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Home My WebLink AboutSYNOPSIS - 2016-01-20 rd SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE 1,793 REGULAR MEETING LIVONIA CITY COUNCIL – JANUARY 20, 2016 Meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by President McIntyre. Present: Maureen Miller Brosnan, Jim Jolly, Cathy White, Scott Bahr, Brian Meakin, Brandon Kritzman, and Kathleen McIntyre. Absent: None. Brosnan led the meeting in the Pledge with Brandon Callicoat of Boy Scout Troop 782. #34-16 Resolution by Brosnan and Jolly, unanimously adopted, approving the MAD nd FAT minutes of the 1,792 Regular Meeting of the Council held January 11, 2016. Kritzman called for a moment of silence in memoriam of slain Police Officer Larry Nehasil on the fifth anniversary of his death. Dave Varga, Director of Administrative Affairs, announced that the City will hold a Jeans Day this coming Friday to raise money and provide bottled water to the City of Flint and will partner with local business Quality Line Services and the Livonia Fire Department in delivering the donations. President McIntyre announced two (2) Public Hearings being held in the Auditorium of the Livonia City Hall, 33000 Civic Center Drive, Livonia, Michigan: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 – 7:00 p.m. 1. Proposed Special Assessment Street Lighting Project for the Richfield Park Estates Site Condominiums, located west of Newburgh Road, between Ann Arbor Trail and Joy Road, in the Southeast ¼ of Section 31. Establishment of the Assessment Roll 2. PETITION 2015-12-01-11 submitted by Ajamco Inc., to rezone the north one hundred feet (100’) of the property located on the west side of Middlebelt Road between Munger Avenue and Six Mile Road (16825 Middlebelt Road) in the Northeast 1/4 of Section 14, from P (Parking) to C-2 (General Business). President McIntyre stated there will be three X-items at the end of tonight’s Agenda, as well as New Data on Items 7, 8, 11 and 12. AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION: Christopher Martin, 12275 Inkster Road, spoke about the history of his property and his current request about getting on a study agenda concerning his building violations. The following items were received and filed: rd SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE 1,793REGULAR MEETING 2 LIVONIA CITY COUNCIL – January 20, 2016 Communication from Tammy Bonifield, Livonia Board of Education Secretary, dated December 15, 2015, received in the Office of the City Clerk, dated January 4, 2016, re: collection of Livonia Public School District Taxes for the year 2016. Communication from Fouad Dabaja, 15983 Middlebelt, L.L.C, dated January 8, 2016, re: Petition 2015-09-01-09. Communication from neighbors, dated January 19, 2016, re: postponing any decision at this time in connection with a rezoning request from McLaren Performance Technologies. (Petition 2015-11-01-10) Exterior elevation plans from Diffin-Umlor, dated January 15, 2016, re: Petition 2015-10- 02-23. Email communication from Frank Jonna, Jonna Real Estate Ventures, dated January 18, 2016, re: request to remove Item #12 from tonight’s Agenda. (Petition 2015-10-08-17.) The following resolutions were offered by White and Kritzman: #35-16 Approving the dates and times, as referenced, for the Board of Review to MAD FAT conduct Public Hearings in 2016 in the Conference Room of the City Assessor on the first Assessr floor of Livonia City Hall, 33000 Civic Center Drive, Livonia, Michigan 48154; FURTHER, determining that the daily rate to be paid to the members of the Board of Review shall be $120.00 for the Chairperson and $100.00 for other members. nd #36-16 Accepting the bid of Etna Supply, 529 32 Street, S.E., Grand Rapids, MAD FAT Michigan 49548, for supplying the Public Service Division (Water Maintenance Section) with water main repair clamps for a period of two years, for a total amount not to exceed $120,000.00; FURTHER, authorizing such expenditure from funds already budgeted for this purpose. #37-16 Advising the Wayne County Department of Public Services (Permit Section) MAD FAT that the City has approved the storm sewer plans and will accept jurisdiction and Eng maintenance of the storm sewer within the property located at 20595 Farmington Road, in connection with the development of Michigan Schools & Government Credit Union; FURTHER, authorizing the City Engineer to execute a Wayne County Permit on behalf of the City. #38-16 Approving Petition 2015-11-08-18, submitted by Sheldon Center, L.L.C., to MAD FAT renovate and expand the existing commercial shopping center (Shelden