REGULAR MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NOVI
 MONDAY, APRIL 21, 2003 AT 7:30 P.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS-NOVI CIVIC CENTER-45175 W. TEN MILE ROAD
248-347-0460

A G E N D A

CALL TO ORDER

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

ROLL CALL: Mayor Clark, Mayor Pro Tem Bononi, Council Members Capello, Csordas, Landry, Lorenzo, Sanghvi

APPROVAL OF AGENDA

SPECIAL REPORTS

COMMITTEE REPORTS - Ad hoc Council Committee reviewing “Gateway East District” Legislation

PRESENTATIONS
1. Proclamation - “White Cane Week”, April 25 – May 4, 2003
2. Proclamation - Holocaust “Days of Remembrance” April 27 – May 4, 2003
3. Proclamation – Arbor Day – Saturday, April 26, 2003

PUBLIC HEARINGS
1. Public Hearing #1 - Revised Pioneer Meadows Subdivision SAD 162 Sanitary Sewer.
2. Public Hearing #1 - Revised Pioneer Meadows Subdivision SAD 163 Water Main.

REPORTS
1. CITY MANAGER
2. DEPARTMENT REPORTS
3. ATTORNEY

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION:


CONSENT AGENDA (Approval/Removals)


MATTERS FOR COUNCIL ACTION – Part I

1. Authorization to solicit construction bids for the South Lake Drive Reconstruction Project and approve construction engineering agreement with Giffels-Webster in an amount not to exceed $190,930 (no traffic tables or raised intersections).




2. Consideration of Zoning Text Amendment 18.179 to amend Ordinance No. 97-18, as amended, the City of Novi Zoning Ordinance, Appendix A of the City of Novi Code of Ordinances, to create Section 2514, “Additional road design, building setback, and parking setback requirements for One-Family Clustering Option, Two-Family uses, Multiple-Family uses, and certain non-residential uses and developments,” and to amend Section 2403, “One-Family Clustering Option,” and to amend Section 2400 Schedule of Regulations, for related purposes. 1st Reading

3. Approval of Ordinance No. 03-125.15, an Ordinance to amend Chapter 37, Article II, Section 37-30(b) and (c), of the Novi Code of Ordinances to provide for the appointment of citizens to the Woodlands Review Board in place of City personnel, so that City personnel are not hearing the appeal of their own decisions made in the course of their usual duties and they are available to the Woodlands Review Board as a professional resource, and to provide for a greater scope of notification to neighboring property owners prior to a determination on a use permit application by the Woodlands Review Board. 1st Reading

4. Consideration of Ordinance Amendment No. 03-100.30 to amend Chapter 28, “Signs,” of the City of Novi Code of Ordinances, to add requirements for temporary garage sale signs.
1st Reading

5. Consideration of Ordinance Amendment No. 03-100.31 to amend Chapter 28, “Signs,” of the City of Novi Code of Ordinances, to implement a misdemeanor penalty. 1st Reading

6. Consideration of Ordinance Amendment No. 03-100.32 to amend Chapter 28, “Signs,” of the City of Novi Code of Ordinances, Section 28-6(2) A.3, to change the setback regulations applicable to Twelve Mile Road to reflect the widening of the roadway. 1st Reading

7. Consideration of Zoning Text Amendment 18.175 to Section 201 of the City of Novi Ordinance No. 97-18, as amended, to add to the definition of home occupation a limitation on the placement of signs visible through window areas suggesting or implying the existence of a home occupation. 1st Reading

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION

BREAK AT 9:30 PM

MATTERS FOR COUNCIL ACTION – Part II

8. Approval of Ordinance No. 03-37.29, an Ordinance to amend the City of Novi Code of Ordinances, as amended, Chapter 34, Section 34-16 to add the definitions of Debt Service Charge and User Connection Fee as applied in Article II in respect to the water supply system; to amend Chapter 34, to add Section 34-21.1 to provide for an uniform availability fee for service for parcels connecting to the water supply system which have not otherwise paid for water main construction of mains constructed after January 1, 1976. 1st Reading

9. Approval of Ordinance 03-37.28; an Ordinance to amend the City of Novi Code of Ordinances, as amended, Chapter 34, Article II, Division 4, Subdivision XV, to establish the Beck West Corporate Park Water Main Extension and Service District and to provide for an availability fee for service. 1st Reading.

