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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-04-08 CITY OF LIVONIA – CITY COUNCIL MINUTES OF STUDY MEETING HELD APRIL 8, 2019 Meeting was called to order at 8:00 p.m. by President Laura Toy. Present: Jim Jolly, Brandon Kritzman, Scott Bahr, Kathleen McIntyre, Brian Meakin, and Laura Toy. Absent: Cathy White. Elected and appointed officials present: Mark Taormina, Director of Planning and Economic Development; Todd Zilincik, City Engineer; Paul Bernier, City Attorney; Susan M. Nash, City Clerk; Linda McCann, Director of Community Resources; Jacob Rushlow, Director of Public Service; and Mayor Dennis Wright. Councilmember Jim Jolly led the meeting in the Pledge. AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION: None NEW BUSINESS: 1. BLOCK PARTY: Kathleen A. Fitzgerald, re: to be held Monday, May 27, 2019, from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Cranston Avenue between Elmira and Orangelawn, with no rain date requested. Councilmember Meakin stated that Ms. Fitzgerald has been running this block party for many, many years, that it is an outstanding event and all of her documents are in order, and he then offered an approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 2. BLOCK PARTY: Rebecca Wilson and Amy Dobbs Mianowski, re: to be held Saturday, August 17, 2019, from 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Roycroft, between Levan and Comstock, with a rain date of Sunday, August 18, 2019. Rebecca Wilson, 36439 Roycroft, and Amy Dobbs Mianowski, presented this request to Council. They stated this will be their second block party and they are hoping for a better turn out. They are requesting a neighborhood grant They said between Comstock and Levan on Roycroft, five out of the six houses on that block are all brand new. They got together and decided this was a good way to meet the neighbors and they extended invitations all the way down the block to try and make it bigger. Councilmember Bahr offered an approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 2 3. REQUEST TO APPROVE PURCHASE OF ONE (1) 2019 LIFE LINE TYPE-1 SUPERLINER AMBULANCE ON A 2019 FORD F-450 XLT CHASSIS THROUGH THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL (HGAC-BUY) COOPERATIVE PURCHASING CONSORTIUM: Livonia Fire and Rescue, re: to replace the current frontline Squad 5, from trade-in of 2000 Medic Master Ambulance and budgeted funds. (CR 61-17) Dave Heavener, Fire Chief, presented this request to Council. He stated he is requesting an approving resolution to make the purchase as part of their fleet replacement program. This purchase will be made through budgeted funds and it will be a front line squad for them, it will be stationed at Station 5, which is currently utilizing a 2012 model with 111,000 miles on it. The old truck will be moved down to a reserve status. As part of this purchase they are also going to be trading in a 2000 model year vehicle to help bring the price down and using the Houston Galveston Bid Process got the best value for the purchase to be made and they expect to take delivery sometime in the Fall of this vehicle. Councilmember Meakin asked how long does the vehicle take to be outfitted with all of the logos and sirens and stuff like and the Chief responded that will be already done on the vehicle. Chief Heavener stated the company that they’re using is 110 days processing from the time they take delivery of the chassis. They have a chassis in the right color already on order and that was ordered back in January to make a demo unit out of and they held that for the LPD fin the event this resolution goes through and they will allow the LPD to use that chassis so they are ahead of the ballgame a little bit. Councilmember Meakin stated in his time on Council he has been very proud of the vehicle replacement program and asked how in line with that is this replacement of the ambulance. The Chief responded this will make their oldest ambulance three years old. Councilmember Meakin offered an approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT NEW BUSINESS 4. PROPOSED TEMPORARY CLASSIFICATIONS WAGE INCREASE AS A RESULT OF AN INCREASE IN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN MINIMUM WAGE RATE: Civil Service Department, re: effective April 22, 2019 for classifications of College Co-Op, High School Co-Op, Library Page, Seasonal Clerk and Student Page. Derek Washington, Personnel Analyst II, presented this request to Council. He stated he is standing in for Denise Maier who is out of town, and they are requesting to increase the differential for the five positions effect April 22, 2019. 