CITY COUNCIL Agenda 
CITY OF NOVI
Regular City Council Meeting
 June 15, 2020 | 7:00 PM
Remote Meeting |(248) 347-0460

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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

BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS CANDIDATE INTRODUCTIONS

David Dismondy
Ryan Joseph
Peter Lee
Courtney Opalko
Scott Pratt
Eric Retzbach
Harry Torimoto

REPORTS
1.  Manager/Staff
2.  Attorney

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 renewal of the City’s 2020-2021 Property and Liability Insurance coverage with the Stevenson Company in the amount of $399,486.00.
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2.  Consideration of approval to award a professional services contract to OHM Advisors for the collection of data related to the City’s water, sanitary sewer, and storm sewer systems, in the amount of $486,760.
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3.  Consideration of approval to purchase four (4) replacement pumps from Kennedy Industries, sole source provider, for the Drakes Bay and Wixom Road sanitary pump stations, in the amount of $136,358.
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4.  Consideration for tentative approval of the request of BC Novaplex, LLC,  for Novaplex, JZ19-37, to rezone from OST, Office Service Technology to RM-2, High-Density Multiple Family Residential on land located on the west side of Haggerty Road, north of Twelve Mile Road in Section 12. The applicant is proposing to develop a 270-unit multiple-family residential development on approximately 22 acres of land.
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5.  Consideration to adopt Resolution Regarding Additonal Temporary Signage in Light of Covid-19 Pandemic.
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6.  Consideration of a resolution to authorize Budget Amendment #2020-7
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7.  Consideration to conditionally approve, subject to finalization by City Manager and City Attorney’s office, the draft inter-governmental agreement entitled “Agreement for CARES Act Allocation between Oakland County and the City of Novi.”
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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
1.  Mayor’s declaration rescinding local State of Emergency and status of remote meeting authority.
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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. June 1, 2020 - Regular meeting
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B.  Enter executive session immediately following the regular meeting of June 15, 2020 for the purpose of discussing labor negotiations.
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C.  Adoption of a resolution seeking reimbursement from Oakland County for expenses associated with the City of Novi’s annual Mosquito Control Program.
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D.  Approval of claims and warrants – Warrant No. 1062.
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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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