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CITY OF LIVONIA – CITY COUNCIL
MINUTES OF STUDY MEETING HELD MAY 22, 2017
Meeting was called to order at 8:00 p.m. by President McIntyre. Present:
Maureen Miller Brosnan, Jim Jolly, Cathy White, Scott Bahr, Brandon Kritzman, and
Kathleen McIntyre. Absent: Brian Meakin.
Elected and appointed officials present: Mark Taormina, Director or Economic
Development and Planning; Todd Zilincik, City Engineer; Don Knapp, City Attorney;
Susan M. Nash, City Clerk; Judy Priebe, Director of Legislative Affairs; Michael Slater,
Director of Finance; Coline Coleman, Chief Accountant; and Mayor Dennis Wright.
President McIntyre announced there will be an X-Item following tonight’s Agenda.
Vice-President Kritzman wished his wife a Happy Anniversary.
AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION: None
1. BLOCK PARTY: Stephanie Myers, re: to be held Saturday, June 10, 2017,
from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm on Orangelawn Street between Bassett Street to
Adams Street, with a rain date of Saturday, June 17, 2017.
Stephanie Myers, 39216 Orangelawn, presented her request to Council. She said
this is the third year they have held a block party. This year they moved the date
up from August to June and are hoping for a better turnout.
Jolly offered the approving resolution for the Consent Agenda.
DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT
2. APPOINTMENT OF LEO NEVILLE TO THE LOCAL OFFICERS
COMPENSATION COMMISSION: Office of the Mayor, re: for a seven-year
term, which will expire on April 2, 2024.
Mayor Wright presented the request to Council. He said Mr. Neville is a well-
respected member of the community and recommends him for appointment to
the Local Officers Compensation Commission.
Leo Neville addressed Council and said it was pleasure and honor to be
nominated for this appointment.
White offered the approving resolution for the Consent Agenda.
Jolly expressed his support and said Mr. Neville is a great fit for this appointment.
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DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT
3. AWARD OF BID: Department of Parks and Recreation, re: for the replacement
of the lighting system at Ford Field Baseball/Softball Fields 1-3, from budgeted
funds.
Ted Davis, Superintendent, Parks and Recreation, presented the request to
Council. He said they went out for bid. He said they request that City Council
authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a contract in the amount of
$499,500 with Airport Lighting Employee Owned, LLC, 833 Lincoln Ct., Lansing,
Ml 48917. This amount includes the 25-year warranty lighting system and a
$30,000 contingency allowance for soil remediation.
Bahr asked Davis what the reason was for replacement. Davis replied lighting
conditions and the poles are due in the next few years as well. Bahr asked how
long they have been there. Davis said since the ‘70s and upgraded in the ‘80s.
Bahr offered the approving resolution for the Consent Agenda.
Brosnan asked Davis about the energy efficiency of the lights. Davis replied they
are more energy efficient but they are not LED’s. He said they do not recommend
LED in the northern states because the long-term savings for the cost would take
about 20 years. Brosnan requested through the chair a report from the Director of
Finance regarding the long-term viability of a more energy lighting system.
Vice-President Kritzman asked Davis who designed the system. Davis replied
MUSCO Lighting. He said they are the leader in outdoor sports lighting. They
designed their specifications. Vice-President said he would be interested in the
Engineer’s opinion on the payback period for the lighting design. He said he’ll be
looking into that as well.
Bahr asked Davis if he knew how much more it would cost for LED lighting. Davis
said his best guess is a couple hundred thousand dollars.
Jolly asked Davis what the utilization of the ball fields is. Davis said the ball fields
themselves are used every single day of the week. He said as far as utilization of
the lighting, more like 2 to 3 nights per week May through December.
President McIntyre asked Davis if league play can be done there and whether it
shuts down for Spree. Davis said it does shut down for Spree. He said if you
were to go out there right now, every single field is being used.
DIRECTION: 1) APPROVING REGULAR
2) REFER TO FINANCE FOR
REPORT & RECOMMENDATION
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4. REQUEST TO APPROVE SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH
SOLE SOURCE PROVIDER: Department of Management Information Systems,
re: with ESRI Inc., for the City’s Geographic Information System (GIS) for a
period of one year, from budgeted funds.
Dan Putman, Information Systems Director, presented the request to Council.
