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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL STUDY - 2011-02-14 CITY OF LIVONIA— CITY COUNCIL MINUTES OF STUDY MEETING HELD FEBRUARY 14, 2011 Meeting was called to order at 8:00 p.m. Present: Maureen Miller Brosnan, Conrad Schwartz, John Pastor, Brian Meakin, Laura Toy, and James McCann. Absent: Joe Laura. Elected and appointed officials present: Mayor Jack Kirksey; Don Knapp, City Attorney; Mark Taormina, Director of Planning and Economic Development; Todd Zilincik, City Engineer; and Terry Marecki, City Clerk. President McCann announced there will be one (1) "X" Item at the end of the Study Meeting. Toy stated that according to an e-mail from Andrea McCleary, Livonia has made history again by becoming the first ever Middle School Team in Michigan to win a state championship title. Toy said the Livonia Pompon Team is very excited about their achievement as 2011 State Champions for the Middle School Division. Toy also recognized and congratulated her business partner of 33 years and the staff of Cardwell Florist for being voted Livonia's Best Florist. President McCann recognized City Treasurer Dennis Wright in the audience and noted he won the award for Best Politician in Livonia. McCann stated that he was the recipient of that title last year and will be fighting to get the title back next year. Mayor Kirksey said when he has his leadership meetings every month that they are held at different business locations throughout the City rather than at City Hall. This allows the Department Heads to meet several different business owners throughout the City at the same time giving the business owners an opportunity to meet the Department Heads. He said tomorrow morning they will conduct their Leadership Meeting at Orchard, Hiltz, and McCliment on Plymouth Road. Since the group last met several events have occurred. Governor Snyder attended one; it was the Michigan State Leadership meeting on Political Training last Thursday at Laurel Manor. Then on Friday, the Roush Company announced a new contract that they have; Governor Snyder was in attendance as well. As you know, Roush is a Livonia based company with almost 2 million square feet of plant located in several buildings around our community; the City is very proud to host them as their base for their varied operations. They are involved in design and manufacturing, all phases, of a number of different product lines. About two (2) months from now, he said they'll have an announcement of a breakthrough with a major national company in a kind of manufacturing that will be a surprise to many of Livonia's citizens. In this instance, they are manufacturing electric plug in facilities for electric cars. They were awarded with a contract to manufacture 10,000 residential units for commercial plug in chargers. They will also be manufacturing an additional 6,000 pedestal commercial use chargers. These are different from others that are being produced nationally from the standpoint that they are 2 hooked into the various computer networks around the nation. They will monitor the state of the battery, in terms of the charge that is left, and allow people to have other advantages of website use through the swiping of cards and these facilities. Altogether, they will be manufacturing 16,000 of these chargers. These chargers will be provided free of charge to people who are buying some of the Nissan Leafs and Chevrolet Volts. This is part of a government subsidy to encourage people to get involved in the price differential between an electric car and a conventional car. They were pleased to have the governor here when he was introduced on last Thursday evening and he was given a standing ovation, as outlined in the newspaper; the audience was made up of both democrats and republicans. The Mayor said this Thursday the governor will be announcing the details of his budget. At that time, there will be a lot of difficult news for residents, businesses and citizens because of the amount of money that must be balanced in the budget formation process in Lansing. A lot of difficult news from the national government in that regard; this will be more of the challenges before all of us; citizens and leaders in preparation for next fiscal year.. AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION: None. NEW BUSINESS 1. REQUEST TO WAIVE THE CITY'S NOISE ORDINANCE: Joan Gamache, re- in connection with a backyard wedding and reception to be held on Friday, May 207 2011, at 9045 Lionel. Joan Gamache, 9045 Lionel, was present to answer any questions Council may have. Toy offered the approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 2. APPLICATION FOR MASSAGE THERAPIST PERMIT: Office of the City Clerk, re: submitted by Elizabeth Mount in accordance with Chapter 5.49 of the Livonia Code of Ordinances, as amended. Elizabeth Mount, 5974 Cottonwood Drive, Ypsilanti, was present to answer any questions Council may have. Brosnan offered the approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 3 3. APPLICATION FOR MASSAGE THERAPIST PERMIT: Office of the City Clerk, re: submitted by Michelle Stowell in accordance with Chapter 5.49 of the Livonia Code of Ordinances, as amended. At the direction of the Chair, because the petitioner was not present when called, this item was moved to the end of the Agenda. 