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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSTUDY - 2017-12-04 CITY OF LIVONIA – CITY COUNCIL MINUTES OF STUDY MEETING HELD DECEMBER 4, 2017 Meeting was called to order at 8:43 p.m. by President McIntyre. Present: Cathy White, Scott Bahr, Brian Meakin, Brandon Kritzman, Maureen Miller Brosnan, Jim Jolly, and Kathleen McIntyre. Absent: None. Elected and appointed officials present: Don Knapp, City Attorney; Susan M. Nash, City Clerk; Mark Taormina, Director of Planning and Economic Development; David Lear, Assistant City Engineer; Don Rohraff, Director of Public Works; Mike Kelly, Deputy Fire Chief; Steve Banko, Ordinance Enforcement Supervisor; and Dennis Wright, Mayor. President McIntyre announced there is new data on Item #1. AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION: None 1. DETERMINATION OF THE LOCAL OFFICERS COMPENSATION COMMISSION: Office of the City Clerk, re: the salaries of elected officials for the calendar years 2018 and 2019, in accordance with Section 2.48.030 of Chapter 2.48 of the Livonia Code of Ordinances, as amended. Susan Nash, City Clerk, presented the request to Council. The Local Officers Compensation Commission met on November 8, 2017, and adopted resolutions with respect to the salaries of elected officials. Meakin offered the approving resolution rejecting the recommended increase for Council Members for the Regular Agenda. Bahr said he concurs with Councilmember Meakin. He said the Mayor, Clerk and Treasurer positions are full-time positions. He said he does not think it is appropriate to increase compensation of the City Council at this time. Brosnan asked if this must be approved in whole or if parts of it can be approved. Don Knapp, City Attorney, said he believes that the ordinance allows for parts of it to be rejected. Brosnan said she appreciates the time and effort of the Commission that went into this recommendation. She said she also concurs that it isn’t a need to increase compensation of the City Council at this time. President McIntyre passed the gavel to Vice-President Kritzman at 8:50 p.m. to speak on this item. 2 President McIntyre stated that she attended the meeting and noted that she made the same argument that the salaries for the other elected officials be competitive in order to attract the best candidates and said she made the same argument that nobody looks at the salaries of the City Council in determining whether or not they are going to seek office. She said she did not see the need for an increase for City Council and just wanted to make that known. Brosnan offered the denying resolution for the salary increases for the recommended salary increases for Council President and the other Council Members for the Regular Agenda. DIRECTION: 1) DENYING RECOMMENDED REGULAR SALARY INCREASES FOR CITY COUNCIL (ALL MEMBERS) 2) RECEIVE & FILE – NEW DATA Vice-President Kritzman relinquished the gavel at 8:53 p.m. to President McIntyre. 2. REQUEST TO EXTEND WEED CUTTING CONTRACT: Inspection Department, re: with Maverick Property Maintenance for the 2018 through 2020 seasons at the unit prices from the 2015-2017 Weed Cutting Contract. (CR 364-14). Jerome Hanna, Director of Inspection, presented the request to Council. He said the Weed Cutting Contract expires the end of this month. He said they just finished up the weed cutting for the season. He noted that was the end of a 3- year contract with Maverick Property Maintenance. He said included in the packet for Council review is a copy of a letter from Maverick Property Maintenance stating they wish to extend the contract for another 3 years at the same price. There is a clause in the contract that allows for an extension up to 3 years. They are recommending that Council approve a 3-year extension with the same terms and conditions of the current contract. Meakin asked Hanna if he was confident that Maverick Property Maintenance could do the job for the next 3 years. Hanna replied absolutely. Meakin noted that this was their first contract with the City. Hanna said they have 3 years under their belt now and they are doing a great job. He said the first year with a new contract is always difficult but they worked well with staff and resolved any issues of concern. Meakin offered the approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. Vice-President said he knows that this covers the vacant and abandoned properties and city-owned properties. He inquired if it covered the random 6 lots on the side of the rode. Hanna replied yes it does. Vice-President Kritzman said 3 he would like to know the exact location of those 6 lots and explore the possibility of landscaping those properties with something a little more permanent with low or no maintenance that is more attractive and in the end the City might realize more savings. