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Sponsor Representative Hoadley told the committee the facility, which opened in 1990 and was occupied for 19 years until October 2009, has sat empty and “now sits empty and deserted.” He described the complex as having “5, 88 bed housing units and another unit comprising a 64 beds,” along with administrative and recreational buildings, and said the site has experienced break-ins while vacant. “Michigan is facing a mental health epidemic,” Hoadley said, and he advocated repurposing the property to meet local needs.

The bill is limited to declaring the property surplus and transferring ownership to DTMB so the agency can conduct a real-estate process. Kyle Kaminski of the Michigan Department of Corrections told the panel the department supports the conveyance, saying the sponsor’s account and the department’s review led to the conclusion that “declaring the property surplus and moving forward with conveyance was, certainly in the best interest of the local community.”

Neil D’Souza of the Department of Technology, Management and Budget described the state’s sale process: once an agency declares a property surplus, DTMB runs a full real-estate process that includes contacting other agencies, obtaining an appraisal after the legislation passes, and selling to the best offer. “The state is obligated to take the best offer,” D’Souza said. He also said proceeds from a sale would be deposited into the state’s general fund.

Committee members asked about ongoing maintenance and costs. Kaminski said Standish is maintained on a minimal basis by staff borrowed from the Saginaw Correctional Facility who mow and perform emergent repairs; there is not a dedicated, ongoing annual budget for Standish, though the department has made intermittent investments such as roof repairs. When pressed for dollar amounts, Kaminski said exact totals of periodic repairs were “not specified” in testimony but offered to follow up with details.

Committee members also asked about community interest and acreage. Hoadley said he and local stakeholders have sought potential buyers and hosted a tour for local mental-health, hospital and law-enforcement officials to spur interest but cautioned there are “no guarantees” about what a private buyer would do. On acreage, a committee member initially heard the parcel described as 39 acres; later in the hearing a committee speaker clarified that “this parcel itself is actually 78 acres.”

No committee vote on the bill was held during the hearing. Committee members requested follow-up information from DTMB about the surplus process and asked DTMB to provide a list of vacant or partially vacant state properties for the committee’s review. The bill remains in the committee stage.

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Representative Leitner told the committee that the site is “a landfill” where the county already maintains leachate control and environmental monitoring. She said the county currently spends roughly $150,000 per year to maintain the property and transport leachate, and that the county has a plan to build a reverse-osmosis wastewater treatment plant powered by solar panels to process leachate on site.

A county representative told the committee the county borrowed about $2,100,000 two years ago to advance the project and that moving forward with construction is time-sensitive because of the loan and related financial rules. The county witness said the current practice is to transport about 10,000 gallons per week of leachate to Inkster at an annual cost the county estimated at just over $100,000; on-site treatment would eliminate those transport costs, the witness said.

When asked who would fund ongoing operations of the proposed plant, county officials said operations would be supported through the county general fund. Leitner and county representatives said conveying the state portion to the county would eliminate the recurring need for contractual arrangements to access and maintain the entire fenced landfill area, since the county already performs the environmental maintenance across the site.

No committee vote was taken. Committee members asked clarifying questions about responsibilities and financing; the hearing functioned as an informational discussion of the conveyance and the county’s planned capital project.

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Josie Bundy, legislative director for Representative Angela Whitmer, told the committee the narrow parcel is “fully surrounded by the state of Michigan and is adjacent to the constituent business,” and that DTMB has already declared the parcel surplus. Bundy said the business “unknowingly built onto this 0.29 acre of land” and that the conveyance would avoid regulatory action that might otherwise require the business to remove or alter its building.

Neil D’Souza of DTMB described the department’s practice on such cases: DTMB conducts a formal appraisal after legislation is enacted, generally with an outside private appraiser, to determine fair market value. “We don’t conduct the appraisal until after the legislation is in law,” D’Souza said, and added that the state uses an outside appraiser to “pinpoint the actual price.” He confirmed the state’s obligation to seek the best offer on property sales.

Committee members asked about whether a survey and parcel split had been completed; D’Souza indicated that the split for that portion had been completed. There was no committee vote; the presentation was informational and focused on correcting property records without forcing a business to dismantle improvements.

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