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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSYNOPSIS - 2010-06-21 th SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE 1,659 REGULAR MEETING LIVONIA CITY COUNCIL – JUNE 21, 2010 Meeting was called to order at 8:00 p.m. Present: John Pastor, Brian Meakin, Joe Laura, Laura Toy, Maureen Brosnan, Conrad Schwartz and James McCann. Absent: None. MAD th #214-10 Resolution by Toy and Brosnan, approving the minutes of the 1,658 FAT Regular Meeting of the Council held June 9, 2010. A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing resolution with the following result: AYES: Pastor, Meakin, Laura, Toy, Brosnan and Schwartz. NAYS: None. PRESENT: McCann Pastor reminded everyone Spree starts on Tuesday and said the fireworks display is on Sunday. He said he’s looking forward to everyone coming out and enjoying the Spree. President McCann announced there is new data on Item #12. President McCann announced Public Hearings for four (4) items that are to be held in the Auditorium of the Livonia City Hall, 33000 Civic Center Drive, Livonia, MI, on the following: Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. Robert Sakuta, President, Delta Development, LLC, is requesting approval of an Industrial Facilities Exemption Certificate to renovate and expand the building located at 36251 Schoolcraft, Livonia, MI 48150. (Industrial Development Overlay District #110) Robert Sakuta, President, Delta Research Corp., is requesting approval of an Industrial Facilities Exemption Certificate for the purchase of various machinery and equipment for their facility located at 36251 Schoolcraft, Livonia, MI 48150. (Industrial Development Overlay District #110) Robert Sakuta, President, Delta Gear, Inc., is requesting approval of an Industrial Facilities Exemption Certificate for the purchase of various machinery and equipment for their facility located at 36251 Schoolcraft, Livonia, MI 48150. (Industrial Development Overlay District #110) Robert Sakuta, President, Delta Research Corp., is requesting approval of an Industrial Facilities Exemption Certificate for the purchase of various machinery and equipment for their facility located at 32791 Capitol, Livonia, MI 48150. (Industrial Development District #80) th SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE 1,659 REGULAR MEETING 2 LIVONIA CITY COUNCIL – June 21, 2010 President McCann announced that there will be an X-item added to the agenda at the end of the meeting regarding the scheduling of a closed Committee of the Whole meeting. AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION: Tom Mellnick, Jr., 20212 Pollyanna, representing the Livonia Amateur Radio Club, (LARC), invited everyone to their “Field Day” event behind Fire Station #6 at 37876 Plymouth Road on June 26, 2010 and June 27, 2010 starting at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. LARC members will practice and demonstrate modes of emergency broadcasting communications. He can be contacted at (734) 812-0703 or tomjr@mellnick.com if you have any questions or visit their website www.livoniaarc.com. Mayor Kirksey talked about the City’s response to the storm that came through the City last Friday evening around 10:00 p.m. He said the combination of City employees and the private contractors resulted in the emergency aspect of the calls being handled quickly after the storm. Storm-related information was put on City Cable Channel 8 and the City website. The Mayor also talked about the issue of watering during peak hours. He said they are working very hard to abide by the best practices of watering during non-peak hours, which is between 11 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. and watering on odd and even days, except where they’ve put in new plantings. They have thousands of sprinkler heads throughout the City and at times they’re damaged due to a lawnmower or a car going over them and sometimes this results in the water being aimed into the street and when these instances are reported to the City, they quickly respond and fix the broken or damaged sprinkler heads. Regarding the matter of when the watering occurs, much of the watering is on timers. After a power failure, it’s a matter of resetting the timers. He encourages the public to call and report these types of sprinkler failures. They can call (734) 466-2655 during the weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and after hours and on the week-end they can call the police non-emergency desk at (734) 466-2470. Jim Inglis, Executive Director of Housing, said the storm that came through the area this past week-end caused some problems at two (2) of their communities, the first being McNamara Towers. He said at approximately 11:00 p.m. last Friday the power to both the high-rises was taken out of service. Both buildings do have generators. They do provide lighting in all the hallways, stairwells, and community room which has air conditioning, public restrooms and public kitchens. Residents were able to congregate in those areas. The power came back on around 3:00 a.m., so both buildings were only out of power