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 3. REQUEST TO AUTHORIZE EMERGENCY REPAIR MAINTENANCE: Livonia Fire & Rescue, re: for replacement diesel engine for a 2012 AEV Freightliner medium-duty ambulance. Mike Kelly, Deputy Fire Chief, presented the request to Council. This is to inform Council that the department had a significant emergency repair to Squad 5 when it was determined that the unit suffered a blown engine and was in need of a total engine replacement due to the significant amount of damage the diesel engine suffered. Upon further investigation and in conjunction with the local dealer Cummins Bridgeway, LLC in Wixom, Michigan it was determined the engine suffered major damage due to the large air intake hose becoming dislodged from the turbo allowing the introduction of dirt into the turbo and ultimately into the motor itself, damaging piston rings and cylinder walls. Unfortunately, the issue that caused the failure is not covered under the manufacturer's warranty. The new replacement engine comes with a 5 year, 250,000-mile warranty. They respectfully request that City Council approve payment to Bridgewater Cummins, LLC, 4494 Solutions Drive, Chicago, IL 60677, in the amount of $24,776.15 for the installation of the needed replacement diesel engine. Vice-President Kritzman offered the approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. Deputy Fire Chief Kelly, at the request of Vice-President Kritzman, gave a brief update on the addition to the Fire Station 1. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 4. REQUEST TO APPROVE FIVE YEAR EXTENSION OF CONTRACT WITH LIQUIFORCE SERVICES, INC. AND WAIVE THE FORMAL BIDDING PROCESS: Public Service Division, re: for the Sanitary Sewer System Maintenance Services Contract in an amount not to exceed $350,000.00 annually for the period from February 27, 2018 through February 26, 2023, from budgeted funds. (CR 96-13) Don Rohraff, Director of Public Works, presented the request to Council. Over the last five years the Department of Public Service has been working with LiquiForce Services Inc. performing preventative maintenance along with emergency repairs of the sanitary sewer system. They have used a variety of different methods including but not limited to open cutting, spot lining and full- 4 length relining for pipe repairs. The aging infrastructure has become and will continue to be a major focus of this department. They have found one of the quickest and least intrusive means of repair is with pipe relining. The timeliness and cleanliness of these repairs, lack of restoration needed, and the preservation/extension of the pipes useful life has made this the repair of choice. The relining of these pipes not only restores the pipes structural integrity but also reduces the amount of maintenance needed on the pipe moving forward. The department has had discussions with the contractor and the they are willing to extend the contract for a five (5) year period, holding current pricing with no increases for the duration of the extension. The Department of Public Service feels moving forward with this extension would not only save the city money but would also allow the workflow continuity to stay in place. The 2011 rain event lawsuit settlement work is almost complete and extending this contract would assure that all the work performed in the settlement would be completed in a timely fashion by the same qualified contractor. A change in contractors would extend the time needed to complete the settlement work, pushing the work into 2018. The department has been very pleased with the professionalism and the work performed by Liqui-Force during the current contract. The funding for this contract is budgeted within the water and sewer fund and will continue the process of sanitary sewer infrastructure improvements for the City of Livonia. The Department of Public Service is requesting a not to exceed amount of $350,000.00 per year to make the necessary repairs and infrastructure system improvements. It is the recommendation of the Department of Public Works that City Council authorize the waiving of the competitive bidding process and award the five (5) year contract extension for the period from February 27, 2018 through February 26, 2023 to Liqui-Force Services, Inc., 28529 Goddard Road, Suite 106, Romulus, Ml 48174, and approve an expenditure in an amount not to exceed $350,000.00 annually from budgeted funds, for completion of all work required in connection with the maintenance and repairs of the sanitary sewer system. Brosnan offered the approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT Vice-President Kritzman stepped down from the podium at 9:02 p.m. to avoid any perceived conflict of interest on the following item. 5. AWARD OF CONTRACT: Public Service Division, re: to provide Professional Engineering Services in connection with the Water Reliability Study, General Plan Update, and an