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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSYNOPSIS - 2013-07-01 nd SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE 1,732 REGULAR MEETING LIVONIA CITY COUNCIL – JULY 1, 2013 Meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. Present: James McCann, Joe Laura, John Pastor, Maureen Miller Brosnan, Brandon Kritzman, and Laura Toy. Absent: Thomas Robinson. st MAD #211-13 Resolution by Pastor and Brosnan, approving the minutes of the 1,731 FAT Regular Meeting of the Council held June 17, 2013. A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing resolution: AYES: McCann, Pastor, Brosnan, Kritzman, and Toy. NAYS: None. PRESENT: Laura. President Toy passed the gavel at 7:03 p.m. to Vice-President Pastor to speak on the following. President Toy read a statement on civility and expressed her thoughts on the subject. President Toy resumed the gavel at 7:06 p.m. Laura congratulated the Spree Committee and volunteers on a wonderful Spree. President Toy announced a presentation on Human Trafficking was held at the Library. Mayor Kirksey and City Clerk Terry Marecki attended the presentation. She thanked the Library, the Human Relations Commission, Sandy Teeter and Dawn Borregard for their assistance. President Toy announced two (2) Public Hearings to be held Tuesday, July 16, 2013, at 7:00 p.m., in the Auditorium of Livonia City Hall, 33000 Civic Center Drive, Livonia, MI for the following items: Petition 2013-04-01-02 submitted by Jeri Dorr, to rezone the property at 29150 Five Mile Road (Wright’s Hardware), located on the north side of Five Mile Road between Middlebelt Road and Harrison Avenue in the Southwest ¼ of Section 13, from RUF (Rural Urban Farm) to C-2 (General Business). Michael C. Beaubien, President, MKOS Real Estate LLC is requesting approval of a Commercial Rehabilitation Exemption Certificate for the expansion and rehabilitation of the property located at 36622 Five Mile Road, Livonia, MI 48154. (Commercial Rehabilitation District #1) nd SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE 1,732 REGULAR MEETING 2 LIVONIA CITY COUNCIL – July 1, 2013 President Toy announced there is new data on Items #16, #18 and #X-1; also, the X- item that was to be discussed tonight has been withdrawn. AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION: Mary Nye, 35946 Summers, wanted to comment on the water rates. President Toy asked her to wait until the item was called and explained that audience communication is for items that do not appear on the Agenda. The following items were received and filed: Communication from the Department of Finance, dated May 20, 2013, re: forwarding various financial statements of the City of Livonia for the month ending April 30, 2013. Communication from the Department of Finance, dated June 12, 2013, re: forwarding the Quarterly Investment Report for the City of Livonia as of May 31, 2013. Letter from Richard Skaggs, Chairman of the Water & Sewer Board, dated June 4, 2013 regarding new Water & Sewer Consumption Rates, Industrial Surcharge Rate & Industrial Waste Control Charge effective July 1, 2013. (CR 199-10) Letter from Donald R. Rohraff, Superintendent of Public Service-Environment and Utilities, dated May 29, 2013 regarding an overview of the current rate structure, review of the Water & Sewer Fund performance of 2012 and recommended rate adjustments for 2013. (CR 199-10) Communication from the Deputy Clerk, dated June 18, 2013, re: the salaries of elected officials for the calendar years 2014 and 2015. Communication from the Department of Law, dated June 25, 2013, re: analysis regarding the limits of the Council’s authority over compensation of elected officials. Communication from the Office of the City Council, dated July 1, 2013, re: information requested by Councilmember Brosnan at the Regular Council meeting June 17, 2013. Communication from the Office of the City Clerk, dated June 7, 2013, re: determination of the Local Officers Compensation Commission for the salaries of elected officials as adopted at the meeting held by the Local Officers Compensation Commission on June 4, 2013, for the calendar years of 2014 and 2015. Communication from the Department of Law, dated June 27, 2013, re: proposed Amendment to the Zoning Ordinance for change of zoning of property located on the west side of Middlebelt Road between