CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
CITY OF NOVI
Regular City Council Meeting
 January 27, 2020 | 7:00 PM
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 Breen, Casey, Crawford, Fischer, Mutch

APPROVAL OF AGENDA

PUBLIC HEARINGS

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 12:00 P.M. the day of the meeting. The materials cannot be changed before the meeting.

CONSENT AGENDA REMOVALS AND APPROVALS – 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 approval to award engineering services to OHM Advisors in the amount of $128,200 for design work associated with the infrastructure portion of the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Grant Conditional Commitment.

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2.     Consideration of approval of a resolution to authorize Budget Amendment #2020-2.
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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 12:00 P.M. the day of the meeting. 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.     Approval of Minutes from January 7, 2020 - Regular Meeting
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B.      Approval of updated deficit elimination plan for the Capital Improvement Fund as of June 30, 2019.
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C.     Approval of a three (3) year agreement with Michigan Miss Amazing to coordinate an annual “Michigan Miss Amazing” event at the Novi Civic Center.
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D.      Approval to award replacement of three (3) heating and cooling rooftop units at Meadowbrook Commons under the existing City contract with RW Mead & Sons in the amount of $48,550.
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E.     Approval to purchase one (1) new John Deere 4066M Compact Tractor with Loader, Landscape Rake and Land Plane from D&G Equipment, in the amount of $42,471.24, based on the State of Michigan MiDeal cooperative purchasing program.
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F.     Approval of Change Order No. 1 to Toebe Construction, LLC for the DPW Site Fill to the Water Tower property (25460 Novi Road at Trans-X Drive) project in the amount of $60,000.00.
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G.     Approval of a Storm Drainage Facility Maintenance Easement Agreement from M/I Homes of Michigan for Valencia South Phase 3 located south of Ten Mile Road and west of Beck Road (parcel 50-22-29-226-053).
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H.     Approval of the request from Guernsey Farms Dairy for a variance from Design and Construction Standards Section 11-239(b) to allow wheel stops in lieu of curb and gutter along the driveway and portions of the parking lot perimeter.
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I.     Approval of the final payment to D.V.M. Utilities, Inc., for the Grand River Avenue and Jo Drive Sanitary Sewer Repair project in the amount of $24,525.74, plus interest earned on retainage.
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J.     Approval of (1) a resolution Concerning the Acquisition of Property and Approving Declaration of Necessity and Taking and, (2) a Declaration of Taking for easements with fair market value in the amount of $20,102.28 for a sidewalk easement and a temporary grading permit on parcel 50-22-36-200-003 for the construction of a sidewalk on the west side of Haggerty Road, south of Nine Mile Road.
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K.     Acceptance of a sidewalk easement from Kenneth Kardasz for construction of a sidewalk along the west side of Wixom Road between Eleven Mile Road and Grand River Avenue (parcel 22-18-200-012) in the amount of $804.25.
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L.     Approval of resolution to apply for membership in the AARP’s Network of Age Friendly Communities.
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M.     Approval of Claims and Warrants – Warrant No. 1052.
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ADJOURNMENT

SCHEDULED MEETINGS
 – All Regular Council meetings are held in the Council Chambers unless otherwise noted. For a complete listing of scheduled meetings, please visit the Event Calendar at cityofnovi.org.
 
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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