CITY OF NOVI
Regular City Council Meeting
March 2, 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
1. Proclamation in recognition of National Nutrition Month for March and March 11, 2020 as Registered Dietitian Day – Aarti Batavia, Ascension Providence Hospital
2. Detroit Institute of Arts – Amanda Harrison Keighley, Community Engagement Manager
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. Appointments to Boards and Commissions
2. Consideration of tentative approval of the request of Robert B. Aikens & Associates, LLC and Robertson Brothers Homes, for Sakura Novi, JZ19-31, with Zoning Map Amendment 18.732, to rezone property from Office Service (OS-1), Office Service Commercial (OSC), and Light Industrial (I-1) to Town Center-1 (TC-1), subject to a Planned Rezoning Overlay (PRO) Agreement, and corresponding PRO Concept Plan. The property is located north of Grand River Avenue, south of Eleven Mile Road, and east of Town Center Drive in Section 23, and totals approximately 16 acres. The applicant is proposing to develop the property as an Asian-themed mixed-use development.
3. Consideration of approval and adoption of:
(A) Resolution of Understanding authorizing the Oakland County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority (OCBRA) to undertake review of a Brownfield Plan proposal for the Sakura Novi Development, located on the north side of Grand River Avenue near Town Center Drive, and to collect various fees in connection with the proposal;
(B) Resolution Concurring in the provisions of a Brownfield Plan submitted to the OCBRA utilizing tax increment financing for a period of approximately six years, ending no later than 2027.
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 February 24, 2020 - Regular Meeting
B. Enter executive session immediately following the regular meeting of March 2, 2020 in the Council Annex for the purpose of discussing privileged correspondence from legal counsel.
C. Approval of (1) Traffic Control Order 20-01 for the implementation of a 25 MPH school speed limit on Wixom Road from 1,000 feet south of Eleven Mile to 1,000 feet north of the northern property line of the Novi Community Schools District parcel on school days only during the periods of 7:15 AM to 9:15 AM and 2:30 PM to 4:15 PM and, (2) Traffic Control Order 20-02 for the implementation of a 25 MPH school speed limit on Eleven Mile Road from Wixom Road to 1,000 feet east of the eastern property line of the Novi Community Schools District parcel on school days only during the periods of 7:15 AM to 9:15 AM and 2:30 PM to 4:15 PM.
D. Approval of a Warranty Deed to dedicate 60 feet of half-width right-of-way along the east side of Wixom Road as part of the Villas at Stonebrook residential development (parcel 50-22-17-301-085).
E. Approval of the final payment to Highway Maintenance and Construction Company for the 2018-2019 Chip Seal Program in the amount of $78,784.51, plus interest earned on retainage.
F. Approval to apply for the 2019 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) to replace 12 Fire Department Automatic External Defibrillators (AED’s) and accessories through a regional AFG grant with Dearborn Height Fire Department with an estimated 10% city match of $1,734.
G. Approval to purchase one 2019 Dodge Grand Caravan retrofitted to be ADA compliant for Older Adult Services from Galeana’s Van Dyke Dodge through the MiDeal Cooperative Purchasing Contract, in the amount of $44,270.
H. Approval of Claims and Warrants – Warrant No. 1055.
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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