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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-07-08 CITY OF LIVONIA – CITY COUNCIL MINUTES OF STUDY MEETING HELD JULY 8, 2019 Meeting was called to order at 8:06 p.m. by President Laura Toy. Present: Jim Jolly, Brandon Kritzman (arrived 8:55 p.m.), Scott Bahr, Cathy White, Kathleen McIntyre, Brian Meakin and Laura Toy. Absent: None. Elected and appointed officials present: Mark Taormina, Director of Planning and Economic Development; Todd Zilincik, City Engineer; Paul Bernier, City Attorney; Susan M. Nash, City Clerk; Lynda Scheel, City Treasurer; Toni LaPointe, Director of Library Services; Jacob Rushlow, Superintendent of Public Service; and Mayor Dennis Wright. Vice President Jolly led the meeting in the Pledge. President Toy stated there is New Data on Item #11 and Item #12. President Toy wished City Clerk Susan Nash a happy birthday. Councilmember Bahr thanked the Spree Committee for their hard work in the Annual Spree Anniversary Event. President Toy thanked the many volunteers who helped at the Spree. President Toy asked for a moment of silence and prayers for Janelle, the young lady who was hit by a car many months ago and is still recuperating. AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION: None NEW BUSINESS: 1. BLOCK PARTY: Jeanine Miller, re: to be held Saturday, August 10, 2019, from 2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on Woodring Street, between Vermont and Oregon, with no rain date requested. Jeanine Miller, 9311 Woodring, presented this request to Council. She stated this st is their 31 Annual Block Party which consists of a gathering of neighbors and a barbecue, games, children and grandchildren playing in the street. Councilmember Bahr asked if Ms. Miller knew if her block party is the longest running one in the City and she replied she didn’t think so. He then offered an approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 2 2. BLOCK PARTY: Maggie McGrane, re: to be held Saturday, August 24, 2019, from 1:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on Rayburn Street, between Levan and Williams, with no rain date requested. Maggie McGrane, 36730 Rayburn, presented this request to Council. She stated this event is a gathering of neighbors, friends, family, food and barbecue, games, chit chat, fun and laughter. Vice President Jolly offered an approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 3. BLOCK PARTY: Caren Shatter, re: to be held Saturday, September 7, 2019, from 12:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on Sussex Street, between Fitzgerald and Sherwood, with a rain date of Sunday, September 8, 2019. Caren Shatter, 15642 Sussex, presented this request to Council. She stated this nd is their 22 year of holding this block party. They will be having a barbecue and a bounce house, perhaps a band, bonfire at night. She also stated they have applied for the neighborhood grant and received it so they will be using the funds for the event. She stated that they used the grant money last year to redo the wall at the entrance to their subdivision and it’s really a nice benefit that the City offers. Vice President Jolly offered an approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 4. REQUEST FOR DESIGNATION AS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION: Bob Meyer, Head Football Coach, Clarenceville High School, re: as required by the State of Michigan to obtain a Charitable Gaming License to allow a raffle fundraiser in the future. Bob Meyer, 8274 Fox, White Lake, presented this request to Council. He stated they’ve already received incorporation status, an EIN number, and have just recently been approved for a 501(c)(3) status by the IRS, so this is the last step for running a raffle which all of the funds will go to the Livonia Clarenceville Football Booster Club to be used for products that they need for conducting a top level football program which is his goal right now. Councilmember White offered an approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 3 5. REQUEST APPROVAL FOR SENIOR ALLIANCE 2020-2022 MULTI-YEAR PLAN (MYP): Jason Maciejewski, Chief Information and Planning Officer, re: as required by the Aging and Adult Services Agency (AASA) to be submitted to the State Commission on Services to the Aging. Councilmember McIntyre, being on the Board of the AASA, presented this request to Council. She then offered an approving resolution for the Regular Agenda, to give a representative a chance to come to present this to Council. DIRECTION: APPROVING REGULAR 6. AWARD OF BID: Livonia Public Library, re: for auditorium renovations for the Bennett Civic Center Library, from budgeted funds. Toni Laporte, Director of Library Services, presented this request to Council. She stated the Finance Department went out to MITN for bids on the renovation of the Bennett Civic Center Library Auditorium. Other than the sound system, projector and screen, no updates have been made since the building was built 31-years ago. Two companies submitted bids and she is requesting Council to award the bid to Library Design Associates. Vice President Jolly asked if the company that is awarded the bid will be approaching this as a library auditorium, and do they have some expertise that will add value to that area. Laporte replied that Library Design Associates have done so many library renovations across Michigan, Ohio, hundreds of libraries. They have done auditoriums; they do everything and they’re very good. And their bid was lower than the other company that bid and it was a better bid, they included things that the other company did not. And they also chose to stay within the timeframe specified which is very important because they know the auditorium rooms are so very busy and so they have booked them up to a certain date and have some time out for the renovation and they say they’re going to do it between those dates. The other company wanted to start sooner which they couldn’t because the auditorium was booked during that time. Vice President Jolly stated he appreciates Laporte looking out for the residents and the people that use it first, and he then offered an approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 7. REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION TO PURCHASE ONE (1) 2019 FORD F-550 THROUGH THE STATE OF MICHIGAN AND THE MACOMB COUNTY BID PROCESS: Public Service Division, re: to replace a vehicle assigned to the Forestry Section, from budgeted funds. 4 Jacob Rushlow, Superintendent of Public Service, presented this request to Council. He stated this agenda item is to purchase a new Ford F-550, which is really just the chassis part of the vehicle, the rest is an aerial lift that would be upfitted as a part of the vehicle package. This is a replacement of an existing piece of equipment that’s about 23-years old and is well beyond its expected use of life. It’s been extended through improvements over the years but it definitely needs to be replaced. So the vehicle will be used primarily for tree limb trimming, it has a 45-foot working height. It will be used for both trimming and disposal, it will have a chipper debris body as well with it. So for both trimming and disposal during emergencies, or routine maintenance that we do through the Department for Public Safety with hanging limbs. The upfitting in part will have a hydraulic lift chip body storage, toolboxes and safety lighting that we use on all of our vehicles. The funds for this vehicle were previously approved through the DPW Capital Outlay Budget, pricing was set through the State of Michigan and Macomb County Contract for the vehicle and upfitting was through the MI-DEAL as an extended purchasing program that’s made available to us through the State of Michigan. So, it is the recommendation through the Public Service Division of the DPW that Council proceed to authorize the purchase of this F-550 Truck from Signature Ford and upfitting of the truck from Versa Lift Midwest in the amounts listed in the letter, both from budgeted funds. Councilmember White offered an approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 8. REQUEST TO APPROVE PURCHASES WITH SOLE SUPPLIER, EJ USA, INC. f/k/a EAST JORDAN IRON WORKS: Public Service Division, re: for the purchase of storm water, water main and sanitary manhole-related items in an amount not to exceed $75,000.00 annually, for the period of July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020. Jacob Rushlow, Superintendent of Public Service, presented this request to Council. He stated this item is related to purchases for