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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPRDA MINUTES 2002-08-15 MINUTES OF THE 137th REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLYMOUTH ROAD DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF LIVONIA The 137th Regular Meeting of the Plymouth Road Development Authority of the City of Livonia, Michigan was called to order at 3:07 PM, Thursday, August 15, 2002 in the 4th floor conference room of City Hall. Members Present: Mr. Jerry Wordhouse, Chairman Mr. Bill Pike Mr. Lowell Peterson Mr. Stan Anderson Mrs. Toni Mette Mr. Marvin Walkon Mr. Duane Wolfgang Mr. Rod Crider Members Absent: Mayor Kirksey(excused) Mr. Scott Grace(excused) Mr. John Walsh(excused) Mr. Dennis Kujawa(excused) Others Present: Mr. John Nagy, Director Mr. John Iacoangeli and Mr. Rich O'Brien, Beckett&Raeder Mr. Steve Levesque, Commercial Mowing Service Mr. Mark Taormina, Livonia Planning Director Mr. Ralph Horowitz, on behalf of Flower King Mr. Ralph Williams, Citizen Mr. Christopher Martin, Citizen Ms. Stephanie Casola, Livonia Observer Mrs. Robby Williams, Secretary 1. Roll was called. 2. Adoption of amended 136th Regular Meeting minutes: On a motion duly made, seconded and unanimously adopted, it was #2002-17 RESOLVED,that the amended Minutes of the 136th Regular Meeting held on July 18, 2002, by the Plymouth Road Development Authority are hereby approved. Mr. Wordhouse, Chairman, declared the motion is carried and the foregoing resolution adopted. (Ire 3. Comments from Chairman: Nothing to bring to the Board's attention at this time. 1 flhir 4. Finance Report: Mr. Slater reported that the total assets for the period of July 31, 2002, were $1,458,846.60. The total liabilities balance is $39,732.27 and the Total Fund Balance is $1,419,114.33. Mr. Slater gave a brief run through of the disbursements made for the month of July, which totaled $88,184.68. There was discussion regarding Ameritech poles. Mr. Pike reported that the poles that have been of concern to the PRDA are now gone. Mr. Slater stated he has not received any moneys in connection with the ISTEA Grant. Mr. O'Brien reported we are waiting for this next pay estimate which will be coming out this coming week. We are only allowed to send this information to them every two months. Mr. O'Brien advised the board that by this time next month we will see a check. Mr. Slater stated he is planning on presenting the PRDA budget to the council September 15. He is still working on the budget with Mr. Nagy. He noted that by the end of the year the PRDA funds will be depleted. Revenues for the year 2003 will be $2,200,000. $1,200,000 will be available for other expenses, Phase VI and other items. Items to be considered for next year will be the sidewalk and curb replacement program,Leone property, dead ash trees,removal and replacement, the banner replacement program, bus shelter program traffic signal replacement. There was discussion about how charges to the P.R.D.A. for City services will be handled and the recapturing of funds. There was concern expressed by members of the PRDA regarding the budget and how the shortages will effect the programs for the coming year. Mr. Slater advised that the cost of running the City has gone up such as health care and contractual raises plus interest income has declined and that the revenues have gone down such as fees paid for City permits. All City departments need to review their fees, especially if there has not been any increase in their fees in the past 10 to 15 years. Mr. Polsinelli asked if there was a written response regarding the recapture of funds and Mr. Slater that there was not. Mr. Wordhouse asked Mr. Slater to have something in writing before the next meeting, if possible within the next two weeks, regarding the recapture of funds. Mr.Nagy advised that there will be a Budget Committee meeting held before the 15`h of September. The Budget Committee will consist of any interested board member— those that volunteered were Toni Mette, Mike Polsinelli, Marvin Walkon, Duane Wolfgang. The Board members agreed to hold a meeting September 5th at 3:00 p.m. in the fourth floor conference room. 5. Mr. Ralph Horowitz, Flower King—Mr. Nagy gave a presentation on behalf of Mr. Horowitz. The Flower King is located on the southeast corner of Wayne and Plymouth Roads on the Southeast corner. His business has expanded with things other than flowers. The Inspection Department has stated that his business has expanded beyond what was originally approved and that he needs to go through a review process for a waiver use. He would like to have the P.R.D.A. Board look at his property and after your review he hopes that you will be able to support his request. Originally he was limited to organic matter,bedding plants and flowers. The location has essentially stayed the same. The question was posed to Mr. Taormina if there was a safety issue concerning this location. Mr. Taormina advised that he had not looked at the issue fully but was not aware of any safety issues. 2 Ona motion by Mr. Polsinelli, seconded by Mr. Wolfgang and unanimously approved, it was #2002-18 RESOLVED, that the Plymouth Road Development Authority does hereby approve and support the request by Ralph Horowitz,on behalf of Flower King,to expand outdoor sales and display area for merchandise such as lawn and garden decorations and accessories, live plant materials and related organic landscape material on property located on the Southeast corner of Plymouth and Wayne Roads with the condition that the location is limited to that as shown on the drawing made part of this application and that this proposal shall fully comply with all other applicable rules, regulations and ordinances of the City of Livonia. Mr. Wordhouse, Chairman, declared the motion is carried and the foregoing resolution adopted. 