CITY COUNCIL AGENDA 
CITY OF NOVI 
Regular City Council Meeting  
 December 20, 2021 | 7:00 PM 
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  Casey, Crawford, Fischer, Smith, Thomas 

APPROVAL OF AGENDA 

PUBLIC HEARINGS 
1.  Public Hearing Oak Pointe Plaza
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PRESENTATIONS 
1.  Michigan State Fair presented by Ram Trucks – Blair Bowman

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.  Appointments to Boards and Commissions
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2.  Consideration of approval to award engineering design services to OHM Advisors for water main replacement, road restoration, and sanitary sewer lining within the Howell’s Walled Lake neighborhood in the amount of $153,120 and amend the budget.
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3.  Consideration of a Third Amendment to the Selective Development Consent Judgment in order to allow ‘Places of Worship’ as permitted uses for the subject property, known as Oak Pointe Plaza.  The subject property is located on the east side of Novi Road, south of Nine Mile Road, in Section 35.
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4.  Consideration of the recommendation from the Consultant Review Committee to award the Internet Connectivity and Broadband Study to Foresite Group at a price of $105,000 for technical consulting services to study and analyze the broadband infrastructure and connectivity landscape within the City of Novi and amend the budget. Subject to final review of the form of agreement by the City Manager’s office and City Attorney.
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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 

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:
          December 6, 2021 - Regular Meeting
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B.  Approval of a Storm Drainage Facility Maintenance Easement Agreement from BCS Realty, LLC for Behavioral Care Solutions, located on the south side of Fourteen Mile Road between M-5 and Haggerty Road (parcel 50-22-01-200-037).
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C.  Approval to adopt an Act 51 New Street Resolution accepting Crescent Boulevard (from Adell Center Drive south to Grand River Avenue) and Lambert Drive as public, adding 0.40 miles of roadway to the City's public street system.
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D.  Approval of the final payment to RMD Holdings, Ltd/Nationwide Construction, Inc., for the Guardrail Repair Program project in the amount of $4,765.88, plus interest earned on retainage.
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E.  Approval to accept the residential streets as part of Heritage Woods development and adoption of Act 51 New Street Resolution accepting Preserve Court and a portion of Danyas Way, adding 0.17 miles of roadway to the City's public street system.
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F.  Resolution approving opting-in to the national opioid litigation settlement.
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G.  Acceptance of two Conservation Easements from Acquira Realty Holdings, LLC for a woodland conservation area and wetland conservation area being offered as a part of JSP19-22, Fountain View Professional Center, for property located at 44244 Twelve Mile Road.
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H.  Approval of claims and warrants – Warrant 1098
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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.