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Home My WebLink AboutSYNOPSIS - 2015-03-02 nd SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE 1,772 REGULAR MEETING LIVONIA CITY COUNCIL – MARCH 2, 2015 Meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by President Brosnan. Present: John Pastor, Brian Meakin, Laura Toy, Lynda Scheel, Susan Nash, Brandon Kritzman, and Maureen Miller Brosnan. Absent: None. MAD #44-15 Resolution by Toy and Scheel, unanimously adopted, approving the FAT st minutes of the 1,771 Regular Meeting of the Council held February 18, 2015. th Toy sent Norma Moser, formerly of Coventry Gardens, Happy 90 Birthday greetings. Kritzman thanked everyone for their thoughts and prayers concerning the death of his stepfather, Mark Steven Kohlmeyer. President Brosnan sent congratulations to Mary Alice Fedendall, who was named Queen of the Court of St. Bridget, and who will be marching in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade, along with Brosnan’s daughter Marie, who is on the court of the United Irish Society. Both girls will be proudly representing their City of Livonia in this year’s parade. Toy introduced the Livonia Middle School Pom Team Members and Council presented each one with a certificate acknowledging their achievement in becoming the 2015 State Champs at the Mid-American Pom State Competition that was held on February 8, 2015 at the Breslin Center at Michigan State University. President Brosnan praised the group’s team spirit as well as the strong parental involvement that was instrumental in their success. President Brosnan announced there is new data on Items 3, 8, 9. 10 and 12. AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION: Christopher Martin spoke about the Schostak project at the old Home Depot location on Inkster as well as other redevelopment in that area and indicated he was planning on doing improvements on his property as well in the spring. The following items were received and filed: Communication from the Department of Parks and Recreation, dated February 6, 2015, re: green fees increase for Fox Creek, Idyl Wyld, and Whispering Willows Golf Courses, effective with the opening of 2015 season. Communication (revised) from the Department of Parks and Recreation, dated February 6, 2015, re: green fees increase for Fox Creek, Idyl Wyld, and Whispering Willows Golf Courses, effective with the opening of 2015 season. nd SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE 1,772 REGULAR MEETING 2 LIVONIA CITY COUNCIL – March 2, 2015 Communication from the Office of the City Engineer, dated February 23, 2015, re: additional information regarding the LED Retrofit of Mercury Vapor Street Lights on Five Mile Road from Farmington Road to East of I-275 at Adams Avenue and from Hubbard Road to Merriman Road. Communication from the Office of the City Engineer, dated February 24, 2015, re: rehabilitation and reconstruction work along Levan Road from Schoolcraft Road to Five Mile Road, along with the reconstruction work along Levan Road from Five Mile Road northerly approximately 300 feet; and all together with necessary related work. Communication from the Office of the City Engineer, dated February 25, 2015, re: 2015 Concrete Road Repair Program, request to extend Contract 14-C for 2015 Road Repairs. Communication from Richard & Joanne Wassermann, dated February 24, 2015, re: request for a contract extension between the City of Livonia and Waste Management. (CRS 279-10 & 350-10) Communication from Rizzo Environmental Services, dated February 16, 2015, re: request for a contract extension between the City of Livonia and Waste Management. (CRS 279- 10 & 350-10) Communication from Rizzo Environmental Services, dated February 18, 2015, re: request for a contract extension between the City of Livonia and Waste Management. (CRS 279- 10 & 350-10) Communication from Rizzo Environmental Services, dated February 24, 2015, re: request for a contract extension between the City of Livonia and Waste Management. (CRS 279- 10 & 350-10) Communication from Alex Bishop, Director of Inspection, dated February 28, 2015, re: request for a contract extension between the City of Livonia and Waste Management. (CRS 279-10 & 350-10) Communication from Allan Frisk, dated February 22, 2015, re: request for a contract extension between the City of Livonia and Waste Management. (CRS 279-10 & 350-10) Communication from Michael Shesterkin from the Greenleaf Committee on Sustainability, dated February 26, 2015, re: request for a contract extension between the City of Livonia and Waste Management. (CRS 279-10 & 350-10) The following resolutions were offered by Toy and Kritzman: nd SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE 1,772 REGULAR MEETING 3 LIVONIA CITY COUNCIL – March 2, 2015 MAD #45-15 Waiving the City’s Noise Ordinance and granting the request of Frank Grisa, FAT O’Malley’s Bar & Grill, to allow their St. Patrick’s Day Celebration on Tuesday, March 17, Poilce 2015 from 7:00 a.m. until midnight at 15231 Farmington Rd. MAD #46-15 Approving the increase in senior cart fees for Fox Creek, Idyl Wyld, and FAT Whispering Willows Golf Courses for senior citizens to $6.00 for 9-holes of golf and P&R $10.00 for 18-holes of golf, effective with the opening of the 2015 season. MAD #47-15 Approving the increase in greens fees for Fox Creek, Idyl Wyld, and FAT Whispering Willows Golf Courses, effective with the opening of the 2015 season. P&R #48-15 Authorizing the purchase of a refurbished golf course irrigation pump station MAD FAT at Whispering Willows Golf Course, from Pro Pump & Controls, 27962 East Broadway, P&R Moline, OH 