CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
CITY OF NOVI
Regular City Council Meeting
May 24, 2021 | 7:00 PM
Remote Meeting |(248) 347-0460  

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CALL TO ORDER

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

ROLL CALL
 –  Pursuant to the State of Michigan Open Meetings Act, all members shall identify their physical location by stating the county, city, and state from which he or she is attending the meeting remotely.
Mayor Gatt, Mayor Pro Tem Staudt, Council Members  Casey, Crawford, Fischer, Maday, Mutch

APPROVAL OF AGENDA

PUBLIC HEARINGS
1.  Request to Establish a Commercial Rehabilitation District for Sakura Novi, LLC and  Sakura Novi, LLC, and Robertson Sakura Novi, LLC. Sakura Novi, LLC under the “Commercial Rehabilitation Act P.A. 210 of 2005.”
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PRESENTATIONS

BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS PRESENTATIONS
1.  Kelsey Dillon- Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services
2.  Jay Dooley- Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services
3.  Priya Gurumurthy- Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services
4.  Supriya Joshi- Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services
5.  Lynch, Mike- Planning Commission
6.  Mark Pehrson- Planning Commission
7.  Ramesh Verma- Planning Commission
8.  Alexander Weyer- Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services, Planning Commission

REPORTS
1.  Manager/Staff
2.  Attorney

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.  Consideration of approval to award engineering design services to OHM Advisors for Taft Road Rehabilitation, City Limits to Ten Mile Road, and Taft Road and Nine Mile Road Roundabout in the amount of $235,685.00.
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2.  Consideration of approval to award the purchase of outdoor exercise equipment to be located at Wildlife Woods Park to Greenfields Outdoor Fitness in the amount of $63,313.15, the installation to Michigan Recreational Construction Inc. in the amount of $34,823, and a $10,000 contingency fund using a cooperative purchasing contract and to amend the budget.
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3.  Consideration of approval to award the purchase of outdoor exercise equipment to be located at Rotary Park to Greenfields Outdoor Fitness in the amount of $25,053.75, the installation to Michigan Recreational Construction Inc. in the amount of $16,994, and a $4,200 contingency fund using a cooperative purchasing contract and to amend the budget.
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4.  Consideration of approval of the request of Robert B. Aikens & Associates, LLC and Robertson Brothers Homes, for Sakura Novi, JZ19-31, with zoning map amendment 18.732, to rezone property from Office Service (OS-1), Office Service Commercial (OSC) and Light Industrial (I-1) to Town Center-1 (TC-1) subject to a Planned Rezoning Overlay (PRO) Agreement, on land located north of Grand River Avenue, south of Eleven Mile Road in Section 23, together with approval of the PRO Plan and PRO Agreement. The applicant is proposing to develop a mixed use development with retail, restaurant, and office uses and up to 132 multi-family residential units on approximately 15 acres of land.
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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:
      1. May 10, 2021 - Regular Meeting
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B.  Acceptance of a sidewalk easement from Novi Office Development, LLC along the west side of Haggerty Road south of Thirteen Mile Road for the Hillside Investments office building (parcel 50-22-12-200-057).
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C.  Consideration of approval of successor labor agreement between the City of Novi and the Police Officers Labor Council (POLC) for a contract term of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2025.
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D.  Approval of a Storm Drainage Facility Maintenance Easement Agreement from Novi Office Development, LLC for the Hillside Investments office building located south of Thirteen Mile Road and west of Haggerty Road (parcel 50-22-12-200-057).
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E.  Approval of claims and warrants – Warrant No. 1084.
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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.