4. APPLICATION FOR MASSAGE APPRENTICE PERMIT: Office of the City Clerk, re: submitted by Mark Baran in accordance with Chapter 5.49 of the Livonia Code of Ordinances, as amended. Mark Baran, 14998 Bassett Street, was present to answer any questions Council may have. Toy asked him how long it took him to get his certification. He said he took a one year course and just has to take his national test. Toy offered the approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 5. APPLICATION FOR MASSAGE APPRENTICE PERMIT: Office of the City Clerk, re: submitted by Danylle Egnatios in accordance with Chapter 5.49 of the Livonia Code of Ordinances, as amended. Danylle Egnatios, 29745 Richland, was present to answer any questions Council may have. Brosnan offered the approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 6. APPLICATION FOR MASSAGE APPRENTICE PERMIT: Office of the City Clerk, re: submitted by Shantell Kimbrough in accordance with Chapter 5.49 of the Livonia Code of Ordinances, as amended. Shantell Kimbrough, 5743 14th Street, Detroit, was present to answer any questions Council may have. Toy offered the approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 7. APPLICATION FOR MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENT LICENSE: Office of the City Clerk, re: submitted by Vijay Patel, d/b/a LaVida Massage Center, in accordance with Chapter 49 of Title 5 of the Livonia Code of Ordinances, as amended, for property located at 30985 Five Mile Road. 4 Vijay Patel, 29609 Lori Street, was present to answer any questions Council may have. President McCann asked him if his business was open already. Patel replied, not yet. Toy offered the approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. Brosnan asked Patel what services were offered at their facility. He said deep tissue massage, prenatal massage, and hot stone massage. Eventually they intend to add facial massage to their list of services. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 8. DETERMINATION OF THE LOCAL OFFICERS COMPENSATION COMMISSION: Office of the City Clerk, re: the salaries of elected officials for the calendar years 2012 and 2013, in accordance with Section 2.48.030 of Chapter 2.48 of the Livonia Code of Ordinances, as amended. Toy offered the resolution to receive and file the communication from the Office of the City Clerk dated January 31, 2011. DIRECTION: RECEIVE & FILE CONSENT 9. REQUEST TO ACCEPT PROPOSAL FOR PRESERVATION DESIGN SERVICES: Historical Commission, re: submitted by Neumann/Smith Architecture for an architectural survey and professional services through the construction phase in connection with the restoration of the Simmons/Hill House located at Greenmead. (Ref.: CR 981-90) Sue Daniel, President of the Historical Commission, was present to answer any questions Council may have. Meakin and President McCann commended the Friends of Greenmead for raising the funds for this project. Meakin offered the approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 10. PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE LIVONIA CODE OF ORDINANCES, AS AMENDED: Inspection Department, re: to Sections 070 and 080 of Title 8, Chapter 40 (Noxious Weeds and Refuse), to increase the administrative fee of weed/grass cutting or refuse removal to $75.00 for the first two services and to $125.00 for each service thereafter in a calendar year to attempt to cover the City's expense in running this program. (Ref.: Ordinance No. 2795) Alex Bishop, Director of Inspection, presented the proposed amendment to Council. He stated that when he did a cost comparison of eight (8) nearby 5 communities, Livonia was the lowest for the first initial cutting expense. He said Livonia was substantially lower. He said this request is an attempt to cover the City's expense in running this program. He explained the process to Council and noted that there is much paperwork involved. He is hopeful this increase will cover the City's expense in running this program. In addition he is also hopeful the increase will make it unattractive to utilize the City to maintain your property. The City does not wish to be in the lawn cutting business. They publish the required legal notice twice in the month of March each year. They are asking Council to approve the amendment and ask that an emergency read be done so that it may be enacted prior to the upcoming weed cutting season. They will have to publish their first legal notice within the next couple of weeks. Meakin offered the approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. Brosnan offered the approving resolution referring the subject matter of weeds to an appropriate committee for tracking purposes. She indicated she would like to see a report back next year as to the effectiveness of this amendment to the Ordinance and reassess at that time whether further action needs to be taken. Pastor asked Bishop how much it costs the City annually to do the weed/grass cutting. He responded by stating they have not tracked how much time the Ordinance