10. Approval of Ordinance 03-28.46; an Ordinance to amend the City of Novi Code of Ordinances, as amended, Chapter 34, Article III, Division 3, Subdivision XXXI, to establish the Husky Sanitary Sewer Extension district and to provide for an availability fee for service. 1st Reading.

11. Approval of Ordinance 03-28.47; an Ordinance to amend the City of Novi Code of Ordinances, as amended, Chapter 34, Article III, Division 3, Subdivision XXXII, to establish the Eleven Mile/Wixom and Beck Road Sanitary Service District and to provide for an availability fee. 1st Reading

12. Approval of contract to Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency for 2002-03 revised and 2003-04, for the contract position of Senior Center Manager. (This contract revision would increase the hours for Jan McAlpine, Senior Center Manager, at Meadowbrook Commons, from 31 hours to 40 hours per week).

CONSENT AGENDA REMOVALS FOR COUNCIL ACTION: (Consent Agenda items, which have been removed for discussion and/or action)


MAYOR AND COUNCIL ISSUES
1. Correspondence received from Meadowbrook Congregational Church – Mayor Clark
2. Consideration of Ad Hoc Walled Lake/Novi Lake Committee – Mayor Clark

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION

ADJOURNMENT

CONSENT AGENDA: (Background information for Consent Agenda items is available for review at the City Clerk’s Office)

A. Approve Minutes of:
1. April 7, 2003, Regular meeting

B. Approval of request from The Putting Edge, 44125 12 Mile Road, Space G-235 at Fountain Walk for an Arcade Business License with five machines.

C. Approval to award the quotation of $4,082.40 to Mueller, the sole source for the preventive maintenance program and parts for the Zamboni #2 at the Novi Ice Arena.

D. Approval of Special Assessment District Resolution Number 3 Pioneer Meadows Subdivision authorizing the preparation of final plans and final estimates of the construction costs; Revised Pioneer Meadows Subdivision SAD 162 Sanitary Sewer.

E. Approval of Special Assessment District Resolution Number 3 Pioneer Meadows Subdivision authorizing the preparation of final plans and final estimates of the construction costs: Revised Pioneer Meadows Subdivision SAD 163 Water Main.

F. Approval of Traffic Control Orders 03-01 through 03-05 for the installation of stop signs located within the Nottingham Woods and Pebble Ridge Estates Subdivisions.

G. Approval to purchase thirty two (32) sections of 2.5” fire hose from Apollo Fire Equipment, the low quotation, in the amount of $4,451 for Engines 2 and 3.

H. Approval of Claims and Accounts – Warrant No. 647.

COMMUNICATIONS:

1. Letter from Senator Cassis Re: Delay of Beck and Wixom Interchanges to 2007.



SCHEDULED MEETINGS - All Regular Council meetings are held in the Council Chambers unless otherwise noted.

APRIL

26 – City Council Budget Work Session – 9:00 a.m. - noon – Council Chambers
30 – Planning Commission – 7:30 p.m. – Council Chambers

MAY

5 – City Council – 7:30 p.m. – Council Chambers
6 – Zoning Board of Appeals – 7:30 p.m. – Council Chambers
7 – City Council Budget Work Session – 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. – Council Chambers
8 – Parks, Recreation & Forestry – 7:30 p.m. – Council Chambers
12 – Library Board – 7:00 p.m. – Novi Public Library
14 – Planning Commission – 7:30 p.m. – Council Chambers
15 – Ordinance Review – 6:00 p.m. – Council Chambers
15 – Historical Commission – 7:30 p.m. – Civic Center
19 – City Council – 7:30 p.m. – Council Chambers
26 – City offices closed – Memorial Day
28 – Planning Commission – 7:30 p.m. – Council Chambers



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