3 Councilmember Kritzman stated these are very nominal increases of 20 cents and is certainly a reasonable increase and he then offered an approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 5. REQUEST TO ESTABLISH MILITARY DAILY PASS RATE: Department of Parks & Recreation, re: to allow active duty members of our Armed Services entry into the Jack E. Kirksey Recreation Center at a reduced rate. Ted Davis, Superintendent of Parks and Recreation, presented this request to Council. He stated they are requesting that Council concur with the Parks and Recreation Commission in establishing an Armed Services rate equal to the current youth rate depending on residency for the Jack E. Kirksey Recreation Center. Currently they have nothing in place and they felt after some suggestions from Military friends that it would be appropriate to establish a military discount. Councilmember McIntyre stated she thinks this is an excellent idea and that she appreciates how Superintendent Davis and his colleagues at Parks and Rec run their operations, always with an eye to fiscal stability but also to make facilities accessible and this is a great way of doing it and a nice recognition for people who serve our country and not at salaries commensurate with the private sector. She then offered an approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 6. REQUEST TO ESTABLISH ADULT SAND VOLLEYBALL FORFEIT FEE: Department of Parks & Recreation, re: to hold teams accountable and recoup staff costs for that game. (CR 05-19) Ted Davis, Superintendent of Parks and Recreation, presented this request to Council. He stated that it was established in Council Resolution #05-19 earlier this year some new league fees. This is an extension of one of those when it was realized that they had a sand volleyball registration fee and since this is self- officiated they had no referee fee for it and to eliminate the possibility of teams forfeiting without penalty they want to establish a forfeit fee as they have in all of their other leagues that are with paid officials. This keeps teams accountable and allows them to recoup staff costs that are going to be out there supervising the areas and hopefully they will never have to use it, but are doing it to ensure that teams are accountable and continue playing in the league. Councilmember Bahr offered an approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 4 7. AWARD OF BID: Department of Parks & Recreation, re: for Playground Removal and Replacement at Castle Gardens and Clement Circle Park and the removal of playground equipment at Meadows Park, from budgeted funds. Ted Davis, Superintendent of Parks and Recreation, presented this request to Council. He stated this is an exciting project. If Council has reviewed the pictures that were attached to this, they are looking to replace equipment at Castle Gardens and Clements Circle Parks and removing equipment out of Meadows Park. The replacement of equipment at Castle Gardens and Clements Circle has been long overdue, some of that equipment is as old as the early ‘90s, most of it was installed by the late ‘90s, so they are approaching the twenty-year replacement window. He said if you look at all of their old structures, they are definitely similar, they are kind of cookie cutter designs where they now with Dover Park that was put in a couple years ago, Rotary Park, and now with these, they’re staring to do unique designs in some of the parks so there are different play experiences throughout the entire City instead of simply the same structure with different colors. He said they are requesting an award of $240,000 to Great Lakes Recreation Company out of Holland. President Toy commended Davis on the variety of play structures anticipated with this project. Councilmember Bahr stated he thought a 20-year lifespan for structures is surprising to him and Davis stated that’s pretty typical and that most of what they presently is PVC or metal in some instances and that is usually the life expectancy as it is outside exposed to the elements 365 days a year, and depending on the amount of play it gets, it gets beat up and the older it gets the harder it is to find parts for them and they should be cycled through every twenty years or so. He cited the Leisure Pool at the Rec Center; those features are fifteen years old and they’re doing a wholesale replacement of those. You want to, if you’re able to, to refresh these things and keep kids interested, things do change over time and they need to constantly look at, not just is it functional, but is it pleasing for the residents and that’s more important than a 20-year lifespan or a 30-year lifespan or whatever, but is this something that’s going to be used and be exciting for young families to continue to move into this City. Councilmember Bahr offered an approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 8. AWARD OF CONTRACT: Department of Parks & Recreation, re: for design, proofs, editing, printing and sorting of “L” Magazine for the period of May 2019 to April 2021. Ted Davis, Superintendent of Parks and Recreation, presented this request to Council. He stated they are asking Council to award the “L” Magazine printing and 5 design to ID Enterprises of Farmington Hills. They have utilized them for the past three years for the “L” Magazine and have an excellent working relationship with them and they wish to continue that for the May 2019 through April 2021 period in an amount of $37,000 per contract year from budgeted funds. Councilmember Meakin offered an approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 9. AWARD OF BID: Department of Parks & Recreation, re: for the construction of Pickleball Courts at Compton Park, from CDBG grant projects and budgeted funds. (CR 153-18) Ted