He requested approval to renew the maintenance agreement on the ESRI
software. The software runs the GIS system. The city began the GIS System in
1996. The system is used for developing maps for Planning, Zoning, city’s public
safety areas, assisting with Housing grants. The system is involved with every
function of the city. It is land based. ESRI is the sole provider of this software.
They have raised the prices for the first time in six years. The price is going from
approximately $15,000.00 to $17,600.00. An increase of about $2,300.00. They
have been very careful to keep the pricing cost down. We are looking at some
increases in cost over the next couple years. Our usage by both the public and
the staff has been increasing, which is good. However, the rise in usage will
cause a rise in cost over the next few years.
Brosnan offered the approving resolution for the Consent Agenda.
Brosnan stated that this is one of the more vital systems that the city has in the
community when you consider how many systems operate off it and provides
valuable data to residents.
DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT
5. REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION TO PURCHASE TWO (2) 2017 FORD F150
4X4 PICK-UP TRUCKS WITH PLOW AND BI-FUEL THROUGH THE STATE OF
MICHIGAN BID PROCESS: Public Service Division, re: to replace vehicles
assigned to the Parks Section, from budgeted funds.
Doug Moore, Public Service Division, requested Council to authorize the
purchase trucks requested and approved in the 2016/2017 Capital Outlay
Budget. The trucks will be used in the Parks Maintenance Section. The
purchase of the trucks will be through the State of Michigan bid process from
Signature Ford of Owosso in the amount $57,934.00 for both trucks. The
outfitting of the trucks which is adding plows, light packages, and the spray and
bed liners will be done through MI-Deals. The servicing dealer will be Canon
Equipment. The cost for the service is $14,870.00 for both trucks. Both trucks
will be outfitted with propane conversion which will allow them to operate on
unleaded gasoline and propane. This option has been added to the recent truck
purchases the department has made over the last few years to begin to take
advantage of propane cost. The conversion will be done by ICOM North
America. The company has done the last several conversions with good results.
They are the only known source for this bi-fuel type conversion. The amount for
the purchase is $13,055.00. Vehicles being replaced by the new trucks will be
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disposed of through the auction process. The department is requesting Council
to approved the purchase of the two trucks for $85,859.00 through the three
mentioned vendors.
White offered the approving resolution for the Consent Agenda.
DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT
Jolly asked how often is the department utilizing the bi-fuel conversion option.
Moore stated that the trucks operate on both. If one of the tank runs down the
other tank automatically kicks in.
Jolly asked if there was a cost saving.
Moore responded that propane is less expensive than unleaded fuel.
Bahr asked if an analysis was performed to see if there was an actual cost saving
over the life of the vehicle.
Moore stated the trucks will be in service for 7 to 9 years. Over time, the cost
saving will show.
6. REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION TO PURCHASE TWO (2) 2017 FORD F150
4X4 PICK-UP TRUCKS WITH (6.5’ BEDS) PLOW AND BI-FUEL THROUGH
THE STATE OF MICHIGAN BID PROCESS: Public Service Division, re: to
replace vehicles assigned to the Roads Section, from budgeted funds.
Doug Moore, Public Service Division, stated the information from the previous
agenda item was the same for this one. The only difference with these two (2)
trucks have a shorter bed, which realizes a cost savings of $300.00 per truck.
These two trucks will be used by the Roads Maintenance Section. They have a
shorter bed. They are being used to see if it might help maneuver around cul-de-
sacs, islands and some of the tighter turns when plowing snow.
Brosnan offered the approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. She was
happy to hear the department was responding to the concerns of residents.
DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT
7. REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION TO PURCHASE ONE 2017 FORD F550
TRUCK BUILT AS A DUMP TRUCK THROUGH THE STATE OF MICHIGAN
BID PROCESS: Public Service Division, re: to replace a vehicle assigned to the
Roads Section, from budgeted funds.
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Doug Moore, Public Service Division, the truck was requested and approved in
the 2016-2017 Capital Outlay Budget. The truck will be shared between the
Water and Sewer Section and the Roads and Parks Section. The purchase of
the chassis and cab will be through the State of Michigan bid process. The
servicing dealer will be Signature Ford of Owosso. The purchase price for the
chassis and cab will be $45,797.00. The outfitting of the truck which is adding
the dump body, Boss snow plow, the hydraulic system, municipal light packages
will be accomplished through the City of Rochester Hills Co-op agreement. The
servicing dealer will be Truck & Trailer Specialties of Dutton, Michigan in the
amount of $38,573.00. The truck will be diesel fuel. The truck that it is replacing
will be disposed of through the auction process.
