CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
CITY OF NOVI
Regular City Council Meeting
February 24, 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 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
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  2. Approval of a Resolution to set public hearing to consider vacation a portion of Gen Mar Drive north of Ten Mile Road and west of Novi Road.
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  3. Beck Road Discussion
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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. Long-Range Strategic Planning Committee - Mayor Pro Tem Casey
  2. Public Utilities & Technology Committee - Councilmember Thomas
  3. Mobility Committee - Councilmember Smith

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:
February 10, 2025 - Regular Meeting
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B.    Acceptance of a Conservation Easement associated with PWD 24-0016 Primrose Daycare and Swim School, for property in Section 27, located west of Novi Road, and south of Ten Mile Road.
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C.    Approval of a Storm Drainage Facility Maintenance Easement Agreement for the Catholic Central High School Connector Road project located on the south side of Twelve Mile Road and west of Wixom Road (parcels 50-22-18- 200-026 and 50-22-18-200-027).
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D.    Approval of a Warranty Deed to dedicate 43 feet of half-width right-of-way along the south side of Twelve Mile Road and acceptance of a sidewalk easement from Catholic Central High School as part of the Connector Road project (parcel 50-22-18-200-026 and 50-22-18-200-027).
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E.    Approval of a Storm Drainage Facility Maintenance Easement Agreement for Extra Space Self-Storage located on the east side of Novi Road between 8 and 9 Mile Road (parcel 50-22-35-101-016).
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F.    Approval to award services to ICC-IMS through the TXShare cooperative purchasing program, in the amount of $68,097 to perform a sidewalk condition survey of the City’s sidewalks.
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G.    Acceptance of a Warranty Deed to dedicate an additional 60 feet of right-of- way along the south side of Nine Mile Road as part of the SPARC Arena development (parcel 50-22-35-127-015).
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H.    Approval of Traffic Control Order 25-01 for the implementation of a 25 MPH school speed limit on Taft Road from Eleven Mile to Emerald Forest Drive on school days only during the peak student drop-off and pick-up times.
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I.    Approval of claims and warrants – Warrant 1174
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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.