Park Village) Insp including remodel the exterior façade of the existing shopping center building, reconfigure Plan the layout of the parking lot, construct a freestanding full service restaurant, and obtain Eng preliminary approval for two (2) future commercial buildings, located at the southeast corner of Plymouth and Farmington Roads (33111 thru 33251 Plymouth Road) subject to conditions. rd SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE 1,793REGULAR MEETING 3 LIVONIA CITY COUNCIL – January 20, 2016 #39-16 Approving Petition 2015-11-02-25, submitted by Sheldon Center, L.L.C., to MAD FAT construct and operate a freestanding full service restaurant with drive-up window facilities Insp (Jimmy John’s) at Shelden Park Village, located at the southeast corner of Plymouth and Plan Farmington Roads (33111 thru 33251 Plymouth Road) in the Northwest 1/4 of Section Eng 34, subject to conditions. A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing resolutions: AYES: Brosnan, Jolly, White, Bahr, Meakin, Kritzman, and McIntyre. NAYS: None. White gave FIRST READING to the following Ordinance: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 14 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 2015-09-01-09) Meakin gave FIRST READING to the following Ordinance: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 3 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 2015-11-01-10) #40-16 Resolution by Kritzman and Meakin, unanimously adopted, approving the MAD FAT request of Tina Pieczarka of Timothy Patrick Homes, waiving the sidewalk requirement Eng in front of the new residence located at 14341 Henry Ruff; FURTHER, reserving the right to require sidewalks at this location in the event that additional sidewalks are installed in this area at some future date Vice-President Kritzman stepped down from the podium at 7:45 p.m. to avoid any perceived conflict of interest. #41-16 Resolution by White and Jolly, referring the matter of the request from MAD FAT Schoolcraft College to vacate the existing on-site public sanitary sewer, storm sewer, and Eng water main easements at their property located at 39201 Seven Mile Road, to the Plan Planning Commission for action and recommendation. (Petition 2015-12-03-02) A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing resolution: AYES: Brosnan, Jolly, White, Bahr, Meakin, and McIntyre. NAYS: None. rd SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE 1,793REGULAR MEETING 4 LIVONIA CITY COUNCIL – January 20, 2016 Vice-President Kritzman returned to the podium at 7:46 p.m. #42-16 Resolution by White and Bahr, unanimously adopted, approving Petition MAD FAT 2015-10-02-23, submitted by Panera Bread, L.L.C., to add a drive-up window facility to Insp an existing full service restaurant located at 28551 Schoolcraft Road within the Millennium Plan Park Retail Center, subject to conditions. Eng #43-16 Resolution by Meakin and Brosnan, unanimously adopted, suspending the MAD FAT rules for procedure as outlined in CR 574-82 to permit consideration of items that do not appear on the agenda. MAD #44-16 Resolution by Meakin and Jolly, approving the request to waive the noise FAT ordinance for the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) in order to permit a 24- Insp hour work day in conjunction with the I-275/M-5 Interchange, South of I-275 to North of 5 Police Mile Road Rehabilitation Project, subject to conditions. (CR 27-16) Eng A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing resolution: AYES: Jolly, White, Bahr, Meakin, and McIntyre. NAYS: Brosnan and Kritzman. #45-16 Resolution by White and Brosnan, unanimously adopted, approving the MAD FAT appointment of Adriane D Spencer to the Office of Deputy Clerk effective January 1, 2016; CivSvc FURTHER, the Council does hereby establish the annual salary for this position in the amount of $54,142.40 with the understanding that all benefits as previously approved by the Council for other appointed positions within the City be also extended to this position. #46-16 Resolution by Meakin and Brosnan, unanimously adopted, approving MAD FAT refunding and contract between the City of Livonia and the Municipal Building Authority of Livonia, to refinance the 2008 Municipal Building Authority District Court Bonds to reduce future debt service obligations of the City. AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION: None. rd By Bahr and Kritzman, unanimously adopted, adjourning this 1,793Regular Meeting of the Council of the City of Livonia at 8:27 p.m. on January 20, 2015. SUSAN M. NASH 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.