Brosnan offered the approving resolution for the Consent Agenda.
DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT
8. REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION TO PURCHASE FOUR (4) 2017 FORD F250
SUPER CAB 4X4 PICK-UP TRUCKS WITH PLOW AND BI-FUEL THROUGH
THE STATE OF MICHIGAN BID PROCESS: Public Service Division, re: to
replace a vehicle assigned to the Roads Section, from budgeted funds.
Doug Moore, Public Service Division, the truck purchase was requested and
approved in the 2016-2017 Capital Outlay Budget. These trucks will be used by
the Roads Maintenance Section and will have 8’ beds. The purchase of the
trucks will be through the State of Michigan bid process from Signature Ford of
Owosso in the amount of $113,824.00. The outfitting of the trucks which is
adding the plows, light packages and spray in bed liners will be performed by
Canon Truck through MI-Deal in the amount of $53,731.00. Included in that price
is air compressor unit for one truck. All four (4) trucks will be propane conversion
through ICOM of North America in the amount $25,770.00. Vehicles being
replaced will be disposed of in the auction process. The department is
requesting Council to approve the purchase of the four (4) trucks in the amount
of $193,325.00 through the three mentioned vendors.
Jolly offered the approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. He thanked the
Department of Public Works for participating in the Touch the Truck Event.
Brosnan inquired when the vehicles would be delivered and what season what
they be in use.
Moore responded late summer before the snow season.
DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT
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9. REQUEST TO APPROVE ALLIANCE OF ROUGE COMMUNITIES (ARC)
ANNUAL ASSESSMENT FOR 2017: Public Service Division, re: in the amount of
$28,502.00 from funds budgeted for this purpose.
Doug Moore, Public Service Division, stated the item is the City’s annual dues to
the Alliance of Rouge Communities (ARC). Livonia takes part in an alliance of
communities that makes up the Rouge River Watershed. It provides the
opportunity to speak in one large voice versus many smaller voices. It reduces
the redundancies of all the communities participating. It helps the city to take
part in region wide grant opportunities. ARC continues to aid the city in the new
MS4 Storm Water permit process. This process began in April, 2016. Several
revisions of parts of the permit has been sent to the Michigan Department of
Environmental Quality (MDEQ) from the ARC. ARC reduces city staff time in
dealing with the MS4 permitting process. ARC has provided city staff assistance
in dealing with the Glendale landfill storm water permitting process. They helped
write the storm water pollution prevention plan.
They have helped new staff dealing with issues because of the loss of
institutional knowledge because of retirement and attrition. Arc has helped city
staff write reports and renew licenses with MDEG, GLWA and Wayne County.
Brosnan offered the approving resolution for the Consent Agenda.
DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT
10. REQUEST TO APPROVE SOFTWARE LICENSING AND MAINTENANCE
FROM SOLE SOURCE PROVIDER: Public Service Division, re: with Azteca
Systems LLC for the DPW work management system for the period of March 1,
2017 through February 28, 2018, includes Cityworks Online, from budgeted
funds.
(CR 56-16)
Doug Moore, Public Service Division, stated the software licensing and
maintenance agreement for Cityworks was included in the 2016-2017 Capital
Budget. Cityworks is the Asset Management System that replaced the
Cartograph System. The system was brought on line in July 2016. Cityworks
tracks complaint calls, work and job orders, equipment, fuel, payroll and aids in
budget development. Cityworks was purchased as part of the SAW Grant in
2016. It works with the ESRI GIS System that was discussed earlier. Cityworks
is GIS based. The amount of the license agreement is $75,000.00. the amount
is being taken from the Refuse Account and the Water and Sewer Fund.
Competitive bidding is not available as this program is specific to an individual
service and the program is cloud based.
Brosnan offered the approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. The program
helps to ensure we have a seamless maintenance system. Tracking the
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complaints from residents is one of the primary functions that we benefit from as
a community and helps to determine where there are critical areas in need of
attention.
Jolly asked if utilizing software on mobile devices and/or apps that would allow
citizens to better communicate where there are issues and whether DPW has
investigated any of those platforms and if so would they provide savings in terms
of efficiency, personnel and provide better service.