Enforcement officers spend on weed/grass violations. Bishop did say when the City spends around $45,000 to $50,000 per year to cut lawns; it's a great deal more with their people tracking it. Pastor said he feels that the basic taxes pay for these basic services. He asked Bishop how much of these fees are paid by the violators and how much are actually put on the tax rolls. Bishop said he has not had to go out and seek people to pay these bills; the bills are paid. Pastor asked that this item be placed on the Regular Agenda. Toy asked Bishop if these were mostly residential or commercial or both. Bishop replied mostly residential. Toy asked Bishop how tall the grass and weeds had to be before they would cut them and how much time is given to people in violation. Bishop said nine (9) inches is the height of the grass before it is in violation. He said noxious weeds are subject to cutting at any height. He noted that they are cooperative with the property owners as far as time goes. He said if a property owner called and asked for a couple of extra days to get the grass cut that the City would grant them additional time in most cases. DIRECTION: 1) APPROVING REGULAR 2) REFERRING SUBJECT OF WEEDS TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, NATURAL RESOURCE & WASTE MGMT. COMMITTEE 11. AWARD OF CONTRACT: Public Service Division, re: for the 2011 Tree and Stump Removal Program from funds budgeted for this purpose. 6 Kevin Maillard, Director of Public Works, said they went out for bid. Six (6) bids were received; Greener Still, Inc. was the low bidder. They were awarded the Tree and Stump Removal contracts in 2003, 2004 and 2005 and were able to satisfactorily complete those programs. Maillard said they are recommending Council award a contract in the amount of $84,616.00 to the low bidder, Greener Still, Inc., 19119 Schoolcraft, Detroit, MI 48223, for completing all work required in connection with the City's 2011 Tree and Stump Removal Program. Toy offered the approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 12. AWARD OF CONTRACT: Public Service Division, re: for the 2011 Street Tree Planting Program, which also incorporates bids received for the 2011 Tree Replacement from 2010 Road Construction Program, from funding budgeted for this purpose. Kevin Maillard, Director of Public Works, said they went out for bid. He noted that they bid separately for Road Replacement and Tree Replacement. Nine (9) bids were received; Greg Davis Landscape Services was the low bidder. Greg Davis Landscape Services was awarded the 2010 Tree Planting contract and was able to satisfactorily complete that program. Maillard said they are recommending Council award a contract to the low bidder, Greg Davis Landscape Services, 20525 Freemont, Livonia, MI 48150, in the amount of $132,948.00 for the 2011 Street Tree Planting Program and accept the unit price bid of the next low bidder, Weyand Bros., Inc., 10888 Swan Creek Rd., Saginaw, MI, 48609, in the event the low qualified bidder is unable to supply certain species of trees. Toy offered the approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 13. AWARD OF BID: Public Service Division, re: for Aggregates (road gravel, slag and stone) for the City's 2011 calendar year requirements from budgeted funds. Kevin Maillard, Director of Public Works, said they went out for bid. Eleven (11) bids were received. He said they are recommending awarding for each individual aggregate to the lowest bidder, those being North Star Ranch, Ellsworth Industries, Hayball Transport, Inc., Osburn Industries and Freeport Supply Company with the second lowest bidder becoming the alternate supplier, those being North Star Ranch, Jackie's Transport, Hayball Transport, Inc., Osburn Industries and Freeport Supply Company. Toy offered the approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. 7 DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 14. REQUEST TO DESIGNATE CONSULTANT UNDER THE CITY'S QUALIFICATION-BASED SELECTION (QBS) PROCESS AND TO AUTHORIZE EXPENDITURE: Engineering Division, re: to provide design services for the FY 2012 State Revolving Fund (SRF) Project Plan and Sanitary Sewer Master Plan in order to take advantage of upcoming grant funding that will require a 10% local match. Todd Zilincik, City Engineer, stated as Council knows, the City is responsible for 442 miles of sanitary sewer of which the main sizes 10, 12, and 15 inch are used for its main arteries. They have approximately 10,000 manholes and approximately 10,000 segments, a very large infrastructure that they need to maintain. A lot of the sanitary sewers were constructed in the 1950's and 1960's which are nearing 50 — 60 years old. Although DPW maintains the City's sewers by cleaning them on a yearly basis, they cleaned 374 miles of sanitary sewer lines last year. He said they need to have an inventory to help maintain them, a Capital Improvement Project (CIP), to go into various subdivisions (older subdivisions) to maintain the sanitary sewer manholes and lines. He gave an example of how they recently went into Coventry Gardens Subdivision and replaced one half mile of old sanitary sewer and lined approximately one and a half miles