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Home My WebLink AboutSYNOPSIS - 2015-08-05 nd SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE 1,782 REGULAR MEETING LIVONIA CITY COUNCIL – AUGUST 5, 2015 Meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by President Brosnan. Present: Susan Nash Brandon Kritzman, John Pastor, Brian Meakin, Laura Toy, Lynda Scheel, and Maureen Miller Brosnan. Absent: None. #236-15 Resolution by Toy and Scheel, unanimously adopted, approving the MAD st FAT minutes of the 1,781 Regular Meeting of the Council held July 20, 2015. President Brosnan announced there is new data on Items 8 and 9. Pastor thanked all the voters who came out to the primary and congratulated fellow Councilmembers Meakin, Nash and Scheel, as well as Dennis Wright and the eight council candidates who made it through the primary. Nash sent congratulations out to the Livonia Junior Athletic League’s U14 Pony Team who were one game short of winning the championship World Series. th Kritzman wished Happy 13 birthday to daughter Jacqueline. President Brosnan announced there will be two (2) Public Hearings held on Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. in the Auditorium of the Livonia City Hall, 33000 Civic Center Drive, Livonia, Michigan: 1. PETITION 2015-06-01-05 submitted by Grenn & Grenn, P.C., on behalf of C & L Development Corporation, to rezone the property located on the south side of Seven Mile Road between Middlebelt Road and Maplewood Avenue (28911 - 29010 Seven Mile) (Sunset Office Building) in the Northwest 1/4 of Section 12, from OS (Office Services) to C-1 (Local Business) 2. PETITION 2015-06-01-06 submitted by Charter Real Estate, on behalf of Livonia Storage Units, to rezone the property located on the south side of Eight Mile Road between Grand River Avenue and Angling Road (28153 Eight Mile) in the Northwest 1/4 of Section 1, from C-2 (General Business) to ML (Manufacturing Limited). AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION: None. The following items were received and filed: Communication from the Superintendent of Public Service and the Director of Public Works, dated July 27, 2015, regarding the solid waste/recycling contract. (CR 57-15) nd SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE 1,782REGULAR MEETING 2 LIVONIA CITY COUNCIL – August 5, 2015 Communication from Dennis G. Cowan, Plunkett Cooney, dated July 10, 2015, regarding proposals for City of Livonia’s (5) Five Year Solid Waste Program. (CR 57-15) Communication from Lucy Lussenden, 16413 Alpine Drive, dated July 18, 2015, regarding the solid waste/recycling contract. (CR 57-15) Communication from Alan Novack, 16326 Parklane, dated July 19, 2015, regarding the solid waste/recycling contract. (CR 57-15) Communication from Joe Schepis, 557 Fairlane, dated July 20, 2015, regarding the solid waste/recycling contract. (CR 57-15) Communication from Marion Kyte, 8841 Louise, dated July 27, 2015, regarding the solid waste/recycling contract. (CR 57-15) Communication from Ric Cummings, 17911 Bell Creek Lane, dated July 27, 2015, regarding the solid waste/recycling contract. (CR 57-15) Communication from Chuck Rizzo, Rizzo Environmental Services, dated July 31, 2015, regarding the solid waste/recycling contract. (CR 57-15) Communication from Brian Conaway, Waste Management, dated August 3, 2015, regarding the solid waste/recycling contract. (CR 57-15) Communication from Rizzo Environmental Services, dated August 3, 2015, regarding the solid waste/recycling contract. (CR 57-15) Communication from the Department of Public Works, dated August 4, 2015, regarding the solid waste/recycling contract. (CR 57-15) Communication from the Department of Law, dated July 16, 2015, re: proposed amendment to Zoning Ordinance. (Pet. 2015-05-01-04) The following resolutions were offered by Toy and Scheel: #237-15 Approving the block party request of Caren Shatter, to be held on Saturday, MAD FAT September 12, 2015, from 1:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., on Sussex Street between Fitzgerald Police and Sherwood, rain date of Sunday, September 13, 2015 requested, subject to the approval of the Police Department. #238-15 Accepting the proposal of J. Michael Kirk, Neumann Smith, Galleria MAD FAT Officentre, Suite 555, Southfield, MI 48034 to provide architectural services facilitating the Greenmd move and the restoration of the Perrinville One-Room Schoolhouse for an amount not to ComRes exceed $37,300.00, plus any reimbursable costs; FURTHER, authorizing an expenditure in the amount of $37,300.00 from funds budgeted for this purpose; FURTHER, nd SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE 1,782REGULAR MEETING 3 LIVONIA CITY COUNCIL – August 5, 2015 authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a contract for and on behalf of the City of Livonia with J. Michael Kirk, Neumann Smith, subject to the approval