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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPUBLIC HEARING - 2017-09-20 - MYSTIC CREEK CITY OF LIVONIA PUBLIC HEARING Minutes of Meeting Held on Wednesday, September 20, 2017 ______________________________________________________________________ A Public Hearing of the Council of the City of Livonia was held at the City Hall Auditorium on Wednesday, September 20, 2017. MEMBERS PRESENT: Kathleen E. McIntyre, President Brandon M. Kritzman, Vice President Maureen Miller Brosnan Jim Jolly Brian Meakin Cathy K. White MEMBERS ABSENT: Scott Bahr OTHERS PRESENT: Todd Zilincik, City Engineer Don Knapp, City Attorney Bonnie J. Murphy, CER-2300, Certified Electronic Recorder The Public Hearing was called to order at 7:09 p.m. with President Kathleen McIntyre presiding. This is a Public Hearing relative to the necessity for a proposed Special Assessment LED Street Lighting Project in the Mystic Creek Site Condominiums, in the S.E. ¼ of Section 9, located East of Wayne Road, South of Curtis Road, within the City of Livonia, Wayne County, Michigan. The City Clerk has mailed a notice to the Petitioner and those persons owning land in the proposed Special Assessment District and all other requirements of Section 3.08.110 of the Livonia Code of Ordinances, as amended, have been fulfilled. The public hearing is now open for comments. There was one person in the audience. Please state clearly your name and address before making your comments. McIntyre: Mr. Zilincik. Zilincik: Madam President, a brief background regarding this. Again, basically this is one where we thought there would be five lights, we talked about five lights and there was concern with illumination, we went back and said minimum of three lights should be looked at and then we said technically let’s wait for DTE to come back and based on the wattage and illumination st of the photometrics may provide, and we did get a letter on August 31 from Deb McCain at DTE saying they would recommend four lights, 71 watts on a 14-foot fiberglass post, not like you see along Wayne Road or 2 the adjacent subdivisions which we went out and provided supplemental information for, which those are higher wattage, I think 150’s. So we’re recommending four lights at a cost of $13,975.00, the developer has provided $17,000 Contribution to Aid, if proceeded forward after the hearing for the roll, they would get a refund of $3,025.00 back based on the estimate we provided by DTE and at that time will provide City Council and the appropriate owners of Mystic Creek the estimated costs for electricity. But again, if anybody has any questions, I’d be happy to answer those. But there are four lights approved by DTE back on August 31, 2017 to provide a safe and nice subdivision there off of Wayne Road. McIntyre: Thank you, Mr. Zilincik. Brosnan: Madam Chair? McIntyre: Yes, Councilmember Brosnan. Brosnan: Through the Chair to Mr. Zilincik, so these are not the colonial posts, these are the standard posts that we see in other subdivisions? Zilincik: Let me correct that. These are 71 watt LED colonial lights on 14-foot fiberglass poles, so sorry about that miscommunication, yes, fiberglass poles that are colonials. Brosnan: Thank you. Madam Chair, I’d be happy to offer the approving resolution for the project. I’d like to thank Mr. Zilincik for circling back to DTE to get their analysis, I know there was originally three and I know there was some conversation about the need for additional lighting for that subdivision, I think four is going to be adequate so it sounds like a good plan. McIntyre: All right. So we have an approving resolution offered by Councilmember Brosnan and that will be on the agenda for the regular meeting of October 16, 2017 and we would like to request that the Petitioner or a representative be at that meeting. ndth Zilincik: Madam President, October 2 or October 16? th McIntyre: October 16. ndth Zilincik: Madam President, October 2 or October 16? thnd McIntyre: October 16. Did I say the 2? nd Zilincik: No, I just wanted to double check. The next meeting is on the 2, I wasn’t sure. 3 th McIntyre: No, this will be on the 16. th Zilincik: The 16, thank you. McIntyre: All right. If that’s it, the public hearing is closed. Thank you very much. As there were no further questions or comments, the Public Hearing was declared closed at 7:13 p.m. SUSAN M. NASH, CITY CLERK