CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
CITY OF NOVI
Regular City Council Meeting
Monday, December 22, 2014 | 7 P.M.
Council Chambers | Novi Civic Center |45175 Ten Mile Road
(248) 347-0460

CALL TO ORDER

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

ROLL CALL: Mayor Gatt, Mayor Pro Tem Staudt, Council Members Casey, Markham, Mutch, Poupard, Wrobel

APPROVAL OF AGENDA

PUBLIC HEARING

PRESENTATIONS

REPORTS:
1. MANAGER/STAFF
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2. ATTORNEY

AUDIENCE COMMENT – In order to hear all citizen comments at a reasonable hour, the City Council requests that speakers respect the three-minute time limit. This is not a question-answer session. However, it is an opportunity to voice your thoughts with City Council. Speakers wishing to display visual materials through the City’s audiovisual system must provide the materials to the City Clerk’s Office no later than 5 p.m. five days before the meeting and the materials cannot be changed before the meeting.

CONSENT AGENDA REMOVALS AND APPROVALS (See items A-H) All items listed under Consent Agenda are considered routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Council Member so requests, in
which event the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered at the end of the normal Agenda.

MATTERS FOR COUNCIL ACTION

1. Consideration of Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment 18.271 to update, amend and reformat Appendix A, “Zoning”, of the City of Novi Code of Ordinances (the prior Ordinance No. 97-18, as amended) and related Zoning Map for purposes of incorporating Clearzoning formatting and clarifying certain provisions. SECOND READING
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2. Approval to award an engineering services agreement with Orchard, Hiltz & McCliment for design engineering services related to the 2015 Neighborhood Road Program in the amount of $114,300.
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3. Appointments to Boards and Commissions
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AUDIENCE COMMENT – In order to hear all citizen comments at a reasonable hour, the City Council requests that speakers respect the three-minute time limit. This is not a question-answer session. However, it is an opportunity to voice your thoughts with City Council. Speakers wishing to display visual materials through the City’s audiovisual system must provide the materials to the City Clerk’s Office no later than 5 p.m. five days before the meeting and the materials cannot be changed before the meeting.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

MAYOR AND COUNCIL ISSUES

CONSENT AGENDA REMOVALS FOR COUNCIL ACTION: Consent Agenda items which have been removed for discussion and/or action.

COMMUNICATIONS:

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

A. Approve Minutes of:
   1. December 8, 2014 – Regular meeting
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B. Approval of a Resolution authorizing the implementation of recommendations necessary to receive Redevelopment Ready Communities ® Certification from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC).
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C. Approval to award request for proposal for lockbox collection services to Fifth Third Bank with an estimated annual cost of $36,000 for a three year period with two one year renewal options.
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D. Approval to award an amendment to the engineering services agreement with Spalding DeDecker Associates for additional design engineering associated with the Beck Road Mid-Block Pedestrian Crossing project in the amount of $6,697.
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E. Approval to award an amendment to the geotechnical engineering agreement with Soil & Materials Engineers for additional material testing services associated with the Metro Connector Regional Pathway project in the amount of $4,672.
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F. Approval of traffic control orders 14-49 through 14-58 for the installation of traffic control signs on neighborhood streets in Summerlin of Novi, North Haven Woods and the northern West Lake Drive area.
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G. Approval to award an engineering services agreement in the amount of $41,500 to Orchard, Hiltz, and McCliment (OHM) for professional surveying services related to the Nine Mile Road gravity relief sewer project to address capacity issues at the Park Place Pump Station.
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H. Approval of Claims and Accounts – Warrant No. 930
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ADJOURNMENT

SCHEDULED MEETINGS - All Regular Council meetings are held in the Council Chambers unless otherwise noted. The following schedule consists of meetings that are routinely held in the Council Chambers. For a complete listing of scheduled meetings, please visit the Event Calendar at cityofnovi.org.

December
24 – City Offices Closed
25 – City Offices Closed
31 – City Offices Closed

January
1 – City Offices Closed
10 – City Council – Suburban Showplace – 9 a.m.
12 – City Council – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
19 – City Offices Closed
26 – City Council – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.

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.

We kindly request that you turn off all cell phones while in the Council Chambers. Thank you.