as to form and substance by the City Attorney, and to do all things necessary or incidental to the full performance of this resolution. (CR 07-15) #239-15 Accepting the bid of Ductz of S.E. Michigan, Dean Boomer, 36955 Amrhein MAD FAT Rd., Livonia, MI 48150, for duct cleaning at the Livonia Community Recreation Center, in P&R the total amount of $44,900.00, the same having been in fact the lowest bid received and meets all specifications; FURTHER, authorizing an expenditure in an amount not to exceed $44,900.00 from funds budgeted for this purpose; and the Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized to execute a contract for and on behalf of the City of Livonia with Ductz of S.E. Michigan. #240-15 Authorizing the purchase of three (3) 2015 Ford Escape SUV’s as MAD FAT replacement vehicles for the Inspection Department for a net price of $51,197.00, based Insp on a total price of $71,397.00, less trade-in of three (3) vehicles in the amount of $20,200.00, from Gorno Ford, 22025 Allen Road, Woodhaven, MI 48138; FURTHER, authorizing an expenditure in an amount not to exceed $51,197.00 from funds budgeted for this purpose, as well as the trade-in of the three (3) existing vehicles for a credit of $20,200.00; FURTHER, the Director of Inspection is hereby authorized to approve minor adjustments as it becomes necessary. #241-15 Approving Petition 2015-05-SN-02 submitted by Harmon Sign, on behalf of MAD FAT Key Plastics, for the four-story office building (Victor Park West), located at 19575 Victor Insp Parkway, subject to conditions. MAD #242-15 Approving Petition 2015-05-08-06 submitted by L+A Architects, Inc., on FAT behalf of McDonald’s Corporation, requesting approval to remodel the exterior of the Eng existing restaurant located at 38015 Ann Arbor Road, subject to conditions. Insp Plan #243-15 Accepting the bid of United Resource, L.L.C., 32940 Capitol Street, Livonia, MAD MI 48150, for the televising of approximately 410,000 lineal feet of sanitary sewer video FAT inspection throughout the City (Contract 15-L) in connection with the Saw Grant Project Eng No. 1441-01, for a total amount not to exceed $976,107.66; FURTHER, authorizing an appropriation and expenditure in an amount not to exceed $976,107.66 from funds budgeted for this purpose; FURTHER, the foregoing amounts are subject to final payments based upon the actual units completed and the City Engineer is hereby authorized to approve minor adjustments in the work as it becomes necessary. A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing resolutions: AYES: Nash, Kritzman, Pastor, Meakin, Toy, Scheel, and Brosnan. NAYS: None. nd SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE 1,782REGULAR MEETING 4 LIVONIA CITY COUNCIL – August 5, 2015 #244-15 Resolution by Meakin and Pastor, determining that the matter of the solid MAD FAT waste/recycling services contract for the period December 1, 2015 through November 30, Insp 2020 shall remain in the Capital Improvement, Natural Resources and Waste Management Committee. (CR 57-15) A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing resolution: AYES: Nash, Kritzman, Pastor, Toy, and Meakin. NAYS: Scheel and Brosnan. Pastor gave FIRST READING to the following Ordinance: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 9 OF THE ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF LIVONIA AND AMENDING ARTICLE Ill OF ORDINANCE NO. 543, AS AMENDED, KNOWN AND CITED AS "THE CITY OF LIVONIA ZONING ORDINANCE" BY ADDING SECTION 3.___ THERETO. (PET. 2015-05-01-04) #245-15 Resolution by Pastor and Scheel, approving Petition 2015-05-SN-01, MAD FAT submitted by Target Corporation in connection with a request for additional signage for Eng the Target store located at 20100 Haggerty Road, subject to conditions. Insp Plan A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing resolution: AYES: Nash, Kritzman, Pastor, Toy, Scheel, and Brosnan. NAYS: Meakin. #246-15 Resolution by Meakin and Pastor, unanimously adopted, approving an MAD FAT Agreement to Assign Wholesale Customer Water Service Contract between the City of Eng Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD), the Great Lakes Water Authority Insp (GLWA), and the City of Livonia; FURTHER, a certified copy of this Resolution and the executed Agreement to Assign Wholesale Customer Water Service Contract shall be returned to the City of Detroit Water and Sewerage Department within seven (7) days of the date of this Resolution. (CR 255-09) AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION: Phillip Nicholas, 32148 Lyndon, expressed his concerns to the Council with regard to excessive noise coming from St. Maurice’s Church this past weekend. nd By Toy and Meakin, unanimously adopted, adjourning this 1,782Regular Meeting of the Council of the City of Livonia at 8:02 p.m. on August 5, 2015. SUSAN A. HOFF 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.