CSX railroad right-of-way and Schoolcraft Road (11301 Middlebelt), as submitted by TSFR Apple Venture, LLC. (Pet. 2013-04-01-01) The following resolutions were offered by Pastor and Kritzman: nd SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE 1,732 REGULAR MEETING 3 LIVONIA CITY COUNCIL – July 1, 2013 MAD #212-13 Approving the request of Karen Gray, 37718 Sunnydale, to hold a block FAT party and close Sunnydale and Huff within the cul-de-sac on Saturday, July 20, 2013 Police from 3:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., subject to the approval of the Police Department. #213-13 Approving the request of Michael Kinney, 37629 Howell, to hold a block MAD FAT party and close Howell St. between Blue Skies and Richfield on Saturday, August 31, Police 2013 from 12:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., with a rain date of Sunday, September 1, 2013, subject to the approval of the Police Department. MAD #214-13 Referring Petition 2013-05-03-01, submitted by Farmington Property LLC, FAT dated May 28, 2013, requesting to vacate a twelve (12) foot easement for public utilities Insp that runs parallel to Levan Road, crossing lots 1 through 6 of Broadmoor Acres Planning Eng Subdivision and parallel to Amrhein Road across lot 7 in the Southwest 1/4 of Section 29, to the Planning Commission for its repot and recommendation. MAD FAT #215-13 Approving a request submitted by Sherman A. Daniels, 3015 Ord Enf Northwestern, Detroit, Michigan 48206, for a massage apprentice permit. Police MAD #216-13 Approving a request submitted by Nieta Mata, 43825 Cranford Ave., FAT Canton, Michigan 48187, for a massage therapist permit. Ord Enf Police #217-13 Designating the Observer & Eccentric Newspapers, Inc., 41304 Concept MAD Drive, Plymouth, Michigan 48170, as the official newspaper of the City of Livonia for the FAT period May 1, 2013 through May 1, 2015; FURTHER, the Council does hereby approve and authorize the publishing of legal notices in The Observer & Eccentric Newspaper for the price of $6.80 per column inch. (CR 447-06) #218-13 Authorizing the purchase of 40 in-car video systems, a wireless upload MAD solution, and an upgrade to the server to store the data from the current in-car video FAT Police vendor, ICOP, a Safety Vision Company, 6100 W. Sam Houston Parkway North, Houston, Texas 77041, in the amount of $311,293.84; FURTHER, authorizing an expenditure in an amount not to exceed $311,293.84 from funds already budgeted. #219-13 Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk, for and on behalf of the City of MAD FAT Livonia, to execute an Intergovernmental Agreement between the Michigan Department Eng of Transportation (MDOT) and the City of Livonia; FURTHER, authorizing an expenditure in an amount not to exceed $69,900.00 from funds budgeted for this purpose; FURTHER, authorizing Anderson, Eckstein and Westrick, Inc. to enter into a third party agreement with the MDOT for construction engineering services; FURTHER, authorizing an expenditure in an amount not to exceed $51,750.00 from funds budgeted to be paid to Anderson, Eckstein & Westrick, Inc., 51301 Schoenherr Road, Shelby Township, MI 48315, for the $230,000 portion provided by MDOT; FURTHER, authorizing an expenditure in an amount not to exceed $5,000.00 from funds budgeted to be paid to Northwest Consultants, Inc. (NCI), 44978 Ford Road, Suite A, Canton, MI 48187, in the event of a mitigation issue. nd SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE 1,732 REGULAR MEETING 4 LIVONIA CITY COUNCIL – July 1, 2013 MAD #220-13 Approving Petition 2013-04-08-04 submitted by ABA Investment, L.L.C. in FAT connection with a proposal to demolish and reconstruct the gas station (Mobil) located Insp at 29401 Five Mile Road subject to conditions. Planning Eng #221-13 Authorizing the Department of Law to resolve the claim for damages MAD caused by sewer backups on May 25, 2011 and December 21, 2012, on property FAT Eng located at 28521 Terrence in the amount of $29,195.00; and the Department of Law is hereby authorized to do all things necessary or incidental to the full performance of this resolution. MAD #222-13 Approving the reappointment of Sam Caramagno to the Zoning Board of FAT Appeals for a three-year term expiring on July 12, 2016. CivSvc ZBA A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing resolutions: AYES: McCann, Laura, Pastor, Brosnan, Kritzman, and