Aug 08, 2022

CITY COUNCIL AGENDA 
CITY OF NOVI 
Regular City Council Meeting  
 August 08, 2022 | 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  Casey, Crawford, Fischer, Smith, Thomas 

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. Final approval at the request of Toll Brothers, LLC of Parc Vista (fka Covington Estates), JSP21-47, Residential Unit Development (RUD) Plan and Agreement. The subject property is located on 54.3 acres in Section 31, north of Eight Mile Road and west of Garfield Road in the RA, Residential Acreage District. The applicant is proposing a 44-unit single-family development.
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2. Approval of (1) the request of Sakura Novi Land Development LLC for JSP 22-09 Sakura Novi for Preliminary Site Plan with Site Condominium, Phasing Plan, Wetland Permit, Woodland Permit, and Storm Water Management Plan, and (2) First Addendum to the PRO Agreement. The subject property is zoned TC-1 with a Planned Rezoning Overlay (PRO), which conditions development to the terms of a PRO Plan and Agreement.  The site is approximately 15 acres in size and is located north of Grand River Avenue, south of Eleven Mile Road, and east of Town Center Drive (Section 23). The applicant is proposing to develop a mixed-use development including commercial retail, office, and restaurant uses, and multifamily residential units.
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3. Consideration of tentative approval of the request of Granger Construction, LLC, for Michigan CAT Catherine Drive Access Parcel, JZ21-22, with Zoning Map Amendment 18.734, to rezone property from Light Industrial (I-1) to General Industrial (I-2), subject to a Planned Rezoning Overlay (PRO) Agreement, and corresponding PRO Concept Plan.  The property is located east of Novi Road and north of Catherine Industrial Drive in Section 23, and totals approximately 5.29 acres.  The applicant is proposing to use the site for outdoor storage of construction equipment related to Michigan CAT’s shore and pump operation.
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4. Consideration of approval to award the construction contract to Springline Excavating, LLC, the low bidder, for the Twelve Mile Road Paving, Medina Boulevard to City Limits project, in the amount of $1,434,189.12 and amend the budget.
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5. Approval of a resolution to create a Fountain Walk Social District at the Twelve Mile Crossing at Fountain Walk retail center.
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CONSENT AGENDA REMOVALS FOR COUNCIL ACTION – Consent Agenda items which have been removed for discussion and/or action.
 
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 

COMMUNICATIONS 

CONSENT AGENDA – Background information for Consent Agenda items is available for review at the City Clerk’s Office.   
A. Approve Minutes of:
 July 25, 2022 - Regular Meeting
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B. Approval of a Street Light Purchase Agreement with Detroit Edison Company for the installation and ongoing operation cost of eight (8) standard street lights at the intersection of Taft Road and 9 Mile Road.
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C. Approval of the request from Amar Saraiya at 2245 Old Novi Road (parcel no. 50- 22-11-105-012) for a variance from the Design and Construction Standards in Section 11-256 (b) to dismiss the sidewalk requirement along Old Novi Road, and pay into the City Sidewalk Fund.
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D. Approval of Resolution to Opt-Out of provisions set forth by Public Act 152 of 2011.
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E. Enter Executive Session immediately following the regular meeting of August 8, 2022 in the Council Annex to consider confidential written communication from the City Attorney.
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F. Approval of claims and warrants – Warrant 1113
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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.