water main, sanitary sewer, and storm sewer manhole items that are iron castings for covers and frames for manholes, this also includes fire hydrants, water main valves and the City logo manhole covers. Those are manufactured here locally in Michigan in East Jordan up north, the company now is called EJ USA, Inc. This pricing that we’ve checked that they’ve given us for this one year contract is consistent with those being paid by other neighboring communities for these same items. The local distribution center here is in Oak Park and has been very responsive in meeting all of our needs as quickly as possible when we do need materials from them. So, it is the recommendation through the Department that Council proceed to authorize purchases from EJ USA, Inc. for storm water manhole, sanitary manhole, water main related items, not to exceed $75,000.00 annually from funds already budgeted and also to waive the formal bidding process in accordance with City 5 Ordinances since no advantage to the City would result from competitive bidding in this situation. Councilmember McIntyre offered an approving resolution for the Consent Agenda, stating is something that is needed and is a sole supplier and one of these years she still wants to get up to East Jordan and take a tour of East Jordan Iron Works since virtually every manhole cover in the State has that name on it and probably outside the State, too. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 9. REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICES WITH NTH CONSULTANTS FOR ENVRIONMENTAL ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT: Public Service Division, re: to amend five-year agreement with NTH Consultants, Ltd., through June 30, 2023, to provide as-needed environmental engineering services related to the City’s landfill in the amount of $20,000.00 annually. (CR 229-18) Jacob Rushlow, Superintendent of Public Service, presented this request to Council. He stated this item is related to their request for additional services from NTH Consultants who is their current environmental engineering consultant. Over the past year they’ve seen an increased focus from the State and at the Federal level on emerging unregulated contaminants like PFAS which I’m sure you’ve heard in the news; it’s been a pretty hot topic. The Great Lakes Water Authority has recently required the City through our landfill permit which has a leachate discharge to the sanitary sewer system which ultimately ends up at the Great Lakes Wastewater Treatment Plant that we start to do things to try to reduce or eliminate through a best management practices plan the amount of PFAS that they’re finding in samples of our discharge to the wastewater stream. So with that, NTH being the City’s environmental engineering firm, they talked to them and asked them to put together a scope of what it would really look like to do and implement this BMP Plan and what type of additional sampling would need to be done, lab analysis reporting and the like for the Great Lakes Water Authority and what they need to see from us. On top of that, with these types of emerging issues from the State and Federal level, the Department believes it would be prudent on our behalf also to extend their scope for NTH to also include additional services to provide for flexibility and timely response to these impending regulatory changes that we’re seeing these days for emerging contaminants such as PFAS. So, it is the Department’s recommendation that Council proceed to approve a contract amendment with NTH Consultants to provide these as needed environmental engineering services and authorize the Clerk and the Mayor to execute that contract amendment and then also authorize an additional expenditure to their existing contract in the amount of $20,000 annually through the remaining life of their contract with the City. Vice President Jolly stated he has two questions. First, you mentioned PFAS and obviously there are some people locally who are sensitive about water issues, 6 rightfully so, and statewide that’s also a sensitive topic. Could you provide Council with a report that details what exactly is coming out of this site. I understand it’s not a current site that’s operating, it’s been closed for many, many years but it’s something that we’re managing a past situation; and then asked if Rushlow could provide Council with those reports. Rushlow responded yes, they can, absolutely. Vice President Jolly said it’s probably appropriate with the sensitivity around this concern, and as a representative so the people have an idea of what exactly is happening there, from that perspective. Secondly, with the amount of the contract, an additional five years with up to $20,000 annually, it says here “as needed”? Rushlow answered correct. Vice President Jolly stated the scope of “as needed” confuses me to an extent. Do you have a detailed outline of what that “as needed” might be; is there a cap, is there a limit, might they recommend something that you will be coming back for more? I’m just trying to get a grasp of what we’re talking about. Rushlow replied right now we do have from them specifically on the PFAS topic and what would be needed achieve our best management practices plan through our permit with Great Lakes Water Authority. We have that scope from them and what that’s going to look like and cost. Beyond that in the next five years we’re not sure of what may be coming down the pike on additional things that we may need to do or additional sampling. Part of our plan is to continue to do sampling for another two years, see where we’re at, and then really see what else do we need to do beyond that to try and reduce or eliminate, maybe we’ve achieved our goal by then, so that’s why we put it as a “not to exceed $20,000”, because we may not need to actually use that much every year on these additional services but we may need to get there at some point. Jolly then asked are they approving the payment of $20,000 annually or up to $20,000 annually? Rushlow replied it would up to, and not to exceed $20,000. Jolly then asked when Rushlow would be able to share the reports with Council and Rushlow replied for the reporting that they’ve done so far, they have to do quarterly reporting on sampling, right now we’re not required because this is what’s coined as an emerging contaminant, it’s unregulated, so it’s something that they don’t have to sample for right now but what Great Lakes has done is went out and taken basically a single grab sample of the leachate stream and said hey, we found PFAS in your stuff so we want you to start to monitor it and then do some things to improve it. So that part of it we haven’t actually started to do yet but he can 7 send the results that they have so far, even if you want to see the last year’s quarterly reports, those can all be provided. Jolly asked Rushlow if he could do that and specifically the PFAS, that would be appreciated. Vice President offered an approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. Councilmember McIntyre asked if an amendment should be made to the document that reads “authorizing additional expenditure in the amount of up to $20,000 annually?” The letter submitted says $20,000 and that perhaps that amendment should be made. DIRECTION: 1)APPROVING CONSENT 2)AMEND LETTER TO READ “NOT TO EXCEED $20,000” 10. REQUEST TO ACCEPT STORM WATER FACILITIES MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT: Engineering Division, re: from Vibe Credit Union, in conjunction with the construction of a storm drainage system that provides adequate drainage for property developed at 16825 Middlebelt Road, in the Northeast ¼ of Section 14. Todd Zilincik, City Engineer, presented this request to Council. He stated this is a housekeeping issue, the Credit Union is getting ready to open very shortly. You saw on the west side of Middlebelt just south of Six Mile a lot of activity recently to provide a new facility, Vibe Credit Union. So in order for them to get their full C of O, one of the requirements is the storm water agreement needs to be executed, so they’re trying to be proactive and appreciate Council’s cooperation and approval of this. Vice President Jolly offered an approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 11. WAIVER PETITION: Planning Commission, re: Petition 2019-05-02-08 submitted by Livonia Healthcare Real Estate, L.L.C. to demolish the existing nursing home (St. Jude) and construct a new building in its place for the purpose of operating a nursing and physical rehabilitation facility (Mission Point Livonia) on the north side of Ann Arbor Trail between Joy Road and Stark Road (34350 Ann Arbor Trail) in the Southeast ¼ of Section 33. Mark Taormina, Director of Planning and Economic Development, presented this request to Council. He stated this is a request to demolish and replace the St. Jude Nursing Home at the corner of Ann Arbor Trail and Stark Road and construct a new nursing and physical rehabilitation facility. This is a zoning map that shows where the property is located with respect to surrounding properties and zoning. 