CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
 
CITY OF NOVI
Regular City Council Meeting
 Monday, January 26, 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
 
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 of Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment 18.273 to amend the City of Novi Zoning Ordinance at Article 4.0, Use Standards, Section 4.10, Places of Worship, in order to allow additional height for places of worship, under certain conditions.  SECOND READING
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2. Approval to award a construction contract for the 2015 Sanitary Sewer Manhole Rehabilitation Project to Culy Contracting, Inc., the low bidder, in the amount of $228,390. 
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3.  Approval of the revised City of Novi Investment Policy, including updated list of Financial Institutions.
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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. January 12, 2015 – Regular meeting
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    2. January 10, 2015 – Special meeting
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B. Enter Executive Session immediately following the regular meeting of January 26, 2015 in the Council Annex for the purpose of discussing pending litigation, property acquisition and privileged correspondence from legal counsel.
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C. Approval of the Fire Department Automatic Mutual Aid Agreement between the City of Novi and the City of Walled Lake.
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D. Approval to replace/upgrade the Livescan equipment at the Novi Police Department through an arrangement with Oakland County’s Courts and Law Enforcement Management Information System (CLEMIS) at a cost of $15, 971.48.
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E. Approval to purchase four (4) replacement marked patrol vehicles for the Novi Police Department.  Two (2) Chevrolet Tahoe 4WD Pursuit rate vehicles will be purchased from Berger Chevrolet in the amount of $64,394 through the Oakland County cooperative purchasing contract and two (2) Ford Police Interceptors Utility vehicles will be purchased in the amount of $50,921 through the Macomb County cooperative purchasing contract.
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F. Approval to award an amendment to the engineering services agreement for construction engineering services related to the 2015 Sanitary Sewer Manhole Rehabilitation Project to Spalding DeDecker Associates, Inc., in the amount of $46,381.
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G. Approval to award an amendment to the engineering services agreement for additional design services related to the 2015 Sanitary Lift Station Improvement project to Spalding DeDecker Associates, Inc., to add the Taft Knolls lift station to the project, in the amount of $9,700.
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H. Approval to award an engineering services agreement for design engineering related to the Orchard Hill Detention Basin Improvements project to URS Corporation, in the amount of $16,680.
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I. Approval of a Storm Drainage Facility Maintenance Easement Agreement from Pulte Land Company, LLC, for the Liberty Park Multi-Family Residential Phase 1 development located at the northeast corner of Twelve Mile Road and Declaration Drive.
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J. Approval of the request of West Oaks 1 Renovation JSP14-57, for Preliminary Site Plan and Stormwater Management Plan approval.  The subject property is 20.12 acres in Section 15 of the City of Novi and located at 43741 West Oaks Drive in the RC, Regional Center district. The applicant is proposing a 17,291 square feet addition on the north and west sides of the existing center with associated parking and landscaping.
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K. Approval to award professional services contract to Clearzoning, Inc. for a planning area study of the property east of Novi Road and south of Thirteen Mile Road, in the approximate amount of $16,000, and to amend the budget in the amount of $16,000.
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L. Approval of Claims and Accounts – Warrant No. 932
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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.
 
January
28 – Planning Commission – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
 
February
  9 – City Council – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
10 – Zoning Board of Appeals – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
11 – Planning Commission – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
16 – City Offices Closed
18 – Library Board – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
23 – City Council – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
25 – Planning Commission – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
26 – Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services 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.
 
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