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MINUTES OF THE ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIRST
REGULAR MEETING OF FEBRUARY 18, 2015
On February 18, 2015 the above meeting was held at the City Hall,
33000 Civic Center Drive, Livonia, Michigan, and was called to order by President
Brosnan at 7:00 p.m. Councilmember Kritzman led the meeting in the Pledge along
with Alex Czjeka from St. Michael's Boy Scout Troop 711.
Roll was called with the following result: Brandon Kritzman, John
Pastor, Brian Meakin, Laura Toy, Lynda Scheel, Susan Nash and Maureen Miller
Brosnan. Absent: None.
Elected and appointed officials present: Mark Taormina, Director of
Planning and Economic Development; Todd Zilincik, City Engineer; Judy Priebe,
Director of Legislative Affairs, Susan A. Hoff, City Clerk; Don Knapp, City Attorney;
and Brad Kadrich, Director of Administrative Services.
On a motion by Scheel, supported by Kritzman, and unanimously adopted,
it was:
#38-15 RESOLVED, that the Minutes of the 1,770th Regular Meeting
of the Council held February 2, 2015 are hereby approved as submitted.
President Brosnan announced there will be two (2) Public Hearings being
held on Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. in the Auditorium of City Hall,
33000 Civic Center Drive, Livonia, Michigan:
Pravin Sutariya, Vice President, IPS Assembly, is requesting approval of
an Industrial Facilities Tax Exemption Certificate for building
improvements, machinery and equipment at their facility located at 12077
Merriman Road, Livonia, MI 48150. (Industrial Development Overlay
District #109)
Heather Smercina, Director Business Development, McLaren Performance
Technologies, Inc., 32233 Eight Mile Road, is requesting the establishment
of an Industrial Development District at 20421 Parker, 20446 Hubbard and
32367 Eight Mile, Livonia, Michigan.
Pastor sent birthday greetings to his sister Mickie.
Nash congratulated Sheila Taormina, sister of Mark, on her induction into
the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame and on the publication of her book, "Swim Speed
Secrets".
During Audience Communication Christopher Martin commented on an
article in the Observer concerning that two new candidates had filed to run for City
Council and he spoke on the costs of his unsuccessful campaign in 2013 and
thanked the voters who had cast their ballot in his favor.
was:
On a motion by Toy, supported by Kritzman, and unanimously adopted, it
#39-15 RESOLVED, that having considered a letter from John
Paepke, P.E., Traffic Operations Engineer -Taylor, Transportation Service
Center, State of Michigan, Department of Transportation, dated January 16,
2015, which requests permission to waive Section 8.32.070 (Noise Control)
of the Livonia Code of Ordinances, as amended, in conjunction with the
crack treatment project on Old M-14 (Plymouth Road) between Market
Street and Farmington Road, to allow the contractor to start operations at
night, starting at 9:00 p.m. and continuing until 5:00 a.m. Monday through
Thursday, with work expected to begin in or around June of 2015 and to be
completed in September of 2015, the Council does hereby grant and
approve this request in the manner and form herein submitted.
#40-15 RESOLVED, that having considered a communication from
the Interim Superintendent of Parks and Recreation, dated January 29,
2015, which bears the signatures of the Director of Finance and the
Department of Law and is approved for submission by the Mayor, to which
is attached a proposed Lease Agreement between the City of Livonia and
Burr Enterprise, Inc., 22165 Averhill Street, Farmington Hills, Michigan
48336, for the Whispering Willows Golf Course Clubhouse Restaurant for a
period of eight (8) months, commencing on April 1, 2015 and ending on
November 30, 2015, with three (3) optional five (5) year extensions, the
Council does hereby authorize the Mayor and City Clerk, for and on behalf
of the City of Livonia, to execute the said lease agreement, as well as to do
all other things necessary or incidental to the full performance of this
resolution.
#41-15 RESOLVED, that having considered the report and
recommendation of the Director of Information Systems, dated January 22,
2015, which bears the signature of the Finance Director and is approved for
submission by the Mayor, the Council does hereby accept the bid of
Amcomm Telecommunications, Inc., 10431 Highland Road, White Lake, MI
48386, for the proposed expansion of the City Fiber Network from City Hall
to the Livonia Community Recreation Center (LCRC) and the Department
of Public Works (DPW) for an amount not to exceed $145,348.91, the same
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having been in fact the lowest bid received and meets all specifications;
Further the Council does hereby authorize an expenditure in an amount not
to exceed $145,348.91 from funds already budgeted in Account No. 401-
000-986-0000 ($15,000.00) and Account No. 101-915-982-000
($130,348.91) for this purpose and the Mayor and City Clerk are hereby
authorized to execute a contract for and on behalf of the City of Livonia with
the aforesaid bidder and to do all other things necessary or incidental to the
full performance of this resolution.