8 On three sides are residential homes. On the north side of the property is the Rouge Parkway, part of Hines Park. The property is zoned OS, Office Services, that zoning has been in place since around 1959. The original facility, St. Jude – well, actually Riverbank Convalescent Home, was built sometime in the early 1960s. Section 9.03 (g) of the Ordinance treats convalescent nursing homes and homes for the elderly as a waiver use in the OS Zoning District. Homes are required to be on parcels that comprise at least one acre plus 500 square feet of land per bed. This is a 1.59 acre site and as such it could support a total of 51 beds. St. Jude currently operates with a total of 64 beds and it’s their intent to keep the 64 beds. These beds would effectively be escrowed whole the new facility is under construction and then upon completion the beds would transfer to the new facility which would be operated by new ownership and under a new name, Mission Point Livonia. President Toy asked Treasurer Scheel if there was an outstanding balance of fees on this property. Treasurer Scheel came to the podium and stated previously there were taxes due to the City for personal property taxes and to Wayne County for real property taxes. The personal property taxes have been paid in full. There are still taxes due to Wayne County. They have been making payments to Wayne County and the receipt was sent showing they had made recent payments but there is still a large amount owing. There were supposed to be plans made through the bankruptcy of when the taxes to Wayne County were going to be paid off that she is not sure rd what the current plans are with that. But when she last checked on July 3, there was still taxes owing to Wayne County for the real property taxes. Councilmember Meakin offered a resolution to send this item to the Committee of the Whole as he is not comfortable moving forward with the petition where there is money being owed to the City as well as the County with a pending bankruptcy hearing which is supposed to be in mid-July, so he’s not comfortable at all moving forward with this without going to Committee before anything else is resolved with the bankruptcy hearing. DIRECTION: REFER TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE CONSENT 12. SITE PLAN PETITION: Planning Commission, re: Petition 2019-01-08-01 th submitted by 18 Street Development, LLC to construct a professional/medical office building located on the north side of Seven Mile Road between the I-275/96 Expressway and Haggerty Road (39000 Seven Mile Road) in the Southwest ¼ of Section 6. Mark Taormina, Director of Planning and Economic Development, presented this request to Council. He stated this is a revision to a previously approved site plan that was to build a professional medical office building which as everyone knows th at this point is for Beaumont Health. It was on February 25 of this year that City 9 Council granted site plan approval for what was a 4 and a half story building located at the north end of the property. And under that original plan the existing office and industrial building was going to remain as part of the overall redevelopment of the site and that would be used primarily as a warehouse. The reason this item is back before the Planning Commission is two-fold: one, is because the Petitioner, th 18 Street Development, as well as the main tenant, Beaumont Health, have made substantial changes to the plan and they are also bringing back to you the callback item, which was the design of the building, so we will be reviewing both of those items this evening. So the new plan shows a slightly smaller four-story building that will be built near the center of the site and would replace the existing office and industrial building which would be completely demolished. The north end of the property where the building was originally proposed will be left vacant and that would be retained by the owners for future possible development. The gross floor area of the new building is 134,400 square feet, so it’s slightly smaller than the original building which was 160,000 square feet. The building again is positioned in the center of the property, it’s in an area which is currently the main parking lot, which lays just east of the existing A123 office building. At the closest point the building is about 104 feet from the I-275 off ramp. Customer and employee parking will be mostly on the west and the south side of the building where the nonemergency entrances are located and then the emergency drop off is located on the east side with additional parking located on the north side of the building as well as some of the building’s other support services which are on the east and north sides and this would include the receiving area, the ground mounted mechanical, as well as the mobile MRI unit as well as the trash containment area. All of these elements would be screened using a combination of both masonry walls as well as landscaping. As with the previous design, the new road that would run parallel to the expressway on the east side of the site as well as on the south and north sides where it would connect and provide access to both Seven Mile and Haggerty Roads. The alignment of the road is very similar to the previous design; however the latest plan shows a road avoiding the historic Orson Everett property altogether. The new alignment moves the road further to the north and completely onto the Pentagon Center Entertainment Campus property. This has the benefit of not only eliminating any impact to the historic property, but it also increases the separation from the signalized intersection and hence improves the turning movements as well as the stacking distance for vehicles that are waiting at the light. The plan also resulted a net zero displacement of parking on the Pentagon Center. So, you’re looking at a plan that differs in a number of respects from the one Council looked at a few months ago. Not only is the building smaller and repositioned on the site, the existing building being demolished in its entirety but also how this site accesses Seven Mile Road is slightly different. Originally they 10 were showing that road going through the north end of that historic property which they have an option to acquire. That road has now been moved further to the north; it avoids any impact to the historic property. All signage would be located off site and there would be no impact to that site. That was something that they’ve been working on for several weeks with the owners and with the association of the Pentagon Center Entertainment Campus. Parking, there are 281 parking spaces that are required for the clinical office which is the medical component. Another 346 spaces for the physician office or the general office. An additional twelve spaces needed for building support and amenity. Overall the parking required by Code is about 639 spaces. This site plan shows 568 spaces, so there is deficiency of 71 spaces. This is similar to the plan that was presented to Council earlier. The Petitioner is very confident that the parking that is needed by industry standard is roughly 560 spaces, so they feel confident that the amount of parking being provided on the site is ample for what is required. Altogether new landscaping plan as it effects the parking areas. Additional landscaping details are provided for some of the off site improvements. The Loop Road as well as the changes that would occur on the Pentagon Center Entertainment Campus. With respect to the building elevation plans, the architect is here and I’ll let Kendall describe these in greater detail. But the building is predominantly a brick and metal panel design. Again, it’s four stories so it’s slightly lower than the design you looked at a couple of months ago. There aren’t details on signage at this point, that is something that will have to come back for further review. The Planning Commission is recommending approval of the plans as submitted. President Toy opened the floor for questions from Council. She then asked Taormina if this complex would house overnight patients, and he responded that the