Davis, Superintendent of Parks & Recreation, presented this request to Council. He stated this project was initially approved last year in Council Resolution #153-18, as part of the Community Development Block Grant Projects. They put this out to bid multiple times and it kept coming back higher than what the Housing Department had budgeted for and at this point they want to see the project done, Compton is an ideal location for it because currently there is an underutilized inline skating surface and this would make good use of that site and they are asking Council to approve awarding this bid to Nagle Paving. He said $50,000 of this will be coming from City funds that were budgeted for another project, and they are simply transferring those funds to this project and Housing will be covering the rest of this through their Community Development Block Grant Funds. Councilmember Bahr stated this will be a welcome addition to that neighborhood and then offered an approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. Councilmember Meakin commented that three lifeguards from the Rec Center were recognized earlier at the Regular Meeting of Council who were awarded lifesaving awards by the Police Department Merit Awards and congratulated Superintendent Davis for properly training his lifeguards and encouraging them to continue to do a great job. Davis replied that Stephanie Manoogian, the Aquatic Coordinator, who has been with the Rec Center for two years and deserves all the credit for that. She has done a fantastic job not just with the lifeguards but with the swim lesson program that continues to grow, the outdoor pools are well run, and she is an asset to the Department. Councilmember Kritzman asked Davis what account the funds will be transferred from and to and Davis responded that they originally had $225,000 budgeted for parking lot repairs at the Jack E. Kirksey Recreation Center and they will now have $175,000 budgeted for that project. He stated they are not dismissing the paving project but that in their 5-year Master Plan, installing pickleball courts throughout 6 the City and this will be the first one. They would eventually like to see Compton have six courts; Sheldon have six dedicated pickleball courts as well as Bicentennial. What they currently have is pickleball lines on tennis courts and the only thing they know for sure, is that nobody likes it. Pickleball players don’t like it and tennis players don’t like it. They’d like to look at what the rest of the country is doing on this and start doing some dedicated courts for this and make our tennis players happy with a decrease in lines and make our pickleball players happy with dedicated facilities. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 10. REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION TO PURCHASE ONE (1) 15” 15XP STYLE BRUSH CHIPPER AND ONE (1) SELF-PROPELLED STUMP GRINDER 2550XP THROUGH THE STATE CONTRACT PRICING: Public Service Division, to be used by the Forestry and Roads departments, from funds budgeted in the 2018- 2019 Refuse Fund. Doug Moore, Superintendent of Public Service, presented this request to Council. He stated both pieces of equipment were requested and approved in the 2019 Capital Budget. Both pieces of equipment are being purchased through the State of Michigan Bid Process between Bandit Industries and the State, and they’re realizing about a 15% cost savings versus retail. The chipper will be replacing a unit that was purchased in 2005 which is also a Bandit. That one is nearing the end of its useful lifespan; it also has a leak in the hydraulic tank which will necessitate a costly repair. There are five like units in the fleet and this one will help augment. The stump grinder will be an addition, it’s going to be a smaller unit, their current stump grinder is a tow behind that they use on the right-of-way. The only time they can use it out in the parks is during August when the ground is really hard. This one will be self-propelled and they’ll be able to move it out to a stump, take it out, and not leave ruts everywhere when they go through it. The cost for the chipper is $39,275.04; the cost for the stump grinder is $35,983.20; all told the purchase to Bandit will be for $75,258.24. President Toy commented that they are a good company. Councilmember Kritzman offered an approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 11. REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION TO PURCHASE ONE (1) 2019 FREIGHTLINER TANDEM AXLE DUMP TRUCK THROUGH THE ROCHESTER HILLS CO-OP AWARD AGREEMENT: Public Service Division, re: to replace a vehicle that has surpassed its life expectancy, and will be auctioned off, from budgeted funds. 