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Home My WebLink AboutSYNOPSIS - 2011-07-06 th SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE 1,684 REGULAR MEETING LIVONIA CITY COUNCIL – JULY 6, 2011 Meeting was called to order at 8:00 p.m. Present: Brian Meakin, Joe Laura, Laura Toy, Maureen Miller Brosnan, Conrad Schwartz, John Pastor, and James McCann. Absent: None. rd MAD #198-11 Resolution by Pastor and Brosnan, approving the minutes of the 1,683 FAT Regular Meeting of the Council held June 20, 2011. A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing resolution: AYES: Meakin, Laura, Brosnan, Schwartz, Pastor and McCann. NAYS: None. PRESENT: Toy President McCann announced that there will be an X-item at the end of the meeting. There is new data on the X-Item. President McCann announced a Public Hearing to be held in the Auditorium of Livonia City Hall, 33000 Civic Center Drive, Livonia, MI for the following items: Monday, July 11, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. Appeal of the Denial by the City Planning Commission of Petition 2011-05-02-05 submitted by Fellowship Community requesting waiver use approval to operate a second-hand store (New 2 U) at 15950 Middlebelt Road. AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION: Terry Cannen, 20128 Whitby, expressed concerns regarding the state, city budgets. Christopher Martin, 12275 Inkster, thanked Councilmembers Schwartz and Brosnan for appointing new members to the Zoning Board of Appeals. The following items were received and filed: Communication from Department of Finance, dated June 17, 2011, re: forwarding the Quarterly Investment Report for the month ending May 31, 2011. Communication from Department of Finance, dated June 21, 2011, re: forwarding various financial statements of the City of Livonia for the month ending May 31, 2011. th SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE 1,684 REGULAR MEETING 2 LIVONIA CITY COUNCIL – July 6, 2011 Communication from Engineering Division, dated June 17, 2011, re: interagency agreement between the County of Wayne and the City of Livonia to provide grant funds for the Whispering Willows Storm Water Detention Basin Project. (CR 44-99, CR 324- 10, CR 325-10) Communication from Engineering Division, dated June 20, 2011, re: interagency agreement between the County of Wayne and the City of Livonia to provide grant funds for the Bell Branch Streambank Stabilization Project (aka Rennolds’ Ravines). (CR 44- 99, CR 324-10, CR 325-10) Communication from Gerald A. Bagazinski, dated June 30, 2011, re: the Livonia Transit Service. (CR 917-98) Communication from the Department of Community Resources, dated June 30, 2011, re: local bus system for the City of Livonia. (CR 917-98) The following resolutions were offered by Toy and Brosnan : MAD #199-11 Approving request of Stacie Pettit for block party and closing Louisiana FAT between Oregon and Kentucky on Saturday, August 20, 2011, from 12-10 p.m., subject Police to approval of the Police Dept. MAD #200-11 Approving request of Marcella Vance for block party and closing FAT Auburndale between Myrna and Five Mile Road on Saturday, August 20, 2011; rain Police date Sunday, August 21, 2011, from 12-10 p.m., subject to approval of the Police Dept. #201-11 Approving request of Jeanine Miller for block party and closing Woodring MAD between Vermont and Oregon on Saturday, August 6, 2011; rain date Sunday, August FAT Police 7, 2011, from 2-10 p.m., subject to approval of the Police Dept. MAD #202-11 Approving request from Erin Churgin, Fundraising Coordinator, Livonia FAT Blue Jays, for “movie night” to be held on Friday, July 22, 2011, waiving the Noise Police OrdEnf Control Ordinance. #203-11 Accepting the grant for $5,000.00 from ITC Holdings Corp. to maintain the MAD FAT City’s urban forest and/or replace undesirable species that may conflict with electric transmission lines. MAD #204-11 Accepting low bid of Nagle Paving Co., 36780 Amrhein, Livonia, MI FAT 48150, for completing work at Fire Station #1 drive and Police Station parking lot Eng improvements (Contract 11-E) for the estimated cost of $387,750.50; FURTHER, Police authorizing an expenditure not to exceed $33,300.00 from budgeted funds to be paid to Fire Spalding DeDecker, Inc., 905 South Blvd. East, Rochester Hills, MI 48307, for testing, and authorizing the City Engineer to approve minor adjustments in the work as needed. th SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE 1,684 REGULAR MEETING 3 LIVONIA CITY COUNCIL – July 6, 2011 #205-11 Approving Petition 2011-05-02-06, submitted by R&B Coffeehouse of MAD FAT Livonia, L.L.C., to operate a limited service restaurant (Biggby Coffee) located at 33443 Eng Seven Mile Road, subject to conditions. Insp Planng A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing resolutions: AYES: Meakin, Laura, Toy, Brosnan, Schwartz, Pastor and McCann. NAYS: None. Meakin gave SECOND READING to the following Ordinance: AN ORDINANCE VACATING PORTIONS OF STREET, ALLEY AND PUBLIC GROUND. (Petition 2011-03-03-01) A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing Ordinance: AYES: Meakin, Laura, Toy, Brosnan, Schwartz, Pastor and McCann. NAYS: None. MAD #206-11 Resolution by Toy and Meakin, approving Petition 2011-05-08-05 FAT submitted by Unique Design Services to renovate exterior building located at 29419 Six Eng Mile Road, subject to conditions. Insp Planng A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing resolution: AYES: Meakin, Toy, Brosnan, Schwartz, Pastor and McCann. NAYS: Laura. MAD #207-11 Resolution by Meakin and Toy, unanimously adopted, suspending the 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. #208-11 Resolution by Brosnan and Toy, unanimously adopted, authorizing MAD agreement between the City of Livonia and Wayne County for federal grant funding in FAT Eng an amount up to $200,000.00 for the Whispering Willows Storm Water Detention Basin Insp Project; FURTHER, appropriating and authorizing an expenditure not to exceed Planng $135,075.00 (Drainage Improvement Fund) for this purpose; FURTHER, appropriating and authorizing an additional expenditure not to exceed $64,925.00 (Capital Projects Fund) for this purpose. (CR 44-99) MAD #209-11 Resolution by Brosnan and Schwartz, unanimously adopted, authorizing FAT an agreement between the City of Livonia and Wayne County for federal grant funding Eng Insp in an amount up to $150,000.00 for the Bell Branch Streambank Stabilization Project; Planng FURTHER, the City of Livonia’s participation is conditioned upon creation of a Special Assessr Assessment District and to provide the matching funds necessary. (CR 44-99) MAD #210-11 Resolution by Brosnan and Schwartz, unanimously adopted, referring the FAT subject of whether a Special Assessment District can include property owners on North Eng Insp side of Bell Creek to the Department of Law, in cooperation with the Engineering and Planng Assessing Departments, for a report and recommendation. (CR 44-99) Assessr th SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE 1,684 REGULAR MEETING 4 LIVONIA CITY COUNCIL – July 6, 2011 #211-11 Resolution by Meakin and Toy, unanimously adopted, approving request MAD of Ron Bozzi, for block party, closing Lathers, between Curtis and Lathers on Saturday, FAT July 16, 2011, from 12-10 p.m., subject to approval of the Police Dept. Police AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION: None. th By Meakin and Schwartz, unanimously adopted, adjourning this 1,684 Regular Meeting of the Council of the City of Livonia at 8:28 p.m. on July 6, 2011. 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.