Petitioner will reply to that question. President Toy called the Petitioners to the podium. Tom Kelly, 1560 Market Street, Denver, Colorado, came to the podium and stated it is a pleasure to be in front of Council once again. He stated this will be an outpatient facility so while there is an emergency department, it’s a 23-hour stay. So just to give you a little context from where we were to where we are now and the why, as Mr. Taormina mentioned, Beaumont Health is their partner on this deal. We are a true partner in this deal. Beaumont owns the land and they’re going to th do a long term ground lease, 18 Street Development. They will develop, they will own the facility but Beaumont will be the anchor tenant. Fifty percent of the tenancy will be independent physicians. The reason why they ended up switching from originally keeping the A123 building to where we are now, was Beaumont had 11 certain needs from a warehouse standpoint that they were able to solve outside of this property. This solution offers a much better patient experience without having that building there and centrally locating our facility right in the middle of the property. So they’re very pleased to be able to come forward with that. The building has shrunk in size, they’ve been able to advance their planning with Beaumont’s departments and really right size the building, so we’re confident that this is what the building size is going to be both from Beaumont’s perspective as well as what the market will be able to bear with the independent physicians. We have some plans and his design team is present to answer any questions. In regard to the new circulation, they have been working very hard with the Pentagon Association as you know, AMC Theaters, Hyatt, restaurants, these are corporations, a lot of cats to herd. They’ve worked with the historic preservation commission and some of them are present here, very pleased that we’re able to come to terms and a mutual understanding with the Pentagon Association so that we do not have to affect the historic building or the land whatsoever. We still have to come to some business terms with the Pentagon Association but we’re putting these plans in front of you because we have a plan that they’ve agreed upon in principle and this is the intent of the property and moving forward. President Toy asked if there are wetlands on the property and Kelly responded yes, and that they’re trying their best to minimize any wetland impacts. They’ve been working with a wetland impact consultant throughout the various stages of their planning efforts and this is the most minimal impact that they’ve been able to come up both from a historical preservation as well as from a wetland perspective. Councilmember Bahr asked if there is an entrance directly off of Seven Mile Road and Kelly responded there will be coming off of Chippewa Street, where the existing signalized intersection is. Bahr clarified it’s the road that goes by the high place in the theater, that’s the one way in and Kelly replied yes. Kelly went on to say the existing A123 road access that comes to Seven Mile will go away. Bahr then asked with the parking, Mr. Taormina said something about the industry standard for something like this being 560 spaces, and Kelly replied yes. Bahr stated the parking requirements can often be excessive and he cited the Providence Center at Seven Mile and Newburgh which he feels is one of the poster children for a parking lot that is way too big. 538 spaces quite frankly sounds like a lot and in looking at the plans it looks like one big sea of parking lot with a beautiful building, and asked Kelly how many parking spaces he thinks is needed and if not, are the parking requirements limiting what you can do with the development of the building. 12 Kelly replied that they develop throughout the country and they partner with some of the largest healthcare organizations and parking is very important, to get it right it’s important to have it well circulated around the building, not just from a parking count perspective. So what this plan incorporates is what we think is the right balance of where the parking is located, we have two entrances within the building, one on the north, one on the south end. But also from an overall parking count perspective, yes, there’s going to be just under 300 employees within the building. It’s going to be a healthcare facility, as you know, even from an outpatient perspective, you’re going to have family members that are going to be accompanying. Somewhere in the 4.5 per 1,000 to 5 per 1,000 of rentable square feet is really where they need to be. It’s not just from a long term quality standpoint for the patients and the employees within the building, but also quite honestly from a financing perspective, to be able to be consistent with industry standards. The last thing we want to do is overpark, it’s just money that’s thrown away and more that we have to maintain. So this right in the sweet spot of where we think it’s going to be for the short and long term of the building. Bahr then said if they are comfortable where it is the parking relative to the ordinance is not an issue to him. He then asked the lot that they’re keeping available to the north for possible future development, is that something that the parking that you’re getting here, do you anticipate parking being an issue with putting a building there in the future. Kelly replied no, they believe there’s ample land for it to be a self-sustaining development, whether it’s a healthcare facility or any other facility, they have no plans for what that future may be right now, they’ll see how this project goes. They may end up looking at this as a land hold, I don’t know, to be honest with you, but there are no plans for what that future may be but there is ample land for that to be, its own parking and its own development. Bahr then stated he had no further questions but thanked the Petitioner for the work they put into this project since it was last before Council and taking into consideration so many of the concerns that were expressed at that time. Vice President Jolly thanked the Petitioner for the many value added improvements that were made to the plans. He then asked about the emergency department that the Petitioner referred to earlier and asked him to clarify what that would be in practice for a couple different reasons. He then asked when he said the Emergency Department at a building that is branded with one of the most prominent hospital names in the area, will there at some point be anything misleading about saying that, is this going to be a full service emergency department or is it actually going to be like an urgent care kind of facility. Can you provide some insight into what that might be because I would hate for somebody who needs a full emergency room to go to a facility marked as a branded hospital and not be able to get the service that they need because they might only get that shot once. 13 Kelly replied in terms of the overall flow from the ambulance 911 perspective, they’ll all understand the trauma levels of what each emergency department within the County and within the City is able to provide. So this will be a lower level trauma facility, something that may be more like a broken bone. If somebody is having a heart attack and they call 911, they’re going to be routed to Farmington Hills or to a higher level trauma facility. Jolly said he understands that the professionals would know that, but one who is taking somebody else in a medical emergency, may waste valuable time going to a facility that can’t help them. He stated he doesn’t know of any other facilities that is branded as an emergency department that’s not a full service emergency department, at least locally . Kelly then stated he has a representative from Beaumont, Amanda Mulak, Senior Project Manager for Beaumont Health, she’s been our partner on this, living and breathing this project, and she could probably speak to that better than I could, if you don’t mind. Amanda Mulak came to the podium. She introduced herself and stated her address is at 29394 Cotton Road, Chesterfield. Thank you for having me. There are a few local freestanding ED’s, they do have one in Canton within our system itself, so that’s our first freestanding EC that we have within our system. But there is also one that we know of within the St. John System in Macomb and I believe Henry Ford also has one as well. So, it’s becoming more of a --- waiting for us to get the full services that we can offer for people in the communities that we’ve done market research on. So I think Mr. Jolly asked