Moore stated he had spoken with Mr. Putman, Information Systems Director, and
that option would be possible in the near future. We have a portion called City
Source were residents can put in an online complaint. Residents can also check
the status of their complaints.
Jolly asked if the system would come from the IT Department or DPW.
Moore stated in would be in conjunction with both departments.
DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT
11. REQUEST TO APPROVE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF IMPROVEMENT
BONDS: Engineering Division, re: to assure the installation of public
improvements at Mystic Creek Site Condominiums, located at 18000, 18040 and
18080 Wayne Road, in the Southwest 1/4 of Section 9. (CR 53-17)
Todd Zilincik, City Engineer, presented this item to the Council. On February 13,
2017 City Council approved a preliminary Master Deed, Bylaws and Site Plan for
the above referenced Condo. Now, following Section 18.66 of Ordinance No.
543, we are requesting to receive general improvement bonds, sidewalk bond,
grading and soil erosion control bond, entrance marking/landscaping bond,
monuments and marker bond and as-built drawing bonds. In addition, we are
also receiving fees which will result in thirteen (13) trees for the thirteen (13) lots,
street name signs, traffic control, street light contribution and aid; engineering
review fees and services along with grading and soil erosion control services in
Inspection. The Engineering Division is requesting an amount of $38,157.00 for
the general improvement to the site minus the $4,200.00 paid for the soil erosion
bond. An additional amount of $34,068.71 minus the two (2) fees already paid
for soil erosion and the preliminary review fees for Engineering.
White offered the approving resolution for the Consent Agenda.
DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT
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12. WAIVER PETITION: Planning Commission, re: Petition 2017-03-02-03
submitted by Kucyk, Soave & Fernandes, P.L.L.C., to develop a planned
residential development (Mystic Creek Condominiums) under the single-family
clustering option located on the east side of Wayne Road between Six Mile Road
and Curtis Road (18000, 18040 and 18080 Wayne Road) in the Southwest 1/4 of
Section 9.
(CR 53-17)
Mark Taormina, Planning & Economic Development Director presented this item
to the City Council. This development was originally approved with thirteen (13)
conventional sized condominium units. The zoning of the properties that are
involved in this petition are R-4, One Family Residential. The R-4 zoning district
requires a minimum lot area of 11,700 square feet per lot with minimum lot
dimensions of 90 feet in width by 130 feet in depth. All 13 of the lots meet that
requirement. Applying the cluster option, would not alter either the layout or the
size of the lots. Really, the purpose would be to take advantage of some of the
flexible yard setbacks that would affect the placement of the homes on the
individual lots and what this does mostly is allow the homes to be moved about
10 feet closer to the front lot line from 40 feet to 30 feet. The main benefit there
would be to increase the rear yard setbacks and in doing so that would increase
the distance between the homes in this development and the homes in the
existing adjoining subdivision as well as increase the setback from the adjoining
wetlands and the floodplains that are contiguous to the watercourse along the
east side of this development. There are two other aspects to this design as
submitted. These are items that came up during the review of the original
subdivision design and that is the landscaping and the entry monument detail in
conjunction with the landscaping and the site lighting. So, as it relates to the
landscaping, there’s 3 main components to that; the frontage along Wayne Road
where the petitioner is showing plantings in the form of 6 white pines, a couple of
sweet gum trees as well service berries and a variety of other shrubs. Secondly
are the street trees as required by ordinance. This plan does show a minimum of
one full size deciduous tree per single family lot, some additional trees by the
turnaround at the back end of the site. Then the last part of that would be the
road end, which was the aspect raised by residents, with concerns about
headlights shining on those homes in the adjoining subdivision, Nottingham
Woods to the south. This plan shows a low berm, as well as a wide variety of
densely planted evergreen and deciduous shrubs. Lastly, with respect to site
lighting, this plan does not show any street lights. He said he would let the
petitioner speak to the reason why. It is believed that the existing street lighting
along Wayne Road are enough to illuminate the main entry. There will be the
addition of some coach lights that will be provided on top of the entry monument.
He said he would be happy to answer any questions Council may have.
Enrico Soave, 37771 Seven Mile Road, Suite C, Livonia, Michigan 48152
addressed Council and was ready to answer any questions.
