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Google fiber for the greater Lansing region

Google is looking for places around the country to test its ultra-fast broadband internet.  This network will deliver Internet at speeds more than 100 times faster than what most Americans have access to today via a 1 gigabit per second, fiber-to-the-home connection. They say their service will be offered at a competitive price to at least 50,000 and potentially up to 500,000 people.

From now until March 26th, Google is accepting submittals for its Request for information (RFI), which will help them decide where to put the test network. They are also asking community members to chime in and nominate their areas. Fill out a nomination form, talk to your neighborhood organizations, write letters to the editor, tell your friends, put it on twitter, call in to the radio stations… Let’s not allow this opportunity to pass without giving our fullest effort!

Become a Greater Lansing Region Google Advocate:

• Sign up to be on the team at: www.greaterlansing4google.com

• Join the Facebook Group

• E-mail Accelerate Lansing with any question or ideas

Youth t-ball, baseball and softball registration

The Parks & Recreation Department youth t-ball, baseball and softball registration is now underway. Now you can fill out the form online, then print and mail with your check. Now there's no need to find time in your busy schedule to come to the Parks & Rec. office or wait in line!

Do you have questions about your assessment notice?

The property assessment procedure and your assessment notice can seem overwhelming.  The Delhi Township Assessing Department is happy to answer your questions. Please visit the new Assessing FAQ's page to find answers to your questions.  The page offers Q&A's, resources, links and information so you can learn more about the assessment and appeal process.

Census 2010 - Make Delhi count!

The U.S. Census counts every resident in the United States, and is required by the Constitution to take place every 10 years.

The 2010 Census will help communities receive more than $400 billion in federal funds each year for things like:

• Hospitals

• Job training centers

• Schools

• Senior centers

• Bridges, tunnels and other-public works projects

• Emergency services

The data collected by the census also help determine the number of seats your state has in the U.S. House of Representatives.

We can't move forward until you mail it back.

In March of 2010, census forms will be delivered to every residence in the United States and Puerto Rico. When you receive yours, just answer the 10 short questions and then mail the form back in the postage-paid envelope provided. If you don't mail the form back, you may receive a visit from a census taker, who will ask you the questions from the form.

Any personal data you provide is protected under federal law.

Visit the official Census 2010 page for more information.

Help Delhi win "Money for Movement"

Delhi Township and nine other mid-Michigan communities are participating in a competition to win significant grant dollars from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan for projects to encourage walking and fitness.

We need your help! We're calling on all residents, businesses, churches, clubs and groups who’d like to begin or continue a healthy lifestyle. Help your health and help Delhi Township win grant money for your parks and walking trails.  Join Delhi’s effort in the 2010 Winter Warm-Up Challenge today.  Sign up at: http://www.bcbs.com/innovations/walkingworks/  (see directions for signing up)

 Last year was a light-hearted competition between area Mayors/Supervisors to see who could log the most steps over a 9-week period for cash grants toward community fitness.  Though not the victor, Delhi Township Supervisor Stuart Goodrich did very well.  Goodrich won $300 to put towards a community health or fitness project.  This money was used towards the new Valhalla Park playground equipment to help promote youth fitness.

 This year’s competition is not between Mayors and Supervisors, but between communities.  So, You can help!

All you have to do is sign up on-line and track your activity each day or week through minutes, steps or miles of activity.  At the end of the 10 week period, the community with the most activity averaged per participant wins a grant prize donated by Blue Cross Blue Shield.

It's hard keeping active in winter in Mid-Michigan.  But walking sessions at Holt Junior High makes it easier and warmer! A satellite group has been formed  for Delhi residents to walk at the Holt Junior High on Tuesdays from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in conjunction with the Winter Warm-Up. The first session is Tuesday, February 2, 2010.

The Winter Warm-Up offers more than just a warm place to walk, however. Each week will feature information on a variety of health-related topics and you can walk with Township and School officials. There are contests and prizes including Lansing Mall gift certificates, 1-month YMCA guest passes, walking shoes from Playmakers, season passes to Ingham County Parks, fitness class certificates, “fun and fitness” prize baskets and more!

Already active?  Or can't make it to the Tuesday walking sessions? Then just log the activity you're already doing. Whether you're a regular jogger or thinking about getting a little more active, you can help your health and help Delhi win this challenge.

The Challenge begins January 23^rd and runs through March 27^th.  Sign up here or call Tricia VanderPloeg, Deputy Supervisor, at (517) 694-2137.  Please join us in our challenge to become a healthier community.

Get live alerts through Nixle

To be quickly notified of area emergencies and other important information that may not be pertinent for the township web site, facebook or twitter, Delhi Township residents may now subscribe to the Delhi Township Nixle site.  The Nixle site provides the user with the ability to sign up for instant notification in cases where information needs to be disseminated to the public quickly.