earlier what will the EC Department have and it will be a full spectrum of EC services. So, it has an imaging and lab attached to it where we can do both outpatient care but if someone comes in for emergency services, we can either stabilize them and get them transported, should someone not understand that we’re not a Level 1 Trauma or we’ll treat the lower acute patients at our facility. Jolly then stated that everyone has visited an Urgent Care, and that there are good Urgent Cares and some that are less good. He then asked how Mulak anticipates staffing at a facility like this, an Emergency Department. If someone walks in with a stroke, is there going to be one doctor on call at a time or what type of staffing will there be. Mulak replied they will have full-time physicians and nursing on staff at all times, it’s going to be open 24/7. Jolly then asked if it will be a handful or a full team and Mulak responded the emergency rooms themselves were sized based on what they felt the area needed. So the Emergency Department itself is going to have in Livonia eight exam rooms with two resuscitation and two triage, so it’s a full complement of services that we 14 can staff and will be staffing accordingly based on our market research for the area. Jolly then stated overall he loves the project, he loves that they’re coming to Livonia, he loves the site plan except for this, something just doesn’t sit right with this as far as I look at it. Councilmember Meakin stated he is extremely excited about the project, he thinks this is a huge improvement to retrofitting an older industrial as well as office space, so this is a much greater improvement and he appreciates all the work that was done in making the Ring Road work. That was very important to us as a community because of the traffic flow on Seven Mile and Haggerty that I’m sure you’re well aware of. The medical field is changing dramatically as my colleagues have addressed earlier but we’re going to have another emergency facility on the other side of the street, so it’s not much different from what Trinity is offering south of Seven Mile. So I don’t foresee this as a huge problem. Mostly in Livonia you’re being transported by Livonia Fire Department. They’re going to know not to go to your facility unless it’s an absolute emergency that they have to go there if St. Mary’s is out of beds or the next Trauma 1 is out of service or whatever. He indicated he is extremely excited about this and he then offered an approving resolution on the last petition that was presented to Council, and he offered an approving resolution for this item as well and I imagine we’re going on the Regular Agenda for this one so we’ll see you in a couple weeks. Councilmember McIntyre asked if the State required licensing of Emergency Departments and certain standards to be met and is a Certificate of Need still required as it was at one time in order to build new beds, that she doesn’t know what the Certificate of Need requirements are for emergency facilities. Is it correct or incorrect that the State requires licensing for emergency? Mulak replied her understanding is that they don’t require the Certificate for the emergency itself, but any of the imaging equipment that they have there, so a CT scanner and our mobile MRI and PET machines that are going to be at this facility. So we’re working on getting those CONs, Letter of Intent to the State and we have a plan to get that. Now the Code will require for the type of ambulatory health code, this will be reviewed by the State of Michigan. As far as HFES review and coordination with the City of Livonia review as well. McIntyre asked if the State has to designate or approve a facility in order for it to be called an Emergency Department, that is her question. In order to be designated an emergency room or emergency medical services, is that a designation that the State has to approve? Mulak replied that’s not her understanding. 15 McIntyre then stated it is incumbent then on the facility to make sure people understand, that’s an issue, but to Mr. Meakin’s point, most of the – we hope – the very acute cases are taken by Livonia ambulance, you know it’s not, people shouldn’t be driving their loved ones who are in acute distress to an emergency room facility. President Toy stated there are private ambulances as well that do come into play besides the Fire Department. Her concern is, she’d like, and not sure who to direct this to, but she feels this should be checked out through the State and see what the requirements are. She respects the fact of Mulak’s position and what she does, but so much changes in Lansing from time to time, and she served up there, a law could be here today and gone tomorrow or altered in some respect. She then indicated she would like this emergency thing to be checked out so that we know that we’re on even footing, we know that Beaumont as well as St. Joe that we’ve now entered in with, nothing would treat our residents any different, we wouldn’t expect that obviously, but the City has a lot of medical facilities around there, because the University of Michigan facility is over that way and they do imaging as well and they do different services. So you’ve got a lot of little niches within that Seven Mile corridor and Haggerty, so I think it would behoove us to do that and whatever direction, Madam Clerk, you can send that to, maybe the Administration could give a call to our State Rep and Senator, or the Health Policy Committee, whoever chairs that, we would be able to find that out a little bit more clear. She stated she respects Mulak’s knowledge, but she’d also like to see if there’s any nuances within that scope, if you will. She’s concerned as the traffic flows when you’re bringing in emergency vehicles, she’s ridden in enough of them with her brother, so it’s not a pleasant experience always. So you want to get, as Vice President Jolly said, the best care that you can for a situation when someone has such an emergency and be very clear about --- perhaps the name needs to be restructured, she doesn’t know, let’s see what we can find out. Vice President Jolly asked if it is going to posted as an urgent care or a high level urgent care or will it be an Emergency Department. He indicated that Beaumont is the hospital that his family uses and they’ve gotten great service and he trusts that they’re going to provide top notch care, it’s just people driving down the road who see the Beaumont name in red letters that say Emergency, they may be expecting something else, they’re not going to know the nuances. Mulak then stated that she is not sure if Council is familiar with their expansion at Farmington Hills that opened recently a few months ago. They did do a community outreach and had a three day open house for the community to come into the facility and get acquainted with our new Emergency Department there and try to do that communication. So they would be happy to do a similar type of outreach to educate the community about what type of emergency services we would have in this new location and do something to support that concern that you have. 16 President Toy stated that her concern, to follow-up, is you’re driving down the expressway, you’re a traveler from out-of-state, you’re a traveler from in-state, you see Beaumont, you see possibly that there’s a hospital or a facility for health care and then you see Emergency when you turn off your service drive or whatever the case may be, maybe I’m blowing it out of proportion but she thinks the concept again of Emergency is one that says to me I can go in there for my knees, I’m not breathing, I just got an allergic reaction to something, any number of things that I know we all see in health providers. She thanked Mulak again but asked that this issue be checked into a little deeper as well. Mulak said she’d be happy to provide any information to Council that they have. President Toy also thanked the Petitioners for preserving the Historical portion of this site. DIRECTION: APPROVING REGULAR 13. SITE PLAN PETITION: Planning Commission, re: Petition 2019-05-08-08 submitted by Quick Pass Carwash to construct a new attendant building, modify vehicular parking and access, and install new self-serve vacuum stations with overhead canopy located on the south side of Five Mile Road between Yale Avenue and Levan Road (36293 Five Mile Road), in the Northeast ¼ of Section 20. Mark Taormina, Director of Planning and Economic Development, presented this request to Council. He stated this petition involves a number of site changes and upgrades to what has been a car wash for a number of