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COUNCIL AGENDA CALL TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL: Mayor Landry, Mayor Pro Tem Capello, Council Members Crawford, Gatt, Margolis, Mutch, Staudt APPROVAL OF AGENDA PRESENTATIONS 1. Initial concept and elements for Fuerst Park prior to the Parks,
Recreation and Forestry Commission public input meeting on October 9, 2008 -
Lori Singleton, Hamilton Anderson 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 for individual comments and the five-minute time limit for an individual speaking on behalf of a group. CONSENT AGENDA REMOVALS AND APPROVALS (See items A-O) 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 – Part I 1. Consideration of Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment 18.229, to amend Ordinance No. 97-18 as amended, the City of Novi Zoning Ordinance at Article 12, OCS, Office Service Commercial District, Subsection 1202 "Principal Uses Permitted Subject to Special Conditions" and Subsection 1203, "Required Conditions", and at Article 24, Schedule of Regulations, Subsection 2400 "Schedule limiting height, bulk, density and area by zoning district" in order to expand uses permitted subject to special conditions in a planned shopping center and to provide greater flexibility in the design of planned shopping centers in the OSC District. Second Reading( Click for this packet item 2.8MB) 2. Consideration of a request from Damon DiPonio for a
variance from Section 11-276(b) of the Design and Construction Standards,
which requires safety paths to be placed along the Nine Mile Road frontage
in accordance with the Bicycle & Pedestrian Master Plan, to eliminate the
requirement for a portion of the safety path along the applicant’s Nine Mile
Road frontage. (The subject property occupies parcel number 22-30-401-024
and is located at 49650 Nine Mile Road.) 3. Approval of award and payment to Highway Maintenance &
Construction in the amount of $111,189 for the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 Chip
Seal Maintenance Program. 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 for individual comments and the five-minute time limit for an individual speaking on behalf of a group. COMMITTEE REPORTS MAYOR AND COUNCIL ISSUES CONSENT AGENDA REMOVALS FOR COUNCIL ACTION: Consent Agenda items which have been removed for discussion and/or action. COMMUNICATIONS: CONSENT AGENDA: Background information for Consent Agenda items is available for review at the City Clerk’s Office. A. Approve Minutes of:
B. Enter Executive Session immediately following the
regular meeting of September 22, 2008 in the Council Annex for the purpose
of discussing pending litigation, labor negotiations, property acquisition
and privileged correspondence from legal counsel. C. Approval of 2009 City Council meeting schedule. D. Approval to award a contract for engineering services
for the Pavement Condition Assessment and Traffic Control Sign Inventory
project to Soils and Materials Engineers, Inc., for a not-to-exceed design
fee of $73,500. E. Approval of Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment 18.230, to
amend Ordinance No. 97-18 as amended, the City of Novi Zoning Ordinance at
Article 2, Subsection 201, "Definitions" in order to modify the definition
of Floor Area, Gross Leasable to remove the area of ancillary
basements and mezzanines limited to storage only from the gross leasable
floor area calculation and to remove unnecessary language. Second
Reading F. Approval to purchase two (2) 2009 Ford Expeditions, 4x4 EL, for the Novi Police Department Uniform Division from Signature Ford of Owosso, MI, lowest bidder, through the cooperative bid purchase program, in the amount of $56,948. ( Click for this packet item 76KB) G. Approval to award the Fall 2008 Tree Planting bid of
295 trees to Greg Davis Landscape Services, the low bidder, in the amount of
$73,590. H. Approval of the first renewal option, with McNish
Sporting Goods for youth and adult travel soccer uniforms, an annual
estimated amount of $25,200. I. Approval of Traffic Control Device Agreement with the
Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) for the reconstruction and
modernization of the existing traffic signal at Wixom Road and Ten Mile
Road. The agreement includes a 50% construction cost share by the City,
estimated to be $55,000, and a 50% maintenance cost share by the City. J. Approval of Decorative Street Sign Agreement as requested by the Barclay Estates Homeowners’ Association. ( Click for this packet item 219KB) K. Approval of Decorative Street Sign Agreement as
requested by the Cheltenham Estates Homeowners’ Association. L. Approval to award a construction contract for the
Meadowbrook Commons Detention Basin Improvement project to A&M Construction,
the lowest responsive bidder, in the amount of $53,496.00. M. Approval of Change Order No. 1 to the Meadowbrook Lake
Streambank Stabilization project contract (Restoration Dredging, Inc.,
contractor) for the purposes of implementing a tree planting plan along the
banks of the Middle Rouge River downstream of Meadowbrook Lake in the amount
of $13,975. N. Approval to award a contract for design engineering
services for the 2009 Pathway Construction project to Spalding DeDecker
Associates, Inc. for a not-to-exceed design fee of $22,000. O. Approval of Claims and Accounts – Warrant No. 777 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 for individual comments and the five-minute time limit for an individual speaking on behalf of a group. ADJOURNMENT SCHEDULED MEETINGS - All Regular Council meetings are held in the Council Chambers unless otherwise noted. September 24 – Planning Commission – Council Chambers – 7:00 p.m. October 6 – City Council – Council Chambers – 7:00 p.m. 8 – Planning Commission – Council Chambers – 7:00 p.m. 9 – Parks, Recreation and Forestry Commission – Council Chambers – 7:30 p.m. 14 – Zoning Board of Appeals – Council Chambers – 7:00 p.m. 15 – Library Board – Council Chambers – 7:00 p.m. 20 – City Council – Council Chambers – 7:00 p.m. 22 – Planning Commission – Council Chambers – 7:00 p.m. 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. We kindly request that you turn off all cellular phones and pagers while in the Council Chambers. Thank you.
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