7 Doug Moore, Superintendent of Public Service, presented this request to Council. He stated this truck was also requested and approved in the 2019 Capital Budget. It will be replacing a 2006 Sterling Tandem Axle Dump Truck. The cost of that truck is approaching its useful value and it will be auctioned off through the auction process. The price for the truck body and the truck itself is $101,646 and that is through Wolverine Freightliner. The outfitting will be done by Truck and Trailer Specialties out of Howell, that amount is $39,270; all told, the total purchase is $140,916. Councilmember Meakin asked when they expect delivery and Moore responded th that the Finance Director would like it by November 30 but it usually takes a year. The trucks are made on runs through the year, so they’ve got to get the order in when they get it, and usually it gets missed just because of how the run is done. Once the chassis is done, then it goes out for outfitting and that takes some time, too, because the bed has to be built. Councilmember Meakin asked if this vehicle would be used for plowing as well and Moore responded that they are dedicated to the Water & Sewer Department, the tandem trucks are usually not used for plowing. They get assigned to Water & Sewer because they can haul a little bit more because of the tandem axle. Councilmember Meakin then offered an approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. Councilmember McIntyre commented that they are glad to see Moore is recuperating and back to work. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 12. AWARD OF CONTRACT: Engineering Division, re: for 2019 Concrete Road Program – Maintenance, Contract 19-J, from budgeted funds. Todd Zilincik, City Engineer, presented this request to Council. He stated this item is for their maintenance program. For the past few years they’ve been doing this program internally, coordinating with DPW, and identify locations through call-ins from residents, and locations they’ve identified to do selective slab replacements. With the bigger program with the road repair, they’ve opted to do some additional repairs, a part of maintenance separate from that contract, the overall contract, include the twenty-five to thirty-five locations that they’ve coordinated with DPW to do one big contract. That was bid out on March 13, 2019, there were eight bidders. The lowest bidder was $694,247.50. The largest bid was $1,062,687, so from the eight bids, they were low to high, midrange was somewhere around $800,000. He stated they had $800,000 budgeted and they were glad to get the low bidder which was L. Anthony Construction, Inc., lowest qualified bidder. AEW had worked with them previously and found their contract to be satisfactory and Scott Lockwood from AEW is in the audience to answer any questions Council may have. He went 8 on to state they are looking forward to working with them this summer and to complete that by the end of August. They are asking for City Council’s approval in the amount of $694,247.50 to L. Anthony and the next item will cover the Construction Engineering costs if approved for AEW to get these locations completed to make it safe for winter plowing and for drainage concerns in bad deteriorated areas throughout the City. Councilmember Bahr offered an approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 13. REQUEST TO AMEND THE CONTRACT WITH ANDERSON, ECKSTEIN AND WESTRICK, INC., FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE 2019 CONCRETE ROAD PROGRAM – MAINTENANCE (CONTRACT 19-J): Engineering Division, re: same. (CR 365-16) Todd Zilincik, City Engineer, presented this request to Council. He stated since they’re looking to approve L. Anthony Construction, they need construction engineering services out there to test the concrete, make sure the subgrade is proper, lane ties, and everything is in order for a long-lasting road. Therefore, they are asking for AEW to be their consultant on board to help assist in that manner, they are doing their main road repair program with Hard Rock Concrete, so it will only benefit them obviously on a QBS to take advantage of their assistance in the amount of $83,310. He stated they were under budget on the overall repairs for this project. Councilmember McIntyre offered an approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. She recognized Anderson, Eckstein & Westrick who always sends a senior person to these meetings, even when it’s routine, and that’s appreciated. Scott Lockwood, AEW, came to the podium to address Council and let them know they are very proud to participate in this program. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 14. REQUEST TO AUTHORIZE AN EXPENDITURE FOR CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING COST (CE) TO OHM ADVISORS AND AUTHORIZE THIRD PARTY AGREEMENT WITH MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (MDOT): Engineering Division, re: for Ann Arbor Trail Resurfacing Project from Eckles Road easterly to Newburgh Road, to obtain reimbursement for 81.85% of costs on behalf of City of Livonia. (CR 365-16) Todd Zilincik, City Engineer, presented this request to Council. He stated he wants to preface this item with the fact that the design was done in-house by the Engineering Department, compliments of Dave Lear, Assistant City Engineer, who did an excellent job and came in within .2% of the engineered estimate for this 9 project. Unfortunately, there are no Federal funds available for the next two years and they’re trying to look for some opportunities on Lyndon in Fiscal Year 2022. He stated he wanted to make sure that Council is aware that this design was done in-house and that they’re looking forward to the opportunity to work with OHM