years, Century Car Wash is what it previously operated under and now it’s call Quick Pass Carwash. This building is about 10,800 square feet in size. The building originally was constructed in the early 1970s as an automotive diagnostic building and then it was expanded later to include the car wash. The new operator, Quick Pass, is in the process of undertaking a number of improvements and upgrades to the property, including installing new car wash equipment, changing the parking, as well as the circulation pattern for the site, adding a new pay station, as well as installing new self-automated vacuums. This is the Zoning Map; it shows you what is actually three zoning classifications that encompass the property. The northerly part where the building, the parking, and all the other activities occur, is zoned C- 2. The middle portion which does include additional parking is zoned P for parking, and then the southerly portion which is mostly undeveloped is zoned OS, Office Services. Note the proximity of the residential properties from the southeast corner of the property that has been an ongoing issue and something that will get discussed here. One of the significant changes is how the circulation pattern works and how the pay station works. Originally cars would enter the queue for the wash and stack in a drive aisle that was located along the east side of the property. Under the new 17 plan this drive aisle will be converted to 90 degree parking and the drive aisle will be shifted slightly to the west. Those cars if you look at the plan will then enter a pay station at the south end of the property. This would be an automated pay station. Customers will be able to select from a number of items from a menu board. They will be able to pay, there will be an attendant, somebody stationed there at all times to assist with persons ordering their car wash, there would be automated gates that would then allow the vehicles to turn right as they have done for a number of years, then circle back around to the north along the west side of the property where they would enter the car wash. So not real significant changes with respect to the circulation pattern other than moving that aisle a little bit further to the north and providing parking along the east side of the property. Again, the point of sales area where those two stations are located, that would be covered by an awning and there’s a small tenant building which we have plans for. Another change to the site involves the addition of ten self-serve vacuum stations which are located along the west side of the property. These two are covered by a fabric canopy or awning. They are illuminated, I think, with LED lighting and these stations would each allow vehicles, would be able to pull into 12-foot by 20- foot spaces where the payment would be at each one of those stations, allow for the cleaning of vehicles and then exit along the east side of the building as is the case today. Another change was with respect to landscaping. One of the issues was the buffering between the proposed use and the residential properties to the south and to the east. For this reason the plans before you show a portion of the southeast corner of the parking lot being removed. They would sawcut that triangular area which you see here and additional landscaping as well as berming would be provided there to provide additional shielding to the residents that are located adjacent to this side of the property. A dumpster would also be moved a little bit further to the west, it would be fully enclosed. The Planning Commission reviewed this plan in detail. They placed restrictions relative to the hours of operation as well as requiring that all the lights be turned off at least one hour after the business closes, shielding on all of the lights. With that, I’ll be happy to answer any questions that Council has. President Toy thanked Taormina and opened the floor for questions by Council. Councilmember Bahr stated that the pictures in his packet reflect that the work has already been done and Taormina replied it has proceeded and is probably 80 to 90 percent complete. Bahr then asked how a site plan is before Council when the project is 90 percent complete and Taormina replied that it was a situation where permits were applied for and pulled for certain work that he thinks the scope of work being undertaken was misunderstood by the Review authority. So when the City learned of the 18 extent of the modifications it was felt that this meets the scope of something that would have to come for a site plan review. Taormina pointed out the pay stations, the two areas where vehicles would enter. You don’t see the gates at this time, I’m not sure that those have been installed. And then these would be the self-serve vacuums along the west side of the property. Councilmember McIntyre asked Taormina if the vacuums had been installed and he responded yes. She then asked if just the vacuums had been installed, previously there were two really old, very crummy vacuums there. But what does the ordinance require in terms of approval for additional vacuum stations? Taormina replied the ordinance is silent with respect to that, so it’s really a discretionary, it’s up to the Administration in deciding whether it reaches the threshold, I guess, if you will, of requiring a formal site plan review. It was felt that the changes were significant enough that would require Planning Commission and Council’s review. McIntyre said she’s glad the decision was made, and she understands why when it started that perhaps it didn’t look like a formal review was needed but she’s glad they’re here. President Toy called the Petitioner to the podium. Jamie Burke, Quick Pass Carwash, 49409 Plymouth Way, Plymouth, Michigan came to the podium. He stated what they’re doing here is – they have one in Canton, they’re building another one in Plymouth, they’re coming to Livonia, and they’re going for approval for a fourth one in South Canton. And what it is is a new style car wash. So, it’s big out of state, where you have the free vacuums you pull out, those vacuums are free. There’s a hose for each side of your car so you’re not dragging an old hose through your car. It’s really convenient, you can take your time. If you don’t want to buy a car wash, you can still use the vacuums, they’re free. We also offer unlimited memberships so that’s what we need the pay stations for with the gates. So when you pull up, if you have a tag on your window, the gate recognizes it’s you, opens up, lets you in, sends a signal and the kid inside the tunnel knows what car is next, takes a picture of your car, shows you’re an unlimited member, hits send and you go through. So we did --- when we were purchasing this, we went forth and again there was a little miscommunication, I guess the scope of work was a little more than was expected. But this is kind of common now, is the free vacuums, the pay stations, so I don’t have to worry about anybody stealing, 90 percent of the transactions these days are credit cards already so the machine does all the work. We don’t have to have four kids scrubbing your car anymore, freezing to death. We’ve got one kid inside, he’s nice and warm. The inside of the tunnel is completely remodeled, all new walls, new electrical, new everything. All new equipment, state of the art. And if you’re a 19 member here and you want to go to the one in Plymouth, you can go to that one. If you want to go to the one in Canton, it’s like a club, it’s like a gym membership. And as far as lighting, and hours of operation, we have one in Canton where we’re already doing this, we have neighbors that are 90-feet, we’re right on the threshold, we had to be 90-feet from their backyard and we meet all the requirements in Canton as far as lighting and things like that. The LED that are in the canopies, those are 20 watts, they’re just for like a small amount of light for you to see what’s going on. But we close at 8:00 in the summer so it’s still light out, and we close at 7:00 in the winter. And then on Sundays we close at 6:00. President Toy asked what time they open and Burke replied 7:00 a.m. President Toy opened the floor for questions from Council. Councilmember McIntyre stated she guesses she’s out of luck if she holds a bunch of the five-wash cards from the prior owner. Burke replied they are going to honor all of those, everyone will get a $15 car wash, the washes are $7, $11 and $15. And what they’re going to do for the first month is they’re going to launch TV commercials, 1,000 commercials a month will be run. They bought 42,000 post cards, everybody in