of sanitary sewer. He said out of the four mile infrastructure in Coventry Gardens they replaced almost 50% of the sanitary sewers in that subdivision which was built in 1925. Next one on the list would be Rosedale Gardens subdivision which was built in 1927 and then there are various subdivisions that were built in the 1950's and 1960's. He said they looked at doing a State Revolving Fund (SRF) plan a year and a half ago but decided at that time that it was not the right time for the City to go after that funding. They were then approached by Scott Lockwood of Anderson, Eckstein and Westrick, Inc. (AEW) and Rhett Gronevelt of Orchard, Hiltz & McCliment, Inc. (OHM) to look at their alternatives for this S2 Grant Funding that became available this past December. After speaking with both representatives they felt that OHM had a better handle on the SRF funding but also there is another issue down in the Merriman Road district called LV15 which Council will hear more about in the future when they try to reduce their infiltration of storm water into the City's sanitary sewer to help alleviate future costs to the City. He said at this time they are looking for assistance with contracting OHM to inventory and inspect 33 miles of sanitary sewer using CCTV and investigate 500 manholes. The data will be gathered and reported back to the City along with a 5 year CIP plan and also applying for the S2 Grant Funding. The total funding available to the City is $1,000,000 of which the City will have to pay ten percent (10%) or up to $100,000 including the overall design costs. He said they took the information to the Water and Sewer Board on February 7, 2011; a letter of their concurrence is forthcoming. They are seeking Council approval to take $96,000 out of the unexpended Water and Sewer Balance Fund to take advantage of this grant to help assist them with inventorying the City's infrastructure and planning ahead for 8 the future. Brosnan asked Zilincik for clarification of the process, she asked if they were going to use the $96,000 to inventory the City's current system and then use that information to submit a grant application for the $1,000,000. Zilincik clarified by saying approximately $60,000 to $70,000 would be spent to CCTV and inventory the system. OHM will help procure a contractor that is certified. The remaining cost, approximately $27,000 would be spent on a SRF plan to submit to the DEQ. He said Rhett Gronevelt of Orchard, Hiltz & McCliment, Inc. was present in the audience to answer any questions Council may have for him. Brosnan said she has a pretty clear picture of how the $96,000 would be spent but she is unclear on the process of how the City would access the $1,000,000 funding. Rhett Gronevelt, Orchard, Hiltz & McCliment, Inc., said he would like to compare it to the Drinking Water Revolving Fund they helped the City make application for last year. He said that is a low interest loan program for infrastructure improvements. The SRF program sponsored by the state is a sister program for making improvements to the sanitary sewer system. The grant comes in that the state has a program called the S2 Grant Program that is available to help cities make application to the SRF Loan Program. The cost of applying to the loan program can be fairly extensive and one of the burdens communities were facing in being able to apply was the application cost was pretty high and the studies were fairly intensive. The S2 Grant Program is a 90% grant program where municipalities can receive up to $1,000,000 to do all of the preparation, the planning, the engineering, the studies, the inspections; everything that would lead to submitting an SRF project plan that would put the City on the list to make whatever eventual improvements might be. Those improvements might be replacing sewers, lining sewers, repairing manholes, or whatever deficiencies are found in the investigation. Those improvements can be quantified and the City could go back to the SRF Loan Program to borrow money at a low interest rate to carry out the improvements. The Grant Program is to help with all that preparation. Brosnan asked Gronevelt whether the $1,000,000 was a guaranteed amount once a community completes this initial phase, is that amount automatically available to communities who have agreed to do this and invest their 10%. He replied saying the state has enacted in the end of 2010 some legislature to set aside additional funds to the S2 Grant Program. The applications are expected out in April. The efforts that a municipality would undertake after the date of the legislation that was approved in December 2010 are all eligible but part of what also is included in their scope of services is to actually fill out the application material itself. They are competitive based, it is a program that has been around for a few years. They are familiar with the requirements with the previous terms of the program and every indication so far from the DEQ is that the program would be very similar in nature to years past. He said it is certainly not a guarantee that the funds would be available. There is an application step still to be made. President McCann called for a point of