Asset Management Plan Approval as required by the MDEQ, from budgeted funds. Don Rohraff, Director of Public Works, introduced Jacob Rushlow, the new Superintendent of Public Services. He noted that he is a professional engineer with over 15 years of experience. He previously worked with one of the City’s 5 engineering consultants and has worked on many of the City’s projects. He is very familiar with the City’s utilities. He said Jacob will be presenting this item. Jacob Rushlow, Superintendent, Public Services, addressed Council and presented the request. Pursuant to the Michigan Safe Drinking Water Act (Act 399), the City of Livonia is required by the MDEQ to prepare and submit a Water Reliability Study, General Plan Update and an Asset Management Plan (AMP). Specific tasks associated with the preparation of these plans include a water system inventory, condition assessment, criticality evaluation, water modeling & system optimization, capital and operational improvement plan, development of revenue structure, and final report for submittal to the MDEQ. In addition, the preparation of a Drinking Water Revolving Fund (DWRF) project plan is included to assist with funding for the implementation of identified capital projects. The Water Reliability Study focuses on planning items including population and water demands for three separate planning periods (existing, 5-year, 20-year) calculated for the average day, max day, and peak hour demand scenarios. Fire protection needs are also included in this study based on City zoning. The General Plan update includes the hydraulic analysis (water model) that considers pressure contours for various demand scenarios, service boundaries, and various water system components (pipes, valves, hydrants, etc.) by size, material, and age. Development of a Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) that identifies necessary system improvements for the 5-year and 20-year planning periods is also required with the General Plan update. The water system Asset Management Plan considers costs of operating the system and identifies future capital expenses to develop a planning tool that will aid the City in addressing high priority asset needs that are critical to the performance of its water supply system. The City has been historically successful with participation in the DWRF low interest loan program available through the MDEQ and previously received two loans totaling $12.8 million with principal forgiveness of $1.8 million that was leveraged for the replacement of almost 12 miles of water main. To ensure the City is again positioned well to take full advantage of available funds and principal forgiveness, a DWRF project plan is included for preparation and submittal to the MDEQ. The department is recommending having OHM Advisors (OHM) provide professional engineering services needed to prepare and submit the Water Reliability Study, General Plan Update and an Asset Management Plan (AMP). OHM prepared the City’s previous water master plan, CIP, and DWRF project plan. OHM was integral to the City’s success in receiving the DWRF program funding desired to implement the water system projects identified in the CIP and they performed many of the design and construction engineering services needed to complete those projects. OHM also maintains the City’s water model and frequently performs hydraulic analyses to assist the City with efficient operation of the City’s water supply system, including the recent ISO Public Protection Classification survey, which resulted in a positive reduction to the City’s classification. In order to proceed with this project and fulfill our requirements to the MDEQ in compliance with the Michigan Safe Drinking Water Act, they recommend City Council award a contract in an amount not-to-exceed 6 $157,000.00 to OHM Advisors, located at 34000 Plymouth Road, Livonia, Michigan 48150, for Professional Engineering Services to be provided with respect to this project and authorize an additional appropriation and expenditure from the unexpended fund balance of the Water & Sewer fund. Meakin welcomed Jacob Rushlow to the City and wished him well. Meakin offered the approving resolution for the Regular Agenda. Brosnan asked Rushlow what the state requirement is for a timeline for the plan. He said the Asset Management Plan is a new requirement for 2018 and noted that there is a timeframe for the Reliability Plan but said he didn’t recall off the top of his head he said it isn’t an annual thing it is usually a 3 year or 5-year timeframe an update is required. Brosnan asked if it is the update to the plan that we are seeking services for or is it the Asset Management Plan. Rushlow replied it is a combination of those main three things. The Water Reliability Study, the General Plan Update and the Asset Management Plan. He said the fourth thing they rolled in was the DWRF