Livonia is going to get one. And the first month is $1.00 and you get the $15 car wash unlimited for a whole month. Councilmember McIntyre said she asked that question because many residents also invested in those former five-wash car passes. She then asked concerning the noise ordinance, the no radios, are they going to police the no radios and Burke replied he is having signs being made as they speak and someone will be monitoring it. He then said his car wash in Canton, that most people are respectful of the no radio rule, there’s a manager on site, they’re different than most car washes, they’re not the old angry guys. There’s no one going to be outside smoking, cigarettes, taking breaks, it’s a very professional operation. So the managers and supervisors are hands on, they’re walking the parking lot, making sure you’re happy with your car wash, customer service is number one. Again, they worked with the neighbors in Canton, they’re really close, so there will be No Loud Music Signs. As far as noise, we’re under the decibels, we already had a decibel meter under there so we fired all the vacuums up and you know road noise is 55, it goes from 55 to 60, and ours in under 59. McIntyre stated she likes the professional approach to this, they were good, she lives right near there, they did a good job at that car wash generally, but it was old, and it was starting to look old and the landscaping needed some updating, the dumpster needed some updating, those vacuums needed some updating. She said she has never used one of these car washes but is familiar with them and sees these now and she thinks this is going to be a nice addition and make that 20 corner look better and she’s glad they’re straightened out now and that they’ve gone before Planning Commission for formal site approval which she thinks is necessary. Overall she thinks this is going to be a really nice development at that corner. Burke invited the Councilmembers to stop by, the building is painted. Councilmember McIntyre asked if the maintenance bays were gone and Burke replied that the auto place is still there, they take the front half, and the car wash takes the back half. He then stated they made it wider in the back, they redid that. The concrete is all new, all new heated slabs so when you enter it’s a heated slab and when you exit it’s a heated slab so it doesn’t ice up in the winter. The building is painted, new landscaping everywhere, new LED lights, there wasn’t a light on the property that worked. President Toy asked if there are people that towel dry the car and Burke replied no, they have a chemical balance in their wash system, that puts enough drying agent with enough water and it sheers off your car, there won’t be water on your car but if you want, there’s microfiber towels when you’re done if you want to use them out by the vacuums if you want to do your door jambs and stuff like that. Councilmember Kritzman stated it wasn’t that long ago that residents came to Council regarding this property and new lighting that was installed and it was a matter of that lighting being intrusive in the backyard and asked if that was rectified. Burke replied there is no lighting on the property, there is no power to the back. The awnings have 20 watt LEDs in them and they’re not on and they’re going to be shut off at the time of business. They are still waiting to put the lights up in the back until they’re approved because he doesn’t want to spend 3 or $4,000 and throw them on a pole real quick. But the blue awnings for the vacuums, they have LEDs in there and I think maybe they were left on, but they shine straight down, they don’t shine out, they’re not intrusive at all. Kritzman then stated that one of the concerns that was brought up at the time was a matter of screening between this operation which is obviously a lot bigger operation than was there before. So going back to the screening between this operation and the adjacent residential property, I know that Mark talked a little bit about landscape screening in the corner of the property but I guess I’m going to throw this question to Mark. To be honest, that landscaping piece looks like a token element of the entire site plan, is that the only area that is required or is it because the adjacent property is another commercial use and we’re not requiring more landscaping? Taormina replied that the paving, as you can see from this plan, goes pretty much to the edge of the property so there is not a whole lot of opportunity to provide additional landscaping along the east side of the property. I think they’ve added; I 21 think the intent here was to add that landscaping where they felt it would provide the most effective screening to the residents which is that triangular area. The area directly to the south of that, if I go back to the aerial photograph, you’ll see is the undeveloped area of the site and that is where the City approved a greenbelt in lieu of a protective wall that would otherwise have to go along the edge of the property. It was felt that building a wall would probably do more disturbance on this site then the existing landscaping, correct. Kritzman then asked Burke about the existing pavement that is out there, and he has not been to the site, he was studying the project earlier today and obviously looking at Google Maps, you can see what was there. On the eastern border of the property, in the back half, where you’ve got all the cars and vacuums and all that, he noticed earlier that there are vacuum stations and there is an extra wide open area which obviously had two queuing sections through there and then you have additional parking which he presumes to be for Auto Lab. Burke stated it’s for anybody, for employees. Kritzman asked if it would be possible because the drawings aren’t clear, he’s not sure of the dimensions in that middle area and maybe Mark has it on that sheet if he can zoom in right there, what is that middle section, is that 56 feet through there? I guess is it possible to peel that back from that corner to the first island five feet and put a landscape screen in there. Burke replied that right now you can’t see that there are trees there. On the east of those spots there’s 30 feet of woods. Kritzman stated that’s primarily deciduous trees. Burke said what he’s going to running off the side of that are arborvitaes, at the corner of the landscaping and go about ten parking spots to where the light pole is, they’re going to go almost to the light pole, arborvitaes. He said they will be 8 to 10 feet tall, and they’ll run north on an angle to the south. Kritzman said from the triangular area to the island where the light is located and Burke replied yes. Taormina then said that is addressed in Item No. 14 in the resolution. President Toy opened the floor for Audience Communication. Marsha Malec, 361124 Parkhurst, Livonia, came to the podium stating she is one of the residents that back up to the car wash. She said she first notice the new improvements and expansion to the car wash in March and that was during winter and there was no greenery on the trees so the bright blue awning was very noticeable at that time and there was a lot of construction and noise going on. She 22 said she and her neighbors were surprised about all of the activity on the creek. One of the concerns was basically the activity on the creek and she thinks it was Todd Zilincik who helped her get a several hundred thousand dollar grant from the State to shore up the ravine because it was caving in. There were at least five or six neighbors who were assessed $20,000 each towards the cost of that. So with all this new activity we were all just surprised that with how we thought that the ravine was so fragile that there would be all this activity right on the edge of it again. So that’s what her concern is. And with all this building happening before it was approved, how do they know what the impact to the ravine might be. And she knows that they can’t know that until they’re operational but it’s a concern because there was a huge investment from our neighborhood on that ravine. She stated that a few of the neighbors say, too, that for the longest time after that was done, that the creek was very, very clear and she doesn’t know what are reasons that would cause the creek to get cloudy or oily looking or green again. She has not seen it because she doesn’t see the water from her property but a few of her neighbors commented that the water looks murky again. Could be any reason. Janice Prokopenko, 36126 Parkhurst, Livonia, came to the podium. She stated she lives directly, closest to these wonderful blue