CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
 
CITY OF NOVI
Regular City Council Meeting
 Monday, April 13, 2015 | 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
 
1.  Proclamation in Recognition of Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness Month
 
2.  Proclamation in Recognition of National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week April 12 – 18, 2015 – Rick Mitchell, Communications Manager
 
REPORTS:
 
1.   MANAGER/STAFF
 
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-O) 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. Approval of the Beautification Commission’s recommendation on the Neighborhood Entryway Enhancement Matching Grant Program to award $5000 each to the following five neighborhoods upon successful completion of the entryway work depicted in the applications:   Chase Farms, Country Place Condos, North Haven Woods, Olde Orchard Country Homes, and Orchard Ridge.
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2. Approval of the request of Toll Brothers for JSP 14-18 with Zoning Map Amendment 18.707 to rezone property in Section 26, on the east side of Novi Road, south of Ten Mile Road from I-1, Light Industrial and OS-1, Office Service to RM-1, Low Density Low-Rise Multiple-Family Residential with a Planned Rezoning Overlay and to approve the corresponding concept plan and PRO Agreement between the City and the applicant.  The property totals 20.9 acres and the applicant is proposing a 93 unit attached condominium multiple-family residential development.
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3. Approval of Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment 18.274 to amend the City of Novi Zoning Ordinance at Article 4, Use Standards, Section 4.82, Residential Dwellings in order to reconcile the standards for multiple-family uses for mixed use developments and non-mixed use developments.  FIRST READING
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4. Approval to award contract for the 2015 Spring Tree and Landscape Planting to the lowest bidder, RC Tuttle Refinishing Co., for the amount of $69,579, and to concurrently amend the FY 14/15 budget.
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5. Approval to award a unit price pavement marking services contract to RS Contracting, Inc., the low bidder, in the estimated annual amount of $178,465.  The contract term is one year with three one-year renewal options.
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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. March 23, 2015 – Regular meeting
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B. Approval of the final payment to Fiore Enterprises, LLC for the 2014 Neighborhood Road Program–Contract 2 (Concrete) project in the amount of $60,223.67, plus interest on retainage.
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C. Approval of the form of proposed amendment to the Novi Equities Limited Partnership v. City of Novi Consent Judgment at the request of Novi Promenade Holdings, LLC, relating to property located at the intersection of Grand River Avenue and Wixom Road, to allow the applicant to relocate the existing detention pond and construct two acres of wetland mitigation for the Grand Promenade project (JSP14-15). 
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D. Approval of re-appointment of Finance Director to Building Authority for a three-year term ending March 1, 2018.
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E. Approval to award a unit price debris removal services contract to Ellsworth Industries, Inc., the low bidder, in the estimated annual amount of $20,000. The contract term is one year with two one-year renewal options.
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F. Approval of cost participation agreement with Oakland County and the Road Commission for Oakland County for the Eastbound Grand River Dual Left Turn at Beck Road project to provide $107,358 of outside funding toward the project costs.
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G. Approval of Traffic Control Orders 15-06 and 15-07 to require eastbound and westbound Calvert Isle to yield at Nepavine in Island Lake Orchards.
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H. Approval of Traffic Control Order 15-08 to prohibit right turns on red from southbound Old Novi Road to southbound Novi Road when the no turn on red sign is illuminated.
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I. Acceptance of a warranty deed from Toll MI II Limited Partnership for the dedication of an additional 60 feet of right-of-way along Ten Mile Road for The Preserve at Island Lake (Phase 8) project located at the northeast corner of Ten Mile Road and Napier Road.
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J. Approval of a Storm Drainage Facility Maintenance Easement Agreement from Toll MI II Limited Partnership for The Preserve at Island Lake (Phase 8) project located at the northeast corner of Ten Mile Road and Napier Road.
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K. Approval of a Storm Drainage Facility Maintenance Easement Agreement from Shastco, LLC, for the project located on Roethel Drive south of Nine Mile Road (parcel 22-35-127-018).
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L. Approval of (1) a Resolution Concerning Acquisition and Approving Declaration of Necessity and Taking and authorization of Offer to Purchase; (2) a Declaration of Taking; and, (3) an Agreement of Sale and Offer to Purchase Easements over Real Property in the amount of $64,100 for highway easements and temporary grading permits on two parcels (22-16-151-010 and 22-16-151-012) for the relocation of the existing pathway and utility poles along the south side of Grand River for the widening of Grand River as part of the Eastbound Grand River Dual Left Turn at Beck Road project.
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M. Approval of a revised Good Faith Offer reflecting updated sales data in the amount of $4,640 for a highway easement and a temporary grading permit on the property owned by 47087 Grand River, LLC (parcel 22-16-151-002) for the relocation of the existing pathway and utility poles along the south side of Grand River for the widening of Grand River as part of the Eastbound Grand River Dual Left Turn at Beck Road project.
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N. Approval of a Resolution of Support authorizing submission of a Transportation Alternatives Program grant application for the ITC Regional Pathway Phase 1B from Nine Mile Road near Garfield Road to Fire Station #4 at Wixom and Ten Mile Roads.
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O. Approval of Claims and Accounts – Warrant No. 937
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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.
 
April
15 – City Council FY 2015-2016 Budget Discussion – Council Chambers – 6 p.m.
15 – Library Board – Library – 7 p.m.
16 – Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services Commission – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
20 – City Council – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
22 – Planning Commission – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
29 – City Council FY 2015-2016 Budget Discussion – Council Chambers – 6 p.m. (if necessary)
 
May
11 – City Council – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
12 – Zoning Board of Appeals – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
13 – Planning Commission – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
18 – City Council – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
20 – Library Board – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
21 – Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services Commission – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
25 – City Offices closed
27 – Planning Commission – 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.

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