CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
CITY OF NOVI
Regular City Council Meeting
August 11, 2025 | 7:00 PM
Council Chambers | Novi Civic Center | 45175 Ten Mile Road
(248) 347-0460


CALL TO ORDER

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

ROLL CALL – Mayor Fischer, Mayor Pro Tem Casey, Council Members Gurumurthy, Heintz, Smith, Staudt, Thomas

APPROVAL OF AGENDA

PUBLIC HEARINGS

PRESENTATIONS

Fourth Quarter (Q4) Council Goals Update
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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 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 two Resolutions authorizing the conversion of Existing County Drain Facilities in Novi to a new Drain district; the Rouge Valley Sanitary Inter-County Drain
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  2. Consideration of a cost participation agreement with the Road Commission of Oakland County (RCOC) for the rehabilitation construction costs for Novi Road from Eight Mile Road to Nine Mile Road, in the amount of $ 111,667
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  3. Approve to purchase a shooting lane upgrade system for the Novi Firearms Training Center (FTC) from Action Target in the amount of $154,950.
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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

  1. Ordinance Review Committee - Mayor Fischer

MAYOR AND COUNCIL ISSUES

COMMUNICATIONS

CONSENT AGENDA – Background information for Consent Agenda items is available for review at the City Clerk’s Office.

  1. Approve Minutes of:
    July 28, 2025 - Regular Meeting.
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  2. Acceptance of a water main easement from the property owner of 21525 Beck Road (parcel 50-22-32-400-020) for construction of the Southwest Water Main Loop, in the amount of $9,323.16.
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  3. Approval of a Warranty Deed to dedicate 43 feet half-width right-of-way along the east side of Dixon Road for the Fountain View Professional Center located on the north side of Twelve Mile east of Dixon Road (parcel 50-22-10-400-074).
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  4. Acceptance of a Warranty Deed to dedicate 60 feet of half-width right-of-way along the north side of Grand River Avenue, and of a sidewalk easement for the Supply Line International Medical Center project (parcel 50-22-23-226-001).
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  5. Approval of a Storm Drainage Facility Maintenance Easement Agreement for the Supply Line International Medical Center project located on the north side of Grand River Avenue east of Town Center Drive (parcel 50-22-23-226-001).
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  6. Approval of a Storm Drainage Facility Maintenance Easement Agreement for CVS Distribution Center located on Gen Mar, west of Novi Road (parcel 50-22-22-276-009).
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  7. Approval of a Storm Drainage Facility Maintenance Easement Agreement for Goddard School located on the north side of Grand River Avenue east of Wixom Road (parcel 50-22-17-126-016).
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  8. Approval of a Storm Drainage Facility Maintenance Easement Agreement for the Regency Drive Unit One project located west of Haggerty Road, north of Regency Drive (parcel 50-22-24-276-014).
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  9. Approval of a Storm Drainage Facility Maintenance Easement Agreement for O’Reilly Auto Parts located on the south side of Grand River Avenue east of Novi Road (parcel 50-22-23-102-030).
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  10. Approval of Traffic Controls Order 25-02 through 25-03 for the implementation of No Parking Zones around the islands at the two intersections of Stonehenge Blvd. and N. Rockledge Blvd.
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  11. Approval of Traffic Controls Order 25-04 through 25-12 for various regulatory signs
    for Montebello Court within Montebello subdivision.
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  12. Approval of Traffic Control Order 25-13 for the implementation of a No Left Turn restriction onto Taft Road from the northern school driveway on school days only during the periods of 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM and 2:20 PM – 4:20 PM.
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  13. Resolution Approving Assignment of Commercial Rehabilitation Exemption Certificate (Sakura Novi, located at 42750 Grand River Avenue)
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  14. Approval of a Resolution to terminate the existing water main easement for the Porsche of Novi project (parcel 50-22-24-476-036).
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  15. Approval of the Ordinance Review Committee’s recommendation to refer Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment 18.306 to the Planning Commission for public hearing and recommendation back to the City Council to modify the B-3, General Business District to reclassify auto washes from Principal Permitted Uses to Special Land Uses in the B-3 District, and to add use standards to be met by new Auto Wash establishments.
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  16. Enter Executive Session immediately following the regular meeting of August 11,2025, in the Council Annex to discuss union negotiations
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  17. Approval of claims and warrants – Warrant 1185.
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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.