CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
CITY OF NOVI
Regular City Council Meeting
 Monday, April 23, 2018 | 7 P.M.
Council Chambers | Novi Civic Center |45175 Ten Mile Road
(248) 347-0460

CALL TO ORDER

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
 
ROLL CALL: Mayor Gatt, Mayor Pro Tem Staudt, Council Members Breen, Casey, Markham, Mutch, Wrobel
 
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
 
PUBLIC HEARING
 
PRESENTATIONS

1. Proclamation recognizing May as Building Safety Month – Charles, Director of Community Development and Jeff Johnson, Director of Emergency Medical Services/Fire Operations

2. Beautification Commission Update – Sheryl Walsh-Molloy, Director of Community Relations and Wendy DuVall, Community Outreach & Event Specialist

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 5 p.m. five days before the meeting and the materials cannot be changed before the meeting.
 
CONSENT AGENDA REMOVALS AND APPROVALS (See items A-J) 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. Approval to award a unit price pavement marking services contract to J.V. Contracting, Inc., the low bidder, in the estimated annual amount of $181,295.  The contract term is one year with three one-year renewal options.
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2. Approval of Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment 18-125.24 to amend the City of Novi Woodlands Protection Ordinance at Section 37-8, Relocation of replacement of trees, within Article 1, In General, to update the Woodland Tree Replacement Chart in order to align it more closely with the stated goals of the ordinance, and to update the Reforestation Credit Table to increase the effectiveness of on-site replacement plantings. FIRST READING
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3. Approval of the Canada Goose Nest Destruction at the Townes of Liberty Park by private contractor, Goose Busters.
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4. Appointment to the Historical Commission
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5. Approval of resolution to authorize Budget Amendment #2018-3.
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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. 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 5 p.m. five days before the meeting and the materials cannot be changed before the meeting.

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. April 9, 2018 – Regular meeting
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B. Enter Executive Session immediately following the regular meeting of April 23, 2018 in the Council Annex for the purpose of discussing confidential communications from the city’s legal counsel.
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C. Approval of First Amended and Restated Agreement between the City of Novi and Emergency Medical Service provider to include changes to the City of Novi’s Emergency Medical Services Contract with Superior Air-Ground Ambulance of Michigan, Inc., to expand the Company’s use of City Fire Station property for parking and living quarters purposes, to include access to the City’s Fire Station No. 2, and to clarify the scope of access to Fire Station No. 3.
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D. Approval to award civil engineering services to Spalding DeDecker for design engineering services associated with signal modernization and intersection improvements at Beck Road & Pontiac Trail and at Haggerty Road & Fourteen Mile Road in the amount of $42,438.00.
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E. Approval of the final payment to Springline Excavating, LLC, for the Christina Lane Culvert Replacements project in the amount of $28,510.60, plus interest earned on retainage.
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F. Acceptance of pathway easements, temporary grading permits and storm sewer easements for the following parcels: 50-22-04-100-010, 50-22-04-100-034 and 50-22-04-200-011 for the construction of new sidewalk along the south side of Pontiac Trail between Beck Road and West Park Drive.
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G. Approval of a Storm Drainage Facility Maintenance Easement Agreement from Novi Partners of KY, LLC for the Trilogy project located south of Twelve Mile Road, west of Meadowbrook Road (parcel 22-14-200-031).
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H. Acceptance of a Woodland Conservation Easement from Beck North Corporate Park II, LLC for woodland conservation areas offered as a part of the Beck North Unit 54 development, located on the north side of Nadlan Court, east of Hudson Drive in Section 4 of the City
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I. Approval of Claims and Accounts – Warrant No. 1010
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J. Approval to change the September 10, 2018 Council meeting to Monday, September 17, 2018.
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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.
 
April
25 – City Council Budget Session (if necessary) – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
26 – Library Board – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
 
May
  7 – City Council – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
  8 – Zoning Board of Appeals – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
  9 – Planning Commission – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
17 – Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services Commission – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
21 – City Council – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
23 – Planning Commission – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
24 – Library Board – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
28 – City Offices Closed
 
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