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MINUTES OF THE TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-FOURTH REGULAR
MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LIVONIA
On August 18, 1958, the above meeting was held at 33001 Five Mile
Road, Livonia, Michigan, and was called to order by the Vice-President at
approximately 8:13 o'clock p. m.. Councilman Salvadore delivered the in-
vocation. Roll was called with the following result: Present -- James R.
McCann, Frank O'Neill, Sydney B. Bagnall, Rudolf R. Kleinert, Robert Sasser
and Jack Salvadore. Absent -- Austin T. Grant*.
By Councilman Kleinert, seconded by Councilman O'Neill and unanimously
adopted, it was
#525-58 RESOLVED that the minutes of the 253rd regular meeting
of the Council of the City of Livonia held August 11, 1958, are
hereby approved.
Councilman Salvadore introduced the following Ordinance:
NO.
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 10 OF ORDINANCE NO. 4 OF THE
CITY OF LIVONIA ENTITLED, "AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE
LICENSING AND REGULATION OF PARKING LOTS."
THE CITY OF LIVONIA ORDAINS:
Section 1. Section 10 of Ordinance No. 4 of the City of Livonia
entitled, "An Ordinance Providing for the Licensing and Regulation of
Parking Lots", is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 10. No license shall be issued until there has
been paid to the City Clerk a license fee in accordance with the
following schedule:
For parking lots having a capacity of ninety-nine (99)
vehicles or less, Fifty Dollars ($50.00) annually; for a capacity
of one hundred (100) to one hundred ninety-nine (199) vehicles,
Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00) annually; for a capacity of two
hundred (200) to two hundred ninety-nine (299) vehicles, One
Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00) annually; for a capacity of three
hundred (300) to three hundred ninety-nine (399) vehicles, Two
Hundred Dollars ($200.00) annually; for a capacity of four hundred
(400) to four hundred ninety-nine (499) vehicles, Two Hundred
Fifty Dollars ($250.00) annually; for a capacity of five hundred
(500) to five hundred ninety-nine (599) vehicles, Three Hundred
Dollars ($300.00) annually; and for a capacity of six hundred (600)
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vehicles or more, Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00) annually.
Section 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed only to the extent necessary to give this
ordinance full force and effect.
Section 3. Should any portion of this ordinance be held invalid
for any reason, such holding shall not be construed as affecting the
validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance.
The foregoing Ordinance was placed on the table for consideration
at the next regular meeting of the Council.
* Council President Grant arrived at 8:18 o'clock p. m. and there-
after presided for the balance of the meeting.
By Councilman Sasser, seconded by Councilman Salvadore, it was
#526-58 RESOLVED, that having considered the report and recom-
mendation of the Department of Public Works dated August 12, 1958,
the Council does herein accept the bid submitted by Northeast
Construction Company in the amount of $144,659.50, to extend
the Five Mile Road sanitary sewer, such having been the lowest
bid received; provided, however, that the acceptance of the
low bid of the Northeast Construction Company is conditioned
upon the Wayne County Road Commission allocating the amount of
$39,125.44 from surplus funds to cover the additional costs of
said sanitary sewer extension as set forth in its letter dated
February 10, 1958; and the Mayor and the City Clerk are herein
authorized to do all things necessary to the full performance
of this resolution if the additional amount set forth is alloca-
ted by the Wayne County Road Commission as above provided.
A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing resolution with the following result:
AYES: O'Neill, Bagnall, Kleinert, Sasser, Salvadore, McCann and Grant.
NAYS: None
The President declared the resolution adopted.
By Councilman Sasser, seconded by Councilman Salvadore, it was
#527-58 RESOLVED, that the Wayne County Road Commission having
approved the use of $120,000.00 from the $6,700,000.00 Livonia
Sewer Program Bond Issue for the construction of the Five Mile
Road sanitary sewer extension by resolution dated February 10,
1958, and additional requirements imposed by the Board of Wayne
County Road Commissioners plus the relocating of the proposed line
to the north side of Five Mile Road having increased the cost of the
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project so that the original $120,000.00 is inadequate, the Council
does herein request the Wayne County Road Commission to allocate the
additional sum of $39,125.44 from anticipated bond surplus monies
(Livonia section) in order to cover the additional cost for the con-
struction of the Five Mile Road sanitary sewer extension.
A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing resolution with the following result:
AYES: O'Neill, Bagnall, Kleinert, Sasser, Salvadore, McCann and Grant.
NAYS: None.
Councilman Sasser presented reports submitted by the Streets, Roads and
Plats Committee.
By Councilman Bagnall, seconded by Councilman Kleinert and unanimously
adopted, it was
#528-58 RESOLVED that the report dated August 14, 1958 of the
Streets, Roads and Plats Committee regarding Petition No. Z-240
is accepted as submitted and placed on file.
By Councilman McCann, seconded by Councilman Salvadore and unanimously
adopted, it was
#529-58 RESOLVED that the report dated August 14, 1958 of the
Streets, Roads and Plats Committee regarding improvement of
Roycroft, Mayfield and Fairfield Avenues is accepted as submitted
and placed on file.