Project. Brosnan asked how much grant funding is available and are we getting in at the front end of that curve during the request period, how does that all shake out. Rushlow said he had heard that the DEQ is working to make the DWRP Project submittal plan process more of a frequent st occurrence, right now it is a one time a year and you have to submit it by July 1 to be eligible. They are hearing that they are thinking of making quarterly submittal deadlines. He said they expect to have those three main things done by August and hope to submit January 1, 2019, and hope it will be quarterly deadlines at that time. Brosnan asked if he had any idea how much grant funding ww would be requesting. Rushlow said a lot of it depends on that process and the Capital Improvement Plan. Brosnan said in terms of what residents see, when we talk about Water Reliability, to the average resident, what they think about is that brochure that comes to them in the mail every year that has the Mayor’s picture on it and it describes how safe our drinking water is. Does any of the data that we collect through this Water Reliability provide any more information for our residents. She noted that people are more concerned today than they were four or five years ago. Rushlow said the focus on this study is more the supply of water, the demands for flow and how much water is needed and then also how much pressure is needed. He said the quality of water is controlled by Great Lakes Water Authority. Brosnan noted there are pressure issues in the area of the City where she resides which is one of the older neighborhoods. She asked if the study will identify these areas where the low- pressure issues exist and that then allows us to put together the plan to address those low-pressure areas and that is the funding we are seeking through DWRF. Rushlow replied yes. Brosnan said she had one final question. She said the last time we did an Asset Management Plan we went about putting in a method for funding and improvements so that we would be able to keep our roads at good, better, and best levels. She asked if that is what we can expect for the infrastructure of our water system. Rushlow replied yes and added that making 7 sure that future funds are available for maintaining the infrastructure is an important part of the Asset Management Plan. Don Rohraff, Director of Public Works, added that the last Capital Improvement Plan was completed in 2009. White asked when we got the DWRF low interest loans through the MDEQ totaling $12.8 million with principal forgiveness of $1.8 million She asked how that is determined. Rushlow said in the past it was a straight percentage based on the approved project amount. DIRECTION: APPROVING REGULAR Vice-President Kritzman returned to the podium at 9:16 p.m. 6. REQUEST FOR ADDITIONS TO THE LOCAL STREET SYSTEM FOR ACT 51 COMPUTATIONS: Engineering Division, re: for streets or portions thereof newly opened during 2017. Dave Lear, Assistant City Engineer, presented the request to Council. In accordance with the Michigan Department of Transportation's (MDOT} procedure for adding streets to the City's local street system, the Department of Public Works has requested that the Law Department prepare a resolution with regard to streets (or portion of streets) newly opened during 2017. White offered the approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 7. REQUEST TO AUTHORIZE AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION AND EXPENDITURE: Engineering Division, re: for the 2016-2017 Sidewalk and Pavement Replacement Program – Water Main Breaks contract for an additional $80,937.55. (Contract 16-F). (CR 204-16) David Lear, Assistant City Engineer, presented the request to Council. This project is basically a two-year contract with D'Angelo Brothers, Inc. for the 2016- 2017 Sidewalk and Pavement Replacement Program- Water Main Breaks. The It went over the requested amount a bit, largely due to the removal and replacement of asphalt pavement quantities. There were some emergency repairs and a large repair on Ellen Drive resulting from a sanitary sewer repair. Lastly, a few water main breaks which resulted from the water distribution network adjustments from PRV valve maintenance and increased flow for the new Amazon development. In order to complete this project, they respectfully request that the City Council increase the final contract amount to $372,175.05, approve an expenditure from funds already budgeted in the not-to-exceed amount of $80,937.55, and authorize a final payment to D'Angelo Brothers, Inc. in the amount of $80,937.55. 