for about four (4) hours. Newburgh Village also lost power, however, they ended up being without power for 48 hours. The power went out approximately 11:00 th p.m. on Friday, June 18. He said they did not receive any calls from their answering th service from any Newburgh Village residents until 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 19. He said they do intend to have some community meetings with the residents of all of their properties to make sure that when something does happen the residents know the proper procedures. They will also be meeting with DTE regarding their emergency coding system. th SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE 1,659 REGULAR MEETING 3 LIVONIA CITY COUNCIL – June 21, 2010 The following items were received and filed: An e-mail communication from Steve Laser, Project Manager, dated June 3, 2010, re: Petition 2010-04-02-08 submitted by The Kroger Company of Michigan. A communication from the Office of the Mayor, dated June 21, 2010, re: a proposed Resolution to be adopted concerning Suburban Representation on the DWSD Board of Commissioners. (CR 199-10) The following resolutions were offered by Schwartz and Meakin: MAD #215-10 Approving the request of Nicole Bush, to hold a block party and close FAT Susanna between Ross and Donald, on Saturday, July 10, 2010, from 1:00 p.m. to Police 10:00 p.m., with a rain date of July 11, 2010 requested, subject to the approval of the Police Department. MAD #216-10 Approving the request of Annemarie Posh, to hold a block party and close FAT Woodring between Vermont and Oregon, on Saturday, July 24, 2010, from 2:00 p.m. to Police 10:00 p.m., with a rain date of July 25, 2010, subject to the approval of the Police Department. #217-10 Approving a request by Peter Wu, Senior Pastor, Chinese Gospel Church, MAD th FAT in connection with an outdoor event to celebrate the 4 of July on Sunday, June 27, Police 2010, to waive Section 8.32.070 (Noise Control) of the Code of Ordinances to allow a Insp band to play music at their church located at 35301 Five Mile Road, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. MAD #218-10 Recognizing Livonia Nursery, Inc., as a non-profit organization operating FAT in the community enabling them to obtain a charitable gaming license or registration Police from the State of Michigan in accordance with provisions of State statute in order to hold Insp a Millionaire Party to raise funds for their organization. MAD FAT #219-10 Approving the reappointment of Sam Caramagno, 17441 Merriman, to the ZBA Zoning Board of Appeals for a three-year term expiring on July 12, 2013. CivSvc MAD #220-10 Approving the reappointment of Craig S. Pastor, 20072 Parker, to the FAT Zoning Board of Appeals for a three-year term expiring on July 12, 2013. ZBA CivSvc #221-10 Approving an addendum to the Lease Agreement between the City and MAD the Livonia Hockey Association to reflect a $3.00 per hour utility surcharge to all user FAT groups except the Livonia Parks and Recreation Programs; the addendum shall be for a P&R one (1) year term. (CR 391-08, CR 144-06) th SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE 1,659 REGULAR MEETING 4 LIVONIA CITY COUNCIL – June 21, 2010 #222-10 Approving the “Amended and Restated Interlocal Fire Department Mutual MAD FAT Aid Agreement”, subject, if necessary, to technical, typographical, or non-substantial Fire modifications approved by legal counsel before the Effective Date of the Amended and Restated Interlocal Fire Department Mutual Aid Agreement. (CR 370-07, CR 620-02) #223-10 Accepting the quote submitted by ESRI, Inc., 380 New York Street, MAD Redlands, California 92373, to provide software maintenance for Livonia’s Geographic FAT Information System (GIS) in the amount of $16,500.00, from budgeted funds. IS #224-10 Determining to take no further action re: Petition 2010-04-02-08 submitted MAD by The Kroger Company of Michigan requesting approval for outdoor storage and FAT Planning display of merchandise in front of the Kroger Store located at 33523 Eight Mile Road, Insp based upon the fact that the request has been withdrawn by the Petitioner. #225-10 Determining on its own motion to refer to and request that the City MAD Planning Commission conduct a public hearing on the question of whether or not to FAT amend subsection (b) and (d) of Section 18.42A (Wireless Communication Facilities) of Planning Insp Article XVIII to better insure that operators and colocators do not have radio frequency (RF) energy emissions or other detrimental field output and thereafter submit a report and recommendation to Council. A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing resolutions with the following result: AYES: Pastor, Meakin, Laura, Toy, Brosnan, Schwartz and McCann. NAYS: None. UNFINISHED BUSINESS #226-10 Resolution by Brosnan and Laura, unanimously adopted, resolving that MAD the City Council of the City of Livonia and the Office of the Mayor support the FAT transformation of the Detroit Water and Sewer Department (DWSD) from a branch of Eng the City of Detroit government to a regional utility whose governing board truly and equitably