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Home My WebLink AboutAGENDA - 2011-12-14 - REGULAR AGENDA th 1,695 Regular Meeting of the Council of the City of Livonia Wednesday, December 14, 2011 8:00 p.m. - City Hall Auditorium 33000 Civic Center Drive Livonia, Michigan CALL TO ORDER: INVOCATION: ROLL CALL: PRESENTATION OF MINUTES: AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION REPORTS FROM THE MAYOR AND OTHER CITY OFFICIALS Communication from the Department of Finance, dated November 21, 2011, re: forwarding various financial statements of the City of Livonia for the month ending October 31, 2011. CONSENT AGENDA 1. REAPPOINTMENT OF MARGARET GRAY AS A REPUBLICAN MEMBER OF THE LIVONIA BOARD OF CANVASSERS: Office of the City Clerk, re: for reappointment for another four-year term, which will expire on December 31, 2015. 2. REAPPOINTMENT OF DAVID SUDEK AS A DEMOCRATIC MEMBER OF THE LIVONIA BOARD OF CANVASSERS: Office of the City Clerk, re: for reappointment for another four-year term, which will expire on December 31, 2015. 3. TAX RATE FOR THE SCHOOLCRAFT COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT FOR THE YEAR 2011: Office of the City Clerk, re: forwarding a communication from Glenn Cerny, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, setting forth the rate of tax to be levied and requesting that it be collected as a summer tax. 4. TAX RATE FOR THE OAKLAND SCHOOLS DISTRICT FOR THE YEAR 2011: Office of the City Clerk, re: forwarding a communication from John Fitzgerald, Director of Financial Services, requesting the City levy their millage for Special Education, Vocational Education and General Education as a summer tax. 5. TAX RATE FOR THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, STATE EDUCATION TAX FOR THE YEAR 2011: Office of the City Clerk, re: forwarding a communication from Andy Dillon, State Treasurer, requesting the City levy their millage of the State Education Tax as a summer tax. 6. NOTIFICATION TO INCLUDE WAYNE COUNTY ZOOLOGICAL AUTHORITY MILLAGE IN 2011 WINTER TAX LEVY: Office of the City Clerk, re: as forwarded by the Wayne County Zoological Authority. Agenda for the Regular Meeting of December 14, 2011 2 CONSENT AGENDA 7. BREAKDOWN OF WAYNE COUNTY SUMMER TAX RATES FOR 2011: Office of the City Clerk, re: forwarding a communication from Michael Racklyeft, Deputy Director, Assessment and Equalization Division, Wayne County. 8. NOTIFICATION TO INCLUDE HURON-CLINTON METROPOLITAN AUTHORITY MILLAGE IN 2011 WINTER TAX LEVY: Office of the City Clerk, re: forwarding a communication from David L. Wahl, Controller, requesting the City levy their millage as a winter tax. 9. CITY OF LIVONIA AFSCME UNION LOCAL 1917 CONTRACT AGREEMENT FOR THE PERIOD DECEMBER 1, 2010 THROUGH NOVEMBER 30, 2013: Civil Service Department, re: recommending approval of same. 10. REQUEST TO ACCEPT A U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT (JAG) IN CONJUNCTION WITH WAYNE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY: Division of Police, re: to purchase law enforcement equipment, no matching funds are required. 11. AWARD OF CONTRACT: Public Service Division, re: for sewer line chemical root control services from budgeted funds. 12. AWARD OF CONTRACT, AUTHORIZE ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION AND EXPENDITURE AND REQUEST TO WAIVE FORMAL BIDDING PROCESS: Public Service Division, re: for sanitary sewer system maintenance in an amount not to exceed $350,000.00 annually from budgeted funds using recently bid sanitary sewer system maintenance contract placed on MITA (Michigan Infrastructure Transportation Association). 13. REQUEST TO AMEND AGREEMENT WITH ORCHARD, HILTZ & MCCLIMENT; AND REQUEST TO APPROVE ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURE: Engineering Division, re: for the Newburgh Road Reconstruction Project to include pedestrian signals and ADA ramp upgrades for Newburgh Road at Churchill High School with an additional expenditure of $8,000.00 from budgeted funds. (CR #110-11) 14. REQUEST TO DESIGNATE CONSULTANT, THROUGH THE QUALIFICATION- BASED SELECTION (QBS) PROCESS, TO PROVIDE CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE CHURCHILL HIGH SCHOOL PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC SIGNAL REPLACEMENT PROJECT; AND REQUEST TO AUTHORIZE EXPENDITURE: Engineering Division, re: with a cost not to exceed $7,602.86 from budgeted funds. 15. REQUEST TO AWARD CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE NEWBURGH ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, FIVE MILE ROAD TO LAUREL PARK DRIVE NORTH; REQUEST TO AUTHORIZE EXPENDITURE; AND REQUEST APPROVAL OF THIRD-PARTY AGREEMENT WITH MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: Engineering Division, re: in the amount of $531,876.88 from budgeted funds. (CR #110-11) Agenda for the Regular Meeting of December 14, 2011 3 CONSENT AGENDA 16. SITE PLAN PETITION: Planning Commission, re: Petition 2011-10-08-12 submitted by Masri Orthodontics in connection with a proposal to demolish an existing building and construct a new medical office building, located on the east side of Levan Road between Lyndon Avenue and Five Mile Road (15230 Levan Road) in the Northeast ¼ of Section 20. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 17. PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ZONING ORDINANCE 543, AS AMENDED: Department of Law, re: Petition 2011-07-01-03 submitted by Kucyk, Soave and Fernandes, P.L.L.C. requesting to rezone property located on the west side of Henry Ruff Road between Schoolcraft Road and Lyndon Avenue (14341 Henry Ruff), in the Southwest ¼ of Section 23 from RUF to R-3 (Rural Urban Farm – ½ Acre Lot to One Family Residential – 80’ x 120” Lots) 18. PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE LIVONIA CODE OF ORDINANCES, AS AMENDED: Department of Law, re: to update various sections of Title 15, Chapter 32 (Property Maintenance Code) to comply with the International Code Council (ICC) International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC) 2012 Edition. 19. PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ZONING ORDINANCE 543, AS AMENDED: Planning Commission, re: Petition 2011-10-06-01 submitted by the City Planning Commission, pursuant to Section 23.01(a) of the Livonia Zoning Ordinance No. 543, as amended, proposing to amend Subsection (a) of Section 26.04 (Permitted Uses) of Article XXVI of the Zoning Ordinance to waive the minimum three (3) story building height requirement in PO, High Rise Professional Office Districts. Public Hearing held on December 5, 2011. 20. ROLL CALL: Proposed Amendment to the Livonia Code of Ordinances, as amended: Department of Law, re: to Sections 020 and 030 of Title 15, Chapter 16 (Fire Prevention Code) to update our ordinance to reflect changes made in State Law. (First Reading given by Councilmember Laura Toy) NEW BUSINESS AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION DATED: December 6, 2011 TERRY A. MARECKI, CITY CLERK In accordance with Title II of the American with Disabilities Act as it pertains to access to Public Meetings, the City Clerk’s Office of the City of Livonia, upon adequate notice, will make reasonable accommodations for persons with special needs. Please call (734) 466-2224 if you need assistance. Council agendas are available on the City’s website – www.ci.livonia.mi.us - under Government, City Council, Agendas.