CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
 
CITY OF NOVI
Regular City Council Meeting
 Monday, August 10, 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
 
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-L) 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 to award engineering design services to URS Corporation for the Crescent Boulevard Reconstruction (Town Center to Novi Road) project in the amount of $131,863.
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2.         Consideration of Ordinance No. 15-99.16, an ordinance to amend the City of Novi Code of Ordinances, Chapter 15, Fire Protection and Prevention, to adopt the International Fire Code, 2012 Edition, by reference with certain amendments.  FIRST READING
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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:
July 27, 2015 – Regular meeting
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B. Approval of appointment of Judy Reedy (Employee Delegate) and Stephanie Schuetzler (Officer Delegate) as the 2015 City of Novi representatives to attend the Annual Municipal Employees Retirement System (MERS) Conference to be held October 8 - October 9, 2015.
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C. Approval of Ordinance No. 15-183, an Ordinance to amend the City of Novi Code of Ordinances, at Chapter 21, “Nuisances,” Article II, “Related to Property,” Division 8, “Refuse Collection,” in order to further limit the hours for refuse collection in residentially zoned districts and to add a new Section 21-147, stating that the penalty for violation of the division shall be a civil infraction, rather than a misdemeanor.  SECOND READING
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D. Approval of Ordinance No.15-184 an Ordinance to amend the City of Novi Code of Ordinances, at Chapter 16, “Garbage and Refuse,” to add Article IV, “Collection, Recycling and Disposal,” to provide for future collection of solid waste from residential premises pursuant to a contract with a designated waste hauler, to provide standards and specifications for the services to be provided, to provide for the administration of a solid waste program, and to provide penalties for failure to comply.  SECOND READING
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E. Approval to award bid for the purchase of two (2) thermal imaging cameras for the Novi Fire Department from Douglass Safety Systems, the lowest bidder, for $15,400.
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F. Approval to award an amendment to the engineering services agreement with Spalding DeDecker Associates for additional design engineering services for the Nine Mile Road Rehabilitation (Meadowbrook to Novi) in the amount of $13,980.
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G. Approval to purchase an unmarked vehicle from Varsity Lincoln, Novi, Michigan for the Novi Police Department in the amount of $20,546, based on the lowest quote and to amend the budget.
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H. Approval of a Storm Drainage Facility Maintenance Easement Agreement from BCP Novi, LLC and  STAG Novi 2, LLC, as part of the American Tire Distributors site located at 25250 Regency Drive (parcel 22-24-276-023).
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I. Approval of a resolution authorizing termination of a portion of an existing sanitary sewer easement (recorded at Liber 42324, Page 233 Oakland County Records) at the request Sun Valley, LTD., as part of the Buffalo Wild Wings Sanitary Sewer Relocation project located at 44375 Twelve Mile Road (parcel 22-15-200-110).
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J. Approval to award engineering design services to Orchard, Hiltz & McCliment for the Karim Boulevard Reconstruction project in the amount of $63,881.
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K. Approval to award engineering design services to Orchard, Hiltz & McCliment for the Novi Public Library Entrance Widening project in the amount of $6,228.
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L. Approval of Claims and Accounts – Warrant No. 945
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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.
 
August
11 – Zoning Board of Appeals – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
12 – Planning Commission – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
19 – Library Board – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
20 – Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services Commission – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
21 – Novi Public Library Closed
24 – City Council – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
26 – Planning Commission – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
 
September
  7 – City Offices Closed
  9 – Planning Commission – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
14 – City Council – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
15 – Zoning Board of Appeals – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
16 – Library Board – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
17 – Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services Commission – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
 
28 – City Council – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
30 – 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.