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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA

 

CITY OF NOVI

Regular City Council Meeting

 Monday, October 24 2011 |  7 P.M.

Council Chambers | Novi Civic Center |45175 W. Ten Mile Road

(248) 347-0460

CALL TO ORDER       

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

ROLL CALL: Mayor Landry, Mayor Pro Tem Gatt, Council Members Fischer, Margolis, Mutch, Staudt, Wrobel

APPROVAL OF AGENDA

PUBLIC HEARING

1. Community Development Block Grant funding for Program Year 2012
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2. Whether to grant a Commercial Rehabilitation Exemption Certificate and Agreement for Property Tax Abatement for proposed hotel and meeting facility for Suburban Collection Showplace located at 46100 Grand River Avenue under the Commercial Rehabilitation District (PA210) Legislation.
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PRESENTATIONS

1.  Keep Michigan Beautiful - Fuerst Park - Robert Ramsey

REPORTS:

1. ANAGER/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 for individual comments and the five-minute time limit for an individual speaking on behalf of a group.

CONSENT AGENDA REMOVALS AND APPROVALS (See items A-H) 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 - Part I

1. Approval of Resolution Approving Application of HEYOTS, LLC, for Commercial Rehabilitation Exemption Certificate for 46100 Grand River Avenue, proposed hotel and meeting facility for Suburban Collection Showplace.
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2. Approval of the establishment of the Suburban Low Rise Overlay District and related regulations, including:

a. Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment 18.253 to amend the City of Novi Zoning Ordinance to add Article 23B, PSLR, Planned Suburban Low-Rise Overlay District; to amend at Article 24, Schedule of Regulations, Section 2400 Height, Bulk, Density and Area by Zoning District; and to amend at Article 25, General Provisions, Section 2509 Landscape Standards: Obscuring earth berms and walls, right of way buffers, and interior and exterior landscape plantings; Section 2519 Performance Standards and Section 2520. Exterior Building Wall Facade Materials; and
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b. Zoning Map Amendment 18.700, initiated by the City of Novi, for rezoning 131.7 acres of property in Section 17 and Section 20, located north and south of Eleven Mile Road, east of Wixom Road and west of Beck Road, by overlaying the PSLR, Planned Suburban Low-Rise Overlay District on properties in the R-1, One-Family Residential; R-3, One-Family Residential; RA, Residential Acreage; RM-1, Low Density, Low-Rise Multiple-Family Residential; and I-2, General Industrial Districts.  Second Reading
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3. Approval of Sign Ordinance Text Amendment 11.100.41 to amend the City of Novi Code of Ordinances at Chapter 28, to add regulations concerning the placing of signs in the PSLR, Planned Suburban Low-Rise Overlay Zoning District.  Second Reading
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4. Approval of Ordinance Text Amendment 11-115.05, as recommended by the Ordinance Review Committee, to amend Chapter 33, Traffic and Motor Vehicles, of the City of Novi Code to designate certain streets as snow routes to prohibit on-street parking during a snow emergency declared only for snow routes, and to clarify the conditions under which a snow emergency would be declared.  First Reading
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5. Approval of Ordinance Text Amendment 11-104.08, as recommended by the Ordinance Review Committee, to amend Chapter 21, Nuisances, of the Novi City Code to increase the time to clear sidewalks and pathways after the end of each accumulation of snow greater than two inches from 24 to 48 hours, and to exempt occupants of single-family premises from having to clear major pathways that are not adjacent to the front of the lot or premises.  First Reading
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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 for individual comments and the five-minute time limit for an individual speaking on behalf of a group.

BREAK

MATTERS FOR COUNCIL ACTION - Part II

6. Approval of a Commercial Rehabilitation Tax Abatement Policy under Public Act 210 of 2005, as recently amended, following recommendation by the Ordinance Review Committee for the property located at 43700 Expo Center Drive (former Novi Expo Center).
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7. Approval of a Commercial Rehabilitation Tax Abatement Policy under Public Act 210 of 2005, as recently amended, following recommendation by the Ordinance Review Committee for certain commercial properties located at the intersection of 10 Mile and Meadowbrook Roads.
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8. Consideration of a revised sign package for the USA 2 GO property in accordance with the requirements of the current Planned Rezoning Overlay (PRO) agreement.
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9. Consideration of request by Adams Outdoor Advertising to amend its consent judgment with the City in order to increase the height of an existing billboard located adjacent to I-96 near Taft Road
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COMMITTEE REPORTS

MAYOR AND COUNCIL ISSUES

1. Thank you - Mayor Landry

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

COMMUNICATIONS: 

CONSENT AGENDA:  Background information for Consent Agenda items is available for review at the City Clerk's Office. 

A. Approve Minutes of:
    1. October 17, 2011 - Regular meeting
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B. Approval of an agreement with Novi Investment Company, LLC for extension of Water Main within Phase II of the Tuscany Reserve Development at the option of and by the City of Novi with repayment by April 1, 2017 or prior to further construction on Phase II of the development, whichever comes first.
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C. Approval of a Completion Agreement for SP02-30 Tuscany Reserve Residential Unit Development (RUD) Phase I, in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 26.5.
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D. Approval of a Completion Agreement for SP02-30 Tuscany Reserve Residential Unit Development (RUD) Phase II, in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 26.5.
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E. Approval to award an engineering services contract for design engineering services to update the design standards, specifications and standard details for water main and sanitary sewer and storm sewer to Orchard, Hiltz & McCliment, Inc. (OHM), in the amount of $35,500.
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F. Approval of a resolution affirming that streets proposed as private on an approved site plan are to remain private.
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G. Approval of 2011-2012 Winter Maintenance Agreement between the City of Novi and the Road Commission for Oakland County for snow and ice control on designated County-owned roads in Novi, and adoption of authorizing resolution for providing winter maintenance on County roads.
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H. Approval of Claims and Accounts -
 Warrant No. 854
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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 for individual comments and the five-minute time limit for an individual speaking on behalf of a group.

ADJOURNMENT

SCHEDULED MEETINGS - All Regular Council meetings are held in the Council Chambers unless otherwise noted.  The following schedule consists of meetings that are routinely held in the Council Chambers.  For a complete listing of scheduled meetings, please visit the Event Calendar at cityofnovi.org.

October

26 - Planning Commission - Council Chambers - 7:00 p.m.

 

November

  1 - Zoning Board of Appeals - Council Chambers - 7:00 p.m.

  9 - Planning Commission - Council Chambers - 7:00 p.m.

10 - Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services Commission - 7:00 p.m.

11 - City Offices Closed

14 - City Council - Council Chambers - 7:00 p.m.

16 - Library Board - Council Chambers - 7:00 p.m.

24 - City Offices Closed

25 - City Offices Closed

28 - City Council - Council Chambers - 7:00 p.m.

 

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.

We kindly request that you turn off all cell phones while in the Council Chambers.  Thank you.

 

 

 

 

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