43465, in the amount of $54,500.00; FURTHER, authorizing the expenditure of a sum not to exceed $54,500.00 from budgeted funds available for this purpose. #49-15 Authorizing the purchase of one (1) Zoll X-Series Bi-Phasic Cardiac MAD FAT Monitor/Defibrillator for the Fire Department for a net price of $25,312.98, based on a total Fire price of $32,249.63, including certain accessories, less trade-in of $6,936.65, from Zoll Medical Corporation, 269 Mill Road, Chelmsford, MA 01824; FURTHER, authorizing an expenditure in an amount not to exceed $25,312.98 from funds already budgeted, as well as the trade-in of the existing cardiac monitor/defibrillator for a credit of $6,936.65. #50-15 Authorizing the purchase of (3) 2015 Chevrolet Equinox AWD vehicles from MAD th FAT Berger Chevrolet, Inc., 2525 28 Street S.E., Grand Rapids, MI 49512 to be utilized by Fire the Fire Inspectors/Investigators for a total amount not to exceed $70,995.00, from funds already budgeted for this purpose; FURTHER, authorizing the disposal of three (3) surplus City-owned vehicles at public auction after receipt of the new vehicles. #51-15 Approving the purchase of one (1) Pierce Arrow XT Fire Engine Pumper MAD FAT from Halt Fire, Inc., 50169 W. Pontiac Trail, Unit 5, Wixom, MI 48393, to replace a 2003 Fire American LaFrance Eagle Pumper; FURTHER, authorizing an expenditure in an amount not to exceed $470,116.00 from funds budgeted for this purpose. (CRS 353-13 & 03-14) #52-15 Accepting a grant from Detroit Edison Company (DTE) in the amount of MAD FAT $11,872.00; FURTHER, authorizing an additional expenditure in an amount not to exceed Eng $91,865.00 from the Unexpended Fund balance of the Capital Projects Fund (401) for Contribution-in-aid Construction to be paid to the Detroit Edison Company, Community Lighting Group, 8001 Haggerty Road, Belleville, MI 48111, and included with the agreement with DTE, with the understanding that the Energy Optimization (EO) Rebate in the amount of $20,727.00 will be reimbursed to the City upon completion of the work; FURTHER, authorizing the use of these grant funds and City funds to retrofit 229 Mercury Vapor Streetlights to LED, estimated to produce an energy cost savings of $52,445.64 annually, and the City Engineer is authorized to approve minor adjustments in the work as required. nd SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE 1,772 REGULAR MEETING 4 LIVONIA CITY COUNCIL – March 2, 2015 #53-15 Referring the question of the cost of total street light replacement with MAD FAT LED’s to the Infrastructure and Community Transit Committee for its report and Eng recommendation. #54-15 Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk for and on behalf of the City of Livonia, MAD FAT to execute an agreement between the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) Eng and City of Livonia for rehabilitation and reconstruction work along Levan Road from Schoolcraft Road to approximately 300 feet north of Five Mile Road; FURTHER, authorizing the expenditure of the sum of $464,000.00 from funds budgeted for this purpose for the City’s estimated share of this project (28.8% of the total estimated cost of $1,610,900.00 for this project). #55-15 Authorizing extending Contract 14-C with Hard Rock Concrete, Inc., 38146 MAD FAT Abruzzi Drive, Westland, MI 48185 to cover all work required in connection with the 2015 Eng Concrete Road Repair Program, for the estimated total cost of $2,560,000.00, based on the bid unit prices from 2014, Contract 14-C, with the exception of revised unit prices for bid items 15, 16, 17, and 75 (aggregate base for 10, 8 and 6-inch, modified) and bid items 34, 35 and 85 (7 and 9-inch non-reinforced concrete pavement with integral curb), revised mobilizations costs of $25,000.00 and agreed upon Inspector Days, said amount to be adjusted based upon the quantities of work actually completed; FURTHER, the Council does hereby authorize an expenditure in the amount of $2,560,000.00 from funds already budgeted for this purpose FURTHER, the City Engineer is hereby authorized to approve minor adjustments in the work as required. (CR 90-14 & CR 369-14) #56-15 Approving the site plan for Petition 2015-01-08-01, submitted by John MAD FAT Verdouniotis, in connection with a proposal to remodel the exterior of the restaurant Insp (Mama Mia), located at 27770 Plymouth Road, subject to conditions. Plan Eng A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing resolutions: AYES: Pastor, Meakin, Toy, Scheel, Nash, Kritzman, and Brosnan. NAYS: None. MAD #57-15 Resolution by Toy and Nash, unanimously adopted, referring the matter of FAT a request for a contract extension between the City of Livonia and Waste Management to the Capital Improvement, Natural Resources and Waste Management Committee for its report and recommendation. (CR 279-10 & CR 350-10) #58-15 Resolution by Kritzman and Toy, unanimously adopted, accepting cash MAD FAT and gifts donations from various contributors to be used for the purposes as designated ComRes by the donors. #59-15 Resolution by Scheel and Kritzman, unanimously adopted, accepting cash MAD FAT and gifts donations from various contributors to pay for the Nehasil Park construction and P&R the remainder for ongoing park maintenance. nd SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE 1,772 REGULAR MEETING 5 LIVONIA CITY COUNCIL – March 2, 2015 AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION: None. nd By Toy and Scheel, unanimously adopted, adjourning this 1,772Regular Meeting of the Council of the City of Livonia at 7:45p.m. on March 2, 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.