CITY COUNCIL AGENDA 
CITY OF NOVI 
Regular City Council Meeting  
 March 18, 2024 | 7:00 PM 
Council Chambers | Novi Civic Center | 45175 Ten Mile Road 
(248) 347-0460

CALL TO ORDER 

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 

ROLL CALL –  Mayor Fischer, Mayor Pro Tem Casey, Council Members Gurumurthy, Heintz, Smith, Staudt, Thomas 

APPROVAL OF AGENDA 

PUBLIC HEARINGS 

PRESENTATIONS 

REPORTS 

1. Manager/Staff 
2. Attorney

AUDIENCE COMMENT – In order to hear all citizen comments at a reasonable hour, the City Council requests that speakers respect the three-minute time limit. This is not a question-answer session. However, it is an opportunity to voice your thoughts with City Council. Speakers wishing to display visual materials through the City’s audiovisual system must provide the materials to the City Clerk’s Office no later than 12:00 P.M. the day of the meeting. The materials cannot be changed before the meeting. 

CONSENT AGENDA REMOVALS AND APPROVALS – All items listed under Consent Agenda are considered routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion.  There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Council Member so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered at the end of the normal Agenda.   

MATTERS FOR COUNCIL ACTION

1.Consideration of approval to award engineering design services to OHM Advisors for the design of a Southwest Water Main Loop Connection in the amount of$368,054.
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2. Consideration of a Resolution to Adopt the City of Novi 2023 Active Mobility Plan
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3. Consideration of a resolution requesting Oakland County amend its agreement with People’s Express (PEX) to add transportation services to the City of Novi.
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CONSENT AGENDA REMOVALS FOR COUNCIL ACTION – Consent Agenda items which have been removed for discussion and/or action. 

AUDIENCE COMMENT – In order to hear all citizen comments at a reasonable hour, the City Council requests that speakers respect the three-minute time limit. This is not a question-answer session. However, it is an opportunity to voice your thoughts with City Council. Speakers wishing to display visual materials through the City’s audiovisual system must provide the materials to the City Clerk’s Office no later than 12:00 P.M. the day of the meeting. The materials cannot be changed before the meeting. 

COMMITTEE REPORTS 
1. Older Adult Needs Committee

MAYOR AND COUNCIL ISSUES 

COMMUNICATIONS 

CONSENT AGENDA – Background information for Consent Agenda items is available for review at the City Clerk’s Office.   
A. Approve Minutes of:
 March 4, 2024 - Regular Meeting
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B. Approval to award design engineering services to AECOM for the 2024 Salt Dome Replacement Project, in the amount of $27,600.
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C. Approval to award engineering design services to OHM Advisors for the assessment of operational improvements at the Island Lake Booster Station, in the amount of $35,250.00.
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D. Approval to award a unit price debris removal services contract to Ellsworth Industries, Inc., the low bidder, in the estimated annual amount of $50,000. The contract term is one year with three one-year renewal options.
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E. Consideration of approval to purchase three unmarked vehicles for the Novi Police Department, two from LaFontaine CDJR-Lansing and one from Lunghamer Ford of Owosso, through the MiDeal Cooperative purchasing contract, in the amount of $118,393, and amend the budget.
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F. Consideration of approval to purchase three 2024 Ford Police Interceptor Explorers from Lunghamer Ford of Owosso, through the MiDeal Cooperative purchasing contract, in the amount of $128,970.
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G. Adoption of a Resolution requesting the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) include the existing bridge on Ashbury Drive over the Middle Branch of the Rouge River in the State Local Bridge Program List for Replacement. If MDOT selects the bridge, the City of Novi will accept 100% of the design engineering costs and 5% of the total construction cost.
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H. Approval of the Beautification Commission's recommendation on the Neighborhood Entryway Enhancement Matching Grant Program to award the requested grant amount for the following neighborhoods upon successful completion of the entryway work depicted in the applications: Village Oaks ($5,000.00) and Walden Woods ($2,526.50).
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I. Approval of the request of Singh Development LLC for JSP 20-27, Griffin Novi, for a one-year extension under Section 3.31.4.F of the Zoning Ordinance for the Preliminary Site Plan with a PD-2 option. The subject property is located at the southeast corner of Twelve Mile Road and Twelve Oaks Mall east access drive, in Section 14.  The applicant received approval from City Council on March 14, 2022, for the Planned Development 2 (PD-2) Option to develop 174 multi-family residential units on a vacant 7.5-acre parcel.
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J. Approval of the request of DTN Management/Tricap Holdings for JSP 18-10, The Bond development, for a one-year extension of their Final Site Plan approval. The property is zoned TC-1 (Town Center One) and is approximately 7.74 acres. It is located on the southwest side of Bond Street, south of Grand River Avenue and west of Novi Road in Section 22. The applicant received Final Stamping Set approval for a mixed-use development with two four-story multi-family residential buildings with a total of 260 apartments on April 14, 2022.
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K. Acceptance of a Woodland Conservation Easement from Catholic Central High School of Detroit, Inc, being offered as a part of JSP21-44, Catholic Central STEM, for property located west of Wixom Road and south of Twelve Mile Road, in Section 18 of the City.
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L. Acceptance of a Woodland Conservation Easement from Novi Development Company, LLC, offered as a part of JSP22-48, Extra Space Self Storage, for property located on the east side of Novi Road, south of Nine Mile Road in Section 35 of the City.
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M. Approval of Grant Agreement with the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) in connection with a State of Michigan grant for Jessica’s Splash Pad at Bosco Fields.
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N. Approval to grant a 10-foot wide easement to the DTE Energy Company for the Jessica’s Splash Pad at Bosco Fields project located near the southwest corner of 11 Mile and Beck Roads at 25802 Beck Road or parcels 22-20-200-011 and 22-20-200-022 and authorize the City Manager to sign the document.
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O. Approval of claims and warrants – Warrant 1152
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ADJOURNMENT 

SCHEDULED MEETINGS – All Regular Council meetings are held in the Council Chambers unless otherwise noted. For a complete listing of scheduled meetings, please visit the Event Calendar at cityofnovi.org. 

NOTICE:  People with disabilities needing accommodations for effective participation in this meeting should contact the City Clerk (248) 347-0456 at least two working days in advance of the meeting.  An attempt will be made to make reasonable accommodations. 

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