CALL TO ORDER

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

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

APPROVAL OF AGENDA

PUBLIC HEARING

PRESENTATIONS

1. Recognition of the City of Novi as a participant in the Sustainable Community Recognition Program – Southeast Michigan Council of Governments – Susan Stefanski

2. Walled Lake Consolidated Schools Building and Site Improvement Sinking Fund – Ken Gutman and Judy Evola  
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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 for individual comments and the five-minute time limit for an individual speaking on behalf of a group.  This is not a question-answer session, however, it is an opportunity to voice your thoughts with City Council.

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

1. Consideration of a resolution to amend the City’s public street light policy.
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2. Consideration of adoption of Ordinance 12-23.28 to amend the City’s Code of Ordinances, Chapter 22, Offenses, Article VI, Offenses Against Public Safety, Section 22-129, Possession of Dangerous or Deadly Weapons; Transportation of Firearms, in order to clarify the weapons to which the existing general prohibition of discharge applies, to clarify the areas where discharge is not prohibited, and to remove the discretion of the police chief to issue permits allowing the discharge of certain weapons. Second Reading
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3. Approval to purchase ten (10) replacement marked patrol vehicles from Shaheen Chevrolet, Lansing, MI for the Novi Police Department in the amount of $273,190 through the State of Michigan MiDeal cooperative purchasing contract.
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4. Referral to the Planning Commission for Public Hearing and recommendation back to the City Council for consideration of a Zoning Map Amendment to rezone from RA, Residential Acreage to PSLR, Planned Suburban Low-Rise Overlay of the Bosco family property located at 25805 Beck Road, parcel 22-20-200-012, on the west side of Beck Road, south of Eleven Mile Road. 
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5. Approval to purchase five (5) Ford F-350 4x4 pickup trucks with snowplows from Signature Ford-Lincoln, the lowest responsive bidder, in the amount of $143,240.
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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.  This is not a question-answer session, however, it is an opportunity to voice your thoughts with City Council.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

MAYOR AND COUNCIL ISSUES

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. September 10, 2012 – Regular meeting
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B. Approval of request by E & M, Inc. (Society Hill) for one-year extension, to October 9, 2013, of site plan approval for a 312-unit apartment project developed as a PD-1 option in a multi-family (RM-1) district, located at the southwest corner of Novi Road and 12 ½ Mile Road, previously extended under a consent judgment and subject to annual extension reviews
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C. Approval of a Completion Agreement with S.E. Michigan Land Holdings, LLC for SP00-53A, the Maybury Park Residential Development Phases I & II located north of Eight Mile Road and west of Beck Road, in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 26.5.
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D. Approval to purchase Fire Department protective turnout gear from Apollo Fire Equipment, using existing contract, in the amount of $26,550.
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E. Approval of a revised traffic control device maintenance agreement with the Road Commission for Oakland County for the existing traffic signal at Haggerty Road and Village Wood Drive/Mahle Driveway.
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F. Approval of Detroit Edison Pole Relocation Agreement to relocate two existing power poles located at Pavilion Shore Park in the amount of $20,712.
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G. Approval of Traffic Control Orders 12-45 through 12-54 to establish traffic control at the intersections within Greenwoods Oaks Subdivision.
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H. Approval of Claims and Accounts – Warrant No. 876
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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

  8 – City Council – Council Chambers – 7:00 p.m.

  9 – Zoning Board of Appeals – Council Chambers – 7:00 p.m.

10 – Planning Commission – Council Chambers – 7:00 p.m.

17 – Library Board – Council Chambers – 7:00 p.m.

18 – Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services – Council Chambers – 7:00 p.m.

22 – City Council – Council Chambers – 7:00 p.m.

24 – Planning Commission – Council Chambers – 7:00 p.m.

November

12 – City Offices Closed

13 – (Tuesday) City Council – Council Chambers – 7:00 p.m.

14 – Planning Commission – Council Chambers – 7:00 p.m.

15 – Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services – Council Chambers – 7:00 p.m.

20 – Zoning Board of Appeals – Council Chambers – 7:00 p.m.

21 – Library Board – Council Chambers – 7:00 p.m.

22 – City Offices Closed

23 – City Offices Closed

26 – 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.