By Councilman Bagnall, seconded by Councilman Sasser and unanimously
adopted, it was
#530-58 RESOLVED, that having considered the report and recommendation
of the City Planning Commission dated December 20, 1958 in regard to
Petition No. Z-240 submitted by Daniel Bzovi and Thomas Pascu as amended
and revised by a letter dated December 16, 1957 from Irwin I. Cohn,
authorized representative of said petitioners, asking for a change of
zoning classification in the Northeast 1/4 of Section 26 from RUF-B to
M-1 (Light Manufacturing) and P (Parking), the Council does herein con-
cur with said recommendation; and Petition No. Z-240, amended and re-
vised as indicated above, is hereby approved; providing however, that
the approval contained herein shall in no event be construed to be an
approval of the request contained in the petitioners' original approval,
but is an approval of Petition No. Z-240 as amended; and the City
Attorney is herein instructed to prepare an ordinance amending Ordinance
No. 60 in accordance with this resolution.
By Councilman Salvadore, seconded by Councilman Sasser, it was
#531-58 RESOLVED, that having considered the bids submitted for the
sale of a Fordson Major Diesel Tractor to the City of Livonia, and
the Council having investigated these, all such bids are hereby
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rejected; it is further resolved that if new bids are to be ob-
L tained by the Department of Public Works, they shall be solicited
on the following terms:
1. Bids based on trade-in value of presently owned Oliver
Tractor, and
2. Bids based on straight cash sale with no trade-in con-
sidered, and
3. That a compiled list of all established tractor dealers
handling the type of equipment specified within the general
metropolitan area of Detroit and surrounding suburbs be notified
by mail and requested to submit bids.
A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing resolution with the following result:
AYES: O'Neill, Bagnall, Kleinert, Sasser, Salvadore and McCann.
NAYS: Grant.
The President declared the resolution adopted.
The Ordinance entitled "An Ordinance Amending Ordinance No. 51 of
the City of Livonia, Known and Cited as the "Building Code of the City of
Livonia", by adding thereto Sections 5.13, 5.14 and 5.15", introduced by
Councilman Kleinert August 11, 1958, was taken from the table and a roll call
vote conducted thereon with the following result:
AYES: O'Neill, Bagnall, Kleinert, Sasser, Salvadore, McCann and Grant.
NAYS: None
The President declared the ordinance duly adopted and will become effective on
date of publication.
By Councilman Bagnall, seconded by Councilman Salvadore and unanimously
adopted, it was
#532-58 RESOLVED, that having considered the reports and recom-
mendations of the Civil Service Commission dated July 23, 1958 and
August 12, 1958, the Council does herein concur with such recom-
mendations and approves of the establishment of a classification
for Engineering Subdivision Field Inspector at a rate of pay of
$2.50 per hour and does further approve of the establishment of a
classification for Chief Engineering Inspector at a salary of $6,800.00
to $7,000.00 per annum, both positions being necessary for the opera-
tion of inspection of subdivision improvements.
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By Councilman Sasser, seconded by Councilman Bagnall and unanimously
adopted, it was
#533-58 RESOLVED, that having considered the report and recommenda-
tion of the City Planning Commission dated July 23, 1958, in con-
nection with Petition No. Z-287 submitted by Michael J. Caffery for
a change of zoning in the Southeast 1/4 of Section 30 from RUF-B to
C-2, the Council does herein refer Petition No. Z-287 back to the
Planning Commission for reconsideration and requests that the Plan-
ning Commission study the site needs of the Livonia Fire Department
in connection with this petition.
By Councilman Bagnall, seconded by Councilman Kleinert, it was
#534-58 RESOLVED, that pursuant to the report and recommendation
of the Assistant City Engineer and Director of Public Works dated
August 8, 1958, and also the communication from Edwin M. Orr, Con-
sulting Engineer, dated August 7, 1958, the Council does hereby
amend Item No. 3 of Council Resolution #659-57 adopted on August 26,
1957, so as to establish a bond in Har-Io Subdivision in the amount
of $21,100.00 to cover the cost of remaining improvements.
A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing resoltuion with the following result:
AYES: O'Neill, Bagnall, Kleinert, Sasser, Salvadore, McCann and Grant.
NAYS: None
By Councilman Sasser, seconded by Councilman McCann and unanimously
adopted, it was
#535-58 RESOLVED, that the request for reduction of improvements
bond established for Belle Lynn Subdivision is tabled pending re-
ceipt of a report from Mr. Edwin M. Orr, engineer.
By Councilman Kleinert, seconded by Councilman Bagnall, it was
#536-58 RESOLVED, that having considered the report and recommenda-
tion of the Municipal Library Commission dated August 6, 1958, the
Council does herein approve the budget of the Municipal Library
Commission for the fiscal year ending November 30, 1958.
A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing resolution with the following result:
AYES: O'Neill, Bagnall, Kleinert, Sasser, Salvadore, McCann and Grant.
NAYS: None.
By Councilman Salvadore, seconded by Councilman McCann and unanimously
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adopted, it was
#537-58 RESOLVED, that the requests from property owners in Rouge
Trail View Subdivision for street lighting are hereby tabled.
The report of the Municipal Court for the month of July, 1958 was
received and placed on file.
On motion of Councilman Bagnall, seconded by Councilman O'Neill and
unanimously adopted, this 254th regular meeting of the Council of the City of
Livonia was duly adjourned at 8:45 o'clock p. m., August 18, 1958.
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Mar, W. Clark, City Clerk