Advisors, who was the CE that provided construction engineering on Stark Road last year, and to continue on with the relationship to do the asphalt road that’s in desperate need of repair, that’s mostly from Newburgh to Ann Arbor Road and then from Ann Arbor Road to Eckles, so they’re looking forward to rehabilitating that road this summer starting in mid-July, and completing before the end of August before school starts over there by Churchill High School and they are looking for OHM’s assistance in the amount of $99,991; and again, 81.85% of the amount is reimbursable to the City based on the FAC rules. He indicated that Rhett Gronevelt, from OHM, was present to answer any questions. President Toy asked if there will be bike paths on this section and Zilincik replied that they are looking to try to get Hubbard Road, looking forward to bringing that before Council in the near future and that they do have a big announcement thnd coming up for a bike event on May 8 that will be before Council on April 22. Councilmember Meakin stated this is a great partnership between OHM, MDOT and the City of Livonia, and that all of their support is greatly appreciated. He then offered an approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 15. REQUEST TO ACCEPT STORM WATER FACILITIES MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT: Engineering Division, re: from Consumers Energy C.N.G. Fueling Station, in conjunction with the construction of a storm drainage system that provides adequate drainage for property developed at 11797 Farmington Road, in the Southeast ¼ of Section 28. Todd Zilincik, City Engineer, presented this request to Council. He stated this item and the next two are basically housekeeping issues in which the developer, the Petitioner, which is Consumers Energy, is providing the final information needed for the City to accept the Storm Water Agreement at their facility, this is the C.N.G. Station that was built approximately five years ago, and then finally getting the remaining portion on their main property accepted in the next item. So, this is just a housekeeping issue to get approved and recorded and put in their file for future reference. Councilmember Meakin offered an approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. Councilmember McIntyre commended OHM for having a senior person attend meetings as well as she did with her comment on AEW. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 10 16. REQUEST TO ACCEPT STORM WATER FACILITIES MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT: Engineering Division, re: from Consumers Energy Livonia Service Center, in conjunction with the construction of a storm drainage system that provides adequate drainage for property developed at 11801 Farmington Road, in the Southeast ¼ of Section 28. Todd Zilincik, City Engineer, presented this request to Council. He stated this is the main facility, it’s north of the CNG, the fueling station, again, it’s a housekeeping issue. Both are different addresses so they want to make sure they have the agreement in place in case there’s any issue that the City can service their area and if necessary, bill them, if it comes to that, but hopefully, again, they maintain theirs, based on their exhibit provided, over annual inspections, or any other items that come about for their facility. Councilmember Meakin offered an approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 17. REQUEST TO ACCEPT STORM WATER FACILITIES MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT: Engineering Division, re: from Republic National Distributing Company, LLC (RNDC), in conjunction with the construction of a storm drainage system that provides adequate drainage for facility at 13000 Eckles Road, in the Northwest ¼ of Section 30. Todd Zilincik, City Engineer, presented this request to Council. He stated this is for RNDC, Republic National Distribution Company and that typically when the as-builts are done, they try to submit the Storm Water Agreement. He indicated they are looking for Council’s approval on the overall site at 13000 Eckles Road. Councilmember Kritzman offered an approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 18. VACATING PETITION: Planning Commission, re: Petition 2019-02-03-02 submitted by Jude’s Investments, Inc., to determine whether or not to vacate a portion of the existing public utility easement located on the southeast corner of Schoolcraft and Farmington Roads (33265 Schoolcraft Road) in the Northwest ¼ of Section 27. Mark Taormina, Director of Planning and Economic Development, presented this request to Council. He stated it was last November when Council approved the site plan for the redevelopment of the BP Gas Station site at Schoolcraft and Farmington. Subsequent to that approval, it was discovered that a utility easement on the property impeded with the construction of the new building as you may 11 recall, the building that is being replaced will be a little bit larger structure. This utility easement is not being used, is not needed at this time, it’s been reviewed by the City’s Engineering Division, as well as submitted to the various other utility companies for comment, and no one has reported a need to maintain