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REGULAR MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NOVI
 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2002 AT 7:30 P.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS-NOVI CIVIC CENTER-45175 W. TEN MILE ROAD
248-347-0460

A G E N D A

CALL TO ORDER

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Cub Scout Pack #240

Leader: Nancy Kaindall

Members: Eddie Coury, Ben Diaz, Kevin Fritzges, Cole Irvine, Ryan Jok, Matthew Kaindl, John Kern, Thomas Symanski, Mark Wagner

ROLL CALL Mayor Clark, Mayor Pro Tem Bononi, Council Members Capello, Csordas, DeRoche, Landry, Lorenzo

APPROVAL OF AGENDA

SPECIAL REPORTS

COMMITTEE REPORTS - Time Warner Franchise Transfer Request – South West Oakland

Cable Commission (SWOCC) – Member Csordas

PRESENTATIONS

Community Service Appreciation Plaque – Dennis Colligan-Parks, Recreation &

Forestry Commission

PUBLIC HEARINGS

1. Special Assessment District No.162 – Pioneer Meadows Subdivision Sanitary Sewer

2. Special Assessment District No.163 – Pioneer Meadows Subdivision Water Main

REPORTS

CITY MANAGER - City Council Goals Discussion:

8:30 a.m. - Noon, Saturday, November 16, 2002

DEPARTMENT REPORTS

ATTORNEY - Options for filling City Council vacancy

(requested by Member Csordas)

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION

CONSENT AGENDA (Approval/Removals)

MATTERS FOR COUNCIL ACTION – Part I

1. Consideration of Special Assessment District No. 159 Lake Wall John Hawthorn’s Subdivisions 1 & 2 and Supervisor’s Plat Number 2, Water Main.

2. Consideration of Special Assessment District No. 160 Lake Wall John Hawthorn’s Subdivisions 1 & 2 and Supervisor’s Plant Number 2, Road Paving.

3. Consideration of SAD Resolution Number 5, directing the City Assessor to prepare an Assessment Roll; Sierra Drive (Pioneer Meadows Subdivision) Sanitary Sewer – SAD 162.

4. Consideration of SAD Resolution Number 5, directing the City Assessor to prepare an Assessment Roll; Sierra Drive (Pioneer Meadows Subdivision) Water Main – SAD 163.

5. Approval to submit the Program Year 2003 Community Development Block Grant Fund Application.

6. Consideration of options for hiring one to three (1-3) additional Police Officers.

7. Approval of Recreation Facilities Agreement between Novi Community School District and the City of Novi for 49.37 acres of land.

8. Consideration of Zoning Text Amendment 18.174 to amend Article 24, Section 2405, of the City of Novi Ordinance No. 97-18, as amended, the City of Novi Zoning Ordinance, relating to open space preservation, in order to encourage the long-term preservation of open space and natural features and the provision of recreation and open space areas in accordance with P.A. 179 of 2001. First Reading.

9. Consideration of request from Blair Bowman of TBON LLC, for Preliminary Site Plan approval on Site Plan Number 02-25, Wetland Permit approval and for an appeal of the Planning Commission’s denial of a Woodland Permit for the Novi Expo Center. The subject property is located in Section 16, north of Grand River Avenue and west of Taft Road. The developer proposes an exposition convention and conference center in the EXO (Overlay) District. The subject property is 54.82 acres.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION

BREAK AT 9:30 PM

MATTERS FOR COUNCIL ACTION – Part II

 

10. Consideration of request from Toll Brothers to amend the Island Lake Residential Unit Development (RUD) Agreement Site Plan Number 99-58. The proposed changes include:

1) An additional 5-acre parcel along Wixom Road to be incorporated into

Phase 3 of the overall development;

2) A modification to permit single-family attached cluster homes in Phase

4B in the southeast corner of the overall development;

3) Revisions to the street layout in Phases 4 & 5 including relocating stub

street connections to the east and west of the Ten Mile Road  entrance.