represent the four million customers served in Southeast Michigan; further resolving that State Legislators across Southeast Michigan and other influential leaders to unite forthwith to encourage increased suburban representation on the DWSD Board of Water Commissioners. Pastor gave FIRST READING to the following Ordinance: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 040 OF TITLE 13, CHAPTER 08 (WATER SERVICE RATES AND REVENUES) OF THE LIVONIA CODE OF ORDINANCES, AS AMENDED. Pastor invoked the EMERGENCY CLAUSE and gave SECOND READING to the foregoing Ordinance, and a roll call vote was taken: th SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE 1,659 REGULAR MEETING 5 LIVONIA CITY COUNCIL – June 21, 2010 AYES: Pastor, Meakin, Laura, Toy, Brosnan, Schwartz and McCann. NAYS: None. Pastor gave FIRST READING to the following Ordinance: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 120 OF TITLE 13, CHAPTER 20 (LIVONIA SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM) OF THE LIVONIA CODE OF ORDINANCES, AS AMENDED. Pastor invoked the EMERGENCY CLAUSE and gave SECOND READING to the foregoing Ordinance, and a roll call vote was taken: AYES: Pastor, Meakin, Laura, Toy, Brosnan, Schwartz and McCann. NAYS: None. Meakin gave FIRST READING to the following Ordinance: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 050 OF TITLE 13, CHAPTER 28 (INDUSTRIAL WASTE SURCHARGE) OF THE LIVONIA CODE OF ORDINANCES, AS AMENDED. Meakin invoked the EMERGENCY CLAUSE and gave SECOND READING to the foregoing Ordinance, and a roll call vote was taken: AYES: Pastor, Meakin, Laura, Toy, Brosnan, Schwartz and McCann. NAYS: None. Pastor gave SECOND READING to the following Ordinance: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 080 OF TITLE 5, CHAPTER 03 (GENERAL LICENSING PROCEDURE) OF THE LIVONIA CODE OF ORDINANCES, AS AMENDED. A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing Ordinance: AYES: Pastor, Meakin, Laura, Toy, Brosnan, Schwartz and McCann. NAYS: None. #227-10 Resolution by Pastor and Toy, unanimously adopted, approving the MAD FAT request of Dawn Nowicki, to hold a block party and close Orangelawn, between Dalhay Police and Sunset on Saturday, September 11, 2010 from 12:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., with no rain date requested, subject to the approval of the Police Department. #228-10 Resolution by Brosnan and Meakin, unanimously adopted, accepting the MAD bid of the Isabella County Sheriff, 207 N. Court Street, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan 48858, FAT for providing transportation and lodging of prisoners for a rate of $37.00 per diem for a Police three (3) year period. th SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE 1,659 REGULAR MEETING 6 LIVONIA CITY COUNCIL – June 21, 2010 NEW BUSINESS #229-10 Resolution by Toy and Pastor, unanimously adopted, amending and MAD revising Council Resolution #177-10 adopted May 26, 2010 re: the request of Doug FAT Kieselbach, 31243 Minton, in connection with a block party; changing the date to be Police held from July 17, 2010 to Saturday, July 24, 2010, from 2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. MAD #230-10 Resolution by Meakin and Toy, unanimously adopted, accepting a Grant FAT of Easement from Mission Health Corporation, for an easement in connection with the Planning development of a water main located at 37487 Seven Mile Road in the Northeast ¼ of Eng Assessor Section 7. MAD #231-10 Resolution by Pastor and Schwartz, unanimously adopted, accepting a FAT Grant of Easement from Glenn and Linda Kittleson, for an easement in connection with Planning the development of a new storm sewer located at 17252 Cross Winds Road in the Eng Southwest ¼ of Section 11. Assessor #232-10 Resolution by Pastor and Laura, unanimously adopted, suspending the MAD FAT rules for procedure as outlined in Council Resolution 574-82 in order to permit consideration of items that do not appear on the agenda. MAD #233-10 Resolution by Meakin and Pastor, directing that a closed Committee of the FAT Whole meeting be held for the purpose of discussing negotiations. A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing Resolution: AYES: Pastor, Meakin, Laura, Toy, Brosnan, Schwartz and McCann. NAYS: None. AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION: None. Pastor reminded everyone again that Spree begins on Tuesday. He thanked DTE for restoring the power at Clarenceville High School last Saturday, their scheduled dance recitals did not have to be cancelled. He congratulated Miss Debbie, his daughter and all the other dancers on their great performances. He wished his father a Happy Birthday, his birthday is tomorrow, June 22, 2010. th By Meakin and Brosnan, unanimously adopted, adjourning this 1,659 Regular Meeting of the Council of the City of Livonia at 8:38 p.m. on June 21, 2010. TERRY A. MARECKI CITY CLERK *The foregoing is a summary of the Council’s proceedings in synopsis form as authorized by CR 1158-68. The full text of the official minutes of this meeting is on file in the Office of the City Clerk and is available to the public upon request.