CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
CITY OF NOVI
Regular City Council Meeting
Monday, January 23, 2017 | 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 Burke, Casey, Markham, Mutch, Wrobel
 
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
 
PUBLIC HEARING
 
PRESENTATIONS
 
INTERVIEWS FOR ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
 
1.  Linda Krieger – Zoning Board of Appeals
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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. Consideration of tentative approval of the request of Hadley’s Towing, JSP 16-33, with Zoning Map Amendment 18.715, to rezone property in Section 17, located on the south side of Grand River Avenue between Wixom Road and Beck Road from I-1, (Light Industrial) to I-2 (General Industrial) subject to a Planned Rezoning Overlay (PRO) Agreement, and corresponding PRO Concept Plan.  The property totals 17.78 acres and the applicant is proposing to rezone approximately 5.6 acres of the northerly portion of the property to accommodate a vehicle towing business and outdoor storage yard. 
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2. Approval of the final payment to Fiore Enterprises, LLC for the 2015 Neighborhood Road Program – Concrete Streets (Contract 3) project in the amount of $106,839.25, plus interest earned on retainage.
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3. Approval of the request of TBON, LLC for a revised Preliminary Site Plan, Wetlands Permit and Stormwater Management Plan. The request is for an expansion of the existing showplace exposition facility by adding a 172,315 square foot building addition, with associated parking lot and other site improvements for land within the OST, Planned Office Service Technology District, and in the OST, Planned Office Service Technology District with an EXO, Exposition Overlay District. The subject property is located in Section 16, north of Grand River Avenue and west of Taft Road. 
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( Revised Site Plans)

4. Appointments to Zoning Board of Appeals and Board of Review
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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 9, 2017 – Regular meeting
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    2. January 14 – Special meeting
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B. Approval of the transfer of a 2015 Resort Class C & SDM Liquor License with Sunday Sales Permit (PM), Dance-Entertainment Permit, Outdoor Service (2 areas), issued under MCL 436.1531 (2) from JCTD, LLC. (formerly Andiamo-The Second City) to ANBE Investments (d/b/a Library Sports Pub), with a new Sunday Sales Permit (AM), for a business to be located at 42705 Grand River Avenue, Suite 100, Novi, MI 48375.
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C. Approval of Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment 18.277 to amend the City of Novi Zoning Ordinance at Section 3.1.25 Town Center District, Special Land Uses, and Article IV, Use Standards, Section 4.40 Restaurants in the Character of a Fast Food Carryout, Drive-In, Fast Food Drive-Through, or Fast Food Sit-Down, specifically for the TC and TC-1 Town Center Districts, in order to permit Drive-Through Restaurants in the TC Town Center District.    Second Reading
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D. Approval of Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment 18.279 to amend the City of Novi Zoning Ordinance in order to modify the TC, Town Center and TC-1, Town Center-1 Districts to better accommodate mixed-use and residential developments in the Main Street area.    Second Reading
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E. Acceptance of a new street in Orchard Hills North and adoption of Act 51 New Street Resolution accepting Woodglen Drive as public, adding 0.20 miles of roadway to the City's street system.
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F. Approval of Traffic Control Orders 17-01 through 17-04 for No Parking signs on Woodglen Drive in the Orchard Hills North subdivision located east of Novi Road, south of Ten Mile Road.
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G. Acceptance of a warranty deed from Mirage Development for the dedication of a 60 foot master planned right-of-way half width along the south side of Ten Mile Road east of Novi Road as part of the Orchard Hills North subdivision development; and approval to execute a Quit Claim Deed conveying the dedicated Ten Mile Road right-of-way to the Road Commission for Oakland County.
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H. Acceptance of a boardwalk on the south side of Ten Mile Road within the Right of Way for public use and maintenance from Mirage Development for the Orchard Hills North project located south of Ten Mile Road, east of Novi Road.
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I. Approval to award easement acquisition assistance services to Spalding DeDecker Associates (SDA) on an hourly basis with a not to exceed fee of $48,990 for 13 permanent drain easements and 5 temporary access easements for the Bishop Creek and Ingersol Creek Streambank Restoration project.
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J. Approval of Pawnbroker License renewal requested by Joseph Haddad, owner of Gold Buy and Jewelry, 41490 Grand River Avenue.
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K. Approval of Resolution to close Karim Boulevard to Grand River to 10 Mile Road from 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. and 10 Mile Road from Karim Boulevard to Taft Road from 9:45 a.m. – noon for the Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 29, 2017.
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L. Approval of Claims and Accounts – Warrant No. 980
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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
25 – Planning Commission – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
26 – Library Board – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
 
February
  6 – City Council – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
  8 – Planning Commission – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
14 – Zoning Board of Appeals – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
16 – Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services Commission – 7 p.m.
20 – City Offices Closed
22 – Planning Commission – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
23 – Library Board – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
27 – 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

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