8 Meakin offered the approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 8. WAIVER PETITION: Planning Commission, re: Petition 2017-09-02-12 submitted by Tiseo Architects, Inc. to develop and operate an outdoor storage yard for recreational equipment, located on the east side of Merriman Road between Plymouth Road and the CSX Railroad right-of-way (12350 Merriman Road), in the Southwest ¼ of Section 26. Mark Taormina, Director of Planning and Economic Development, presented the request to Council. He indicated, the next item on tonight’s agenda is a companion Petition 2017-09-02-13 by the same applicant involving a request for waiver use approval to develop and operate an outdoor storage yard for special trade contractors located on the same property. He said he would like to address both with his presentation. This is a request to develop and operate an outdoor storage yard for recreational equipment. The site is located on the east side of Merriman, just south of the CSX railroad right-of-way. The property is about 5.4 acres in area. It is 195 feet in width. It is a fairly deep property; approximately 1,207 feet altogether. The zoning is M-1, Light Manufacturing. All of the surrounding properties are zoned either M-1 or M-2. There aerial photograph he displayed showed the current condition of the property. There is a building located on the westerly portion of the site adjacent to Merriman Road but the entire back part of the property is currently undeveloped and consists primarily of grass and other natural vegetation. The petitioner would like to utilize that portion of the property for outdoor storage. There’s two components to this, the first is the item that deal with the open storage of recreational equipment, including campers and RV’s, and the second item, in addition to the recreational equipment, the plan also shows the open storage of lumber materials and other commercial vehicles and equipment such as dump trucks, trailers and water tanks, containers, as well as excess dealership inventory. Each of these require a separate waiver use approval. So the westerly portion of that undeveloped area would be used for the storage of recreational equipment. The petitioner has identified the area as the westerly 300 feet of that undeveloped portion of the property. About twice as much area would be devoted to the special trade contractor storage. Both areas would be completely fenced. The Planning Commission spent quite a bit of time viewing this petition because initially the two uses were intermixed and they wanted those separated which the petitioner has done and he has also separated the access points and in each of these how security would work via controlled gating systems, separated aisle ways, completely fenced and also lighted. All those details are provided on the site plan. A number of conditions were attached to the approval. He noted that the petitioner would like to address a couple of changes to those conditions that have been discussed. He said they have no particular concerns with those suggested changes. One item of note, however, is that this would require a special resolution from Council in order to waive the paving requirement. In this case he 9 is seeking to maintain the area in a gravel surface as opposed to a paved surface. This is something that has been allowed at similar types of operations. Bahr offered the approving resolution for the Regular Agenda. Ben Tiseo, Tiseo Architects, 19815 Farmington, said he appreciates the input from the Planning Commission and said he believes they have a better plan now than what they started with. He said he also appreciates all of the work the Mr. Taormina and his office have put into this as well. He said there are several things that they did want to address in both of the resolutions. He said one of the issues, as mentioned, was the gravel surface vs. a paved surface. Another request is to allow some containers in the recreational equipment area. President McIntyre said that can be addressed during the next item. Mr. Tiseo said another item that came up was access for emergency personnel. He said there would be separate code for police and fire emergency personnel. He said there would also be closed circuit TV monitoring of the property and the gates. The leases will contain language that allows the landlord the authority to inspect storage units to ensure there is not illegal storage or activity being done, including any flammable or explosive materials. President McIntyre asked which condition needed to be amended to include the storage of recreational equipment to be stored in a container. She asked if it was condition #5. Tiseo replied yes but deferred the question to Mr. Taormina for his response. Taormina said we can clarify it in the language. Brosnan asked Tiseo what is driving the need for all the storage space. Tiseo replied he read an article recently about an increase in the need for storage. He said he’s not sure if the babyboomers are living in condos now and need storage to store their equipment. He said possibly due to the downsizing of homes. He also noted that there a limits to the size of a garage in Livonia. Vice-President Kritzman touched on that subject, he said he too read an article and said it is partly due to babyboomers having more toys and needing a space to store them. DIRECTION: 1) APPROVING – MODIFY CONDITION REGULAR #5 TO ALLOW RECREATION EQUIPMENT IN TRAILERS 2) APPROVING – NEED SEPARATE RESOLUTION TO ALLOW GRAVEL SURFACE 9. WAIVER PETITION: Planning Commission, re: Petition 2017-09-02-13 submitted by Tiseo Architects, Inc. to develop and operate an outdoor storage yard for special trade contractors, located on the east side of Merriman Road between Plymouth Road and the CSX Railroad right-of-way (12350 Merriman Road), in the Southwest ¼ of Section 26. 