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Brosnan asked Soave to explain his rationale on not including street lights in the
subdivision.
Soave responded the last time this project was approved, they mentioned leaving
it up to the homeowners, it’s not that they’re opposed to street lighting but the
depth of that street is only about 450 feet. Another reason why is some of the
homeowners were complaining about having illumination in their rear yards. He
said he thinks that’s Nottingham West to the south. He said if you put a bunch of
street lights in there putting that landscape berm at the end of the road doesn’t
serve a purpose if there’s constant lighting going on there. He said they felt that it
may be best to wait until the residents are in the home and then have them vote
on the matter. Coach lights were added to the entrance monument to add
lighting. Also, there’s a mailbox were the road bends, they were contemplating
putting street lighting there to satisfy the site.
Brosnan said that was going to be one of her options, not necessarily where the
road bends, but that is a reasonable option. She said sometimes they see
developers put in some type of low level lighting in front of homes and that kind
of suffices. She said the area that would be of most concern is as your driving
and coming in around that bend, it’s a short distance from the entrance marker.
Brosnan asked through the Chair for the City Engineer’s comments on the
necessity for any type of additional lighting.
Todd Zilincik, City Engineer, said if the plan is approved, we still have the ability
through contribution aid. We have an additional five lights anticipated for the
project based on the previous Arbor Trail Estates development. They can work
with DTE and determine what type of lighting is needed for this location.
Brosnan said in looking at the lighting for this location she said she does want to
take into consideration the neighbors’ concerns related to lighting. She asked him
to take that into consideration when evaluating the lighting and alternatives that
creates a safe environment, perhaps some lower level lighting. She said she
appreciates the fact that Mr. Soave left that up to the homeowners to decide but
often what we find is that they have to go in and put a special assessment for
street lighting in place and that becomes a much harder sell. She thinks it is
easier to put in what is best for the community in place at the onset. She thinks
with some additional input from Mr. Zilincik she believes they’ll be able to make a
good choice relative to the lighting.
Soave added that most of the sites are a little more rural, Livonia does not have
many more rural sites left. He said they were very conscious about over
illumination of the site and the surrounding neighbors. Brosnan said she
appreciates that but thinks that some low-level lighting on the site may be a
better solution.
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Bahr said he will drive by the site this evening but said if he is not mistaken this
would be the only the street in that general area without street lights. He said he
wouldn’t be too concerned about over illumination there. He said he would like to
see street lighting on that street.
Brosnan offered the approving resolution for the Regular Agenda.
DIRECTION: APPROVING REGULAR
13. REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION TO SELL CITY-OWNED PROPERTY
ACQUIRED THROUGH THE WAYNE COUNTY TAX FORECLOSURE
PROGRAM USING FUNDS FROM THE FEDERAL COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM: Planning Commission,
re: Petition 2017-04-LS-05, for the property located at 31715 Wyoming Avenue
for a sale price of $10,309.80.
Jim Inglis stated this property was acquired in 2016 through the Wayne County
Tax Foreclosure program. The resident who lived there was a long-time
resident. The resident has health issues which made it impossible to pay the
property tax for three (3) years. It came up in 2016 as a foreclosure. The city
purchased the property. We have been in discussion with the resident since the
day it was purchased and her desire to redeem the property. The property was
inspected, corrected any code violations and any problems that were with the
property. The property was purchased for $5,607.00 plus the summer and winter
taxes for 2016 along with delinquent water bill. The resident has provided a
deposit with the City of Livonia in the amount of $10,309.00. The City has been
fully refunded for the costs associated with this property. The Housing
Commission has approved returning the property to the owner and getting it back
on the tax rolls.
Brosnan offered the approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. She
commended the Housing Department on working with the resident.
Mr. Inglis stated that the city was able to assist residence in matters such as this
previously.
DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT
14. PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE LIVONIA CODE OF ORDINANCES, AS
AMENDED: Department of Law, re: to amend Chapter 48 (Right of Way, Private
Parking and Prohibited Commercial Vehicle Parking on Residential Streets), of
Title 10 adding Section 030 in order to reinstate regulations prohibiting
commercial vehicles from parking on streets in residential areas.
