HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL MINUTES 2014-02-19MINUTES OF THE ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-SEVENTH
REGULAR MEETING OF FEBRUARY 19,201
On February 19, 2014, the above meeting was held at the City Hall, 33000
Civic Center Drive, Livonia, Michigan, and was called to order by the President of the
Council at 7:00 p.m. Councilmember Nash led the meeting with the. Pledge of
Allegiance.
Roll was called with the following result: Susan Nash, Brandon Kritzman,
John Pastor, Brian Meakin, Laura Toy, Lynda Scheel, and Maureen Miller Brosnan.
Absent: None.
Elected and appointed officials present: Mark Taormina, City Planner;
Judy Priebe, Technical Specialist; Todd Zilincik, City Engineer; Linda McCann, Director
of Community Resources; Terry Marecki, City Clerk; Don Knapp, City Attorney; and
Mayor Jack Kirksey.
it was:
On a motion by Pastor, seconded by Kritzman, and unanimously adopted,
#44-14 RESOLVED, that the Minutes of the 1,746th Regular Meeting
of the Council held February 3, 2014, are hereby approved as submitted.
Toy indicated she was requested to have the legislature recognize
"National Engineers Week" from February 16th through February 22"d and highlighted
local Engineer, John Hiltz, President of Orchard, Hiltz & McCliment, who is the 2014
President of the American Council of Engineering Companies of Michigan. Toy also
recognized the tireless work and dedication of City Engineer, Todd Zilincik, and offered
a salute to all civil engineers for their contributions to our everyday life and community
and thanked them for doing an outstanding job.
President Brosnan thanked and acknowledged Mayor Kirksey and his staff
for their dedicated help and assistance offered to Awrey Bakery to stay open. President
Brosnan indicated Awrey celebrated its one year anniversary under new ownership and
celebrated with a "Grand Re -Opening" earlier in the day. President Brosnan stated the
event was well attended by City officials and Department heads and attributed the
success of the company to two new investors, with the aid of the Mayor and his staff,
and recognized how important such a company was to the community.
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Mayor Kirksey announced Awrey Bakery is a company that has been in
business for over a hundred years and at the "Grand Re -Opening" event earlier in the
day celebrated its one year anniversary with its two new owners. Mayor Kirksey
indicated the previous capital venture firms who owned Awrey's almost bankrupted the
company. Mayor Kirskey thanked Don Knapp, City Attorney, and Mike Slater, the
Director of Finance, for the help and assistance they offered to Awrey's. Mayor Kirksey
indicated the owners of Awrey's announced plans to nearly double their work force by
their second anniversary and to launch gluten free products in the retail marketplace.
Mayor Kirksey indicated the employees were glad to be part of the company's success
because of their contributions and loyalty to the company throughout the years.
Mayor Kirksey indicated many concerns for snow removal have been
raised by residents and indicated this year has brought about a record setting number of
water main breaks throughout the City. Mayor Kirksey encouraged residents to remove
snow and ice in the roadways near drains to eliminate the build-up of ice on residential
streets as the weather continues to be troublesome and temperatures fluctuate above
and below freezing. Mayor Kirksey indicated residents can learn when the City declares
a Snow Emergency through various avenues: the City's website, Channel 8 on Bright
House Network, Channel 99 on AT&T U -verse, Facebook, Twitter, AM 1670, contacting
the main phone number of DPW at (734) 466-2655, local television channels, or signing
up for email alerts and/or text message alerts through the DPW page on the City's
website. Mayor Kirksey concluded by offering condolences to Kevin Maillard, Director
of the Department of Public Works, on the recent loss of his brother-in-law.
During Audience Communication, Christopher Martin, 12275 Inkster Road,
addressed Council to express concern for an item that came before the Planning
Commission but never made it to a Council Agenda. Mr. Martin stated he installed a
fence on his property to deter theft at his business but was ruled against by the Zoning
Board of Appeals and requested the subject matter be put on a Study Agenda for
discussion by Council.
On a motion by Toy, seconded by Kritzman, it was:
#45-14 RESOLVED, that having considered the report and
recommendation of the City Clerk, dated January 24, 2014, the Council
does hereby accept the proposal submitted by BS&A Software, 14965
Abbey Lane, Bath, Michigan 48808, to purchase an upgrade to the BS&A
Software System (BS&A Animal and Business Licensing Software
packages) to include conversion, implementation and training services in
an amount not to exceed $33,085.00; FURTHER, the Council does
authorize an expenditure of $30,000.00 from funds already budgeted in
Account Number 401-000-971-000; and an expenditure of $3,085.00 from
funds already budgeted in Account Number 101-111-971-000; FURTHER,
the Council does hereby authorize the action herein without competitive
bidding in accordance with Section 3.04.140.D.3 of the Livonia Code of
Ordinances, as amended.