10 Mark Taormina, Director of Planning and Economic Development, presented the request to Council during his presentation for Item 8. He noted that the language of Condition 8 should be modified to allow storage of recreational equipment but not materials and allow for storage for 12 consecutive months. Ben Tiseo, Tiseo Architects, 19817 Farmington, addressed Council with requests regarding the conditions. He said one of the things they were asking was to allow the storage of construction and landscape equipment but no materials. President McIntyre noted that was condition #3. Mr. Tiseo said the other item is condition #9, they discussed about having storage for 6 months. He asked that be increased to 12 months. Meakin said he had no problems with those conditions. Meakin offered the approving resolution for the Regular Agenda. DIRECTION: APPROVING - MODIFY CONDITION #3 REGULAR TO ALLOW STORAGE FOR 12 MONTHS & CONDITION #8 TO ALLOW STORAGE OF CONSTRUCTION AND LANDSCAPE EQUIPMENT (EXCLUDING MATERIALS) 10. WAIVER PETITION: Planning Commission, re: Petition 2017-10-02-14, submitted by HH & Sons, L.L.C., requesting to use the building at 27565 Grand River Avenue for office space, storage and e-commerce in association with the business operations of a pawn shop (Great Lakes Pawn located at 27675 Grand River), located on the south side of Grand River Avenue between Inkster and Eight Mile Roads (27565 Grand River Avenue), in the Northeast ¼ of Section 1. Mark Taormina, Director of Planning and Economic Development presented the request to Council. This waiver use petition involves the use of an existing commercial building for office space, storage and e-commerce sales related to the business operations of a nearby pawn shop, Great Lakes Pawn, which is owned and operated by the same individual. The property is at the southeast corner of Grand River Avenue and Antago. The petitioner’s related business, Great Lakes Pawn, is located two buildings west of the subject property on the same side of the street. Great Lakes Pawn originally opened as Motor City Pawn Brokers in 2011 before pawn shops were considered a waiver use. Great Lakes Pawn currently operates as a lawful non-conforming use. He is proposing to expand his business operations to this additional building for office space and the storage of personal property and equipment used in relationship to the business operations of Great Lakes Pawn and would have a separate building where the office and e-commerce business would be conducted. The Planning Commission, in looking at this very carefully, outlined a number of conditions that would restrict the use only to those e-commerce operations and not allow any 11 retail business where the public would be invited. No outside storage of any kind, no signage of any kind that would extend the advertising for his pawn shop business would be allowed. It would be used strictly for storage and office use only. Also, in discussing this with the police, they had no problems with the operators of Motor City Pawn Brokers. Brosnan asked through the Chair to Mr. Taormina if has been determined that there is going to be a need for a super majority due to the petitioner being 400 feet away from the subject property. Taormina said he asked the Law Department and was told there was no need to waive that requirement because this is essentially an extension of his current business, at least that is how it is being viewed and there is no need to waive that separation requirement. Michael Marougy, 27565 Grand River Avenue, addressed Council. He said he wanted to let Council know that they are not using this as a public facility. Bahr offered the approving resolution for the Regular Agenda. Meakin asked the petitioner if he was aware of all the conditions set forth by the Planning Commission. Marougy replied yes. Vice-President Kritzman asked through the Chair to Mr. Taormina and/or the petitioner, if there are any planned improvements to the property. Mr. Marougy responded stating that there are not any planned improvements at this time other than some minor interior renovations such as painting. He said the exterior of the building is in good shape and he noted that there was some old signage from the previous business