Troy Zoning Board of Appeals - May 2016 Meeting Recap

City staff has posted the video recording of the 5/17/16 Troy Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) meeting to YouTube. At the bottom of this post is the video. (The meeting actually starts shortly after the 1 minute and 30 second mark of the video.)

Click here to download the entire Agenda Packet from the May 17th meeting.

There were three items on the agenda:

• A variance for 1321 Boyd (to split a parcel of land into 2 parcels). At the request of the petitioner, this item was postponed to our June meeting.


• A variance for 6511 Malvern (to construct a new home). The ZBA voted on a resolution to deny the variance. I voted "no" and the resolution to deny the variance failed. The ZBA then voted to postpone action on this item to our June meeting.


• A variance for 4354 Cherrywood (to construct an addition to a home). The ZBA approved the variance. I voted "yes" to approve the variance.

We also conducted our annual ZBA officer elections. Congratulations to Chair Glenn Clark and Vice Chair David Eisenbacher who were both re-elected.

2016 Troy Foundation For Educational Excellence Grant Reception

As a Trustee for the Troy Foundation For Educational Excellence (TFEE), I look forward to attending our annual reception which recognizes the recipients of our grants. Below I've posted a short video featuring a few of the photos I took at last week's reception.



At the reception, we also recognize a school grant applicant as TFEE Innovator of the Year. Below I've embedded a Troy School District video that recognizes the 2016 honoree, the Schroeder/Boulan Heart Dissection. Click here to read more about this project on the School Life Troy website.


TFEE 2016 Innovator of the Year from Troy School District on Vimeo.

Let's Talk Life Theological Conference

On April 16, Mary Ellyn and I attended the Let's Talk Life Theological Conference sponsored by the Michigan District, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. Click here and here for conference details and resources.

Mary Ellyn, Rev. Dr. Peter Scaer, and Dave

Below is a recording of Dr. Scaer's presentation at the conference.