clarification. He asked Gronevelt if the City spent the $96,000 if they would be eligible to get back 90% or approximately $86,000. Gronevelt said that is correct, 9 the City would be eligible. Brosnan said that is if they successful; she inquired how big the pot was. Gronevelt replied the appropriation that was set aside this last year put in an additional $20,000,000 for statewide. Brosnan expressed concern with the funds availability; given the fact a new state budget is being introduced. Gronevelt stated he could not make the guarantee that the state is or is not going to make the appropriation. He added that there are a number of communities getting out on the forefront because it is a first come first serve grant application program. They are all expecting this program to be funded. The legislation is approved. The DEQ has published the updated rules indicating that they have full understanding that the program would be rolled out here in the spring. Brosnan asked Zilincik with respect to a timeline, if this is something that could be put into a committee, see what happens once the budget gets flushed out a little bit and also learn a little bit more about what is that they are funding for $96,000. Zilincik said there is a certain time frame in order for them to get the project planned by July 1St that would require the City to act quickly on this. He said irregardless of getting the funds reimbursed, this is a useful tool for the DPW and Engineering Department to help with future master planning for road projects and sidewalks. He said considering what the City spent on sewer repairs last year, $96,000 is a small piece of the pie that they need to use to assist them over the next five to ten years to make sure they spend the City's funds wisely; especially with the City's aging sewer infrastructure. Brosnan offered the resolution to refer the matter to the Infrastructure and Community Transit Committee. Meakin offered the approving resolution for the Regular Agenda. Toy asked Zilincik if it is just $96,000 and if it was available. He said that is correct. She said she appreciates the proactive approach being taken. She also expressed some concern about the availability of the funding. Toy asked Gronevelt who represents their firm up in Lansing, if they use someone other than the DEQ, any outside people. He responded stating there are professional organizations of engineers that work to maintain a voice with the community, ASCE and ACEC, there is some joint staffing to try and stay abreast of these issues. Toy said while she appreciates the proactive approach, she said caution should be used and they might want to look at the subject matter more in committee until they have a better understanding what the state is going to do. She also realizes there is a time frame they are trying to accomplish this within. President McCann said it is his understanding this part of 2011 Budget passed last year and funded as part of the 2011 Budget. He asked Gronevelt if that was correct. Gronevelt said it is his understanding that the bill that was approved at the end of 2010 amended the state law that allowed for the additional funding. The appropriations have not yet occurred; they would need to happen with this funding cycle. President McCann said his next question has to do with the time frame; if it is funded is it first come first served. Gronevelt said if he could, he 10 would like to expand on that, he said he understands that is the dilemma that this body and others are in because there is a competitive nature. Also, because of the SRF Program that he mentioned, they only accept applications once per year in spring. This legislation was rolled out in late 2010 and a number of communities are assessing whether or not they want to go after it knowing that it is not a sure thing; or do they risk having to wait until the next funding cycle to go after the funding. President McCann noted that these funds would not come out of the City's General Fund; they would come from the Sanitary Sewer Fund. He also noted that according to the City Engineer, in order to spend the funds wisely in the Sanitary Sewer Fund, this needs to be done either way. Pastor said whether or not the City receives the grant, he feels this is a good thing to do. He said there are some new and old sanitary sewer systems throughout the City. If the City were to do an inventory and assessment; it is possible the newer system might be failing or in need of repair sooner than one of the older systems. Without this inventory and assessment, the City may have decided to replace or repair the older system first and the newer system could possibly fail and result in an emergency replacement or repair which could cost the City more money in the end. He feels it is vitally important to do an inventory and assessment now, whether the City receives the grant or not. Kevin Maillard, Director of Public Works, said they were going to coming to Council with a Sanitary Sewer Master Plan anyway. This is an opportunity for the City to get those design services reimbursed, plus get up to $1,000,000 reimbursed at the same time when the Sanitary Sewer Projects actually come out. He said the time