The subject properties are located in Sections 18, 19, and 20, north of Ten Mile Road, between Napier and Wixom Roads. The subject property is approximately 907 acres.

11. Approval of Resolution authorizing execution of Agreement with Michigan Department of Transportation for Nine Mile Road Non-Motorized Pathway Grant, in the amount of $128,000.

12. Approval to award the Nine Mile Road Pathway Project to the low bidder, Jackson Contracting, in the amount of $249,201.14.

13. Annual salary increase for City Clerk and City Manager.

14. 2003 Schedule of City Council Meetings.

CONSENT AGENDA REMOVALS FOR COUNCIL ACTION (Consent Agenda items, which have been removed for discussion and/or action)

MAYOR AND COUNCIL ISSUES

1. Bradford of Novi III – Member Lorenzo

2. Band Shell – Mayor Clark

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION

ADJOURNMENT

CONSENT AGENDA (Background information for Consent Agenda items is available for review at the City Clerk’s Office)

A. Approve Minutes of:

1. October 17, 2002, Special meeting

2. October 21, 2002, Regular meeting

B. Approval to award bid for design and printing of the Parks, Recreation, and Forestry Guide to Dearborn Lithograph, Inc., the low bidder, in the amount of $25,251.

C. Approval to award proposal for security chain fencing for the DPW facility to Northern Fence Company, the low bidder, in the amount of $30,900.

D. Approval to award proposal for Telecommunications Analysis to Plante & Moran, the low bidder, in the amount of $8,000.

E. Approval to award bid for replacement dump truck bodies to C.E. Pollard Company, the low bidder, in the amount of $9,428.75.

F. Approval of Traffic Control Order 02-21 to install 3-way stop signs at the intersection of Laramie at Cheyenne and Traffic Control Order 02-25 rescinding Traffic Control Order 98-08, allowing removal of the yield sign currently located on Cheyenne at Laramie in the Walden Woods II Subdivision.

G. Approval of Claims and Accounts – Warrant No. 635 and Warrant No. 636.

 

COMMUNICATIONS

1. Letter from Sarah Gray (Housing and Community Development Advisory Committee member) Re: Recommendation for 2003 Community Development Block Grant funds.

SCHEDULED MEETINGS - All Regular Council meetings are held in the Council Chambers unless otherwise noted.

NOVEMBER

14 – Parks, Recreation & Forestry Commission – 7:30 p.m. – Council Chambers

16 – City Council – 8:30 am – Council Chambers

20 – Planning Commission – 7:30 p.m. – Council Chambers

21 – Ordinance Review Committee – 6:00 p.m. – Council Chambers

21 – Historical Commission – 7:30 p.m. – Council Chambers

25 – City Council – 7:30 p.m. – Council Chambers

28 – Thanksgiving Day – City Offices Closed

29 - City Offices Closed

 

DECEMBER

2 – City Council – 7:30 p.m. – Council Chambers

3 – Zoning Board of Appeals – 7:30 p.m. – Council Chambers

4 – Planning Commission – 7:30 p.m. – Council Chambers

9 – Library Board – 7:00 p.m. – Library

9 – Special Council – 7:30 p.m. – Council Chambers

10 – Storm Water Mgmt. & Watershed Stewardship- 7:00 p.m. – Novi Civic Center

12 – Parks & Recreation Commission – 7:30 p.m. – Council Chambers

16 – City Council – 7:30 p.m. – Council Chambers

18 – Planning Commission – 7:30 p.m. – Council Chambers

19 – Ordinance Review Committee – 6:00 p.m. – Council Chambers

19 – Historical Commission – 7:30 p.m. – Council Chambers

24 – City Offices Closed

25 – City Offices Closed

31 – City Offices Closed

 

NOTICE: People with disabilities needing accommodations for effective participation in this meeting should contact the City Clerk (248) 347-0456 at least two working days in advance of the meeting. An attempt will be made to make reasonable accommodations