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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPRDA MINUTES 1995-06-15 MINUTES OF THE 19TH REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLYMOUTH ROAD DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF LIVONIA, MICHIGAN The 19th Regular Meeting of the Plymouth Road Development Authority of the City of Livonia, Michigan was called to order at 4:10 p.m. , Thursday, June 15, 1995 in the 4th Floor Conference Room of City Hall. Members Present: Mayor Robert D. Bennett Mr. Bill Pike Mr. Mike Polsinelli Mr. Scott Grace Mrs. Toni Mette Mr. Conrad Carson Mr. Lowell Peterson Mr. Stan Anderson Mr. Dale Summers Mr. Joe Laura Members Absent: Mr. Marvin Walkon (unexcused) Mr. Adelard Raby Others Present: Mr. John Nagy, Director Mrs. Jean Garvey, Secretary Mr. Michael McGee, City Council Mr. Richard Niedieck, Livonia Economic Development Office (ww 1. Roll was called. 2. Adoption of Minutes: On a motion duly made, seconded and unanimously approved, it was #95-21 RESOLVED that, the minutes of the 18th Regular Meeting held by the Plymouth Road Development Authority on May 18, 1995 are approved. 3. Comments from Chairman: (1) Chairman Pike informed the board that he had met with Mayor Bennett; Michael Slater, Finance Director; Bob Bishop, City Treasurer; Michael McGee, City Council; and John Nagy to discuss the financing aspect of the PRDA. He stated they are in the process of working on that and will report back to the board at either the July or August meeting. (2) Chairman Pike reported that he had received a phone call from Lou LaRiche commending the PRDA for the work they are doing. (3) Correspondence from Applied Process, Inc. dated May 29, 1995 was received and placed on file for the information of the Plymouth Road Development Authority. The subject of the correspondence will be referred to the Traffic Department by the Planning Department. Mr. Niedieck will also talk to Mr. Keough, President of Applied Process, Inc. tme 4. Review of Canton/Ford Road experience: The board generally felt there were some similarities between Ford Road in Canton and Plymouth Road, but the PRDA was dealing basically with different problems, Plymouth Road being an older district than Canton. There was a general discussion on this subject. Mr. Nagy suggested possibly bringing in a consultant early on in connection with the whole plan. Since the board wanted to be able to tell the consultant what they wanted done rather than having the consultant tell them what they should do, a sub-committee was formed to sit down with Mr. Nagy to put a package together setting forth their ideas for Plymouth Road. This sub-committee will consist of Toni Mette, Scott Grace and Mike Polsinelli . This sub-committee will report back to the board in July. 5. Progress report Plymouth & Laurel property: Mr. Nagy referred to a letter written by Mayor Bennett, addressed to the City Council advising the Council what his office is recommending on behalf of the Authority. He is requesting the Council authorize services of an environmental assessment firm to do a soil and ground water analysis; authorize an independent real estate appraiser to determine fair market value of the property; and authorize the City to place the property up for sale. The Mayor has requested the Planning Commission initiate a zoning change from C-1 to C-2. 6. Amendment to Bylaws: Chairman Pike stated after the meeting held on PRDA financing, it was determined the PRDA needed to appoint the Financing Director as Treasurer of the PRDA as opposed to having the Treasurer of the City of Livonia act as the Treasurer of the PRDA. On a motion duly made by Mr. Summers, seconded by Mr. Polsinelli and unanimously approved, it was #95-22 RESOLVED that, the Plymouth Road Development Authority does hereby request the Livonia City Council amend the PRDA Bylaws, Article III, Officers, Section 4 to replace the words, "the City Treasurer" with "the Finance Director" in the last sentence of the section. Mr. Pike, Chairman, declared the motion is carried and the foregoing resolution adopted. 7. Do counties have the choice to opt out of DDA participation? Chairman Pike reported that he had been contacted by Wayne County. They indicated they could possibly opt out and felt they might not want to be involved. Records were checked and all taxing authorities had been notified of the hearings. Correspondence from Cathryn White, City Attorney, dated June 15, 1995 stating in her opinion the City complied with statutory requirements in effect at the time with respect to giving notice to other taxing entities, was received and placed on file for the information of the Plymouth Road Development Authority. 8. Update on current Plymouth Road projects - John Nagy: Mr. Nagy informed the board that Stoyan's Restaurant on the south side of Plymouth Road east of Levan was recently before the Planning Commission for renovation and expansion of their restaurant. The restaurant will be renamed to "Kickers"'. 9. Polling of Board Members: tire (1) Scott Grace raised the question of whether the City could go on private property and cut shrubs, etc. , as the Livonia Tire property has an overgrowth of -2- shrubs in front. Mr. Nagy responded the Inspection Department could check it out from a property maintenance point of view. The Mayor responded the property owners have been cited several times about cleaning up their property without any results. (2) Con Carson reported that Ford Motor Company had removed the barbed wire from their fencing at the Ford Transmission Plant and they are doing repairs in certain areas now. He felt now the City could contact the other plants along Plymouth Road and ask them to remove their barbed wire. The second matter Mr. Carson brought up was the reference in the letter from Applied Process, Inc. that Ford Motor employees were cutting through their parking lot. Mr. Carson said this was true and he concurs with their request for a left turn signal on both Amrhein and Newburgh. On a motion duly made by Mr. Carson, seconded by Mr. Anderson and unanimously approved, it was #95-23 RESOLVED that the Plymouth Road Development Authority does hereby determine to refer the question of the possibility of having a traffic signal with left turn lights at Amrheim and Newburgh Roads to the Traffic Commission. Mr. Pike, Chairman, declared the motion is carried and the foregoing resolution adopted. (3) Mrs. Mette asked when the City was going to plant some flowers in the park at Inkster and Plymouth Roads to spruce it up. She also reiterated her request for a "Welcome to Livonia" sign to be placed at this park. (ie (4) Mr. Summers asked whether it would help the PRDA to set something up at the Spree to publicize their group. It was felt the Spree was more of a carnival and the majority of attendants were children so there wouldn't be any great advantage of doing anything at the Spree. He also asked about adding a police officer to Plymouth Road, if that was something that could be implemented before the end of the year. The Mayor answered by saying the City has increased the police presence but before assigning one full-time police officer, they would have to plan for that in next year's budget. (5) Mr. Anderson brought up the subject of signs in addition to the ones identifying the City limits. He mentioned some unique signs done by the City of Grand Rapids. He had some samples he showed the board. He said he would like the PRDA to consider this. He second question was, will the PRDA follow up on the barbed wire with a letter to Inland Division of General Motors. Mr. Nagy said he would follow up with letters to Inland Division of General Motors and the National Parts Division of Ford Motor Company. Mr. Anderson asked what the policy was when sidewalks are torn up. The sidewalks in front of Crazy Benzy's were torn up and replaced with asphalt rather than concrete. The Engineering Department will be contacted regarding this. (6) Mr. McGee felt it would be a good idea to send a letter to Ford Transmission thanking them for removing the barbed wire from their fencing. He also was contacted by Applied Process. He was asked what is the PRDA doing for their company, and he felt the attempt to get a traffic signal at their corner was a possible answer. -3- 11. Adjournment: On a motion duly made, seconded and unanimously adopted, the 19th Regular Meeting held by the Plymouth Road Development Authority of Livonia on June 15, 1995 was adjourned at 5:50 p.m. The next meeting of the Plymouth Road Development Authority will be held July 20, 1995 in the 4th Floor Conference Room of City Hall at 4:00 p.m. de Je-' Garvey, Secreta; (fte -4-