Missed Ticks Section

In a news brief filed from the April 19, 2012 University of Michigan regents meeting, we misreported the size of the parking structure to be built on Wall Street by the university. It’s planned for 700 spaces, which increases the capacity of the University of Michigan parking system by 500 spaces, given the 200 spaces currently on the site. We acknowledge the error here and have corrected the original article.

Councilmember Sabra Briere’s remarks to the effect that UM was planning a 700-space structure, made during the Ann Arbor city council’s April 16 meeting and reported in The Chronicle’s account of that meeting, were accurate.

In an article that reviewed a range of Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority issues, we erroneously characterized a current proposal from Dan Ketelaar for support from the DDA for his 618 S. Main project – because our description was based on an earlier version of the proposal, not the more recent version that was discussed at some meetings the article covered.

The current proposal totals just the $1.3 million that is mentioned in the article as coming after the project’s completion – from part of the taxes the DDA would ordinarily capture on the additional value of the built project. The initial, upfront grant request described in the article is no longer a part of the proposal.

We acknowledge the mistake here … [Full Story]

In an article about a meeting of the Ann Arbor medical marijuana licensing board, we misspelled the name of the president of OM of Medicine throughout the article. The correct spelling is: Mark Passerini. We acknowledge the mistake here and have corrected the original article.

An article about the Dec. 20, 2011 Ann Arbor planning commission meeting incorrectly stated that the site plan approval for Traver Village would be forwarded to city council for consideration. The site plan, which was unanimously approved by planning commissioners, does not require city council action. We note the error here, and have corrected the original article.

A report on the Nov. 15, 2011 meeting on the Ann Arbor park advisory commission incorrectly described a sediment removal project at Ruthven Nature Area as wetland mitigation. No wetland mitigation is required there. We note the error here, and have corrected the original article.

In the meeting reports for the first three Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority board meetings since his appointment, The Chronicle has consistently misspelled the name of the newest DDA board member in the record of attendance. The correct spelling is Nader Nassif. We acknowledge the mistake here and have corrected the spelling in the meeting reports.

In a city council meeting report from Oct. 17, 2011, we misidentified Scott Munzel, thus allowing an inaccurate inference to be made. Munzel is an attorney who represented the former owner of properties on South Fifth Avenue where the City Place and Heritage Row projects were proposed to be built. We acknowledge the mistake here and have corrected the original article.

In an article about the Sept. 21, 2011 meeting of the Washtenaw County board of commissioners, the name of the Humane Society of Huron Valley was incorrectly stated. We note the error here, and have corrected the original article.

In a report on the city planning commission, as well as subsequent reporting, we misidentified Dori Edwards. She is an employee who does public relations work for Treecity Health Collective. We acknowledge the mistake and have corrected the error in the original article and subsequent reporting.

An article published on June 30, 2011 about recommendations from an R4c/R2a zoning advisory committee incorrectly stated that Golden Avenue was rezoned in 2008 to R2A. That section of Lower Burns Park was downzoned to R1D (single-family residential). We note the error here, and have corrected the original article.

In a brief filed from the June 20, 2011 Ann Arbor city council meeting, The Chronicle mis-characterized the nature of the initial approval given to changes to the city’s pension ordinance. While the city is contemplating the changes described in the brief, those that were actually given initial approval at the council’s meeting involved technical revisions. For example, the phrase “three years” was revised to read “36 consecutive months.”

The Chronicle acknowledges the mistake and has corrected the original brief.

In a May 13, 2011 article about the Washtenaw County apportionment commission’s redistricting decision, we incorrectly spelled the name of Eric Scheie, who spoke during public commentary. We note the error here, and have corrected the original article.

In an article about the May 11, 2011 meeting of the Washtenaw County apportionment commission, we inaccurately characterized the length of time that county treasurer Catherine McClary has been active in politics. She has been politically active since 1972. We note the error here, and have corrected the original article.

In a report on the May 4, 2011 Washtenaw County board of commissioners meeting, we incorrectly stated that a network manager job that’s shared between the county and the city of Ann Arbor was held by James McFarlane. McFarlane previously held that job, but is now information technology manager. Dale Vanderford is the county/city network manager. We note the error here, and have corrected the original article.

An April 21, 2011 Civic News Ticker and an April 26, 2011 article about the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority’s release of its draft transportation master plan included an incorrect date for an upcoming meeting. The final public meeting to discuss the plan will be held on May 17 – not May 27 – at Saline City Hall, 100 N. Harris St. in Saline. We note the error here, and have corrected the original article and Civic News Ticker.