Don Knapp, City Attorney, stated that recently the Code of Ordinances, the traffic
portion, to better comply with state law and to remove some inconsistencies. In
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the process, the section making it illegal to park commercial vehicles on city
streets. The desire is to reinstate that portion with a slight change. The change
would relate to the penalty. The previous penalty was a misdemeanor whether
it’s was a first or second offense. The first offense would now be a civil infraction
with a $100.00 fine and any subsequent offense be a misdemeanor.
Bahr offered the approving resolution for the Consent Agenda.
White questioned if this would apply to landscape trucks where they have a trailer
attached.
Knapp said it would. A proposed amendment has been attached, that if it’s a
pickup truck that’s being used for personal use, it wouldn’t fall within the
ordinance. However, if someone is operating a landscaping business out of their
home, it would fall under the ordinance.
White asked if a landscape truck was parked on a residential street for longer
than hour, if it would violate the ordinance, because her landscape company has
now taken on my clients in her neighborhood.
Knapp stated Council can make it for longer than an hour if it desired.
Brosnan agreed with White. She asked if the one (1) hour time span was in the
ordinance previously. She wanted to know if there was additional language
surrounding this issue, in respect, to the landscape companies.
Knapp noted that the Ordinance Enforcement and Police Department personnel
will exercise good judgment when evaluating complaints relating to this
ordinance.
Vice-President Kritzman said let’s be honest, complaints of this nature aren’t
about the business owners parking in front of the homes while conducting work,
it’s more geared to the business owners running businesses out of their home
and parking their commercial vehicles and equipment in front of their home. He
asked if they could tie to the ordinance to that effect. He said there’s always
going to be opportunities where someone who’s getting work done on their
house, a roofing project or a general contractor, it’s ridiculous to think we would
ask them to move their car every half hour or every hour. He said he doesn’t think
it is reasonable to be asking for something like this. He said he thinks the real
habitual offender that everyone is after is one that is working during the day and
then coming home and having an unsightly commercial type vehicle parked at
their home overnight. He would like to see the ordinance language written in a
manner that targets the offenders only, not legitimate business owners
conducting business throughout the city.
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Jolly added that throughout his years of working at the court he has seen about
ten of these types of complaints. He noted that in each of those cases it was
initiated by a neighbor complaint.
Bahr said after listening to his colleagues comments he said he would like to see
the language of the ordinance changed to address those concerns and
comments.
Knapp said they will provide updated language to the amendment of the
ordinance prior to the voting meeting.
Bahr amended his approving resolution for the Regular Agenda.
DIRECTION: APPROVING - UPDATED LANGUAGE REGULAR
ADDRESSING CONCERNS RAISED
BY COUNCIL
X1. VACATING REQUEST: Andres and Shelley Lesko, re: of a 14-foot utility
easement for the purpose of constructing an addition to their home located at
31694 Curtis Road. (Petition 2017-04-03-01)
Andres Lesko, 31694 Curtis, said him and his wife wish to construct an addition
to their home and are requesting to vacate a 14-foot utility easement. He said
about 3 years ago they did an addition to the home and it was a disaster and the
whole project ended up being a money pit. He said this time they are making
certain everything is done correctly and in doing his research they discovered this
old utility easement on the property and said in order to proceed with their plans
to construct an addition it is necessary to vacate the easement.
Bahr applauded Mr. Lesko for having such a positive attitude considering all he
has been through thus far with his quest to put an addition on his home.
Bahr asked through the Chair to Zilincik if he had an opinion on this matter.
Zilincik also applauded Mr. Lesko for taking the time to go through the process
and requesting the vacating of the easement.
Vice-President Kritzman had some concerns about the utility companies interest
or lack of interest in the easement. He also said he would like the City to take it
under advisement that we may want to be proactively solving if it is something
that we now recognize.
Knapp said to President McIntyre that this item goes to the Planning Commission
first and Administration, it goes through that formal process. Ordinance Language
must be amended to reflect the vacating of the easement.
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Vice-President Kritzman offered the approving resolution referring this item to the
Planning Commission and Administration for its report and recommendations
relating to vacating the easement on this property for the Consent Agenda.
DIRECTION: APPROVING – REFER TO CONSENT
PLANNING COMMISSION &
ADMINISTRATION FOR ITS
REPORT & RECOMMENDATION
AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION: None.
As there were no further questions or comments, President McIntyre adjourned the
Study Session at 9:11 p.m. on Monday, May 22, 2017.
DATED: June 2, 2017 SUSAN M. NASH
CITY CLERK