ROLL CALL: Mayor Csordas, Mayor Pro Tem Landry, Council Members Capello, Gatt, Lorenzo, Nagy, Paul

1. Report on Streambank Stabilization Recommendations for Walled Lake Branch of the Middle Rouge River, north of Meadowbrook Lake to CSX Railroad right-of-way and south of Meadowbrook Lake to Nine Mile Road – Jennifer Chehab and Jeff Bednar – Anderson, Eckstein and Westrick, Inc.

1. SPECIAL/COMMITTEE

2. CITY MANAGER

3. DEPARTMENTAL

4. ATTORNEY

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION – In order to hear all citizen comments at a reasonable hour, the City Council requests that speakers respect the three-minute time limit for individual comments and the five-minute time limit for an individual speaking on behalf of a group.

1. Consideration of the request of Providence Hospital and Medical Center for a proposed helistop location. The subject property is located in Section 17 at the southwest corner of Grand River Avenue and Beck Road in the OSC, Office Service Commercial District.

2. Consideration of the request of Todd Rosenzweig for Zoning Map Amendment 18.656, rezoning of property in Section I, south of Fourteen Mile Road, between the M-5 connector and Novi Road, from RA, Residential Acreage to R-4, One Family Residential District. The subject property is approximately 10 acres.

3. Consideration of request of Tuscany Reserve from the Novi Investment Company for approval of the revised Residential Unit Development (RUD) Plan and Phasing Plan. The subject property is located on 77 acres on the north side of Eight Mile Road and east of Garfield Road in the Residential Acreage (RA) District.

4. Approval of request by Partha Chajravartti for a variance of: 1) Section 11-194(a)(1) and Table VIII-A requiring a minimum road width of 28 feet back to back of curb for the shared access drive (18 feet proposed) and 2) Section 4.05A of the Subdivision Ordinance requiring a sidewalk on both sides of a local street (a sidewalk on one side is proposed), relating to SP 04-42 Evergreen Estates.

5. Approval of request by Taft Knolls, LLC for: 1) a variance from Section 4.02.A.5 of the Subdivision Ordinance requiring residential lots have a reverse frontage to a thoroughfare to have a minimum depth of 140 feet (110 feet is proposed) and 2) a variance from Section 4.05.A of the Subdivision Ordinance requiring that pedestrian safety paths be constructed along both sides of all local streets (a sidewalk on one side is proposed).

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION – In order to hear all citizen comments at a reasonable hour, the City Council requests that speakers respect the three-minute time limit for individual comments and the five-minute time limit for an individual speaking on behalf of a group.

6. Approval to award a construction contract for Phase I of the Eleven Mile Road path (bicycle path on south side of Eleven Mile east of Beck to Abbey and three gaps between Abbey and Taft); Beck Road pedestrian path (east side of Beck between Eleven Mile and Sierra) and Meadowbrook Road bicycle path (west side of Meadowbrook from Orchard Hills West to Chattman Drive) to Goretski Construction Company, Inc. of Milford, MI, the lowest responsive bidder, in the amount of $112,688.

7. Consideration of the request from Claudio Rossi of Mirage Development to appeal a condition of the Woodlands permit for Orchard Hills North, SP05-05A, located south of Ten Mile Road and west of Meadowbrook Road, requiring the removal of one lot from the 12-lot subdivision.

8. Approval of Resolution to authorize Budget Amendment #2006-05.

CONSENT AGENDA REMOVALS FOR COUNCIL ACTION: Consent Agenda items which have been removed for discussion and/or action.

1. Woodland donation in lieu of payment to Tree Fund (Northern Equities’ Proposal) –
Mayor Csordas

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION – In order to hear all citizen comments at a reasonable hour, the City Council requests that speakers respect the three-minute time limit for individual comments and the five-minute time limit for an individual speaking on behalf of a group.

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

A. Approve Minutes of:

1. September 26, 2005 – Regular meeting

B. Enter Executive Session immediately following the regular meeting of October 10, 2005 in the Council Annex for the purpose of discussing pending litigation and privileged correspondence from legal counsel.

C. Approval of Sale of used vehicles.

D. Approval of acceptance of Estates of Meadowbrook street, water main and sanitary sewer and adoption of Act 51 New Street Resolution accepting Club Lane as public and adding 570 linear feet or 0.11 miles of roadway to the City’s street system.

E. Approval to set a Public Hearing on October 24, 2005 for the 2006 Community Development Block Grant Fund Program.

F. Approval to award bid for a replacement heating, ventilating and cooling system for Fire Station #1 to Supreme Heating and Supply Co., the low bidder, in the amount of $19,862.99.

G. Approval to award bid for Fire Station #1 paving project to ABC Paving, the low bidder, in the amount of $68,925.30.

H. Approval of Claims and Accounts – Warrant No. 706

SCHEDULED MEETINGS - All Regular Council meetings are held in the Council Chambers unless otherwise noted.

12 – Planning Commission – Council Chambers – 7:30 p.m.

13 – Parks, Recreation and Forestry – Council Chambers – 7:30 p.m.

19 – Library Board – Council Chambers – 7:00 p.m.

24 – City Council – Council Chambers – 7:00 p.m.

26 – Planning Commission – Council Chambers- 7:30 p.m.

1 – Zoning Board of Appeals – Council Chambers – 7:30 p.m.

9 – Planning Commission – Council Chambers – 7:30 p.m.

10 – Parks, Recreation and Forestry – Council Chambers – 7:30 p.m.

11 – City Offices Closed

14 – City Council – Council Chambers – 7:00 p.m.

16 – Library Board – Council Chambers – 7:00 p.m.

24 – City Offices Closed

25 – City Offices Closed

28 – City Council – Council Chambers – 7:00 p.m.

We kindly request that you turn off all cellular phones and pagers while in the Council Chambers. Thank you.