#42-15 RESOLVED, that having considered the report and
recommendation of the Director of the Housing Commission, dated January
22, 2015, 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 2015-2016 Community Development Block
Grant (CDBG) Program and 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.
#43-15 RESOLVED, that having considered a communication from
the City Planning Commission, dated January 14, 2015, which transmits its
resolution #01-01-2015, adopted on January 13, 2015, with regard to
Petition 2014-12-02-15, submitted by Matthew Adamcheck, to operate an
indoor training facility (4 Star Strength & Conditioning) located on the west
side of Industrial Road between the CSX Railroad right-of-way and
Schoolcraft Road (30958 Industrial Road) in the Northwest 1/4 of Section
26, the Council does hereby concur in the recommendation made by the
City Planning Commission and Petition 2014-12-02-15 is hereby approved
and granted, subject to the following conditions:
1. That the issues as outlined in the correspondence dated December
22, 2014, from the Fire Marshal, including those relating to the requirement
that the proposed space must conform to current NFPA 101 standards, shall
be resolved to the satisfaction of the Fire Department;
2. That the issues as outlined in the correspondence dated December
29, 2014, from the Assistant Director of Inspection, including those relating
to the requirement that the building meet all current Michigan Building
Codes including the Michigan Barrier Free Code, shall be resolved to the
satisfaction of the Inspection Department;
3. That adequate lighting be provided in the parking areas and
walkways as determined by the Inspection Department-, and
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4. That only conforming signage is approved with this petition, and any
additional signage shall be separately submitted for review and approval by
the Zoning Board of Appeals.
A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing resolutions with the following result:
AYES: Kritzman, Pastor, Meakin, Toy, Scheel, Nash and Brosnan
NAYS: None
Toy gave first reading to the following Ordinance:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 25 OF THE ZONING MAP OF
THE CITY OF LIVONIA AND AMENDING ARTICLE III OF
ORDINANCE NO. 543, AS AMENDED, KNOWN AND CITED AS "THE
CITY OF LIVONIA ZONING ORDINANCE" BY ADDING SECTION 3.
THERETO. (PETITION 2014-11-01-07)
The foregoing Ordinance, when adopted, is filed in the Journal of Ordinances in the
Office of the City Clerk and is the same as if word for word repeated herein. The
above Ordinance was placed on the table for consideration at an upcoming Regular
meeting.
There was no Audience Communication at the end of the meeting.
Toy spoke about an article she had recently acquired and shared with other
Council members concerning the benefits of higher education and the statistics
regarding job qualifications going into the future and was proud to say that Livonia
hosts nine institutes of higher learning.
On a motion by Scheel, supported by Nash, and unanimously adopted, this
1,771 st Regular Meeting of the Council of the City of Livonia was adjourned at 7:12
p.m.
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Susan A. Hoff, Ci y Clerk
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PUBLIC HEARING
RE: REQUEST SUBMITTED BY HEATHER SMERCINA, DIRECTOR OF
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ON BEHALF OF MCLAREN PERFORMANCE
TECHNOLOGIES, INC., PROPOSING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT
32233 W. EIGHT MILE ROAD, IN THE NORTHEAST'/4 OF SECTION 3
On Wednesday, February 25, 2015, the above hearing was held at the
City Hall, 33000 Civic Center Drive, Livonia, Michigan, and was called to order by
Council Vice -President Pastor at 7:00 p.m. Present: Susan Nash, Brian Meakin,
Lynda Scheel and John Pastor. Absent: Brandon Kritzman, Laura Toy, and
Maureen Miller Brosnan.
Council Vice -President Pastor stated that this was a public hearing on the
question whether to approve the request to establish an Industrial Development
District, submitted by Heather Smercina, Director of Business Development, on
behalf of McLaren Performance Technologies, Inc., for the property located at
32233 W. Eight Mile Road, Livonia, MI 48152 within the boundaries of the City of
Livonia in an area of approximately 1.58 acres lying in the Northeast'/4 of Section
3, as more particularly described in the attachment to the application which is
hereby incorporated by reference and which is hereinafter referred to as
"Proposed City of Livonia Industrial Development District No. 116.
There were seven (7) individuals present in the audience regarding this
matter. Questions and comments from interested persons were given due
consideration by the Council, a transcript of which is on file in the Office of the
City Clerk.
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The Public Hearing was declared closed at 7:11 p.m. on Wednesday,
February 25, 2015.
SUSAN A. HOFF, CITY LERK