that will be removed. Vice-President Kritzman recalled it was a tuxedo shop previously. Taormina confirmed that was correct. He also confirmed the building was in very good shape. Vice-President Kritzman recognized that there is a storefront area at that location and didn’t recall hearing any of the conditions address that storefront area. Taormina said the conditions do not. He deferred that question to the petitioner to respond to what they intend to use that area for. The petitioner replied that they intended to use that for their shipping office space. Vice-President Kritzman said his concern is that he does not want to see that store front area loaded up with stuff. He said he would like to add a condition to the approving resolution prohibiting the display of merchandise. The petitioner said they did not have a problem with that. DIRECTION: APPROVING - ADDING CONDITION REGULAR PROHIBITING DISPLAY OF MERCHANDISE IN FRONT WINDOW 12 11. SITE PLAN PETITION: Planning Commission, re: Petition 2017-10-08-11, submitted by Lendlease, in connection with a proposal to modify the exterior appearance of the existing KFC restaurant, located on the north side of Plymouth Road between Camden Avenue and Middlebelt Road (29060 Plymouth Road), in the Southwest ¼ of Section 25. Mark Taormina, Director of Planning and Economic Development presented the request to Council. This petition is a request to modify the exterior elevation plans of a previously approved restaurant. This location is the KFC that is on the north side Plymouth Road between Middlebelt and Inkster Roads. Waiver use approval for the development of the site and construction of the restaurant was granted in 2006. The restaurant building is about 3,000 square feet in size. It has 60 interior customer seats and is equipped with a drive-thru window facility. The 2016 approval was conditioned on adhering to the exterior elevation plans that were presented as part of the site plan and waiver use petition. The lower part of the building contains a natural color brown brick as well as red and white ceramic tiles. The upper parts are predominantly E.I.F.S. or dryvit, and they are painted neutral beige, brown and cream colors. The scope of the work includes both interior renovations and exterior renovations. The interior renovations to the dining room would not increase the seating, so this evening we’re only looking at changes to the exterior. For the exterior, the plans show new light fixtures, awnings, signage and paint finishes. There would be no structural modifications to the building. The brick, wainscot and the ceramic tile would be painted a black color. It’s identified as Black Horizon on the plans. The other parts of the building’s façade, which is mainly E.I.F.S., would be painted a combination of white, described as Wedding Veil, and dark red, or Exotic Red. Red prefinished metal louvered awnings would replace the existing awnings above the windows, and the red and white striped pyramidal cap that appears on the top of the main tower feature would be eliminated. Right above the Colonel’s portrait the cap will be removed. You can see the darker color along the base of the building replacing the brown brick and the red tile, the new louvered awnings and then the front of the building would be painted white. In terms of signage, this restaurant is allowed one wall sign with a maximum area of 38 square feet. Currently, there is only one sign on the building and that’s on the south elevation facing Plymouth Road. Again, it’s in the form of the Colonel’s portrait. The proposed changes as part of this re-image campaign does include multiple signs along the front and side elevations which Staff believes are excessive and will require Zoning Board of Appeals approval as part of the amended site plan. Christine Val, Lumley’s, the Construction Manager for KFC, out of Chicago, addressed Chicago. She said they have been working with the Planning Department on this rebranding project of this KFC restaurant. Derrick Haselhuhn, 22114 Telegraph, Southfield, was present representing the franchisee, he said they are working on remodeling the local KFC restaurants with a new brand look. 13 Brosnan offered the approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. Meakin said he recalled the logo was previously the Colonel then it switched to KFC now it’s back to the Colonel. He asked if this is like a 5-year rotation for the change. Haselhuhn said typically it is a 10-year schedule for remodels of restaurants. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION: None. Councilmember Bahr thanked Councilmember Brosnan for her service on the City Council and has enjoyed working with her on City Council. As there were no further questions or comments, President McIntyre adjourned the Study Session at 9:49 p.m. on Monday, December 4, 2017. DATED: December 14, 2017 SUSAN M. NASH CITY CLERK