line to get this done, in order to get this done at a 90% — 10% split, is very important at this point. He said they are going to have this done one way or another because they really need to have a Master Plan to have an understanding of where their need study is, as Councilman Pastor mentioned previously. He wanted to let Council know they were going to be coming before Council for a recommendation to have this done but the S2 Grant came up. It is an opportunity for the City to get the engineering services reimbursed. DIRECTION: 1) REFERRING TO INFRASTRUCTURE REGULAR & COMMUNITY TRANSIT COMMITTEE 2) APPROVING 15. WAIVER PETITION: Planning Commission, re: Petition 2010-12-02-19 submitted by Ed Khalil requesting approval to construct and operate a quick oil change facility (Lube Cube) on property located on the south side of Plymouth Road, between Harrison Road and Deering Avenue (28085 Plymouth Road), in the Northeast '/4 of Section 36. Mark Taormina, Director of Planning and Economic Development, said this is a waiver use petition for the construction of new quick oil change facility on the south side of Plymouth Road about '/4 of a mile west of Inkster Road. He said it is 11 a vacant property at the present time. He said all concerns the Planning Commission had have been addressed by the Petitioner and the Planning Commission is recommending approval. Toy asked Taormina about the greenbelt at the rear of the property separating it from the residential property to the rear of this parcel. She asked if most of the other businesses along that stretch of Plymouth Road also had greenbelts or if they had masonry walls. Taormina said there are both. Toy asked the petitioner if he had any other businesses of this type in the area. Ed Khalil, Petitioner, replied stating he had two other similar businesses; one in Allen Park and one in Lincoln Park. Toy asked Khalil if he owned the property. He said he is leasing the property; his partner is the one building it. She asked him whether or not he found any other buildings along Plymouth Road that he might consider using for his business. He replied no. Meakin asked Taormina if there were any nonconforming issues with the plan. Taormina said the signage that was presented did not conform but said the petitioner indicated he would conform to the sign requirements. Taormina said if their signage does not conform they would have to come back before Council. Meakin offered the approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. Pastor pointed out a safety concern with a particular parking space. He suggested removing it from the plan since there was ample parking without it. He also said the retention area on the plan is not properly drawn as what exists on the parcel. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 3. APPLICATION FOR MASSAGE THERAPIST PERMIT: Office of the City Clerk, re: submitted by Michelle Stowell in accordance with Chapter 5.49 of the Livonia Code of Ordinances, as amended. Michelle Stowell, apologized for being late, she was available to answer any questions Council may have. President McCann asked if she had all her required licensing. She replied yes and indicated she has her national certification. Meakin offered the approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT X1. Request from the Michigan Liquor Control Commission to investigate the request from Joe's Produce Company to transfer ownership of a 2010 Class C Licensed business located in escrow at 22350 W Warren, Detroit, MI 48239, Wayne County, from EI Chihuahua Mexican Restaurant, Inc.; transfer location 12 (governmental unit) under MCL 436.1531(1); and change nature of business to SDM License to be held in conjunction with Class C License: Division of Police, re: for the business located at 33152 W Seven Mile, Livonia, MI 48154. Mike Larranaga, 49231 Briar Pointe, was present on behalf of the Petitioner. Toy offered the approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION: None. Toy mentioned the fundraising efforts that have been taking place in the community to raise funds for the Larry Nehasil Memorial Fund. She noted Mamma Mia's as one of the businesses involved. She also noted Buffalo Wild Wings will be having a fundraiser on February 20, 2011. She encouraged everyone to participate in these fundraisers. Toy through the Chair addressed Mayor Kirksey about a couple of phone calls she received from residents regarding the demolition of Chi Chi's Restaurant at Middlebelt and Schoolcraft Roads. She invited Mayor Kirksey to speak on that subject to the audience; she indicated they are delighted about the demolition of Chi Chi's and curious to know what will take its place. Mayor Kirksey said when they made the announcement a few days ago; it was the anticipation that the demolition would start. He said he is happy to report that demolition is underway. He noted that it is not being demolished for a definitive business to go in there but rather to make the property more appealing and marketable. As there were no further questions or comments, Council President McCann adjourned the Study Session at 9:20 p.m. on Monday, February 14, 2011. DATED: February 23, 2011 TERRY A. MARECKI CITY CLERK