Nixle is a Community Information Service providing one source for access to credible real-time community information. Nixle provides communities throughout the country with news and information that is both proximate and personally relevant. Nixle makes this information instantly available over web, mobile, and smart phone devices.

As an example, Delhi Township Public Works may have a road closed, and a message may then be sent out to subscribers updating the community on the road closure.

There is no cost for this service.  Any interested Delhi Township resident may subscribe by going to www.nixle.com.

When signing up, you will first fill in pertinent information, then be directed to a page wherein you can specify what information you wish to receive, i.e., a Delhi Township resident may request information for Holt, Delhi Township and Ingham County, or you may wish to request only Holt information.

Live roof placed on Sam Corey Senior Center

The Live Roof^TM has now been placed on the roof of the new Sam Corey Senior Center. This live vegetation roof is just one of the reasons the newest building in Delhi Township is considered LEED certified. LEED is a third-party certification program and the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings.

Township saves with natural lawn care

Sheep were purchased this spring and have been grazing on two large plots of township land at the Waste Water Treatment Plant.  The sheep munch contently under the watch of a llama that protects them from coyotes and wild dogs.

 The natural approach to lawn care should save the township $10,000 or more compared to the costs of mowing six months out of the year. The township has found the sheep can munch in places where lawn mowers can't mow. Once a year, a week was spent trimming steep, rocky slopes on the land.  The sheep have taken care of the slopes, saving additional money and man-hours.

Not only that, instead of consuming gas and polluting the air with fumes from power equipment, the township will actually have something useful when the sheep's work is done: wool.  Their wool has been made into socks and are available for sale. Sock sales are a fundraiser with the proceeds going back to the sheep project.

Of course, there may also be another by-product of the project: lambs. Any offspring will be offered to local kids in the 4-H program.

The new Sam Corey Senior Center

Township receives award for financial reporting

Township receives award for "poo to power"

The Delhi Charter Township Wastewater Treatment Plant has been honored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for innovative efforts to protect our environment.

The Delhi plant received the PISCES (Performance and Innovation in the SRF Creating Environmental Success) award for developing the state's first integrated biomass-to-energy digester system, in which residuals or “leftovers” from the wastewater treatment process are “digested” (treated and stabilized) so they can be safely returned to the environment as nutrient-rich biosolids. The heat and energy component of this system will reduce the demand for natural gas and electricity, yielding an annual energy savings of more than $75,000. The new digester should go online by this summer.

“We are honored to have our work recognized by the EPA,” said Sandra Diorka, Director of Public Services for Delhi Charter Township. “The digester system represents another important advance toward sustainability in Delhi Township.” Township Supervisor Stuart Goodrich added, “The digester project is the latest stride taken by the township in its ongoing commitment to recycling, reuse, environmental education, and a ‘green’ approach to wastewater and solid waste management.”

The Delhi Township plant serves more than 25,000 people in the township and two small portions of the city of Lansing. "It is an honor for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to recognize one of Michigan's wastewater treatment facilities for their innovative, efficient, effective protection of the environment," said Director Steven Chester, who presented the award.

Where do my taxes go?

Many residents who pay their summer and winter tax bills at the Treasurer's Office ask where all their tax money goes.  While the Township's Treasurer is responsible for collecting the tax bill, the Township receives only twelve percent of the total bill.  So where does the rest go?

For a typical home worth $150,000 within the Holt School District and paying a tax bill of $3,000, Delhi Township keeps $355 with the remainder distributed to the following taxing units:

State of Michigan = $398
Ingham County = $635
Ingham Intermediate School District = $397
Holt Public Schools $663
Lansing Community College $252
Capital Area District Library $103
Capital Area Transportation Authority $197

Each one of these units provides valuable services to the residents of our community.  If you need additional information on how each unit spends your tax dollars, please do not hesitate to contact that unit.  For questions relating directly to Delhi Township, please contact the Township Treasurer at 694-0333 or the Township Manager at 694-2137.

Why are my property taxes going up when my property value is going down?

In 1994 Proposal A was added to the Michigan Constitution by a vote of the people as their response to escalating property taxes.  Before Proposal A became law, property taxes were based upon the fair market value of a property.  After Proposal A was approved and enacted into law it significantly limited how quickly individual property tax bills could increase from year to year.  It stated that the value of property, described as Taxable Value, could not increase by more than the increase in inflation or 5%, whichever is less.  Meanwhile, there was no limit on determining the fair market value, described as Assessed Value.  This allowed the Assessed Value to increase more rapidly than the Taxable Value creating a widening gap between the two since 1994.  During this economic downturn declining market values have resulted in declining Assessed Values.  Properties with Taxable Values significantly lower than the Assessed Value will still see a property tax increase until the Taxable Value is equal to the Assessed Value.

Take a video tour of Delhi Township's Wastewater Treatment Plant

Learn how the wastewater process works and about the "first in the state" technology that is the center of the POTW upgrades.  The video was filmed at the annual POTW open house as part of Water Quality Awareness Week last May.