-acre pond at 5101 Burma Road with the following restrictions: Monday through Friday operation, times limited to 7AM to 5PM with a review to occur at the October 28, 20026 planning commission meeting of Kimball Township. Access being preferred by the driveway versus Burma Road with a $1,000 cash bond reclamation placed on file.
Motion made by: Barrett Supported by: Miller.
Roll Call Vote: Barrett, Miller, Orr, Lokers, Tuttle – YES
Absent: Henry, Howard
Motion Carried.
- Sparlingville Baptist Church- Tetra Tech letter dated August 20, 2025
Motion to bring back Sparlingville Baptist Church to respond to the third-party review by Tetra Teck dated August 20, 2025, at the next Planning Commission meeting to be held on October 28. 2025.
Motion made by: Barrett Supported by: Tuttle
All were in favor, Motion Carried
- Timber Meadows Site Plan – Extension Request
Neil Erickson asked to place Timber Meadows on the October 28, 2025 meeting and will bring a letter from them stating they are requesting an extension.
Motion to postpone Timber Meadows Site Plan until October with the expectations that a letter will be in the Planning Commission packet asking for an extension.
Motion made by: Barrett Supported by: Tuttle
All were in favor. Motion carried.
- Master Plan – Development Focus District (DFD) definition for Kimball Twp.
Formal request made by the Planning Commission to invite the Township Attorney to come and introduce himself to the Planning Commission board and seek his guidance and opinion on the Development Focus District (DFD) definition. The board is asking for a meet and greet.
- Audience Participation
None
- Reports
- Bill Orr, Zoning Board of Appeals
No report, no meeting
- Gary Lokers, Township Board Trustee – Allen Road Sewer Update
Rob asked where we were at with Atkins meadows and the process with sewer separation.
Barrett: we were told that the petition had been there but hadn’t been acted on. We are also waiting for the condo by laws. Maintenance for common area and retention and detention area agreements.
Orr encouraged the members to look over the educational opportunities. Barrett mentioned that if we are members of MMRMA there may be education reimbursements available. The Deputy Clerk will look into this for the commission board.
- Adjournment
Motion made by Barrett to adjourn at 7:30pm supported by Tuttle. All in favor. Motion carried.
Minutes created by: Michele Erdman Deputy Clerk
Approved 10-28, 2025