An April 8, 2011 tribute to Vada Murray originally stated that Vada and his wife Sarah had three children. In fact, his oldest child is from his first marriage. We acknowledge the error here, and have corrected the original column.

In a Civic News Ticker item about a resolution added to the Ann Arbor city council’s April 4, 2011 agenda, the word “not” was mistyped for “now” and not caught during editing. It changed the meaning of the sentence where it appeared, which should have read: “Also on the council’s Monday, April 4 agenda is an item that would establish a process under which the Ann Arbor DDA would facilitate the development of downtown city-owned surface parking lots, which would now presumably include the top of the underground parking structure.” We note the mistake here and have corrected the original item.

In a recent report on a Ann Arbor Public School board meeting, the figure we reported for the district’s additional enrollment last year due to the schools of choice program was off by three. The correct enrollment figure is 79. We note the error here and have corrected the figure in the original article.

In a report on a future Ann Arbor city council work session about the future use of the Library Lot, scheduled for Monday, March 14 at 7 p.m. we gave the incorrect location for the meeting. It will be held at the Washtenaw County Board room at 220 N. Main St. We note the mistake here and have corrected the original article.

A photo essay on the FoolMoon workshop at the Workantile Exchange incorrectly identified one of the participants, Elaine Reed. We note the error here, and have corrected the caption in the original photo essay.

In reporting the comments of city administrator Roger Fraser made at a recent city council meeting, we inaccurately attributed to Fraser a statement that the state budget proposed by Gov. Rick Snyder would eliminate the state’s fire protection grant program.

The grants, which Gov. Rick Snyder’s proposed budget would reduce by 15% (not eliminate completely), are meant to cover fire protection costs incurred by communities to provide fire protection for public institutions located in those communities.

The $165,000 amount that Fraser reported would be lost by the city of Ann Arbor under the governor’s proposal is 15% of the roughly $1.1 million annually the state has provided the city of Ann Arbor in the last few years under the program. We acknowledge the … [Full Story]

In our most recent city council meeting report, we gave the wrong date for the council’s next meeting. Due to President’s Day, the meeting is shifted from Monday to Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011. We note the error here and have corrected the date in the original article.

In a recent article on Ann Arbor’s local officers compensation commission, we gave incorrect biographical information for one of the LOCC members, Fred McDonald. We confused Mr. McDonald with one of his sons, Frederick L. McDonald II. The senior McDonald is partner in the law firm Hamilton McDonald & Carter. In connection to the membership eligibility requirements for the LOCC, which were discussed in that article, we also failed to point out that the senior McDonald’s son, Kevin, is employed by the city of Ann Arbor as an assistant city attorney.

We note the error and omission here and have corrected the original article.

In a Jan. 9, 2011 article about the Jan. 5 Washtenaw County board of commissioners meeting, we incorrectly spelled the name of Yousef Rabhi, a new commissioner representing District 11. We note the error here, and have corrected the original article.

A Dec. 12, 2010 article about the Ann Arbor greenbelt advisory commission incorrectly stated that crops account for $3.3 million in sales of agricultural products in Michigan. That amount is $3.3 billion. We note the error here, and have corrected the original article.

A Dec. 1, 2010 article about a proposed low-income housing project at 1500 Pauline gave an incorrect title for Avalon Housing’s Michael Appel. He is associate director of that nonprofit organization. We note the error here, and have corrected the original article.

A report about the Nov. 18, 2010 University of Michigan board of regents meeting incorrectly stated the amount of research dollars that the university brought in during 1999. The correct figure is $500 million. We note the error here, and have corrected the original article.

In a Nov. 8, 2010 article about a presentation on police services at the Nov. 4 Washtenaw County board of commissioners working session, we incorrectly stated that Leah Gunn was chair of the committee that created the police services steering committee. In fact, she was chair of the committee that came up with the concept of a police services unit (PSU). We note the error here, and have corrected the original article.

In a report on the Sept. 20, 2010 Ann Arbor District Library board meeting, the name of Killins Gravel was misspelled. To review: Killins = gravel, Killian’s = beer, Kilwin’s = chocolate. We note the error here, and have corrected the original article.

In a report on a recent meeting of the Ann Arbor public school board, we incorrectly spelled the name of the director of the Early College Alliance at Eastern Michigan University (ECA at EMU).  The ECA is headed by David Dugger. We note the error here and have corrected the spelling throughout the original article.