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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPRDA MINUTES 2000-05-18 MINUTES OF THE 113th REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLYMOUTH ROAD DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF LIVONIA The 113th Regular Meeting of the Plymouth Road Development Authority of the City of Livonia, Michigan was called to order at 3:15 PM, Thursday, May 18, 2000 in the 4th Floor Conference Room at City Hall. Members Present: Mr. Mike Polsinelli Mayor Kirksey Mr. Adelard Raby Mr. Stan Anderson Mr. Lowell Peterson Mr. Jerry Wordhouse Mr. Bill Pike Mr. Scott Grace Mr. Dennis Kujawa Members Absent: Mr. Duane Wolfgang Mr. Marvin Walkon (Excused) Mr. Rod Crider Mrs. Toni Mette (Excused) (.0 Others Present: Mr. John Nagy, Director Mr. Michael Slater, Finance Director Mrs. JoAnn Marshall, Beckett &Raeder Dr. Robert Auth, Rosedale Gardens Homeowners Association Mr. Ralph Williams Mrs. Robby Williams, Acting Secretary 1. Roll was called. 2. Adoption of 112th Regular Meeting Minutes: On a motion duly made, seconded and unanimously adopted, it was #2000-78 RESOLVED,that the minutes of the 112th Regular Meeting held by the Plymouth Road Development Authority on May 4, 2000 are approved. Mr. Polsinelli, Chairman, declared the motion is carried and the foregoing resolution adopted. 3. Comments from Chairman: There are three items of correspondence. One is a letter from John Nagy to Lionel LeMay thanking him for hosting our May 4, 2000, Li, meeting. We have three letters of reappointment to the PRDA board for Dennis Kujawa, Marvin Walkon and Duane Wolfgang in which this reappointment will expire on May 16, 1 2004. I received a letter from Bruce Schwalm thanking the board for the improvements (lire taking place along Plymouth Road. 5. Finance Report- Mr. Slater reported on and distributed the Authority's Special Revenue Fund as of April 30, 2000, and reported on the 1994 - 2000 Recapture balance. The amount of captured taxable value for 2000 is $56, 854,270. Questions were asked by the board concerning the bids coming in and if the bids fell within the budget guidelines. Mr. Slater reported that the fiscal year begins the first of December. 6. Beckett & Raeder/Construction Report: JoAnn Marshall reported that D &J is on site and also confirmed that the water meters are on. Basile had the bus plaza area irrigation repaired. Irrigation between Middlebelt and Inkster will be activated this week. D &J will begin mowing Phase III this week. We are still working with Detroit Edison to get a wood pole removed. This is taking longer than expected. The tree maintenance program is more difficult than we anticipated. Board members asked about the date for installation of the City of Livonia birthday banners. Mr. Nagy and Mrs. Marshall both reported that the banner order was just finalized this past week. Mr. Nagy reported that the banners would be installed immediately upon receipt. There are 18 banners that will be placed at all five major intersections. Mrs. Marshall added that as new banners are received, that they will be installed in addition to the banners that are currently in place. The water valves have been put in place by the City for the irrigation. Mr. Wordhouse suggested possibly planting some type of bushes around the valves which stick up about 2-1/2 feet. Mr. Nagy advised that these valves are removed once the season is over. Committee Reports Public Relations - Stan Anderson-Nothing to report. Vacant Buildings - Scott Grace -Nothing to report. Construction Committee: Mr. Nagy reported three meetings have been held since the last PRDA meeting. Payments and changes for Phase IV were part of the discussion. We will work with the low bidder, Basile, on items involving brick pavers and brick wall sections to try to get the cost down. Inspection Committee: Mr. Raby reported that driving the corridor that it looks like MDOT has started working. I do like the banners. On some of the banner arms, it looks like the bottom arm 2 is missing on some of the poles. I haven't seen any renovations going on at the Terrace Theater. I thought they would have done something by this time. Mrs. Marshall reported that not all of the poles have banner arms at the top and bottom. Some areas have both and some do not. Mr. Nagy reported that engineers are working on the signage for the Terrace property which is now owned by Bill Brown Ford. They are involved with the right-of- way and the setback requirements. They are making progress. They are going through the approval process. The Planning Commission recommended that they down size the Terrace sign. There is an extension of the deceleration lane to be decided also. Director's Report: Mr. Nagy reported that there was a meeting held to select the City of Livonia 50`h Birthday banners. Monday there was a meeting for Phase IV of Middlebelt and Plymouth and the Farmington and Plymouth bids. The estimate greatly exceeded the budget. As a result of that, Basile volunteered to take the job and agreed to sit down with us and work out how to bring it back in line. I will report back to you on this. MDOT did give us a schedule of the work going on on Plymouth Road. They will be working on Plymouth Road from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Saturdays. Polling of Board Members: Lowell Peterson: I don't like what I see with the cars parking on the grass at the car dealerships. What can we do to prevent this? New Car Alternatives parks their cars right out to the edge of the sidewalk. I would assume that is not legal. John Nagy reported that he would pass this information along to the Inspection Department and ask that the ordinance be enforced. Mayor Kirksey reported that Roush and Ashley Capital actually have a section of Roush up and operating already. They are rebuilding that plant. They have gutted the building and are doing an amazingly fine job. Roush stated that they will not be abandoning their other 17 locations. I think everyone will be very proud of the final product. It really is looking very good. Mayor Kirksey advised that the article in the Michigan Real Estate Journal of May 8, 2000, is not legally up to date in terms of the wetlands. The developer, Phoenix Land Development, working with the Department of Environmental Quality pulled back on the amount of acreage of what we originally wanted about a year ago. Phoenix is further along than the article indicates. They are looking for support from the City for their project. Mr. Polsinelli advised that Schostak had received letter from the developer advising of their intentions on the handling of the mitigation of the wetland. The letter from Phoenix was asking for assistance in sending letters of support to the DEQ. 3 v (beJeff Bryant advised that there is a gentleman at the Ford Parts Division who has been employed there for 50 years and still employed. Jeff thought maybe Stan could give him some type of write up. The contact person is Harry Bryant. 8. Adjournment: On a motion duly made, seconded and unanimously adopted, the 113th Regular Meeting held by the Plymouth Road Development Authority of Livonia on May 18, 2000 was adjourned at 3:55 PM. The next meeting of the Plymouth Road Development Authority will be held on June 1, 2000, in the Fourth Floor Conference Room of City Hall. L4I.✓ . -----���-� Re bby filliams, Acting Secretary C C