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#46-14 RESOLVED, that having considered the report and
recommendation of the Information Systems Director, dated January 16,
2014, which bears the signature of the Director of Finance and is
s' approved for submission by the Mayor, the Council does hereby accept
the bid of Netech, 48325 Alpha Drive, Suite 150, Wixom, Michigan 48393,
for supplying the Information Systems Department with the Dell
AppAssure Appliance, with three (3) years of Dell Pro Support in the event
the AppAssure Appliance is purchased by February 28, 2014; FURTHER,
the Council does hereby appropriate and authorize the expenditure of a
sum not to exceed $69,998.00 from budgeted funds in Account Number
401-000-986-000; such purchase is made using a State of Michigan
Approved Contract under the Midwestern Higher Education Compact.
#47-14 RESOLVED, that having considered the report and
recommendation of the Director of the Housing Commission, dated
January 22, 2014, which bears the signature of the Director of Finance
and is approved for submission by the Mayor, and to which is attached a
report containing an explanation of the proposed 2014-2015 Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program and tentative Budget, the
Council does hereby take this means to indicate its informal approval of
the proposed program and tentative Budget and does further authorize the
Housing Commission to conduct a second Public Hearing on this matter
for public comment and to thereafter prepare a final program and Budget
for submission to the City Council.
A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing resolutions with the following result:
was:
AYES: Nash, Kritzman, Pastor, Meakin, Toy, Scheel, and Brosnan.
NAYS: None.
On a motion by Toy, seconded by Scheel, and unanimously adopted, it
#48-14 RESOLVED, that having considered a communication from
the City Planning Commission, dated November 27, 2013, which sets forth
its resolution 11-82-2013, adopted on November 19, 2013, with regard to
Petition 2013-10-06-01, submitted by the City Planning Commission,
pursuant to Council Resolution No. 331-13, and Section 23.01(a) of
Ordinance No. 543, the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Livonia, as
amended, to determine whether to amend Section 2.08(14) of Article II,
Section 9.03(m) of Article IX, Section 10.03(m) of Article X, Section
11.03(u) of Article XI, and Section 30.04(c) of Article XXX of the Livonia
Zoning Ordinance No. 543, as amended, in order to comply with State law
regarding licensure of massage therapists and to provide for local
oversight of compliance with state regulation, and the Council having
conducted a Public Hearing with regard to this matter on Wednesday,
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January 29, 2014, the Council does hereby approve Petition 2013-10-06-
01 for preparation of the Ordinance for submission to Council; and the
Department of Law is requested to prepare an Ordinance amending
Ordinance No. 543, as amended, in accordance with this resolution.
A communication from the Department of Law, dated February 5, 2014,
re: to address concerns raised by Councilmember Pastor regarding the approval for a
Brownfield Plan and Reimbursement Agreement for the Livonia Commons Mall, was
received and placed on file for the information of the Council.
was:
was:
was:
On a motion by Toy, seconded by Scheel, and unanimously adopted, it
#49-14 RESOLVED, that the Brownfield Plan for Livonia Commons,
together with Exhibits and schedules thereto, which was presented to the
Livonia Brownfield Redevelopment Authority by the City's Planning
Department at its meeting of January 22, 2014, be approved in
substantially the form in which it was presented to the Authority, subject to
approval as to form by the City's Law Department.
On a motion by Toy, seconded by Scheel, and unanimously adopted, it
#50-14 RESOLVED, that a Reimbursement Agreement, providing
for reimbursement of eligible costs pursuant to the Brownfield Plan for
Livonia Commons, be approved in substantially the form of the
Reimbursement Agreement between the City of Livonia Brownfield
Redevelopment Authority and the City of Livonia, and Tobeck Corp.,
Maxlune Realty Corp., and The Antonoff Family Trust Partnership, LLP
(collectively "Owner"), and National Real Estate Management Corp.
(Owner's Agent), which was presented to the Authority by the City's
Planning Department on January 22, 2014, and that the Mayor and City
Clerk are authorized to execute said Reimbursement Agreement, subject
to approval as to form of said Reimbursement Agreement by the City's
Law Department.
On a motion by Meakin, seconded by Scheel, and unanimously adopted, it
#51-14 RESOLVED, that having considered a communication from
the Director of the Department of Community Resources, dated January
31, 2014, which bears the signature of the Director of Finance and is
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approved for submission by the Mayor, the Council does, for and on
behalf of the City of Livonia, accept various cash donations from the
sources indicated therein; FURTHER, the Council does hereby
appropriate and credit the amount of $21,914.00 to Account No. 702-285-
139 (Community Projects), for the purposes as designated by the donors.
There was no Audience Communication at the end of the meeting.
On a motion by Scheel, seconded by Meakin, and unanimously adopted,
this 1,747th Regular Meeting of the Council of the City of Livonia was adjourned at 7:34
p.m.
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TerryW Marecki, City Clerk