Toy. NAYS: None. Brosnan gave FIRST READING to the following Ordinance: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 040 OF TITLE 13, CHAPTER 08 (WATER SERVICE RATES AND REVENUES) OF THE LIVONIA CODE OF ORDINANCES, AS AMENDED. (CR 199-10) Brosnan invoked the EMERGENCY CLAUSE and gave SECOND READING to the foregoing Ordinance: A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing Ordinance: AYES: McCann, Pastor, Brosnan, and Kritzman. NAYS: Laura and Toy. McCann gave FIRST READING to the following Ordinance: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 120 OF TITLE 13, CHAPTER 20 (LIVONIA SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM) OF THE LIVONIA CODE OF ORDINANCES, AS AMENDED. (CR 199-10) McCann invoked the EMERGENCY CLAUSE and gave SECOND READING to the foregoing Ordinance: A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing Ordinance: AYES: McCann, Pastor, Brosnan, and Kritzman. NAYS: Laura and Toy. nd SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE 1,732 REGULAR MEETING 5 LIVONIA CITY COUNCIL – July 1, 2013 McCann gave FIRST READING to the following Ordinance: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 050 OF TITLE 13, CHAPTER 28 (INDUSTRIAL WASTE SURCHARGE) OF THE LIVONIA CODE OF ORDINANCES, AS AMENDED. (CR 199-10) McCann invoked the EMERGENCY CLAUSE and gave SECOND READING to the foregoing Ordinance: A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing Ordinance: AYES: McCann, Pastor, Brosnan, and Kritzman. NAYS: Laura and Toy. MAD #223-13 Resolution by McCann and Pastor, unanimously adopted, referring the FAT subject matter of salaries and compensation of elected officials to the Legislative Affairs CivSvc Committee for its report and recommendation. Vice-President Pastor stepped down from the podium at 7:54 p.m. to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest regarding the next item. MAD #224-13 Resolution by Kritzman and McCann, approving the reappointment of FAT Craig S. Pastor to the Zoning Board of Appeals for a three-year term expiring on July CivSvc 12, 2016. ZBA A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing resolution: AYES: McCann, Kritzman, and Toy. NAYS: Laura and Brosnan. Vice-President Pastor was still stepped down from the podium at 8:01 p.m. to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest regarding the next item. McCann gave FIRST READING to the following Ordinance: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 26 OF THE ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF LIVONIA AND AMENDING ARTICLE III OF ORDINANCE NO. 543, AS AMENDED, KNOWN AND CITED AS “THE CITY OF LIVONIA ZONING ORDINANCE” BY ADDING SECTION 3._____ THERETO. (PETITION 2013-04-01-01) Vice-President Pastor returned to the podium at 8:02 p.m. MAD #225-13 Resolution by Pastor and Brosnan, unanimously adopted, accepting FAT various gifts and cash donations, in the amount of $91,565.97 from various contributors Library for use by the Livonia Public Library for purposes designated by the donors. nd SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE 1,732 REGULAR MEETING 6 LIVONIA CITY COUNCIL – July 1, 2013 MAD #226-13 Resolution by Pastor and Laura, unanimously adopted, approving request FAT of Ron Bozzi, for block party and closing Curtis between Lathers to the nature trail on Ord Enf Saturday, July 13, 2013 from 12:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., subject to the approval of the Police Police Dept. MAD #227-13 Resolution by Brosnan and Laura, unanimously adopted, referring the FAT subject of the reasons for the reduction of library hours to the Administration for its Library report and recommendation. MAD #228-13 Resolution by Brosnan and Kritzman, unanimously adopted, referring the FAT subject of appointments to the Zoning Board of Appeals by Council Members to the CivSvc Committee of the Whole for its report and recommendation. ZBA AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION: None. nd By Pastor and Laura, unanimously adopted, adjourning this 1,732 Regular Meeting of the Council of the City of Livonia at 8:12 p.m. on July 1, 2013. TERRY A. MARECKI CITY CLERK *The foregoing is a summary of the Council’s proceedings in synopsis form as authorized by CR 1158-68. The full text of the official minutes of this meeting is on file in the Office of the City Clerk and is available to the public upon request.