9/25/13 - A special meeting of the Hamburg Board of Trustees was held yesterday to individually review and respond to 33 FOIA denial appeals from a township resident. 59-year-old Mary Ann Lamkin has been at odds with the township and her neighbors for years over the status of Island Shore Drive. She claims the road is her private property, but it remains the only access for other residents and a local hardware store. Township Supervisor Pat Hohl tells WHMI the Island Shore Drive has been in contention for the past 30 years, and that in that time township residents have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on increased insurance and ongoing litigation. He estimates that last nightâs meeting, which lasted two and a half hours and was held only to address Freedom of Information Act appeals from Lamkin, cost the township about $3,000. Most of Lamkinâs FOIA requests related to a public safety inspection of Island Shore Drive conducted by Police Chief Richard Duffany in mid-August. The township says the road has become too deteriorated for emergency vehicles to reach the houses and hardware store behind the Lamkinsâ property. Lamkin stated at the meeting that she felt the inspection was a pretense to harass her and her husband. Lamkin says the state of the road is due to pranks and stunts aimed at her by her neighbors. The township board will investigate its options before its next regular meeting. (TD)
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