CALL TO ORDER

INVOCATION/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

ROLL CALL

PRESENTATION OF MINUTES – Regular Meeting Minutes of July 15, 2024

AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION

REPORTS FROM THE MAYOR AND OTHER CITY OFFICIALS

a. Communication from the Department of Finance, dated July 1, 2024, re: forwarding various financial statements of the City of Livonia for the month ending April 30, 2024.

b. Communication from the Department of Finance, dated July 1, 2024, re: forwarding the Departmental Purchases Report, for the month ending June 2024.

c. Communication from the Department of Parks and Recreation, dated July 2, 2024, re: fee changes approved by the Parks and Recreation Commission for the last two quarters of 2024.

d. Communication received in the Office of the City Clerk, dated June 1, 2024, forwarding the 2024 Tax Rate Request (Form L-4029), from the Clarenceville School District, regarding the collection of the district's taxes.

e. Communication received in the Office of the City Clerk, dated June 3, 2024, forwarding the 2024 Tax Rate Request (Form L-4029), from the Oakland Schools ISD, regarding the collection of the district's taxes.

f. Communication received in the Office of the City Clerk, dated June 6, 2024, forwarding the 2024 Tax Rate Request (Form L-4029), from the Plymouth Road Development Authority, regarding the collection of the district's taxes.

g. Communication received in the Office of the City Clerk, dated May 22, 2024, forwarding the 2024 Tax Rate Request (Form L-4029), from Schoolcraft College, regarding the collection of the taxes.

CONSENT AGENDA

1. REQUEST TO WAIVE THE SIDEWALK REQUIREMENT: Marc Goodson, re: for the home to be constructed at 19805 Middlebelt Road in the S.E. 1/4 of Section 2.

2. REQUEST FOR CONSIDERATION OF A PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT: Steven Johnson, re: to allow noise ordinance enforcement to begin at 10:00 p.m.

3. APPOINTMENT OF PATRICK DROZE TO THE LIVONIA PLANNING COMMISSION: Office of the Mayor, re: for a three-year term, which will expire on June 9, 2027.

4. APPOINTMENT OF DEBRA LICHTENBERG TO THE LIVONIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: Office of the Mayor, re: to complete a six-year term, which will expire on June 7, 2026.

5. APPOINTMENT OF DAVE VARGA TO THE LIVONIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: Office of the Mayor, re: to complete a six-year term, which will expire on June 7, 2027.

6. WAIVER PETITION: Planning Commission, re: Petition 2023-06-02-07 submitted by Seven Mile/Farmington Venture, LP requesting Special Waiver Use approval to develop a Planned General Development consisting of a 75,466 square-foot Meijer grocery store and a 102-unit multi-family residential townhome complex on the property at 33500 W. Seven Mile Road, located on the Southeast ¼ of Section 4.

7. REQUEST TO WAIVE THE SEALED BID PROCESS AND AUTHORIZE THE PURCHASE THREE (3) MARKED AND UNMARKED REPLACEMENT POLICE VEHICLES UTILIZING THE STATE OF MICHIGAN COOPERATIVE BID PRICING: Division of Police, re: to replace vehicles damaged beyond repair, from budgeted funds.

8. REQUEST TO APPROVE VACATION TIME INCREASE: Civil Service Department, re: for Department Heads and Appointees.

9. AWARD OF BID: Livonia Housing Commission, re: for the replacement of windows in one hundred and twenty units at Newburgh Village, from budgeted funds.

10. AWARD OF BID: Department of Public Works, re: for the Shelving and Racking Project at the Water and Sewer garage, from budgeted funds.

11. REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION TO PURCHASE ONE DUMP TRUCK THROUGH THE ROCHESTER HILLS CO-OP AWARD AGREEMENT: Department of Public Works, re: for use by the Parks Department, from budgeted funds.

12. REQUEST TO AMEND COUNCIL RESOLUTION 121-24: Department of Public Works, Water Department, re: to include the upfitting costs for the previously approved purchase of (2) two 2024 Ford F150 Super Cab XL pickup trucks, from budgeted funds.

13. REQUEST TO WAIVE THE FORMAL BIDDING PROCESS AND AWARD OF CONTRACT: Engineering Division, re: for the Plymouth Road Sanitary Sewer Lining, for an amount not to exceed $275,000.00, from budgeted funds. (CR 224-24 and CR 233-24)

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

14. BLOCK PARTY: Wafa Dinaro, re: to be held Saturday, August 10, 2024, from 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., on Huff Street between Ladywood and Kingsbury Streets, with a rain date of Saturday, August 17, 2024.

15. REQUEST FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL ON A PROPOSED LOT SPLIT: Department of Assessment, re: for the property located on the South of Eight Mile Road, West of Newburgh and East of I-275, in the Northeast 1/4 of Section 6. (38449 Eight Mile Road) to waive the deficiency in lot area requirements relative to Parcels "A" and "B" (Tax Item 021-99-0004-008).

16. WAIVER PETITION: Planning Commission, re: Appeal of the denial of Petition 2024-04-02-07 submitted by Health Vista L.L.C. requesting waiver use approval to operate a massage establishment at 33242 Seven Mile Road, located on the north side of Seven Mile Road between Farmington Road and Mayfield Avenue in the Southwest ¼ of Section 3. Denied by the City Planning Commission on May 14, 2024, and appealed at the Public Hearing held on July 22, 2024.

17. TO CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE ISSUANCE OF REFUNDING BONDS: Economic Development Corporation of the City of Livonia, re: for Madonna University, pursuant to the requirements of Act 338, Public Acts of Michigan of 1974, as amended and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Public Hearing held on July 22, 2024.

NEW BUSINESS

AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION

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LORI L. MILLER, CITY CLERK