CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
CITY OF NOVI
Regular City Council Meeting
December 16, 2024 | 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 

Environmental Sustainability Committee Presentation
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REPORTS

  1. Manager/ Staff
  2. Attorney

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 a temporary extension of the Transit Enhancement Service Agreement with Peoples Express (PEX) on its existing terms through June 30, 2025, maintaining subsidies for eligible residents and continuing to allow use of Civic Center facilities. 
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2. Appointments to Boards and Commissions
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3. Approval of the updated deficit elimination plan for the Capital Improvement Fund (CIP) as of June 30, 2024.
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4. Consideration of an appeal by Barima Opong-Owusu of the financial guarantee requirements associated with a Woodland Use Permit. 
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5. Consideration of tentative approval of the request by Novi-Ten Associates, for JZ23-09, to rezone approximately 34 acres of land east of Novi Road, south of Ten Mile Road from Light Industrial and Office Service to Community Business and Low-Density Multiple Family with a Planned Rezoning Overlay. 
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6. Initial review of eligibility of The Grove, to rezone property at the southeast corner of Twelve Mile Road and Meadowbrook Road  to High-Density Multiple Family with a Planned Rezoning Overlay. 
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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. Public Utilities & Technology Committee

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:
December 2, 2024 - Regular Meeting
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B. Approval of a three-year contract, with the option of two one-year renewals, between the City of Novi and Shifman Fournier Attorneys at Law to provide legal services for Labor and Employment Law. 
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C. Approval of Resolution to adopt the City of Novi Emergency Action Guidelines (EAG) in support to the Oakland County Emergency Operations Plan.
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D. Approval of the final payment to Toebe Construction, LLC., for the Crescent Boulevard (NW Ring Road)/Industrial Spur and Bond Street – Phase 2 (SW Ring Road) Construction projects. 
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E. Approval of the final payment to True North Asphalt for the Lakeshore Park Parking Lot Expansion project.
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F. Approval to award a contract to Eganix, Inc., to conduct a pilot FOG (Fats, Oils and Grease) Prevention Program.
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G. Approval of claims and warrants – Warrant 1170
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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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