6. Burger King—Mr. Taormina gave the presentation for the proposal presented by Burger King. The petitioner is requesting approval to construct an addition and renovate the exterior of the existing Burger King restaurant, located between Chin's Chinese Restaurant and the Penalty Box Bar on the south side of Plymouth Road between Harrison and Inkster Roads. The addition would be to the rear of the existing building and would measure 400 sq. ft. in size. Its main purpose is to provide for a walk-in freezer and allow for changes to the interior layout of the restaurant without adding any customer seats. The kitchen would become slightly larger and an additional drive-thru window installed on the east side of the building. The floor plan also shows the restrooms would be reconfigured and made larger. No additional seats would be added as part of this proposal. It was suggested that the P.R.D.A. would like to see landscaping on the center island. On a motion by Mr. Pike, seconded by Mr. Anderson and unanimously approved, it was #2002-19 RESOLVED, that the Plymouth Road Development Authority does hereby approve and support the request by Burger King to construct an addition to the restaurant located at 28203 Plymouth Road and that there shall be provided additional landscaping in the front yard to capture the theme of the streetscape elements as adopted by the P.R.D.A. such as screening by live plant material of the front yard parking and landscaping of the area between the rows of parking and that this proposal shall fully comply with all other applicable rules, regulations and ordinances of the City of Livonia. Mr. Wordhouse, Chairman, declared the motion is carried and the foregoing resolution adopted. 6. Construction Report—Beckett &Raeder: Rich O'Brien reported that the fence repair for the rust problem has been completed. It looks good. It has been sanded,primed and painted. It is guaranteed for one year and$15,000 of the 3 $25,000 retainage has been released. We will see what happens in the coming months. Phase V—all driveways and sidewalks are done and 80% is completed for the Mobil station. They are waiting to finish up the wiring. Eight light poles are going in. The masonry work has begun as of yesterday. Mr. Levesque reported on the maintenance work being done on Plymouth Road. Currently they are working on the irrigation, mowing once a week and picking up trash. Mr. Anderson asked if there were any spots where the irrigation was not working and Mr. Levesque responded only in the areas where Ameritech was working, at the corner of Farmington and Plymouth. Four diseased ash trees were cut down for testing. Mr. Anderson reported that three sprinkler heads at the intersection of Deering had no spray—only bubbling up. Steve Levesque from CMS indicated he would immediately look into this matter. Mr. O'Brien advised that the bid specs for the tree replacement of 170 trees were sent out. Four different types of trees were included in the tree replacement specs. More diseased trees have now been added to the list. We are now up to 217. The bids have come back. We need to discuss whether to do this or not. The low bidder was Denny's landscaping at $75,630. The second low bidder was County Line at $75, 810, third low bidder was CMS at $83,000 and fourth low bidder was D &B at $87,500. The cost of each tree to be taken out for the two low bidders will be around $50.00 or less. Mr. O'Brien reported that all but 55 or 56 trees were under warranty. There is a possibility that there may be some money coming back for trees that are under warranty and there may be some funds coming from the Sate Highway funds for trees maintained by the County. Irish is disclaiming responsibility for the trees under warranty. His statements are that the trees were not watered and that is why they died. The County may eradicate the diseased trees. Public Relations—Stan Anderson—Nothing to report at this time. Vacant Buildings Committee: Scott Grace—not present Construction Committee: Bill Pike—we have talked about the trees and on going projects already. I have nothing more to report at this time. Inspection Committee: Ms. Mette— I feel everything has already been covered —nothing more to report at this time. Development Assistance: No report. Web Site: Mike Polsinelli—I had four high school girls working the corridor obtaining all of the information from the businesses that could be put into the computer database. The information will be 90%accurate. I should be getting that database information after next week and finalize this project. Director's Report—John Nagy- We've discussed the budget and those related matters we are dealing with. A street light at the N.W. corner of Plymouth and Farmington was hit. We have received a traffic accident report on this matter. At the S.E. corner of Plymouth and Merriman a car went through our construction 4 area. The re-rod was all bent over and the light pole was damaged. We have an accident report on that one as well. 9. Polling of Board Members Mr. Anderson questioned the work at the Laske Furniture building. Mr.Nagy reported that the work being done was mainly a facelift with painting and fixing up for future leasing. Mr. Taormina reported that the petition for the facelift had been approved. Mrs. Melte was asking for an update on the signage at the George Burns Theater. Mr.Nagy advised that at the last meeting the Mayor advised that because of the possible change in the design of the units which first proposed three story units like the units at Six Mile and Farmington and because of the slow sales, they are redesigning the type of units to one story. That has not been finalized. The plans are moving along pretty quickly. Possibly should see some activity by this fall. They are still on track. There has been no mention of the sign coming down soon. Mr. Peterson—at the intersection of Merriman and Plymouth, the Brake Shop— can't somebody get him to change the color of his building? Mr. Polsinelli—The budget issue is a sensitive issue and we need to take particular care of our program and work out something that makes sense. We need to do it smartly this time. Mr. Christopher Martin, 11037 Hubbard, Livonia had a brief presentation he made to the PRDA Board regarding the property located ai Plymouth and Hubbard(St. Michael Roman Catholic Church). His issue is with the change in the parking along this area. He is asking for 86 feet in the right-of-way on Hubbard and would like for the City to go back and alter the changes that were made in 1996. He was looking for support from the P.RD.A. for this change. Mr. Wordhouse said he would refer the matter to Beckett& Raeder and Mr.Nagy for some future report. If it involves the right-of-way and traffic the City's Engineering Department should be aware of this. 10. Adjournment: On a motion duly made, seconded and unanimously adopted, the 137th Regular Meeting held by the Plymouth Road Development Authority was adjourned at 4:45 pm. The next meeting of the Plymouth Road Development Authority will be held on Thursday, September 19,2002. R bby illiams, Secretary v /rw 5