this easement, thus they’re requesting that it be vacated to allow the redevelopment of the property to move forward. Councilmember Kritzman stated he recalls the Petitioner’s project coming before Council, it’s an exciting opportunity to breathe some life into that corner, it’s going to be a great project and they are looking forward to it. Per direction of the City departments and all the stakeholders involved, this is an easement that is no longer needed and he then offered an approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT 19. SITE PLAN PETITION: Planning Commission, re: Petition 2019-02-08-05 submitted by St. Michael Parish to construct a lobby/gathering space addition to the church located on the southwest corner of Hubbard and Plymouth Roads (11441 Hubbard Road), in the Northwest ¼ of Section 34. Mark Taormina, Director of Planning and Economic Development, presented this request to Council. He stated the plans for the expansion of St. Michael’s Church involves an addition to the front of the building. The architects as well as Father Bill are here to discuss this. It’s a one-story addition, it’s just under 3,000 square feet, and it would occur in front of the church and would extend into the front yard setback, although not encroaching the front yard setback but because the setback along Plymouth Road is nonconforming, any time you add to an existing nonconforming building it’s going to follow that same setback, so that’s going to require approval by the Zoning Board of Appeals. The materials being used in the construction will all match and complement the existing building. This is the view from Hubbard Road, this includes brick, burnished block, some precast stone as well as a split-face block. You can see the main tower element feature to the front of the building, a smaller addition on the back that would expand the entrance along the south side of the building. The Planning Commission reviewed this item at their last public hearing and are recommending approval of the plans as submitted. Michael Cascio, of Neumann Smith Architects, 400 Galleria Officentre, Southfield, came to the podium. He stated he was present on behalf of St. Michael’s Church requesting site plan approval to build this addition on the east side of the building to create a larger gathering space and greatly enhance the toilet rooms and other problematic elements in the facility. The church is in great need of a lot of maintenance including a new roof and the church is excited to get a new facelift along with this addition. He produced a material board of all of the new materials 12 that will be used on the existing church. They work very harmoniously with the existing materials on the church and hopes Council feels the same. Father Bill Tindall, Pastor of St. Michael, 11441 Hubbard, stated that one of the main things that they wanted to do is to keep that iconic roofline, so they worked with the architects and roofing technologies to maintain that, it will stay the same. Councilmember Kritzman stated it is usually him that beats up architectural projects and development projects, but as a parishioner of the church he feels like he would get in trouble down the road if he did do that. He stated he looked at this with the same level of scrutiny that he would for any of the other projects that come before Council, and that the only part that he was disappointed with was the switch to the asphalt shingled roof, but he appreciates maintaining the striping with the metal, that’s a nice accent. And as Father Bill said it’s really one of those iconic elements of St. Michael’s that people recognize and he was grateful to see that that remains. He thinks this will be a tremendous advantage to the parishioners and certainly the St. Michael’s community. They’ve all experienced the bathrooms and some of the quirky nature of some of the smaller aspects of that lobby, and this will give a nice opportunity to use that entry space a little more year round. Quite often even in cold weather it’s so small up front that you end up with people collecting out front. He stated this is a great opportunity, not just for the St. Michael’s community, but for the Livonia community as well. He then offered an approving resolution for the Consent Agenda. Father Tindall replied to Councilman Kritzman’s comment about being disappointed in going to the asphalt roof, but that it was economically impossible to do the other level that was suggested, that slate would have been well over a million dollars itself. They thought about going with a steel roof, but in order for that to happen, they would have lost the iconic look, for one thing, and they warned us if they tried to keep the iconic roofline with steel, there would be so many joints that could potentially fail and they would have water leakage. So this is the most economic and safe way to go. DIRECTION: APPROVING CONSENT AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION: None As there were no further questions or comments President Toy adjourned the Study Session at 8:51 p.m. on Monday, April 8, 2019. st For the 1,871 Regular Meeting of April 22, 2019. DATED: April 11, 2019 SUSAN M. 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