buildings. She has a picture in April, she was shocked to see this blue tunnel was white. I think this was approved as if this had still been a farm, it’s been open since 1970, instead of a subdivision. She wants to know they can ameliorate since this monster is there. She’s concerned about the water, she’s concerned that they will have to pay – because they put in those two buildings fifteen, twenty years ago on Five Mile, you know, these people had to pay so much money, she’s afraid for all the neighbors on the creek who will have to have something like that happen. And that was a Wayne State because it’s all creek, a Wayne County assessment. How can they ameliorate what’s there already? The other owner, Gary, his partner, warned the owner of the property was very, very good. They brought me the decibels, it’s 59, he said it was when all ten of them were on, the vacuums. And I know that our by- laws say it has to be 55, I have a concern with radios or noisy cars are coming, it’s right in my backyard, absolutely, it’s on my phone, you can see the picture. It’s a change of use. It was done part-time; Inspectors were there and didn’t know what they were looking at. So we just fell through the cracks. Last time you did show the green space and it’s a little deceptive because most of that green is the house next to me. The creek goes, I would say two-thirds is on my neighbor’s, there’s the little green space I think on there. So I just wonder what we can do to make it better, yet the blue is very bright and it’s right out my kitchen window. My deck, at 9:00, 10:00 o’clock, people were talking, probably planning things but at night and the voices carry. Warren – I think it’s Warren, the owner, and Harry, would have even put arborvitaes on my property. And they’re thinking that would really break the sound better than a wall. So I don’t know what else I wanted to say but it’s just been sad because it was built before the specifications. President Toy asked if they offered to put some arborvitaes on your property, did you say that? 23 Prokopenko replied Warren did, he came on because from the sidewalk, it’s just this blue, people walking by, you know property values are going to be effected. President Toy asked if her main complaint is the blue, is that what I hear? Prokopenko replied the closeness to this tunnel of cars to what was pretty prestigious. President Toy then asked Taormina what do they do in this case, Mr. Burke has improved the area and yet there is some concern from the residents as to their qualify of life on this particular site. Taormina stated there’s probably a number of practices or things you could undertake, that would include limiting the hours of operation to what we think is reasonable, addressing some of the screening issues via landscaping has already been discussed. Shielding the light fixtures as much as possible. Controlling the sound level to something that is reasonable and she’s correct, the limit is 55 and I know it was indicated that the reading was at 59 when all ten vacuums were operating without vehicles there, so more than likely it’s going to be close to that limit, but as long as it’s below that threshold then that is something that is permitted by zoning ordinance. So, it’s been addressed in the resolution as best we can, we don’t have the final landscaping plan, it’s really just something that is a condition of approval, if between now and the voting meeting you’d like to see some of these issues refined a little bit, more details relative to either sound levels or landscaping maybe, that’s something that you can address between now and the voting meeting. President Toy thank Taormina for his suggestions. Councilmember McIntyre stated she had one more question, at what point in the work did we go from something that didn’t require a full site plan to requiring a full site plan? That is still confusing. And earlier it was suggested maybe it was Administration discretion, which I don’t have a problem with, you can’t be prescriptive with everything. We didn’t change the use, right, we didn’t change the exterior of the building, we don’t have any requirements, we just heard that the number of vacuums maybe that’s something we need to look at with the new car wash. And she is very empathetic to the residents’ issues, that they are now looking at something very different than they were looking at before. At the same time overall it is an improvement to an out of date facility. Taormina replied that the most significant changes are clearly the pay station as well as the additional vacuums and where they’re located on the property. The other aspects are really similar to the way this site has operated for years. In terms of the impact, they haven’t gone beyond the limits of the paved area. There was some site work, they had to remove the pavement. There was some peripheral 24 impact along the side of the property, maybe by five, six feet. It did not appear to directly impact the stream, some of the discoloration could be caused from the heavy rains we’ve had this season. They could install silt fencing along that area, that can be stabilized when they do the final landscaping as well as seeding. So there are some best management practices that can be undertaken along that east side of the property to mitigate any possible impact to the creek. There’s been no direct discharge into the creek from what I can tell. Councilmember Meakin offered an approving resolution for the Regular Agenda. Warren Radgens, 4445 Governor Bradford, Plymouth, came to the podium. He stated he owns some of the Auto Lab, a percentage of it, and he owns the building that we’re talking about. He said there’s been nobody touching anything with the pavement as far as towards the creek. As a matter of fact, the old owner of the facility, which was Dave, if we could pull up that one picture where we show the work that he’s talking about, yes, in the back corner, right in that area. The way the cars used to line up, and I bought this place in 2002, and I used to operate that auto repair site, the cars used to line up all the way around that corner and they would go all the way to Five Mile Road. We used to actually have trouble pulling our cars out of the bay. So the way this gate is, it’s actually going to be less intrusive on the creek because the cars would idle around that corner, I mean they would sit there forever. There was a time that was probably two years ago, I called the previous owner up and I was in line to get a car wash, I was in line for 55 minutes to get a car wash. That’s never going to happen again. People are going to be coming through this pay gate, it opens up, let’s them in, and they leave, there’s not going to be cars idling all the way around there. So it is quite a big improvement, the building, of course, and the way it looks, and it’s a good asset to the community. That’s all I have to say. Jamie Burke came to the podium and stated as far as addressing the river, there is nothing being dumped into that river from us, I just want to be really clear. And everything is different than it was in 1970 washing cars, chemicals are different, all biodegradable, it’s recycled, 85% of the water is reused. The previous owner wasn’t reusing anything so we are on the cutting edge of making sure that the environment is number one, we’re not going to be those guys. And like Warren said, I have not touched that site, have not gotten close to the ravine, we’re not doing anything to that river, it’s unnecessary for us to go back there, we don’t really need that for part of our facility. President Toy indicated what she heard them say was the canopy, that’s what she heard the one woman say, and a couple other comments. I don’t think anybody was saying you were dumping anything in the stream that I know. Burke stated he had an inspector come and check on me one time and he said that someone called on us saying that we were dumping things in the river, so I just wanted to make it clear that we’re not doing that. 25 President Toy stated they appreciate their improvements, it’s not that, I think some people were taken a little by surprise, that’s all, all the work going on there. That’s what I’m hearing. I’m going to go out and look at the site as well and see what’s up. DIRECTION: APPROVING REGULAR AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION None. As there were no further questions or comments President Toy adjourned the Study Session at 9:44 p.m. on Monday, July 8, 2019. th For the 1,877 Regular Meeting of July 22, 2019 DATED: July 12, 2019 SUSAN M. 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